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Mary Bauermeister    (German, 1934)

 Mary Bauermeister - Untitled (Sculptures) h: 31.2 x w: 31.2 x d: 9.2 in / h: 79.2 x w: 79.2 x d: 23.4 cm
Mary Bauermeister
Untitled
 
  

Biography
1934 Born in Frankfurt/Germany
Studies at the Art College of Design, Ulm/Germany
1957 Since 1957 lives and works as independent visual artist in Cologne and New York City
1960 - 1962 “Studio Mary Bauermeister”, Cologne, where she organized concerts, happenings and performances with artists like John Cage, David Tudor, Nam June Paik (see the publication « Das Atelier Mary Bauermeister in Köln 1960 – 62 », 1993, ISBN 3-92-4491-43-7). These actions were the beginning of Fluxus.
Lectures on composition by Stockhausen
1962 Moving to New York City
1973 Returning to Germany, lives near Cologne in a landscape area
1973 Since returning in 1973 Mary Bauermeister continues her work as a sculptor and garden architect always keeping in mind the approach to nature ("Art in Nature").

Exhibitions
2004 „Hommage á Mary Bauermeister“, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
2004 „Needles, Needles“, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2003 „Auf den Punkt gebracht“ (Pointed out), Gallery Schüppenhauer (solo), Cologne
2003 ARCO Madrid, Art Brussels
2002 Galerie Inge Becker, Cologne
2000 "positions", Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne
2000 "Nicht ans Wort gebunden", Deutsches Buch und Schriftenmuseum, Leipzig
2000 „Museum der Wünsche“, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
2000 ARCO Madrid, Art Brussels, Art Cologne (Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne)
1999 "WordVolume", Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne
1999 ARCO/Madrid, Art Brussels, FIAC/Paris (Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne)
1998 "Kölnische Galerie der Wünsche", Stadtmuseum, Cologne
1998 "Fazit", Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne
1998 FIAC, Paris, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne
1997 "Mary’s and Ben’s Lustspiel", Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (o.p. with Ben Patterson)
1995/96 "Fluxus Virus", Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt; Smolny Kathedrale, St. Petersburg; House of the artist, Moscow
1995 "Artist’s Choice - Elisabeth Murray, Modern Women" Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1992/93 "Fluxus Virus", Temporary Museum Kaufhof Parkhouse Cologne; Praterinsel Munich
1988 "The Art of the Object of the Sixties", The Guggenheim Museum, New York
1985 "Vom Klang der Bilder", Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
1971 Galleria Schwarz, Milan (solo)
1971 Staempfli Gallery, New York City (solo)
1971 Galeria Bonino, Buenos Aires (solo)
1970 Gallery der Spiegel, Cologne (solo)
1964 Galeria Bonino, New York City (solo)
1963 Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (solo)
1963 Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (solo)
1962 Stedelijk-Museum, Amsterdam (solo)
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