Ene-Liis Semper

ENE - LIIS SEMPER

Born in 1969 in Tallinn, Estonia

Education:
1995 Estonian Academy of Arts, scenography

Selected exhibitions:

2007
Kava Kava, Facetten der Angst, Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany

2006
Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ene-Liis Semper, solo show, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Melancholie, Genie und Wahnsinn in der Kunst, Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Oasis, solo show, Museum Moderne Kunst Kärnten, Austria
Wunder der Prärie, solo show, Zeitraum_ex!tBüro für Kunst, Mannheim, Germany

2005
Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Art Agents Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
gegenwärtig: selbst, inszeniert, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
PEACE gerollt – euroPART, Öffentlicher Raum Wien, Vienna, Austria
E-FLUX, Video Rental, The Moore Space, Miami, America
Shadow, Kunsthallen Brandts Kaederfabrik, Denmark, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
Solo Exhibition, Fruchthalle, Kaiserlautern, Germany
Project Migration Kölnischer Kuntverein, Cologne, Germany
Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2004 Realm of the Senses, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
The New Ten, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
Cordially Invited, Basis voor Aktuele Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Galerie Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Faster than History, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland

2003
Art Focus 4, Jerusalem, Israel
Orifice, Melbourne Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Extra Strong Super Light, Muzeum Narodowe, Szczecin, Poland
Art, Lies and Videotape, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
Ambivalence, opening exhibition, Z platz Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
Four Works/Quatre Œuvres, solo exhibition, Galerie Taran, Montréal, Canada
Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Art Agents Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2002
Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
Les Boréales 2002, Caen, France
Fluxus and the Influences, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Attitude 2002, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
OPEN 2002, imaginaire féminin, Venice, Italy
Basic Elements, Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma, Finland
Four Works, solo exhibition, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Breath, The Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary
Closing the Distance, ?a?nia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
The Baltic Times, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
Last Minute. To the End of Eternity, Vecchio Ospedale Soave, Codogno (Lodi), Italy
Matrix of Collaboration, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Video Lounge, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, Italy
2ARCO 2002, Madrid, Spain
New Video Installations, Solo Exhibition¸Tallinn, Estonia

2001
Artissimo, Torino, Italy
Looking at You, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Plateau of Humankind, 49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, Italian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, Estonian participation at the exhibition, Levi Foundation, Venice, Italy
Male, Gallery of Contemporary Art Celje, Slovenia
Vertigo, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany
The Baltic Times, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia; Škuc Gallery, Slovenia
Oasis, Begane Grond, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Schwaz Gallery, Schwaz, Austria
Bac-Présence Balte, The Human Project, Visby, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain

2000
Inverse Perspectives, EDSVIK Gallery, Sweden
He and She, (with Raoul Kurvitz) Gallery Noas, Riga, Latvia
10Paar, Art from Estonia and Flanders, Castle of Kuressaare, Estonia; Hoeve Vandewalle – Kuurne, Flanders
Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
PICAF, Seoul, Korea
Here, solo exhibition (with Marko Laimre), Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

1999
Solo exhibition (with KIWA), New Videoinstallations, Gallery Sebra, Tartu, Estonia
Private Views, Budapest, Hungary

1998
Solo exhibition (with Mark Raidpere), Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
ArtGenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Distant Lighthouses, Fabrica Porto Brandao, Lissabon, Portugal; EDSVIK Gallery, Sweden
Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Solo exhibition (with KIWA), Breathing Circle, Gallery Sebra, Tartu, Estonia
Solo exhibition, videoinstallations, Gallery Vaal, Tallinn, Estonia

1996
Rühm T - 10, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn

1995
Wait We're Loading, group exhibition of Estonian artists, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
Biotoopia, 3rd annual exh.of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

1994
Unexistent Art, the 2nd annual exh.of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts,Tallinn, Estonia


Videography:
2006 run
2006 beautiful
2006 untitled, 2006 (ceiling)
2006 train
2005 " - "
2005 Lullaby
2005 Happy
2004 Untitled, 2004
2002 The Speaker
2002 Large Hall
2002 Swinging House
2002 Seven
2002 Red Line
2002 Door
2001 Jump
2000 Untitled I
2000 Untitled II
2000 Into New Home
2000 Sleeping Man
2000 Licked Room
2000 Stairs
1999 Oasis
1998 Natural Law
1998 Come!
1998 Endspiel
1998 FF/Rew
1998 White Wedding
1997 Fundamental
1996 Untitled
1994 Landscapes of Estonian Art I, Kurvitz

Selected performances:
2000 Happy Birthday, PC Department Store, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Va Banque, Estonian National Library, Tallinn
1999 Strong Union, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn
1998 Treasure Island, Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 God Number xxx, Club Hollywood, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 Untitled, Jancis, Kurvitz and Semper Live, Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
1997 Painting Venice, performance (with Raoul Kurvitz) at the opening of Estonian exhibition at the 47th Venice Biennial, Italy
1995 Myra Factory, music club Pilot, Moscow, Russia
1994 Myra Factory, M/F Kronborg, Tallinn, Estonia

Selected bibliography:
Catalogues:
SHADOW, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaederfabrik, Linz, Kiel und Odense, 2005
Ene-Liis Semper, Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern
Gegenwärtig: Selbst, inszeniert, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2005
FRESH CREAM 3, Ene-Liis Semper by Igor Zabel, Phaidon Press, 2003
ATTITUDE 2002, One Truth in Your Heart, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, 2002
OPEN 2002, imaginaire féminin, Arte Communications, Venice. 2002
Ene-Liis Semper / Marko Laimre. 49th International exhibition of Contemporary Art. Tallinn, 2001.
La Biennale di Venezia. 49. Esposizione Internazionale d’arte. Plateau of Humankind. Venezia, 2001.
The Baltic Times. Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2001.
Vertigo, Herausgegeben von Gerald Matt für die Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Triton Verlag; Wien, 2001.
Borderline Syndrome. Manifesta3, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2000.
10Paar. Art from Estonia and Flanders. Eesti ja Flaami kunst. Kunst uit Estland en Vlaanderen, Tallinn, 2000.
Bac-Présence Balte. The Human Project. Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden within the concept of Présence Balte, Baltic Art Center Visby, Sweden 2000.
Distant Lighthouses, Fabrica Porto Brandao, Lissabon, Portugal, 1998.
Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998.
Biotoopia, 3rd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Tallinn, 1996.
Rühm T - 10, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, 1996.
Wait We're Loading, group exhibition of Estonian artists, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden, 1995.
Unexistent Art, the 2nd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1994.

Magazines (selected):
Flash Art, 237/ 2004, Ene-Liis Semper, Review by Anders Härm
CAMERA AUSTRIA , 82/2003, Ene-Liis Semper, Interview by Hildegund Amanshauser
"Has the title stolen the show? Three views of Manifesta 3 from three different European ports". NU: The Nordic Art Review, Vol.II No.5/00.
“Ene-Liis Semper”. NU: The Nordic Art Review, Vol.III No.2/01.
“Venice Biennale / Ene-Liis Semper”. Tema Celeste, Contemporary Art, Summer 2001.