Juri Koll

Juri Koll’s paintings, films, and photographs have been exhibited in galleries

across the U.S. since the late 1970’s. . After graduating from California Institute

of the Arts, Koll produced the first Art/World documentaries from 1990-1995.

He traveled across the U.S. to work with major curators in their museums and

galleries, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The National

Gallery in Washington, DC, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles,

and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. His subjects included world

famous and infamous artists and curators from the Renaissance period

to the present.

Koll’s first documentary, In The Steel: A Portrait of Mark di Suvero, (1991),

was accepted into the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.

Koll is a member of the Directors Guild of America. He has produced and/or

directed over 60 films, both fiction and documentaries. His films have screened

all over the world, in over 70 festivals, including Cannes, the Cork International

Film Festival, the Australian International Film Festival, and won many awards.

He recently directed and screened a a feature documentary about artist Lisa

Adams to critical acclaim in Los Angeles.

Koll directs and curates exhibitions for the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art

ViCA recently helped sponsor the Trans Angeles exhibition curated by Peter Frank

at the Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus in Soest, Germany, and will be producing a feature

documentary about the traveling show.

Juri Koll writes articles on the art world for publications such as the Huffington

Post and Fabrik and has been published in the New York Times.