BIOGRAPHY

Jen DeNike’s work harmonizes video, photography, sculpture and performance. A former student of Stephen Shore, DeNike’s photography and choreography seek to explore elements of ritual and the occult in her physical surroundings. Most of DeNike’s video work and photography feature the human figure engaged in physical action with their environment—nude women treading mysterious waterscapes, two teenage boys grunting and sweating as they wrestle on a grassy field, others are skipping stones on the surface of ponds and streams. The choreography of her performances presents a mysterious phenomena of forms, sites and artifacts that explore elements of the paranormal within gender and sexuality. Operating in the gray area between created and captured, DeNike’s eloquent formal language as a photographer and choreographer weaves her construction of narrative into a delicate personal experience.

 

EXHIBITIONS

If She Hollers, November 14 – December 19, 2015

The Star Card, November 10, 2012 – January 26, 2013

The Scrying Trilogy, September 17 – October 23, 2010

CV

Born Norwalk, Connecticut 1971. Lives and works in New York and Los Angeles.

 

EDUCATION 

MFA, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2002

Master Class with Stephen Shore, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

1999-2001

BFA in Photography, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

1995

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

If She Hollers, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Die Grünen Löwen, DUVE Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2013

The Star Card, ANAT EBGI, Los Angeles, California

2012

Rope Mirror, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2011

Another Circle & Hydromancy, Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

Jen DeNike: Scrying Trilogy, DUVE Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Jen DeNike: Scrying Trilogy, The Company, Los Angeles, California

Jen DeNike: Another Circle, Smith-Stewart Roving, Harlem, New York

2010

Thirteen, Smith-Stewart, New York, New York

2008

Jen DeNike, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England

Next Door, Tensta Konsthall, Spanga, Sweden

2007

Jen DeNike, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

Seven Suns, New Center For Contemporary Art, Louisville, Kentucky

2006

The Vampire Portraits, 404 Arte Contemporarie, Naples, Italy

Seasons in the Sun, Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery, New York, New York

2005

 

SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PERFORMANCES

Rabbit Moon Performance, Ebell House, LAND Gala, Los Angeles, CA

Time to Honor Fire Performance, Intentionally Blank, New York, NY

2015

House of Divination, Creative Time Fall Ball, performance and installation, Neuehouse, New York

2014

Lolita Lo, site-specific video and performance, LAND, Los Angeles Nomadic Division,

curated by Shamim Momim, Soho House, West Hollywood, California

Triskaidekaphobia, Parade Ground, NYC, curated by Bradford Kessler & AA Bronson

2013

Ying Yang Performance, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Chris Bicalho Collection

co-hosted by Christie’s Brazil and Brazilian Vogue

She Was Dreaming of Castles in the Sand, Creative Time, Far Rockaway, New York

13 Moons, Brooklyn Fine Arts, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Birte Kleeman

2012

Iemanja, Art Basel: Art Public, Miami Beach, Florida, curated by Christine Kim

Lunar Cubit, Land Art Generator, Abu Dabhi

2011

 Filament, EMPAC, Troy, New York, curated by Kathleen Forde

Ghost Dance Performance, Vogt Gallery, NYC, curated by Anne Apparu

SCRYING A Ballet in 3 Acts, PopRally, Museum of Modern Art, New York

SCRYING, Number Three: Here and Now, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany

2010

TWIRL, Performa Biennial, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

 The Company Presents: Video Screening, Sagamore Art Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida

2009

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Bombay Beach Biennale, Salton Sea, California

2017

 

Number Twelve: Hello Boys, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, DE

Love, Devotion, and Surrender, 22 London, Asheville, NC

NADA New York, with Anat Ebgi, New York, NY

Auto Body, Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Girls Girls Girls, NADA Cologne with Vanity Projects NYC, Köln, DE

2015

Commodity, Paul Rudolph House, New York, New York, curated by Roya Sachs

Auto Body, 50 international video artists selected by 25 curators, Giant Motors, Miami Art Basel

Botanica, Invisible Exports, New York, New York

Botanica, Carroll & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts

Cry Me A River, Prospect Plus, New Orleans, Louisiana

Square Cloud, Vanity Projects, New York, New York, curated by Carolyn Drake

The Undulation of Something Faintly Familiar, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA

2014

The Gender Show, Eastman Kodak House, Rochester, New York

Square Cloud, Ekard Collection, Rotterdam, Holland, curated by Carolyn Drake

Commercial Break, Garage Projects (Moscow) curated by Neville Wakefield and Emma Reeves.

Public Video Screenings as part of Zona Mexico.

AutoCenter, Berlin, Germany

2013

Lucie Fontiane Estate, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, New York

Alphabet of the Magi, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Americana, Grey Area, New York, New York

Blood Sugar Sex Magick, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, California

What Do You Believe In, Photo Festival, DUMBO, New York, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart

Campaign, C24 Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart

2012

¡Patria o Libertad! MOCCA Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

¡Patria o Libertad! Cobra Museum, The Netherlands

54th Venice Biennale, Commercial Break, Garage Projects (Moscow) with London-based media platform Post,

curated by Neville Wakefield and Emma Reeves.

Meditation Trance, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ca & la, Willow sound installation, Palais de Toyko, Paris, France

She Devil 5, MACRO Museo D’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

Our Darkness, Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

A Strange Affinity to the Beautiful and the Dreadful, Hendershot Gallery, NYC

 2011

Julia Stoschek Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany

Father, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Misericordia, Curated by Birte Kleeman, PRISM, Los Angeles

Plus One, Curated by Dan Cameron, Perry Rubenstein, New York

Inspired, Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York

Saturn Return, Curated by Elizabeth Lovero, Wallspace, New York, New York

2010

Deep End, The Company, Los Angeles, CA

Burn Baby Burn, DUVE Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Reflections On The Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY,

Curated by Lauren Ross

A Starting Point: Intrude 366—Dynamics of Change and Growth, Zendai Museum of Modern Art,

Shanghai, China, Curated by Biljana Ciric

 2009

Fragile, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf

Through A Glass Darkly, Redline, Denver, Colorado, Curated by Jenny Schlenzka

To: Night, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Joachim Pissarro

Human Resources, The Company, Los Angeles, California

Art Intrude Art & Life 366, City wide Public Art Installation, Shanghai, China, Curated by Biljana Ciric

I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl, Asia Song Society, New York, NY, Curated by Anat Ebgi and Terence Koh

Seduction of a Blossom, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, California

Studio 54, video screenings series, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany

Video 2008, Duvekleemann, Berlin, Germany

That Was Then, This Is Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY

Under the Influence, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Curated by Anat Ebgi

Warlord, Smith-Stewart, New York, NY

Boys of Summer, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, New York,

Curated by Shelley Aarons and Edsel Williams

2008

 

She Was Born to Be My Unicorn, Smith-Stewart, New York, NY

Curious Green, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

m.a.s.h, Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Amy Smith-Stewart

Into Me / Out of Me, Kunst Werke, Berlin, Germany

2007

 

Into Me / Out of Me, MOMA PS1, Long Island City, NY, Curated by Klaus Biesenbach

Upstate, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart

The Spiral House, Tensta Konsthall, Spanga, Sweden

People, Museum D’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Napoli, Italy

Schwanengesang/Swansong, Centre of Attention, Schiffbau, Zurich, Switzerland

Smoke and Mirrors: Deception in Contemporary Art, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

Art & Place 1: Place as Muse, Space 301, Mobile, Alabama

Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curated by Anat Ebgi and Jose Diaz

The Seventh Side of the Die, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, New York

Slow Burn, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland, Curated by Jonah Freeman

Bricks In The Hood, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY

Oh Boy, New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY

2006

 

 

 

Greater New York, PSI / MoMA, Long Island City, New York

On the Beach, Printed Matter, New York, NY, Curated by Justin Lowe

Something is Somewhere, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Anat Ebgi

PAN Museum, Ernesto Esposito Collection, Naples, Italy

If You’re Feeling Sinister, Alona Kagan, New York, NY, Curated by Anat Ebgi

Inner Garden, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY

2005

 

Boys Behaving Badly, Houston Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, Curated by Valerie Cassel

Narcissism and Other Diseases of the Soul, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY

Art & Commerce Emerging Photographers Exhibition, Empire State Park Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

AIM 24, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, Curated by Lydia Yee and Amy Rosenblum

Liasons, Luxenbourg Contemporary Art Center, Luxenbourg

Domestic Arrivals, White Box, New York, NY, Curated by Anat Ebgi

Sitting, Standing, Reclining, Modern Culture, New York, New York

By the Woods, Miami Light Projects, Miami, Florida, Curated by Diego Singh

2004

 

Tar Beach: New Artists from New York, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England, curated by Michael Wilson

Haunted, Worm-Hole Laboratory, Miami, Florida, Curated by Jose Diaz

Louisiana Biennial, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA,

Curated by Terry Myers, Valerie Cassel, Odili Donald Odita

2003

 

Something in Common, Massimo Audiello, New York, New York

Plant TV Performance: Peter Coffin’s Perfect If On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

2002

 

Pete & Repeat, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Kathleen Forde

2001

 

Cities Stories, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia School of Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2000

 

Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY, Curated Paul Ha and Lauren Ross

1999

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Julia Stoschek Sammlung, Dusseldorf, Germany

Il Giardino dei Lauri Collection, Umbrio, Italy 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Andrew Berardini, “Jen DeNike: If She Hollers,” ArtReview, January-February 2016.

2016

“Jen DeNike @ Anat Ebgi Gallery,” atractivoquenobello, November 11, 2015.

Treilhard, Marieke. “All Female Cast”, Artillery Magazine, November 3, 2015.

Kerr, Dylan, “Watch Artist Jen DeNike’s Esoteric Takes on American Suburbia,” Artspace, June 6, 2015.

2015

Schad, Ed. Star Card review. Art Review:145, March, 2013.

Buckley, Annie. “On Seing: Divination” Huffington Post, March, 2013.

Myers, Holly. “Jen DeNike is in Too Deep.” LA Times, February, 2013.

2013

Adamek, Pauline“Jen DeNike at the Anat Ebgi Gallery in Los Angeles” on Art Media Agency, November 14, 2012.

Georgianna. “The Star Card- An Art Show” The Tarot Room, November 19th, 2012.

Newman, Robin. “Clouds in My Coffee.” Dossier Journal, November 20, 2012.

Adamek, Pauline, Jen DeNike art opening “The Star Card” and “Full Moon Fever” ArtsBeatLA,

November 9th, 2012.

2012

Volkmer, Anke. “Number Two: Fragile.” Catalog Text. Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, June, 2009.

The New Yorker, “Goings On About Town, Art.” Brooklyn Museum, May 25, 2009.

Harris, Jane. “Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video, The third wave of feminist video comes ashore at the Brooklyn Museum.” Time Out New York / Issue 711: May 14-20, 2009.

Johnson, Ken. “SheTube: Female Voices on the Small Screen.” The New York Times, May 1, 2009.

Schlenzka, Jenny. “Through a Glass Darkly.” Catalog Text. Redline, Denver, CO, April, 2009.

2009

Taft, Catherine. “Catherine Taft’s Round-up of the Best Shows in LA, Human Resources,” November, 2008.

Pissarro, Joachim. “To: Night.” Catalog Text. Hunter College Art Gallery, October 2008.

Ebgi, Anat. “Jen DeNike.” Flash Art International, May-June 2008: 162.

Komis, Dmitry. “Stars and Stripes.” NY Arts Magazine, May – June 2008.

Weist, Nicholas. “Interview with Jen DeNike.” www.artslant.com, posted March 12, 2008.

Master, H.G. “Jen DeNike: Thirteen.” www.flavorpill.com, February 9, 2008.

Fershleiser, Rachel. “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” Grand Street News, February 2008.

2008

Clark, Robert. “Jen DeNike Sheffield,” The Guardian, Jun 23, 2007.

Jackson, Tina. “Jen DeNike.” Metro Newspaper, May 29, 2007.

Mallea Lira, Rodrigo. “The Flag Girls in the Little House on the Prairie.” Catalog Text. Tensta Konsthall and Site Gallery. April 2007.

Griffin, Jeanine. “Visual Semaphore.” Catalog Text. Tensta Konsthall and Site Gallery. April 2007.

Vegh, Stephanie. “Jen DeNike.” MAP Magazine, Fall, 2007: 63.

Wilson, Michael. “For All Mankind.” Catalog Text. Tensta Konsthall and Site Gallery, April 2007.

2007

Biesenbach, Klaus. Into Me Out of Me. New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art and Berlin, September, 2006

Wolf, Matt. “Jen DeNike.” Flash Art International, January-February 2006: 50.

Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, 2006.

2006

Sicha, Choire. “Inner Gardens.” The New York Times, April 10, 2005.

Rosenberg, Karen. “Artists on the Verge of A Breakthrough.” New York Magazine, March 7, 2005: 35-36.

Smith-Stewart, Amy. “Greater New York, 2005.” New York: P.S.1/ MoMA, 2005.

2005

Yee, Lydia. “AIM 24.” Catalog Essay, Bronx Museum of The Arts, April 15 – June 20, 2004

Cassel, Valerie Oliver. “Boys Behaving Badly.” Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2004.

2004

Bookhardt, D. Eric. “Louisiana Biennial.” Art Papers, November 2003: 44.

Hickling, Alfred. “Tar Beach.” The Guardian, May 26, 2003.

Aletti, Vince. “Something in Common.” Village Voice, January 29, 2003: 54.

Johnson, Ken. “Something in Common.” The New York Times, January17, 2003.

2003

 

PUBLICATIONS

Studio Life, Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process, Princeton Press, 2013

Various Small Books, MIT PRESS, 2013

2013

Campaign, C24 Gallery, New York, New York, 2012

2012

¡Patria o Libertad! MOCCA Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, 2011

¡Patria o Libertad! Cobra Museum, Netherlands, 2011

2011

Julia Stoschek Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, 2010.

Misericordia, PRISM, Los Angeles, California 2010

2010

Fragile Number Two, Julia Stoschek Collection, 2009

2009

Through A Glass Darkley, REDLINE, Denver, Colorado, 2008.

I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl, Asia Song Society, New York, New York, 2008.

Boys of Summer, Fireplace Projects, East Hampton, New York, 2008.

To: Night, catalog, Hunter College, New York, New York, 2008.

2008

Fluxus Kit, co-produced by Tensta Konstall Sweden and Site Gallery England, 2007

2007

Seven Suns, Artist book, published by Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY and Oliver Kamm, New York, New York, 2006.

Into Me Out Of Me, KW, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

2006

Greater NY, MOMA/PS1, New York, 2005.

2005

AIM 24, Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, New York, 2004.

Boys Behaving Badly, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2004.

2004