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Marlene Dumas Biography
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1953 |
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Born Capetown, South Africa
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1972 - 1975 |
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BA Fine Art, University of Cape Town
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1976 - 1978 |
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Atelier 63, Haarlem, Netherlands
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1979 - 1980 |
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Institute of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
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Lives and works in Amsterdam
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Measuring your Own Grave, Menil Collection, Houston, TX, March 27 - June 21 (solo)
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2008
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Measuring your Own Grave, MoMA, New York (solo)
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2008
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Measuring your Own Grave, Museum of Contemporary Art, LA (solo)
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2008
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Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town (solo)
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2008
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Intimate Relations Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA (solo)
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2008
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Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa (solo)
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2008
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For Whom the bell Tolls, Zeno X, Antwerp (solo)
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2008
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The Painting of Modern Life, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
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2008
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MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (May 18 - August 31) (solo)
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2008
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MoMA, New York, NY, USA (fall) (solo)
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2007
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Broken White, Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT), Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2007
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Light and Dark 1987 - 2007, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2007
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Broken White, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA), Marugame, Japan (solo)
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2007
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National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
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2007
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The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (October 4 - December 30)
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2007
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Artempo: Where time becomes art, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy (June 8 - October 7)
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2007
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Global Feminism, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
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2007
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EROS in Modern Art, Kunstforum Wien, Austria
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2007
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De Cirkel, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
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2007
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Leve de Schilderkunst! Terug naar de figuur!, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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2007
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Works on paper, Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
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2006
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Under the Surface - Aanwinsten 2005-2006, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2006
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Man Kind, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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2005
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Selected Works, Zwirner and Wirth, New York, USA (solo)
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2005
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Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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2005
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Nordic Waterclourmuseum Skärhamn, Skärhamn, Sweden (solo)
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2005
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Female, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany (solo)
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2005
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SELF PORTRAIT Renaissance to Contemporary, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (cat)
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2004 - 2005
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Frith Street Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2004
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Nederland Niet Nederland: Aankopen van Nederlandse kunst 1980-2004, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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2003
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(In Search of) the Perfect Lover, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
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2003
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Wet Dreams, Aquarelle, Stadtische Galerie, Ravensburg, Germany (solo) (cat)
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2003
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Suspect, Palazetto Tito, Venice, Italy (solo) (cat)
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2003
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Time and Again, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA (solo)
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2002
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Name no Names, De Pont, Tilburg (Nl.), (22 June - 29 Sept.), (cat.)
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2002
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Name no Names, New Museum, New York (USA), (21 Feb. - 2 June), (cat.)
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2001
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Nom de Personne / Name no Names, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (Fr.), (11 Oct. - 31 Dec.), (cat.)
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2001
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100 Models and Endless Rejects, I.C.A., Boston (USA), (17 April - 1 July)
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2001
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The Contemporary Face: From Pablo Picasso to Alex Katz, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (G.), (28 Sept. - 13 Jan.2002), (cat.)
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2000
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12th Biennal of Sydney, Sydney (Australia), (26 May - 30 July), (cat.)
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2000
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Das Gedächtnis Der Malerei, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (Sw.), (27 Aug. - 19 Nov.)
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2000
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Marlene Dumas: MD, Camden Arts Center (GB), ( 4 Feb. - 26 March)
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1999
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MD-Light, MUHKA, Antwerp (B.), (11 Sept. - 16 Jan.)
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1999
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Regarding Beauty, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC (USA), (7 Oct. - 17 Jan.)
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1998
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Marlene Dumas, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (G.), (30 Jan. - 10 May), (cat.)
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1996
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Marlene Dumas, Tate Gallery, London (GB), (2 April - 30 June)
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1995
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Carnegie International 1995, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (USA), (5 Nov. - 18 Feb.), (cat.)
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1995
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Ripple Across the Water, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Japan), (2 Sept. - 1 Oct.)
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1995
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Dumas. Roosen. Van Warmedam, Biennale di Venezia, Giardini di Castello ( Dutch Pavillion ), Venice (It.), (11 June - 15 Oct.), (cat.)
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1995
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Africus. First Biennale of Contemporary Art, Johannesburg (South-Africa), (8 June - 15 Oct.), (cat.)
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1994
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4x1 im Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstammlungen, Dresden (G.), (11 Dec. - 12 March), (cat.)
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1993
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Der Zerbrochene Spiegel. Positionen zur Malerei (The Broken Mirror), Kunsthalle, Wien (Au.), (26 May - 25 July), (cat.)
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1992
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Documenta IX, Kassel (G.), (cat.)
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1991
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Ausser Reichweite von Kindern Galerie Stampa, Basel
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1991
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The Origin of the Species Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
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1990
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The Origin of the Species Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich
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1990
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Couples Museum Overholland, Amsterdam
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1989
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The Question of Human Pink Kunsthalle, Bern
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1988
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Ecco Pier Paolo Pasolini Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
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1988
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Waiting (for meaning) Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
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1988
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Mother Explains Life to Her Son Kunstcentrum Marktzeventien, Enschede
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1988
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Nightmares Galerie Wanda Reiff, Maastricht
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1987
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The Private versus the Public Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
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1986
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Fear of Babies De Expeditie, Amsterdam
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1985
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The Eyes of the Night Creatures Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
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1984
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The Artist as a Young Girl Galerie Flatland, Utrecht
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1983
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Unsatisfied Desire Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
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1982
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Documenta 7, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel (G.)
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1980
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Marlene Dumas Galerie Lambelet, Basel
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1979
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Marlene Dumas Galerie Annemarie de Kruyff, Paris
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Caceres, Spain
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
De Pont Stichting, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain Picardie, Amiens, France
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kasteel Wijlre / Hedge House, Wijlre, The Netherlands
Krannert Art Museum and Kinhead Pavillion, Champaign, IL
Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrecths-Universität, Kiel, Denmark
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Museum het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Modern and Contemporary Museum of Art, Strassbourg, Switzerland
Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Paleis Vught, Vught, The Netherlands
The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, The Netherlands
Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Städtische Galerie beim ZKM, Karlsruhe, Denmark
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Einhoven, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Gouda, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Tate Modern, London, England
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, Germany
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| Literature |
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2006
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Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin, Codroipo, Udine, Italy (cat.)
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2006
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The Portrait Now, edited by Sandy Nairne and Sarah Howgate, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
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2005
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Matisse Masterpieces, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
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2005
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Vitamin D - New Perspectives in Drawing, edited by Phaidon Press (cat.)
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2005
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Self Portrait: Renaissance to Contemporary, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
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2005
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Marlene Dumas - wet dreams watercolours, Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany - text by Jean-Christophe Ammann (cat.)
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2005
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Drawing from the Modern 1975 - 2005, MOMA, New York, USA (cat.)
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2005
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Marlene Dumas - Female, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland - a collaboration with the Sammlung Gernatz (cat.)
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2005
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Slow Art: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlanden, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany (cat.)
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2005
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Soul: Bezielde kunst - Inspired Art, Grootseminarie, Brugges, Belgium (cat.)
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2005
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Marlene Dumas + Marijke van Warmerdam: Con vista al celestiale, Siracusa Contemporary Art Center, Montevergini, Italy (cat.)
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2005
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Marlene Dumas - selected works, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, USA (cat.)
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2005
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The Nude: Ideal and reality, painting and sculpture. From Neoclassicsm to Today, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (cat.)
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2005
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(my private) Heroes, Marta Herfrod, Germany (cat.)
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2005
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The Triumph of Painting, Published by Jonathan Cape in association with Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
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2004
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Marlene Dumas - Chlorosis in Moma Highlights, MOMA, New York, USA (cat.)
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2004
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Het Collectieboek - Van Abbemuseum, edited by Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (cat.)
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2004
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Stripped Bare, edited by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany - text by Thomas Koerfer, Marianne Karabelnik (cat.)
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2004
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Afrika Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany (cat.)
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| Links to further information |
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