Johannes Wohnseifer — Biography



1967 Born in Cologne

 

 AWARDS

2000    City of Cologne’s Award for Most Promising Young Artist, Stapelhaus, Germany


SOLO EXHIBTIONS

2008    Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany

2007           "Kleenex Mathematics," Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada*
"Recent Sex/Love Works," Johann König, Berlin, Germany
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

2006        “New Alphabet,“ Casey Kaplan, New York
       Gallerie K, Oslo, Norway

2005        “Enhance Potential Quality,“ Johann König, Berlin, Germany
“Irresistible Impulse,“ Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany
       “Some Black Diamonds,“ Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

2004        “Father & Son (Reconstruction of Birth),“ Casey Kaplan, New York
“Kapelle,“ Johann König, Berlin, Germany
“Enclave/Exclave,“ Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland

2003         “Leere & Gewalt 1978-2003,“ Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
“Into the Light,“ Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
“What Has Bilderberg Twodo With Black Helicopters,“ Neuer Aachener
Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2002             “Elimination of Dialogue,“ Galerie Johann König, Berlin, Germany
“Silke Schatz¬ Johannes Wohnseifer," Ehemalige Reichsabtei, Aachen-Kornelimünster, Germany    

2001/00     “This Night Worldwide,“ Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
“Force the World to Do Mistakes,“ Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland
“I’m Beginning to See the Light,“ Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst,
Oldenburg, Germany
“Break Down Lounge,“ Art Cologne, Germany
“Der Stadtstreicher 2,“ Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Förderpreis der Stadt Köln (City of Cologne’s Award for Most Promising
Young Artist), Stapelhaus, Cologne, Germany

1999          “Museum,“ Projektraum, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
       “Hot Rod Houses,“ Deutsche Bank, Olpe, Germany

1998        “Der Stadtstreicher,“ Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
“Peter Mertes Stipendium 1998,’ with Monika Baer, Bonner Kunstverein, Germany
“Backwords/Forewords,“ with Mark Gonzales, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg,  Mönchengladbach, Germany

1997         “Psilocybin Experience,“ Nice Fine Arts, Nice, France
       “Braunmusic Live,“ Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

1996         “MOMAS-Guard,“ Museum of Modern Art Syros, Greece
“10 Portraits,“ Bundesverkehrsministerium, Bonn, Germany

1995        “Spindy,“ Neugerriemschneider, Cologne, Germany
       “Spindy B,“ Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

1993         “Grid painting with two holes,“ Kunstverein Kippenberger, Germany
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(* indicates publication)

2007    „Bodypoliticx,“ curated by Florian Waldvogel and Thomas Edlinger, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
„Images of Society. Contemporary Painting,“ Kunstverein, Hamburg, Deutschland
"Beneath The Underdog,” Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY        
"Auto/Emotion: Autobiography, Emotion, and Self-Fashioning," The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
"Conditions of display," The Moore Space, Miami, FL
" Nicolas Bourriaud," 2nd Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, Russia "Bodycheck," Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany

2006    "Personal Affaiars - Neue Formen der Intimität," Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
"Jahresgaben 2006," Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
"all our tomorrows: the culture of camoflouge," Kunstraum der Universitaet Lueneburg, Lueneberg, Germany
“Inaugural Exhibition,“ Johann König, Berlin, Germany
“Twelve Hour Museum,“ Arts Initiative Residence, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
   "The Triumph of Painting: Part 5,“ The Saatchi Gallery, London, England

2005    "Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition,“ Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany
“Customization Number One,“ Commes des Garcons Guerrilla Store, Köln, Germany
„Superstars,“ Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria
   “And to stop you interfering, I shall have to dematerlialize you again,” Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
“10 Foreign Artists,“ Galleri K, Oslo, Norway
„La Nouvelle Peinture Allemande,“ Carré d“art-Musée d’art Contemporain, Nimes, France
Tsuyoshi Ozawa & Johannes Wohnseifer,“ Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
„The Triumph of Painting: Part 3,“ The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
„Goodbye Fourteenth Street,“ Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
“Post Notes,” Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England; Midway Contemporary Art, Minnesota, MN

2004        “Art Scope 2004: Cityscape into Art--Michiko Shoji + Johannes Wohnseifer,“
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan*
“Works I Told You About,“ Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
“Connected Presence: Jeppe Hein and Johannes Wohnseifer,“ Union Gallery, London, UK
„Megenbüro,“ The Changing Room, Stirling, Scotland
“Werke aus der Sammlung Boros,“ ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany*
“Firewall,“ Ausstellungshalle, Münster, Germany
“NAK,“ Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2003    “Deutschemaelreizweitausenddrei,“ Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
“Hein, Schellberg, Wohnseifer,“ Schnitt Raum, Cologne, Germany
“Schweigen,“ Oberlandesgericht Köln, Cologne, Germany
“Precise Models,“ Remont, Belgrad, Germany
“Autobiographie schreiben,“ Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
“Mengenbuero/Brasilia 2003,“ arte 21 – Escriterio de Arte e Projetos Culturais, Brazil

2002    “Ars Viva 01/02,“ Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar; Neues Museum für Kunst und Design, Nuremberg; Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
“No Return - Sammlung Haubrok,“ Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
“Hell,” Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
“Prophets of Boom,” Kunstalle Baden Baden, Germany
“Kunst nach Kunst,“ Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
“The Moving Collection,” Tokyo, Japan
“Solitudes,” Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
“Total Überzogen,“ Edith-Russ-Haus für Medieenkunst, Oldenburg, Germany

2001        “Le Repubbliche dell'arte: Germania,“ Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
“Superman in Bed – Kunst der Gegenwart und Fotografie,“ Sammlung Schürmann Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany*
“Wertwechsel,“ Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany
“Videofilme von Künstlern,“ Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Reckinghausen, Germany
Musterkarte – Modelos De Pintura Alemana En El 2001
       Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Galeria Elba Benitez,
       Museo Municipal, Goethe Institut, Madrid, Spain*
Playstation Düsseldorf, Germany
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Germany
Cargo Bagagehal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yokohama Triennale 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
Ars Viva 2001, Köln, Germany
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln, Germany*
Köln Skulptur 3, Skulpturenpark Köln, Germany*
Profiler Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

2000        “Körperertuechtigung,“ Galerie Fiebach Minninger, Köln, Germany*
Wider Bild Gegen Wart Raum aktueller Kunst, Martin Janda, Vienna
“3. Videofestival - Start Your Engines,” Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland
“Viva Maria III,” Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
“Deep Distance,” Kunsthalle Basel (cat.), Switzerland
“Delay,“ Forum Stadtpark, Graz (cat.)
“Enter the Dragon,“ Cultural Production Company, Hong Kong, China *
Wider Bild Gegen Wart NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
“Sneakers,“ Museum für Design der 60er & 70er Jahre, Köln, Germany
“Art in the World 2000,” Pont Alexandre III, Paris *
“Mengenbüro II,” Scuc Gallery, Lubljana, Slovenia
“Combinazione!” Musée d’art Contemporain Lyon, France
“Nuit & Jour,” Trafic, FRAC Haute-Normandie, France

2000        “Version_2000,“ Centre pour l'Image, Genf*
“Vier Fäuste für ein Halleluja,“ Khoury & Khoury, Köln, Germany

1999    “My Name,“ Sammlung Falckenberg Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany*
Videos, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzrerland
Wohin kein Auge reicht
       Triennale der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany*
“Mode of Art,“ Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany*
Freies Rheinland, Cologne, Germany
       Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
„German Open,“ Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany*
“Ticker,“ Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
“Don't Stop,“ filme für die neunziger Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

1998        “Someone else with my fingerprints,” SK-Stiftung Kultur, Köln, Germany
       Kunstverein München, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany*
“Videofilme,“ Wien/Rheineck/Köln/London/Genf
Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzrerland
“Fast Forward - Trade Marks,” Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
“Summary,“ Galerie Hoffmann & Senn, Vienna
Sammlerstücke 1, Sammlung Schürmann Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany
“El Nino - Gebt mir das Sommerloch,“ Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (cat.)
mengenbüroNeuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Entropie zuhause Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
Herbert Fuchs, Dave Muller, Johannes Wohnseifer, MAK Center, Mackey House, Los Angeles

1997        “Someone else with my Fingerprints,” David Zwirner Gallery, New York
       Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland*
“Erotika,“ Villa Arson, Nice, France
“One of you, Among you, With you,” Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain

1995        “Smells Like Vinylà,” curated by Sarah Seager & Thaddeus Strode
       Roger Merians Gallery, New York
Filmcuts, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany

1993        Frauenkunst - Männerkunst
       Kunstverein Kippenberger Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
“Dear John,“ Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln, Germany


PUBLIC PROJECTS

2005         Coca-Cola Light Art Edition


PERMANENT COLLECTION

The Judith Rothschild Foundation at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Daimler Chrysler Contemporary Art Collection, Berlin, Germany


PUBLICATIONS

Johannes Wohnseifer, (artist book), The Primer, Paris: Christophe Daviet - Thery, 2007.
Johannes Wohnseifer, Johannes Wohnseifer: Werkverzeichnis 1992 - 2007, Zürich: JRP| Ringier Kunstverlag AG, 2007.
Johannes Whonseifer, (artist book) Kleenex Mathematics Lynn Valley 2, Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery and Bywater Bros. Editions, 2007.
Johannes Whonseifer & Richard Massey (eds.), The K-Collection (Cologne, Miami, Oslo). von     Johannes Wohnseifer, London: Koenig Books, 2006.
Uta Grosenick, ed., Art Now vol. 2, Koln & Los Angeles: Taschen, 2005
Strange, Raimer, ed. Johannes Wohnseifer: Self Destroying History. Zug, Switzerland: Fine Arts     Unternehmen Books, 2003.
Uta Grosenick & Burkhard Riemschneider, eds. Art Now: 137 Artists at the Rise of the New     Millennium. Köln & Great Britiain: Taschen, 2002.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Raimar Stange  „Und/and Spams“ Spike, Art Quarterly. September 2007, P.70-77
Lapp, Axel,  “Johannes Wohenseifer: Recent Sex / Love Works,“ ArtReview, May 2007, p. 136.
Rosenberg, Karen, “Johannes Wohnseifer:“ New Alphabet,“ in Art Listings, New York Magazine,     February 27, 2006, p. 98
Johnson, Ken, [Online, Internet], "Art Listings,“ The New York Times, February 17, 2006, Available:     http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/arts/design/17art.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1
Conti, Andrew, [Online, Internet], "Art Scope 2004: Cityscape Into Art—Michiko Shoji & Johannes     Wohnseifer,“ Metropolis Arts and Entertainment,
   Available: http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyo/569/art.asp        
Wohnseifer, Johannes, "The Artists’ Artists,“ Artforum, December 2005, p. 108.
Scholis, Brian, [Online, Internet], "Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition in Berlin,“ Artforum,     February 3, 2005, http://www.artforum.com/diary/
Chasin, Noah, “Johannes Wohnseifer: Father and Son,“ Time Out New York, September 30     October 7, 2004.
Scharrer, Eva [Online, Internet], “Critic’s picks: Johannes Wohnseifer,“ Artforum, Available:     http://www.artforum.com, June 2004.
Stange, Raimar, “Johannes Wohnseifer,“ Flash Art, October 2002, p. 107.
Liebs, Holger, “Johannes Wohnseifer,“ Frieze, Issue 57, March 2001.
Dziewior, Yilmaz, “Johannes Wohnseifer: Museum Ludwig Köln,“ Artforum, 1999.