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John Chamberlain Biography
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1927 |
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Born: in Rochester, IN
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1951 - 1952 |
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Attended the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1955 - 1956 |
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Attended Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
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1966 |
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Received John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundationfellowship
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1977 |
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Received 2nd Guggenheim fellowship
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1999 - 2000 |
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Independent study program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Lives and works in Florida
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009 - 2010
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1969, with Lawrence Weiner, P.S.1 MoMA, NY
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2009 - 2010
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Capolavori della modernità, with Mario Merz, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
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2009 - 2010
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Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
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2009
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1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
American Tableau, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Yellow & Green, MMK, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany;The Menil Collection, Houston,TX
Heavy Metal. The Inexplicable Lightness of a Material, Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
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2008
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Daniel Buren, John Chamberlain, Lawrence Wiener, Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2007
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2006
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"Bilderwechsel III - Amerikanische Malerei", Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
"Plane/Figure", Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
"It's his show", Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
"It’ s All in the Fit", Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX (solo)
"Venice 1948 - 1986: the art scene", Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
"AUTO-NOM-MOBILE", Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
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2005
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"La Photographie en parallele", La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
"Design is not Art", AAM Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
"Bilderwechsel", Museum Sammlung Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
"Sculpture", Danese Gallery, New York, NY
"EXIT_AUSSTIEG AUS DEM BILD", ZKM_Museum für Neue Kunst, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
"John Chamberlain and Tony Feher – open House 2005", The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
"Recent Sculpture", Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
"John Chamberlain - Papier Paradisio", Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
"John Chamberlain: Without Fear", Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
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2004
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"Chelsea Group Show 2004", Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
"Summer 2004", Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2003
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"Summer Travels", Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
"Recent Sculpture", Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
"Dan Flavin & John Chamberlain: Sculptures", Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
Clark Fine Art, Southhampton, UK
Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Lugano, Switzerland
"Happy New Year!", PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
"Inside Contemporary Sculpture", Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
"Treasures 2002", Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
"Art Downtown: New York Painting and Sculpture", Wall Street Rising, New York, NY
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2001
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L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
"The Lenore and Burton Gold Collection of 20th-Century Art", High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
"Summer in the City", PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
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2000
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The Menil Collection, Houston, TX (solo)
The Center for Public Sculpture, New York, NY (solo)
D´Amelio Terras, New York, NY
"Crossroads of American Sculpture", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz, France
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1999
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Lever House, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Karsten Greve, Milan, Italy
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1998
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PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
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1997
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Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA (solo)
Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany (solo)
Museum für Lackkunst, Münster, Germany (solo)
Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
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1995
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Galerie Karsten, Paris, France
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
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1993
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Germany
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1991
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
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1989
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Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Germany
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1986
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"Retrospective", Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1982 - 1983
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"Sculpture", Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
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1971
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"Retrospective", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY (solo)
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1962
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Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
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1960
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
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1957
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Wells Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| Literature |
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2005
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Carl Andre, John Chamberlain, Robert Creeley, Fielding Dawson und Dieter Schwarz. John Chamberlain: Papier Paradisio. Winterthur: Kunstmuseum, 2005 (catalogue)
Design is not Art. Aspen, CO: AAM - Aspen Art Museum, 2005
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2001
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Rose, Bernice. DeKooning, Chamberlain: Influence and Transformation. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2001
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1996
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Rudi Fuchs, John Yau, Donald Judd, Marja Bloem. John Chamberlain, Current Works and Fond Memories. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1996
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1991
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Angelika Beckmann, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd and Jochen Poetter. John Chamberlain. Baden-Baden, Germany: Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1991
Sylvester, Julie and Lawrence Weiner. John Chamberlain: Gondolas and Dooms Day Flotilla. New York: Dia Center for the Arts, 1991
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1986
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Kertess, Klaus. John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculpture, 1954–1985. New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986
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| Links to further information |
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