John KLECKNER
John KLECKNER
Los Angeles

September 9 - October 21, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, September 8, 2006 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 6:00 and by appointment
John Kleckner
(b.1978, Iowa)
Lives and works in Berlin

Upcoming group exhibitions:
"BigMinis," CAPC Mus�e d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France, 2011
"Premio Lissone 2010," Lissone, Italy, November, 2010
"Thrice Upon A Time," Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden, September 11 -December 12, 2010.
"Home and Origin," Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sweden, September 8 - October 1, 2010

Current solo exhibitions:
"A Ear In A Pond, A Tooth In The Wall, A Knife In The Socket", Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge, Athens, Greece, May 14th � June 12th, 2010

Current group exhibitions:
"Videodrome" curated by Aaron Moulton, Autocenter, Berlin, 2010
"Step Toward Home" curated by Rebecca Layton, at Dam, Stuhltrager, Berlin, June 4 -July 3, 2010

Selected solo exhibitions:
"The Master Cleanser," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2009
"The 40 Seasons," Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany, 2009
"John Kleckner," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2006
"John Kleckner," Peres Projects, Berlin, 2006

Selected group exhibitions:
"Waking The Dead," Autocenter, Berlin, 2010
"Minneapolis," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
"Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"Rock Opera," CAPC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, France, 2009
"Deleted Scenes," Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
"Nevertheless," Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2008
"Legende," Domaine departemental Chamarande, Chamarande, France, 2008
"Auslaender in Berlin," curated by Margherita Belaief, CITRIC Gallery, Brescia, Italy, 2008
"I Will Never Lie To My Mother Again," Mogadishniaar Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark, 2008
"The End Was Yesterday," Kunstraum Innsbruck + Galerie, Austria, 2008
"The End Was Yesterday," Autocenter Autocenter + Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany, 2008
"Destroy Athens", the First Athens Biennial, 2007
"Gravity's Rainbow", Peres Projects Athens, 2007
"The Four Horsemen / The RAND Corporation", Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, 2007
"Palisadenparenchym," Danese, New York, NY, 2007
"Ginnungagap / Pavilion of Belief," curated by Tjorg Douglas Beer, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Venice, Italy, 2007
"RAW, Among the Ruins" Marres, Center for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2007
"Panic Room" works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 2006
"LAXed," Peres Projects, Berlin, 2006
"The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies,"
Oct 7-Dec 30, 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, 2005
"Gods & Monsters" Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2005
"A Fantasy", curated by Malik Gaines, ARENA 1 GALLERY, Santa Monica, 2005
"Werewolf Express" curated by Trinie Dalton, in "Exploding Zines," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2005
"Sign of the Covenant" John Connelly Presents, New York, 2004
"Pencil Me In" Geoffrey Young Gallery, MA, 2004
"The Garden Lab Experiment" Art Center College, Pasadena, 2004
"Pickup Lines" Geoffrey Young Gallery, MA, 2004
"Cave Canem" John Connelly Presents, New York, 2004
"RETREAT" Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2003

Kleckner is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Collection of Contemporary Drawings.

Kleckner has been featured in Frieze, The New York Times, ZYZZYVZ, Someone's Garden, and Basso Magazine.