NICOLA KUPERUS
Lives and works in Detroit
Education:
BFA,1998, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Exhibition Record:
2015
Edition 15: Simon De Sousa Gallery: Detroit, MI
Lille 3000 w/ Adam Lee Miller: Lille, France
Discreet Vulgarities w/ Adam Lee Miller: Simon De Sousa Gallery: Detroit, MI
2014
Porta-Privy : Dlectricity: Detroit, MI
2013
Situations/Shituations w/ ADAM LEE MILLER: Center Galleries: Detroit, MI
Solo Exhibition: City Gallery: Wolfsburg, Germany
Detroit Arists in Residence: Mattress Factory: Pittsburgh, PA
Contorted: Public Pool: Hamtramck, MI
Exchange: Chicago < > Detroit: Chicago Artists' Coalition: Chicago, IL
Motor City Muse: Detroit Institute of Arts: Detroit, MI
2011
Hygienic Dress Leagues’ “Satellite Office”: Public Pool: Hamtramck, MI
Artist's Choice: Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography: Detroit, MI
2010
Giobbi/Kuperus: The Butcher's Daughter: Ferndale, MI
(IN)FAMILIAR: Canteen Gallery: Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
Nocturnal Transmissions: Public Pool: Hamtramck, MI
2009
No Vacancy: The Butchers Daughter: Ferndale, MI
2008
Studio Visit Group Show: Art Basel/Miami, FL
2007
Inagural Group Show : Bucket Rider Gallery : Chicago, IL
2006
Miss October : Gallery Project: Ann Arbor, MI
Aqua Art, Miami Art Basel : Bucket Rider Gallery : Miami, FL
NOVA Art Fair : Bucket Rider Gallery : Chicago, IL
NOIR c’est la vie : Centre d’art contemporain de Meymac : Meymec, France
2005
New Object (solo show) : Walker on Wheels, Walker Art Center : Minneapolis, MN
Aqua Art, Miami Art Basel : Bucket Rider Gallery : Miami, FL
2004
Art Chicago : Bucket Rider Gallery : Chicago, IL
Stalker : Bucket Rider Gallery : Chicago, IL
2003
The Detroit Design Show : Detroit Artist Market : Detroit, MI
2001
People from Good Homes : Detroit, MI
Anti Auto Show : detroit contemporary : Detroit, MI
2000
Out of Focus : detroit contemporary : Detroit, MI
The Forgotten Sights & Sounds of Tomorrow, an Ersatz Audio presentation : detroit contemporary : Detroit, MI
1998
Five Shows in Five Days : Detroit, MI
Thesis Show : Center for Creative Studies : Detroit, MI
Performance:
2015
Women Dancing with the Spirits: MOCAD: Detroit, MI (with Biba Bell)
It Never Really Happened: Layfett Park, Detroit, MI ( Biba Bell)
Video screenings:
2015
“THE THREE GRACE(S) TRIPTYCH" : MOCAD : Detroit, MI - Downtown Independent: LA, CA - Grey Area Art + Technology: SF, CA
2013
“THE THREE GRACE(S) TRIPTYCH" (113 minute video & live soundtrack presentation):
Mattress Factory- Pittsburgh, PA
2012
"Rise & Fall: Repeat" (10 minute video with sound)
DLECTRICITY, Detroit, MI
“THE THREE GRACE(S) TRIPTYCH" (113 minute video & live soundtrack presentation):
Chicago International Music and Movies Festival - Chicago, IL, IL
2011
The Three Grace(s) Triptych: (Co-Creator)
-Cineteca Nacional - Distrital Film Festival Mexico City, Mexico
LICKER LICENSE: a traveling all female video show curated by Hazel Hill McCarthyIII
-Neoma: Milan,Italy / Mediamatic: Amsterdam, The Neatherlands / Sameheads: Berlin, Germany / Jaguar Collective: London, UK / Preteen Gallery: Mexico City, Mexico / Show Cave: LA, CA / Pendu: NYC,NY
2010
The Three Grace(s) Triptych: (Co-Creator)
-Anthology Film Archives (NY, NY)
-Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI)
-Music Gallery (Toronto, Ont)
2008
DECAMPMENT: (Co-Creator)
-Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI)
-Anthology Film Archives (NY, NY)
-Silent Movie Theatre (LA, CA)
2007
The Folk Trilogy: Inagural Group Show, Bucket Rider Gallery: Chicago, IL
2002
"ADULT." video and live performance, The Andy Warhol Museum: Pittsburg, PA
Awards:
2013 Knights Arts Challange
Residencies:
2011 SOMA
Artist Residency (Mexico City, Mexico)
Lectures:
2008 NYU: Undergraduate class: Lecture in New Media Studies (New York, NY)
Collections:
Detroit Institute of Arts
Davidson Foundation
Selected Musical Compositions as ADULT.:
(co-creator)
Soundtrack:
2010 "Open" A film by Jake Yuzna
2010 "Traditions" A film by Adam Miller and Nicola Kuperus
2010 "Possesions" A film by Adam Miller and Nicola Kuperus
2008 "Decampment" A film by Adam Miller and Nicola Kuperus
Albums:
2013 "THE WAY THINGS FALL" (Released on Ghostly International)
2007 “WHY BOTHER?” (Released on Thrill Jockey Records)
2005 “GIMMIE TROUBLE” (Released on Thrill Jockey Records)
2003 “ANXIETY ALWAYS” (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2001 “RESUSCITATION” (Released on Ersatz Audio)
Mini-Albums (EPs):
2008 "LET'S FEEL BAD TOGETHER" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2005 "D.U.M.E." (Released on Thrill Jockey Records)
12" Vinyl Records:
2003 "scissorsUNTITLED (Released on Clone Records)
2002 "MISINTERPRETED" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2000 "NAUSEA" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2000 "NEW PHONIES" (Released on Clone Records)
1999 "ENTERTAINMENT" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
1998 "DISPASSIONATE FURNITURE" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
7" Vinyl Records:
2008 "DECAMPMENT: PART 3" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2008 "DECAMPMENT: PART 2" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2008 "DECAMPMENT: PART 1" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2005 "NUMBERS + ADULT. = THIS SEVEN INCH" (Released on Kill Rockstars)
2004 "split/split/split" (Released on Cass Records)
2004 "T & A" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2003 "THE CONTROLLED EDITION " (Released on Ersatz Audio)
2002 "LIMITED EDITION" (Released on Ersatz Audio)
Plus 25 Remixes for other musical acts including Death In Vegas, Tuxedomoon and Ladytron.
20 Selected Live Performances as ADULT.
08/06/97: Berlin, Germany -Sopienclub
10/02/98: Zurich, Switzerland - Grey Planet Festival
10/15/99: Helsinki, Finland - Turbo II
05/28/00: Detroit,MI -Detroit Electronic Music Festival
04/06/01: San Francisco, CA -Rawhide Club "Friends of the Whitney presents:Unstable Transformation"
04/12/02: Athens, Greece -Biofighters Festival
04/04/03: Detroit, MI -Detroit Institute of the Arts
04/26/03: New York, NY -The Bowery Ballroom
08/08/03: Benicassim, Spain -Benicassim Festival (special evening for the record label we own and operate)
03/06/04: Miami, FL -ULTRA Festival (Winter Music Conference)
06/11/05: St. Petersburg, Russia -Nokia Festival
10/20/05: Montreal, Quebec -Meg Festival
12/31/05: Los Angeles, CA -El Rey Theatre
09/16/06: Sao Paulo, Brazil -Motomix Festival
07/04/07: Amsterdam, Holland -5 Days Off Festival
11/01/07: Rome, Italy -Circolo degli Artisti
11/05/07: Prague, Czech Republic -Recyclit
02/15/08: Mexico City, MX -Pasajeamerica Club
04/24/09: Bogota, Colombia -Black Leather Event
05/01/09: Pittsburgh, PA -Carnegie Mellon University
Selected Interviews and Articles:
Carpenter, Susan. "New Songs, Old Beats." LOS ANGELES TIMES [July 28, 2002].
El-Ali, Kendah. "PhotoElectro." BlackBook, Fall 2005, p.48
Gensler, Andrew. "Dressed to Kill, DECAMPMENT." NY TIMES.com [Nov. 14, 2008].
Gillien, Brendan. "Adult. Education." URB [No.105, June 2003].
Guillaume, Michel. "Adult. Musique." D SIDE [Vol.40, May/June 2007].
Haddad, Natalie. "Rubbernecking - The Photography of Nicola Kuperus (cover story)." Real Detroit, [Aug.18-24, 2004, p.16]
Host, Vivian . "Vis Ed Volume 1." XLR8R, [Jan.2009, p.90-93]
Host, Vivian. "Scare Tactics: Adult. Let's the Skeletons out of the Closet (Cover Story)." XLR8R [No.90 Sept. 2005].
Martin, Piers. "Minor Threat." THE FACE [ Jan. 2002].
Matthew, Simmons. "Intelligent Design." RESONANCE [Issue 53, 2007].
Mazzei, Rebecca. "Accident Prone - The Fashionable Victims." Ten by Ten, [Nov.2004, p.36]
Pattison, Louis. "Help! The Aged." NME [April 19, 2003].
Pidgeon, Liz. "ADULT." OUTBURN [No.22, 2003].
Pratt, Tim. "Adult. Duo Hits the Road, Angst and All." DETROIT FREEPRESS [May 16, 2003].
Reynolds, Simon. "The 70s are so 90s. The 80s are the Thing Now. (Arts & Leisure Cover Story)." NY TIMES [Sunday, May 5, 2002].
Rubin, Mike. "Album Review: 8/10." SPIN [Vol.17, No. 3, March 2001].
Serilla, Scott. "Adult. Break (It) Down (Cover Story)." REAL DETROIT [May 4 -10, 2005].
Sherburn, Philip. "Vis Ed." XLR8R, [July 2002, p.92-94]
Strauss, Neil. "Critics Notebook (Living Arts Cover Story)." NY TIMES [June 12, 2001].
Shumate, Daniel. "The Blow-Up (cover story)." Flyer [March 2004, p.6]
Wasacz, Walter. "Here Comes Trouble." URB [Vol.15, No. 130, Oct. 2005].
Wayne, Citizen. "Adult. Take on Kraftwerk and Change the Channel." VICE [Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000].
Wolf, Mike. "All Grown Up." TIME OUT NEW YORK [Issue 395, Apr. 24 - May 1, 2003].
Yablonsky, Linda. "Art Motors On." W magazine [Nov. 2011]
