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Thomas Hirschhorn Biography
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1957 |
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Born in Bern, Switzerland
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1978 - 1983 |
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Schule für Gestaltung, Zurich
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1999 |
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Preis für Junge Schweizer Kunst, juried by Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft Exposition Wirtschaftslandschaft Davos, 2001 at the Kunsthaus Zürich
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2000 |
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Prix Marcel Duchamp, juried by l’Adiaf, Paris
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2003 |
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"Rolandpreis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum," awarded by Stiftung Bremer Bildhauerpreis, Bremen
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2004 |
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Joseph Beuys-Preis, awarded by Joseph Beuys-Stiftung, Basel
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2011 |
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Kurt-Schwitters-Preis
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012 - 2013
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9th Shanghai Biennale together with Sophie Calle
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2012
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Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
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2011
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Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
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2011
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Of Bridges and Borders, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2011
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Dislocation, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
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2011
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French Window : Looking art the contemporary art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize, Mori Art Museum, Japan
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2011
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The Luminous Interval, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
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2011
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Inhotim, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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2011
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Declining Democracy, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
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2011
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September 11, MoMA, New York, USA
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2011
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The Uncanny Familiar. Images of Terror, C/O Berlin, International Forum for Visual Dialogues, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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Wander, Labyrinthine Variations, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
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2011
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Terrible Beauty: Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance, Dublin Contemporary, Dublin, Ireland
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2011
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Kunst und Philosophie, curated by Marcus Steinweg, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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Que admirez-vous?, La Box, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de Bourges, France
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2011
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Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le blanc, FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux
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2011
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Equality Float, La Douane / Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
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2011
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Kurt Schwitters Preis, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany (solo)
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2011
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Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, France (solo)
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2011
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Aarau, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Das Auge, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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2011
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It’s burning everywhere, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2011
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La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
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2010
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Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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Michael Stevenson, Capetown, South Africa (solo)
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2010
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CNEAI, Chatou, France (solo)
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2010
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Deurle, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2009
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BAROCK, MADRE Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples
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2009
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Niet Normaal, Difference on Display, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
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2009
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Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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2009
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Pièces de Résistance: Forms of Resistance in Contemporary Art,” Kustmuseum Thun, Switzerland
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2009
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Images Recalled, Fotofestival, Mannheim
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2009
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T.I.C.A.B. – Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual, Tirana, Albanie
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2009
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La Planète des signs / Planet of signs, Le Plateau, Paris
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2009
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Paradise & Parades: Here Comes Everybody, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London
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2009
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Walking in My Mind, Hayward Gallery, London
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2009
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The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival, Amsterdam (solo)
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2009
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Universal Gym, Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo)
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2009
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Thomas Hirschhorn: Poor-Racer, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand (solo)
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2009
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Thomas Hirschhorn: It’s Burning Everywhere, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scottland (solo)
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2009
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The Subjecters: Thomas Hirschhorn, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (solo)
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2008
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The Artist's Library, Centre International d'art et du paysage, Ile de Vassivière
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2008
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Poor Tuning, Kurimanzutto, Mexico
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2008
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Stand-alone, Museo Tamayo, Mexico
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2007
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Thomas Hirschhorn: Jumbo Spoons and Big Cake, Musee D’Art Contemporain De Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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2007
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Collage: The Unmonumental Picture, New Museum, New York
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2007
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Airs de Paris, Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
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2007
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Volksgarten: Politics of Belonging, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
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2007
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Rethinking Dissent, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Göteborg
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2007
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Concretion Re, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris (solo)
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2007
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Stand-alone, Arndt & Partner, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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Substitution 2, Stephen Friedman, London (solo)
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2006
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Ingeborg Bachmann Altar, Alexanderplatz Station, Berlin (solo)
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2006
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United Nations Miniature, 2000, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain (solo)
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2006
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Concretion, le Creux de l'enfer centre d'art contemporain, Thiers (solo)
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2006
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27th Biennial of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil
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2006
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International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville, Spain
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2006
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Into Me/Out of Me, PS 1 MoMA, New York
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2006
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Heart of Darkness, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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2006
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Infinite Painting, Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Kunstmuseum, Liechtensein, Vaduz
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2006
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Notations: Energy Yes!, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
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2006
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Alexanderplatz U2, Berlin, Neue Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst, Berlin
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2006
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Surprise, Surprise, ICA, London
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2006
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The Grand Promenade, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
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2006
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The Green Coffin, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italy
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2006
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The Procession, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover Germany
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2006
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Superficial Engagement, Gladstone Gallery, New York
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2005
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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
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2005
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Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
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2005
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Utopia, Utopia = One World One War One Army One Dress, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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2005
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Anschool II, Museu Serralves, Portugal
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2004
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Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
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2004
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Palais de Tokyo, Paris“24h Foucault”
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2004
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Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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2004
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Aubervilliers, France, Musée Précaire Albinet
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2004
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Skulptur Sortier Station, Varsovie
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2003
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Chantal Crousel Gallery, Paris
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2003
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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2003
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Alfonso Artiaco, Pozzuoli, Naples Italy
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2002
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Arndt & Partner, Berlin
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2002
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Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, "Cavemanman"
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2002
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Universität Zürich-Irchel, Zurich, "Liubov Popova Kiosk," n°7
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2001
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (Prix Marcel Duchamp
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2001
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Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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2001
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Kunsthaus, Zürich (Preis für junge schweizer Kunst)
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2001
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La Salle de bains, Lyon
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2000
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
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2000
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The Renaissance Society, Chicago
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1999
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Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin
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2009
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Walking in My Mind, Hayward Gallery, London
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2008
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27a. Bienal de São Paulo: Como Viver Junto, Eds. Lisette Lagnado and Adriano Pedrosa, Casac Naify, São Paulo, 2008
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2008
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Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas Collections D.O. Galicia, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain, 2008
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2008
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Stations: 100 Masterpieces of Contemporary Art, DuMont Buchverlag, Köln, 2008
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2008
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This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008
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2008
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Stand-alone, Museo Tamayo, Mexico, 2008.
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2008
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Qu’est-ce que La Sculpture Aujourd’hui? Caroline Cross, Beaux Arts. Editions 2008
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2007
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Into Me/Out of Me, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2007
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2007
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Collage: The Unmonumental Picture, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
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2007
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Michalka, Matthias, The Artist as…, MUMOK, Wien, 2007.
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2007
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Volksgarten: Politics of Belonging, Walther König, 2007
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