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Gelitin/Gelatin

(Austrian, est. 1978)

Gelitin/Gelatin

Bonsai Tree, 2009

Biography

Timeline

1967: Florian Reither born
Education: 1988-97 Dipl.-Ing. Urbanism and City Planning, Technical University, Vienna
: Tobias Urban born
Education: 1987-93 Mag.-Art., University of Applied Arts, Vienna
1970: Wolfgang Gantner born
Education: 1988 Journalism and Political Science, University of Vienna
1971: Ali Janka born
Education: 1990-1997 Mag.-Art., University of Applied Arts, Vienna
: Current members have been working together and in different formations with others since 1993.
: Gelitin is comprised of four artists.
: They met first in 1978, when they all attended a summercamp.
: They have been playing and working together.
: From 1993 they began exhibiting internationally

Exhibitions

2013: Loch, 21er Haus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna
: Ritratto Analitico, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Teatro Arsenale, Milan, Italy (solo)
: you you and w, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
: Ungeheuerlich! Eine Ausstellung für Kinder, MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg
: Kühlschrank, Bett, Tastatur, Rossmarkt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (solo)
: Nasensuche, Schloss Rossatz, Wachau, Austria (solo)
: Ephemeropterae XV+, TBA21 - Augarten, Vienna, Austria, (solo)
: The Fall Show , Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA, (solo)
: the voulez vous chaud, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo)
: Utopie Gesamtkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Vienna
: Decade: Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
: Franz West & Gelatin: Zwei Epiphanien - Gooooong, Schloss Damtschach, Carinthia, Austria
: Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
: Les maitres du désordre, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
2012: Relocated, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
: Die Sammlung #2, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
: Alpine Desire, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
: The Luxury of Dirt, Galerie Bob van Oursow, Zurich
: Edition / Non Edition, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
: Façade: Through a Glass Darkly, National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, UK
: Gelatin Pavilion - Some Like It Hot, Biennale di Venezia, Venedig (solo)
: Lucas - Bosch - Gelatin, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (solo)
2011: Junggesellenboot, Galerie Meyer Kainer/Boltenstern.Raum, Vienna (solo)
: Puttana Cadente, Galerie Meyer Kainer zu Gast bei Temporary Gallery Köln
: Happy End, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
: that only an artist can do, MARCO, Vigo
: Cosas que solo un artista puede hacer / Things that only an artist can do, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
: Neugierig? Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
: Wo ich war soll Es werden, Element6, Vienna
: Dorm, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
: Ich ist ein anderer – Die Kunst der Selbstdarstellung, Landesmuseum Niederösterreich, St. Pölten, Austria
: The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London / Garage CCC, Moscow
: One is too much and a hundred are not enough, Carlson Gallery, London (solo)
: All Together Now, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerpen (solo)
: Frohes Fest, Belvedere, Vienna (solo)
: originalfunktional, Wiener Art Foundation, Vienna
: Hareng Saur: James Ensor en de hedendaagse kunst, S.M.A.K., Gent
: Le soluzioni vere vengono dal basso, Hangar Bicocca, Milan
2010: When no, then yes (You go, I stay), Aichi Triennale, Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan
: Blind Sculpture, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York (solo)
: Best of Austria. Eine Kunstsammlung, Lentos Museum, Linz
: Haydn Explosiv, Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt, Austria
: Public, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
: Mapping the Studio – Artists from the Francois Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
: Palais Keiner Mayer, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
: Anzengruber Biennale, Café Anzengruber, Vienna
: Marriage Equality Now, Galerie Gitti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
: Klunk Garden, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
: Das Portrait im Wandel der Zeit, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
: Precarious Form I, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien
: Best of Kunstraum Innsbruck 2004-2009, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin
: On Top of the Whale, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
: Nightmare Full of Things Unspeakable, concept V, New York
2009: The PIG Presents: Jim Drain, Paul Chan, Jeff Koons, Mario Grubisic, Paola Pivi, Gelatin, Simon Martin, Roberto Cuoghi, Deitch Projects, New York
: „Mahlzeit“ – Werke zum Thema Essen, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
: La Louvre Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
: Hamsterwheel, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
: Psycho Buildings, Hayward Gallery, London, GB
: Yes OK Ex (Performance), Grizedale Arts and A Foundation, Rochelle School, London, GB
: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, USA
: Painting Now and Forever Part II, Matthew Marks Gallery and Greene Naftali, New York, USA
: Egger Grubisic Quehenberger, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (solo)
2008: La Louvre Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (solo)
: Egger Grubisic Quehenberger, Kunstraum-Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
: Die Künstlerinnen sind anwesend, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
: Die Künstlerinnen sind anwesend, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
: Das Kackabet, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich (solo)
: gelitin, Galerie Schloss Damtschach, Carinthia, Austria(solo)
: Bunter Abend (Golden Gate), Performance, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
: Das Kackabet, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich, Switzerland
: The Dig Cunt, Six Actions for New York City, Creative Time, New York, USA
: gelitin, Galerie Schloss Damtschach, Damtschach, Austria
: Fuori Uso, Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange, Budapest and Galleria Noua, Bucarest, Ungary
: Hamsterwheel, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
: Elfengesang, Sommerakademie, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
: Hamsterwheel, Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
2007: Hamsterwheel, Centre d’Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
: In den Alpen, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
: Learning from Art / Learning from the Museum, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
: Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy
: Permanent 06 – Werke aus der Sammlung Essl, Schömer Haus, Klosterneuburg
: Fuori Uso, Ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo, Pescara, Italy
: Mozart. Experiment und Aufklärung, Albertina, Vienna
: Bilder zum Fürchten, Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien
: Nothing But Pleasure, Bawag Foundation, Vienna
: Akademie. Von der Kunst lernen, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen
: Group Therapy, Museion – Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bozen
: Ich hab ein Haus, ein Äffchen und ein Pferd... – Werke aus der Sammlung für Kinder, MdM Salzburg – Rupertinum, Salzburg
: Chinese / Synthese / Leberkäse, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
: Strozzi Papolozzi, Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milan (solo)
: Qu'ils mangent de la brioche, Galerie Emman uel Perrotin, Paris (solo)
2006: gelitin – Anjo hebt den Hase hoch, Song Song, Vienna (solo)
: Fliegende Kühe und andere Kometen – Nicht nur komische Dinge in der Kunst, Villa Merkel, Esslingen
: Dionysiac, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
: Dionysiac, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
: Les Grand Spectacles – 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, MdM Salzburg, Salzburg
: joy, Casino Luxembourg, Luxemburg
: Spectator T, Art Sheffield 05, Sheffield
: Trans:it. Moving Culture through Europe, Laboratorio Scientifico della Sopraintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Veneziano, Venice
: X Wohnungen, Märkisches Viertel, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
: Portrait, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
: Bilder hauen – Skulpturen bauen Zoom Kindermuseum Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria
: Neue Freunde, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Tyrol
: Hase, Artesina, Italy
2005: Les innocents aux pieds sales, Performance, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
: Zapf de Pipi, Moskau Biennale, Moskau, Russia
: Performance Biennale, New York, USA
: Tantamounter 24/7, Leo Koenig Inc., New York; USA
: Les Grands Spectacles, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
: Art Sheffield 05, Spectator 5, Sheffield, GB
: Joy, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
: Sweatwat, Gorgonian Gallery, London, GB
: Nasser Klumpatsch, Institute of contemporary art Sofia, Bulgaria
: The yugoslav biennial of young artists, Vrsac, Serbia
: Möbelsalon Käsekrainer, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
: Otto Volante, Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
2004: No Money, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel
: Extra, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York
: Dessinez avec Desiree, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
: Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts – part one: On Hope and Other Misunderstandings, BAK, basis voor aktuele kunst / Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
: Dessinez avec Desirée, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
: Im Arsch des Elefanten steckt ein Diamant, »Auf eigene Gefahr«, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
: Golden Shower, Performance, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
: Arc de triomphe, Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
: Osmose II, Haus Lange, Krefelder Kunstmuseum, Krefeld, Germany
: gelatin at the shore of lake Pipi Kacka, Performance, Frieze Art Fair, London, GB
2003: gelatin Institut Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA
: Im Arsch des Elefanten steckt ein Diamant, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2002: True Love IV – Mission to Venus, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
: Win Win, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
: Wald und Explosionen, Helmhaus, Zürich
: Endlich eine gute Ausstellung, Galerie Meyer Kainer, ehem. Tanzschule Am Waagplatz, Salzburg
: Furball, »Playing amongst the ruins«, Royal College of Art, London
: You must stop Curien / Schlammloch, »Sonsbe ek 9«, Arnheim, Netherlands
2001: Stephan with ph please!, Art in General on Canal, New York
: Die totale Osmose, Biennale di Venezia, Austrian Pavilion, Venedig
: Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2000: Weltwunder, »In Between«, EXPO 2000, Weltwunder, »In Between«, EXPO 2000,
: Kolibri d’amour, »Aller Anfang ist Merz«, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
: Das Ksks, »Milch vom ultrablauen Strom« / »98/99/2000: Stipendiaten für bildende Kunst – Die neue Künstlergeneration«, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
: A Hole to China, Awesome Festival, Perth, Australia
: Bundled (works on paper by the gallery’s artists), Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York

Literature

2008: Stocchi, Francesco, “La Louvre is Home,” Spike, Issue 15, 2008, pp.20, 64-73 (G)
2007: “Above & Beyond,” New York Post, January 23, p. 37
2006: “Top 100 Artists,” Flash Art, October 2006, pp. 68-69
: Packham, Monte, “Rabbit in the Headlights,” Sleek Magazine, Issue 11, Summer, pp. 78-87
: Sam, Sherman, "New York: Leo Koenig Inc.," Contemporary, Issue 81, p.91
: Weintraub, Linda with Skip Schuckmann, Cycle-Logical Art, Recycling Matters for Eco-Art, Artnow Publications: 2006, Rhinebeck, NY,pp. 51-53
: Rubira, Sergio, "Gelatin of Gelitin, Caca, culo pedo, pis," Exit Express, February, p. 11
: Ebony, David, "Gelitin, Tantamounter 24/7 at Leo Koenig," Art in America, February, pp 50-56
: Schwendener, Martha, "Gelitin," Art Forum, February, pp. 213-214
: Pivi, Paola, "Top Ten, #9 Gelitin, Les Innocent aux Pieds Sales," Art Forum, January, p. 74