The Exhibition in Düsseldorf opens on Tuesday August 25th - 5th October 2009 at the "Malkasten" www.malkasten.org/
The Malkasten operates like a small Kunstverein . There might be some surprises in the exhibition as I revisit my postcard theme.
Education / Ausbildung
Oct. 1996 - June 1998 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Professor Fritz Schwegler Sept. 1987 - June 1990 Camberwell School of Art, London
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting)Sept. 1986 - June 1987 Hastings College of Arts
Hastings, East Sussex
Pre BA Foundation Course in Art and Design.Scholarships / Stipendien
Oct. 1993 - June 1994 Stipendiat der Stadt Mannheim,
Artist in Residence of the city of Mannheim, GermanySolo Exhibitions (Selection) / Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
2021 Upcoming Archipelago of The Mind, ZAK - Center of Contemporary Art, Zitadelle, Berlin 2020 Norwegian Wood, Dirk Lehr Collection, Berlin 2019 Libertine Island, Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin 2017 Circadian Rhythm, Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin 2015
Virtual Being, Garis & Hahn, New York
In Search of Lost Time, Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Holy & Ghost, Church of St. Eduard, Berlin2014 Refecting Realities, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
2Q14 Speculative Realism, Lehr Zeitgnössische Kunst, Berlin
Telling Tales, Bridport Art Centre, Bridport, UK
Double Vision, Galerie Lichtpunkt / Anbacher Contemporary, Munich2013 2Q13 Speculative Realism, Lehr Zeitgnössische Kunst, Cologne 2012 Unnatural History, Edelman Arts, New York 2011 Weird Science, Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Cologne
Shooting Artists with Fabien Verschaere, La Pagode, Paris2010 Wild Life, Reiss Engelhorn Museum, REM, Mannheim
Evolution, Edelman Arts, New York
Black Ghosts, Galerie Nord Kunstverein Tiergarten, BerlinPablo Picasso Zwischen Arena und Arkadien, Performance Channelling Picasso, Städtisches Museum, Albstadt Germany 2009 Tales of Trust, Lehr Zeitgnössische Kunst, ColognePostcards from The Edge, Malkasten, Düsseldorf 2008 Spook-a-rama, Edelman Arts, New YorkBig Small Works, Edelman Arts, New York2007
Hitzefrei, Drive Thru Gallery, Bauhaus Museum Dessau / Aschersleben Project, Aschersleben. Curated by Detlef Weitz and Sonja Beeck.
Songs of Innocence, Neuhoff Edelman Gallery, New York2006 Virgin Forest, Salander O'Reilly - Edelman Arts, New York 2005 If things get real, Galerie Jaspers, Munich 2004 Passion, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne
Things to Come, Basilika von St.Bonifaz, Munich2003 Innocent Spaces, Artax, Düsseldorf
Heimat, Forum in Dominikanerkloster, Frankfurt2002 Bavarian Heaven, Wilhelm-Hack Museum,Ludwigshafen
Winterwonderland, Oberwelt, Stuttgart2001 Amazing Stories, Enders Projects, Frankfurt 2000 Holiday, Galerie Neue Kunst,Mannheim 1999 Kindergarten, Enders Projects, Frankfurt
Bavarian Bus Tour Massacre, Onomato Video Archiv, Düsseldorf
Alien Sex Invaders, Raum X, Düsseldorf1995 Witness, Academia, Mannheim 1994 Ice Houses, Galerie Säule, Mannheim 1993 Illuminations, Reiss Engelhorn Museum, REM, Mannheim Special X Exhibitions / Ausstellungen
2012 Slogans with Documentale 14, Forelle, Berlin 2010 Tape No.11 Curated by Anna Erickson, Tape Modern, Berlin 2005 The Manifesto Show, Special X, Fleischzeigt, Berlin
Gothic Corner, Special X, Glue, Berlin2004 We Love Art, Special X, Künstbüro, Düsseldorf Group Exhibitions (Selection) / Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
2020 Blue., with David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, Callum Innes, Henri Matisse, Mark Tansey, Joan Mitchell, Yves Klein, Odilon Redon, Helen Frankenthaler, Nassau County Museum, New York
50/50, Curated by Grigori Dor & Mascha Naumova, Paul-Fleischmann-Haus, Berlin
Inventory #1, Karl Oskar Gallery Berlin
Me, Myself and I, 3D Virtual Exhibition, Dirk Lehr Collection, Berlin and Leo Kuelbs Collection, New York2019 Our Darkness, Leo Kuelb Collection & Dirk Lehr Collection, Berlin
Flying Letters /Flublätter, Clay Street Press, Cincinnati, USA
Photospiel, with Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer & Dieter Roth, Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin2018 Rohkunstbau XXIV, Mind The Gap, Curated by Mark Gisbourne with Magdalene Jetelová, Holly Hendry, Kate McMillan. Schloss Lieberose, Germany
Flublätter/Chirashi, Curated by Kenzo Onoda + Birgit Jensen, Renga_Gura Museum, Maebashi, Japan
Mystic, Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin
Bitch Material, curated by Saralisa Volm + Britta Helbig, with Pipilotti Rist, Tracey Snelling, Candice Breitz, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Works on Paper Revisited, with Matthew Barney and Vanessa Woods, Kit Schulte Art Consulting, Berlin2017 Tierisch Beste Freunde, Exhibition about humans relationship to animals, curated by Viktoria Krason und Dr. Christoph Willmitzer, Deutsches Hygenie Museum, Dresden
Under Construction, curated by Römer+Römer with Sophie Calle, Michael Sailstorfer and Thomas Rentmeister. Schaufenster Gallery, Berlin
Yours Faithfully, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
Peep Show, Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Mitte Media Festival, Fata Morgana Gallery, Berlin
Contemporary Art Ruhr, World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein, Essen2016 A New Language, Curated and exhibited 23 International Artists at the Contemporary Arts Festival ROOT 1066, Observer Building, Hastings, UK.
lllusion, Desire and Reality, Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
service compris, Ambacher Contemporary München/Paris and Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst Berlin2015 Four Calling Birds, curated by Mark Gisbourne with Ryan Mosely, Angelika Arendt, Martin Assig and Sandra Boeschenstein, Satellite Gallery, Berlin
Gib mir das Sommerloch, with Douglas Gordon and Martin Kippenberger Anna Jill Lüpertz Gallery, Berlin
Unfamiliar, Millerntor Gallery, St. Pauli Football Stadium, Hamburg2014 Aftershock, Impact of Radical Art, Edelman Arts, New York
No More Drama in my Life, Lehr Zeitgnössische Kunst, Berlin2013 Lügengeschichte, Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Berlin
Landschaftskult, part of the series "Shape the Scape" curated by Agnes Hofmann. Lehr Zeitgenössiche Kunst, Cologne2012 Dialogues Between Art and Design, Curated by Murray Moss, Phillips de Pury, New York
St.Sebastian Group Show, Edelman Arts, New York
Facets of Figuration, (Art) Amalgamated, New York
Gästeliste / Guestlist, Lehr Zeitgenössiche Kunst, Cologne
The Andy Wall Whores, Trinity Gallery, Hastings, UK2011 Peep Show, curated and exhibited, Tape Modern, Berlin
On View, Edelman Arts, New York
Summer Nights Dream, Roemer9, Frankfurt
The Magic Sexy Templeloch of Wonderspirit, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin2010 Cover-Up, Curated and exhibited, 19 artists (Olaf Breuning, Thorsten Brinkmann, Leigh Bowery) Tape Modern, Berlin
Drucksachen, Lehr Zeitgenössiche Kunst, Cologne
Film Winter, Film Festival Mixed-Media, H7 Raumaufzeit, Stuttgart.
No.13, Tape Modern, Berlin2007 Summer, Neuhoff Edelman Gallery, New York 2006 Surrealism: Then & Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery & Edelman Arts, Inc., NY
Winter Show, Galerie Gmurzynska, St. Moritz
Trees, Salander O’Reilly, New York2005 Origins and Nations, Galerie Nord Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin 2003 Small Formats, Galerie Neue kunst, Mannheim 2002 Der Berg, Heidelberg Kunstverein, Heidelberg
Saar Ferngas Förderpreis, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Event Horizon, Lothringer13, Munich2001 Filmbar, Video Programm, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Sommeraustellung, Galerie Neue Kunst, Mannheim
Miscellaneous, Enders Projects, Frankfurt
Action Disco, Plus, Düsseldorf
Videoprogram, Projektraum,Berlin1999 Videoprogramm, Voges und Deisen, Frankfurt
une légende à suivre...., le Crédac, Centre d'art d'Ivry, Paris
Networking, P-House Gallery, Tokyo
Fliegen eröffnet, Städtische Galerie, Moers1998 Dessins, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Terminal, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
From Here, High Street Project, Christchurch, New Zealand
toi toi toi, Die Werkstatt, Düsseldorf1997 Picture Stories, Victoria Miro, London
003 Blondes (Too Young To Die), Gasworks, London
Too Young To Die, kj Galerie, Cologne1992 Chlorine, Second show with Bank, Marshall Street Baths, Soho, London 1991 Bank Show,First show with Bank, The Bank, Lewisham Way, London
Museum Collections |
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Berlinische Galerie Museum, Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture, Berlin, Germany
Vassar College, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center , New York, USA
Julio Serrano Segovia Collection, and Fundación Amparo y Manuel (AMMA), Mexico City
Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Also in many private collections throughout the world including Krystyna Gmurzynska, the Rothschilds and the Borghese.