BIOGRAPHY

Born: Wheeling, West Virginia, 1974
Resides: New York, New York
Education: School of Visual Arts (M.F.A., 2001);
University of South Florida, Tampa (B.F.A., 1999)
Website: www.aidaruilova.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
“The Silver Globe,” The Kitchen, New York.
“Lulu,” Salon 94 Freemans, New York.

2006
Vilma Gold, London.
“Countdowns,” Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan.

2005
“Endings,” Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2004
“Lets Go!: New Videos by Aïda Ruilova,” The Moore Space, Miami, Florida.

2003
“Untitled,” Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

2002
“Come to Life,” Salon 94, in collaboration with Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York.

2000
“White Room,” White Columns, New York.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
“Exhibitionism,” Bard Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
“Sympathy for the Devil,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
“Between Two Deaths,” Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany. Catalogue.
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Russia. Catalogue.

2006
“Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead,” Kunstmuseum Bern. Catalogue.
“The Big Scene: Emotionality in Recent Video Art,” Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria.
Berlin Biennale, Germany. Catalogue.

2005
“Uncertain States of America,” Bard Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York,
Traveled. Catalogue.
“Greater New York 2005,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, New York.
Galleria Francesca Kaufmann (with Kelly Nipper), Milan, Italy.

2004
“Movimento/Movimenti,” Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Renato Guttuso, Bagheria, Italy. Catalogue.
“2004 Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
“Suspended State,” Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

2003
“Strange Days,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
“Clandestines,” 50th Venice Biennale, Italy.
“Prague Biennale 1: Peripheries Become the Center,” Czech Republic.
“I See A Darkness,” Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.

2002
“Videodrome II,” New Museum, New York.
“Monitor II,” Gagosian Gallery, New York.

2001
“Special Projects,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, New York.
“Casino 2001: 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art,” Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium.

Selected Bibliography

.2007
La Rocco, Claudia, “As Conceptual Art Evolves, One Mission Is Unchanged: Keep Expanding the
Possibilities,” The New York Times (November 22).
Kourlas, Gia, “And all that jazz . . . ,” Time Out New York (November 15).

2006
Chu, Ingrid, “Aïda Ruilova: and Again . . . ,” Afterall (Spring/Summer).
Schwabsky, Barry. “Vampire Video: Time in the Art of Aïda Ruilova,” Afterall (Spring/Summer).
Smith, Roberta. “The Berlin Biennale,” The New York Times (May 7).

2005
Mendelshohn, Adam. “Let’s Go,” ArtReview (July).
Saltz, Jerry. “Lesser New York,” Village Voice (March 28).

2004
Lee, Pamela M. “Crystal Lite,” Artforum (May).
Cotter, Holland.“Duck! It’s the Whitney Biennial Season Again,” The New York Times (March 7).

2003
Smith, Roberta. “The Art and Artists of the Year: Auspicious Debuts,” The New York Times (December 28).
Smith, Roberta. “A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times,” The New York Times (January 17).

2002
Schambelan, Elizabeth, “Critic’s Picks,” Artforum.com (December).
Kelsey, John. “Review: Come to Life,” Time Out New York (December 26).

2001
Chivaratanond, Sylvia. Flash Art (July–September).

2000
Schwabsky, Barry. “Aïda Ruilova,” Artforum (December).