Lothar Hempel
Biography
Lothar Hempel was born in 1966 in Cologne, Germany. He lives and works in Berlin.
Soloshows
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2018
- Le Terrain Vague, Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
- GARGOYLE, ITALIC, Berlin
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2017
- Oral Heart, Anton Kern, New York
- Future Music, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid
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2016
- Working Girl, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Sex and the City, Art:Concept, Paris
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2015
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Tropenkoller, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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2014
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PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE IT EASY, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
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Luggage and Observations, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany
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2013
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Songs for the Blind, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Loneliness is a cloak you wear, a deep shade of blue is always there, Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
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Art Basel Parcours, Museum Kleines Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
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2012
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The Story of the Old New Girls, Art:Concept, Paris, France
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Opium, La Conservera, Ceuti, Spain
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2011
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Suedehead, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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2010
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Silberblick / Squint, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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Lothar Hempel: ZOO, Sadler's Wells, London
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Pyramix Pix, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
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2009
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Kats, Nerves, Shadows & Gin, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Rise and Fall, MGM, Oslo, Norway
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Cafe Kaputt, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
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2008
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Casanova & Other Problems, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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Casanova, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
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Signal, Galerie Art: Concept, Paris, France
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2007
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Alphabet City, Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
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Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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Effetti Speciali, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Vanessa Baird - Me, myself and the other one, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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Umbrella, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Tarantella, Bar Ornella, Cologne, Germany
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2005
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Casa Musica (extrema), Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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Butterfly, c/o Alte Gerhardsen, Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, USA
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2004
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Fieber/Fever: 5 New Paintings and Other Stories, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Ikarus, Art:Concept, Paris, France
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On The Olympus, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
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Versteck!, with Petra Hollenbach, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2003
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Der Gesang der Vögel ist Sinnlos! (The Song of the Bird is Nonsense), Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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2002
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Diamanten, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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Fleisch: Maschine, Magnani, London
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Concentrations 42, Dallas Museum, Dallas, TX, USA
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Propaganda, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London
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Wespennest, Dallas Museum, Dallas, TX, USA
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2001
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Magnet, Art:Concept, Paris, France
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2000
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Das Orakel l’chelt. das Orakel lacht. das Orakel l’chelt, Ars Futura Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
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An Schlaf ist Nicht zu Denken, Lab of Gravity, Hamburg, Germany
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Wespennest (Wasps Nest), Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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1999
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Amerika Verschwindet nur das Lächeln Bleibt (America Disappears Only the Smile Remains), Anton Kern
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KAPUTT und die Folgen (Kaputt and the Consequences), Robert Prime, London
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Videos, Centre Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
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1998
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Ein Sandstrand voll Glas (A Beach Full of Glass), Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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Kunstschnee will Schmelzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1997
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Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Robert Prime, London
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This Bittersweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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1996
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Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
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FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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The Bienenkorb Times, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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1994
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LOW, Artistbooth, Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
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LA BOUM, with Thorsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm, Sweden
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OMRON, six videos by Lothar Hempel, Preview Theatre Wardour Street, London
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Bewegungslehre (No Future), Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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1992
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240 Minuten, with George Graw, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany
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Groupshows
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2018
- where are we now, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin
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2017
- Modern Sculpture, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid
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2016
- IMPLOSION 20. Celebrating 20 Years, Anton Kern, New York
- Theories of Modern Art, Modern Art, London
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2015
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LA VA, Uwe Henneken & Lothar Hempel, Appartement, Paris
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Love Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany
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The Kaunas Biennial, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Kauno, Latvia
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Image Objects, Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York, NY, USA
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2014
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Wo ist hier? #1: Malerei und Gegenwart
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Luggage and Observations, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany
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2013
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Ceremonie, curated by Timothee Chaillou, Melinda Gloss, Paris
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Experience Pommery #11, curated by Florence Derieux, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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2012
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Voice of The Triangle, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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Experience Pommery, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
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It’s Always Summer on the Inside, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Blind Cut, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
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Without Hope, Without Fear, Mottahedan Projects, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
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Tomorrow, Die Bastei, Köln, Germany
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Accrocharge, Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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Herzliya Biennial for Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
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Space Oddity, CCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain
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The Bell Show, Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany
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portraits & faces, heldart, Berlin, Germany
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Synecdoche, Bourouina Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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2010
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IDEOLECT, curated by Dirk Snauwaert, as part of the festival “Poetry in double time. A small lovely rustling Revolution”, various locations, Bruges, Belgium
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Crosstown Traffic, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
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Cinematique, esthetique, politique, hermetique, Art:Concept, Paris, France
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Qui Es-Tu Peter? (Who Are You Peter?), Louis Vuitton Cultural Space, Paris, France
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The Artist’s Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Storytellers, Centre d'art contemporain / Passages, Troyes, France
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Plus Ultra - Opere dalla Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, MACRO, Testaccio, Rome, Italy
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2009
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Art by the Sea, Beaufort 03, Triennial for Contemporary Art, Ostend, Belgium
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SCULPTURE SHOW, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
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Jean-Luc Blanc: Opéra Rock, curated by Alexis Vaillant, CAPC Musée d`Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Heaven, Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece
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Biennale Estuaire Nantes - St. Nazaires, Fond régional d`Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire / Hangar à bananes, St. Nazaire, France
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Art Foundation Mallorca, Centro Cultural, Andratx CCA, Andratx, Spain
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Festival de la creation du Centre Pompidou, Conciergerie, Paris, France
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Birds love fish, CHERT, Berlin, Germany
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Un Plan simple, Maison populaire, Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Paris-Montreuil, France
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2008
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Sphinxx, curated by Alexis Vaillant, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
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A show of many parts, each part more spectacular and elaborate than the last, curated by Kirsty Ogg, The City Gallery, Leicester
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Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London
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Lustwarande 08 - Wanderland, Tilburg, Holland
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La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network, FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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Art Berlin Contemporary 2008, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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Family and Friends, Anton Kern, New York, NY, USA
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Lust warande, Skulpturenpark, Tilburg, Holland
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Mistery of the Invisible Clock, curated by Joshua Nathanson, Karyn Lovegrove House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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2007
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Effigies, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, touring to Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
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Half square, half crazy / À demi carré, à demi fou, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nice, France
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Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
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Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
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Imagination becomes Reality. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
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L.A. Desire, Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf, Germany
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2006
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The Triumph of Painting - Part 4, The Saatchi Gallery, London & Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
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Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Pelouses autorisees, Parc de la Villette, Paris, France
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Angela Bulloch, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick, Lothar Hempel, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
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I Love My Scene: Scene 1, curated by Jose Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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2005
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Growing Up Absurd, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent
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The Difference between you and me, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Imagination becomes Reality, Part II. Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
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Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
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World artists now!, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Tokyo, Japan
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Tombola, Kjubh, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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She’s Come Undone, curated by Augusto Arbizo, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Now is a Good Time, curated by Dean Valentine, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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The Snow Show, Tate Liverpool, London
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The Snow Show, curated by Lance Fung, Cities of Kemi and Rovaniemi, Lapland, Iceland
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Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, London
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The Drawing Project, Vamiali’s, Athens, Greece
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Creative Growth, CCA, San Francisco, CA, USA
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2003
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Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up! 160 Jahre Oldenburger Kunstverein, 160 Arbeiten auf Papier, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
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2002
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Schöne Aussicht, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne, Germany
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It’s Unfair!, Museum de Pavilijoens, Almere, Netherlands
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Accrochage, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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Internationales Netzwerk, Fluxus und die Folgen, Karstadt Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits. Exposition de la collection du Frac Poitou-Charentes, Hotel Saint-Simon / Theatre d’Angouleme, Angouleme, France
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2001
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A New Horizon, Art:Concept, Paris, France
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Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York, NY, USA
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Und Keiner Hinkt 22 Wege vom Schwegler Wegzukommen, Museum Kurhaus Kleve; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Drawings, Galeria Sales, Rome, Italy
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I LOVE New York, Anton Kern, New York, NY, USA
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Beauty Of Intimacy - Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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2000
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Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
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10 Jahre Ars Futura, Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
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Portraits, Thomas Rehbeiin Galerie, Cologne, Germany
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Beauty of Intimacy? - Lens and Paper: The Loudon Collection, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
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1999
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Titles for Drawings, AC Project Room, January, New York, NY, USA
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oldNEWtOWn, Casey Kaplan, January, New York, NY, USA
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Who, if not we?, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Nur Wasser Lasst sich Leichter Schneiden, Projektraum Hafen, Hamburg, Germany
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Dessins, Forde Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
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A Radiant Future, Forde – Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
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Officina Europa, Galeria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
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1998
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Conspirazione, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
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Roommates, Van Loon Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams, and the Contemporary Awakening, curated by Francesco Bonami, Bard College, New York, NY, USA
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Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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El NiÑo, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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ars viva 98/99 - Installationen, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus; Kunstverein Braunschweig; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Zone, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
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1997
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Group Show: Painting, Photography, Drawing, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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Aura, (with Walter Dahn, Rosemarie Trockel & Dirk Bell) Galerie Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
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X 2, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
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Panic, ICA, London
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Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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Surprised, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
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Bring your own Walkman, W 139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Delta, a geographical expression, curated by Francesco Bonami, Musèe d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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Cologne show, Goethe Institut, Turin, Italy
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1996
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Glockengeschrei nach Deutz, das Beste aller Seiten!, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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This really nice, a project with students from the Royal Academy of Arts, Aircondition, Copenhagen, Denmark
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TRAFFIC, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, CAPC Musée, Bordeaux, France
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PUSH UPS, The Factory, Athens, Greece
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AUTO REVERSE 2, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
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How Will We behave?, Robert Prime Gallery, London
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Escape Attempts, curated by Simon Sheik and Globe, Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark
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1995
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Atomic!, Oberwelt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
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Auto Reverse, Centre Européen de la Culture, Geneva, Switzerland
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The Video Collection, Filmfestival Knokke, Knokke, Belgium
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Figures, Le Parvis, Centre Meridien, Ibos, France
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The Moral Maze (Labyrinthe Morale), curated by Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno, le Consortium, Dijon, France
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Stoppage, curated by Liam Gillick, CCC Tours, Villa Arson, Nice, France
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I Confess, Nicolay Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Purple 8 1/2, curated by Purple Prose, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France
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L’Hiver de l’Amour, Part 2, PS 1, New York, USA
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Aperto, previously unreleased!, curated by Sabrina Grassi, APAC, Nevers, France
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Photomontage, le Consortium, Dijon, France
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X/Y, curated by Christine van Asche, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Palast der Kunste, Utopie macht endlose, (Lotus Club), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
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1994
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Sonne Munchen, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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Homegrown, Lotus Club, Cologne, Germany
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Grand Prix, Air de Paris, Nice, France
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L’Hiver de l’Amour, Musée d’art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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Rue des Marins, Air de Paris, Nice, France
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Residence Secondaire, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris, France
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20, curated by Tomaso Corvi-Mora, Galleria Pascale Laccese, Milan, Italy
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Caravanserai, Galerie W 139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Henry Bond, Olafur Eliasson, Lothar Hempel, Saga Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Das Studium der Kunstgeschichte..., Schleifschnecke, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Miniatures, the Agency, London
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Mixbild, Galerie Esther Schipper und Michael Krome, Cologne, Germany
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13 Levels of Meaning, with Henry Bond, Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
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Atomic, Neurotic, Exstatic, curated by Hendrik Larsson, The New ROOM, Guteborg, Sweden
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1993
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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, NY, USA
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Galerie Esther Schipper at the Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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Biennale di Venezia, APERTO, Venice, Italy
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Summer Show, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany
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Future Book Collection, Air de Nice, Nice, France
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Fuck the System, Villa Rossi, Lucca, Italy
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Food for Thought, curated by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY, USA
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Phenylovethylamour, Unfair 1993, project by Lothar Hempel and Carsten Hoeller, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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Unplugged, curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, Inter Conti, Cologne, Germany
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jeder kind is van marmer, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Christmasshop, Air de Paris, Paris, France
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Video, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris,Frnace
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7e Semaine Internationale de Video (S.I.V.), Centre pour l’Image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
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1992
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Prince, Madonna, Marky Mark & Cinderella, Ancient Etablissement Sacré, Liège, France
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Paradise Europa, BIZART, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi at the Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris; Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; and Andrea Rosen, New York, NY, USA
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Lying on top of a building the clouds seemed to be nearer then they had when I was the street, Galerie Monika
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Sprüth, Cologne, and Le Case D’Arte, Milan, Italy
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Galeria Pasquale Leccese, Milan, Italy
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