Laura Kikauka

1963 born in Hamilton, Canada
lives and works at the Funny Farm in Meanford, Ontario,
and at the Funny Farm East in Berlin, Germany.
1981-84 Ontario College of Art, Toronto
Single exhibitions, installations, performances (selection)
2006 NON STOP PHOTO PARTY, DNA Gallery, Berlin
2004 Exactly the Same, but Completely Different, The Power Plant
Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
2003 It could be Wurst, DNA Galerie, Berlin
The future will be brighter tomorrow, Laura Kikauka,
Constance Hanna, light-box-project, Photo / Graphic,
Galerie Käthe Kollwitz, Berlin
2002 M.A.N.I.A.C. at MAK, MAK - Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
2001 Dream Home, Kunstprojekt RIEM, Munich
Fashion Show with Fuzzy Love, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Sorry We are Open, Ludwig Beck, Munich
2000 Festival of Vision, Tamar Centre, Hong Kong
1999 Relay Room, Interaccess, New Music Concerts Festival, Toronto
Camp Insomnia, The Western Front, Vancouver
Time for Tomorrow, Marstall Theater, Munich
1997 Stage Set for Schlacht um Europa I-XVI, Christoph Schlingensief, Volksbühne, Berlin
1995 The Pickle Barbecue, Contained, Linz
My Greasy Hole, Galerie Paradigma, Linz
Bastlerine, Kunsthaus Raskolnikow, Dresden
Only Seat in the Theatre, Spiel.Art Theaterfestival, Munich
Group exhibitions (selection)
2006 THE YOUTH OF TODAY, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, (catalogue)
2005 ViennAfair, DNA Galerie / Berlin
all about berlin 3, WhiteBOX, Kultfabrik, Munich
Funny Farm, Phaeno
Naturwissenschaft & Technik Museum Wolfsburg
Toronto Art Fair, Cologne Art Fair & ViennAfair
DNA Galerie, Berlin
2004 White Room, ARCO, with DNA Galerie Berlin, Madrid
Borderline Festival, Maubeuge
Biennale, Lodz
2003 Curiosity Boxes, Robot Festival, Lile
QUOBO, Museo de Art Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
2002 QUOBO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2001 Aller Anfang ist Merz - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Die schöne Gärtnerin, Galerie am Prater, Berlin
Sommerfest im Podewil, Podewil, Berlin
QUOBO,Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2000 Aller Anfang ist Merz - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Heimat Kunst, House of World Cultures, Berlin
QUOBO, HK Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Exit Festival, Maison des Arts Nationale, Creteil, France
Via Festival, Le Menage, Maubeuge, France
1999 UNDABDIEPOST 1999, Postfuhramt, Berlin
1998 Fluten 2, Stadtbad Oderberger Straße, Berlin
Salon Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenberg e.V., Berlin
Grenzgänge, Meinblau, Berlin
Funny Factory-Stimmungslämpchen & Mehr, Hybrid Factory, Linz
Grants and commisions (selection)
2005 Commisioned by Phaeno Science Museum Wolfsburg
2001 Exhibition Aller Anfang ist Merz supported by Canadian Embassy, Sprengel Museum, Hannover and also Haus der Kunst, Munich
2000 Commisioned installation by I.F.A. Berlin