Jef Bourgeau CV

2007

Oakland University Art Gallery – Rochester. MI

Paint Creek Art Center (as Stig Eklund, Clara Beckmann, Hanne Bloot) - Rochester. MI

Brick Lane Gallery (curated from Charles Saatchi’s Your Gallery) – London, England

Silvermine Guild Arts Center (as Stig Eklund with Kiki Smith, Lucio Pozzi) – Connecticut

Jane Austen Book Club – Los Angeles

2006

Soo Visual Arts Center (Stig Eklund with Kiki Smith, Lucio Pozzi) – Minneapolis

2005

The White Room (as Kenzu Nagawa) – Los Angeles

2004
Urban Institute for the Contemporary Arts - Grand Rapids
Museum of New Art (Biennale 2004) – Pontiac, Michigan

The Majlis Cultural Center (video) – Mumbai

The District Gallery – Birmingham, Michigan

Marygrove Gallery – Detroit

Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts – Kalamazoo, Michigan

555 Gallery - Detroit

2003
La Musee d'Art et d'Industrie (video) - Roubaix, France
Cranbrook Art Museum – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
La Braderie (video) – France

Detroit Contemporary – Detroit

2002

Museum of New Art (kaBOOM!) – Detroit

2001

Museum of New Art (Documenta III) – Detroit

1999-2000
Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (Documenta USA II) – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Detroit Institute of the Arts – Detroit

Museum of Contemporary Art (Blimey!) - Pontiac
Galerie Blu – Pontiac, Michigan

1998
Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts - Michigan
Kumamoto Museum - Japan
Hokkaido Museum of Art - Japan

Museum of Contemporary Art (Wrong Show) - Pontiac
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (video) - Cleveland
Mitsukoshi Museum of Art - Fukuoka, Japan

1997
San Jose Museum of Art - California
Takamatsu City Museum of Art - Japan
Honolulu Academy of Arts - Hawaii
San Francisco Art Hotel - California
Daimaru Museum - Osaka, Japan

Museum of Contemporary Art (DOCUMENTA USA) – Pontiac, Michigan
Sogo Museum of Art - Yokohama, Japan

1996
Columbus Museum of Art - Ohio
Cranbrook Art Museum – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Art Seattle - Seattle
Portland Museum of Art – Portland, Oregon

1995
SoMa Gallery - La Jolla
Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland
The Mint Museum - Charlotte, NC
O.K Harris Works of Art/David Klein – Birmingham, MI
Space Gallery - Chicago
Contemporary Arts Museum - Houston
Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit

1994
Gahlberg Arts Center - Chicago
Institute of Contemporary Arts - Boston
Zolla/Lieberman – Chicago

Focus Gallery - Detroit
The Drawing Room - Amsterdam
LedisFlam - New York

1993
O.K. Harris Works of Art - Birmingham, MI

1992
O.K. Harris Works of Art - Birmingham, MI

1991

Feigenson/Preston - Birmingham, MI

AS CURATOR - SELECT EXHIBITIONS:

JANE SPEAKS MODERN ART, Pontiac Michigan:
SEPTEMBER 1996 - ART UNTIL NOW, an international survey of contemporary art.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MCA), Pontiac Michigan:
September 1997 - DOCUMENTA USA I, a multi-media investigation into the process of deciding art.
JUNE 1998 - THE WRONG SHOW, a review of politically incorrect art of the nineties.
August 1998 - NAKED IN THE NINETIES, an inquiry into controversial art of the last decades.
January 1999 - BLIMEY, the most comprehensive survey, before or since, of the Young British Artists working in the nineties. The exhibition included over 130 artists with eponymous catalogue, published in England by 21 Publishing.
August 1999 - THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, an exhibition of children and their place in the art of the last 100 years.

URBAN INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS (UICA), Kalamazoo
April 28-June 9, 1999 - DOCUMENTA USA II, a multi-media investigation into the process of deciding art. Including Jenny Holzer, Peter Halley, Christo, Vito Acconci and 100 other artists.

MUSEUM OF NEW ART (MONA), Pontiac Michigan:
August 2000 - NEW GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 15 young german photographers, with a solo exhibition of Wolfgang Tillmans work
September 2000 - E-MONA, artists from over 30 countries e-mailed their art to the museum, where it was printed out on a wide-format digital printer and exhibited. An example of "instant" art.

MUSEUM OF NEW ART (MONA), Detroit Michigan:
September 15-October 27, 2001 - DOCUMENTA USA III, a new, improved version of the first Documenta USA.
March 9 - April 28 - kaBOOM! Over the course of the exhibition, museum visitors were invited to smash, drop, throw and slash artworks, including work by Man Ray, Haim Steinbach, Fontana.

ARTCORE, August 2002 - April 2003. Founded and directed ARTCORE, an empty storefront-to-gallery project in downtown Detroit. Six such collective galleries were opened in abandoned buildings.

Jef Bourgeau 2007 Oakland University Art Gallery – Rochester. MI Paint Creek Art Center (as Stig Eklund, Clara Beckmann, Hanne Bloot) - Rochester. MI Brick Lane Gallery (curated from Charles Saatchi’s Your Gallery) – London, England Silvermine Guild Arts Center (as Stig Eklund with Kiki Smith, Lucio Pozzi) – Connecticut Jane Austen Book Club – Los Angeles 2006 Soo Visual Arts Center (Stig Eklund with Kiki Smith, Lucio Pozzi) – Minneapolis 2005 The White Room (as Kenzu Nagawa) – Los Angeles 2004 Urban Institute for the Contemporary Arts - Grand Rapids Museum of New Art (Biennale 2004) – Pontiac, Michigan The Majlis Cultural Center (video) – Mumbai The District Gallery – Birmingham, Michigan Marygrove Gallery – Detroit Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts – Kalamazoo, Michigan 555 Gallery - Detroit 2003 La Musee d'Art et d'Industrie (video) - Roubaix, France Cranbrook Art Museum – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan La Braderie (video) – France Detroit Contemporary – Detroit 2002 Museum of New Art (kaBOOM!) – Detroit 2001 Museum of New Art (Documenta III) – Detroit 1999-2000 Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (Documenta USA II) – Grand Rapids, Michigan Detroit Institute of the Arts – Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art (Blimey!) - Pontiac Galerie Blu – Pontiac, Michigan 1998 Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts - Michigan Kumamoto Museum - Japan Hokkaido Museum of Art - Japan Museum of Contemporary Art (Wrong Show) - Pontiac Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (video) - Cleveland Mitsukoshi Museum of Art - Fukuoka, Japan 1997 San Jose Museum of Art - California Takamatsu City Museum of Art - Japan Honolulu Academy of Arts - Hawaii San Francisco Art Hotel - California Daimaru Museum - Osaka, Japan Museum of Contemporary Art (DOCUMENTA USA) – Pontiac, Michigan Sogo Museum of Art - Yokohama, Japan 1996 Columbus Museum of Art - Ohio Cranbrook Art Museum – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Art Seattle - Seattle Portland Museum of Art – Portland, Oregon 1995 SoMa Gallery - La Jolla Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland The Mint Museum - Charlotte, NC O.K Harris Works of Art/David Klein – Birmingham, MI Space Gallery - Chicago Contemporary Arts Museum - Houston Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit 1994 Gahlberg Arts Center - Chicago Institute of Contemporary Arts - Boston Zolla/Lieberman – Chicago Focus Gallery - Detroit The Drawing Room - Amsterdam LedisFlam - New York 1993 O.K. Harris Works of Art - Birmingham, MI 1992 O.K. Harris Works of Art - Birmingham, MI 1991 Feigenson/Preston - Birmingham, MI AS CURATOR - SELECT EXHIBITIONS: JANE SPEAKS MODERN ART, Pontiac Michigan: SEPTEMBER 1996 - ART UNTIL NOW, an international survey of contemporary art. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MCA), Pontiac Michigan: September 1997 - DOCUMENTA USA I, a multi-media investigation into the process of deciding art. JUNE 1998 - THE WRONG SHOW, a review of politically incorrect art of the nineties. August 1998 - NAKED IN THE NINETIES, an inquiry into controversial art of the last decades. January 1999 - BLIMEY, the most comprehensive survey, before or since, of the Young British Artists working in the nineties. The exhibition included over 130 artists with eponymous catalogue, published in England by 21 Publishing. August 1999 - THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, an exhibition of children and their place in the art of the last 100 years. URBAN INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS (UICA), Kalamazoo April 28-June 9, 1999 - DOCUMENTA USA II, a multi-media investigation into the process of deciding art. Including Jenny Holzer, Peter Halley, Christo, Vito Acconci and 100 other artists. MUSEUM OF NEW ART (MONA), Pontiac Michigan: August 2000 - NEW GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 15 young german photographers, with a solo exhibition of Wolfgang Tillmans work September 2000 - E-MONA, artists from over 30 countries e-mailed their art to the museum, where it was printed out on a wide-format digital printer and exhibited. An example of "instant" art. MUSEUM OF NEW ART (MONA), Detroit Michigan: September 15-October 27, 2001 - DOCUMENTA USA III, a new, improved version of the first Documenta USA. March 9 - April 28 - kaBOOM! Over the course of the exhibition, museum visitors were invited to smash, drop, throw and slash artworks, including work by Man Ray, Haim Steinbach, Fontana. ARTCORE, August 2002 - April 2003. Founded and directed ARTCORE, an empty storefront-to-gallery project in downtown Detroit. Six such collective galleries were opened in abandoned buildings.