G A G O S I A N G A L L E R Y Martin Kippenberger Biography

GAGOSIAN GALLERY
Martin Kippenberger Biography
Born 1953 in Dortmund, Germany.
Died 1997 in Vienna, Austria.
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances:
2008
Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
2007
2006
Martin Kippenberger: Utopia for Everyone, Kunsthaus Graz, Germany.
Martin Kippenberger (curated by Doris Kyrstof and Jessica Morgan), Tate Modern,
2005
Angeles, CA.
London, UK.
Martin Kippenberger: Lieber Maler, male Mir (Dear painter, paint for me). Gagosian
Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, NY.
2004
2003
The Bermuda Triangle, Syros to Dawson City: The First Connection and 40 Drawings
from the Collection of Michel Wurthle, Foundation 20 21, New York, NY.
Self-Portraits, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY.
Forgotten Interior Design Problems in L.A., El Pueblo de la Reina, Los Angeles, CA.
The Magical Misery Tour, Brazil, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK.
Museum Für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe. Germany.
Venice Bienalle, German Pavillion, Venice, Italy.
Das 2 Sein, Museum fur Neue Kunst / ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Schattenspiel im Zweigwerk, Martin Kippenberger, die Zeichnungen, Museum fur
Neue Kunst in der Kunsthalle, Tubingen, Germany.
Nach Kippenberger / After Kippenberger, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig,
Vienna, Austria.
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Multiples, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany.
Die Weissen Bilder von 1991, Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt, Germany.
Hotel Drawings, David Zwirner, New York, NY.
Metro-Net Projects, Beaumont-Public + Ksnig-bloc, Luxembourg. Traveled to:
Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY.
Bilder einer Ausstellung, Galerie Barbel Graesslin, Frankfurt, Germany.
Hotel Drawings and The Happy End of Franz Kafka's 'Amerika', joint exhibition at The
Smart Museum and The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago,
IL.
Martin Kippenberger: Self-portraits, The Happy End of Franz Kafka's 'America',
Sozialkistentransport, Lanterns, etc., Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany.
Together Again Like Never Before: The Complete Poster Works of Martin
Kippenberger, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA.
MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles .Traveled to:
Kunsthalle Basel; Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland.
Martin, steirischer herbst 98, Graz, Austria.
Hotel Drawings, Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA.
Respektive, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva. Traveled to: Museo
d'Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
Der Eiermann und sien Ausleger, Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach,
Germany.
1
1996
1995
1995
1994
1993
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
Kathe Kollwitz Prize Exhibition, Akademie der Bildendun Kunste, Berlin, Germany.
Made in Syros, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Villa Merkel, Esslington, Germany.
Samia Saouma Gallery, Paris, France.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Exit of the Underground Station Dawson City West, Dawson City, Canada.
Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Cologne, Germany.
The Happy End of Franz Kafka's Amerika, Boymans van Beuningen Museum,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Espace Departemental d'Art Contemporain, Chauvigny, France.
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany.
Candidature á une Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Pictures of an Exhibition, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI.
Entrance to the Subway Station Lord Jim, Kthma Canné Hrousa, Syros, Greece.
Villa Arson, Nice, France.
Samia Saouma Gallery, Paris, France.
Heavy MSdel, Pace/MacGill, New York.
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, CA.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
Tiefes Kehlchen, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria.
The Beginning Was a Retrospective, Karsten Schubert Gallery, London, UK.
Heavy Burschi, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany.
Kunstraum Daxer, Munich, Germany.
Samia Saouma Gallery, Paris, France.
William Holden Company On Tour," Galerie Wewerka & Weiss, Berlin, Germany.
Villa Arson, Nice, France.
Galleri Nordanstad - Skarstedt, Stockholm, Sweden.
American Dreamer in Italy, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy.
Heimweh-Highway 90, Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain.
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Seville and Madrid, Spain.
David Nolan Gallery, New York, New York.
Halle Sud, Geneva, Switzerland.
New Photographic Works, Galerie F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg, Germany.
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Seville, Spain.
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland.
Galerie Susan Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland.
Galerie Norballe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France.
Pop In, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria.
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany.
Miete Strom Gas, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
Galerie Durr, Munich, Germany.
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany.
Galerie van Beveren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany.
Metro Pictures, New York, NY.
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.
Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany.
CCD Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Galerie BSrbel GrSsslin, Frankfurt, Germany.
Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany.
Kuhlenschmidt Simon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2
1984
1984
1983
1981
GalerieMax Hetzler, Cologne, Germany.
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria.
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany.
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany.
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany.
Galerie Achim Kubinski, Stuttgart, Germany.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star. New Museum, New York, NY.
Prefab. Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, NY.
Retrospective. Gagosian Gallery, West 21st Street, New York, NY.
Not Quite Ten Years Without Martin Kippenberger (curated by Chris Hammond), MOT
2005
2002
2001
Martin Kippenberger and Dieter Roth: Inaugural Exhibition for new gallery space
Coppermill, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK.
The Triumph of Painting. Part One , Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
En Route, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK.
Wechselstrom- Alternating Current, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, St. Gallen,
2000
Televisions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna.
ABBILD: Recent Portraiture and Depiction, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England.
2013
2008
1999
1997
1996
1994
Unit 54 Regents Studios, London, UK.
Switzerland.
"Let's Entertain," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Traveled to:
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR;
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg,
Germany (2001); Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida, (2001).
Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia.
Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Colored Objects,
Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Open Ends, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Double Lives, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Spain.
Millennium My Eye!, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada.
Examining Pictures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. Traveled to:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL.
The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Documenta X, Kassel, Germany.
Skupturenprojekt, Munster, Germany.
Display, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Deep Storage: Arsenale der Erinnerung, Haus der Kunst, Munich;Nationalgalerie,
Germany.
SMPK, Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf im Ehrenhof, Dusseldorf, Germany;
P.S.1 Center for Contemporary, Art, New York, NY; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Everything that's interesting is new: The Dakis Joannou Collection (organized by the
DESTE Foundation, in conjunction with The Museum of Modern Art,
Copenhagen, Denmark), Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece.
Martin Kippenberger's Villa Hugel for the spirit of the times, Villa Merkel, Galerien
derStadt Esslingen, Germany.
Steirischer Herbst '94, Grazer Kunstverein, Austria
The Century of the Multiple: From Duchamp to the Present, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg.
Germany.
Temporary Translation(s): Sammlung Schurmann, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany.
Cocido y Crudo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.
3
1993
1992
Film, (curated by L. Cherubini & G. Di Pietrantonio), Galleria Inga-Pinn, Milan, Italy.
Artist's Books, Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany.
Travelogue, Hochschule fuer Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria.
Ars Pro Domo, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.
Allegories of Modernism- Contemporary Drawing, The Museum of Modern Art, New
York, NY.
Post Human, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland; Castello di
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1985
1984
Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Deichtorhallen,
Hamburg, Germany.
Avantgarde & Kampagne, Staedtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany.
Qui, Quoi, Ou? Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
Malen ist Wahlen, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany.
German Photography, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Traveled to:
Guggenheim Museum, New York; Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
Objects for an Ideal Home, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK.
Buchstaeblich, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany.
Disenchantement du Monde, Villa Arson, Nice, France.
Artificial Nature, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.
Pharmacon-90, Nippon Convention Center, Makuhari Fair, Nakase, Japan.
Investigations, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA.
Sammlung F.C. Gundlach, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany.
I Triennal de Dibuix Joan Miro, Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
Aperto 88, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Refigured Painting: The German Image 1960-88, Toledo Museum of Art, Spain.
Traveled to:
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf,
Germany; and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
Berlinart 1961-1987, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Buttner Oehlen Oehlen Kippenberger, Villa Arson, Nice, France. Traveled to:
Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France.
Broken Neon, Steirischer herbst 87-Forum, Stadtpark, Graz, Austria.
Room Enough -- Sammlung Schurrmann, Suermondt - Ludwig Museum, Aachen,
Germany.
Fotografie, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands.
Das Selbsportrait im Zeitalter der Photographie, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein,
Stuttgart, Germany.
Anniottanta, Gallerie Communale d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy.
Wahrheit ist Arbeit, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
Zwischenbilanz, Neue Galerie am Joanneum, Graz, Austria. Traveled to:
Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Forum fur Aktuelle Kunst/Galerie
Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria.
Tiefe Blicke, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
Kunstlandschaft Bundesrepublik, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany.
4