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Lothar Hempel

Born in Cologne 1966
Lives and works in Berlin

Education

• 1987-1992 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf

Solo Exhibitions

2010

• Silberblick / Squint, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
• Pyramix Pix, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin

2009

• Kats, Nerves, Shadows & Gin, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• MGM, Oslo
• Cafe Kaputt, Gio Marconi, Milan

2008

• Casanova & Other Problems, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
• Casanova, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
• Signal, Galerie Art Concept, Paris

2007

• Alphabet City, Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
• Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
• Effetti Speciali, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2006

• Vanessa Baird – Me, myself and the other one, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
• Umbrella, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• Tarantella, Bar Ornella, Cologne

2005

• Casa Musica (extrema), Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2004

• Fieber/Fever: 5 New Paintings and Other Stories, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• Ikarus, Art:Concept, Paris
• On The Olympus, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens
• Versteck!, with Petra Hollenbach, Parkhaus, Dusseldorf

2003

• Der Gesang der Vögel ist Sinnlos!, The Song of the Bird is Nonsense, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

2002

• Diamanten, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
• Fleisch: Maschine, Magnani, London
• Concentrations 42, Dallas Museum, Dallas
• Propaganda, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London
• Wespennest, Dallas Museum, Dallas

2001

• Magnet, Art:Concept, Paris

2000

• Das Orakel l’chelt. das Orakel lacht. das Orakel l’chelt, Ars Futura Galerie, Zurich
• An Schlaf ist Nicht zu Denken, Lab of Gravity, Hamburg
• Wespennest, (Wasps Nest) Anton Kern Gallery, New York

1999

• Amerika Verschwindet nur das L’cheln Bleibt (America Disappears Only the Smile Remains), Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• KAPUTT und die Folgen (Kaputt and the Consequences), Robert Prime, London
• Videos, Centre Saint Gervais, Geneva

1998

• Ein Sandstrand voll Glas (A Beach Full of Glass), Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• Kunstschnee will Schmelzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1997

• Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Robert Prime, London
• This Bittersweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

1996

• Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• The Bienenkorb Times, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne

1994

• LOW, Artistbooth, Cologne Art Fair, Cologne Germany
• LA BOUM, with Thorsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm
• OMRON, six videos by Lothar Hempel, Preview Theatre Wardour Street, London
• Bewegungslehre (No Future), Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne

1992

• 240 Minuten, with George Graw, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne

Group Exhibitions

2010

• “IDEOLECT”, curated by Dirk Snauwaert, as part of the festival “Poetry in double time. A small lovely rustling Revolution”, various locations Bruges
• Crosstown Traffic, Wentrup, Berlin
• Cinematique, esthetique, politique, hermetique, Art:Concept, Paris

2009

• Beaufort 03, Triennial for Contemporary Art, Blankenberge
  
• SCULPTURE SHOW, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
• Jean-Luc Blanc: Opéra Rock, curated by Alexis Vaillant, CAPC Musée d`Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
• Heaven, Athens Biennale, Athens
• Biennale Estuaire Nantes < > St. Nazaires, Fond régional d`Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire / Hangar à bananes, St. Nazaire
• Art Foundation Mallorca, Centro Cultural, Andratx CCA, Andratx
• Festival de la creation du Centre Pompidou, Conciergerie, Paris
• Birds love fish, CHERT, Berlin
• Un Plan simple, Maison populaire, Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Paris-Montreuil

2008

• Sphinxx, Curated by Alexis Vaillant, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
• A show of many parts, each part more spectacular and elaborate than the last, curated by Kirsty Ogg, The City Gallery, Leicester
• 7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
• Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London
• Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, Tilburg, Holland
• La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network, FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
• Art Berlin Contemporary 2008, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
• Family and Friends, Anton Kern, New York
• Lust warande, Skulpturenpark, Tilburg
• Mistery of the Invisible Clock, curated by Joshua Nathanson, Karyn Lovegrove House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles

2007

• Effigies, Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
• Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, touring to Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
• Half square, half crazy / À demi carré, à demi fou, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nizza
• Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
• Galleri MGM, Oslo
• Imagination becomes Reality. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe

2006

• The Triumph of Painting – Part 4, The Saatchi Gallery, London
• Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• Pelouses autorisees, Parc de la Villette, Paris
• Angela Bulloch, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick, Lothar Hempel Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galleri MGM, Oslo
• I Love My Scene: Scene 1, curated by Jose Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York

2005

• Growing Up Absurd, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent, UK
• The Difference between you and me, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
• Imagination becomes Reality, Part II. Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz, Munich
• Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
• World artists now!, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Japan
• Tombola, Kjubh, Cologne

2004

• She’s Come Undone, Curated by Augusto Arbizo, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
• Now is a Good Time, Curated by Dean Valentine, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
• The Snow Show, Tate Liverpool, London
• The Snow Show, Curated by Lance Fung, Cities of Kemi and Rovaniemi, Lapland
• Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, London
• The Drawing Project, Vamiali’s, Athens
• Creative Growth, CCA, San Francisco

2003

• Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
• Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
• Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up! 160 Jahre Oldenburger Kunstverein, 160 Arbeiten auf Papier, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg

2002

• Schöne Aussicht, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne
• It’s Unfair!, Museum de Pavilijoens, Almere
• Accrochage, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
• Internationales Netzwerk, Fluxus und die Folgen, Karstadt Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
• Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits. Exposition de la collection du Frac Poitou-Charentes, Hotel Saint-Simon / Theatre d’Angouleme, Angouleme

2001

• A New Horizon, Art:Concept, Paris,
• Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York
• Und Keiner Hinkt 22 Wege vom Schwegler Wegzukommen, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
• Drawings, Galeria Sales, Rome, I
• I LOVE New York, Anton Kern, New York
• Beauty Of Intimacy – Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck

2000

• Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
• 10 Jahre Ars Futura, Ars Futura, Zurich
• Portraits, Thomas Rehbeiin Galerie, Cologne
• Beauty of Intimacy? – Lens and Paper, The Loudon Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden

1999

• Titles for Drawings, AC Project Room, January, New York
• oldNEWtOWn, Casey Kaplan, January, New York
• Who, if not we?, Curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson
• Nur Wasser Lasst sich Leichter Schneiden, Projektraum Hafen, Hamburg
• Dessins, Forde Gallery, Geneva
• A Radiant Future, Forde – Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva
• Officina Europa, Galeria díArte Moderna, Bologna

1998

• Conspirazione, Collection Re Rebaudengo, Turino
• Roommates, Van Loon Museum Amsterdam
• Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams, and the Contemporary Awakening, curated by Francesco Bonami, Bard College, New York
• Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• El NiÑo, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach
• ars viva 98/99 – Installationen, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
• Zone, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

1997

• Group Show: Painting, Photography, Drawing, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
• Aura, (with Walter Dahn, Rosemarie Trockel & Dirk Bell) Galerie Ars Futura, Zurich
• X 2, Wiener Secession, Vienna
• Panic, ICA, London
• Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
• Surprisen, Kunsthalle Nurnberg
• Bring your own Walkman, W 139, Amsterdam
• Delta, a geographical expression, curated by Francesco Bonami, Musèe d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
• Cologne show, Goetheinstitut Turin

1996

• Glockengeschrei nach Deutz, das Beste aller Seiten!, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• This really nice, a project with students from the Royal Academy of Arts, Aircondition, Copenhagen
• TRAFFIC, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, CAPC Musée, Bordeaux
• PUSH UPS, The Factory, Athens
• AUTO REVERSE 2, Le Magasin, Grenoble
• How Will We behave?, Robert Prime Gallery, London
• Escape Attempts, curated by Simon Sheik and Globe, Christiania, Copenhagen

1995

• Atomic!, Oberwelt Galerie, Stuttgart
• Auto Reverse, Centre Européen de la Culture, Geneva
• The Video Collection, Filmfestival Knokke, Knokke, Belgium
• Figures, Le Parvis, Centre Meridien
• The Moral Maze, curated by Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno, e Consortium, Dijon
• Stoppage, curated by Liam Gillick, CCC Tours, Villa Arson, Nice
• I Confess, Nicolay Art Center, Copenhagen
• Purple 8 1/2, curated by Purple Prose, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
• L’Hiver de l’Amour, Part 2, PS 1, New York
• Aperto, previously unreleased!, curated by Sabrina Grassi, APAC Nevers
• Photomontage, le Consortium, Dijon
• Labyrinthe Morale, curated by Liam Gillick and Philippe Pareno L’Usine, Dijon
• X/Y, curated by Christine van Asche, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,
• Palast der Kunste, Utopie macht endlos (Lotus Club), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne

1994

• Sonne München, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• Homegrown, Lotus Club, Cologne
• Grand Prix, Air de Paris, Nice
• L’Hiver de l’Amour, Musée d’art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris
• Rue des Marins, Air de Paris, Nice
• Residence Secondaire, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
• 20, curated by Tomaso Corvi-Mora, Galleria Pascale Laccese, Milan
• Caravanserai, Galerie W 139, Amsterdam
• Henry Bond, Olafur Eliasson, Lothar Hempel, Saga Basement, Copenhagen
• Das Studium der Kunstgeschichte…, Schleifschnecke, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart
• Miniatures, the Agency, London
• Mixbild, Galerie Esther Schipper und Michael Krome, Cologne
• 13 Levels of Meaning, with Henry Bond, Ars Futura, Zurich
• Atomic, Neurotic, Exstatic, curated by Hendrik Larsson, The New ROOM, Guteborg

1993

• Some artists I’ve been thinking about who fall under the title of: Wouldn’t it be more pluralistic to embrace turmoil and/or violence?, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
• Galerie Esther Schipper at the Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• Biennale di Venezia, APERTO, Venice
• Summer Show, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
• Future Book Collection, Air de Nice, Nice
• Fuck the System Villa Rossi, Lucca
• Food for Thought, curated by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Franklin Furnace, New York
• Phenylovethylamour, Unfair 1993, project by Lothar Hempel and Carsten Hoeller, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• Unplugged, curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, Inter Conti, Cologne
• jeder kind is van marmer, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
• Christmasshop, Air de Paris, Paris
• Video, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
• 7e Semaine Internationale de Video (S.I.V.), Centre pour l’Image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, Geneva

1992

• Prince, Madonna, Marky Mark & Cinderella, Ancient Etablissement Sacré, Liège,
  Paradise Europa, BIZART, Copenhagen
• Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi, Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Andrea Rosen, New York
• Lying on top of a building the clouds seemed to be nearer then they had when I was the street, Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne
• Galeria Pasquale Leccese, Milan

Events

2005

• Trinkwasser! Jazz Festival Köln, Cologne

1995

• Wie kann ich sagen, was ich denke, bevor ich hure, was ich sage!, With Carsten Hoeller, a production by Casino I., Red Salon in the Volksbühne, Berlin
• King’s Cross Project, Public Art Development Trust, London

Publications

2008

• Casanova, exhibition catalogue, published by Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
• Kobel, Stephan. Lothar Hempel, abc art berlin contemporary newspaper, Berlin

2007

• Alphabet City, JRP Ringier
• Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

2006

• Umbrella, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

2005

• Butterfly, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2002

• Propaganda, Lothar Hempel, ICA catalog, edited by Emma Stern, interview with Toby Webster

2001

• Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York

2000

• Meister, Helga. Und kein hinkt?, Wge vom Schwegler wegzukommen, Kleve
• Lens & Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag/ Kunsthalle Daden Baden

1999

• Officina Europa, Galleria díart moderna Bologna
• Ars Viva 98/99 Installationen, BDI, Cottbus/Braunschweig/Frankfurt
• Barbara, Steiner. Snipers, Lotusclub and more…, NachWeimar (exhibition catalogue)

1998

• El Nino, Museum Abteiberg Munchengladbach

1997

• X2, Wiener Secession, Vienna
• Delta, Musee díart Moderne de la Ville de Paris
• Surprisen 2, Kunsthalle Nurnberg

1996

• PUSH UPS, the factory, Athens Fine Arts School, Athens
• TRAFFIC, CAPC Museum, Bordeaux

1995

• X/Y, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
• I Confess, Nicolaij

Selected Bibliography

2008

• Stewart, Christabel. Hollywood Swingin: Lothar Hempel, Tank Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 22-23
• Lothar Hempel: Endless Journey, Wound Magazine, March, p. 244
• Window Dressed to Impress, The Irish Times, February 27
• Guarracino, Antonella. Lothar Hempel, Exibart.com, February 26
• Butler, Kay. Lothar Hempel: Cassanova, The Sunday Times, February 10

2007

• Best of 2007: Lothar Hempel, ArtForum, December, p. 125
• Turvey, Lisa. Lothar Hempel, ArtForum, January, p.125
• van der Heide, Bart. Lothar Hempel, Frieze, October, p. 280
• Moulene, Claire. Lothar Hempel, ArtForum, Summer, p. 284-285
• Shariatmadari, David. Pale Carnage, Art Review, May, p. 131
• Pecoil, Vincent. Lothar Hempel, Frieze, Issue 110, September
• Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, May-June, p. 139

2006

• What’s on, The Art Newspaper, No. 169, May
• Johnson, Ken. I Love My Scene: Scene 1, The New York Times, February 17
• Art News, February, No 165

2005

• Chasim, Noah. Marvel and Fieber/Fever, Time Out New York Magazine, January 13 – 19, p. 57

2003

• Gronlund, Melissa. Lothar Hempel, Contemporary, No. 52, 2003

2002

• Taylor, John Russell. Road From Nowhere – Lothar Hempel, The Times, London, September 2002
• Hayworth, Nick. Making Light of Heavy Themes, Evening Standard, London, September
• Lothar Hempel ICA, ARTPREVIEW, September
• Lothar Hempel, I-D Magazine, September
• Guner, Fisun. Don’t Believe the Hype, Metro Life, September
• Pecoil, Vincent. Lothar Hempel at Art: Concept, Paris, arttext, Spring
• Weil, Benjamin. Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, May-June

2000

• Ebner, Jorn. Lothar Hempel, Kunstmagazin No. 43, 2/2000, pp. 30-33
• Hoffmann, Justin. Lothar Hempel, Kunstforum, Bd. 150 April-June, p. 430

1999

• Higgie, Jennifer. Let’s get Lost, Frieze, issue 48, September-October
• Arning, Bill. Lothar Hempel, America Disappears/Only the Smiles Remains_, Time Out New York, April 29-May 6, p. 65
• Archer, Michael. Lothar Hempel, Art Monthly, n. 225, April, p.29-30
• Steiner, Barbara. Snipers, Lotusclub and more…, NachWeimar (exhibition catalogue)
• Verwoert, Jan. Lothar Hempel, Springerin, Nr. 2/1999, March-June

1998

• Weil, Benjamin. Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, March-April, p.108

1997

• Higgie, Jennifer. Lothar Hempel, Frieze, issue 37, November-December
• Avgikos, Jan. Angus Fairhurst and Lothar Hempel at Anton Kern Gallery, Artforum. October
• Freedman, Carl. Traffic, Frieze, May
• Traffic, Artforum, May

1996

• Schneider, Christian. Hempel, Huller, Eliasson, Metropolis M, January
• Lothar Hempel, Let’s smile forever, ZAP-Magazine, Amsterdamned

1995

• Lothar Hempel and Olafur Eliasson, Kryll as the Food of Tomorrow, Buffalo Bill, September

1994

• Lothar Hempel, Let yourself go, Documents, March, 1994
• Weil, Benjamin. Souvenirs des Immateriaux, Purple Prose, vol. 3

1992

• Schwering, Gregor. Junge Kunst aus Köln, ZYMA, November 1992
• Lothar Hempel, Ballance Akt, AMOKKOMA, vol. 3
• Lothar Hempel, Ich kämpfe um Dich, Purple Press, vol. 2

Audio/Video Publications/Editions

1995

• More Startrax, featuring Kai Althoff & Justus Kˆhnke, a collaboration with Parthena Trellopoulos, 7” vinyl single
• Chapter 69 – the Early Years, 3 videos by Lothar Hempel, videocassette VHS Pal, 30,” Editione Gregorio Magnani

1994

• Startrax, featuring Absolut & Superstar, a collaboration with Parhtena Trellopoulos, 7” vinyl single
• “We believe in You,” Videocassette VHS Pal, 8:20,” Edition Sabrina Grassi

1993

• A Very Sad Story, Videocassette VHS Pal, 7:30,” Edition Daniel Buchholz, 1993
• LOVE IS NO FOUR LETTER WORD, the favorite lovesongs by twenty male artists, audiocassettes, 1993

1992

• 240 Minuten, Videocassette VHS Pal, 240,” Edition by Esther Schipper

Collections

 

• Honart Museum / Ebrahim Melamed Collection
• Sammlung Goetz, München
• Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
• Saachi Collection, London
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• FRAC Champagne, Reims