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Mary Bauermeister Biography
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1934 |
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Born in Frankfurt, Germany
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1954 - 1955 |
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Studied at the Art College of Design, Ulm, Germany
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1957 |
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Began working as independent visual artist in Cologne, Germany and New York, NY
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1960 - 1962 |
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Opened Studio Mary Bauermeister, where she organized concerts, happenings and performances with artists like John Cage, David Tudor, Nam June Paik which contributed to the beginning of Fluxus
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1962 |
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Moved to New York, NY
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1973 |
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Returned to Germany to continue her work as a sculptor and garden architect, Cologne, Germany
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Lives and works in Rösrath, Germany
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008
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WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
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2004
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Hommage á Mary Bauermeister, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne, Germany
Needless Needles, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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2003
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Auf den Punkt gebracht (Pointed out), Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2002
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Galerie Inge Becker, Cologne, Germany
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2000
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Nicht ans Wort gebunden, Deutsches Buch und Schriftenmuseum, Leipzig
Museum der Wünsche, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne, Germany
Positions, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, Germany
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1999
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WordVolume, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne
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1998
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Kölnische Galerie der Wünsche, Stadtmuseum, Cologne, Germany
FIAC, Paris, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, Germany
Fazit, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, Germany
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1997
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Mary’s and Ben’s Lustspiel, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (o.p. with Ben Patterson)
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1995 - 1996
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Fluxus Virus, Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt; Smolny Kathedrale, St. Petersburg; House of the artist, Moscow, Russia
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1995
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Artist’s Choice: Elisabeth Murray, Modern Women, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1992 - 1993
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Fluxus Virus, Temporary Museum Kaufhof Parkhouse Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Praterinsel Munich, Munich, Germany
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1988
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The Art of the Object of the Sixties, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1985
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Vom Klang der Bilder, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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1971
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Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy (solo)
Galeria Bonino, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1970
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Gallery der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1964
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Galeria Bonino, New York, NY (solo)
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1963
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Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (solo)
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1962
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlans (solo)
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