Žilvinas Kempinas Lithuanian, b. 1969
Žilvinas Kempinas (b. 1969, Lithuania) is an artist currently living and working in New York. He obtained a BA in Painting Studies at the Vilnius Academy of Art in 1993, later completing an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Hunter College, City University of New York. Kempinas is known for employing non-traditional materials to create active and dynamic artwork mostly consisting of installations, kinetic or minimalistic sculptures and optical art.
Immediately after graduating, Žilvinas Kempinas was assessed as an artist whose work is based on ingenious ideas, creative strategies and innovative materials at the time. The precise and meditative stylistic integrity of his works is visible to this day, from the artist’s earliest to his most recent practice. In many of his works, Kempinas uses his signature material, unwound magnetic tape, which affects the viewer through different senses. The artist’s use of the natural laws, air fan winds and gravitation can be perceived as a certain expansion of the field of sculpture. At the same time, his mathematical approach, highlighting the accuracy, detail and fragility of the objects created does not neglect poeticism, the relationships between the viewers, spaces and the objects, and the delicate balance between matter and consciousness. Kempinas’s thoughtful creative solutions and the employment of quality materials are inseparable from the artist’s life context and testify to the uniqueness of his artistic approach.
Žilvinas Kempinas won the Lithuanian National Culture and Arts Prize in 2012 for a powerful and convincing minimalist language of contemporary art and its international resonance. His most important solo exhibitions were held in New York, Paris, Vienna, Basel, Düsseldorf, Reykjavik, Birmingham and many other cities. Kempinas’s exhibitions frequently receive attention from the media around the world. He is an active participant in group exhibitions and biennales such as the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art or Manifesta 7. In 2007, the artist also received the Calder Prize and in 2009 represented Lithuania at the 53rd Venice Biennale where the Lithuanian exposition was prepared by the Vartai Gallery.
Born 1969 in Plunge, Lithuania
Lives and works in New York, USA
EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES
2017 - Dartmouth College (USA)
2008 - Atelier Calder (France)
1998-2002 - Combined Media (MFA) from City University of New York, Hunter College (USA)
1987-1993 - Painting (BFA) from Vilnius Academy of Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 -Analog, bitforms gallery, New York
2019 - Zilvinas Kempinas & Justė Janulytė: SKYCITY, WAVES, Gaida Contemporary Music Festival, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Liberté! Saison Culturelle 2019, Chapelle du Crous, Bordeaux (France)
2018 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Herron School of Art + Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis (USA)
2017 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Dartmouth College, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hanover (USA)
2016 - Zilvinas Kempinas, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 - Tube, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn (Austria)
2016 - Zilvinas Kempinas, IKON Gallery, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
2015 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Santorini Arts Factory, Santorini (Greece)
2015 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Leme Gallery, São Paulo (Brazil)
2015 - Airborne, Lio Malca Gallery, New York City (USA)
2014 - Fifth Wall, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle The Budapest Hall of Art, Budapest (Hungary)
2014 - Scarecrow, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City (USA)
2013 - Fountains, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik (Iceland)
2013 - Darkroom, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2013 - Slow Motion, Museum Tinguely, Basel (Switzerland)
2012 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Leme Gallery, São Paulo (Brazil)
2011 - Lucid Dream, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (France)
2011 - Still, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia)
2011 - Vartai 20 Years: Zilvinas Kempinas, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2011 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (France)
2010 - Ballroom, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York City (USA)
2010 - Airborne, AV Festival, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays (United Kingdom)
2010 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Leme Gallery, São Paulo (Brazil)
2009 - 53rd International Art Exhibition, The Venice Biennale, Venice (Italy)
2008 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (Austria)
2008 - Zilvinas Kempinas, Galerie des Franciscains & Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire (France)
2008 - Open Studio, Atelier Calder, Saché (France)
2007 - Parallels/Flying Tape, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2007 - White Noise, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York City (USA)
2006 - Flying Tape, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France)
2006 - Columns/Bike Messenger, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York City (USA)
2004 - Flying Tape, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York City (USA)
2003 - Still and 186 000 mi/s, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center MoMA PS1, New York City (USA)
1996 - The New Year of King Nebuchadnezzar, (site specific installation), Vilnius (Lithuania)
1996 - Portraits-Fossils, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1994 - Painting from Nature, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Spectrum, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 - The Origin of Species: 1990s DNA, Mo Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 - Worlds in Motion, Collection Presentation, Mudam Luxembourg Musée d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean (The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art), Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
2019 - Negative Space, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (Germany)
2019 - Between Us, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz (Germany)
2019 - magnetic_T, New Media Gallery, New Westminster (Canada)
2019 - EXTENSION. LT: Parallel Narratives, Triumph Gallery, Moscow (Russia)
2018 - Action-Reaction, 100 Years of Kinetic Art, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2018 - Floating Infinity. Žilvinas Kempinas - Attila Csörgő - Miklós Erdély, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (Hungary)
2018 - Re: Work, The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art, Manchester (United Kingdom)
2016 - Calder Prize, Pace London, London (United Kingdom)
2016 - Se souvenir des Belles Choses, Musée régional d'art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan (France)
2016 - Zilvitis, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 - Sculpture by the Sea: Cottesloe, Cottesloe Beach (Australia)
2016 - Le temps de l'audace et de l'engagement - de leur temps, Contemporary Art Institute Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon (France)
2016 - Laboratoires de l'art, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris (France)
2016 - Set in Motion, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth (New Zealand)
2016 - Hopla Boom! Art Contemporain, Le Bel Ordinaire espace d'art contemporain, Billière (France)
2015 - Walk The Line: New Paths in Drawing, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (Germany)
2015 - Sculpture by the Sea: Aarhus, Aarhus Bay (Denmark)
2015 - Concretely more space, Kunsthalle Osnabrüuck, Museum of Cultural History, Felix Nussbaum Haus, and public spaces, Osnabruck (Germany)
2015 - Invento: As Revoluções que nos Inventaram, Oca, Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo (Brazil)
2015 - The Kaleidoscopic Turn, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Australia)
2015 - First cut, TEBA Factory, Arad (Romania)
2015 - Sculpture by the Sea: Bondi, Bondi Beach (Australia)
2014 - Sublime, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland (Australia)
2014 - Face a Face, Festival Les échappées belles, Alençon (France)
2014 - The Disappearance Of The Fireflies, Prison Sainte Anne, Avignon (France)
2014 - Inversion. Evil Goods, Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 - The Shine, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 - On What There Might Not Be / Acerca De Lo Que Podría No Ser, MARSO Gallery, Mexico City (Mexico)
2014 - Solides Fragiles, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean (The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art), Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
2013 - Film As Sculpture / Sculpture As Film, Wiels, Brussels (Belgium)
2013 - Antigravity, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota (Japan)
2013 - Dynamo, Grand Palais National Galleries, Paris (France)
2013 - Slow Burn, Railway Zone Tilburg, Tilburg (The Netherlands)
2013 - Pattern: Follow The Rules, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (USA)
2013 - Turbulences II, Collaboration with L'Esapce Culturel Louis Vuitton, Foundation Boghossian/Villa Empain, Brussels (Belgium)
2013 - Part of a Larger Whole. Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2013 - Projections, Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d' Olonne (France)
2013 - Théâtre du Monde, La Maison Rouge, Paris (France)
2013 - De Leur Temps: 4 Nantes, Le hangar à Bananes Galerie, Nantes (France)
2013 - Mindwalk, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2012 - Moving is Living, Art Stations Foundation by Grazyna Kulczyk, Poznan (Poland)
2012 - Prestige (Phantasmagoria of our times), Klaipeda Culture Communication Center, Klaipeda (Lithuania)
2012 - Sculpture Is Everything: Contemporary Works From the Collection, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland (Australia)
2012 - Silence, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Normandie (France)
2012 - Lexus Hybrid Art 2012, ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow (Russia)
2012 - Masterpieces of the Yvon Lambert Collection, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Avignon (France)
2012 - Turbulences, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris (France)
2012 - Exhibition of the permanent collection (from 1960 to present), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
2012 - Tapis Volants (Flying Carpets), French Academy in Rome, Rome (Italy)
2012 - Pink Caviar, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2012 - Oh, You Mean Cellophane and All that Crap, A Calder Foundation project, The McKittrick Hotel, New York City (USA)
2012 - Performing Abstraction, Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo (Brazil)
2012 - The EXIT Festival, Creteil (France)
2012 - Festival Via 2012, Maubeuge (France)
2012 - Beaufort 04, Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea, multiple cities (Belgium)
2012 - Lightness? Maison Particulière, Brussels (Belgium)
2012 - Trait Papier, Musee des Beaux Arts de la Chaux-de-Fonds, Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland)
2012 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012, Niigata (Japan)
2011 - Exhibition of the permanent collection (from 1960 to present), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
2011 - Nuit Blanche Paris 2011 (Paris White Night), Paris (France)
2011 - 1.2 Volume, Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City (Mexico)
2011 - Our Magic Hour, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama (Japan)
2011 - Number Five: Cities Of Gold And Mirrors, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf (Germany)
2011 - The Matter Of Air, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (Australia)
2011 - Play Time, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York City (USA)
2011 - Who Runs The Space Now? ECOH Gallery, Mexico City and Neue Galerie, Switzerland, Mexico City
2011 - ...so beautiful, NKV Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2011 - Höhenrausch 2 (Thrill of the Heights 2), Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz (Austria)
2011 - Parcours Formes Olympiques, Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)
2010 - On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York City (USA)
2010 - I Believe in Miracles: 10th anniversary of the Lambert Collection, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Avignon (France)
2010 - Mostre in Corso. Spheres 2010, GALLERIA CONTINUA/ Le Moulin de Boissy, Boissy-le-Châtel (France)
2010 - Sarabande. Zilvinas Kempinas and Deimantas Narkevicius, FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen (France)
2010 - City Without Walls - Vilnius, 6th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
2010 - Lithuanian Art 2000-2010: ten years, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010 - Contemporary Art from Lithuania, European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany)
2010 - Sketches of Space, The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
2010 - From Artists' Workshops, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010 - Listen to your eyes, 49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine, Metz (France)
2010 - Transmediale.10 - Future Obscura, House of World Cultures, Berlin (Germany)
2009 - Locus Solus, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (France)
2009 - Fall In/Fall Out, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto (Canada)
2009 - ZEROplus, 401 contemporary, Berlin (Germany)
2009 - Go East II, The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
2009 - Nightmare Full of Things Unspeakable, Concept V, New York City (USA)
2009 - Das Fundament der Kunst - Die Skulptur und ihr Sockel seit Alberto Giacometti, Städtischen Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn (Germany)
2009 - The Immediate Future, Lunds Konsthall Art Gallery, Lund (Sweden)
2009 - Espèces d'espaces, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York City (USA)
2009 - We Go Round in Circles at Night, Château de Rochechouart, Rochechouart (France)
2008 - NOW JUMP, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul (Korea)
2008 - New Work: Zilvinas Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, Mary Temple, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (USA)
2008 - Go East, The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
2008 - MANIFESTA 7, Bolzano (Italy)
2008 - Permutations, Musée de Valence art et archéologie, Valence (France)
2008 - + De Réalité, Nantes School of Art, Nantes (France)
2008 - MANIF D'ART 4: La Biennale en Art Actuel de Quebec, Quebec City (Canada)
2007 - Collected Visions: Modern and Contemporary Works from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Pera Museum, Istanbul (Turkey)
2007 - Voyage Intérieur, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (France)
2007 - StereoVision: From 2D to 3D, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa (Florida)
2007 - The Last Seduction: A Welcome Surrender to Beauty, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago (USA)
2007 - Château de Tokyo/Tokyo Redux, Centre International d'art et du paysage de l'île de Vassivière, Beaumont-du-Lac (France)
2007 - Ready-Made, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York City (USA)
2006 - Les Fils de Marcel, Centre regional d'art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète (France)
2006 - Hapax, Aperto, Montpellier (France)
2005 - Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York City (USA)
2005 - Works on Paper, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York City (USA)
2002 - MFA Thesis Show, Time Square Gallery, New York City (USA)
1999 - Prague Quadrennial 1999, Prague (Czech Republic)
1999 - Lithuanian Art 1989 -1999, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1998 - After Painting, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1997 - Footnotes, Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik (Iceland)
1996 - Holy Lie (press project), Vilnius (Lithuania)
1995 - Whales Stomach, (site specific installation), Vilnius (Lithuania)
1995 - Recent Documents, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago (USA)
1994 - Lithuania Art, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1994 - For Beauty, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1993 - Kultr, Gallery ARKA, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1992 - Good Evils, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1992 - Advent Bunch, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
AWARDS/GRANTS
2017 - Artist in Residence, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (USA)
2016 - Sculpture by the Sea: Cottesloe EY People's Choice Prize, Cottesloe Beach (Australia)
2016 - Sculpture by the Sea: Cottesloe Kids' Choice Prize, Cottesloe Beach (Australia)
2012 - Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2007 - Calder Prize and Atelier Calder Residency Award, Sachè (France)
1998 - Kristoforas Award for Best Drama Theater Stage Design, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1994 - Akademie Schloss Solitude Grant, Stuttgart (Germany)
1994 - Westerly Trust Grant, London (United Kingdom)
COLLECTIONS
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
Collection Lambert, Museum of Contemporary Art, Avignon (France)
Credit Agricole Art Collection, Paris (France)
JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York (United States)
Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Lio Malca Collection, New York (United States)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (Denmark)
MUDAM Musée d'art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art), Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (Australia)
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (Canada)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Australia)
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland (Australia)
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami (USA)
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STAND WITH UKRAINE
Auction exhibition 26 Apr - 31 May 2022Photos by Audrius SolominasRead more -
Spectrum
Group exhibition 14 Jul - 26 Aug 2020Curator Linas Bliškevičius Artists and designers: Gabrielė Adomaitytė, Jānis Avotiņš, Ray Bartkus, Kazimieras Brazdžiūnas, Jokūbas Čižikas, Adomas Danusevičius, Marija Puipaitė & Vytautas Gečas, Vytenis Jankūnas, Linas Jusionis, Žilvinas Kempinas, Mindaugas...Read more -
Žilvinas Kempinas
Solo Exhibition 20 Dec 2016 - 3 Feb 2017The installations, created by Kempinas, operate as if they were natural phenomena such as lig ht and the flow of air. However, the most significant element that binds them is...Read more -
Group show Žilvitis (Willow)
25th Vartai gallery anniversary marking exhibition 19 Feb - 9 Apr 2016From its very establishment in 1991, Galerija Vartai has been a prominent cultural centre, attracting a wide and diverse following both within and outside Lithuania. In addition to exhibitions of...Read more -
MINDWALK
Group exhibition 29 Nov 2013 - 18 Jan 2014Artists Ştefan Constantinescu Gintaras Didžiapetris Žilvinas Kempinas Jonathan Monk S&P Stanikas Erwin Wurm Collectors Lewben Art Foundation Vilma Dagilienė Boris Symulevič Rolandas Valiūnas Audronė and Marius Vaupšas Irina and Maris...Read more -
Žilvinas Kempinas
VARTAI 20 Years 22 Feb - 2 Apr 2011
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Artissima 2015
Turin, Italy 6 - 8 Nov 2015Presented artists: Žilvinas Kempinas Robertas NArkus VYTAUTAS VIRŽBICKAS Andrius ZakarauskasRead more -
Contemporary Istanbul 2014
Istanbul, Turkey 13 - 16 Nov 2014Presented artists: S&P STANIKAS ŽILVINAS KEMPINASRead more -
ViennaFair 2013
Vienna, Austria 10 - 13 Oct 2013Presented artists: ANDRIUS ZAKARAUSKAS ANTANAS SUTKUS LAURA GARBŠTIENĖ MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITIS VOLDEMARS JOHANSONS ŽILVINAS KEMPINASRead more -
Art13London 2013
London, United Kingdom 1 - 3 Mar 2013Presented artists: ARNAS ANSKAITIS ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS TIM KLIUKIOT ŽILVINAS LANDZBERGAS MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITISRead more -
Contemporary Istanbul 2012
Istanbul, Turkey 22 - 25 Nov 2012Presented artists: EVALDAS JANSAS PATRICIJA JURKŠAITYTĖ ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITISRead more -
ViennaFair 2012
Vienna, Austria 19 - 23 Sep 2012Presented artists: ARNAS ANSKAITIS ANDRIUS ZAKARAUSKAS MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITIS ŽILVINAS KEMPINASRead more -
Slick Brussels 2012
Brussels, Belgium 19 - 22 Apr 2012Presented artists: ANDRIUS ZAKARAUSKAS Linas Jusionis MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITIS ŽILVINAS KEMPINASRead more -
ViennaFair 2011
Vienna, Austria 12 - 15 Jun 2011Presented artists: ANDRIUS ZAKARAUSKAS MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITIS ŽILVINAS KEMPINASRead more -
ARCO 2009
Madrid, Spain 11 - 16 Feb 2011Presented artists: ANDRIUS ZAKARAUSKAS ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS ŽILVINAS LANDZBERGASRead more
2017 - Arterritory, interview with Odrija Fišere
2017 - Laima Kreivytė, Žilvinas Kempinas, Žilvinas Kempinas: Catching the Invisible Waves, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 2017
2016 - Jessica Holmes, Žilvinas Kempinas, Žilvinas Kempinas, Birmingham: Ikon, 2016
2016 - Thomas Häusle, Roland Wetzel, Gerald Matt, Žilvinas Kempinas, TUBE, Dornbrin: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2016
2014 - Žilvinas Kempinas, Scarecrow, Long Island City: Socrates Publishing, 2014
2013 - Žilvinas Kempinas, Kęstutis Šapoka, Karine Tissot, Roland Wetzel, Slow Motion, Basel: Cristoph Merian Verlag, 2013
2009 - Alfonsas Andriuškevičius, Laima Kreivytė, Veronica Roberts, Malcolm Miles, Žilvinas Kempinas, Žilvinas Kempinas: Tube Catalogue for the Lithuanian Pavilion 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Vilnius: VARTAI gallery, 2009
2009 - Daniel Marzona, Synne Genzmer, Žilvinas Kempinas, Zilvinas Kempinas, Dornbrin: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2009
BOOKS/CATALOGUES
2019 - Between Us, ed.: Stefanie Böttcher, Honne Dohrmann, Florian Jenett, Mainz: Distanz, 2019
2018 - Catalogue de la Collection du Frac Normandie Caen, ed.: Valérie Da Costa, Alice Laguarda, Cécile Bourne-Farrell, Paris: Éditions Dilecta, 2018
2017 - Readdressed 2. Lithuanian and Litvak Graphics, Sculpture, Photography, Contemporary Art in the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation, ed.: Rasa Andriušytė-Žukienė, Vilnius: Lewben Art Foundation, Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation, 2017
2016 - Adam Jasper, "Zilvinas Kempinas and Aby Warburg's Nymphs", in: Set in Motion: Rebecca Baumann, Žilvinas Kempinas, Len Lye, Taree Mackenzie, Ross Manning, ed.: Sarah Wall, New Plymouth: Govett-Brewster Art, 2016
2016 - Laboratoires de l'art, catalogue, Paris: Hermann, 2016
2016 - Sculpture by the sea Twelfth Annual Exhibition, catalogue, Perth, 2016
2016 - The Calder Prize 2005 - 2015, catalogue, London: Pace London, 2016
2015 - Invento: As Revoluções Que Nos Inventaram, catalogue, ed.: Joshua Decter, Sao Paulo, 2015
2015 - Sculpture by the sea, catalogue, Aarhus, 2015
2015 - Walk The Line: Neue Wege der Zeichnung, catalogue, ed.: Ralf Beil, Holger Broeker, Wolfsburg: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2015
2013 - Antigravity, catalogue, ed.: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Toyota: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art and Seigensha, 2013
2013 - Aline Cochard, "Žilvinas Kempinas", in: Dynamo: un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l'art 1913-2013, ed.: Serge Lemoine, Aline Cochard, Paris: RMN, 2013
2013 - Projections: vers d'autres mondes, catalogue, Les Sables d'Alene: Musèe de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, 2013
2013 - Turbulences II, catalogue, Brussels: Boghossian Foundation, 2013
2012 - Beaufort beeldenboek 01, 02, 03, 04, Ghent, 2012
2012 - Flying Carpets, catalogue, Rome: Drago, 2012
2012 - Prestige: Phantasmagoria Now, catalogue, Klaipėda: Klaipėdos kultūrų komunikacijų centras, 2012
2012 - Suhanya Raffel, "Zilvinas Kempinas: On Sculpture", catalogue, in: Sculpture Is Everything: Contemporary Works from the Collection, Queensland: Gallery of Modern Art, 2012
2012 - Trait Papier, un essai sur le dessin contemporain, catalogue, Geneva: Musée des beaux-arts, 2012
2012 - Turbulences, catalogue, Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2012
2012 - Yokohama Triennale 2011 Document, Tokyo, 2012
2011 - Höhenrausch.2: Brücken im Himmel, catalogue, ed.: Martin Sturm, Vienna, 2011
2011 - The Matter of Air, catalogue, Melbourne: Fitzroy, 2011
2011 - Who Runs The Space Now?, catalogue, Mexico City, 2011
2011 - Yokohama Triennale 2011. Our Magic Hour: How Much of the World Can We Know?, catalogue, Yokohama, 2011
2010 - Raúl Zamudio, Laura Rutkutė, City Without Walls. 2010 Liverpool Biennial, catalogue, 2010
2010 - Contemporary Art From Lithuania, catalogue, Frankfurt am Main, 2010
2010 - Futurity Now!, catalogue, Berlin, 2010
2010 - Lithuanian Art 2000 - 2010: Ten Years, catalogue, ed.: Linara Dovydaitytė, Renata Dubinskaitė, Asta Vaičiulytė, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, 2010
2010 - On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, catalogue, ed.: David Frankel, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010
2009 - +de realité, catalogue, Paris, 2009
2009 - Das Fundament der Kunst. Die Skulptur und ihr Sockel in der Moderne, catalogue, Heilbronn, 2009
2009 - Den omedelbar framtiden: Manon de Boer, Zilvinas Kempinas, Melvin Moti, catalogue, Lund: Lunds konsthall, 2009
2009 - Žilvinas Kempinas: Tube: Lithuanian Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, catalogue, ed.: Mark Orange, Laura Rutkutė, Laima Kreivytė, Vilnius: Galerija Vartai, 2009
2009 - Fare mondi: 53. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, catalogue, Venice, 2009
2009 - "Žilvinas Kempinas", in: Now Jump: Inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center, catalogue, Nam June Paik Art Center: Yongin, 2009
2009 - Romantische Maschinen. Kinestische Kunst der Gegenwart, catalogue, ed.: Marc Wellmann, Berlin: Georg-Kolbe-Museum, 2009
2008 - Žilvinas Kempinas, catalogue, Kunsthalle Wien, ed.: Gerald Matt, Vienna, 2008
2008 - Permutations/40 artistes 01 musée vide, catalogue, Valence: Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie, 2008
2007 - Collected Visions: Modern and Contemporary Works from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, catalogue, Istanbul: Pera Museum, 2007
2007 - Interviews 2, ed.: Gerald Matt, Cologne : Walther König, 2007
2005 - Erika Grigoravičienė, "Kartotė be pirmavaizdžio: referentinio sąlyčio paradigma", in: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis 39, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 2005
2002 - Lietuvos dailės istorija, ed.: Alfonsas Andriuškevičius, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 2002
1999 - Lithuanian Art 1989-1999: The Ten Years, catalogue, ed.: Kęstutis Kuizinas, Lolita Jablonskienė, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, 1999
1999 - Prague Quadrennial 1999: 9th International Exhibition of Stage Design and Theatre Architecture, catalogue, Prague, Prague 1999
1998 - Alfonsas Andriuškevičius, 72 lietuvių dailininkai - apie dailę, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 1998
1998 - After Painting, catalogue, ed.: Lolita Jablonskienė, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, 1998
1997 - Alfonsas Andriuškevičius, Lietuvių dailė: 1975 - 1995, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 1997
1997 - Footnotes: Contemporary Art from Lithuania, catalogue, Reykjavik: Kjarvalsstaðir, Listasafn Reykjavikur, 1997
1995 - Lithuanian Art, catalogue, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, 1995
1995 - For Beauty, catalogue, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, 1995
1995 - Recent Documents: New tendencies in Lithuanian Art, catalogue, Chicago, 1995
ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
2017 - Neringa Černiauskaitė, "Reviews. Zilvinas Kempinas", in: Artforum, 2017-04
2016 - Lizzie Lloyd, "Reviews Exhibitions. Zilvinas Kempinas", in: Art Monthly, Nr. 401, 2016-11
2014 - Faye Hirsch, "Previews. Forces of Nature: Zilvinas Kempinas", in: Art in America, 2014-05-09
2010 - Eleanor Heartney, "Žilvinas Kempinas", in: Art in America, 2010-11-06
2010 - Ben Davis, "Roll Tape", in: artnet, 2010-09-28
2009 - Neringa Černiauskaitė, "Žilvinas Kempinas", in: Flash Art International, no. 269, 2009
2009 - Laura Mclean-Ferris, "Caught on Tape", in: Art Review, 2009
2009 - Franz Thalmair, "Žilvinas Kempinas", in: Kunstforum, vol. 195, 2009
2008 - Matthias Dusini, "Mondspaziergang mit Magnetbändern", in: Falter, no. 44, 2008-10-31
2008 - Anne Katrin Fessler, "Magnetband tanz zum Surren von Ventilatoren", in: Der Standard, 2008-11-03
2008 - Kinga German, "Die Magie des langweiligen Raums", in: Badisches Tagblatt, 2008-12-17
2008 - Veronica Roberts, "Interview with Žilvinas Kempinas", in: Museo Magazine, vol. 10, 2008
2008 - Nicole Scheyerer, "27 Kilometer Band, 10.000 Nägel", in: Die Presse, 2008-12-06
2008 - Edith Schlocker, "Video-bänder, die Tanzen können", in: Tiroler Tageszeitung, 2008-11- 06
2008 - "Le prix Calder, tremplin d'artistes", in: Pratique des Arts, no. 81, 2008
2007 - Michael Amy, "Žilvinas Kempinas at Spencer Brownstone", in: Art in America, 2007
2007 - Raminta Jurėnaitė, "Tiršta tuštuma", in: Kultūros Barai, no.10, 2007
2007 - Linda Lee, "The Action at the Fairs", in: Florida InsideOut, 2007
2007 - Mark Rappolt, "Žilvinas Kempinas. Future Greats: 25 Artists You Need To Know", in: Art Review, 2007
2006 - Christopher Mason, "The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse", in: Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, 2006
2006 - Roberta Smith, "Art in Review; Žilvinas Kempinas", in: The New York Times, 2006-02-10
2003 - Daniel Kuntz, "Confusion in Diversity", in: The New York Sun, 2003-05-22
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Charity auction Stand With Ukraine
May 2, 2022On May 5, Galerija Vartai and National volunteer support coordination center 'Strong Together' will hold a charity auction of contemporary art and design - STAND...Read more -
Žilvinas Kempinas "Light and Gravity" exhibition at Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival
This year Festival adopts the theme of “Gradate” as a reference concept and a guide to formulating creative works December 15, 2021We are pleased to announce that Žilvinas Kempinas exhibition 'Light and Gravity' is opened at Islamic Arts Festival! The annual Islamic Arts Festival began in...Read more -
Žilvinas Kempinas in "Calder Now" exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam
"Calder Now" presents over twenty sculptures by Alexander Calder alongside works by ten prominent contemporary artists November 19, 2021We are happy to annouced that Žilvinas Kempinas is part of group exhibition 'Calder Now' at Kunsthal Rotterdam. 'Calder Now' is an extensive exhibition that...Read more -
Žilvinas Kempinas's solo at Bitforms gallery, New York
September 2 - October 9, 2021 September 8, 2021bitforms gallery 131 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002Read more -
Žilvinas Kempinas at The Brno House of Arts
The Art of Diminished Differentia August 28, 202011 09 2020 – 15 11 2020 New York-based Lithuanian artist Žilvinas Kempinas is going to participate in a group exhibition The Art of Diminished...Read more