Brian Khek

Brian Khek

CURRICULUM VITAE

selected projects and exhibitions

2012

LA VALISE BLEU - presented by 1dM - New York City, NY (US) - May

Vitrine - Inland Steel Building- Chicago, IL (US) - April

Merge Visible - curated by Joshua Citarella and Jarrod Turner - Prarie Productions- Chicago, IL (US) - April

Spring Notes on Motivational Teamwork - with No New Info - presented by Peradam - MoMA PS1 - Long Island City, NY (US) - March

Findings, Decisions & Orders - The Sullivan Galleries - Chicago, IL (US) - March

Bartholomew - curated by JSBJ - Gallery Steinsland Berliner - Stockholm (SE) - March

So Far So Good - Extra Extra - Philadelphia, PA (US) - January

2011

Topio Tosy - with No New Info - Courtney Blades - Chicago, IL (US) - October

Really Fake - William Paterson University - Wayne, NJ (US) - October

BYOB Chicago - organized by myself with Nicholas O'Brien - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - Chicago, IL (US) - October

Bartholomew - curated by JSBJ - 12 Mail - Paris (FR) - September

Attending - curated by Hendrik Niefeld and Ronny Szillo - Essential Existence Gallery - Leipzig (DE) - September

Cocktails II - Bodega - Philadelphia, PA (US) - October

Digital Sculpture Garden - curated by Dain Oh - LVS Gallery - Seoul (KR) - August

WAVE INT'L Issue 02 - Important Projects - Oakland, CA (US) - May

24:7 LX - with Micah Schippa - Kunsthalle New - Chicago, IL (US) - April

Free 4 All - presented by Barmecidal Projects - Butcher Gallery - Toronto (CA) - April

BYOB London - with No-New Info - curated by KERNEL - The Woodmill - London (UK) - February

The Real-Fake
1.)Sacramento's University Library Gallery - California State University, March 31st - June 4th 2011 - Sacramento, CA (US)
2.)The Power Center - William Paterson University - Wayne, NJ (US) - Winter 2012

BYOB Chicago - organized by myself and Nicholas O'Brien - Kunsthalle New - Chicago, IL (US) - March

Barriobajero Liked This - 23 Valverde - Madrid (ES) - December

2010

WAVE INT'L Issue 01
1.) presented by Golden Age - NY Art Book Fair / MoMA PS1 - Long Island City, NY (US) - November
2.) curated by myself and Jasmine Lee - Co-Prosperity Sphere - Chicago, IL (US) - September

Crates and Laptops- WELIVEINNY$LA - Chicago, IL (US) - June

All My Greys - Knock Knock Gallery - Chicago, IL (US) - May

An Immaterial Survey of Our Peers - curated by Brad Troemel and Lauren Christiansen - The Sullivan Galleries - Chicago, IL (US) - March

selected editorials and press

Desktop Views
*initiated by Adam Cruces
-debuted and archived at http://desktop-views.com/
-archived by Rhizome at http://rhizome.org/artbase/artwork/53851/
February 2012

VICE magazine editorial
"The Bartholomew Exhibition Makes the 90s Look Good"
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-bartholomew-actually-makes-the-90s-look-good
May 2012

Bad At Sports interview with Nicholas O'Brien
"Int'view w/ Wave Int'l"
http://badatsports.com/2011/intview-w-wave-intl/
May 2012

Newcity editorial
"Best Crowd-Sourced Event in a Museum"
http://best.newcity.com/2011/12/15/best-crowd-sourced-event-in-a-museum/
December 2011

Newcity editorial
"Top 5 of Everything 2011: Art"
http://art.newcity.com/2011/12/21/top-5-of-everything-2011-art/
December 2011

Atomic Activity - edited by Billy Rennekemp - published by Donnachie Simionato & Son - Milan (IT) - November 2011

An Art Newspaper "Decade Issue" - edited by Aaron Moulton - Galerie Feinkost - Berlin (DE) - May 2011

Post Internet Survival Guide - designed and editted by Katja Novitskova - The Future Gallery at Gentili Apri in cooperation with the Transmediale 11 Response:Ability festival - Berlin (DE) - January 2011

Rhizome Online Features
http://rhizome.org:8080/editorial/2011/mar/3/venus-drop-shaddow-20-brian-khek/
http://rhizome.org:8080/editorial/2010/jun/22/original-content-2009-brian-khek/
March 2011 and June 2010

Newcity editorial
"Beam Me Up: Chicago Internet artists do the BYOB thing"
http://art.newcity.com/2011/03/29/beam-me-up-chicago-internet-artists-do-the-byob-thing/
March 2010

Online Feature on I.H.P. by Bea Fremderman
http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/2011/02/brian-khek.html
February 2011

Chicago Art Magazine editorial by Yolanda Green
"An Unknown Error Has Occurred: New Media and Glitch Art"
http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2011/09/an-unknown-error-has-occurred-new-media-and-glitch-art/
January 2011

ART 21 editorial by Nicholas O'Brien
"Center Field | Is Locale Needed? Netart in the Midwest"
http://blog.art21.org/2010/11/23/center-field-is-locale-needed-netart-in-the-midwest/
November 2010

Bad At Sports review of Wave Int'l: Issue 01 by Martine Syms
http://badatsports.com/2010/review-wave-intl-issue-01/
November 2010

awards and scholarships

2011 - The Ellen and Richard Sandor Scholarship

2008-2012 - SAIC Leadership Award

2008-2012 - New Artists Society Presidential Scholarship