ALBERT OEHLEN 1954 Born in Krefeld, Germany Lives and works in Cologne SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 Albert Oehlen, Carre d Art, Nimes Museum of Contemporary Art Galerie Max Hetzler Temporary, Berlin-Charlottenburg Albert Oehlen - Werke aus der Sammlung, Sammlung Grässlin - Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen 2010 Albert Oehlen: Works from the Collection, Grässlin Art Space, St. Georgen, Germany 2009 Albert Oehlen, Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Naples, Italy Computer Paintings, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, New York Luhring Augustine, New York, New York A Vanguard With Decorum, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL Musee d Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France 2008 Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Thomas Dane Gallery, St. James s, London 2007 Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt, Germany 2006 I Will Always Champion Good Painting, Whitechapel Gallery, London Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Painter of Light, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue) I Will Always Champion Bad Painting, Arnolfini, Bristol (catalogue) Darren Almond, Albert Oehlen: Time 2 Kill, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany 2005 Albert Oehlen: I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL Albert Oehlen, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich, Switzerland Albert Oehlen-Recent Paintings, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France 2004 Peintures/Malerei 1980-2004, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland; Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain; Kunsthalle Nuremburg, Germany Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany 2003 Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Musée d Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France Paintings and Collages, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany 2001 Per Skarstedt Fine Arts, New York, NY 1
Lurhring Augustine, New York, NY Paintings, Patrick Painter, Inc, Santa Monica, CA Einladung Zur Eroffnung, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany 2000 Embers to Cry For, Patrick Painter Inc, Santa Monica, CA Höre auf zu arbeiten, kie Erregung nimmt Dir die Kraft, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany Das Privileg, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany It May Be a Year of Thirteen Moons But it's Still the Year of Culture, organized by Charisma, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland Salon, Delfina, London 1999 Galerie Freund/ Wind, Vienna, Austria Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany Lord, Pferdeflüsterer, Antichrist, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid/Seville, Spain 1998 Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark AT, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany INIT Kunst-Halle Berlin, Germany Galerie Freund/Wind, Vienna, Austria Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France 1997 Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain Galerie K, Oslo, Sweden Albert vs. History, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (catalogue) Lass Spielen (Vergessene Kinder), Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Baladas Heavy, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany Achenbach Kunstausstellungen, Düsseldorf, Germany 1996 IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain (catalogue) Obras Recientes, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain 1995 Oehlen Williams 95, (with Christopher Williams), Wexner Center for Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue) Galeria Samia Saouma, Paris, France Gemälde, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) Abortion of the Cool, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, Germany (catalogue) Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Bionic Rollo, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany Vergessen-Unmut-Runde Kugein, (with Rainald Goetz), Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY Drawings from Abortions of the Cool, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY Recent Paintings, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL 1994 Villa Arson, Nice, France (catalogue) Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain Galerie Borgmann Capitain, Köln, Germany 2
Zwel Germälde, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Malerei, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany 1993 K-Raum Daxer, Münich, Germany Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France Galerie der Stadt Weis, Austria 1992 Bruno Brunett, Berlin, Germany Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Germany Galerie Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain 1991 Drawings, Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, CA Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany Galleri Nordanstad-Skarstedt, Stockholm, Sweden Zeichnungen, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany (catalogue) 1990 Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium Die grüne Tür, Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany Realidad Abstracta, (with Markus Oehlen), Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Santander, Spain (catalogue) Vom Heissen Süden nach dem Weiten Osten, Friedrichshof, Zurnorf/Burgenland, Austria Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Germany 1989 Obras Recientes, (with Martin Kippenberger), Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria Linolschnitte +, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria; Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany (catalogue) Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, CA 1988 Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Germany Zeichnungen und Linolschnitt, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany Estrechiamento De Mente, Edition Julie Sylvester, New York, NY 1987 Retrospective, Galerie Susan Wyss, Zürich, Switzerland Abräumung Prokrustische Malerie 1982 84, Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland Der Übel, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria (catalogue) Oelbilder, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria Teppiche, Galerie Grasslin-Ehrhart, Frankfurt, Germany (catalogue) 19 Bilder, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue) 1986 Sinnlich sittliche Wirkung der Farbe, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Germany Das Medium der Fotografie ist berechtigt, Denkanstösse zu geben, CCD Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY 3
Galerie Six Friedrich, Münich, Germany (catalogue) Maximillian Verlag/Sabine Knust, Münich, Germany Zeichnungen, Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Köln, Germany (catalogue) 1985 Farbeniehre, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue) Abstrakte Bilder, Galerie Six Friedrich; Maximillian Verlag/Sabine Knust, Münich, Germany 1984 Hebben de Klassiedin geleefd?, Galerie Paul Andriesse-Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam Das Geld, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Germany (catalogue) My Mother was a Friend of the Enemy of the People, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria 1983 Die Feinde unsere Feinde sind auch unsere Feinde, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Köln, Germany Ewige Feile, Maximillian Verlag/Sabine Knust, Münich, Germany (catalogue) 1982 Montparnasse, da war das Leben klasse, Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany 1981 Bevor ihr malt, mach ich das lieber, Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany Gucken, Lecken, Kaufen, Galerie Magers, Bonn, Germany Forum Kunst, Rottwell, Germany SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Albert Oehlen/Joseph Kosuth, Galeria Juana De Aizpuru, Madrid Compass: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2010 Le Paris Bar à Paris, Suzanne Tarasieve, Loft 19, Paris Filmschönheit, Green Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY Filmschönheit, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria 2009 Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Paint Made Flesh, First Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY; The Philips Collection, Washington, DC Extended. Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg Collection, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany Rock-Paper-Scissors Pop-Music as Subject of Visual Art, Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria Three Private Views, Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Couples & Relations, Auschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Miniaturen, Barbel Graesslin, Frankfurt, Germany Major Works on Paper, Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles, CA Why Painting Now?, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, Switzerland Das Gespinst, Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany Looking Back, White Columns, New York, NY 4
2008 Abstrakt/Abstract, Museum Moderner Kunst Karnten, Klagenfurt, Austria Always There: A Group Show with Grey Paintings Part 2, Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Summer Exhibition, Skarstedt Gallery, New York 2007 Fit to Print: Printed Media in Recent Collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY Three Amigos, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany Leg Show, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA Kommando Friedrich Holderlin Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler in cooperation with Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany Concrete Works, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER! Light, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany 2006 Works on Paper, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA The Swan Is Very Peaceful, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Self Portraits, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, NY The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany 2004 Garten Eden, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany Selected Works, Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York, NY 100 Artists See God, organized by Independent Curators International, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL; The Jewish Museum San Francisco, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Memorial Art Gallery, Universtity of Rochester, NY; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN 2003 Painting Pictures, Malerei Und Medien Im Digitalen Zeitalter, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany 2002 Keine Kleinigkeit, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland Offene Haare, Offene Pferde-Amerikanische Kunst, 1933-45, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany 2001 Musterkarte - Modelos de pintura en Alemania 2001, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Goethe Institute, Centro Conde Duque, Galería Elba Benito, Madrid, Spain 2000 In Between, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany (catalogue) Biennale Buenos Aires, Argentina (catalogue) Glee: Painting Now, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, FL 1999 Decades in Dialogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Stein s Diner Kunstsalon, Galerie Freund/Wind, Vienna, Austria Richter, Bohlen, Koether, Ausstellung organislert von Albert Oehlen, Galerie Freund/Wind, Vienna, Austria Photographie, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany Nach-Bild, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland Malerei, INIT Kunst-Halle Berlin, Germany 5
Die Schule von Athen Deutsche Kunst heute, Tecnopolis, Athens, Greece 1998 Recollection, Kunstverein Graz, Austria Fast Forward Image, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany Galerie K, Oslo, Sweden El Niño, Städtsches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany (catalogue) Kunst der Gegenwart Blickwechsel, Museum für Neue Kunst, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany (catalogue) 1997 Colleció d Art Contemporani Fundació La Caixa, Centre Cultural de la Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain Display, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark Deutschlandbilder Kunst aus einem geteilten Land, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany Kunst Arbeit, Sudwest LB, Stuttgart, Germany 1996 Provins Legende l, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark 1995 Pittura/Immedia Malerei in den 90er Jahren, Neue Galerie und Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary (catalogue) Dansende Meisjes Dancing Girls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Pièces Meubles, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France Galerie K, Oslo, Sweden (catalogue) Malerei l, Das Licht von einer anderen Seite, Monika Spruth Galerie, Köln, Germany 1994 Retun of the Hero, Georg Baselitz, Gunther Förg, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, (catalogue) Herbert Brandi, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Wool, Museum of Modern Art, Prague, Czech Republic (catalogue) JETZTZEIT, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria; De Appel, Amsterdam (catalogue) 1993 Der zerbrochne Spiegel, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue) 1992 Arbeiten auf Papier, Ricci Albenda, Michael Krebber, Albert Oehlen, Wolfgang Berkowski (organized by Friedrich Petzel), Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Williams, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1991 Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) 1990 Prints and Multiples, Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, CA 1989 Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Wool, The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, IL (catalogue) Binationale, German Art of the Late 80s, The Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, Minneapolis Contemporary Arts Museum, MN; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX (catalogue) 6
Bilderstreit, Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Messe, Köln, Germany (catalogue) 1988 Binationale/The Binational, Deutsche/Amerikanische Kunst der späten 80erJahre, Städtische Kunsthalle, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany; Museum of Fine Arts, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA 1987 Q.U.I. (with Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, Markus Oehlen), Centre National des Arts Plastique, Villa Arson, Nice, France Room Enough Sammlung Schürmann, Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany (catalogue) La Coleccion Sonnabend, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (catalogue) 1986 Können wir vielleicht mal unsere Mutter wiederhaben!/what about having our mother back!, (with Werner Buttner and Georg Herold), Kunstverein Hamburg, Institute of Contemporary Art, London (catalogue) What it is, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Hoevel Schoonheld kunnen wij verdragen, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands 1984 Wahrheit ist Arbeit, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (catalogue) Origen y Vision: Nueva Pintura Alemana, Centre Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Palacio Velàzquez, Madrid, Spain Von Hier Aus, Messegelände Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Metro Pictures, New York, NY 1982 Zwölf Künstler aus Deutschland, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Rechts blinken links abbiegen (with Werner Büttner), Realismus Studio 21 der Neuen Gesselschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany Die junge Malerei in Deutschland, Galleria d Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy 1981 Bildwechsel, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) 7