BIOGRAPHY
DOWNLOAD PDF (62 Kb, UK)
DOWNLOAD PDF (62 Kb, UK)
| JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER | |
| 1964 | Born in Lilienthal, Germany |
| Lives and works in New York | |
| Training | |
| 1990-1992 | MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California |
| 1986-1990 | Graduate Studies, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2011 | Timothy Taylor Gallery, London |
| The FLAG Art Foundation, New York | |
| Josephine Meckseper: Contaminator, ARNDT, viewing room, Berlin | |
| 2010 | You Can Leave Your Hat On, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| Josephine Meckseper, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York | |
| 2009 | Josephine Meckseper, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster |
| Josephine Meckseper: Recent Films, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis | |
| Josephine Meckseper, John McWhinnie at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, New York | |
| Josephine Meckseper, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston | |
| american apparel, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham | |
| Josephine Meckseper, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich | |
| 2008 | New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Josephine Meckseper, Arndt & Partner, Berlin | |
| Josephine Meckseper, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York | |
| Josephine Meckseper, Colette, Paris | |
| Josephine Meckseper, GAK, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen | |
| 2007 | Josephine Meckseper, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
| Josephine Meckseper, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart | |
| 2006 | International Project Room, with Galerie Reinhard Hauff, ARCO 2006 Madrid |
| 2005 | %, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York |
| The Bulletin Board, White Columns, New York | |
| 2004 | IG-Metall und die künstlichen Paradiese des Politischen, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| 2003 | Lustgarten, Borgmann Nathusius Galerie, Cologne |
| 2001 | Shine-oder Jedem das Seine, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2011 | NY: New Perspectives, with the contribution of Linda Yablonsky, Brand New Gallery, Milan |
| Gestamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany, The Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| Geschmack: der gute, der schlechte und der wirklich teure, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany | |
| Praxis, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY | |
| A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart | |
| Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates, curated by Suzanne Cotter | |
| Cover Girl, Galerie des Galeries, Paris | |
| 2010 | Contemporary Magic, National Arts Club, New York, curated by Stacy Engman |
| The Right to Protest, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem | |
| The Exquisite Corpse Project, Gasser & Grunert Gallery, New York, curated by David Salle | |
| Going International, FLAG Art Foundation, New York | |
| Man Könnte es die Elastizität des Raumes nennen, The Forgotten Bar/Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin | |
| Peter Saville: Accessories to an Artwork, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York | |
| Shut Your Eyes in Order to See, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris | |
| Superfemmes, Rathausgalerie Kunsthalle, Munich | |
| You're Scripted, Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna | |
| CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto | |
| Changing the World, ARNDT, Berlin | |
| Dere Freie Wille ist Eine Illusion, Forgotten Bar Project Berlin, curated by Claudia Seidel | |
| 2010, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Muriyari | |
| My Brother, My Killer , Freymond-Guth & Co. Fine Arts, Zurich | |
| The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place, 176/Zabludowicz Collection, London | |
| Contemplating the Void, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | |
| HomeLess Home, The Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem | |
| 2009 | Zeigen. An Audio Tour Through Berlin, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin |
| Dance in My Experience, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf | |
| 1989. Spione. Mauer. Kinderheim - An Der Brücke Zwischen den Welten, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany | |
| Morality: Beautiful from Every Point of View, Witte de With, Rotterdam | |
| 1989. End of History or Beginning of the Future? Comments on a Paradigm Shift, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; curated by Gerald Matt | |
| Infinitesimal Eternity-Images Made in the Face of Spectacle, Yale University School of Art Gallery, New Haven | |
| Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; traveling to P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, curated by AA Bronson | |
| No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents, Galerie im Regierungsviertel/Forgotten Bar Project Berlin at X Initiative, New York | |
| Narcotica, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel/Forgotten Bar Project Berlin, Basel | |
| Extended. Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, ZKM / Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| FAX, The Drawing Center, New York; traveling to Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada; Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California; Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada; Dowd Gallery, State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, New York | |
| Bildschön. Schönheitskult in der aktuellen Kunst , Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe | |
| MAN SON 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg | |
| Living Together, Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea, Vitoria Álava, Spain; traveling to Museo de Arte | |
| Contemporáneo de Vigo, Spain, curated by Xabier Arakistain and Emma Dexter | |
| 2008 | Prospect.1 New Orleans, curated by Dan Cameron |
| Shrink-Wrapped, Or Belkin Satellite Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver | |
| Strange Connections: Art und Fashion, KUNST + PROJEKTE, Sindelfingen, Germany | |
| Constellations, Artissima, Turin, Italy, curated by Stephanie Moisdon and Susanne Pfeffer | |
| Alternating Beats, Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence | |
| Asking we Walk, Voices of Resistance, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen | |
| Business As Usual, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit | |
| That Was Then… This is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York | |
| Zidovi na ulici | Walls in the Street, Siemens Arts Program, MSUB, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade | |
| Common Affairs: Steirischer Herbst 2008, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria | |
| Vertrautes Terrain - Aktuelle Positionen in / über Deutschland, ZKM / Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe | |
| Sculpture Is…, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2007 | Fit to Print: Printed Media in Recent Collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York |
| Bare Life, The Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem | |
| Nouvelles Acquisitions/Volet 1, FRAC Nord - Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France | |
| Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, curated by Doryun Chong and Yasmil Raymond | |
| From 60 to 7, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway, curated by Frank Lubbers | |
| An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon | |
| Shadows in Paradise, FRAC Nord - Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France | |
| When We Build Let Us Think That We Build Forever, The Zabludowicz Collection, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, curated by Jérôme Sans | |
| New York: States of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; traveling to The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, curated by Shaheen Merali | |
| Resistance Is, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Christina Kukielski | |
| Rendición Extraordinaria/Extraordinary Rendition, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona | |
| Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Footnotes about Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia, curated by Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Nicolas Bourriaud, Fuliya Erdemchi, Gunnar B. Kvaran, Rosa Martinez and Hans Ulrich Obrist | |
| Just Kick It Till It Breaks, The Kitchen, New York, curated by Debra Singer and Matthew Lyons | |
| 2006 | Media Burn, Tate Modern, curated by Emma Dexter, London |
| Josephine Meckseper, Eric Baudelaire, Adrian Piper, Wayne Gonzales, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York | |
| The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society, 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville, curated by Okwui Enwezor | |
| The Searchers, EFA Gallery, New York, curated by Molly Dilworth and Amoreen Armetta | |
| USA Today, Works from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London; traveling to The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg | |
| Video America, The Hospital Gallery, London, curated by Neville Wakefield | |
| Big City Lab, Art Forum Berlin, curated by Friederike Nymphius | |
| Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York | |
| Trial Balloons, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, MUSAC, Leon, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Agustin Perez Rubio and Octavio Zaya | |
| Stephen Andrews, Marc Handelman, Josephine Meckseper, Tom Molloy, Steve Mumford, Barbara Pollock: This Ain't No Fooling Around, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin | |
| Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne | |
| Cooling Out - On the Paradox of Feminism, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College, Cork, Ireland; concurrently exhibited at Halle für Kunst, Lueneburg, Germany; Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland | |
| 2005 | Experiencing Duration, Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans |
| Schwarz Brot Gold - Die Neue Republik, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany | |
| Girls on Film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York | |
| Bonds of Love, John Connelly Presents, New York, curated by Lisa Kirk | |
| A.B.Normal, NYEHAUS, New York | |
| 2004 | twinkle, twinkle, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| Heimweh: Young German Art, London, Haunch of Venison, curated by Juliane von Herz | |
| The Future Has a Silver Lining: Genealogies of Glamour, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, curated by Heike Munder and Tom Holert | |
| Dresscode, Kunstverein Neuhausen, Neuhausen/Fildern, Germany | |
| American Idyll, Greene Naftali, New York | |
| 2003 | Fuckin' Trendy, Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, curated by Ellen Seifermann |
| All That Glitters, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York | |
| In the Public Domain, Greene Naftali, New York | |
| Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt | |
| Josephine Meckseper, Christoph Steinmeyer, Bernard Kahrmann, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York | |
| 2002 | Bitch School, The Bronx Council on the Arts, New York, Longwood Arts Project, New York |
| Good Vibrations: Philip Argent, Marcy Freedman, Heribert Freidl, Josephine Meckseper, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin | |
| 2001 | Wine, Women & Wheels, White Columns, New York |
| 2000 | New New York, Texas Fine Arts Association, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas, curated by Alejandro Diaz |
| Grok Terence McKenna Dead, Feature Inc., New York | |
| Flea Market, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York | |
| Wunderbar, Art Club Berlin at W139 Gallery, Amsterdam | |
| 1999 | Overflow, D'Amelio Terras, Marianne Boesky Gallery and Anton Kern Gallery, New York, curated by Caroline Schneider and Meg O'Rourke |
| Criss Cross: Some Young New Yorkers III, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York | |
| Free Coke: Lines, Drawing and Paper, Greene Naftali, New York | |
| Lifer, Cardozo School of Law Gallery, New York, curated by Kenny Schachter | |
| 1998 | Super Freaks: Post Pop and the New Generation. Part 1: Trash, Greene Naftali, New York Selective Affinities, Wahlverwandtschaften, New York Security Mini-storage, New York |
| Art Club Berlin, Art Forum, Berlin; Au Base, New York; Artistsspace W139, Amsterdam; curated by Klara Wallner | |
| 1996 | Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, curated by Ellen Lupton |
| Departure Lounge, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Clocktower Gallery, New York | |
| Summer Show, Greene Naftali, New York | |
| Intervention: Tendenzen im Schatten der Stadtplanung, Stiftung Starke, Berlin | |
| 1995 | Voyeurism, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York |
| Wheel of Fortune, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York | |
| Benefit Exhibition, American Fine Arts, New York | |
| Alter Image, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York | |
| On the Lamb, Thicket Gallery, New York | |
| Geiselnahme, The Puck Building, New York; Zum Goldenen Hirschen, Hamburg Verisimilitude and the Utility of Doubt, White Columns, New York, curated by Bill Arning and Gregory Crewdson | |
| 1994 | This Is Your Home, Stuyvesant Town, New York, curated by Ania Corcilius |
| Page 5, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York | |
| Agent Artist, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York | |
| Paranoid, M*Y*T*H Series at the Brewery , Los Angeles, curated by Sam Durant | |
| 1992 | Tattoo Collection, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris, organized by Air de Paris, Nice, and Urbi et Orbi, Paris |
| 1990 | Licht und Schein, KUBUS, Kunstverein Hannover Land, Hannover, Germany |
| 1989 | Neue Darmstädtler Sezession, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Grillen, Ohlauer Strasse, Berlin | |
