Biography

1965
Born in Vienna

Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

1988-1991
Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna

Solo Exhibitions

2022

“Fine Important Post War and Contemporary”, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne

2020
“Indifference”, Galerie Buchholz, New York

2017
“Substance”, Galerie Buchholz, New York

2015
“Estate”, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne

2014
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
“Imitation of Life”, Art Institute of Chicago

2013
“Imitation of Life”, 55th Venice Biennale, Austrian Pavilion, Venice
Secession, Vienna

2012
“A Village by the Sea”, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin

2011
Raven Row (with Florian Pumhösl), London

2010
Portikus, Frankfurt a.M.
“Marike: 1991”, curated by Karthik Pandian and Mathias Poledna, Galerie Meyer, Vienna

2009
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (with Christopher Williams)
“Crystal Palace”, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

2008
“Crystal Palace”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2007
“Crystal Palace”, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne / Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
“Songs to Remember”, Getty Research Institute Lecture Hall, Los Angeles

2006
Witte de With, Rotterdam
Kölnischer Kunstverein (Screening)
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne

2005
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles

2004
“Version”, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna

2003
mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
“History Lesson Part II”, film program organized by Mathias Poledna, mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien

2002
“We’re probably just posers, it’s just that this is our pose”, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles

2001
Grazer Kunstverein

1998
“The making of”, organized by Mathias Poledna, Generali Foundation, Vienna

Group Exhibitions

2023
“the collection”, curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen, Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin
“ON STAGE - Kunst als Bühne“, mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien

2022
“Je Veux. Vienna 1975-2022”, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna

2021
“Made in L.A. 2020: a version”, The Hammer Museum and The Huntington, Los Angeles
“Enjoy - The mumok Collection in Change”, mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
“So Many Stars”, Stars, Los Angeles

2020
“No Dandy, No Fun”, Kunsthalle Bern

2019
“The Half Axel”, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
“In Production: Art and the Studio System”, Yuz Museum, Shanghai

2018
“True Luxury: Art Acquisitions 2012-2018”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
“30 Jahre Generali Foundation. In Dialog mit 1918 1938 1968”, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
“Beautiful World, where are you?”, 10th Liverpool Biennial
“One Color”, Philipp Pflug Contemporary, Frankfurt a.M.
“Public Fiction: The Conscientious Objector”, MAK Center, Schindler House, Los Angeles
“The Line Up”, Centraal Museum Utrecht
The Gallery @ Michael’s, Los Angeles

2017
“Remastered. Die Kunst der Aneignung”, Kunsthalle Krems
“Photo-Kinetics: Movement, Body & Light in the Collections”, Museum der Moderne Salzburg

2016
“Dreamlands”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Fluidity”, Kunstverein in Hamburg
“Putting Rehearsals to the Test”, VOX contemporary image, Montreal
“Parlons-en”, Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain de Rocheouart

2015
“to expose, to show, to demonstrate, to inform, to offer”, mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin
“What It Is To Come Has Already Arrived”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon

2014
19th Biennale of Sydney
“What is to come has already arrived”, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla
“Proudly Presents”, Museum der Moderne Salzburg

2013
“Obrazy a Predobrazy. Figures and Prefigurations”, City Gallery Prague
“art is: new art - Reflexionen zu Schönberg in der Gegenwartskunst”, Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna
“The content of Form”, Generali Foundation, Vienna
“Die Sammlung #4”, Belvedere 21, Vienna

2011
“Quodlibet III - Alphabets and Instruments”, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin
“unExhibit”, Generali Foundation, Vienna
“La Chanson”, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla
“Objektiv”, Haubrock Shows, Berlin
“The Activity of Sound”, Grieder Contemporary Projects, Berlin

2010
“Modernologies”, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
“rogalski”, Haubrok Shows, Berlin
“Memories of the Future”, Galerie Václava Spály, Národni
“all we ever wanted was everything”, EFA Project Space - The Elizabeth Foundation for the Art, New York

2009
“Modernologies”, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
“Round Up”, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
“See This Sound”, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
“Schere - Stein - Papier”, Kunsthaus Graz
“Quodlibet II”, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
“Memories of the Future”, Galerie Václava Špály, Prague

2008
“transes”, Musée départemental d’art contemporain, Rochechouart
“Index: Conceptualism In California From The Permanent Collection”, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles
“Planetary Consciousness”, Kunstraum der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

2007
“Sammlung”, Generali Foundation, Vienna
“Perspektive 07”, Lenbachhaus, Munich
“Archaeologies of the Future”, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
“Projecting Time”, Badischer Kunstverein, Baden-Baden
“How Soon Is Now?”, Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña
“For a Special Place: Documents and Works from the Generali Foundation Collection”, Austrian Cultural Forum New York

2006
“Whitney Biennial”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Galerie Daniel Buchholz at Metro Pictures”, Metro Pictures, New York
“Why Pictures Now”, mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
“…und so hat Konzept noch nie Pferd bedeutet”, Generali Foundation, Vienna
“The Swan Is Very Peaceful”, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles

2005
“Das Neue II”, Atelier Augarten, Vienna
“Occupying Space. Sammlung Generali Foundation”, Haus der Kunst, Munich / Witte de With, Rotterdam
“I really should…”, Lisson Gallery, London
“No competitive offers”, Artis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
“The Lisson Gallery Summer Show”, Lisson Gallery, London

2004
3. Berlin Bienniale für Zeitgenössische Kunst, curated by Ute Meta Bauer, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
“Generative Music”, curated by Johannes Fricke-Waldthausen, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
“20/20 Vision”, curated by Leontine Coelewij, Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
“Black Friday. Exercises in Hermetics”, curated by Christoph Keller, Galerie Kamm, Berlin
Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool
Teil 2 “Quodlibet”, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
“.ipeg bild.ton.maschine”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2003
“Mixtapes”, curated by Matthew Higgis, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
“Adorno. Die Möglichkeit des Unmöglichen”, curated by Vanessa Joan Müller and Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a.M.
“History Lesson Part II”, Filmprogramm organized by Mathias Poledna, MUMOK, Vienna

2002
“Tu m’ “, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna

2000
“Pop Unlimited”, curated by Christian Höller, Kurzfilmfestival Oberhausen
“My Private Sky”, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall

1999
“Some things to be seen or taking place not necessarily related to each other”, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
“Moving Images. Film - Reflexion der Kunst”, curated by Jan Winckelmann and Dirk Luckow, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
“Einblicke in die Sammlung”, Generali Foundation, Vienna

1998
“The Century of Artistic Freedom”, curated by Robert Fleck, Secession, Vienna
“The Making Of”, organized by Mathias Poledna, Generali Foundation, Vienna

1997
“Film Titel Video”, Depot, Vienna
“Zonen der Verstörung”, curated by Silvia Eiblmayr, Steirischer Herbst, Marieninstitut, Graz
“Postproduction”, Generali Foundation, Vienna
“Scan”, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (Screening)

1996
“White Cube/Black Box”, Generali Foundation, Vienna
“Manifesta 1”, curated by Rosa Martinez, Viktor Misiano, Andrew Renton and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Rotterdam
“Complexul Muzeal”, curated by Judith Angel, Art Museum Arad
“Scan”, Depot, Vienna (Screening)

1995
“15 Jahre 1980”, curated by Helmut Draxler, Kunstverein München

1994
“Services: Conditions and Relations of Project Oriented Artistic Practice”, organized by Andrea Fraser and Helmut Draxler, Depot, Vienna
“Aperto”, Forum Stadtpark Graz

1993
“Backstage”, curated by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Kunstverein in Hamburg
“On taking a normal situation and retranslating it into overlapping and multiple readings of conditions past and present”, curated by Yves Aupetitallot, Iwona Blazwick and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

1992
“Kontext Kunst”, curated by Peter Weibl, Steirischer Herbst, Neue Galerie, Graz
“Unité”, curated by Yves Aupetitallot, Unité d’Habitation, Firminy (project coordination)
“Reform”, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (catalogue presentation)
“Ballgasseland”, Galerie Ballgasse, Vienna / Unfair, Cologne
“Amerikaner”, Forum Stadtpark Graz

1991
“Material, Texte, Interviews”, Jänner Galerie, Vienna (with Hans Küng and Dorit Margreiter)