Oliver Lutz
Oliver Lutz's work explores conditions surrounding the individual including methods by which s/he is understood and defined through media and technology. His projects - which often involve installation, painting, video, performance, drawing and notation - raise questions about culturally conditioned rituals, myths, social interaction, and the viewer's customary relationship to looking at art, to deconstruct and reconfigure normal codes of viewer, subject, and representation.
His work has been exhibited internationally at the Tate Modern (London), S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art (Gent, Belgium), Wurttembergischer Kunstverein (Stuttgart, Germany), MARTa Museum (Herford, Germany), FILTER projectraum (Hamburg, Germany), i8 (Reykjavík, Iceland), and throughout the United States, at Artpace (San Antonio, TX), SFMOMA (San Francisco), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Broad Art Center (Los Angeles), and in New York at The Kitchen, Apex Art, and Scaramouche Gallery.
He studied at the National Academy of Film and Television in Prague while completing his B.F.A. in Painting and Multi-media at Cornell University in 1996. He received his Masters of Science in Visual Studies from MIT's Department of Architecture in 2006 and was the recipient of the IV International Painting Prize Diputación de Castellón in 2007. He has been a resident artist at The Banff Centre (Alberta, Canada) and Fogo Island Arts Corporation (Newfoundland, Canada) and a faculty lecturer at Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
'Lands End'
Logan Center Gallery, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, Il
https://arts.uchicago.edu/landsend
'RE: Painted'
SMAK Museum for Contemporary Art, Gent, Belgium
Exhibition Page
'Friends and Lovers in Underground'
Willy-Brandt-Straße 46, Hamburg, Germany
http://friendsandloversinunderground.de
'Tomorrow is The Question'
SMAK, Gent, Belgium
http://www.smak.be/tentoonstelling.php?la=nl&y;=&tid;=&t;=&id;=529
'Exposed – Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870'
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
until September 18th, 2011
http://calendar.walkerart.org/canopy.wac?id=6019
'Exposed – Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870'
SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
October 30, 2010 - April 17, 2011
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/408
'Half a self, a cave-dweller'
Curated by David Everitt Howe
The Former Convent at St. Cecilia's Parish, 21 Monitor St., Greenpoint, New York, 11222
November 6 - November 14, 2010
'Coup de Ville',
Curated by Stef van Bellingen and Jan Hoet
WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
September 12 -October 24, 2010
http://www.warp-art.be/en/coupdeville/wat.php
Exposed – Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera, 2010
Tate Modern, London
The Mediated Subject, 2010
Scaramouche, NY NY
Pittoresk – Neue Perspektiven auf das Landschaftsbild, 2009
MARTa, Herford, Germany
One Minute More, 2009
The Kitchen, New York, NY
Commune, 2009
Black and White Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the Picturesque, 2009
SMAK Museum for Contemporary Art, Gent, Belgium
Pleinairism, 2008
i8, Reykjavík, Iceland
Oliver Lutz: Paint It Black, 2008
ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
IV International Painting Prize Diputación de Castellón 2007
Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellon, Castellon, Spain
Incident No. 5: Oliver Lutz 2007
Incident Report Viewing Station, Hudson, NY
Oliver Lutz & Vargas-Suárez Universal 2007
Space Other, Boston, Massachusetts
Übergangsräume - Potential Spaces 2007
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
Artists' Books: Transgression/ Excess 2007
Space Other, 63 Wareham, Boston, MA
2006 Wight Biennial: The Anxiety of Influence , 2006
Wight Gallery, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
A Forest, Pt.2, 2006
Space Other, 63 Wareham, Boston, MA
Spektakel Stadt, 2006
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart,
Schlossplatz 2, D-70173 Stuttgart, Germany
A Forest, Pt.1, 2006
FILTER projectraum, Kerstin Niemann's Project Space for International Contemporary Art
Hahntrapp 4- 6 D-20457, Hamburg, Germany
Towne Center, 2006
Greenport Towne Center, 351 Fairview Avenue, Greenport, NY
Kamp K48, 2006
John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Kults, Werewolves, and Sarcastic Hippies 2005
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Avalanche Rescue (Lecture) for Come Together, By Harrell Fletcher 2005
Apex Art, New York, NY
A More Perfect Union 2004
Max Fish, New York, NY
Heimat : Solo Exhibition of Prints and Installation 2004
The Future Perfect - Brooklyn, NY
Frustum: Sniper 2002
The Creek Hotel - Signature Series 1, Miami, FL
VIDEOS, FILMS AND ANIMATIONS
The Behavioral Subejct (A Mental Model), Video Performance, 2009
The Kitchen, New York, NY
Ascender, Video Performance, 2006
Various mountaintops of North America
Grendel and Beowulf, Video Performance, 2006
N51-102, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Pink Man, Animation 1996
Written and directed, Ithaca, New York
Little Pepe, 16mm, 1994
Written and directed, Prague, Czech Republic
Two Men and One Woman, 16mm, 1993
Written and directed, Prague, Czech Republic
Autostop, 16mm, 1993
Production Design, Prague, Czech Republic 1993
HONORS, AWARDS & POSTS
The Retreat: A Position of dOCUMENTA (13), The Banff Centre, Alberta Canada, 2012
The Banff Center Artist Residency, Banff, Alberta Canada, 2008
IV International Painting Prize Diputación de Castellón, 2007
Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts, MIT, 2006
Laya And Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards, MIT, 2006
MIT Council for the Arts, 2005
A.R.C.A.D.E. 2005
MIT Graduate Student Life Grant, 2005
Dean of the Department of Architecture Grant, 2005
MIT Department of Architecture Scholarship, 2004-2006
Juror for MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies Fellowship, 2005
The Manhattan Group, MIT, President, 2005-2006
EDUCATION
2006, Masters of Science in Visual Studies (SMVisS), MIT, ACT, Cambridge, MA
1996, BFA, Cornell University, AAP, Ithaca, NY
1994, 3F, FAMU - National Academy of Film & Television, Prague, CZ.
SELECTED LECTURES
The Behavioral Subject (A Mental Model), Visual Studies Speaker
Series for the Fall 2017, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2017
Visiting Artist/Scholar Lecture Series, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2011
2011-12 Pratt Institute Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2011
The Individual and Place, Long Studio, Fogo Island Arts Corporation, Joe Batt’s Arm, Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada, 2010
The Behavioral Subject (A Mental Model), Contemporary Art Workshop & Open Practice Committee, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2010
The Wanderer, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2009
New York Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY 2009
Methodology for Subverting Intention , Towne Center, Greenport, NY, 2006
The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating (Brecht), Visual Arts Program, MIT 2006
Avalanche Rescue Methodologies, Apex Art, New York, NY 2005
MIT Graduate Arts Forum, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Coup de Ville, (Exhibition Catalog), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 2010
ABRAK48DABRA, New York, NY, 2010, ('Sorcerer's Hat Abendfrieden', 2010)
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera, (Exhibition Catalog), Tate Publishing, London, UK, 2010
Pittoresk, (Exhibition Catalog), Marta Museum, Herford, Germany, 2009
Beyond the Picturesque, (Exhibition Catalog), SMAK, Gent, Belgium, 2009
Visionary Drawing Building, Collection of Drawings, Kidspace, Mass Moca, NY, 2009
Towne Centre, (Exhibition Catalog), Hudson, NY, 2007
K48, ‘K48 is an Animal’, New York, NY, 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jason Fournberg, 'Critics' Pick: Lands End', ARTFORUM, January, 2015
Andrew McVea, 'Logans Lands End exhibition expands the horizons of representation', The Chicago Maroon, January, 2015
Laura Adamczyk, 'Beyond the horizon', The University of Chicago Magazine, January, 2015
Nicole Lane, 'Lands End Exhibition @ UChicago's Logan Center', Gaper's Block, January, 2015
Review, in Hairy Rainbow, 'Lands End at the Rena and David Logan Center For The Arts' by Staff. Exhibition review of "Lands End" at Logan Center Gallery, University of Chicago. 01.2015
Stephanie Schwartz , 'Beyond Looking', Oxford Art Journal, Volume 33, Number 3, November 24, 2010
Ben Austen, 'Southern Culture on the Skids', (featuring artworks from 'Paint it Black', 2008, Artpace San Antonio, TX) Harper's Magazine, October Issue, 2010
Wim Dehandschutter,‘Ambitieus kunstproject zet Sint-Niklaas in de spotlights’, Nieuwsblad.be, (press interview with Curators Jan Hoet and Stef van Bellingen about 'Coup de Ville'), September 10 2010
Florian Keller, ‘Achtung, Kamera!: Eine Schau in der Londoner Tate Modern geht dem heimlichen Blick in der Fotografie nach’, (Review of Exhibition), Tages Anzeiger, Zurich, CH, June 2, 2010
Nina Caplan, ‘Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera’, (Review of Exhibition), Timeout London, May 27, 2010
Alex Hopkins, ‘Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera’, (Review of Exhibition), Open Maganine, 8th June 2010
Melanie Abrams, ‘Big Brother comes to Tate Modern in salacious Exposed’, (Review of Exhibition), Culture24, June 2, 2010
Adam Wood, ‘Exposed – A Revealing Photography Exhibition At the Tate Modern’, (Review of Exhibition), Thought Catalog, June 1st, 2010
Sophie Hanson, ‘The Atrocity Exhibition’, (Review of Exhibition), Tourist Magazine, 2010
Karolina Koza, ‘Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera / Tate Modern, London’, (Review of Exhibition), Artportal, July 11th, 2010
Chance Collective, ‘The Eye of the Camera: Exposed at Tate Modern’, (Review of Exhibition), May 28th 2010
Martin Patrick, ‘The Triumph of Old American Painting’, (Review of Exhibition), Eye Contact, July 10th, 2010
Motherboard TV, ‘Oliver Lutz's "The Mediated Subject" Shows Hidden Paintings Through Infrared Cameras’, (Review of Exhibition), Jun 18, 2010
Charles Schultz, ‘The Ratio’, (Review of Exhibition), Artslant, October, 2009
Daily Serving, ‘Commune’ (Featured Exhibition), August, 2009
Ben Judson, ‘Paint It Black’, (Review of Exhibition), Art Lies, Issue No. 59, San Antonio TX, Fall 2008
Caitlin Haskell, ‘Paint it Black’, (Review of Exhibition), ART PAPERS, Issue: JULY/AUGUST 2008, Atlanta GA, 2008
Dan R. Goddard, ‘Best in visual arts in 2008,’ (Featured Exhibition), San Antonio Express-News, December 28, 2008
Elaine Wolff, ‘Racing against time and the odds at Artpace’, (Review of Exhibition), San Antonio Current, August 13, 2008
Dan R. Goddard, ‘Technology reveals content of paintings’, (Review of Exhibition), San Antonio Express-News, July 25, 2008
Tyler Coburn, ‘Behind the Black Curtain’, (Review of Exhibition), Rhizome, June 11th, 2008
PLAN, ‘Oliver Lutz Wins International Art Award’ MIT, Cambridge MA, 2008
Cate McQuaid, ‘Playing with Perception’, (Review of Exhibition), The Boston Globe, Boston MA, December 6, 2007
Cate McQuaid, ‘Art brought to the edge’, (Review of Exhibition), The Boston Globe, Boston MA, December 27, 2007
el Periodico Mediterraneo , ‘El americano Lutz gana el premio Diputación’, (Review of Exhibition), Valencia, Spain, 2007
Las Provincias, ‘La comprometida obra de Oliver Lutz gana el Premio Internacional’, (Review of Exhibition), Valencia, Spain, 2007
Levante de Castello, ‘Oliver Lutz: Introduzco al espectador en la obra para que reflexione sobre la violencia’, (Review of Exhibition), Valencia, Spain, 2007
V Magazine, (Review of Exhibition), New York, NY, 2003