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Wolfgang Tillmans Biography
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1968 |
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Born in Remscheid, Germany
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1987 |
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Lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany
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1990 - 1992 |
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Studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design, Bournemouth, England
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1992 - 1994 |
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Lived and worked in London
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1994 - 1995 |
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Lived and worked in New York City
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1995 |
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ars viva Prize from the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft
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1995 |
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Böttcherstrasse Prize, Bremen
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1995 - 1996 |
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Worked for three months in Berlin
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1998 - 1999 |
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Guest professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (School of Fine Arts) in Hamburg
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2001 |
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Honorary Fellow, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Großbritannien
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2003 |
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Professor, Städelschule Frankfurt/Main
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1996 - present |
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Lives and works in London
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Maureen Paley, London
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2008
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2008
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Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
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2007
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What Does the Jellyfish Want,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, March 31 – July 15, 2007
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2007
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“Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art”, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, March 9 – August 5, 2007
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2007
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Camera Austria, Graz, Austria, July 7 – September 9, 2007
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2007
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“Wolfgang Tillmans”, Kunstverein Munich, Germany, June 2 – September 2, 2007
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2007
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“paper drop”, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany, January 12-February 24, 2007
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2007
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“Wolfgang Tillmans, Bali” Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, February 16 – May 6, 2007 (catalogue)
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2006
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“Into Me / Out of Me,” (curated by Klaus Biesenbach) P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, June 25 – September 26, 2006 (travels to: MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy, April 30 - September 30, 2007 Tillmans joins exhibition in Rome)
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2006
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The Secret Public / The Last days of the British Underground 1978 – 1988”, (curated by Stefan Kalmár & Michael Bracewell) Kunstverein München, October 6 – November 26, 2006, traveled to; Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom, March 23 – May 6, 2007
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2006
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P.S. 1, New York, February 20 – May 28, 2006
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2006
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, May 20 – August 20, 2006 (traveling)
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2006
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Kunsthalle, Helsinki, August 2006 (forthcoming)
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2005
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Maureen Paley, London
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2005
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“Covering the Real. Art and the Press Picture, from Warhol to Tillmans”, Kunstmuseum Basel, May 1 – August 21
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2005
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(curated by Centre of Attention, London), Aperto, La Biennale di Venezia (forthcoming)
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2005
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"Extreme Abstraction”, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, July 15 – October 3, 2005
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2005
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“Growing Up Absurd”, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, January 28 – Febuary 26, 2005
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2005
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“Always a Little Further”, 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale
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2005
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“Coolhunters”, ZKM Karlsruhe
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2005
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Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
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2004
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neugerriemschneider, Berlin
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2004
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Regen Projects, Los Angeles
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2004
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Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo (K)
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2004
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“Freischwimmer”, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
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2004
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Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
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2003
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“if one thing matters, everything matters”, Tate Britain, London (catalogue)
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2003
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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2003
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Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln
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2003
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark, “View From Above”
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2003
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Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (NL)
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2002
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Lights (Body), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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2002
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Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California
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2002
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Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy, “Veduta dall’alto”
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2002
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Maureen Paley Interim Art, London
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2002
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Galleria s.a.l.e.s, Rome, Italy “Wolfgang Tillmans: lights (body)”
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2002
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Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, “Wolfgang Tillmans”
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2002
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Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, “Vue d’en haut”
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2002
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Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, “still life”
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2002
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NGBK, “Partnerschaften” (mit Jochen Klein)
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2001
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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2001
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Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
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2001
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Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
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2001
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Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, “Aufsicht”
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2001
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AC: Isa Genzken / Wolfgang Tillmans, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (cat.)
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2000
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Turner Prize, Tate Britain (group)
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2000
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Fig 1, London, “Blushes”
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2000
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Galerie Meyer Kainer (with Jochen Klein), Vienna
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2000
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Galerie Rüdiger Schötte (with Thomas Ruff), Munich
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1999
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Saros, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
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1999
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Wako Works of Art, Tokio (cat.)
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1999
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Space between Two Buildings / Soldiers – The Nineties, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London
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1999
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Soldiers – The Nineties, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (cat.)
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1998
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Fruiciones, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Espacio Uno, Madrid (cat.)
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1998
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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1997
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I didn’t Inhale, Chisenhale Gallery, London
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1997
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hale-Bopp, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Art Cologne, Cologne
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| Literature |
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2004
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»Wako Book 3«, hrsg. Wako Works of Art, Tokio, Tokio 2004
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2004
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»Freischwimmer«, Tokio 2004
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2003
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if one thing matters, everything matters, Published by Tate Publishing, 2003
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2002
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Wolfgang Tillmans Published by Phaidon Press, 2002
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2002
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Wolfgang Tillmans: Still Life. Published by Harvard University Art Museums, 2002
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2001
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View From Above: Wolfgang Tillmans. Published by Hatje Cantz, 2001
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2001
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Wolfgang Tillmans: Wako Book 2001. Published. by Wako Works of Art, Tokyo ©2001
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2001
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Wolfgang Tillmans:Portraits, Cologne Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2001
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1999
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Wolfgang Tillmans: Wako Book 1999. Published by Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, May ©1999
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1999
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Soldiers: The Nineties, Cologne Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König 1999
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1999
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Total Solar Eclipse: Photographs and Drawings by Wolfgang Tillmans. Published by Galerie Daniel Buccholz, Köln, © 1999
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1998
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Wolfgang Tillmans: Burg. Published by Taschen, with an essay by David Deitcher, © 1998
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