Biografie von Vanessa BEECROFT (1969)
Personal data
Birth : 04/25/1969 - Genoa GE, Italy
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy - United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
Analix Forever – 25 rue de l’Arquebuse – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street – New York NY, United States
Gagosian Gallery – 8 Heddon Street – London, United Kingdom
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France
Galerie Schipper & Krome – Linienstrasse 85 – Berlin, Germany
Education
1994 : Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera – Palazzo di Brera Via Brera 28 – Milan MI, Italy
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Photography : Polaroid 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video 
Performing Art : Performance Subject
eroticismwomen
female nude
Works
| VB 45 | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Performance | |
| VB 42 Intrepid-The silent Service in cooperation with undersea Warfare Community | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Performance | |
| VB 43 | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Performance | |
| The Sister Project (November) | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Photograph | |
| Show | |
| Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Performance | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Alphabet Concept
Espace Louis Vuitton – Paris, France
2006
2003
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
10/08/2003 – 01/25/2004
VB51
Cosmic Galerie – Paris, France
04/08/2003 – 05/24/2003
2002
Vanessa Beecroft
Galleria Lia Rumma – Milan MI, Italy
04/11/2002
Vanessa Beecroft: VB45/VB48
Deitch Projects – New York NY, United States
03/01/2002 – 04/27/2002
2001
Photographies
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – Paris, France
03/03/2001 – 03/31/2001
Kunsthalle Wien im Museumsquartier – Vienna, Austria
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
2000
Gagosian Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/2000
Photographies
Gagosian Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/07/2000 – 10/07/2000
1999
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
1999
1998
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
04/1998
1997
The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
1997
1996
Deitch Projects – New York NY, United States
1996
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Cosmic Galerie – 7-9, rue de l’Equerre – Paris, France
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Meyer Kainer – Eschenbachgasse 9 – Vienna, Austria
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Cosmic Galerie – 7-9, rue de l’Equerre – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galleria Massimo Minini – Via Apollonio 68 – Brescia BS, Italy
2003
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Cosmic Galerie – 7-9, rue de l’Equerre – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galleria Massimo Minini – Via Apollonio 68 – Brescia BS, Italy
KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Galerie Erik Bausmann – Kerschensteinerstrasse 13 – Mainz, Germany
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galeria Filomena Soares – Rua da Manutenção, 80 – Lisbon, Portugal
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Erik Bausmann – Kerschensteinerstrasse 13 – Mainz, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street – New York NY, United States
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Taché-Lévy Gallery – Rue Tenbosch, 74 – Brussels, Belgium
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Massimo Minini – Via Apollonio 68 – Brescia BS, Italy
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Taché-Lévy Gallery – Rue Tenbosch, 74 – Brussels, Belgium
Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Hatje Cantz Verlag – Senefelderstrasse 12 – Ostfildern, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street – New York NY, United States
2000
Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Taché-Lévy Gallery – Rue Tenbosch, 74 – Brussels, Belgium
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Analix Forever – 25 rue de l’Arquebuse – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galleri Axel Mörner – Tulegatan 38 – Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Analix Forever – 25 rue de l’Arquebuse – Geneva GE, Switzerland
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Massimo Minini – Via Apollonio 68 – Brescia BS, Italy
Group exhibitions
2006
The Garden Party
Deitch Projects – New York NY, United States
03/09/2006 – 04/29/2006
2005
Translation
Paris, France
06/23/2005 – 09/18/2005
2004
Le corps dans l’art contemporain
Galerie du Théâtre – Privas, France
09/17/2004 – 11/06/2004
Whitstable Biennale
London, United Kingdom
06/19/2004 – 07/09/2004
Immobilis – Corps Immobile dans l’Art Contemporain
Musée des Moulages – Lyon, France
02/25/2004 – 03/27/2004
2003
Guided by Heroes
Z33 – Hasselt, Belgium
05/25/2003 – 08/31/2003
Mars – Kunst und Krieg
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum – Graz, Austria
01/11/2003 – 03/26/2003
M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003
2002
Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002
Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002
2001
Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002
Tirana Biennale 1 – Escape
National Gallery – Tirana, Albania
09/15/2001 – 10/15/2001
Generator 3
Lucca, Italy
07/07/2001 – 07/29/2001
Trans Sexual Express Barcelona 2001: Un Clássic per Al Tercer Mil.lenni
Centre d’Art de Santa Mónica – Barcelona, Spain
06/26/2001 – 09/30/2001
Monitor: Volume 1
Gagosian Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/20/2001 – 07/27/2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
2000
Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000
Makeshift
ArtPace – San Antonio TX, United States
01/14/2000 – 04/02/2000
1999
Get Together. Kunst als Teamwork
Kunsthalle Wien am Karlsplatz – Vienna, Austria
10/08/1999 – 01/09/2000
Heaven : an exhibition that will break your heart
Kunsthalle – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/30/1999 – 10/17/1999
1998
Wounds : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
1998
1997
Enterprise: Venture and Process in Contemporary Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
1997
Persona X
Salzburger Kunstverein – Salzburg, Austria
1997
Identité
Villeurbanne, France
06/27/1997 – 10/31/1997
Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997
Ein Stück vom Himmel – Some Kind of Heaven
Kunsthalle – Nuremberg, Germany
02/20/1997 – 04/13/1997
1996
Persona
Kunsthalle – Basel BS, Switzerland
1996
Julia Scher / Vanessa Beecroft
Fri-Art – Fribourg FR, Switzerland
1996
Traffic
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
1996
ID : an International Survey on the Notion of Identity in Contemporary Art
Van AbbeMUSEUM – Eindhoven, Netherlands
12/08/1996 – 02/09/1997
Persona
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
03/10/1996 – 04/21/1996
1995
Show must go on
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
1995
1994
Winter of Love
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
2001
Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544
2000
Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142
1999
Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Tirana Biennale 1
Publisher: Giancarlo Politi Editore – Via Carlo Farini 68 – Milan MI, Italy
Preface Writer: Robecchi Michele – Milan MI, Italy
2001
ISBN : 8878161225
2000
Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999
1997
Enterprise: Venture and Process in Contemporary Art
Publisher: ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – 955 Boylston Street – Boston MA, United States
1997
Persona X
Publisher: Salzburger Kunstverein – Hellbrunnerstrasse 3 – Salzburg, Austria
1997
1996
ID: an International Survey on the Notion of Identity in Contemporary Art
Publisher: Van AbbeMUSEUM – Vonderweg 1 – Eindhoven, Netherlands
1996
ISBN : 90-70149-59-1
Persona
Publisher: Kunsthalle Basel – Steinenberg 7 – Basel BS, Switzerland
1996
ISBN : 3-7965-1379-4
Periodicals
2003
LEYDIER Richard – Vanessa Beecroft
in: Art Press n° 296 p. 16
Paris, France
12/2003
ST-GELAIS Thérèse – Vanessa Beecroft. A la recherche du corps perdu ou de la mécanique des corps
in: Parachute n° 112 p. 59
Montréal QC, Canada
10/2003-12/2003
KONTOVA Helena & GIONI Massimiliano – Skin trade
in: Flash Art n° 228 p. 94
Milan MI, Italy
01/2003-02/2003
2002
GIONI Massimiliano – New York cut up
in: Flash Art n° 224 p. 77 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
05/2002-06/2002
COLARD Jean-Max & BOUSTEAU Fabrice – Figures contemporaines / Contemporary figures
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 80
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
2001
LABRO Camille – Artiste du mois : Vanessa Beecroft
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 202 p. 29
03/2001
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