galleries
statement
Gabriel Lester, The Last Smoking Flight NL, 2008, 90 min.
"My artwork, films and installations originate from a desire to tell stories and construct environments that support these stories or propose their own narrative interpretation. In early years this led to writing prose and composing electronic music. Later, after studying cinema and eventually fine arts, my artworks became what could be typified as cinematographic, without necessarily employing film or video. Like cinema, my practice has come to embrace all imaginable media and occupy both time and space. The artworks propose a tension span and are either implicitly narrative, explicitly visual or both at once. These artworks seldom convey any explicit message or singular idea, but rather propose ways to relate to the world, how it is presented and what mechanisms and components constitute our perception and understanding of it."
Gabriel Lester
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24. Sep 10. Jan 2021WE NEVER SLEEP Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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08. Jun 09. OctMOMENTUM 10 "The Emotional Exhibition" Momentum Moss
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23. Nov 12. Jan 2019Gabriel Lester - Shake A Face Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam °
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12. Dec 29. Mar 2017Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016/17 'forming in the pupil of an eye' Kochi-Muziris Biennale
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25. Jun 02. OctGABRIEL LESTER. Unresolved DE APPEL ARTS CENTRE Amsterdam
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11. Mar 16. AprMIRRORS DUVE Berlin
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05. Sep 01. Nov14th Istanbul Biennial 2015 "SALT WATER" Istanbul Biennial
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20. May 17. Jan 2016When I Give, I Give Myself Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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23. Sep 23. NovFOLLIES, MEHRFACH: GABRIEL LESTER - HAEGUE YANG Bonner Kunstverein
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23. Sep 23. NovFOLLIES, MEHRFACH: GABRIEL LESTER - HAEGUE YANG Bonner Kunstverein
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30. Aug 02. NovFolkestone Triennial 2014 Folkestone Triennial °
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11. Jul 07. SepThe crime was almost perfect PAC Milan °
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22. May 17. AugThe Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
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28. Feb 20. Apr2nd CAFAM Biennale CAFA Art Museum, Beijing.
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26. Feb 31. Mar5. Marrakech Biennale 2014 Marrakech Biennale °
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24. Jan 27. AprThe Crime Was Almost Perfect Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
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01. Nov 24. NovPerforma 13 PERFORMA New York
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22. Jun 19. SepMOMENTUM 7 Momentum Moss
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01. Jun 24. Nov55. Venice Biennale 2013 - Country Pavilions Venice Biennale
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20. Apr 16. JunBourgeois Leftovers DE APPEL ARTS CENTRE Amsterdam
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12. Mar 13. MaySharjah Biennial 11 Sharjah Biennial
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27. Jul 16. SepPublic Abstraction, Private Construction IV V Kunstverein Arnsberg
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09. Jun 16. Sepdocumenta 13 documenta Kassel
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19. Jan 18. FebBlind Cut Marlborough Gallery New York
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09. Nov 26. Feb 2012Secret Societies CAPC Contemporary Art Museum Bordeaux
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23. Jun 25. SepGeheimgesellschaften. Wissen Wagen Wollen Schweigen Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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09. Apr 14. MayGabriel Lester Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam °
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12. Feb 08. MayGabriel Lester: Suspension of Disbelief Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (closed for renovation)
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01. Nov 22. NovPERFORMA09 PERFORMA New York
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12. Feb 12. AprLapses Fri Art Kunsthalle, Fribourg
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30. Jan 22. MarSLOW MOVEMENT ODER: Das Halbe und das Ganze Kunsthalle Bern
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16. Jan 07. MarPaper Exhibition Artists Space, New York
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20. Sep 30. NovLiverpool Biennial 2008 Liverpool Biennial
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30. May 30. SepDeep screen Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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25. Apr 28. AprCALL + RESPONSE MUDAM Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
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08. Mar 22. MarGabriel Lester DUVE Berlin
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29. Feb 27. AprBiennale Cuvée OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz
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09. Feb 08. MarMicro-Nation CAPACETE Petzel Gallery, New York
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08. Feb 23. MarDecoder Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius °
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06. Sep 28. Oct27th International Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana
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12. May 21. OctTwenty-two thousand five hundred Museum De Paviljoens, Almere
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14. Apr 19. MayModern Solitude Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam °
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18. Jan 10. FebReady Media Montevideo, Amsterdam
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27. Nov 20. Jan 2007Being, in Brussels ARGOS, Brussels
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03. Jun 17. Sepundo redo Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
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05. Apr 28. MayLester / Martin / Ström Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
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01. Apr 22. OctThe Urban Condition Museum De Paviljoens, Almere
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21. Feb 07. MayCondensations Mamco Geneva
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10. Feb 09. AprBiennale Cuvée OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz
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23. Sep 20. Nov9. Baltic Triennial / BMW Baltic Triennial Vilnius, Tallinn, Riga
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03. Sep 06. NovGöteborg International Biennial 2005 Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA)
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04. Jun 16. JulGroup show with gallery artists Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam °
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01. Apr 30. AprRadiodays DE APPEL ARTS CENTRE Amsterdam
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18. Dec 23. Jan 2005Travelling without Moving W139 Amsterdam
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19. Nov 09. Jan 2005OLANDU BIURAS Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius °
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06. Sep 11. OctGabriel Lester Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam °
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28. Jun 15. AugHaupt- und Nebenwege Galerie Nagel Draxler, Köln
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01. Jun 07. SepModels & mavericks Museum het Domein, Sittard
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11. Jan 15. FebNew works by gallery artists Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam °