JILL MAGID Born in 1973 Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Education: 1998-2000

1991-1995

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masters of Science in Visual Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Cornell University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ithaca, New York, United States.

Residencies: 2013-2015 2006-2007 2001-2002 1994

Awards: 2006 2001-2 1998

Vera List Fellow,Vera List Center for Art and Politics. New York, United States Eyebeam, Artist in Residence, New York, United States. Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italiy.

Basis Stipendium, Fonds Voor Beeldende Kunsten, The Netherlands. The Netherland-America Foundation Fellowship, Fulbright Grant Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, American Federal Government Fellowship

Solo exhibitions: 2016 2014

2013

2012

2011 2010

The Proposal. Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen. St Gallen, Switzerland (June 2016, upcoming) A Mouse Drowned in a Honey Pot, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna Quartet, South London Gallery, United Kingdom Homage, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland Woman with Sombrero, Museo Arte Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico Woman with Sombrero, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France Woman With Sombrero. New Commissions, Art in General. New York, United States. Jill Magid as part of Art Basel Parcours. June Jill Magid at Raeber von Stenglin, Independent 2013, New York, Unites States. Faust 24 Labor, Mexico City, Mexico. Failed States Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, United States. The Status of the Shooter Yvon Lambert, Paris, France. Failed States AMOA-Arthouse, Austin, Texas, United States. Closet Drama, Berkeley Museum of Art, California, United States. A Reasonable Man In A Box, Whitney Museum of American Art, New

 

2009

2008

York, United States. Objects To Be Handed Over or Destroyed, Yvon Lambert, New York, United States. The Thicker the Glass, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France. Authority to Remove, Tate Modern, London, England. Article 12, Stroom and The AIVD (The Secret Service of the Netherlands), The Hague, The Netherlands. Thin Blue Lines, Centre D’Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain. Evidence Locker, Sparwasser, Berlin, Germany.

2007

With Full Consent, Gagosian Gallery, New York, United States.

2005

Libration Point, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Evidence Locker, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Gambier Night, Public projection, Tschumi Pavilion Groningen, The Netherlands. Thomas Makes a Wish, Galerie LÅLObservatoire, Brussels, Belgium. Tall Tale Small Scale, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Facades, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Rhinestoning Headquarters (by System Azure), permanent installation, Amsterdam Police Headquarters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Facades, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdan, The Netherlands. Intimates Unfolding, Xth Avenue Lounge, New York, United States. Monitoring Desire Harvard Science Center, MIT Thesis Performance, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lobby 7 MIT main lobby, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

2004 2003 2002

2001

 

Group Exhibitions: 2016

Electronic Superhighway. Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom Manifiesta. TBD, Zurich Biennial. Zurich, Suiza Switzerland

2015

Global control and censorship, Exhibition within the framework of GLOBALE at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Medienmuseum Metamodern, Krannert Art Museum, curated by Ginger Gregg Dugganand Judith Hoos Fox. Reads like a Book, The Book Lovers, Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Cricoteka, Eyes on the street, Cincinnati Art Museum, organized by Brian Sholis Pier 54, High Line, New York, United States Infinite Turning, Murray Guy, New York, USA The Built Enviroment, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Artist/Novelist, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States Invocable Reality, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain The crime was almost perfect, Witte de With Center for Contemporary

2014

 

 

2013

2012

2011

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2008 2006

Art, Netherlands Don't embarass the Bureau, Lunds Konsthall, Suède, SE Mine? Or Yours ?, The New School , New York, United States Random House. Arcadia Miss. London, United Kingdom. Gotenburg Biennial. Curada por Joanna Waraza, Sueden. Monkey Business: The Paradox of Value. Curated by Gregory Lang and Sphie Scheidecker. Gallery Sophie Scheidecker. Paris, France. Seven On Seven. Jill Magid with Dennis Crowley Rhizome. Auditorium Tishman in the New York School. New York, United States. The Book Lovers Elizabeth Foundaton of the Arts (EFA). New York, United States. No One Lives Here. Royal College of Art. London, United Kingdom. Now Here is Also Nowhere. Part 1 Group exhibition. Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, New York, United States. “Four Nights, Four Decades” Video Series Screening. The Power Station, Dallas, Texas, United States. Sculpted Matter Group exhibition. Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nuew York, United States. Mind the System, Find the Gap Z33, Belgium. Bucharest Biennial 5 Romania. Curated by Anne Barlow, Romania. Cancelled The Center for Book Arts, New York, United States. Campaign C24 Gallery, Curatred by Amy Smith-Stewart. New York, United States. Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue? La Maison Rouge, Curatred by David Rosenberg. Paris, France. Museum of Display, EXTRA CITY, Antwerp, Singapore Biennial, Singapore. Sorting Daemons: Art, Surveillance Regimes and Social Control, Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany. FREE, New Museum, New York, United States. A Place out of History, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico. A Theory of Vision: A Review, Centrum Sztuki Wspotczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Poland. History of Art, The David Robert Art Foundation, London, England. S.M.A.K Going GAGA, Museum S.M.A.K presents GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words, Ghent, Belgium. Assume the Position, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. PLOT, Creative Time, GovernorÅLs Island, New York, United States. Image Search, P.P.O.W., New York, United States. Espàces dʼespaces, Yvon Lambert, New York, United States. Closer, Beirut Art Center, Lebanon, Beirut. Capital Jewelers, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, United States. Naked Life, Museum of Contemporary Arts Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan. Lost and Found Video Screening, Art in General, New York, United States. Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art, Rose Art Museum, Waltham,Massachusetts, United States. The 7th Side of the Die, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, United States.

 

 

2005

2004

2003 2002

Intimate Relations…The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, New York, United States. Composite, Alona Kagan Gallery,New York, United States. Supervision: Jill Magid and Nicoline van Harskamp, UCR Museum of Photography, Riverside, California, United States. And the Story Begins, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Berlin Art Fair, Galerie van Gelder, Berlin, Germany. Balance and Power, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois, United States. Positioning statement, Image Cairo 3, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. DMZ 2005_Korea, A project between North and South Korea, Heyri Art Village, Paju, South Korea. HTMiles, International Biennial of Cyberart, Montreal, Canada. ADAM, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. On Patrol, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Evidence Locker, Tate Museum Liverpool and FACT, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Retrieval Room, FACT, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Video Program, De Balie, Fa.ade Screen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Kunstrai, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FILM@33, TURF, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Yellow Pages, Turm Gallery, Germany. Surveillance and Control, World-Information Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Museum Night: Home Movies, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Married by Powers with Paulina Olowska, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Bibliography: 2010 Straus, Michael. “JILL MAGID A Reasonable Man in a Box”, Brooklyn Rail, September. Hayward, Camille, “A Reasonable Man in a Box”, Whitewall, July, 2010 “Dutch Secret Service Take Custody of Jill Magidʼs Art”, Artdaily.org, October. Crow, Kelly, “Jill Magid Manuscript Confiscated Following Tate Modern Exhibit”, Wall Street Journal, January. Ashton, Sean, “From Physical Object to Literary Text,” MAP magazine, Issue 21, Spring, pg. 60-65 2009 Bigalke, Nina and Kisch, Sean, “Licensed to thrill: Artist Jill Magid at Tate Modern,” The Guardian, video, December. Crow, Kelly. “An Artist Delves Into the Lives of Spies,” Wall Street Journal, September 19. Gerrity, Jeanne. “Secret Agency: Jill Magid at Yvon Lambert,” Rhizome.org. October 15.

 

Oddy, Jason, “An outsiders guide to getting inside places only insiders normally get to go,” Art on Paper,Vol.13, No.5, May/June, pg. 58-71 Smallenburg, Sandra. “AIVD liet kunstwerk maken, maar kreeg koudwatervrees”, NRC Handesblad,September 23 Stroobants, Jean-Pierre. “Petits couacs entre une artiste am.ricaine et des agents secrets n.erlandais ”,Le Monde, October 16. Wiseman, Eva. “Is it Art? Search Me… Why Jill Magid Loves an Authority Figure.” The Observer. September 27.

 

2008 Tate Modern Unveils its Latest Level 2 Exhibition: Authority to Remove by Jill Magid, Artdaily.org, September 12. Hartjes, Nathalie, “Kunst voor de veilgheidsdienst,” Den Haag Centraal, April 25, Jill Magid interviews Sophie Calle, Tokion, Fall 2008, pg.46-53 Mebius, Bert, “Het gezicht van de AIVD,” Groene Amsterdammer, May 16. Rosenberg, Karen, “The New Normal,” The New York Times, June 13, 2008, p. E26 Smallenburg, Sandra, “Best of 2008,” NRC Handlesbad, The Netherlands. Smallenburg, Sandra, “Het menselijk gezicht van de veiligheidsdienst,” nrc.next, May 8. Smallenburg, Sandra, “Hoe spionnen ogen,” NRC Handelsblad, May 2. Staffhorst, Maaike, “AIVD doorgelicht door kunstenaar,” De Telegraaf, April 25. Stoffelen, Anneke, “Uren praten met Miranda I, II of III,” de Volkskrant, April 23. Pi.t, Hans, “Geheime Dienst toonst menselijke trekjes,” De Kleine Posthoorn, April 18. Van den Dikkenberg, Rutger, “Anonieme AIVDÅLers aan het word,” PM, het magazine voor de overheid, May. Van der Goes, Bernadette, “Article 12,” BinnensteBuiten, blad Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, May 14. 2007 Boucher, Brian, “Jill Magid at Gagosian Gallery,” Art in America, December. Bentley, Kyle, “Jill Magid at Gagosian Gallery,” Artforum, October 2007, p. 371. Chamberlain, Colby, “Jill Magid at Gagosian Gallery,” Artforum.com, July 13. Eleey, Peter, “Famous in 2112?,” ArtNews, November. Kilston, Lyra Liberty, “Jill Magid at Gagosian Gallery,” Modern Painter, October. Rubin, Elizabeth, “Permission is a Material and Changes the WorksÅL Consistency,” Bidoun, Issue #10 Smith, Roberta, “Jill Magid at Gagosian Gallery,” The New York Times, July 27, 2007, p. E32. “Jill Magid,” New York Magazine, July 16. 2005 Farver, Jane, “Jill Magid-Libration Point,” Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, No.89, Nov. Reinders, Arjan, “Recontructie Van,” Kunstbeeld, November 2005, p. 12-15

 

 

de Ruiter, Marinus, “Watching the Detectives Watching,” Amsterdam Weekly, Nov 10-16, 2005, p. 11 “On Patrol,” De Appel Reader, No.3. 2004 Doherty, Claire, “Location Location,” Art Monthly, November, p. 7-10. 2003 Zacks, Stephen, “The Glam Cam,” Metropolis, October, p.28.

Performances/ Readings: 2013 2012

2011

2010 2009 2007

2006

2003 2002 2001

Woman with sombrero, Women with sombrero, Performance during Performa 13 Failed States, A Reading at Download Press Release Art in General, New York, United States. Moderated by Daniel Kunitz, Editor of Modern Painters. Closet Drama at Location One New York, United States. The Redacted Manuscript at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico. The Redacted Manuscript at The New Museum New York, New York, United States. The Redacted Manuscript at Modern Mondays at Museum of Modern Art New York, New York, United States. Undergrounds, performed at Tracey Williams Gallery New York, New York, United States. The FM Ferry Experiment Staten Island Ferry, New York, United States. Jill Magid at The Bowery Poetry Club with Ed Vas, New York, United States. Lincoln Ocean Victor Eddy with Ed Vas. Orchard, New York, United States. Lincoln Ocean Victor Eddy with Ed Vas. Eyebeam New York, New York, United States. Performance A-Z Storefront for Art and Ar chitecture New York, New York, United States. Intimate Relations... The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, curated by Corrine Fitzpatrick, New York, United States. Composite Alona Kagan Gallery, with Bradley Pitts, New York, United States. Kafkahouse Manifestacao International de Performance, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Rhinestoning Headquarters Security Ornamentation Installation, Police Headquarters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Unmade Facades, Museum Van Loon. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Intimacy Collaboration with Pure Luck Dance Group. De Parel Gallery. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Intimates Unfolding Xth Ave. Lounge. New York, New York, The Netherlands.

 

1999

Intimacy Collaboration with Pure Luck Dance Group. De Parel Gallery. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Lap Cushion. Public performance. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Monitoring Desire. Harvard Science Center. MIT Thesis Performance. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Lobby 7 MIT main lobby. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. KissMask Public performance. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Urban Attire Public performances. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

 

Talks / Lectures: 2011 Artist’s Talk Harvard, Graduate School of Design Cambridge, Massachussets, United States. “Disclosing the Invisible” The Stedelijk Museum and SKOR Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Artist’s Talk. Berkeley Art Museum California, California, United States. New Media Lecture Series Neuberger Museum New York, New York, United States. 2009 “Permission as Material” The New Museum New York, New York, United States. 2008 Art On Paper Magazine Talks at the Editions/Artists’ Books Fair Cornell University Fall Lecture Series, Ithaca New York, New York, United States. Corcoran College of Art and Design Lecture Series, Washington, United States. 2008 Creativity Now conference for Tokion Magazine Connected Consciousness: Art, Media and the Internet Mediated by Lauren Cornell, New York, United States. Parsons Fall Lecture Series, New York, United States. San Francisco Art Institute, CA. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Blogspot, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. School of Visual Arts,New York, United States, Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Columbia University/ Barnard, New York, United States. Visiting Artist Lecture. SUNY New Paltz, Artist Lecture Series. Feb 13th 2007 Pratt Institute 2007-8 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, New York, United States. Shifting Ground: Art, Technology, and the Activist. Bidoun’s Art and Politics Series with Jill Magid, The Yes Men, (Shuddha Sengupta) RAQS Media Collective, Tom Keenan. New York, United States. Sousveillance Culture Rhizome at the Conflux Festival, led by Marisa Olson, Curator and Editor of Rhizome, with Amy Alexander, Jill Magid and Hasan Elahi Summary Pratt Institute. Visual Arts Department. Brooklyn, New York, United States. Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. NYCAMS. New York, United States.

 

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2005

2004

New York Studio Program. New York, United States. Parsons, Design and Communications Department. New York, United States. Inviting Horror. V2 Rotterdam Netherlands @ Eyebeam, New York, United States. Personal Relations with Impersonal Structures. The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church,New York, United States. Surveillance Seminar, Parsons The New School, with Margot Bouwman, New York, United States. The New Surveillance Conference, Technical University Berlin, Germany. Leipzig Theatre Festival, Germany. Link to Contributers. Very Real Time. Organized by Gregg Smith, Invitational Conference from Johannesburg, Johannesburg. Performance and Surveillance, Leipzig Theatre Festival, Germany. Something of the Night, Leeds City Art Gallery, UK. De Appel Lecture Series: Jill Magid and Julia Scher, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Rechstaag Conference: Surveillance and Terrorism for Dutch Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Jill Magid in Conversation with Geert Lovink, FACT. Liverpool, United Kingdom. Terror-D’ecor;cor: Panel Discussion with Ziga Kariz, Tim Druckery. Max Protetch Gallery, New York, United States.