MATTHIAS BITZER BIOGRAPHY 1975 Born in Stuttgart, Germany

MATTHIAS BITZER BIOGRAPHY 1975 Born in Stuttgart, Germany

MATTHIAS BITZER
BIOGRAPHY
1975
Born in Stuttgart, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1998-2004 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2008
2007
New York, NY, BOESKY EAST, Matthias Bitzer: a different sort of gravity, October 27
– December 17, 2016
Milan, Italy, Francesca Minini Gallery, Matthias Bitzer: Immaculate Cloud,
September 20 – November 5, 2016
Hechingen, Germany, Kunstverein Hechingen, KNOCK / KNOCK / NEPOMUK, June 5
– July 17, 2016
Berlin, Germany, Little Krimminals, Matthias Bitzer: DER / IM II UNSCHARFE (N) I
(R) BEREICH, December 10, 2015 – February 26, 2016.
Brussels, Belgium, Almine Rech Gallery, root/ruin/rhapsody, September 11 –
October 3, 2015.
Mumbai, India, Galerie Isa, Islands and Chains, February 3 – April 25, 2015.
Düsseldorf, Germany, Galerie Kadel Willborn, The Collapse of Features, September
5 – October 25, 2014.
Düsseldorf, Germany, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21, The Collapse of
Features, July 2014 – July 2015.
New York, NY Marianne Boesky Gallery, Saturnine Swing, March 27 – April 26,
2014.
Milan, Italy, Francesca Minini, Matthias Bitzer: Amherst Ether Fields, September 19 –
November 9, 2013.
Paris, France, Almine Rech Gallery, Anatol Echo, April 25 – May 25, 2013.
Brussels, Belgium Almine Rech Gallery, Matthias Bitzer: Fever/Field, January 27
– February 3, 2012.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Galerie Kadel Wilborn, Absence and Autopilot, 2011.
Milan, I t a l y , Galleria Francesca Minnini, Maison Automatique, September 16
– November 6, 2010.
Dublin, Ireland, Project Arts Centre, King Rat, July 9 – September 4, 2010.
Paris, France, Almine Rech Gallery, The Mercury Window, May 6 – June 19,
2010.
Hanover, Germany, Kunstverein, Eckpunkt, February 6 – March 28, 2010.
Zürich, Switzerland, Karma International, 2008.
Miami, Florida, Galerie Iris Kadel, Art Basel Miami Beach/Art Positions,
December 2008.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Galerie Iris Kadel, seasick sailor, November 15, 2008 –
January 31, 2009.
Milan, Italy, Galleria Francesca Minini, March 27 – May 3, 2008.
Nordhorn, Germany, Städtische Galerie, November 24, 2007 – January 13,
2008.
Frankfurt, G e r m a n y , Deutsche Bundesbank Collection, February 25 –
March 24, 2007.
2006
2005
2004
Vienna, Austria, Georg Kargl, January 6 – November 8, 2007.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Galerie Iris Kadel, Mosaic Ocean, May 20 – June 21, 2006.
Karlsruhe, Germany; Art Cologne, Germany, Galerie Iris Kadel,
Correspondance (l’espace mêlé), 2005.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Galerie Iris Kadel, L’espace tissé, June 2004.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Paris, France, Almine Rech Gallery, Dans Un Intérieur Meubles, Oeuvres Murales &
Textiles D'Artistes, September 6 – October 11, 2014.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Zeichen. Sprache. Bilder –
Schrift in der Kunst seit den 1960er Jahren, November 9, 2013 – February 23, 2014.
New York, NY, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Jump Cut, September 11 – October 22,
2013.
Paris, France, Almine Rech Gallery, 19 rue de Saintonge, January 12 – February
2, 2013.
Paris, F r a n c e , Palais de Tokyo, Galerie Utopia / The Forgotten Bar Project:
The Garden of Eden, September 28 – November 19, 2012.
Düsseldorf, Germany, Philara, Bitzer Dahlem Hildebrandt, September 8 – October
21, 2012.
Paris, France, Rosemblum Collection, What You(ngs) See Is What You Get,
October 19, 2011 – July 31, 2012.
Düsseldorf, Germany, Van Horn, curated by Gregor Hildebrandt, Arbeiten aus
dem Bleistiftgebiet, July 2 – 30, 2011.
Mallorca, Spain, CCA Andratx, Space Oddity, with Anselm Reyle and Katja
Strunz, April 23 – June 11, 2011.
Germany, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr,
Schach!!, March 18 – April 25, 2011.
Herford, Germany, Marta Herford Museum, Unsichtbare Schatten,
September 7 – November 28, 2010.
Dublin, Ireland, Project Arts Centre, King Rat, July 9 – September 4, 2010.
New York, NY, Sean Kelly Gallery, Memories of the future, June 25 – July 30,
2010.
Innsbruck, Austria, Kunstraum, Defending Our Values (Lightbox/The Module),
January 23 – March 20, 2010.
Mallorca, Spain, Centro Cultural Andratx – CCA, Andratx, Defending
our Values, December 17, 2009 – January 3, 2010.
Berlin, Germany, Forgotten Bar, Tjorg Douglas Beer presents…, 2009.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Gallery Christian Wilson, Christmas Group Show,
2009.
Vienna, Italy, Bank Austria Kunstforum, PastPresentFuture, October 16, 2009
– January 10, 2010.
Berlin, Germany, Kwadrat, Große Herbstausstellung, September 26 – October 18,
2009.
Herford, Germany, Marta Herford, Hellwach Gegenwartig, July 18 – August 13,
2009.
Chicago, IL, The Renaissance Society, Glo(ball), October 3, 2009.
Herford, Germany, Marta Herford Museum, 2009.
Krems, Austria, Kunsthalle Krems, Sehnsucht nach dem Abbild – Das Portrait
im Wandel der Zeit, June 25 – October 26, 2009.
Berlin, Germany, Galeria Jan Wentrup, June 2009.
Montreuil, France, Centre d’Art Mira, Maison Populaire, Un plan
simple 1/3 (Perspective), January 7 – April 11, 2009.
Brussels, Belgium, Almine Rech Gallery, Constructivismes, January 23 –
February 7, 2009.
New York, NY, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Constructivismes, April 24 – June 10,
2008
2007
2004
2003
2002
2001
2009.
Krems, Austria, Kunsthalle Krems, July 25 – October 26, 2009.
Berlin, Germany, Galerie Jan Wentrup, June 18 – July 31, 2009.
London, UK, Modern Institute, SPHINXX, November 26 – December 20, 2008.
France, Paris, Parc du Domaine de Chamarande, Legend, May 25 – September
28, 2008.
New York, NY, Foxy Production, Surface Wave, February 25 – March 24, 2007.
Germany, 150 Jahre Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, 2004.
Pforzheim, Germany, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Meisterschüler, June 6 – July 4,
2004.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Poly Produzentengalerie, Avoidworet, 2003.
Karlsruhe, Germany, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, ATE –
unsere Himmel kreuzen fremde Götter, 2002.
Berlin, Germany 2yk Galerie, Die Vertreibung der Händler aus dem Tempel,
2001.
Düsseldorf, Germany, Güterbahnhof Düsseldorf, Popbastille, 2001.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall, Studenten der
Akademie Karlsruhe, 2001.
PUBLICATIONS
2016
2012
Matthias Bitzer. Berlin: Distanz, 2016
Matthias Bitzer – fever/field. Brussels: Almine Rech Gallery, 2012
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
2014
2013
2011
2010
2009
2007
Jhaveri, Prakruti. “Interview: A Tete-a-Tete with German Artist Matthias Bitzer,”
luxpresso (January 30, 2015)
Geller, Allison. “Playing With Space: Matthias Bitzer’s ‘Saturnine Swing’ at Marianne
Boesky,” M Daily Online (April 1, 2014)
Laluyan, Oscar. “PICTURE THIS: Bitzer Swings from Uptown to Chelsea,” Arte Fuse
(March 31, 2014)
Smith, Roberta. “Museum and Gallery Listings for April 18 – 24, Matthias Bitzer:
Saturnine Swing,” (April 18, 2014)
Smith, Roberta. “Upstairs and Behind Doors, Creative Passion,” The New York Times
(April 4, 2014)
Ströbele, Ursula. “Matthias Bitzer “Amherst/Ether/Fields” at Francesca Minini, Milan,”
Mousse Magazine (October 8, 2013)
“Absence and Autopilot,” Art News (November 12, 2011)
de Rochebouet, Beatrice. Le Figaro – Culture & Vous (May 6, 2010)
Stuffer, Ute. “Matthias Bitzer et Barbara Kasten,” Slash (May 2010)
Dankow, Karolina. “Matthias Bitzer: Galerie Iris Kadel-Karlsruhe,” Flash Art (2009)
Meyenberg, Joachim. “Matthias Bitzer Ausstellung,” Radiobeltrag Ems-Vechte-Well am
(December 2, 2007)
Meyenberg, Joachim. “Matthias Bitzer erhelt den Stadt Nordhorn 2007,” Grafschafter
Wochenblatt (December 5, 2007)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Geraer Sammlung Paris, Rosenblum Gera,
Germany, Collection & Friends Andratx,
Spain, CCA Andratx
AWARDS
2010
2007
2004
Gera Germany, Otto Dix Prize
Nordhorn, Germany, Art Price City Nordhorn
Karlsruhe, Staatliche, Germany, Scholarship for Graduates, Staatliche Akademie
der Bildenden