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    James N. Kienitz Wilkins

  • b. 1983, Boston, MA
  • Lives and works in New York City
  • Assistant Professor of Screen Studies at Eugene Lang, The New School

    Exhibitions

  • 2022: Add Space (solo billboard exhibition), Tulsa, OK
  • 2020: Fabra i Coats: Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona: Things Things Say (group show), Barcelona, Spain
  • 2020: Canopy: Roundabout (group show), Malmö, Sweden
  • 2020: Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD): Constructions of Truth (group show), Manila, Philippines
  • 2019: Kunsthalle Winterthur: Double Feature (solo show), Winterthur, Switzerland
  • 2019: Spike Island: This Action Lies (solo show), Bristol, UK
  • 2018: Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève: Biennale of Moving Images (group show), Switzerland
  • 2018: Gasworks: Hearsays (solo show), London, UK
  • 2018: Künstlerhaus Stuttgart: Gemini (group show), Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2017: Whitney Museum of American Art: Whitney Biennial (group show), New York, NY
  • 2016: Fotomuseum Winterthur: SITUATIONS/Filter (group show), Winterthur, Switzerland
  • 2016: The Luminary: Document V (group show with ACRE TV), St. Louis, MO
  • 2015: ACRE TV: Direct Object/Direct Action (group show), Chicago, IL
  • 2013: MoMA PS1: EXPO 1: NEW YORK (group show), Queens, NY

  • Screenings

  • See here

  • Articles & Reviews (selected)

  • 2020: Chloe Lizotte, “The Quibi Anti-Phenomenon and the Narrative Underground,” Reverse Shot online
  • 2019: “James N. Kienitz Wilkins by Mary Helena Clark,” BOMB Magazine 149
  • 2019: Chris Fite-Wassilak, “The Age of the Monologue,” ArtReview Sept 19
  • 2019: Glenn Kenny, “Critic’s Pick: ‘The Plagiarists’ Review: A Sharp Satire Built on Social Discomfort,” The New York Times
  • 2019: Dan Sullivan, “You Can’t Own an Idea: The Films of James N. Kienitz Wilkins,” Cinema Scope 78
  • 2019: Carson Lund, “Review: The Plagiarists Upends Indie Tropes, and Itself, in Form-Busting Fashion,” Slant
  • 2019: Vadim Rizov, “‘You Run the Risk of Becoming a Brand’: Co-Writer/Co-Producer/DP/Editor James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Co-Producer Paul Dallas on Berlinale 2019 ‘Fake Indie’ The Plagiarists,” Filmmaker Magazine
  • 2018: Jaclyn Bruneau, “Artefact: Mediums,” C Magazine 140
  • 2018: Chris Fite-Wassilak, “James N. Kienitz Wilkins: Hearsays,” Camera Austria 144
  • 2018: Rebecca Sykes, “Hearsays: Review,” Photomonitor
  • 2018: Eliel Jones, “Critics’ Picks: London,” ARTFORUM online
  • 2017: Jesse Cumming, “Civic Duty: Close-Up on James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ Public Hearing,” MUBI Notebook
  • 2017: Michael Sicinski, “E uno plura: Close-Up on James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Republic,” MUBI Notebook
  • 2017: Bradley Warren, “Common Carrier is a Demanding Experimental Pleasure,” The Playlist
  • 2017: Nick Pinkerton, “American Landscape,” Frieze.com
  • 2017: Paul Dallas, “Interventions: An Interview with James N. Kienitz Wilkins,” Brooklyn Magazine
  • 2016: Dan Sullivan, “NYFF Interview: James N. Kienitz Wilkins,” Film Comment online
  • 2016: Whitney Mallett, “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” Filmmaker Magazine
  • 2016: Herb Shellenberger, “In Conversation,” The Brooklyn Rail
  • 2015: Michael Guarneri, “James N. Kienitz Wilkins,” BOMB Daily

  • Grants, Awards, Fellowships, Residencies, Talks, etc.

  • Email for more information


  • Updated 11/16
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