AÏDA RUILOVA
( 1974 - )
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia; lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2001 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1999 BFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Guido W Baudach, Berlin
2006
The Kitchen, New York, NY
Countdowns, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan
2005
Lets Go, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, NY
Endings, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Projektrum: Aïda Ruilova, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
Lets Go, The Moore Space, Miami, FL
2003
Untitled, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2002
Come to Life, Salon 94, in collaboration with Artemis Greenberg
Van Doren Gallery, NY
2000
White Room, White Columns, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Held Together with Water: Art from the Sammlung Verbund, Museum fur Angelwandte Kunst - MAK, Vienna, Austria
Kelly Nipper and Aida Ruilova, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Paul Schimmel
Between 2 Deaths, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2nd Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol and Dundee Contemporary Art Center, Dundee
2006
Art Positions Art Basel Miami Beach in collaboration with Kelly Nipper
Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum Bern, curated by Bernhard Fibicher
Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
Into Me/ Out of Me, PS 1, New York, traveling to KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
La grande geste / The big scene/ Emotionality in Recent Video Art, Magazin 4, Bregenz
The Beat, Haswellediger gallery, New York
The Berlin Biennale, curated by Maurizo Cattelan, Massimilano Gioni and Ali Subotnik, Berlin, Germany.
Mixed Emotions, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel.
2005
Uncertain States of America, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Daniel
Birnbaum, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway.
The Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
The Pantagruel Syndrome, T-1: Torinotriennale tremusei co-curated by Francesco Bonami & Carolyn Christev-Bakargiev, organized in conjunction by the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, the GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Rock Music, Center and Gallery P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kelly Nipper - Aida Ruilova, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy
Marking Time, curated by Glenn Phillips, April 14th screening at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY
RE-IMAGINING HER, University Film Series, California State University, Chico, CA
Reverse Engineers, curated by Kye Potter and Julia Szwonkoski, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
The Difference Between You and Me, Ian Potter Museum, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
IRREDUCIBLE: Contemporary Short Form Video, 1995-2005, curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA; Miami
Art Central Museum, Miami, FL; Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2004
Phillip: Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY; with John Connelly Presents Movimento/Movimenti, curated by Francesco Bonami, in association with la Biennale di Venezia, Calabria, Italy
Me, Myself & I, curated by Paul Laster & Renée Riccardo, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Black and White, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Eflux Video Rental, Eflux, New York
Beginning Here: 101 Ways, curated by Jerry Saltz, Visual Arts Gallery,
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Supernatural, Zurcher Gallery, Paris, France
Collector’s Cabinet, Marc Selwyn, Los Angeles, CA
Disturbing the Peace, Danese Gallery, New York
It's about memory, curated by Simon Watson, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
I, Assassin, curated by Slater Bradley, Wallspace, NY
Suspended State, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Possessed, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2003
Unplugged, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Italy
Strange Days, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (traveled to Harn Musem, Gainesville, FL)
From the Flat Files, Ramp Gallery, Waikoto Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand, curated by Amada Cruz
Clandestines, 50th La Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy
Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
The Lengths, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
New Museum at Field Day, curated by Dan Cameron, Field Day, Long Island, New York
I See A Darkness, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, NY
Videodrome II, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
Monitor II, Gagosian Gallery, NY
Altered States, Stefan Stux Gallery, NY
2001
Downtown Arts Festival, organized by Simon Watson, NY
Special Projects, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Casino 2001, Stedelijk Museum Kunst Gent (S.M.A.K), Gent, Belgium
2000
Collectors Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY
1999
LIFER, Cardozo School of Law, curated by Kenny Schachter, Rove, NY
Hi-8, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Lisbon, Portugal
PROJECTS
2007
The 59th Minute Artists: Selections from 7 Years of Video Art, Times Square, NY
Depiction, Perversion, Repulsion, Obsession, Subversion Artist Videos at the IFC, West Village
Witte de With’s selection for the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Never Still, CCA, Glasgow Film Festival
2006
Art Positions Miami Basel (with Kelly Nipper)
LUXE Cinema London
2004
Videokunst: Geist, Gemeinschaft und Tschai, Locus, Athens, Greece
artFORCE, Plum TV, Art Production Fund/Yvonne Force Inc.
2003
Impakt Festival 2003, Central Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
Video Program, School of Visual Arts, NY
2002
The Dialogue, film/video screenings and discussion, Thomas Erben Gallery, NY
2001
Impakt Festival 2002, Central Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2000
Stichting Lazymarie Video Fest, The Netherlands
Kill Rock Stars Video Compilation #2, music video for band Derrhoof
1999
Slattery for Ungdom, Alva, album, Menlo Park Recordings, NY
1997
Fair-Haired Guillotine, Alva, Compact disc, Avant, New York, NY
New Directors / New Films, Museum of Modern Art, Alva, soundtrack for animated feature film “Calendar the Siamese” by Lewis Klahr
1996
7th Annual Independent Filmmakers Night, Tampa Museum of Art, FL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Connor, Michael, "Berlin: art, technology, mice and men, "http://www.realtimearts.net/rt73/connor_berlin.html
Lowenstein, Kate, “Art in the City: Group Mentalities: A Brighter Day and Matter of Time,” The L Magazine, July 5-18.
Smith, Roberta, "Endgame Art? It's Borrow, Sample, and Multiply in an Exhibition at Bard College," The New York Times, July 7.
"A Brighter Day," The New Yorker, July 3.
Baker, R. C. “Best in Show: ‘A Brighter Day,’” The Village Voice, June 29.
Cohen, David. “The Dark Side of Summer,” The New York Sun, June 15, also appeared on artcritical.com, June 8.
Schwabsky, Barry, "Vampire Video: Time in the Art of Aida Ruilova," Afterall, issue 13, p. 65.
Chu, Ingrid, "Aida Ruilova: and Again…," Afterall, issue 13, p. 65.
Bellini, Andrea, "Whitney & Berlin biennials," Flash Art, May/June, pg. 80, (illus.).
Smith, Roberta, "The Berlin Biennale," NY Times, May 7.
Moreno, Gean, "Aïda Ruilova," Contemporary, issue 78, pg. 44-5.
2005
"One to Watch (Aïda Ruilova)," Artkrush, issue 22, December 28.
"The Artists' Artists," Artforum, December, p. 104.z
Cotter, Holland, "Videos, Long and Short, That Can Really Move," The New York Times, December 16, E37.
Lowenstein, Kate, "Counter Intelligence," Time Out New York, December 15, pg. 122.
Vogel, Carol, "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3," The New York Times, December 9, 2005, E37.
Vogel, Carol, "Trendsetters on Shortlist For Hugo Boss Prize," The New York Times, December 2, pg. E34.
Boucher, Brian, "Aida Ruilova at Greenberg Van Doren," Art in America, October.
Mendelshohn, Adam, “Lets Go”, ArtReview, July.
“Don’t Miss!” Time Out New York, May 5 – 11, pg. 74.
Cascade, Rebecca, "Making a Scene," Elle Magazine, May, pg. 122.
Scott, Andrea, "Local Heroes," Time Out New York, March 31-April 6.
Saltz, Jerry, "Lesser New York," The Village Voice, March 28.
Kimmelman, Michael, "Youth and the Market: Love at First Sight," The New York Times, March 18.
2004
Lee, Pamela M., "Crystal lite," Artforum, May.
Wilson, Michael, "I, Assassin, Wallspace, NY," Frieze Magazine, Issue 83, May.
Smith, Roberta, "Art that speaks to you. Literally," The New York Times, March 7.
Cotter, Holland, "Duck! Its the Whitney Biennial Season Again," The New York Times, March 7.
Sundell, Margaret, "The Today Show: The Whitney sums up the state of contemporary art in the best biennial in years," Time Out New York, March 25 - April 1.
Saltz, Jerry, "The OK Corral," Village Voice, March 15.
Weyland, Jocko, "American Splendor," Time Out New York, March 4-11.
Rosenberg, Karen, "Biennial Favorites," New York Magazine, March 1.
2003
Smith, Roberta, “The Art and Artists of the Year: Auspicious Debuts,” The New York Times, December 28.
Watson, Simon, "Post Bubble," Issue, Fall, pg. 131.
Saltz, Jerry, "Looking Ahead to the New Season, Our Critic Finds Plenty of Reasons to Be Cheerful: Babylon Rising,"Village Voice, September 5.
Cohen, Michael, "The New Gothic: Scary Monsters and Super Creeps," Flash Art, July-September.
Cotter, Holland, "Art Shows in the Great Indoors," The New York Times, July 25.
Zita, Carmen, "Vampire... Love: Love Letters and Videotape: rock chick-turned-artist Aïda Ruilova is new school film noir," Trace Magazine #44, Summer.
Knight, Christopher, “On the Underbelly of the Zeitgeist," Los Angeles Times, February 21.
Smith, Roberta, "A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times," The New York Times, January 17.
Rosenfeld, Karen, “Outside and In,” The Village Voice, February 15.
2002
Schambelan, Elizabeth, “Critic’s Picks,” ArtForum.com, December.
John Kelsey, “Review: Come to Life,” Time Out New York, December 26.
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelin, “shorts," Black Book Magazine, October – November.
Charlesworth, J.J., Review: Casino 2001, Art Monthly, December 2001 - January 2002.
2001
Chivaratanond, Sylvia, Flash Art, July-September.
2000
Schwabsky, Barry, Artforum, review, December.
1999
Wolk, Douglas, CMJ Monthly Magazine, Alva review, November.
1997
Blackford, Chris, The Wire, Alva review, October.
Edgerton, Robin, Time Out New York, Alva article, May.
PUBLICATIONS
Six Feet Under – Autopsy of our relation to the dead, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum, Berne.
The Hugo Boss Prize 2006, exhibition catalogue, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, NY, p. 75 - 85, 99-100.
2005 Greater New York, exhibition catalogue, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, a MOMA Affiliate, Long Island City, NY, p. 300-01.
Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, exhibition catalogue, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, pages 100-101.
Transitory Patterns: Florida Women Artists, curated by Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz, exhibition catalogue, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, 2004.
2004 Whitney Biennial, exhibition catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
2003 Venice Biennial, "Dreams and Conflicts- The Dictatorship of the Viewer," exhibition catalogue, Venice, Italy, p. 92 & 109.
Dreaming in Red: Creating ArtPace, Linda Pace, published by ArtPace, San Antonio, TX, 2003, p. 292.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum, NY
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Collezione La Gaia, Italy
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Stedelijk Museum Kunst Gent (S.M.A.K), Gent, Belgium
Verbund Collection, Vienna
AWARDS
2002 ArtPace Residency & Fellowship, San Antonio, TX, selected by Francesco Bonami
2001 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant