born 1968, Redondo Beach, California, USA | lives and works Los Angeles and New York, USA

Widely known for his innovative fine art installations, Doug Aitken is at the frontier of 21st century communication. Utilizing a wide array of media and artistic approaches, Aitken’s eye leads us into a world where time, space, and memory are fluid concepts. Aitken’s body of work ranges from photography, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, and installations. His non-stop and extensive explorations inform his work with a modern nomadic existence, where travel and movement are folded into our daily experience. Aitken has had numerous screenings, solo and group exhibitions around the world including the 1999 Venice Biennale, where he won the International Prize for his acclaimed installation “Electric Earth”. He has exhibited work in institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Pompidou Center in Paris. Using complex imagery and associations Aitken consistently approaches philosophical questions addressing nature and civilization as well as people and their relationship to time and space. Working with the idea of the present and presence, Aitken refers to his films and installations as being pure communication.