Jonas Mekas

♂ *1922-2019 / Lithuania / United States

Works

Contacts for the work of Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

jonasmekasfilms.com

Solo exhibitions

Still Beautiful in My Memory

Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston (US)
6 Mar 2026 – 5 Apr 2026
Memories of Jonas Mekas

agnès b., Paris (FR)
12 Sep 2024 – 20 Oct 2024
Frozen Film Frames: Portraits of Film Makers

still-framed photographs

Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston (US)
18 May 2024 – 27 Jul 2024
A small table with a bottle of wine, garlic, sausage, bread

Microscope Gallery, New York (US)
8 Dec 2022 – 12 Jan 2023
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JONAS MEKAS!

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
15 Apr 2022 – 6 Nov 2022
The Camera Was Always Running

Jewish Museum, New York (US)
18 Feb 2022 – 5 Jun 2022
Jonas Mekas and the New York Avant-Garde

NGA Vilnius, Vilnius (LT)
20 Nov 2021 – 26 Feb 2022
A Tribute to Jonas Mekas

Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston (US)
14 Mar 2020 – 11 Apr 2020
A Dance with Fred Astaire

agnès b., Paris (FR)
18 Jan 2018 – 27 Jan 2018
I LIFT MY GLASS OF WINE TO YOU, MY VIENNA FRIENDS!

Krinzinger Projekte, Wien (AT)
9 Apr 2013 – 5 May 2013
...As I Am Moving Ahead... Glimpses of the Past Linger...

Dox Centre Contemporary Art, Praha (CZ)
24 Jan 2013 – 22 Apr 2013
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Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
5 Dec 2012 – 20 Jan 2013
This Side of Paradise

agnès b. Galerie Boutique, New York (US)
24 Sep 2011 – 30 Oct 2011
Walden (DIARIES Notes and Sketches), Part 6, 1969

Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
9 Sep 2011 – 9 Oct 2011
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Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
8 Nov 2008 – 1 Mar 2009
Film Stills

Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York (US)
13 Nov 2008 – 21 Feb 2009
Home Videos (1997 - 2005)

Ibid Projects, London (GB)
16 Feb 2007 – 18 Mar 2007
Recent Work: Collection of 40 short films

Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York (US)
9 Nov 2006 – 10 Feb 2007
Brief glimpses of beauty

Warwick Arts Centre, Mead Gallery, Warwick (GB)
5 Oct 2006 – 9 Dec 2006
Celebration of the Small and Personal in the Time of Bigness

Centre for Contemporary Art, Warszawa (PL)
13 Oct 2006 – 26 Nov 2006
The Destruction Quartet 2006

Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (AU)
10 Oct 2006 – 4 Nov 2006
Panorámica

Museo Tamayo Arte, México (MX)
9 May 2006 – 10 Sep 2006
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Baltic Art Center, Visby (SE)
17 Jun 2006 – 25 Aug 2006
Rare films

Sketch, London (GB)
13 May 2006 – 1 Jul 2006
The Diary Film

Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg (SE)
28 Jan 2006 – 12 Feb 2006
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Venice Biennale - LT, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005
Fragments of Paradise

Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York (US)
3 Mar 2005 – 14 May 2005
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
1 Mar 2005 – 17 Apr 2005
A Camera for Jonas

Mus. d'art moderne Paris, Paris (FR)
2 Jul 2003 – 28 Sep 2003

Group

Love Stories

photographies in the agnès b collection.

La Fab. agnès b., Paris (FR)
20 Nov 2026 – 21 Mar 2027

with Berenice Abbott, Olivia Bee, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raymond Cauchetier, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Seydou Keita, Dmitry Markov, Ryan McGinley, Duane Michals, Chad Moore, Martin Parr …
Bloom up! Die Sprache der Blumen

Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden (DE)
13 Jun 2026 – 10 Jan 2027

with Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Willem de Rooij, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Taryn Simon
Mnemosyne. Derivas y fragmentos en la producción de memoria

PHotoESPAÑA y la Colección José Luis Soler

Bombas Gens , Valencia (ES)
19 Sep 2025 – 19 Jan 2026

with Inaki Bonillas, Hamish Fulton, Takuma Nakahira
Un "Histoire" de la photographie - Collection agnès b.

La Fab. agnès b., Paris (FR)
8 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Kenneth Anger, Eugene Atget, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Richard Billingham, Brassai, Giacomo Caneva, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mark Cohen, William Eggleston, Ralph Gibson …
Earth: A Retrospective

Bombas Gens , Valencia (ES)
7 Jul 2022 – 4 Jun 2023

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Bleda & Rosa, Inaki Bonillas, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Tacita Dean, Koji Enokura, Elger Esser, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Paul Graham, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Matt Mullican, Armando Salas Portugal …
L'enfance dans la collection agnès. b.

La Fab. agnès b., Paris (FR)
24 Feb 2022 – 24 Jul 2022

with Martine Barrat, Richard Billingham, Florence Chevallier, Denis Dailleux, Daniel Johnston, Seydou Keita, Harmony Korine, Helen Levitt, Alice Mann, Dmitry Markov, Wendy McMurdo, Martin Parr …
Moments to Remember

Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston (US)
12 Feb 2022 – 23 Apr 2022

with William John Kennedy, Suzanne Paul
COLLECTIVE IDENTITY - JP MORGAN

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Carolle Benitah, Neil Goldberg, Myra Greene, Lyle Ashton Harris, Graciela Iturbide, Ayana Jackson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kyle Meyer, Zanele Muholi, Shirin Neshat, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman
Your Story!

Geschichten von Flucht und Migration

Kunsthalle Emden, Emden (DE)
13 May 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Kader Attia, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Ergin Cavusoglu, Antonio Paucar
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Sammy Baloji, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra …
Group Show

65 Works Selected by James Welling: Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts

David Zwirner, New York (US)
9 Dec 2016 – 28 Jan 2017

with Diane Arbus, Roger Ballen, Robert Barry, Walead Beshty, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, Sue de Beer, Tacita Dean, Willie Doherty, Anna Gaskell, Robert Gober, Katy Grannan …
Don’t You Think It’s Time For Love?

Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (RU)
2 Nov 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with Eli Cortinas, Fouad Elkoury, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ion Grigorescu, Boris Mikhailov, Tracey Moffatt, Koka Ramishvili, Katerina Sedá
130% SPRENGEL FOTO NIEDERSÄCHSISCHE SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
5 Jun 2016 – 27 Dec 2016

with Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Nicholas Nixon, Roman Polanski, Heinrich Riebesehl, Robert Smithson, Andy Warhol, Garry Winogrand
America Is Hard to See

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
1 May 2015 – 27 Sep 2015

with Berenice Abbott, Vito Acconci, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Charles Atlas, Alex Bag, Bernadette Corporation, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Walter de Maria, Roy DeCarava, Maya Deren …
Mental Diary

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (DE)
6 Jun 2015 – 23 Aug 2015

with Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Sol LeWitt, Christiane Möbus
Portraits

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York (US)
23 Feb 2012 – 31 Mar 2012

with Robert Polidori
29th Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Albano Afonso, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Miguel Angel Rojas, Qiu Anxiong, Kutluğ Ataman, Pedro Barateiro, Yto Barrada, Artur Barrio, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji …
Rencontres Internationales Paris / Madrid / Berlin

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
29 Jun 2010 – 4 Jul 2010

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Emmanuelle Antille, Mohamed Bourouissa, Marco Brambilla, Jem Cohen, Pedro Costa, Eléonore de Montesquiou, Bea de Visser, Peter Downsbrough, Harun Farocki, Dora Garcia, Ken Jacobs …
Chelsea Hotel: Ghosts of Bohemia

Dox Centre Contemporary Art, Praha (CZ)
4 Dec 2009 – 29 Mar 2010

with Michel Auder, Robert Mapplethorpe, Harry Smith, Andy Warhol
1989

Ende der Geschichte oder Beginn der Zukunft? Anmerkungen zum Epochenbruch

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
8 Oct 2009 – 7 Feb 2010

with Marina Abramovic, Chantal Akerman, Alighiero e Boetti, Christoph Büchel, Sophie Calle, Giovanni Carmine, Maurizio Cattelan, Harun Farocki, Rainer Ganahl, Barbara Kruger, Boris Mikhailov, Marcel Odenbach …
See this Sound

Versprechungen von Bild und Ton

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz (AT)
28 Aug 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Laurie Anderson, Martin Arnold, John Baldessari, Gottfried Bechtold, Valie Export, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Gary Hill, Louise Lawler, Christian Marclay, Michaela Melian, Robert Morris …
1968. Die große Unschuld

Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld (DE)
15 Mar 2009 – 2 Aug 2009

with Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski, Larry Clark, James Coleman, William Eggleston, Valie Export, Robert Frank, Candida Hoefer, Boris Mikhailov, Nam June Paik, Michael Ruetz …
Format 09 International Photography Festival - PHOTOCINEMA

QUAD, Derby (GB)
6 Mar 2009 – 5 Apr 2009

with Eric Baudelaire, Gregory Crewdson, Nicola Dove, William Eggleston, Svea Josephy, Kathrin Kur, Martina Lindquist, E.J. Major, Edgar Martins, Mark Read, Simon Roberts, Cindy Sherman …
36th International Film Festival Rotterdam

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Jan 2007 – 4 Feb 2007

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Karim Ainouz, Knut Asdam, Herman Asselberghs, Tessio Barba, Yael Bartana, Ondrej Brody, Matthew Buckingham, David Byrne, David Claerbout, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner …
The Expanded Eye

Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich (CH)
16 Jun 2006 – 3 Sep 2006

with Dan Graham, Gary Hill, Pierre Huyghe, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik, Pipilotti Rist, Gerry Schum, James Turrell
Thank you for the music

SPRÜTH MAGERS, London (GB)
30 Jun 2006 – 2 Sep 2006

with John Baldessari, Jeremy Deller, Andreas Gursky, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hedi Slimane, Wolfgang Tillmans
Fluxus: To George With Love, From the Personal Collection of Jonas Mekas

Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York (US)
16 Feb 2006 – 31 Mar 2006

with George Maciunas
Filmen

Castel Sant'Elmo, Napoli (IT)
4 Feb 2006 – 14 Feb 2006

with Richard Billingham, Candice Breitz, YANG Fudong, Annika Larsson, Mark Leckey, Shirin Neshat, Yoshua Okon, Diego Perrone, Markus Schinwald, Trebor Scholz, Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio, Sean Snyder …
Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art

Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign (US)
22 Oct 2005 – 31 Dec 2005

with Sophie Calle, Harun Farocki, Subodh Gupta, Martha Rosler, Kiki Seror
The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
Collection Agnès B

Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse (FR)
9 Apr 2004 – 14 Jun 2004

with Berenice Abbott, Kenneth Anger, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Robert Barry, Ernest James Bellocq, Madeleine Berkhemer, Richard Billingham, Michel Blazy, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Emanuel Bovet, Brassai …
Nous Remontons de la "Calle" Toutes les Photographies!

agnès b., Paris (FR)
14 Nov 2003 – 10 Jan 2004

with Pierre-Olivier Arnaud, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Emanuel Bovet, Lucien Herve, Seydou Keita, Harmony Korine, Thierry Lefebure, Ryan McGinley, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Martin Parr, Pierre Reimer, Hugues Reip …
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic …

Events

Art Fair Tokyo 2025

Art Tokyo Association, Tokyo (JP)
7 Mar 2025 – 9 Mar 2025

with Emily Andersen, Nobuyoshi Araki, Simon Fujiwara, Ryan Gander, Eikoh Hosoe, Pierre Huyghe, Astrid Klein, Tatsuo Miyajima, Daido Moriyama, Helmut Newton, Yoshihiro Sakurai, Hikaru Suzuki …
Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023

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Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
3 Feb 2023 – 19 Feb 2023

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Yu Araki, Aenne Biermann, Emmet Gowin, Rei Hayama, In Sook Kim, Navid Nuur, Kunie Sugiura, Fiona Tan, Lu Yang
New York Art Week 2022

New York Art Week, New York (US)
5 May 2022 – 12 May 2022

with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Laura Gilpin, Kati Horna, Justine Kurland, Deana Lawson, Tracey Moffatt, Barbara Probst, Gillian Wearing, Carrie Mae Weems
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Ross Birrell, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Peter Friedl, Regina Jose Galindo …
Paris Photo Los Angeles 2013

Paris Photo , Los Angeles (US)
26 Apr 2013 – 28 Apr 2013

with Gabor Oesz, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, David Armstrong, Jessica Backhaus, Carolle Benitah, Matthew Brandt, Elina Brotherus, Filip Dujardin, Kota Ezawa, Tierney Gearon, Ori Gersht, Johan Grimonprez …
The Venice Biennale - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
VIDEONALE.scope #3

Gespräch und Buchlaunch

Videonale, Köln (DE)
Wörterbuch der Gegenwart #1

Moderiert von Bernd Scherer, Intendant des HKW

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)