Nikita Gale
PRIVATE DANCER, 2020. Concert structure “ruin” with programmed lights, silent, lighting corresponds to Tina Turner’s Private Dancer album. Installation view, California African American Museum, Los Angeles.
END OF SUBJECT, arena architectural ruin. 2 1/2 hour sound sequence. Long periods of silence and stillness followed by 3-5 minute sound and lighting sequences. 52 Walker, New York, NY.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Alaska, 1983
Resides: Los Angeles, CA
Education: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2019); University of California Los Angeles (M.F.A., 2016); Yale University (B.A., 2006).
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 “IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS”, Chisenhale Gallery, London.
“TAKERS”, LAXART, Los Angeles.
“END OF SUBJECT”, 52 Walker, New York.
2021 “THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE”, 56 Henry, New York.
2020 “PRIVATE DANCER”, California African American Museum, Los Angeles.
“AUDIENCING”, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY.
2019 “HOT WORLD”, Reyes|Finn, Detroit.
“EASY LISTENING”, University of Texas - Austin Visual Arts Center, Texas, Austin.
2018 “DESCENT”, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles.
“Keynote Drift”, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia.
2017 “RIFF FATIGUE”, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Commonwealth and Council”, Petzel, New York.
“New Document”, Cooper Cole, Toronto.
2021 “Chewing Fat”, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
“Hand to Your Ear, Part 1”, Emalin, London.
2020 “Extra Tough”, Anchorage Museum, Alaska.
“Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio”, Nottingham Contemporary, United Kingdom.
2019 “Mud Muses”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
“Rosebud”, Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles.
2018 “Relics”, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris.
“Made in LA 2018”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Downey, Walker, “FOR EYES AND EARS: NEW SOUND ART SERVES DIFFERENT SENSES WITH A MULTIMODAL APPROACH.”, Art in America (June).
Seidel, Madeleine. “Nikita Gale: End of Subject, 52 Walker, New York,” burnaway.org (April 7).
Tapponi, Roisin, “Nikita Gale’s Bodiless Performance,”
frieze.com (March 4).
Klockner, Coco. “Nobody, Nobody, Nobody,” Spike
Art Magazine.
2021 Joseph, Martha. “Diabolical Sound: A Conversation with Nikita Gale,” Flash Art (October).
Conner, Allison. “Nikita Gale Makes the Labor of Tina Turner’s Performances Visible,” hyperallergic.com (April 25).
2020 Burke, Harry, "The Sound of Dissent: Nikita Gale", Mousse Magazine (October).
Gale, Nikita, "Slow Ruin.", Texte zur Kuns (August).
"Works for the Now, by Queer Artists of Color.", T Magazine (June).
2019 Slobodjanik, Darya, "The Art Issue" (cover story), Vogue Ukraine (August).
Hill, Eli, "15 Young LGBTQ Artists Driving Contemporary ArtForward.", artsy.net (June 7).
Bukojemsky, Asha, "Nikita Gale: Sensitive Machines.", GARAGISME (January).