Biografie von Jochen GERZ (1940)

Personal data


Birth : 1940 - Berlin, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany

Address

Berlin, Germany

Family relations

Husband of Esther SHALEV-GERZ [ 1948 ]

Education

1958 : Universität zu Köln (Studies in Chinese, English and German language and literature) – Cologne, Germany
1962 : Universität Basel (Studies in Paleontology) – Basel BS, Switzerland

Professional data


Work and Life

1966:Moves to Paris, France
Also lives and works in Paris, France


Artist in residence

1999

1999 : Residence at the Chelsea College of Art – London, United Kingdom
Awarded by : Chelsea College of Art and Design – Manresa Road – London, United Kingdom


Honorary degree

: Lehrstuhl an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Brunswick, Germany

Awarded by : Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig – Johannes-Selenka-Platz 1 – Brunswick, Germany

: Mitglied der Hochschule für Bildende Kunst – Berlin, Germany

Awarded by : Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste – Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany


Other professions

Professor
Coventry University – Coventry, United Kingdom

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography :
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video
Performing Art : Performance

Subject

war
the time/the memory

Works

The Berkeley Oracle
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Website
Technical data : http://www.is-bremen.de/~raro/oracle/
 
Le Monument vivant de Biron
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Sculpture
 
Athabasca
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Photograph
Size : 300 x 590 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

L’anti-monument
Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère – Grenoble, France
11/25/2004 – 03/28/2005

2002

Museum Folkwang – Essen, Germany
09/15/2002 – 10/27/2002

Temps Détournés /Vidéo et Internet dans l’oeuvre 1969-2002
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
02/06/2002 – 04/22/2002

1999

The Berkeley Oracle, Questions unanswered
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
1999

1997

Get out of my lies
Kunstmuseum – Düsseldorf, Germany
1997

Get out of my lies
Musée d’Art Moderne – Saint-Etienne, France
1997

1994

Les Images
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
1994

People Speak
Vancouver Art Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
1994

People Speak
Newport Harbor Museum – Newport Beach CA, United States
1994

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Löhrl Fotografie I & II – Kaiserstrasse 58-60 – Mönchengladbach, Germany

2003

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Cora Hölzl – Citadellstrasse 11 – Düsseldorf, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Löhrl Fotografie I & II – Kaiserstrasse 58-60 – Mönchengladbach, Germany

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Frame Editions – Vienna, Austria

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2001

Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Löhrl Fotografie I & II – Kaiserstrasse 58-60 – Mönchengladbach, Germany

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Guy Ledune – Kanal 20 – 20 Boulevard Barthelemylaan – Brussels, Belgium

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2000

Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Dany Keller Galerie – Agnesstr. 47 – Munich, Germany

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Chantal Crousel – 40 rue Quincampoix – Paris, France

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Chantal Crousel – 40 rue Quincampoix – Paris, France


Group exhibitions

2004

Visages de l’histoire – Portraits de Vancouver
Centre culturel canadien / Canadian cultural centre – Paris, France
05/07/2004 – 09/18/2004

2002

Campus Euro(pe) Art
France
2002 – 2003

Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003

Rencontres Internationales de Photographie
Arles, France
07/06/2002 – 07/13/2002

Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002

2001

Oeuvres d’Arbres
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Pau, France
09/19/2001 – 01/07/2002

Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001

Collection III, Abracadabrantesque…
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art contemporain Alsace – Sélestat, France
05/16/2001 – 08/12/2001

Critique et Utopie
Galerie d’exposition du Musée national de porcelaine Adrien Dubouché – Limoges, France
02/21/2001 – 03/26/2001

2000

Vision.Ruhr
Dortmund, Germany
05/14/2000 – 08/20/2000

1998

Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979
MOCA at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1998

Premises : invested spaces in visual arts, architecture and design from France 1958-98
Guggenheim Museum SoHo – New York NY, United States
10/17/1998 – 01/11/1999

1997

Deutschlandbilder – Kunst aus einem geteilten Land
Martin-Gropius-Bau – Berlin, Germany
09/07/1997 – 01/11/1998

Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997

1996

Face à l’Histoire 1933-1996
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
12/19/1996 – 04/07/1997

1994

Hors-limites
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
11/1994 – 01/1995

1992

The Boundary Rider – Biennale of Sydney n°9
Biennale of Sydney – Sydney NSW, Australia
12/15/1992 – 03/14/1993

1991

Michaele Zaza, Jochen Gerz, Raymond Hains, Keiichi Tahara
Passages Centre d’Art Contemporain – Troyes, France
11/16/1991 – 01/06/1992

1987

Documenta 8
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/12/1987 – 09/20/1987

1979

European Dialogue – Biennale of Sydney n°3
Art Gallery of New South Wales – Sydney NSW, Australia
04/12/1979 – 05/27/1979

1977

Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977

1976

37° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1976

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2002

GINTZ Claude – Jochen Gerz
in: Art Press n° 278 p. 86
Paris, France
04/2002

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