Aïda Ruilova (born 1974 in

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) is an American contemporary artist.

Life

Ruilova studied at the University of South Florida, Tampa and the School of Visual Arts, New York. She lives and works in New York City with her husband and fellow artist

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, with whom she has a son.

Work

Based on her early involvement in various independent avant-garde rock formations, Ruilova began to work and experiment with video in the late 1990s. With music continuing to be an important part of her practice in terms of a special rhythmic connection and the sound design of her films remained. Today she is mainly known as a video artist, but she also works in other media such as sculpture, drawing or graphics, which she installs in her exhibitions together with her videos and connects visually and auditorily in a relationship. Sexuality, obsessions and violence, as well as cinematographic and pop cultural references, are important fields of reference for her artistic work. Her work has been shown in numerous galleries and group exhibitions, including representation in multiple international ''Art Biennials'', and nominated for the

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for

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in 2006.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

* 2018 Galerie Guido W. Baudach, ''lips, pipes and banana'', Berlin * 2017 Fortnight Institute, ''Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'', New York * 2016 Marlborough Chelsea, ''The Pink Palace'', New York * 2014 Galerie Guido W. Baudach, ''Hey… Oh no… You're Pretty…'', Berlin * 2013 Kayne Griffin Corcoran, ''I'm So Wild about your Strawberry Mouth'', Los Angeles * 2011 Salon 94 Bowery, ''Goner'', New York * 2010 Centro de Arte Contemporáneo La Conservera, ''Aïda Ruilova'', Ceutí, Spain * 2009 Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, ''The Singles: 1999 – Now'', New Orleans * 2008

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, ''The Singles: 1999 – Now'', Aspen * 2007 Salon 94 Freemans, ''Lulu'', New York * 2007

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, ''The Silver Globe'', New York * 2003 Center for Curatorial Studies,

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, ''Untitled'', Annandale-on-Hudson, USA * 2000 White Columns, ''White Room'', New York

Group exhibitions (selection)

* 2018 Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, ''In media res,'' Tokyo * 2016

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, ''Resonance/Dissonance'', Miami * 2015

Haus der Kunst The ''Haus der Kunst'' (, ''House of Art'') is a non-collecting modern and contemporary art museum in Munich, Germany. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park. History Na ...

, ''Die kalte Libido – Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst'', Munich * 2015 MACBA, PUNK. ''Its Traces in Contemporary Art'', Barcelona * 2014 PAC Padiglione D' Arte Contemporanea, ''The Crime was Almost Perfect'', Milan * 2013

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Library, ''Reading List: Artists' Selections from the MoMA Library Collection'', New York * 2012 SCAD Museum of Art, ''Pose/Re-Pose'', Savannah * 2011

54th Venice Biennale The 54th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2011. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Bice Curiger curated its central exhibition, "ILLUMInations". Awards * ...

, Garage Projects, ''Commercial Break'', Venice * 2011

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, ''Festival of Ideas'', ICA, London * 2011

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, ''Geheimgesellschaften / Secret Societies'', Frankfurt * 2010

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, ''Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance'', New York * 2010 KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ''Highlights from the Cologne Kunstfilmbiennale in Berlin'', Berlin * 2009 Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, ''Las líneas de la mano'', Mexico-City * 2008 Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, ''Tarantula'', Milan * 2007 The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance, ''Performa07'', The Silver Globe, New York * 2007

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, ''Between two deaths'', Karlsruhe * 2007 2nd Moscow Biennale, Moscow * 2006

Kunstmuseum Bern The Museum of Fine Arts Bern (German: ''Kunstmuseum Bern''), established in 1879 in Bern, is the museum of fine arts of the de facto capital of Switzerland. Its holdings run from the Middle Ages to the present. It houses works by Paul Klee, Pab ...

, ''Six Feet Under'', Bern * 2006 4.

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für zeitgenössische Kunst, ''Von Mäusen und Menschen'', Berlin * 2005 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, ''Greater New York 2005'', New York * 2005

Bronx Museum The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art or simply the Bronx Museum, is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by A ...

, ''IRREDUCIBLE: Contemporary Short Form Video, 1995-2005'', New York * 2004 Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia * 2003

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, Chicago * 2003 New Museum at Field Day, New York * 2001

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (commonly abbreviated as S.M.A.K., translated as ''City Museum for Contemporary Art'') is a relatively new museum located in Ghent, Belgium, and is renowned both for its permanent collection (Art & Languag ...

(S.M.A.K), ''Casino 2001'', Ghent * 1999 Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, ''Hi-8'', Lisbon

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruilova, Aida 1974 births Living people American contemporary artists People from Wheeling, West Virginia American women artists 21st-century American women