Jennifer Bornstein
Born 1970
Lives in Los Angeles and Berlin
Education
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, 1997
UCLA, M.F.A. in Photography, 1996
UC Berkeley, B.A. in English and Art, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1990
Solo Exhibitions
2012
“New Waves,” DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2011
greengrassi, London
DAAD, Berlin
2009
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
Fargfabriken Center for Contemporary Art, Stockholm
2006
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
greengrassi, London
2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (cat.) 2003
greengrassi, London 2002
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica 1999
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica 1998
greengrassi, London
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York 1997
Studio Guenzani, Milan
Curated Projects
Jennifer Bornstein Selects from the Grunwald Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, June 8-September 14, 2008 (brochure)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Figure Studies, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis
DAAD, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)
2011
VW Galerie, Berllin, Germany
“The Object of Observation (Changes By Being Observed),” Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
“frauenkörperbewegur,” Stedelijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Summer Time,” Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
2010
Artists’ Cinema, Nottingham Contemporary
How Many Billboards? MAK Center, Los Angeles
R is for Replicant, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
At Home, Not at Home, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, curated by Matthew Higgs
Endless Bummer, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, curated by Drew Heitzler
Home and Away, Residence of the Ambassador of the United States to Germany, curated by Johannes Fricke Waldhausen
Etwas Viele… Galerie Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin
Light, Camera, Action: ABC (Film and Stage Program), Berlin, curated by Marc Gloede
2009
15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles
Pulling from History: The Old Masters, Print Center, Philadelphia
Collecting History: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, curated by Ann Goldstein and Bennett Simpson
Das Gespinst - Die Sammlung Schürmann zu Gast im Museum Abteiberg,
Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg, Germany (September 13, 2009- January 10, 2010)
2008
Biennale d’art contemporain le Havre, Le Havre, France, curated by Ger van Elk
Amateurs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, curated by Ralph Rugoff
Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; curated by Philipp Kaiser
50 Moons of Saturn, 2nd Torino Triennial, curated by Daniel Birnbaum (catalog)
La Petite Histoire, Kustraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna, Oct. 2-Nov. 29, 2008; curated by Gyonata Bonivicini (catalog)
The Wizard of Oz, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, curated by Jens Hoffmann (catalog)
2007
2nd Moscow Biennale, USA: American Video Art at the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Moscow
Personne ne veut mourir, Arquebuse, Geneva
LA Desire (Part 1), Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf, curated by Wilhelm Schurmann Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Herning Kunstmuseum; March 4 – June 3, 2007; Herning, Denmark; travels to Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland, March 23 – May 7, 2007; travels to La Musée de Sérignon, Serignan, France, June 23 – September 23, 2007; travels to Beijing, China; cat. Radio Daniele, MAMbo Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, curated by Christopher Williams and John Kelsey; travels to Kunsthalle Zurich
Mobile Museum, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
Now Your See It, CCS Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2006
the backroom: San Francisco, hosted by New Langton Arts/SF Camerawork, curated by Renaud Proch
Too Much Love, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, curated by Amy Adler
Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College Annandale-on-Houston, New York, NY, June 24-September 10, 2006; travels to Serpentine Gallery, London, England, September 9 – October 15, 2006; travels to Reykjavik Art Museum,Reykjavik, Iceland November 4, 2006 – January 21, 2007; cat.
2005
General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, curated by Matthew Higgs; cat.
Finkish Dispositions, Rachmoninoff’s, London
A Walk to Remember, LACE, Los Angeles (curated by Jens Hoffmann, cat.)
2004
Let The Bullshit Run a Marathon, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, curated by Nate Lowman
2003
Faking Real, Columbia University, New York
2002
A Show That Shows That A Show Is Not Only A Show, The Project, Los Angeles, curated by Jens Hoffman; cat.
2001
Pandaemonium Biennial of Moving Images, Lux Gallery, Centre for Electronic Arts, London.
Face On, Sheffield; Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes; Photographic and Media Arts, Liverpool; Stills Gallery, Edinburgh. (cat.)
A Passion for Art: The Disaronno Originale Photography Collection, MOCA, Chicago
Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Florian Maier-Aichen, Dave Muller, Blum and Poe, Santa Monica
2000
An Intelligent Pleasure, Site Gallery, London
Exit: International artist-made film and video, Chisenhale, London, curated by Alison Gingeras
Greater New York, PS1, Long Island City, NY (cat.) Quiet, 359 Broadway, New York, curated by Leo Koenig
Works on Paper from Los Angeles, Studio Guenzani, Milan
1999
Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, curated by Terry R. Myers (cat.)
1998
Remix: Images Photographiques, Nantes Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes (cat.)
L.A. Times, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Arte, Guarene, Italy, curated by Francesco Bonami (cat.)
Sightings: New Photographic Art, ICA, London, curated by Tim Dawson (cat.)
Charles Ray, Steve Doughton, Jennifer Bornstein, greengrassi, London
1997
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles, Malmø, Sweden, curated by Dave Muller
Exposition de Jeunes Photographers Femmes, Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Vanessa Beecroft, Jennifer Bornstein, Martin Kersels, Gillian Wearing, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
The Name of the Place, Casey Kaplan, New York, curated by Laurie Simmons
1996
Making Pictures: Women and Photography, 1975 - Now, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand, curated by Giovanni Intra Three Day Weekend, P-House, Tokyo, Japan, curated by Dave Muller
LACE Annuale, LACE, Los Angeles, curated by Suzanne Ghez Blum & Poe, Santa Monica MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wight Art Gallery
Awards
DAAD Fellowship, Berlin, 2010-2011
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, 2008 Elizabeth Foundation Studio Grant, New York, 2000 Marie Walshe Sharp Foundation Studio Grant, New York, 1999-2000 Delfina Trust, London, 1999 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award, New York, 1997 UCLA Art Council Award, 1996 Hortense Fishbaugh Scholarship, UCLA, 1995 UCLA Regents Scholarship, 1993-1994 Maybelle Tooms Award, UC Berkeley, 1992
UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
Public Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes New School University, New York Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach Grunwald Center, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Published Writings and Artists’ Books
2011
Bornstein, Jennifer. “The Other Eye of Sam Wagstaff,” Frieze, March 2011 pp 128 – 131.
2009
Bornstein, Jennifer. “Perception of Vision.” Frieze Magazine, October 2009, pp. 208-211 (ills.)
Bornstein, Jennifer. Evergreen. Artist’s book, 64 pages. Photographs by the artist with newspaper documents. Published by Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, and greengrassi, London.
Jennifer Bornstein. 8 page brochure with interview by Elisabeth Haitto Ahren, ills. Published by Fargfabriken, Stockholm for exhibition March 7, 2009- April 26, 2009.
2008
Bornstein, Jennifer. “Houseguest: Jennifer Bornstein Selects from the Grunwald Collection.” 6 page brochure with essay by the artist. Published by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, for eponymous exhibition June 8-September 14, 2008.
2007
Bornstein, Jennifer. How to Ride the Bus. Artist’s book, 48 pages, photographs and text by the artist. Published by Four Corners Books, London.
2005
Jennifer Bornstein: MOCA Focus. 64 pages, ills., Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, essay by Ann Goldstein.
1999
Bornstein, Jennifer. Documentation of Events That May Not Have Taken Place. Artist’s book, 48 pages, photographs and text by the artist. Published by Imschoot uitgevers, Gent, Belgium (edited by Kaatje Cusse)
Teaching
Spring 2010: Lecturer, Yale University: Sculpture 346b/446b (Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture); Art 630- (Graduate Sculpture Studio Seminar); Art 645 (Graduate Individual Critics Sculpture)
Fall 2004, Spring 2005, & Spring 2006: Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University: Art 280 (Photography 1)
Fall 2004: Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design: Photo 315 (Photo Genres: Photography and Political Activism)
Spring 2004: Visiting Professor, Art Center College of Design: Art 112 (Performance Art, with Meg Cranston)
Fall 2003: Visiting Professor, Art Center College of Design: Art 117 (Workshop with Visiting Artists, with Christopher Williams)
Spring 2003: Lecturer, Yale University: Sculpture 120b (Introductory Sculpture)
Fall 2001: Adjunct Professor, School of Visual Arts: Photo 105 (Contemporary Photography Since 1960)
Fall 2000: Adjunct Professor, Columbia University: Art R1315X (Sculpture Fundamentals)
Invited Lectures
2010
Yale University, Sculpture Department
2009
Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm
Konstfack/University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm
Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena
2007
University of Southern California
2006
Otis College
UC Riverside
2004
Columbia University
2003
Otis College
CalArts
2000
School of Visual Arts
1999
CalArts
1998
Otis College
1997
University of Connecticut, Stamford
Bibliography
2009
O’Neil-Butler, Lauren, Critic’s Picks: Jennifer Bornstein, Artforum.com, April 14, 2009
Bornstein, Jennifer. “The Artists’ Artists,” Artforum, December 2009, p. 88.
2008
Baker, Kenneth, A Bunch of Amateurs, The San Francisco Chronicle, May 25,
2008, p. E8
Vogel, Traci, My Kid Could Make That, SF Weekly, May 14-20, 2008, p. 33 Amateurs, published by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, pp. 30-33
Myers, Jullian. Amateurs, frieze, September 2008, p. 78
Ybarra, Michael. Queen for a Day at the Hammer, LA Times, June 11, 2008, p. E4
Jennifer Bornstein Selects from the Grunwald Collection. Hammer Museum (brochure from exhibition, June-September 2007.)
2007
Catalogue, 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, published by the Moscow Biennale, Russia, 2007, ills.
Baum, Rachel. Jennifer Bornstein: Affinity Aesthetics. Afterall #15, pp. 53-61, ills.
Steiner, Shep. Jennifer Bornstein: Prohibitions…Props…Performatives: Surefire (and Other) Ways to Do Away with Property. Afterall #15, pp. 63-70, ills.
Get Lost: Artists Map Downtown New York, published by the New Museum, edited by Massimiliano Gioni, p. 9
Banai, Nuit. Jennifer Bornstein, Gavin Brown's Enterprise. Modern Painters, February 2007, p. 93, ill.
Kleinberg, Joanna. Jennifer Bornstein, Gavin Brown's Enterprise. frieze, March 2007, p. 197, ill.
2006
Catalogue, Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium, published by the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, p. 56, ill.
Campagnola, Sonia. Focus on Los Angeles. Flash Art, January/February 2006, pg. 68
Leventis, Andreas, “Jennifer Bornstein,” Modern Painters, June 2006, pp 117-118
Coggins, David, “Jennifer Bornstein,” Art in America, p. 221, November 2006
Smith, Roberta. Jennifer Bornstein at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York Times, November 10, 2006, p. B36
Speers-Meers, Emily. Jennifer Bornstein, Artforum, October 2006, p. 280-281
Artists' Picks: Best of 2006, Artforum December 2006, p. 76
Saltz, Jerry, A Two-Headed Butterfly Flaps its Wings, Village Voice, July 6, 2006, p. 72
Schmerler, Sarah, Two Friends and So On, Time Out New York, July 20-26, 2006, p. 65
Smith, Roberta, Endgame Rules: Borrow, Sample, Multiply, Repeat, New York Times, July 7, 2006, p. B23
2005
Higgs, Matthew. General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005, Wattis Institute's Logan Galleries
Kushner, Rachel. Talent Show. C Magazine, November 2005, pg. 115-117
Nunez-Fernandez, Lupe. Etch a sketch. ArtReview, November/December 2005, pg. 26-27
Art Works (Perform Art Works), Jens Hoffmann and Joan Jonas
2004
Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: On Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation (ed. Anthony Kiendl), Banff Centre
2003
Thomson, Mungo. Viva Baja, Afterall #7, 2003, pg. 36-39
2002
Knight, Christopher. Where Imagination Is the Special Effect, Los Angeles Times, May 17 2002, pg. F26
Hainley, Bruce. Jennifer Bornstein. Artforum, Summer 2002, p. 187
2001
Knight, Christopher. Art in L.A., Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2001, pg. 52 2000
Brittain, David, D-Pict, Creative Camera, December/January, pp. 16-17.
Corris, Michael. Face On, Art Monthly, October 2000, pg. 29-31
Hoffberg, Judith. Documentation of Events That May Not Have Taken Place, Umbrella Magazine, May 2000, pg. 20 Hoffman, Jens. Aperto Performance, Flash Art, October 2000, pg. 49-51
1999
Cohen, Sande. Art From Los Angeles, Artpress, May 1999, pg. 57-59
Hainley, Bruce. Legend of the Fall, Artforum, March 1999, pg. 56-63
Morrissey, Simon. Contemporary Visual Arts, May 1999
Myers, Terry R. You Keep It Moving, But You're Standing Still, Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles, pg. 8-9 (cat.)
Slyce, John. Women Photographing Women, Creative Camera #359, pg. 18-25 1998
Ayerza, Josephina. To Resume Again…., Lacanian Ink #13, pg. 10-11 (ills.)
Brittain, David. Jennifer Bornstein, Creative Camera, February/March 1998, pg. 20 - 27 & cover
Durden, Mark. Sightings: New Photographic Art, Art Monthly, March 1998, pg. 30-32
Halle, Howard. Next Wave: Four Emerging Photographers, On Paper, March/April 1998, pg. 32-37
Herbert, Martin. Jennifer Bornstein, Time Out/London, February 16, 1998, pg. 47
McKenna, Max. NY Diary: Jennifer Bornstein, The Art Newspaper, March 1998, pg. 59 Morrissey, Simon. The End is the Beginning is the End, Sightings: New Photographic Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom (cat.)
Morrissey, Simon. Jennifer Bornstein, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 18, 1998, pg. 79
Saltz, Jerry. Jennifer Bornstein, Time Out New York, March 5-12, 1998, pg. 45
Volk, Gregory. Jennifer Bornstein, Art in America, November 1998, pg. 82
1997
Cotter, Holland. The Name of the Place, The New York Times, January 31, 1997, pg. C28
Ferguson, Russell. Project: Jennifer Bornstein, Art/Text, May-July 1997, pg. 46-51
Frankel, David. The Name of the Place, Artforum, May 1997, pg. 104
Knight, Christopher. Right Here, Right Now, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1997, pg. 4-5, 52
Ollier, Brigitte. Flash: Photo A Cahors, La Liberation, June 12, 1997, pg. 29-30
Rodney, Lee. Vanessa Beecroft, Jennifer Bornstein, Martin Kersels, Gillian Wearing, Eye Magazine, September-November 1997, pg. 54
Schorr, Collier. A Pose is a Pose is a Pose: Fashion and Art and Fashion, Frieze,
May 1997, pg. 60-65
Saltz, Jerry. The Name of the Place, Time Out New York, February 6, 1997, pg. 42
1996
Cooper, Dennis. On Tots and Toys, Artforum, January 1997
Kandel, Susan. LACE Annuale Rises Above Its History, Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1996, pg. F13