LILIANE LIJN
1939
Born in New York City
1958
Studied Archeology at the Sorbonne and Art History at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris
1961 – 63
Artist in residence in a plastics factory, experimenting with fire and acids. Worked with light, poetry, movement and liquids; numerous international exhibitions established her as a leading kinetic artist
1966
Moved to London
1988
Bought a ruined farmhouse in the Niccone valley of Umbria which she and her partner Stephen Weiss restored.
Lives and works in London and Umbria
2005
Received International Fellowship from Arts Council England, Space Sciences Laboratory and the Leonardo Network to be first Artist in Residence at the Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
2006/7
Arts Council England and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Partnership Awards to develop Solar Hills.
Major Public Commissions
1972
White Koan University of Warwick, Coventry
1979
Circle of Light Central Milton Keynes
1980
Split Spiral Spin Birchwood Science Park, Warrington
1988
Carbon Black Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Teddington
Argo Poole, Dorset
1993
Inner Light Prudential Insurance, Reading
1994
Dragon's Dance Marks & Spencers, Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff
1997
Earth Sea Light Koan Saint Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight
2003
Inner Light III St. Thomas' Hospital, London
2005
Starslide Evelina Children's Hospital, London
2006/7
Arts Council England and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Partnership Awards to develop Solar Hills.
Videos by the Artist
1974
The Power Game
1 hour video made with Alaistair McKintosh and Great Georges Project
1975
What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?
PAL. 14 minutes approx.
Orginally shot and edited on 16 mm film and transferred to video
Camera: Roger Coward, editing: Liliane Lijn, sound: Rolf Gehlhaar
1996 – 99
Early Events
a series of 5 video–sculptures. Camera: Liliane Lijn, Hildegard Spielhofer, editing: Michael Franks
It's a Girl 1996
PAL VHS ( Beta SP ) 2 minutes looped
Seagate: Sea in My Elbow 1998
1 minutes 23 seconds looped PAL VHS ( Beta SP )
Great Neck: Shouldering the Burdens of Childhood 1998
PAL VHS (Beta SP) 2 minutes 5 seconds looped
Lavender Queen 1999
PAL VHS ( Beta SP) 1 minute 57seconds looped
Paradise Lost 1999
PAL VHS (Beta SP) 2 minutes 51seconds looped
1999
Look a Doll! My Mother's Story
62 minutes shot on Sony digital video, edited on Beta SP
Available Beta SP PAL
Camera: John Bulmer, Editor: Michael Franks; Rostrum Camera: Ken Morse.
Made with the financial aid of the London Production Fund
2002
Voci d'Umbria
Video installation, dvd; Rocca di Umbertide, Italy
2007
Stardust: It Never Happened Before
12 min dvd PAL
Solar Hills I
3 min dvd PAL
Videos on the Artist
2008
Let There Be Light
The Imagine Series, BBC 1
2006
Liliane Lijn
The Eye Series, Illuminations
Performance
2008
Pentameters Three Horseshoes Pub, London
Solo Exhibitions
1970
Sculpture, Drawings, Collages Hanover Gallery, London
1972
Liliane Lijn Germain Gallery, Paris
1973
What is the Sound of One Hand Clapping? Jordan Gallery, London
1976
Beyond Light Serpentine Gallery, London
1977
Beyond Light toured to Durham Light Infantry Museum, Durham; Mappin Gallery, Sheffield; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Biting Through Alecto Gallery, London
1979
Recent Work Central Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
1980
Circle of Light Eagle Walk Gallery, Milton Keynes, Roundhouse Gallery, London
1983
Prism Figures, Prism Stones Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Crossing Map Paton Gallery, London
1985
Heads Galerie Peter Ludwig, Cologne
1987
Imagine the Goddess Fischer Fine Art, London
1993
Poem Machines 1962 – 1968 National Arts Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1996
Liliane Lijn: Her Mother's Voice The Eagle Gallery, London
1997
Koans Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris
Liliane Lijn: Poem Machines and other Bookworks National Library of New Zealand, Wellington; Govett–Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
2000
Koans Shirley Day Ltd., London
2002
Liliane Lijn: Light and Memory La Rocca, Centro d'Arte Contemporaneo, Umbertide , Studio Nardi, Florence.
2005
Liliane Lijn: Works 1959 - 1980 Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Liliane Lijn: Works 1959 - 1980 Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
2006
Liliane Lijn selected works 1959 - 2005 Austin Desmond Fine Art
Liliane Lijn Selected Works 1959 - 1980 England Gallery
2008
Stardust Riflemaker Gallery
Centrifugal Royal Academy Schools Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
1967
'Lumière et Mouvement' Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
'Science Fiction' Kunsthalle, Bern
'Cinquième Biennale' Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
1968
'L'Art Vivant' Foundation Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence, France
'Prospect '68' Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
'Science Fiction' Musée d'Arts Decoratifs, Paris
1970
'Kinetic Art' Hayward Gallery, London
1975
'Internationale Visuele Poezie' Rotterdam, Utrecht, Brussels, Amsterdam
1976
'Art of the Sixties' Tate Gallery, London
1977
'Concrete Poetry' Galleria di Arte Moderna, Bologna
1978
'Hayward Annual' Hayward Gallery, London
1981
'British Sculpture in the 20th Century' Whitechapel Gallery, London
1983
'Electra' Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
1984
'20th Century Drawings and Watercolours' Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1985
'Livres d'Artistes' Centre Pompidou, Paris
1986
'Tecnologia e Informatica' Venice Biennale, Venice,
Anne–Marie and Victor Loeb Foundation, Kunsthalle, Bern
1988
'Images du Futur '88' Cité des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal
'Licht und Transparenz' Museum Bellerive, Zurich
1989
'Artec '89' Nagoya, Japan
1991
'Les Artistes et la Lumière' Le Manège, Reims
1992
'Estampes et Livres d'Artistes du XXe Siècle' Enrichissements du Cabinet des Estampes 1978 – 88, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
1993
'The Sixties Art Scene in London' Barbican Art Gallery, London
1995
'Modern British Sculpture' Tate Gallery, Liverpool
1996
'Chimériques Polymères' Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Nice
1997
'Presenze' Padiglione Neri, Perugia
1998
'Post Scriptum' Palazzo Massari, Ferrara
1999
'Improvisations on a Line' Eagle Gallery, London
'Small is Beatiful – Millenium Show' Angela Flowers Gallery, London
2000
'Force Fields' Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; Hayward Gallery, London
'Dream Machines' South Bank National Touring Exhibition
'BOP, BuchkunstBuch' Greifenstein; Kunsthaus Horn, Thurnhof; Galerie Druck & Buch, Tübingen; Galeria Dieda, Bassano del Grappa
'Volumes of (vulnerability)' Standpoint Gallery, London (touring show)
2001
'(S)cripturae' Galeria Civica, Padova
2002
'Thinking big – Concepts for twenty–first century british sculpture' Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
2003
'Editions Alecto: Artist's Multiples and Prints 1960 – 81' Whitworth Art Gallery,Manchester; Bankside Gallery, London; City Art Gallery,Edinburgh
'Vaselle d'Autore per Il Vino Novello' La Vecchia Fornace, Torgiano
'Outside of a Dog' Baltic, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2004
'Linea Umbra 02 – Artisti fuori dal Coro' Flashart Museum, Trevi
'Andata e Ritorno' Artiste Contemporanee Tra Europa e USA' Palazzo Bonacossi, Ferrara
'Daddy Pop( The Search for Art Parents)' Anne Faggionato Gallery, London
'Art and the Sixties: This was Tomorrow' Tate Britain, London; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
2005
'A Summer of Love' Tate Gallery, Liverpool
'Describing Form' Lux Touring Project; Herny Moore Institute; Tate Britain; New Arts Centre, Salisbury; Hull International Short Film Festival; Kettles Yard / Arts Picture House, Cambridge
2006
'Flimflam' Cell, London
'60:Sixty Years of Sculpture in the Arts Council Collection' Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
'Riflemaker' Zoo Art Fair, London (October)
'Riflemaker becomes Indica' Riflemaker, London
'Magnetic Vision' Kinetica Museum, London
'Art on the Front Page II' Benaki Museum, Pireos Street, Athens
2007
'Riflemaker becomes Indica: Part Two' Riflemaker, London
'Nyehaus Becomes Indica' Nyhaus Gallery, New York
Riflemaker Gallery, Zoo Art Fair, London
2007-8
'Recent Acquisitions Part II' British Museum, London
2008
'New Acquisitions' British Museum, London
Riflemaker, The 20th Century Theatre, London
'100 Years 100 Artists' Art on the Underground, London
'Concrete & Glass' Riflemaker at the A Foundation, London
Selected Publications by the Artist
1982
Six Throws of the Oracular Keys from Collection Unfinitude, edited by Angeline Neveu, Editions de la Nèpe, Paris
1983
Crossing Map Thames & Hudson, London
'Vision' (excerpt from Crossing Map) Audio Arts Magazine on Cassette (Vol. 6, Nos.2–3)
1987
'Imagine the Goddess! A Rebirth of the Female Archetype in Sculpture' Leonardo (Vol. 20, No. 2), Berkeley, Ca.
1995
'Light Matters' Women's Art Magazine, No. 62, Jan/Feb
1996
Her Mothers Voice printed and published by the artist in an edition of 25
1998
'Body and Soul: Interactions between the Material and the Immaterial in Sculpture' Leonardo, Vol. 31 No. 1
1999
'She: Reclaiming the Female Form' n.paradoxa, July issue
2005
'Starslide: A Symbiosis of Form and Function' Leonardo, Vol 38 No.5, MIT Press
2006
cover for 'Athens Voice' June 14-18th
Selected Publications on the Artist
1967
'Art as Research: The Experiments of Liliane Lijn' Cyril Barret, Studio International, June, London
1968
Kinetic Art: The Language of Movement Guy Brett, Studio Vista, London
1969
'Liliane Lijn in Discussion with Vera Lindsay' Studio International, May
1973
'The Functionalism of Art' Alastair Mackintosh, Art and Artists, March
1976
'Art of the Sixties' Tate Gallery, London
1980
'Beyond The Image: Liliane Lijn' Joan Murray, Fireweed, issues 5, 6
1981
Liquid Reflections, The Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists Ronald Alley, London
1982
'Interférences en Plein Air' Deanna Petherbridge, The Architectural Review (April 1984)
1986
British Art Since 1900 Francis Spalding, Thames & Hudson, London
Imagine the Goddess Jasia Reichardt, Fischer Fine Art, London
1993
The Sixties Art Scene In London editor – David Mellor, Phaidon Press, London
Art in the Electronic Age Frank Popper, Thames & Hudson, London, New York, Editions Hazan, Paris
1996
'Family Matters' Cathy Courtney, Art Monthly, No. 197, June
1997
Liliane Lijn Flora Turner, Kontura, July
1998
Scarlet Letters video documentary by Strike, F.P. Produzioni
2000
'Liliane Lijn' Monica Bohm–Duchen, Art Monthly, July–August
Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic Guy Brett, MACBA
'May the Force be with you' Oliver Bennett, The Guardian Weekend, 15 July
2001
The Art of the Book edited by James Bettley, V&A Publications
2002
Liliane Lijn : Light and Memory Thames & Hudson Ltd.
2003
Editions Alecto Tessa Sidley, Lund Humphries
2004
Linea Umbra _02 Artisti Fuori dal Coro Catalogue published to coincide with the exhibition at the Trevi Flash Art Museum, 21 Feb – 25th April 2004, edited by Giancarlo Politi, contributions: Franco Gentilucci, Maurizio Coccia.
Andata e Ritorno: Artiste Contemporanee Tra Europa e America Catalogue published to coincide with the XI Biennale Donna, Palazzo Bonacossi, Ferrara, 4 April – 6 June 2004, edited by Lola G. Bonora, text Valeria Tassinari, Judy Collischan.
2005
Liliane Lijn : Works 1959 - 1980 David Mellor, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick
Liliane Lijn Mead Gallery Andrew Wilson, Art Monthly, July-August No.288
Evelina Children's Hospital Eleanor Young, RIBA Journal, December
Kinetic Spaces - Liquid Reflections, Meditative Spaces Michael Freeman, Universe
Just What the Doctor Ordered RIBA Journal, December
2006
Illustrated Concise Catalogue, Leeds Sculpture Collections Henry Moore Institute
Still Swinging Dominic Lutyens, The Independent Magazine, 28th October
Something like a Phenomenon Eloise Napier, Harpers Bazaar, November
Liliane Lijn: Selected Works 1959 - 2005 Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
Liliane Lijn: Selected Works 1959 - 1980 England & Co, London
2007
The 60's Then and Now Andrew Wilson, Art Monthly, February No.303
2008
LILIANE LIJN ‘Stardust’ Riflemaker
Woman’s Hour: Interview with Jane Garfield (April 14th)
It came from outer space Preview: Charlotte Cripps. The Independent 14th April
Pick of the Week: The Information: The Independent, 20th April
It’s totally cosmic: art from outer space The Knowledge: Morgan Falconer: The Times, April 5th -11th
Close-Up: Liliane Lijn The Independent Revue, 20th April
In the studio: Liliane Lijn Time Out April 17th-23rd
Big Space Small Space John Spurling, The Spectator, April 17th May
Public Collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery
American College of Greece, Athens
Art Institute of Chicago
Arthur Anderson and Company
Arts Council of Great Britain
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Bradford Art Galleries and Museums
British Association of Industrial Editors, London
The British Council
The British Museum
Camden Public Library, London
Castle Museum, Nottingham
Fonds Nationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris
Chicago Institute
Contemporary Art Society, London
Derbyshire Museum Service
Evelina Children's Hospital, London
Glasgow Museum, Kelvingrove
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
Kunsthalle, Bern
Musée de la Ville de Paris
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
New Hall, Cambridge
New York Public Library
Northampton Museum
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Rutherston Collection, City Art Gallery, Manchester
Saint Thomas Hospital, London
Tate Gallery, London
Unilever PLC, London
University of Warwick, Coventry
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wellesley College Library, Mass., USA