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Biography |
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1966 |
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Born in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany |
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1985 - 1987 |
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Adolf-Lazi-Schule Stuttgart (Technical college for photography + audiovision) |
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1988 - 1996 |
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HBK, Braunschweig School of Arts, (Film / Video) |
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1996 |
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EMARE-Program, Budapest, (European Media Artists in Residence Exchange) |
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1997 - 1998 |
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DAAD-scholarship, Los Angeles, USA (California Institute of the Arts) |
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1998 |
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K&ST Fonds, Braunschweig, Germany, (scholarship) |
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1998 |
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Video Award, Marl, Germany |
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1998 |
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Prize of the German Filmcritics, EMAF, Osnabrueck, Germany |
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1998 |
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2nd Award, Transmediale Berlin, Germany |
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1999 |
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Prize of Kunstverein Hanover 1999 / 2000 (scholarship / studio residency) |
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1999 |
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Guest Lecturer for Video at the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany |
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2001 |
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Prize of the Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany |
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2001 - 2002 |
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New York residency at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program) Sponsered by the Ministry for Sience, Research and Culture, Lower Saxony, Germany |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Sponsored by the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture, Lower Saxony, Germany |
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2002 |
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Special Mention Video Award, Marl, Germany |
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2003 |
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Professor for Video at the Kunsthochschule, Kassel, Germany |
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2003 |
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German Competition, 49. International Shortfilmfestival Oberhausen, Germany |
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2005 |
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Residency Kyoto Art Center |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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SWITCHER SEX: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection, Slought Foundation, Pennsylvania / USA (group) |
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2008 |
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Keine Angst, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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Worlds on Video, Palazzo Strozzi, Florenz, Italy (group) |
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2008 |
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Female Trouble, Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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40jahrevideokunst.de, MAMCS – Museé d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France (group) |
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2008 |
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Contour Specials, Kunsthalle Dominikaner Kirche, Osnabrück, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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Call & Response, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand- Duc Jean, Luxemburg (group) |
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2008 |
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Ater the Light: Moving Image displayed at Night, Radialsystem V., Berlin, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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Captain/ Deadly Storms, Denver Art Museum: FUSEBOX, Denver/ USA (solo) |
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2008 |
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Seven Screens, OSRAM, München, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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The Castle – The Meadow – The City, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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art_clips .ch.at.de, ZKM | Center for Arts and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (group) |
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2007 |
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Made in Germany, Sprengel-Museum, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (group) |
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2007 |
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Abstraction from the world, Millenium Galleries, Sheffield / UK curated by David Thorp (group) |
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2006 |
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Satellite of Love, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands (group) |
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2006 |
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It’s not a Photo, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA (group) |
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2006 |
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Bjørn Melhus, Viafarini, Milan (solo) |
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2006 |
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Bjørn Melhus, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito Dorsoduro, Venice (solo) |
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2006 |
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Photo-Trafic, Center for Contemporary Images, Geneva, Switzerland (group) |
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2006 |
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Das 8.Feld. Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (group) |
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2006 |
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40jahrevideokunst.de - Digitales Erbe Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany (group) |
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2006 |
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It’s not a Photo, Chelsea Art Museum, New York |
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2006 |
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Lisbeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2006 |
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Heavenly Bodies, San Jose Museum of Art |
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2006 |
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Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück |
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2006 |
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Anstoß Berlin – Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin |
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2006 |
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8 Tage, Leibniz Rechenzentrum, Munich |
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2006 |
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play station, Sprengel Museum, Hannover |
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2006 |
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Neuer Reichtum, Kunstverein Kassel |
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2006 |
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what makes you and I different, Tramway 2/ Project Room, Glasgow |
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2006 |
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›Schattenspiel‹ Licht und Schatten in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Eine Hommage an Hans Christian Andersen, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz |
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2006 |
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Satellite of Love, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands (group) |
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2006 |
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Urban Creatures, Pori Art Museum, Pori |
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2006 |
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Canalgrande, Modena |
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2006 |
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EGOmania, Just When I Think I've Understood..., Palazzina dei Giardini, c.so |
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2005 |
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Geschichtenerzähler, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (group) |
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2005 |
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Groupshow, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
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2005 |
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Schattenspiel, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense |
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2005 |
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Me Myself I, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen |
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2005 |
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Fast forward, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid |
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2005 |
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Bjørn Melhus, Selected Works, Kyoto Art Center, Japan (solo) |
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2005 |
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Bjørn Melhus: EASTERN WESTERN PARK, Honolulu Academy of Art / Hawaii (solo) |
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2005 |
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Auto Center Drive, CGAC, Santiago de Compostella (solo) |
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2005 |
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Bjørn Melhus, Selected Works, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto (solo) |
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2005 |
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eastern_western_park, Spiral Garden, Tokyo (solo) |
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2005 |
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Screening Happy Rebirth, MOMA, New York (solo) |
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2005 |
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No sunshine, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (solo) |
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2004 |
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PRIMETIME, FACT, Liverpool / UK (solo) |
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2004 |
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State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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Schizorama, NCCA, Moscow |
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2004 |
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paradise views, Tokyo |
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2004 |
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Depicting Love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin / D; Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (group) |
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2003 |
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über MENSCHEN. Schiller Museum / ACC Galerie Weimar (catalogue) |
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2003 |
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8th International Istanbul-Biennial, (catalogue) |
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2003 |
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MediaScope, Museum of Modern Art, New York / USA (solo) |
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2003 |
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Retrospective, Goethe Institute, Kyoto / Japan (solo) |
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2003 |
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The American Effect, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (catalogue) |
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2003 |
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STILL MEN OUT THERE, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main (solo) |
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2003 |
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STILL MEN OUT THERE, Projektraum, Dt. Künstlerbund, Berlin (solo) |
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2003 |
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WEEPING Satellite, New York (solo) |
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2003 |
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Selected Retrospective Screenings: MediaScope, Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo) |
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2003 |
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Retrospective, Arsenal, Berlin (solo) |
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2003 |
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PRIMETIME, FACT, Liverpool, UK (solo) |
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2003 |
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Auto Center Drive, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (solo) |
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2002 |
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Bjørn Melhus - Video, Kunsthalle Bremen (catalogue, solo) |
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2002 |
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Early Video Works, Goethe-Institut, New York (solo) |
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2002 |
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Primetime, Lothringer 13 / halle, Munich (catalogue, solo) |
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2002 |
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TWINS (with Christoph Girardet) The Garage, Stavanger, Norway (solo) |
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2002 |
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Sometimes, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY (solo) |
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2002 |
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Videodrome II, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, oct. 2002 |
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2002 |
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Hautnah, (Selection from the Goetz Collection) Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, may 2002 (catalogue) |
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2002 |
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momenta art, Brooklyn, NY, oct. 2002 |
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2001 |
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On the Side of the Screen / Video of the 90s, Expopark Exhibition projects, Moscow, april 2001 |
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2001 |
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Utopien Heute / Utopia Today, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, dec. 2001 (catalogue) |
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2001 |
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I am Someone Else, The Art Connexion, Amsterdam, dec. 2001 |
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2001 |
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Du bist nicht allein/you are not allone, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (catalogue, solo) |
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2001 |
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Du bist nicht allein/you are not allone, Kunsthalle Göppingen (catalogue, solo) |
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2001 |
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Primetime, Kunstverein Hannover (catalogue, solo) |
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2001 |
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Sivercity 1+2, Sprengel-Museum, Hannover (solo) |
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2001 |
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Sivercity 1+2, Sprengel-Museum, Hannover, Germany (solo) |
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1998 - 2001 |
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LIMBOLAND (Film- Video Retrospectiv, selected venues): Goethe Institut Los Angeles / Goethe Institut Toronto / International Videofestival Casablanca / VOID New York / Aurora Picture Show , Housten TX / Ritz Austin TX / KoKi Freiburg / KoKi Stuttgart / KoKi Karlsruhe / Cinemayance Mainz / Babylon Berlin / Caligari Wiesbaden / Lichtmeß Hamburg / Koki Hannover, Halle f. Kunst Lüneburg (solo) |
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2000 |
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Kennen wir uns, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany |
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2000 |
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Times are changing / Auf dem Wege!, Kunsthalle Bremen, selected pieces of the collection sept. 2000 (catalogue) |
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2000 |
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DIVE IN, Kunstpanorama, Lucerne, Switzerland, jan.-march 2000 |
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2000 |
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again & again, Galerie Birner und Wittmann, Nürnberg, Germany (solo) |
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2000 |
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Gute Freunde, Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany (solo) |
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2000 |
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Gute Freunde, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Germany (solo) |
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1999 - 2000 |
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Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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1999 |
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ich bin du, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl (catalogue, solo) |
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