Jiri Kovanda

♂ *1953 / Czech Republic

Works

Solo exhibitions

Jiri Kovanda

gb agency, Paris (FR)
11 May 2019 – 13 Jul 2019
Versus the Rest of the World

House of Photography, Praha (CZ)
1 Apr 2014 – 15 Jun 2014
Tunnels and Lighthouses

Wallspace Gallery, New York (US)
4 Apr 2014 – 10 May 2014
I haven't been here before

The Brno House of Art, Brno (CZ)
7 Feb 2014 – 6 Apr 2014
Resistance

DOMINIK ART PROJECTS, Kraków (PL)
13 Jun 2008 – 9 Jul 2008
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Moravian Gallery, Brno (CZ)
1 Jun 2007 – 2 Sep 2007
I'd rather be an angel

Atelier of Josef Sudek, Praha (CZ)
6 Dec 2006 – 14 Jan 2007
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gb agency, Paris (FR)
9 Sep 2006 – 14 Oct 2006

Group

Borders are Nocturnal Animals

Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) , Vilnius (LT)
12 Jun 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Algirdas Seskus, Emilija Škarnulyte, Shilpa Gupta, Nikita Kadan, Zhang Kechun, Viktor & Sergiy Kochetov, Agnieszka Kurant, Ciprian Muresan, Deimantas Narkevicius, Vandy Rattana, Christine Rebet, Shimpei Takeda …
Auf der Strasse

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz (LI)
11 Apr 2025 – 31 Aug 2025

with Francis Alys, Guy Debord, Tomislav Gotovac, Anna Jermolaewa, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Klara Liden, Rivane Neuenschwander, Adrian Piper, Lotty Rosenfeld, Agnes Varda, Steina & Woody Vasulka
Between Looking and Seeing

gb agency, Paris (FR)
25 Mar 2023 – 22 Apr 2023

with Ryan Gander, Julius Koller, Hassan Sharif
No Art Today?

New Acquisitions from the Collections of Prague City Gallery

House of Photography, Praha (CZ)
16 Nov 2021 – 10 Apr 2022

with Hynek Alt, Adéla Babanová, Zbynek Baladran, Radek Brousil, Jiri Cernicky, Anna Daucikova, Valentyna Janu, Magdalena Jetelova, Lenka Klodova, Martin Kohout, Zdena Kolecková, Julius Koller …
Artists & Agents

Performancekunst und Geheimdienste

Kunsthalle Dortmund, Dortmund (DE)
26 Oct 2019 – 22 Mar 2020

with Tina Bara, Kurt Buchwald, Alba D'Urbano, Ion Grigorescu, Sanja Ivekovic, Jens Klein, Daniel Knorr, Korpys / Loeffler, Jill Magid, Simon Menner, Arwed Messmer, Jozef Robakowski …
Rencontres d'Arles 2017 - The spectre of surrealism

An exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
3 Jul 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Eleanor Antin, Hans Bellmer, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Brassai, Claude Cahun, Mohamed Camara, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Evelyne Coutas, Marcel Duchamp, Germaine Dulac, Fischli & Weiss, Michel Francois …
Detail ist alles

Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz (DE)
24 Jun 2016 – 16 Oct 2016

with Ahmet Oeguet, Vito Acconci, Francis Alys, Samson Kambalu, Klara Liden, Roman Ondak, Nesa Paripovic, Pilvi Takala
13th International Istanbul Biennial

Mom, am I barbarian?

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
14 Sep 2013 – 20 Oct 2013

with Sener Oezmen, Murat Akaguenduez, Jananne Al-Ani, Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann, Halil Altindere, Bertille Bak, Yto Barrada, Guillaume Bijl, Hanna Farah Kufr Birim, Annika Eriksson, Didem Erk, Ayse Erkmen …
Film as Sculpture

WIELS Centre d'art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
17 Jun 2013 – 18 Aug 2013

with Zbynek Baladran, Rosa Barba, Rachel Harrison, Joao Maria Gusmao og Pedro Paiva, Zilvinas Kempinas, Elad Lassry, Bojan Sarcevic, Ulla von Brandenburg
Liverpool Biennial 2012: The Unexpected Guest

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
15 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Doug Aitken, Janine Antoni, Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Dora Garcia, Simryn Gill, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jakob Kolding, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Sabelo Mlangeni …
Gone to Croatan

Strategien des Verschwindens

Kunsthalle Dortmund, Dortmund (DE)
4 Jun 2011 – 14 Aug 2011

with Bas Jan Ader, Erik Bünger, Eduard Buridan, Susanne Bürner, Hubert Czerepok, Fischli & Weiss, Pawel Freisler, Tomasz Kowalski
Gone to Croatan

Strategien des Verschwindens

Kunsthalle Dortmund, Dortmund (DE)
4 Jun 2011 – 14 Aug 2011

with Bas Jan Ader, Erik Bünger, Eduard Buridan, Susanne Bürner, Hubert Czerepok, Fischli & Weiss, Pawel Freisler, Tomasz Kowalski
Mutating Medium - Photography in Czech Art 1990–2010

Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha (CZ)
10 Feb 2011 – 1 May 2011

with Hynek Alt, Pavel Banka, Zbynek Baladran, Veronika Bromová, Jiri Cernicky, Milena Dopitova, Václav Jirasek, Michal Kalhous, Alena Kotzmannova, Lukas Jasansky & Martin Polak, Markéta Othová, Michal Pechoucek …
Berliner Zimmer

Krobath, Wien (AT)
12 Mar 2011 – 16 Apr 2011

with Thomas Demand
Les Promesses du Passé / The Promises of the Past

the works of over fifty artists mostly hailing from Central and Eastern Europe

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
14 Apr 2010 – 19 Jul 2010

with Marina Abramovic, Pawel Althamer, Yael Bartana, Cezary Bodzianowski, Mircea Cantor, Attila Csoergoe, Tacita Dean, Braco Dimitrijevic, Thea Djordjadze, Miklos Erdely, Cyprien Gaillard, Tomislav Gotovac …
A Part of No-Part: Parallelisms Between Then and Now

Chelsea Art Museum, New York (US)
7 May 2010 – 19 Jun 2010

with Kuba Bàkowski, Jiri Cernicky, Hubert Czerepok, Milena Dopitova, Lukasz Gronowski, Zdena Kolecková, Jacek Malinowski, Pavel Mrkus, Jozef Robakowski, Piotr Zylinski
3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Against Exclusion

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
25 Sep 2009 – 25 Oct 2009

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, AES+F, Victor Alimpiev, Lara Almarcegui, Ghada Amer, Blue Noses, Blue Noses, Botto & Bruno, Christoph Büchel, Marina Chernikova, Olga Chernysheva …
...no places no frontiers...

DOMINIK ART PROJECTS, Kraków (PL)
5 Dec 2008 – 31 Jan 2009

with Jiri David, Kristof Kintera
Why here is always somewhere else

Werke aus: Kontakt. Die Kunstsammlung der Erste Bank

Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (DE)
3 Oct 2008 – 30 Nov 2008

with Pawel Althamer, Cezary Bodzianowski, Carola Dertnig, Tomislav Gotovac, Grzinic/Smid, Tibor Hajas, IRWIN - Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, Sanja Ivekovic, Sejla Kameric, Julius Koller, Edward Krasinski, Natalia LL …
Bohemian Rhapsody

Das 68er Festival der Brotfabrik

BrotfabrikGalerie, Berlin (DE)
21 Aug 2008 – 30 Sep 2008

with Bohumil Dobrovolsky, Franz Goess, Roger Melis, Miroslav Tichy
Documenta Kassel 2007

documenta, Kassel (DE)
16 Jun 2007 – 23 Sep 2007

with Halil Altindere, Eleanor Antin, Maja Bajevic, Yael Bartana, Johanna Billing, James Coleman, Danica Dakic, Harun Farocki, Andrea Geyer, Simryn Gill, David Goldblatt, ZHENG Guogu …
Tanzen, Sehen

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
18 Feb 2007 – 28 May 2007

with Eleanor Antin, Charles Atlas, Sven Augustijnen, Samuel Beckett, Andrea Bowers, Rineke Dijkstra, Dan Graham, Bruce Nauman, Erwin Wurm
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Index - The Swedish , Stockholm (SE)
7 Jun 2006 – 10 Sep 2006

with Julius Koller
Gray Zones

GfZK, Leipzig (DE)
20 May 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Oskar Dawicki, Ion Grigorescu, Sanja Ivekovic, Mladen Stilinovic
Kontakt

… aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
17 Mar 2006 – 21 May 2006

with Marina Abramovic, Pawel Althamer, Josef Dabernig, Valie Export, Ion Grigorescu, Sanja Ivekovic, Mladen Stilinovic, Milica Tomic
Grey Zones

The Brno House of Art, Brno (CZ)
29 Mar 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Oskar Dawicki, Ion Grigorescu, Sanja Ivekovic, Jozef Robakowski, Mladen Stilinovic
Cordially invited

Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL)
31 Oct 2004 – 31 Dec 2004

with Francis Alys, Otto Berchem, Monica Bonvicini, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mona Hatoum, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Julius Koller, Roman Ondak, Ene-Liis Semper
Who if not we should at least try to imagine the future of all this?

7 episodes on (ex)changing Europe - episode 3, CORDIALLY INVITED

BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht (NL)
31 Oct 2004 – 31 Dec 2004

with Francis Alys, Otto Berchem, Monica Bonvicini, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mona Hatoum, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Julius Koller, Roman Ondak, Ene-Liis Semper
Eintritt frei

BAWAG Contemporary, Wien (AT)
17 Mar 2004 – 19 Jun 2004

with Pavlina Fichta Cierna, Valie Export, OHO

Events

Liverpool Biennial 2012: The Unexpected Guest

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
15 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Doug Aitken, Janine Antoni, Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Dora Garcia, Simryn Gill, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jakob Kolding, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Sabelo Mlangeni …