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Olav Westphalen Biography
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1963 |
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Born in Hamburg, Germany
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1990 - 1991 |
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Fulbright Grant
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1994 |
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Philip Morris Grant, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
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1995 |
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Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California, USA
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1995 |
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Project Grant, European Community Media Board
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1999 |
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Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Kunst, Kultursenat Berlin, Germany
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2000 |
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In The Public Realm, Public art Fund, New York, USA
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2001 |
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Artist in Residence, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
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2003 |
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Artist Residency, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York, USA
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2004 |
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Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
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2006 |
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Residence, Office of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
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2007 |
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Preis für Komische Kunst, Sondermann Stiftung/Buchmesse Frankfurt, Germany
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2007 |
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Residence, CSW, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2008 |
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Wanderpokal, Labor1, Berlin, Germany
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2009 |
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KU-Medel, KKH, Stockholm, Artistic Research Grant
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2010 |
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Konstnärsnämnden Stockholm, Project Grant
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FH Hamburg (fod Stephan von Huene) and University of California, San Diego (for Allan
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Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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A junkie in the forest: doing things the hard way, Galerie Georges-Phillipe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (solo)
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2012
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Even Steven, Index, The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2012
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Representation and the Body, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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2012
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Centrefold Scrapbook, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
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2012
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Postcolonial Dilettantes: A Retrospective of Progress, Residence of the US Ambassador, Stockholm, curated by Theo Ringborg and Ronald Jones
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2012
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Här har man altid med sig, Stockholm Arts and Music, curated by Maria Lind
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2012
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Bodies and Representation, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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2011
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Freunde, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
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2011
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Volcano Dreams, Moderna Danstheatern, Stockholm, Sweden
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2011
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Banner at the Polytechnic University, public project curated by The Drachma Project, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2011
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My Last D-Mark, Performance at Monodrome, Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2010
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Olav Westphalen/FERCO, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2010
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Cooperative De La Fertilite, Galerie Georges-Philippe&Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (solo)
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2010
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Prow: The Prequel, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY (w/ Peter Rostsovsky) (solo)
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2010
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Anti-Prow, Art In General, New York, NY (w/ Peter Rostsovsky) (solo)
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2010
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Party Crashers, Arlington Arts Center, VA, USA
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2010
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Fax, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
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2010
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The Invisible Generation, Les Kurbas Center and National Museum, Kiev, Ukraine
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2010
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Eternal Tour, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Al Quuds University, Abu Dies
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2010
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Moderna Utställning 2010, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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2010
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Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
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2009
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Gestern oder im 2. Stock, Stadtmuseum München, Germany
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2009
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One Day Comic, Eastside Projects Birmingham, England
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2009
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Do they love their children too?, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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2009
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Cut-Ups, Centrum for Fotografi, Stockholm, Sweden
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2009
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Cave, Performance/Sculpture/Workshop, Royal Academy, Stockholm, Sweden
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2009
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Fax, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA
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2009
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Dog Ascending A Stepladder, public sculpture, Stockholms Konstrad, Sweden (solo)
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2009
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Desert Dreams, Moderna Museet/Studion, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2008
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Waiting for the Barbarians, Maccarone, Inc. New York, NY, USA (solo)
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2008
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Permanent Collection, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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2008
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The object is the mirror, Curated by Max Henry, Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
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2007
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Same, same, but different, Jet Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
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2007
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The Big White, Milliken, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2007
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The Disciplines, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Desert Dreams and The World Politics Costume Cuddle Party, Pact Zollverein, Essen, Germany (solo)
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2006
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Le Grand Blanc, Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris (solo)
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2006
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Smoke Stacks, permanent commission, Lipstick Building NY, Speyer Family Collection (solo)
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2006
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Global Players, Kulturforum Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
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2006
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Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
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2006
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Neo-Sincerity, Apex Art, New York, NY, USA
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2005
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Milliken, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2005
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Avenger of Widdows and Orphans, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2005
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Monument for America, Wattis Gallery, CCAC, San Francisco, USA
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2005
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Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu and Independent Curators International
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2005
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Global Players, Bankart Gallery, Yokohama. Japan
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2005
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Schwarz, Brot, Gold, Kunstverein Oldenburg, Germany
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2005
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Olav Westphalen, Drawings, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2004
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Kotzrohr and Popular Ceramics I, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2004
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Popular Ceramics, Performance, Swiss Institute, New York, USA (solo)
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2004
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Popular Ceramics II, Gelerie Georges-Philpiie and Natalie Vallois, Paris, France (solo)
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2004
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Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, USA
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2004
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The Mythological Machine, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Center, GB
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2004
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Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum Harlem, NY, USA
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2004
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Maccarone Inc., New York, NY, USA (solo)
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2004
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Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2003
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Houldsworth, London, UK(solo)
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2003
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The First Long Island City Blimp Derby, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York, USA (solo)
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2002
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Maccarone Inc, New York, USA (solo)
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2002
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Du Und Deine Welt, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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2002
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Galleri Thomas Wallner, Malmö, Sweden (solo)
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2002
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Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
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2002
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Demo, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2001
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Gälve Konstcentrum, Sweden (solo)
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2001
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Bergens Kunstforening, Norway (solo)
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2001
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E.S.U.S, Riksutställningar with Gälve Konstcentrum (tour of Sweden) (solo)
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2001
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After Effect, Centre d’Art Neuchatel, Switzerland
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2001
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London-Berlin, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Television, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
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2000
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Greater New York, PS1, New York, USA
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2000
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fido, Hunter College Gallery, NeEnd Papers, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York York, USA
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2000
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Carnival in the Eye of the Storm, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, USA
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2000
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Vague But True, Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2000
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E.S.U.S., Project of the Public Art Fund at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris; Tompkins Square Park; Corona Park, NY, USA (solo)
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2000
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Olav Westphalen, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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1999
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Arrested Ambition, Apex Art, New York, USA
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1999
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100 Drawings, PS1, New York, USA
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Georges-Philippe Vallois, Paris, France
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Werner Nekes, Muehlheim, Germany,
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Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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Dallas Museum, Dallas, TX; USA
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Statens Konstrad, Stockholm Konst (public comission, Stockholm), Sweden
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Hortz Collection, NY, USA
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Marc and Livia Strauss, NY, USA
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Pontus Bonniers, Stockholm, Sweden
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| Literature |
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2012
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Gregory H. Williams, Permission to Laugh, University of Chicago Press
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2012
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Centrefold Scrapbook 8, edited by Reza Aramesh, London
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2012
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Olav Westphalen and Valeria Graziano, “Performing Recalcitrance,” in Performing Recalcitrance, KKH, Stockholm
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2012
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Olav Westphalen. “Give my paintings to Moma, please!,” Paletten Nr. 4, Gothenburg, Sweden
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2007 - 2012
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Monthly, editorial cartoon, artnet.de, Berlin
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2011
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Per Huettner (editor), The Invisible Generation, Vison Forum, Paris
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2011
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Daniella Asmar, “Lorsque Kant et Arendt prennent un vol easyjet,” in “Standing on the beach with a gun in my hand,” Black Jack Editions, Paris-Brussels
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2010
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Moderna Utställning Catalog, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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2009
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Christian Rattemeyer, “The Judith Rothchild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Catalogue Raisonne,” MoMA, NY
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2009
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“Fax,” The Drawing Center and Independent Curators International
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2009
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Gregory H. Williams and Gerrit Gohlke, “Olav Westphalen. 24 Artworks Scaled According to Market Value.” Brooklyn, NY; Shelf Publishing
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2008
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Dan Graham and Olav Westphalen, “The Artist as a Lumpen Conceptualist” in “Olav Westphalen, Ü-Drawings,” Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
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2008
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Serge Onnen (editor) “Drawings On Writing," J&L Books, Atlanta, GA
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2008
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Henrik Schrat and Olav Westphalen,”Disaster Casual” in “One Day Comic” Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
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2007
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Joerg Heiser, ”Slapstick Und Das Gerfrorene Grinsen: Maurizio Cattelan, Andreas Slominski, Olav Westphale" in “Ploetzlich Diese Uebersicht,” Berlin, Claassen Verlag
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2006
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Olav Westphalen, "A Short And Indecorous Statement On The Predicament Of Experimental Art” in “Borderline,” Pact Zollverein, Essen
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2006
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“Neo-Sincerity: The Difference Between the Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter,” apexart, New York
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2005
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Emma Dexter (editor) and Martin Herbert, “Vitamin D, New Perspectives in Drawing,” Phaidon Press Limited, New York
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2005
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Very early pictures. Glenside, PA: Arcadia University Art Gallery
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2005
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Harald Uhr, “Global Players, Deutsche und japanische Kunst der Gegenwart” Goethe-Institut, Tokyo
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2004
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Francesco Manacorda, “The Mythological Machine,” University of Warwick
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2004
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Mead Art Gallery, UK
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2004
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Jeffrey Kastner, Anne Wehr and Tom Eccles, “Plop: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund” New York Public Art Fund, NY
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2002
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Wilson, Michael, Tell Tale Signs, frieze, no 70
Anton, Saul, Openings: Olav Westphalen, Artfroum, Sep, p192-3
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2001
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Anton, Saul, Olav Westphalen, frieze, no 56
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2000
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Allerholm, Milou, Om det extremt icke platsrelaterade, Material, no 10
Danicke, Sandra, Annäherung an Unfassbares, Frankfurter Rundschau, 14 Jul
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1999
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Carter, Holland, Sampling, New York Times, 11 Jul
van der Haak, Bregtje, Pitch, Metropolis M, Aug
Doran, Ann, Berlin, Grand Street, Aug
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1998
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Östlind, Niclas, Olav Westphalen, INDEX, Mar/Apr
Fricke, Harald, Kamikaze im Marstall, Neue bildende Kunst, Apr
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