Richard Kern_

Born in 1954 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina,
lives and works in New York

Education

BFA University of North Carolina

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011
Bjorkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Fiac, Paris, Hotel

2010
Kaune Sudendorf, Cologne, Germany
Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Kenny Schachter Rove, London
Vice Gallery, Mexico City
Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italy

2009
Galerie Betrand and Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy
Rental, New York

2008
Feature Inc., New York

2006
Galerie Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm
Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Genova, Italy

2005
Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
Gallery Speak F O R, Tokyo
Jousse Entreprise, Paris

2004
Feature Inc. New York
Palais de Tokyo, Paris

2003
Jousse Entreprise, Paris
Gothenburg Bienial, Göteborg

2002
ICA, London
Catylyst Arts, Belfast

2001
Feature Inc., New York
The Deep, Tokyo

2000
Reali, Brescia
Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
Feature Inc., New York

1999
Torch, Amsterdam
M du B, F, G, Montreal
Kunstverien Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsberg

1998
REALI Galleri, Brescia
Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris.

1997
Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm.
Feature inc, New York.
The Deep, Tokyo
Austerlitz@Autrement,Paris

1996
Feature Inc, New York
Galerie Jousee Seguin, Paris

1995
The Deep, Tokyo
Purr Gallery, London

1990
FourFiveFive, San Fransisco

1985
You Killed Me First, collaboration with David Wojnarowitz, Ground Zero, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011
After Shelley Duvall '72 (Frogs on the High Line), Curated by Bjarne Melgaard, Maccarone, New York

2010
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
The Tattoo Show, curated by Kathleen Cullen, LGBT Centre, NY

2009
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 
1955 to the Present, Brooklyn Museum, NY

2007
Sympathy For The Devil, Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2006
The Downtown Show, The Andy Warhol Museum, New York
Vice, Silverstein Photography, New York
The Kate Show, Amsterdam Photography Museum, Amsterdam

2004
XXX, Galerie Davide Di Maggio, Berlin, (catalogue)
Indigestible Correctness, Participant Gallery, New York; curated by Rita Ackermann and Lizzi Bougatsos.
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; curated by Matthew Higgs, (catalogue)
The Human Face, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam; curated by Rita Ackermann and Lizzi Bougatsos

2003
Lumpenedlyness, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC; curated by Hudson
Against all Evens, Goteborg International Biennial, Goteborg, Sweden; curated by Carl Michael von Hausswolff (catalogue)
Femmes, Celine, Tokyo; curated by Olivier Zahm (catalogue)
Snapshot Now, Angell Gallery, Toronto; curated by Randy Gladman
Educational Books, Hotel, London; curated by Daren Flook
Martha Graham, ConTEMPoary, New York, curated by Kenny Schachter
Phantom of Desire: Visions of Masochism in Art, Neue Galerie Graz und Stadtmuseum, Graz, Austria

2002
Strip and Tease, Aeroplastics Contempary, Brussels, Belgium

2001
Selected Works, Eye Five Gallery, Los Angeles
Wet Luise Ross Gallery, New York City
Face Off Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium

2000
Kim´s Bedroom, Mu Art Foundation, Eindhoven
Hairy Forearm´s Self Retreat, Feature Inc., New York
Patrick Seguin, Paris
Full Service Rove Kenny Schacter, New York
Reali Arte, Brescia

1999
Lucia a-go-go, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm
BMW (Black meets white), ANP, Antwerp, Brussels
Shake the Disease, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New York

1998
Group exhibition, Galleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
Disidentico, cur. by Achille Bonito, Palermo
Move 2, New Image Art, Los Angeles

1997
Flying Buttress Please, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
Scared Stiff, Grey Art Foundation, New York
El Ojo Tambien Penetra, Centro De Fotografia, Tenerife
The Bite Generation, Lola Productions, Nantes

1996
Erotische Fotografie, Kunsthaus, Cologne
The Experimenters, Lombard Fried, New York
100 photographs, American fine Arts, New York
Picture This, CBGB Gallery, New York

1995
High Anxiety, 66 Crosby Street, New York
OY, 121 Greene Street, New York

1994
Winter of Love, PS 1, Long Island

Monographs

2004
Soft, Universe, New York

2002
Kern Noir, Charta Milan

2001
XXModels, Fiction Inc. Books

2000
Model Release, Taschen Books, Cologne

1998
Richard Kern, Charta Milan

1997
New York Girls (revised), Taschen Books, Cologne

1996
XXGirls, Fiction Inc., Tokyo

1995
New York Girls, Purr Books, London

Filmography

1994
Lunchbox. Color, 16mm, 5 minutes. A rock video for Marilyn Manson. Produced by Interscope Records. (writer and director)
Love Is. Color, 16mm, 3.5 minutes. A rock video for King Missile. Produced by Atlantic Records. (writer and director)

1993
Body Bomb. Color,16mm, 5 minutes. A rock video for Unsane. Produced by Matador Records. (writer and director)
Divine Hammer. A rock video for The Breeders. Produced by Elektra Records. (co-writer and co-director with Kim Gordon)
Room 429. Black and white, 16mm, 5 minutes. A rock video for Cop Shoot Cop. Produced by Interscope Records. (director; co-writer with Cop Shoot Cop)
My Nightmare. Color, Super-8 sound, 5 minutes. Featuring Susan McNamara and R. Kern. (producer, director, writer)
Detachable Penis. Color, 16mm, 4 minutes. A rock video featuring King Missile. Produced by Atlantic Records. (writer and director)

1992
The Sewing Circle. Color, Super-8 sound, 7 minutes. Featuring Kembra Phfaler, Lisa Resurrection and Carrie. (producer, director, writer)
The Bitches. Black and white, Super-8 sound, 10 minutes. Featuring Linda Serbu, Annabelle Davies and Charles Wing. Music by Jim Coleman. (producer, director, writer)

1991
Horoscope. Color and black and white, Super-8 sound, 5 minutes. Featuring Holly Adams, Bob Drywall and Squeak Wilentz. Music by Budenholzer. (producer, director, writer)
Catholic. Black and white, Super-8 sound, 2 minutes. Featuring Fee. Music by Budenholzer. (producer, director, writer)
Nazi. Color, Super-8 sound, 2 minutes. Featuring Annabelle Davies. Music by Budenholzer. (producer, director, writer)
Tumble. Color, Super-8 sound, 4 minutes. Featuring Linda Serbu. Music by Pitt and the Dreamers. (producer, director, writer)
Scooter and Jinx (Aka Moneylove). Color, Super-8 sound, 1 minute. Featuring Linda Serbu and Karen Disney. A rock video for Sonic Youth. Produced by Geffen Records. (writer and director)

1990
X is Y. Color, Super-8 sound, 4 minutes. Featuring Tomoya, Jackie O, Linda Serby, Cassandra Stark and Cristina. Music by Cop Shoot Cop. (producer, director, writer)

1986/1990
The Evil Cameraman. Color, Super-8 sound, 12 minutes. Featuring Jap Anne, Ice Queen, R. Kern, Little Linda and Jackie O. Music by Foetus Corp. (producer, director, writer)

1987
The King of Sex. Color, Super-8 sound, 5 minutes. Featuring Nick Zedd, Rick Strange, and Audrey Rose. Music by Killdozer. (producer, director, writer)
Submit to Me Now. Color, Super-8 sound, 17 minutes. Featuring Nick Zedd, Cassandra Stark, Lydia Lunch, Audrey Rose, R. Kern, Clint Ruin, Lung Leg and others. Music by Thurston Moore, J.G. Thirlwell, Bewitched, Black Snakes and others. (producer, director, writer)

1986
Pierce. Color, Super-8 sound, 9 minutes. Featuring Audrey Rose. (producer and director)
Fingered. Black and white, Super-8 sound, 25 minutes. Featuring Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg and Marty Nations. Music by Lydia Lunch and J.G. Thirlwell. (producer and director; co-writer with Lydia Lunch)