Kimo Arbas

J. Kimo Arbas’s works bring togeth­er the realms of tech­nol­o­gy, art and spir­it. They mir­ror his deeply-felt belief in the sen­tient inter­con­nect­ed­ness of the all. They are inspired by the real­i­ty of spaces that link con­scious beings; their con­nec­tions through those spaces to each oth­er; con­tin­u­ums between past and future, hid­den and revealed, inner and out­er worlds.

Edu­ca­tion
2000  BFA, Fine Art, Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of The Arts, Valen­cia, Cal­i­for­nia, USA (Tom Law­son, Michael Ash­er, Leo Smith,     Dar­cy Heubler)
1998   Zer­ti­fikat, Exper­i­men­tal Film Design, Berlin Uni­ver­si­ty of The Arts, Berlin, Ger­many (Heinz Emigholz, John Bur­gan, Elfi Mikesch)

Group Shows

2016   Man­i­fes­ta 11 – The Euro­pean Bien­ni­al of Con­tem­po­rary Art – What Peo­ple Do For Mon­ey – Reflec­tion; Cabarét der Kün­stler – Zun­fthaus Voltaire, 100th anniver­sary of DADA, Cabarét Voltaire, Zürich, Switzer­land;
curat­ed by Chris­t­ian Jankows­ki & Manuel Schei­willer
2014   A Bless­ing, Ye olde hushe clubbe, Hype­r­i­on Tav­ern, Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia; curat­ed by Don Bolles and Nora Keyes
2014   Mil­da Day Rite – the pre­his­toric Lithuan­ian God­dess of Love, Ye olde hushe clubbe, Hype­r­i­on Tav­ern, Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia; curat­ed by Don Bolles and Nora Keyes
2009  Druge­lio Efek­tas – The But­ter­fly Effect, col­lab­o­ra­tion with Karen Kerk­hoven; AURA – Kau­nas Dance The­atre, Kau­nas, Lithua­nia; Bankstown Town Hall, Sid­ney, Aus­tralia
2008  Con­ven­tions & Atti­tudes – Exchange Rate, Remy’s on Tem­ple, Los Ange­les, USA; curat­ed by Karen Atkin­son & Elana Mann
2008  Con­ven­tions & Atti­tudes – Exchange Rate, Habeas Lounge, The City Uni­ver­si­ty of New York, USA; curat­ed by Karen Atkin­son & Elana Mann
2007  Rad­i­cal Polit­cial Film Fes­ti­val, Palace The­atre; Los Ange­les, USA
2001  Sil­ver­lake Film Fes­ti­val – Take It Out On The City, Vista The­atre; Hol­ly­wood, CA, USA
2001  …Are Peo­ple Too, Anthol­o­gy Film Archives, New York, USA; curat­ed by Jonas Mekas
1999  Divine Inter­ven­tion, Art Kitchen; Los Ange­les, USA; curat­ed by Karen Fin­ley
Video and Film Screen­ing, Anthol­o­gy Film Archives, New York, USA; curat­ed by Jonas Mekas.
1998  What´s New In The Avant-Garde?, Anthol­o­gy Film Archives; New York, USA; curat­ed by Jonas Mekas
1998  Rundgang – Hochschule für Bildende Kün­ste, Berlin, Ger­many; curat­ed by Heinz Emigholz, Elfi Mikesch & John Bur­gan
1997  Gyvas nes Gyva — Alaba­ma Kino Ham­burg, Ger­many; curat­ed by Heinz Emigholz, Elfi Mikesch & John Bur­gan

Solo Shows

2016  AWAKENING, Post gallery; Kau­nas, Lithua­nia
2009  Invert­ed Hal­lu­ci­na­tions, Kiev Art Cen­ter CEX; Kiev, Ukraine; curat­ed by The Min­istry of Cul­ture and For­eign Affairs of the Repub­lic of Lithua­nia,
2008  Con­ver­sa­tions with Space, Shota Rus­taveli Cin­e­ma and The­ater Uni­ver­si­ty; Tbil­isi, Repub­lic of Geor­gia; curat­ed by The Min­istry of Cul­ture and For­eign Affairs of the Repub­lic of Lithua­nia
2001   …Peo­ple too, Anthol­o­gy Film Archives, New York, USA; curat­ed by Jonas Mekas
1999  Invert­ed Hal­lu­ci­na­tion, main entrance exte­ri­or ground lev­el; Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts; Valen­cia, Cal­i­for­nia
1998  Looky Looky, lime gallery; Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts; Valen­cia, Cal­i­for­nia
1997  URBIA, main gallery; Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts; Valen­cia, Cal­i­for­nia

Awards/Grants

2016  ICT start­up and inno­va­tion com­pe­ti­tion, Eras­mus for young entre­pre­neurs, 1st place win­ner, InfoBalt; Vil­nius,   Lithua­nia
2014  Pilot Angel, AT&T Devel­op­er Sum­mit -Win­ner, CES 2014; Las Vegas, Neva­da, USA
2009  Vyp­sone, Art-o-thlon — Inter­na­tion­al Cham­pi­onship of Arts, 1st place win­ner; VILNIUS’09 – Euro­pean Cap­i­tal of Cul­ture 2009 / Euro­pean School of Arts / Euro­pean Com­mis­sion; Vil­nius, Lithua­nia
2009  Gaivalas„ Art-o-thlon — Inter­na­tion­al Cham­pi­onship of Arts, 1st place win­ner; VILNIUS’09 – Euro­pean Cap­i­tal of Cul­ture 2009 / Euro­pean School of Arts / Euro­pean Com­mis­sion; Vil­nius, Lithua­nia
2009  Zemynos kru­ti­ne – Devyne Ragis, Art-o-thlon — Inter­na­tion­al Cham­pi­onship of Arts, 1st place win­ner; VILNIUS’09 – Euro­pean Cap­i­tal of Cul­ture 2009 / Euro­pean School of Arts / Euro­pean Com­mis­sion; Vil­nius Lithua­nia
1997/99  CalArts Project Grants, Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of The Arts, Valen­cia, Cal­i­for­nia, USA
1997/98  Project Grant, Berlin Uni­ver­si­ty of The Arts, Berlin, Ger­many
1996/99  CalArts Schol­ar­ship, Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of The Arts, Valen­cia, Cal­i­for­nia, USA