Franz Ackermann
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untitled (mental map: out - to the land), 2005
mixed media on paper
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tv tower - out of service, 2005
oil on canvas
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the monument, 2005
oil on canvas
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red, full on, 2005
oil on canvas
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untitled (mental map: he's around), 2005
mixed media on paper
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untitled (mental map: two crates ignoring their neighbourhood), 2005
mixed media on paper
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installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2005
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installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2005
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installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2005
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live - conference II, 2005
etching, aquatint, drypoint
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live - conference I, 2005
lithograph, collage
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1963 Born in Neumarkt St. Veit
Lives and works in Berlin and Karlsruhe
1984 - 88 Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munchen
1989 - 91 Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Hamburg DAAD, Hong Kong
Solo exhibition
2011
Galeria Fortes Vilaça、São Paulo Brasil
2010
"Wait" White Cube, Mason's Yard, London, England
2008
Terminal, MEYER RIEGGER, Karlsruhe, Germany
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
The Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2007
From Eden to Lima, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Franz Ackermann, Domus Artium, Salamanca
2006
Home, home again, White Cube, London; Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
2005
IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (catalogue)
FRAC, Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France (catalogue)
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Nonstop with the hhc, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Tourist, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munchen, Germany
Travelantitravel, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
2003
Naherholungsgebiet, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (catalogue)
Eine Nacht in den Tropen, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany (catalogue)
2002
Basel Public, Wandinstallation Nordtangente, Basel Switzerland
The Waterfall, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Seasons in the sun, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL (catalogue)
Transatlantic, mit Rupprecht Geiger; Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munchen
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Eine Nacht in den Tropen, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (catalogue)
2001
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
TGio Marconi, Mailand, Italy
2000
B.I.T., Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Galeria Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
welt 1... and no one else wanted to play, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
reisterrassen von basel, Wandmalerei, Ruckwand der Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
1999
works on paper inc., Los Angeles, USA (catalogue)
OFF, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Trawler, Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
1998
neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Das Haus am Strand und wie man dorthin kommt, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Pacific, White Cube, London, UK
Songline, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
1997
Unexpected, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Unerwartet, Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, 1997 Germany (catalogue)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (catalogue)
GiO Marconi, Mailand, Italy
1996
Das weiche Zimmer, kuratiert von Florian Waldvogel, Hann. Munden, Germany
1995
Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, USA
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
1994
Ackermanns Worterbuch der Tatigkeiten, Buchpublikation
Dialo(o)g, Belgisches Haus, Koln, Germany (catalogue)
1994
condominium, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
1991
Art Acker, Berlin, Germany
1990
Galerie Fischer, Hamburg, Germany
1989
Galerie Komat, Braunschweig, Germany
Group exhibition
2008
Order. Desire. Light. An exhibition of contemporary drawings, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2007
Imagination becomes Reality, ZKM Museum fur Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe
Reality Bites - Making Avant - Garde Art in Post-Wall Germany, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
2006
Berlin-Tokio / Tokio-Berlin. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin, Centro d'arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy (UD)
Anstoss Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Archipeinture, Camden Arts Centre, London, England
Remote Viewing (Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing), Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Satellite of Love Witte de With, Rotterdam
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Collection, London
Tokyo-Berlin / Berlin-Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Baroque and Neobaroque, The Hell of the Beautiful, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
2005
36 x 27 x 10, White Cube Berlin im ehemaligen Palast der Republik, Berlin, Germany
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ecstasy: in and about altered states, MOCA the Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA (catalogue)
Styles und Stile - Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
ackermann, bachli, balkenhol, kluge, slominski, Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Printemps de septembre, Toulouse, France (catalogue)
Wittgenstein in New York, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Gemany
Drawing from the Modern, 1975 - 2005, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (catalogue)
Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Desired Constellations, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA
Imagination Becomes Reality, Part I: Expanded Paint Tools, Sammlung Goetz, Munchen, Germany
La nouvelle peinture allemande, Carred'art Nimes, Nimes, France
Remote Viewing (Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Blumenstuck Kunstlers Gluck, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (catalogue)
Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, D
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF Ausstellung, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
Dosenhos: A-Z (Drawings: A-Z), Porta 33, Funchal, Ilha da Madira, Portugal
The Triumph of Painting Part II, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (catalogue)
Colors and Trips, Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz A; Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Austria (catalogue)
2004
Direkte Malerei, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Central Station, collection Harald Falckenberg, La maison rouge - fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France (catalogue)
150Jahre, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Karlsruhe, Germany
Champs de vision, Musee des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France
Close by - time space architecture, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Monument to now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
realityReal, Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany
Global World/Private Universe, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland (catalogue)
Treasure Island, 10 Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum fur neue Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (catalogue)
2003
A New Modernism For A New Millennium: Abstraction and Surrealism Are Reinvented In The Internetage, The Logan
Collection, Vail, USA (catalogue)
A Nova Geometria, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Un-built cities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (catalogue)
Die Sehnsucht des Kartografen, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (catalogue)
Heiskalt. Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
Frahm Ltd, London, UK
Outlook, "The Factory", Athens school of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece (catalogue)
Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA (catalogue)
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
Chaotic Order, Houldsworth, London, UK
EU3, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Hands up, baby, hands up!, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Global Navigation System, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (catalogue)
Dreams and Conflicts - The Viewer's Dictatorship, Biennale di Venezia, Venedig, Italy
Painting abstract now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
mit Harald Klingelholer, Meuser, Andreas Slominski, Galerie Georg Kargl, Wien, Austria
Love is a battlefield, New York, USA
There's no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possiblities), Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Contemporary German Art: Recent Aquisitions, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Painting pictures, Malerei und Medien im Digitalen Zeitalter; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (catalogue)
Away from Home, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA
2002
Psychodrome 02, Fundaci? Juan Mir?, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
En Route, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalogue)
Drawing now - eight positions; Museum of Modern Art, Long Island City, USA (catalogue)
Hossa. Arte Aleman del 2000, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Lila, Weiss und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Reverberator (curated. Michael Archer), Houldsworth, London, UK
Nashville II, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Kopfreisen, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfaffikon Switzerland (catalogue), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
XXV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
// Paralela; Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Casa Triangulo, Galeria Luisa Strina, Galeria Brito Cimino; Sao Paulo, Brazil
2001
Rotativa, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arte Contemporaneo internacional, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, Mexico
Brown Field, market, Glasgow, UK (catalogue)
EU; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Form follows fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (catalogue)
Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Freizeit, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Musterkarte, Modelos de Pintura en Alemania, Goethe Institut/ Centro Cultural Conde duque/ Galeria Heinrich Erhard/ Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain
Casino 2001, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (catalogue)
Tempted to pretend, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany (catalogue)
Field, Market, Glasgow, UK
Hybrids, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (catalogue)
Germania. La costruzione di un imagine, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Mirror's edge, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Glee: Painting Now; Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, USA
Close up; Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
Painting at the edge of the world, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (catalogue)
Comfort: reclaiming place in a virtual world, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA (catalogue)
Brown field, Rob Tufnell, Glasgow, UK
Abstraction and hybridity, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (catalogue)
2000
More works about buildings and food; Fundicao de Oeiras, Hangar K7, Oeiras, Portugal (catalogue)
Glee: Painting Now, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA; Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, USA (catalogue)
home ist where the heArt is; Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, NL
DAAD: weltwarts, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Salon, Delfina Project Space, London, UK
Millefleurs, picture show, Berlin, Germany
Malkunst, Fondazione Mudima, Mailand, Italy (catalogue)
Kunst und Mode, Picture Show, Berlin, Germany
Re_public; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria (mit Rirkrit Tiravanija)
Loneliness in the City, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (mit Rirkrit Tiravanija)
M Art in (n), M Art in (n) c/o Martin Schibli, Helsinborg, Sweden
LKW, Lebenskunstwerke, Kunst in der Stadt 4, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (catalogue)
Bleibe, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
[re:songlines], halle_fur_kunst e.V., Luneburg, Germany
Close up, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany, Kunsthalle Baselland, Basel, Switzerland (catalogue)
hausschau - das haus in der kunst, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)
CITY-INDEX, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany (catalogue)
Mysliwska, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
"Utopische Burger"? workweb.art, Koln, Germany
1999
German Open, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (catalogue)
Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (catalogue)
Mirror's Edge, BildMuseet, Umea, Sweden; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; Castello di Rivoli, Italy; Tramway, Glasgow, UK; Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue)
Officina Europa, Galleria d`Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (catalogue)
Malerei, INIT Kunst-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Drawn from Artists' Collections, The Drawing Center, New York, USA (catalogue)
amAzonas Kunstlerbucher, Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
zoom, Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart; Museum Abteiberg, Munchengladbach, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
go away: artists and travel, Royal College of Art, London, UK (catalogue)
Dream City, Kunstverein Munchen, Germany (catalogue)
Otto&, Otto, Kopenhagen, Denmark, Kunstraum, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Frieze, ICA Boston, USA (catalogue)
1998
Franz Ackermann und Jonathan Meese, Sammlung Volkmann, Berlin, Germany
Ferien, Utopie, Alltag, Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Strase, Munchen, Germany
Osygus, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Deep Thought. Part II, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, USA
Painting: Now and Forever. Part I, Pat Hearn Gallery & Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA
Hanging, Galeria Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paolo; Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro; Museum of Modern Art, Recife, Brazil (catalogue)
sehen sehen, loop - raum fur aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
Atlas Mapping, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (catalogue)
1997
Urban Living, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL
Kunst...Arbeit, Sudwest LB, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
Heaven, P.S.1, New York, USA
Kunstpreis der Bottgerstrase in Bremen, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (catalogue)
Time Out, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Germany (catalogue)
Atlas Mapping, Offenes Kulturhaus Linz, Austria (catalogue)
Topping out, Stadtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany
Gio Marconi, Milano, Italy
Imbiss, Kunstlerhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
A summer group show, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
1996
Wunderbar, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)
Faustrecht der Freiheit, Sammlung Volkmann, Kunstsammlung, Gera/ Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
1995
En passant... Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
En passant... Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Wien, Austria
1994
Cocktail, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany
1991
BP, Hamburg, Germany
Public collection
Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis,Bregenz,Austria
Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporanea, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig, Germany
Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Museo d'arte contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitao, Portugal
The Saatchi Gallery, London (England), United Kingdom
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, USA
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Franz Ackermann
- 1963 Bone in Neumarkt St. Veit, Germany
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