Artworks by Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

(Austrian, b. 1938)

Biography

TIME LINE

1957		Creates the concept of the Orgies Mysteries Theater, a six-day event that continues to captivate him throughout his career.
1960-66		Actions and exhibitions resulting in various court trials and three prison sentences, Vienna, Austria
1989		Teacher at the Academy of Visual Arts, Frankfurt

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008		Form as Strategy, Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York
		Opening, Museo Archivio Laboratorio Hermann Nitsch, Naples, Italy
2007		The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Galleria de' Foscherari, Bologna, Italy (catalog)
		Galerie beaumontpublic + königbloc, Luxembourg (catalog)
		Galeria Box Art in Verona, Italy. Curated by Dr. Danilo Eccher. (catalog)
		Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy
		Selected Works, 1960 – Present, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Museums Zentrum Mistelbach, Mistelbach, Austria (catalog)
2006		Hermann Nitsch: New Paintings and Video, Mike Weiss Gallery, NY
		Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Staaliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany (catalog)
		Spac Villa Toppoflorio, Undine, Italy
		Hermann Nitsch / Yango Shaobin, Alexanger Ochs – White Space, Beijing; Alexander Ochs, Berlin
2005		The Orgies Mysteries Theater, The Station Museum, Houston, TX (catalog)
2004		New Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2003		Art Scarplin, Merano, Italy
		Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy
		Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Germany
2002		Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy
		Gallery Fortlaan, Ghent, Belgium
2001		Oberes Belevedere, Vienna, Austria
		Hürlimannareal, Zürich, Switzerland
		Haburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2000		Palazzo Steline, Milan, Italy
		Galleria Communale D’Arte Moderna e Contemoranea, Rome, Itlay
1999		Mumok, Vienna, Austria
		Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1998		Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt, Germany
1997		Retrospective, Konsthallen Göteborg, Sweden
		Retrospective, Musée D’Art et D’Histoire, Luxembourg
		St. Peter an der Sperr, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
		Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
		Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, Austria
		Underwoodstreet Gallery, London, England
		Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria
		Galerie Prantl, Oberlech, Austria
1996		Galerie Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy
		Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, Germany
		Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Retrospective, Rome, Italy
		Kunstverein Gmunden, Hipp-Halle, Austria
		Retrospective, Sala Parpalló, Valencia, Spain
		Malaktion U. Ausstellung, Schömerhaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
		Galerie Giuseppe Morra, Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy
		Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1995		Retrospektivausstellung, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
		Galerie Barlach, Halle-K, Hamburg, Germany
		Ausstellung und Aktion in der Trinitatiskirche, Köln, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2008		Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
		Ebb and Flow, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2006		Eye on Europe: Prints, Books and Multiples / 1960 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
		Twice Drawn, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
		Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
		Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
		Intensive Painting, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
		Hermann Nitsch and Erika Schmied, Galerie 422 Margund Lössl, Gmunden, Austria
2005		Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2004		Site Santa Fe Biennial, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
		Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2003		Good Morning Balkan, Athens, Greece
2000		Paradise Lost, Stephansstift, Hannover, Germany
		Faith, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CN
		6 Views of the 6-Day-Play, Video Presentation, Barnsdall Art Park Gallery Theater, Los Angeles, CA
1999		White Box Gallery, New York, NY
1998		Out of Actions—Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA
		Beyond the Pink, Video Presentation, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
1997		Die Epoche der Moderne, Kunst im 20. Jhdt., Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
		Sinnlicher Sommer, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
		Body, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
		Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
1996		Artisti Austriaci a Roma, Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Italy
		Malerei in Österreich 1945-95, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
		Mysterium Wein, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany
		Chaos, Wahnsinn, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Germany
		L’Art au Corps, Musée D’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
		Tight: Sphincteric Arhatship, Tans-Hudson Gallery, New York, Knoxville, TN. Traveling exhibition
1995		Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
		L’Art Contemporain Autrichien, Rouen, Caen, France
1994		Malfiguren, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
		Hors Limits, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1994		L’ Incanto e la Transcendenza, Castel Ivano, Trento, Italy
		Il Paese Della Meraviglie e le Tavole Della Legge, Castello di Volpaia, Volpaia, Italy
1993		Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1992		Casula, Kunststation St. Petri, Köln, Germany
1991		Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1990		Gegenwart-Ewigkeit , Gropiusbau, Berlin, Germany
1989		Luhring Augustine & Hodes, New York, NY
1988		Teilnahme an der Biennale, Sydney, Australia
		Luhring Augustine & Hodes, New York, NY
1987		Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC
1986		Austrian Drawing, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
		Rennweg, Sala Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, Spain
		Dal Profondo, Padiglione D’Arte Contemoranea, Milan, Italy
		Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
1985		Brus, Rainer, Nitsch, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
1983		Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk, Ausstellung von HaraldSzeemann u. a., Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1982		Documenta VII, Kassel, Germany
1980		69th Action (3 hours), New York Art Fair, New York, NY
1972		Documenta V, Kassel, Germany
		39th Action (2 hours), Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York, NY
		40th Action (first 12 hour action), Mercer Arts Center, New York, NY
		58th Action (2 hours), Western Front Society, Vancouver, Canada
		59th Action (2 hours), Laica and SSB, Los Angeles, CA
1970		Happening und Fluxus, Kunstverein, Köln, Germany
		33rd Action (2 hours), Douglas College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
		34th Action (2 hours), New York State University, Binghampton, New York, NY

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS


		MoMA New York, Guggenheim New York, Metropolitan Museum New York, Yale University, Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Tate Gallery London, Musée Centre George Pompidou Paris, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven, Castello di Rivoli Turin, Sammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Düsseldorf, Museum Ludwig Köln, Lenbachhaus Munich, Nationalgalerie Munich, Graphische Sammlung Munich, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Museum Neue Galerie Saarbrücken, Schloss Moorsbroich Leverkusen, Museo Capodimonte Napels, Kunstmuseum Bern, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Museum Moderner Kunst-Stiftung Ludwig Vienna, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum Linz, Rupertinum Salzburg, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck, Sammlung Essl Klosterneuburg, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Galleria D’Arte Moderna Bologna, Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY