|
|
Andreas Gursky Biography
|
 |
 |
|
1978 - 1980 |
|
Folkwangschule (GHS), Essen, 1978-1981
|
|
1980 |
|
Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, 1981-1987
|
|
1985 |
|
Studied with Bernd Becher (Meisterschüler)
|
|
1988 |
|
First solo gallery show at the Galerie Johnen & Schöttle
|
|
|
|
Lives and works in Düsseldorf
|
|
|
| Selected Exhibitions |
|
|
|
2007 - 2008
|
|
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
|
|
2007
|
|
"Unter Sternen. Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel. Fotografie", Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Schweiz
|
|
2007
|
|
"What does the Jellyfish want?", Museum Ludwig, Köln
|
|
2007
|
|
"Concept: Photography Dialogues & Attitudes", Ludwig Museum, Budapest
|
|
2007
|
|
"Ziemlich hoch. Das Alpine in der zeitgenössischen Kunst", Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren
|
|
2007
|
|
"Un/Fair Trade", Neue Galerie, Graz, Schweiz
|
|
2007
|
|
"Perspektive 07", Lenbachhaus München, Munich
|
|
2007
|
|
"Flash Cube", Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
|
|
2007
|
|
Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, London
|
|
2007
|
|
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Türkei
|
|
2007
|
|
“Retrospektive 1984-2007,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo)
|
|
2006
|
|
“Surprise, Surprise,” Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
|
|
2006
|
|
“Thank you for the Music (London Beat),” Sprüth Magers Lee, London
|
|
2006
|
|
“Click Doubleclick,” Haus der Kunst, München/Munich; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel/Brussels
|
|
2006
|
|
“Spectacular City. Photographing the Future,” Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
|
|
2005
|
|
“Landscape/Cityscape,” Marlborough Gallery, New York
|
|
2005
|
|
“Anota la Fecha,” Museo de Arte Contemporneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spanien/Spain
|
|
2005
|
|
“Faces in the Crowd: Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today,” Whitechapel, London; weitere Stationen/traveled to Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
|
|
2005
|
|
“Contemporary Voices”, UBS Art Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
|
|
2005
|
|
“Discovery of the Horizontal,” Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
|
|
2005
|
|
“Superstars: From Warhol to Madonna,” Kunstforum & Kunsthalle Wien/Vienna, Austria
|
|
2005
|
|
“Getting Emotional,” Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston
|
|
2005
|
|
“Empreinte Moi: Une Exposition de Phillipe Ségalot,” Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
|
|
2005
|
|
“Why Pictures Now,” Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien/Vienna, Austria
|
|
2004
|
|
“Made in Mexico/Hecho en Mexico,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
|
|
2004
|
|
“The Explosive Photography,” Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
|
|
2004
|
|
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
2004
|
|
Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Köln/Cologne, Germany (solo)
|
|
2004
|
|
“100 Artists See God,” The Jewish Museum of Art, San Francisco; weitere Stationen/traveled to Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania and Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee
|
|
2004
|
|
"La condicion humana,“ Forum Universal de las Culturas Barcelona 2004, Barcelona, Spain
|
|
2004
|
|
"Love/Hate from Magritte to Cattelan. Masterpieces from the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,“ Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Passariano, Italy
|
|
2004
|
|
"ON SIDE,“ Centro de Artes Visuais, Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal
|
|
2004
|
|
“Metamorph,” Venice Biennale, International Architecture
|
|
2004
|
|
“The Ten Commandments,” Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany
|
|
2004
|
|
Made in Mexico, ICA Boston, Boston
|
|
2003
|
|
Cruel and tender, Tate Modern, London
|
|
2003
|
|
Berlin-Moskau Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
|
|
2003
|
|
Cruel and Tender, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
|
|
2003
|
|
“Stranger in the Village,” Guild Hall, New York, organized by the MoMA
|
|
2003
|
|
“Affinities…Now and Then,” Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
|
|
2003
|
|
“The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
|
2003
|
|
“Objective Spaces: Photographers from Germany,” Waddington Galleries, London, England
|
|
2003
|
|
“Antipodes,” White Cube, London (solo)
|
|
2003
|
|
“Moving Pictures,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; weitere Stationen/ traveled to Solomon R. Gugenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
|
|
2003
|
|
“Painting Pictures,” Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
|
|
2003
|
|
“Unreal Estate Opportunities,” pkm gallery, Seoul, Korea
|
|
2003
|
|
“Imagine, you are standing here in front of me,” Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
|
|
2003
|
|
“Imperfect Innocence. The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection,” Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
|
|
2003
|
|
“Torn Between Two Lovers,” Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
|
|
2003
|
|
"Le Stanze dell’Arte: Figure e Imagini del XX Secolo,“ Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
|
|
2003
|
|
"The Fourth Sex: Adolescent Extremes,“ Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery, Florenz/Florence, Italy
|
|
2003
|
|
"Von Körpern und anderen Dingen – Deutsche Fotografie von der Weimarer bis zur Berliner Republik,“ City Gallery Prague; weitere Stationen/traveled to: Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; The Museum Moscow House of Photography, Russia
|
|
2003
|
|
"Defying Gravity: Contemporary Art and Flight,“ North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
|
|
2002
|
|
Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris (solo)
|
|
2002
|
|
Galleri K, Oslo, Norway (solo)
|
|
2002
|
|
Zwischen Schönheit und Sachlichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden
|
|
2002
|
|
Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main
|
|
2002
|
|
Moments which I intend to remember, Staatgalerij Heerlen
|
|
2002
|
|
Art & Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
|
|
2002
|
|
heute bis jetzt, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf
|
|
2002
|
|
Becher Schüler, Galerie 22, Hamburg
|
|
2002
|
|
Positionen der Fotografie, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
|
|
2002
|
|
Die Stadt, Städtische Galerie Haus Coburg, Delmenhorst
|
|
2002
|
|
Malerei ohne Malerei, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
|
|
2002
|
|
Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
|
|
2002
|
|
Remix, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
|
|
2001
|
|
Szenenwechsel XIX, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
|
|
2001
|
|
Let's entertain - Life's Guilty Pleasures, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
|
|
2001
|
|
GeldLust - ModellBanking, Kunsthalle Tirol
|
|
2001
|
|
Das flache Land, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus
|
|
2001
|
|
Die Kunst des Autos, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
|
|
2001
|
|
Andreas Gursky, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 4-May 15. Travels to the Reina Sofia, Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (solo)
|
|
2001
|
|
Andreas Gursky: Photographs, The Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts, ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona (solo)
|
|
2001
|
|
Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan (solo)
|
|
2001
|
|
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
2000
|
|
How You Look At It, Sprengel Museum, Hanover. Travels to Frankfurt
|
|
2000
|
|
Ansicht—Aussicht—Einsicht, Museum, Bochum. Travels to Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig and Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
|
|
2000
|
|
Landmark Pictures in Boston: Ed Ruscha/Andreas Gursky, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
|
|
2000
|
|
Sydney Bienalle, Sydney
|
|
2000
|
|
Photography Now, Contemporary Arts Museum, New Orleans
|
|
2000
|
|
Szenenwechsel XVIII, Museum für moderne Kunst, Franfurt/Main
|
|
2000
|
|
Walker Evans & Company, Museum of Modern Art, New York
|
|
2000
|
|
Photography Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
|
|
2000
|
|
Andreas Gursky: Fotowerken (Photo Works), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
|
|
1999
|
|
Robert Grosvenor, Andreas Gursky, John Wesley, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
|
|
1999
|
|
The Big Picture: Large-Format Photography, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont
|
|
1999
|
|
Raume: Lucinda Devlin, Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
|
|
1999
|
|
Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky, Ed Ruscha: Grosse Illusionen, Kunstmuseum Bonn. Travels to Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
|
|
1999
|
|
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
1999
|
|
Regen Projects, Los Angeles (solo)
|
|
1998
|
|
Milwaukee Art Museum. Travels to Henry Art Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (solo)
|
|
1998
|
|
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. Travels to Photomuseum Winterthur, Serpentine Gallery, London, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (solo)
|
|
1998
|
|
Landschaften/Landscapes: Michael Bach, Andreas Gursky, Axel Hütte, Michael van Ofen, Andreas Schön, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
|
|
1998
|
|
Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 1998, The Photographer’s Gallery, London
|
|
1997
|
|
Michael Ashkin, Andreas Gursky and Fischli & Weiss, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
|
|
1997
|
|
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
1997
|
|
Javier Lopez, Madrid (solo)
|
|
1997
|
|
Galerie Mai 36, Zurich (solo)
|
|
1997
|
|
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo)
|
|
1997
|
|
About Painting, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
|
|
1997
|
|
Young German Artists 2, Saatchi Gallery, London
|
|
1997
|
|
Belladonna, ICA, London
|
|
1997
|
|
Positionen künstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland seit 1945, Berlinische Galerie
|
|
1996
|
|
Victoria Miro, London (solo)
|
|
1996
|
|
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris (solo)
|
|
1996
|
|
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne (solo)
|
|
1996
|
|
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens (solo)
|
|
1995
|
|
303 Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
1995
|
|
Rooseum, Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (solo)
|
|
1995
|
|
Galerie Mai 36, Zurich (solo)
|
|
1995
|
|
Andreas Gursky: Images, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (solo)
|
|
1995
|
|
Portikus, Frankfurt (solo)
|
|
1994
|
|
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (solo)
|
|
1994
|
|
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (solo)
|
|
1994
|
|
Le Case D’Arte, Milan (solo)
|
|
1993
|
|
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne (solo)
|
|
1992
|
|
Kunsthalle, Zurich (solo)
|
|
1992
|
|
Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
|
|
1992
|
|
Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples (solo)
|
|
1992
|
|
Hypobank, New York (solo)
|
|
1991
|
|
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo)
|
|
1991
|
|
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (solo)
|
|
1991
|
|
303 Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
1991
|
|
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris (solo)
|
|
1991
|
|
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (solo)
|
|
1989
|
|
Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva (solo)
|
|
1989
|
|
The Clocktower, P.S.1, New York (solo)
|
|
1989
|
|
303 Gallery, New York (solo)
|
|
1989
|
|
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (solo)
|
|
1988
|
|
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (solo)
|
|
1987
|
|
Flughafen Düsseldorf (solo)
|
|
|
|
|
| Links to further information |
|
|
|
|
|