Works
CV
Born 1966 in Cologne
Lives and works in Cologne
Education
1987 – 1992 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Effetti Speciali, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Alphabet City, curated by Florence Derieux, Le Magasin, Grenoble (cat.)
2006
Tarantella, Bar Ornella, Cologne
Umbrella, Anton Kern, New York (cat.)
2005
casa musica (extrema), c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Butterfly, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Nova, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin (cat.)
2004
Fieber/Fever: 5 Paintings and Other Stories, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Ikarus, Art: Concept, Paris
On the Olympus, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens
Versteck!, with Petra Hollenbach, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf
2003
Der Gesang der Vögel ist sinnlos!, The Song of the Bird is NONSENSE, Galerie Anton Kern, New York
2002
Propaganda, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Diamanten, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Fleisch: Maschine, Magnani, London
Concentrations 42, Dallas Museum, Dallas
Wespennest, Dallas Art Museum, Dallas
2001
Magnet!, Art:Concept, Paris
2000
Das Orakel lächelt, das Orakel lacht, das Orakel lächelt, Ars Futura, Zurich
An Schlaf ist nicht zu denken, Lab of Gravity, Hamburg
Wespennest, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
1999
Amerika verschwindet, nur das Lächeln bleibt, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
KAPUTT und die Folgen, Robert Prime, London
The Observer, Statement Art Basel at Anton Kern, Basel
Videos, Centre Gervais, Geneva
1998
Ein Sandstrand voll Glas, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Kunstschnee will schmilzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1997
Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Robert Prime, London
This Bittersweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
1996
Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
The Bienenkorb Times, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier
1994
LOW, Artistbooth, Cologne Art Fair at Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
LA BOUM, with Thorsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm
OMRON, six videos by Lothar Hempel, Preview Theatre Wardour Street, London
Bewegungslehre (No Future), Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne
1992
240 Minuten, with George Graw, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
L.A. Desire, Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf
Pale Carnage, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Imagination becomes Reality. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
Galleri MGM, Oslo
Pale carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol
2006
Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Pelouses autorisées, Parc de la Villette, Paris
The Triumph of Painting, Part 4, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Angela Bulloch, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick, Lothar Hempel, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galleri MGM, Oslo
I Love My Scene: Scene 1, cur. by Jose Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2005
Growing Up Absurd, Problems of Youth in the Organized System, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art & Design, Kent
The difference between you and me, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Imagination becomes Reality. Part II. Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz, München (cat.)
Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Eberhard Havekost “Marvel” / Lothar Hempel, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
World artists now!, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Japan
2004
She’s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (curated by Augusto Arbizo)
Now is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (curated by Dean Valentine)
The Snow Show, Tate Liverpool, Grande Bretagne
The Snow Show, Cities of Kemi and Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finnland (curated by Lance Fung)
Art Unlimited, Art 35 Basel 2004, Art Basel
RHINEGOLD – Art from Cologne, Tate Liverpool
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, London
The drawing project, Vamiali’s, Athen’s, Grèce
Creative Growth, CCA, San Francisco, USA
2003
Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up! 160 Jahre Oldenburger Kunstverein, 160 Arbeiten auf Papier, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg
Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
2002
Schöne Aussicht, Herr Schweins!, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne
It’s Unfair! Museum de Pavilijoens, Almere
Accrochage, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Internationales Netzwerk, Fluxus und die Folgen, Karstadt Wiesbaden
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits, Exposition de la collection du Frac Poitou- Charentes, Hôtel saint simon et Théâtre d’Angoulème, Angoulème
2001
A new horizon, Art:Concept, Paris
Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York
Und keiner hinkt – 22 Wege vom Schwegler wegzukommen, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Drawings, Galeria Salis, Rome
I LOVE New York, Anton Kern, New York
Signatures, The Miami Arts Center, Miami
Beauty Of Intimacy – Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
2000
Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (IL)
10 Jahre Ars Futura, Ars Futura, Zurich
Portraitartig 16 Positionen, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne
The Beauty of Intimicy - Lens and Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag/ Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden / Kunstraum Innsbruck
1999
Proposals for a show, AC Project Room, New York
oldNEWtOWn, Casey Kaplan, New York
Ars Viva, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
Who, if not we?, (cur. Yilmaz Dziewior) Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson (AZ)
Nur Wasser lässt sich leichter schneiden, Projektraum Hafen, Hamburg
Dessins, Forde Gallery, Geneva
Officina Europa, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
1998
Conspirazione, Collection ReRebaudengo, Turino
Roommates, Van Loon Museum Amsterdam
Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams, and the Contemporary Awakening, (cur. Francesco Bonami) Bard College, Long Island (NY)
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
El Niño, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
ars viva 98/99 - Installationen, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus / Kunstverein Braunschweig / Portikus Frankfurt am Main
Büro Friedrich, Berlin
Zone, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
1997
Group Show: Painting, Photography, Drawing, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Aura, (with Walter Dahn, Rosemarie Trockel & Dirk Bell) Ars Futura, Zurich
X 2, (cur. Andreas Spiegel) Wiener Secession, Vienna
Panic, ICA, London / UK, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Surprisen, (cur. Jörn Bötnagel & Eva Meyer Hermann) Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Bring your own walkman, (cur. Jack Jaeger) W 139, Amsterdam
Delta, (cur. Francesco Bonami) Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Cologne show, Goetheinstitut Turin
1996
Glockengeschrei nach Deutz, das Beste aller Seiten!, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
This is really nice, a project with students from the royal academy of arts, Aircondition, Copenhagen
TRAFFIC, (cur. Nicolas Bourriaud) CAPC Musée, Bordeaux
PUSH UPS, The Factory, Athens
Auto Reverse 2, Le Magasin, Grenoble
How will we behave?, Robert Prime Gallery, London
Escape Attempts, (cur. Simon Sheik & Globe) Christiania, Copenhagen
1995
Atomic!, Oberwelt, Stuttgart
Auto Reverse, Centre Européen de la Culture, Geneva
The Video Collection, Filmfestival Knokke, Knokke
Figures, Le Parvis, Centre Le Meridien, Ibos
Moral Maze, (cur. Liam Gillick & Philippe Parreno) Le Consortium, Dijon
Stoppage, (cur. Liam Gillick) CCC Tours, Villa Arson, Nice
I Confess, Nicolaij Art Center, Copenhagen
Purple 8 1/2, (cur. Purple Prose) Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
L‘Hiver de l‘Amour, Part 2, P.S.1, New York (NY)
Aperto, previously unreleased!, (cur. Sabrina Grassi) APAC, Nevers
Photomontage, Le Consortium, Dijon
Labyrinthe Morale, (cur. Liam Gillick & Philippe Pareno) L‘Usine, Dijon
X/Y, (cur. Christine van Asche) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Palast der Künste, utopie macht endlos…(Lotus Club), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
1994
Sonne München, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Homegrown, Lotus Club, Cologne
Grand Prix, Air de Paris, Nice
L‘Hiver de l‘Amour, ARC Musée d‘Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Rue des Marins, Air de Paris, Nice
Residence Secondaire, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
20, (cur. Tomaso Corvi-Mora) Galleria Pascale Laccese, Milan
Caravanserai, W 139, Amsterdam
L‘Hiver de l‘Amour, Part 2, P.S.1, New York (NY)
Henry Bond, Olafur Eliasson, Lothar Hempel, Saga Basement, Copenhagen
Das Studium der Kunstgeschichte..., Schleifschnecke, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
Miniatures, The Agency, London
Mixbild, Galerie Esther Schipper und Michael Krome, Cologne
13 Levels of Meaning, with Henry Bond, Ars Futura, Zurich
Atomic, Neurotic, Ecstatic, (cur. Hendrik Larsson) The New ROOM, Gothenburg
1993
Some artists I've been thinking about who fall under the title of: Wouldn't it be more pluralistic to embrace turmoil and / or violence?, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Galerie Esther Schipper at the Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
Biennale di Venezia, APERTO, Venice
Summer Show, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
Future Book Collection, Air de Nice, Nice
Fuck the System,Villa Rossi, Lucca
Food for Thought, (cur. Felix Gonzalez-Torres) Franklin Furnace, New York
Phenylovethylamour, Unfair 1993, project by Lothar Hempel and Carsten Hoeller, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Unplugged, (cur. Nicholas Bourriaud), Inter Conti, Cologne
jeder kind is van marmer, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
Christmasshop, Air de Paris, Paris
Video, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
1992
Prince, Madonna, Marky Mark & Cinderella, Ancient Etablissement Sacré, Liège
Paradise Europe, BIZART, Copenhagen
Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi at the Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris ; Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne / Andrea Rosen, New York
Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milan
Multiples, Lukas & Hoffmann, Berlin
Lying on top of a building the clouds seemed to be nearer than they had when I was the street, Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne, D; Le Case d’Arte, Milan
Rest in Peace, Esther Schipper, Cologne
Events
Trinkwasser! Jazz Festival Köln, Cologne, 1995
Wie kann ich sagen, was ich denke, bevor ich höre, was ich sage! (Together with Carsten Höller) a production by Casino I., Roter Salon in the Volksbühne, Berlin
King's Cross Project, Public Art Development Trust, London
Public Collections
Honart Museum / Ebrahim Melamed Collection
Sammlung Goetz, München
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo