Kim Gordon
Nationality
US
Year of birth
1953
Biography
Gordon studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, where she made lasting friendships, notably with Mike Kelley (a student at the time) and Dan Graham (a teacher). She presented the first exhibition of her Design Office art project at White Columns in New York in 1981.
Exhibitions: Museum Im Bellpark, Kriens (2022); Busan Biennale (2020); Lo-Fi Glamour, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; She Bites Her Tender Mind, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2019); Manifesta 11, Zurich (2016); All Instruments Agree: an exhibition or a concert, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Noise Name Paintings and Sculptures of Rock Bands That Are Broken Up, Benaki Museum – Deste Foundation, Athens (2015); Design Office/Kim Gordon, White Columns, New York (2013); Sonic Youth ETC: Sensational Fix, Museion, Bolzano; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Malmö Konsthall; Centre de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid (2009); Music is a Better Noise, MoMA/PS1, New York (2006). She is represented by 303 Gallery, New York.
