John Bock

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 34 x 47 x 7 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 34 x 47 x 7 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 24 x 32 x 8 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 24 x 32 x 8 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 24 x 48 x 6 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 24 x 48 x 6 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 33 x 23,5 x 9,5 cm

Untitled, 2016, Collage, 33 x 23,5 x 9,5 cm

Die Walze, 2012, Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012, Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012 (Detail), Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012 (Detail), Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012 (Detail), Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012 (Detail), Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012 (Detail

Die Walze, 2012 (Detail "Fix Kosten", Video, 7' 33''), Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012, Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Die Walze, 2012, Wooden construction with objects, paper, textile and a video 260 x 180 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 45,5 x 19 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 45,5 x 19 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 29 x 21 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 29 x 21 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 36 x 39 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 36 x 39 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 29 x 31 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 29 x 31 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 33 x 51 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 33 x 51 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 33 x 10 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 33 x 10 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 30 x 21 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 30 x 21 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 28 x 22 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 28 x 22 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 27 x 22 cm

Untitled, 2012, Collage, 27 x 22 cm

Born 1965, in Gribbohm, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin

Education

Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK), Hamburg

Solo Exhibitions

2019

“LiquiditätsAuraAroma”, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Gallery Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
“im AntliTZ des SchädelapparaTZ”, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany

2018

“Unheil”, Sprüth Magers Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“Dead + Juicy”, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
“The Next Quasi Complex”, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

2017

Sprüth Magers Gallery Berlin, Germany
“Dead + Juicy”, The Contemporary Austin, Texas
“Glissade dans la sueur perlée des aisselles”, La Panacée, Montpellier, France
“Hell’s Bells: A Western”, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
In the Moloch of the Presence of Being, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin

2015

“Filter Up, Cuff Down, Spiral In, Ready-Done,” Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden

2014

“KNICK-FALTE IN DER SCHÄDELDECKE”, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany

2013


“sweet Sub-NOTHING-Spores”, Gallery Gió Marconi, Milano, Italy
“Im Modder der Summenmutation”, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

“Le Grand Macabre”, Opera, Chemnitz, Germany

Fries Museum Netherlands, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

“The Calligari Shintaro Western”, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia

2012

Corvi Mora, London
"Die Walze", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
"Into the Quasi-Me-Hill", DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Barneys Madison Avenue,
New York, NY
"Die abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepaeck verheddert sich im weissen Hemd", Staedelmuseum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
"Danube Festival", Kunst Halle Krems, Krems, Austria
Lecker Puste (Delicious Breath), Métamatics Research Initiative", performance at The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
"Presenza Activa / Active Presence", MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea De Vigo, Spain

2011

Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
“Im Schatten der Made (In the Shadow of the Maggot)“, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Klosterfelde Gallery, Berlin
"Lichterloh / roh", Regen Projects, Los Angeles
"John Bock: Howdy Bamington", Third Streaming, New York, NY
Schinkel Pavilllon, Berlin

2010

"Nöle," Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
John Bock, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
“New Commission for the Curve”, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
“FischGrätenMelkStand”, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
“Der Seewolf, Münster Ferry Boat”, Art Parcours at Art 41 Basel, Basel, June 17–19

2009

“Folasch”, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
“No Time No Screws”, Eleni Koroneou, Athens, Greece
"Die abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepäck verheddert sich im weissen Hemd" (fashion
show lecture), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, September 25 and 26.
"über den PARA-Behälter Sympton," Helga Maria Klosterfelde Edition, Berlin
The Big Sleep, Sadie Coles HQ, London , UK

2008

"A Lecture on a City Bus", Athens
"Film Retrospective at Mikrokosmos Cinema", Athens
"2 Handbags in a pickle", Arko Art Center; "Films Video", Insa Art Space Seoul, Korea
"Ein Lümmel dreht am Wurzelrad. Mehr Tuttifruttitpflapppen an Backen ran, ist doch allles Tabellenfehler. So’n Bergmann schwenkt in seiner Kuttelsuppe.", Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp
"Palms", Film Screening MuhkaMedia, Antwerp
"Inside Beyond", Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan
"Strategien Zur Unglücksvermeidung/ Lecture", Graz Kunshaus, Graz

2007

"Malträtierte Fregatte", Klosterfelde, Berlin
"Dandy", Sadie Coles HQ, London
"John Bock", Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"John Bock, Films", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany

2006

"John Bock: 'Zero Hero'," The Moore Loft, Miami, FL
"John Bock," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
"John Bock's Medusa im Tam Tam Club (or the Maltreated Frigate)," commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna in collaboration with Galerie Klosterfelde, at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany
"John Bock: Lütte Mit Rucola," Klosterfelde Zimmerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
"John Bock," Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien, Austria

2005

FRAC, Marseille, July 4 - October 8
A-Buba, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, March 24 - May 21

2004

"John Bock Curates", ICA, London
"MultiplexKomplex Petit-four tranmits the beWorldMigraineSolution through the
metallic NoseAirHairPeriscope + Gast" Klosterfelde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"NoseAirHairPeriscope + Gast", Klosterfelde, Berlin
"Which Feeder? ",with Bendix Harms, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
"Wenn ich in 'ne scheune gehe und kein stroh ist da, dann bin ich falsch", Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt
"Meechfieber", Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan

2003

"Klynken I Knæk/ John Bock" Arken Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej, Denmark,
November 1, 2003-February 8, 2004

2002

"mieses BrutCashFlow ist NeutraKnecht" Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien, Austria

2001

"Alice Cooper", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
"LehmLehmLehmLehmLehm," Regen Projects, Los Angeles
"When I am Looking Into the Goat Cheese Baiser, " Anton Kern Gallery, New York
"Meech City, Untitled (Tent)," Anton Kern Gallery, New York
"Ma'am Prociutto Crudo," Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg
Sadie Coles Gallery, London

2000

Museum of Modern Art, Projects 71, New York
"Multiple Quasi-Maybe-Me-Be Updown," Recent Works/Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen
"Fashion Show," Recent Works/Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen
Marcia Fortes, June, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Aller Anfang Ist Merz - Von Kurt Schwitters Bis Heute," Sprengel Museum, Hanover,
"Yes Sir No Sir," Stella Lohaus, Antwerpen neue Arbeit, Belgium
Martin Klosterfelde, Berlin
Kunstverein Bremen

1999

"Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
"Zeitwenden Rückblick und Ausblick," Kunstmuseum Bonn
"Maybe-Me-Be-Microworld," Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Lombardi Bängli, Kunsthalle, Basel
"Matthew Antezzo, John Bock, Vibeke Tandberg", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens"
"SoonSonicShySONSupernovaSideUP," Charim Klocker, Wien
"Memme Muss schlafen," S.M.A.K, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
Opt APEtrouve Moving Diagramm, Gio Marconi, Mailand
"ApproximationRezipientenbedürfniscomaUrUktraUseMaterialMiniMaxi," 48 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
"MolkeMeMindVehikle," Klosterfelde, Statement Art Basel
"Quasi-ich-isoquantenschar-Kammer," Nachbar, Galerie Krinzinger/ Benger Park
Bregenz
"Paramoderne=Rokokkogobrot," 'Kraftwerk Berlin', Aarhus Kunstmuseum/DK
"Existo-Tour 99, '"ars viva 99/00 - Grenzgänge, Casino Luxembourg
Schnitt Ausstellungsraum, Cologne
"Der Fall des reinen Tausches in der Edgeworth-Box, ","Home & Away", Expo Café und Kunstverein Hanover (Kat)
Bildung Information, Kommunikation und Didaktik in der zeitgenössischen bildenden
Kunst, steirischer herbst, Graz

1998

"1Mio $ Knödel Kisses, (1 Million Dumpling Kisses)," Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Tirol,
Österreich
"Heu in der Kadernwelle, (Hay in the Tractor-Hitch)," Berlin
"Regardez le Discjockey Long John Silver," Städt. Museum am Abteiberg
"MienGribbohmWien, (My GribbohmVienna)," Wiener Secession, Vienna
"Silageproppen verstopft den Streptopenfluss im Love-Time-Multiplikator,
(Caulk Clogs Strept-River in the Love-Time-Multiplier)," Offenbach
"Kunst und Papier auf dem Laufsteg, (Love and Paper on the Runway)," Deutsche
Guggenheim, Berlin
"BommelbabyfaceNelson,(Pompom-Babyface-Nelson)," Laurids & Mattheus,
Karlsruhe
"Meechfieber im Paradoxonmodderkarton, (Meechfever in Paradox-Mold-Box)," H.M.
Klosterfelde, Hamburg

1997

"Am Tüddelband der Liebeselastizität," (On the Tuddelband of Love-Elasticity), element,
Berlin
"Rasputin ist Mütterchen, (Rasputin is Mommy)," Performatrix, KX, Hamburg
"Das Gängelband der Kunstwohlfahrt, (The Reins of Art-Welfare), Klosterfelde, Berlin
"Molloch," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Die molekulare Heimsuchung des Herrn 0.47, (The Molecular Affliction of Mr. 0.47),"
Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)

1996

"Die dynamische Nacht des Tiberius, (The Dynamic Night of Tiberius)" Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Die Drecksschleuder, (The Dirt Sling)," Frankfurt
"Gribbohm," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Der Onkel im Koffer, (The Uncle in the Suitcase)," Maastricht
"Der Heilige Anwalt in Antwerpen, (The Holy Lawyer of Antwerp)," Lokaal 05, Antwerp

1995

"Der Fremde in der 4. Etage, (The Stranger on the 4th Floor), Trojanisches Schiff,
Hamburg
"Das Feld, (The Field)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Das Kunstwerk des 21. Jahrhunderts, (The Artwork of the 21st Century)," Friedensallee 12, Hamburg

1994

"Törtchen der Leidenschaft, (Tartlet of Passion)," Westwerk, Hamburg
"Heilung Nr. 4, (Healing #4)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Kunstkarton, (Art-Box)," Kunsthaus, Hamburg

1993

"Elefant, (Elephant)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"4 x Rezipientenmodelle, (4 x Recipient-Models)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste
(HfBK)
"Die Kunstwohlfahrtsmaschine, (The Art-Welfare-Machine)," Hochschule für Bildende
Künste (HfBK)
"Komparativer Kunstfähigkeitsvorteil, (Comparative Artistic-Advantage)," Friedensallee 12, Hamburg
"Der kleine Rezipient und der grosse Rezipient, (The Small Recipient and the Large
Recipient)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Drei Räume, (Three Spaces)," not executed.
"Haschkeks, (Hash Cookie)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)

1992

"Mord und Robotermalerei, (Murder and Robot-Painting)," Pudelsclub, Hamburg
"Kunst-Mädchen-Erfolg-Tod, (Art-Girl-Success-Death)," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Jackson-Action," Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Paul-Eluard-Gesichtskorrektur, (Paul-Eluard-Face-Correction)," Hochschule für
Bildende Künste (HfBK)
"Wie werde ich berühmt?, (How Do I Become Famous?)," Hochschule für Bildende
Künste (HfBK)

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2019

Territorium, Kunsthalle Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland
Fuzzy Dark Spot, Sammlung Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Uferhallen Kunstaktien, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
New Acquisitions 2017 – 2018, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
ankst, Städtische Galerie Cordonhaus Cham, Bavaria, Germany

2018

Exhibiting the Exhibition: From the Cabinet of Curiosities to the Curatorial Situation, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Pizza is God, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Art of Recollecting, G2, Leipzig, Germany
Club Conscious, Observatorium, Meatpack, Antwerp, Belgium

2017

And Then There Were None, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany
Berlin Now, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Atopía, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru
Silent Empire, Funkhaus Berlin, Germany
Portfolio Berlin 03, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Once upon a time... The Western – A new frontier in Art and Film, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada
The Inner Skin: Art and Shame, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Atlas I, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
“Odoiporiko”, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens

2016

“Flying over the Abyss”, NEON Foundation, Athens Conservatoire, Athens
“Implosion 20”, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
“Ich”, Schrin Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
“ILLUMINATION”, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Nothing Happens, Twice: Artists Explore Absurdity”, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK
“Verlottertertes Requiem”, Ich, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
“Labskaus, Wolfsburg Unlimited, - A City as World Laboratory”, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Walkers. Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact, Museum of Moving Image, New York

2015

“Same But Different”, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
“Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim,” Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
“NGORONGORO,” Lehderstrasse 34, Berlin, Germany
“Bare Wunder,” curated by Veit Loers, Seis + Höke, Dusseldorf, Germany
“Poor Art - Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968-2015,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
“Cannibalism? On Appropriation in Art,” Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
“YES WE'RE OPEN,” Giò Marconi, Milan, Italy
“La La La Human Steps,” Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2014

"Bloodflames Revisited," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
"The Best of Times, the Worst of Times Revisited Kiev Biennale Selection," Chronos Art Center, Shanghai, China
"PAPERWORLDS. Childhood Drawings by Contemporary Artists," me collectors room, Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany
"Homunculus: Playing the Masculine Pathetic," film screening, curated by James Boaden, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
"I'm Still Here," Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
"High Performance. Die JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION zu Gast im ZKM. Zeitbasierte Medienkunst seit 1996," Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
"Der Stachel des Skorpions – Ein Cadavre Excuis Nach Buñuels 'L'Âge d'Or'," Villa Stuck Munich, Munich Germany; traveled to Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany; Berlin Gallery Weekend, Radialsystem, Berlin Germany
Independent, New York, New York
"8. Bremer Kunstfrühling, Bremen, Germany" films by John Bock, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany and Little Forest
"Atopia: Migration, Heritage, and Placelessness. Works from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection," Museo de Arte Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico
"Unlimited," Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
"Broken. Slapstick, Comedy, and Black Humor: Goetz Collection," Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
"Lens-Based Sculpture," Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

2013


"The Best of Times, the Worst of Times Revisited Kiev Biennale Selection", Chronos Art Center, Shanghai, China
"The Best of Times, the Worst of Times Revisited Kiev Biennale Selection", TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland (tbc)
"Slapstick!", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
"METAMATIC Reloaded", Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
"ARCTIC", Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
"Palazzo Enciclopedico" - 55th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2013, Venice, Italy

"ARTZUID 2013", Amsterdam, Netherlands

"The System of Objects", works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece
"Nur Skulptur", Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

"Exquisite Corpse", Vallois, Paris, France

"Number Six: Flaming Creatures", Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany

"HEIMsuchung-Unsichere Räume (Unsafe Spaces in Contemporary Art)", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

2012

"Number Six: Flaming Creatures", Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
"ALPENREPUBLIK," Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
"TRACK," S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
"Skulptur," Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany
"destefashioncollection," Barney's New York
"Arsenale 2012: The First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art," Kyiv, Ukraine
"Active Presence, Action, Object and Public," MARCO, Vigo, Spain
"Rohkhunstbau XIX Moral," Rokunstkfestival 2012, Marquardt, Germany

2011

"International Biennial of Contemporary Art or Curitiba: Beyond the Crisis," Curitiba, Brazil
"Knock, Knock! From the Collection of Paul and Sara Monroe," Anderson Gallery, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond
"The Luminous Interval: The D.Daskalopoulos Collection," Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
"CLAP", Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY

2010

"This and That", Corvi-Mora, London, UK
"Adaptation: Between Species", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
17th Biennale of Sydney – The Beauty and the Distance, Sydney, Australia
CAC, Málaga, Spain
"Skin Fruit, Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection", New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Permanent Trouble“ – Aktuelle Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp, KOG Kunstforum
Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
"Roboterträume", Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland

2009

“The Spirit of the Haus-20 Jahre“, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
“Berlin 2000“, Pace Wildenstein, New York
“My Summer Show“, Gallerie LeLong, New York
"Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation", Museum of Modern
Art, New York
"Time Out Beijing Video art festival", Beijing, touring to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kuala
"Lumpur", Singapore, Bangalore, Mumbai, Dubai and Tokyo
"Vlassis Caniaris. In Contrapunto". National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation / M.I.E.T.,
Athens
"Sur Le Dandysme Aujourd'hui", Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Pamplona, Spain,
Helga Maria Kolsterfelde, Berlin
"Künstlergesprach mit Julia Stoschek", Münster (films: Urhütte, Hysterie im Nonchalance,
"Inside Beyond", KunstFilmBiennale on Tour, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany (film: Palms)
"Repeat all", MIS, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"The harder you look", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
“Klütterkammer “, ICA book launch, Walther König Buchhandlung
"Performative Impulses", Pinacoteca di Bari Tank TV, internet exhibition
KunstFilmBiennale on Tour, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France,
"Stressed Spaces", multistory car park, KW14,‘s- Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands
"Filmshooting for Kie Ellens", Walhouse Film, Groningen, Netherlands
"Fashionshow", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Il Giardino dei Lauri, Citta della Pieve, Italy
"Eating the Universe. Vom Essen in der Kunst", Kunstahalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf,
Germany
"(re)Visions:(di)Visions", Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
"TreppeHochStrichPunkt", Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany

2008

"When It’s a Photograph", Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
"Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities", Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Pivot Points Part 1", Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London
"The Hamsterwheel", Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (cat.)
"Laughing in a Foreign Language", Hayward Gallery, London, UK
"Feelgood things", Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist
"Videozone 4 (Videozone)", International Video-Art Biennial, Tel Aviv
ome-in. Interior Design as a Contemporary Art Medium in Germany, Galeri Nasional
Indonesia, Jakarta
"Number Two: Fragile", Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf
"La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network", FRAC, Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
"The sublime is now", Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena
"ForgottenBar Project", Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
"Call it what you like", Collection Rik Reinking, Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg
"Vertrautes Terrain", Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst
und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
"E-flux Video Rental", Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
The ICA Auction Exhibition, Insitute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
"The Hamsterwheel", Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
"Tempo Tempo!", Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
"Second Thoughts", Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
abc-art berlin contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2007

"Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century", New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
"Performa 07 – The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance", Performa, New York
"When We Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever", BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
"To be Continued...", Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
"Destroy Athens", 1st Athens Biennial 2007, Athens
"Fractured Figure: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection," Deste Foundation for
Contemporary Art, Athens
"Live/Work: Performance Into Drawing," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"Franz West – Souffle, eine Massenausstellung", Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
"Re-Dis-Play", Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
"Ironie der Objekte", MUSEION – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bozen/ Bolzano

2006

"Yes Bruce Nauman," Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY
"Constructing New Berlin," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizon

2005

"A Certain Tendency in Representation - Cineclub," curated by Francesco Manacorda,
Thomas Dane, London, England
"Girls on Film," curated by Kristine Bell, Zwiner and Wirth Gallery, New York, NY
"Portrait," Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien, Austria, June 17 – July 30, 2005
"Life and Limb," curated by David Humphrey, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Reykjavik Arts Festival 2005, Iceland

2004

“John Bock and Bendix Harms,” Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
"I am the Walrus," Cheim & Read, New York, NY, June 10 – July 30, 2004

2003

"Inaugural Exhibition," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, January 25 - March 8
“Editions and Multiples 1990 – 2003,” Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg, Germany,
March 21- May 5, 2003
“The Great Drawing Show: 1550-2003 A.D.” Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, April
12-May 31, 2003

2002

"Documenta 11," Documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-Gmbh,
Kassel, Germany, June 8 - September 15, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Catalogue
"Recent Acquisitions," Frac Champagne-Ardenne, France, November 14 - January
5,2003
"Do It," Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, San Angel, Mexico, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
with Pamela Echeverria
"Penetration," curated by Mark Fletcher, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, June 6 - August 15

2001

"Drawings," Regen Projects, Los Angeles
"April is the Cruelest Month," Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp
"Hypermental. Rampant Reality 1950-2000, Kunsthalle, Hamburg
“New Settlements," Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
"Magazin 3," Stockholm
"I Love NY," Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

2000

"Death Race 2000," Thread Waxing Space, New York
"Drawing 2000," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
"Koppel op Kop, Ars Viva," Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany Kunst Museum,
Düsseldorf, Germany, February
"Existo-Tour 99," ars Viva, Kunsthaus Dresden
Art Auction, MoCA, Los Angeles
Jacob Fabricus, Modenschau aus MoMA
FRAC, Reims, June, France
"Rückblick und Ausblick," July, Vienna, Austria.
Sprengel Museum Hanover, August, Germany

1999

"Children of Berlin," PS1, New York
"German Open," Kunst Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany

1998

Venice Biennale, Venice
"LiquiditätAuraAromaPortfolio, (Liquid-Aura-Aroma-Portfolio)," Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany

Awards

ars viva 99/00 - prize given by German Chamber of Commerce
Catalogue prize by Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung