Biografie von Thomas HIRSCHHORN (1957)
Personal data
Birth : 1957 - Bern BE, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Switzerland
Address
Paris Île-de-France, FranceRepresentatives
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel – 40 rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
Susanna Kulli – Davidstrasse 40 – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
Education
1978 – 1983 : Hochschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst – Sihlquai 125 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Professional data
Work and Life
1984:Lives and works in Paris, France
Prizes
2000
2000 : Prix Marcel Duchamp – Paris, France
Awarded by : ADIAF Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l’Art Français – 23 quai Voltaire – Paris, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video Works
| Why-plan-moi? | |
| Date of creation : 2003 Medium : Model Materials : ballpoint pen-cardboard Process : photograph-photocopy Supports : cardboard Size : 27 x 20 cm | |
| Virus-Austellung | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Installation Materials : felt-plastic-ballpoint pen-wood-aluminium-cardboard-paper Process : video-light-neon | |
| Altar para Raimond Carver | |
| Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Doppelgarage, North Pole, South Pole, Not is my name
Pinakothek der Moderne – Munich, Germany
2005 – 07/03/2005
2004
Swiss-Swiss Democracy
Centre Culturel Suisse – Paris, France
12/04/2004 – 01/30/2005
Unfinished Walls
Stephen Friedman Gallery – London, United Kingdom
03/06/2004 – 05/18/2004
2003
Doppelgarage
Galerie Arndt & Partner – Berlin, Germany
2003 – 02/08/2003
2002
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
2002 – 09/30/2002
2001
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
10/2001 – 11/2001
Arqueología del compromiso / Archeologie of Engagement
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
09/2001
La Maison commune
La Salle de bains – Lyon, France
11/01/2001 – 12/29/2001
Pole-Self
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
2001
2000
Focus
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
2000
World Airport
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
2000
1999
Sculpture Direct
Galerie Chantal Crousel – Paris, France
1999
Exergue 2
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1999
Robert Walser Kiosk, n° 1
Universitat – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999
Sculpture Direct II III IV V
Galerie Erna Hécey – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
1999
Ingeborg Bachman Kiosk n° 2
Universitat – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999
Bernsteinzimmer
Galerie Arndt & Partner – Berlin, Germany
1999
World Corners
Musée d’Art Moderne – Saint-Etienne, France
1999
1998
Rolex etc.
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
1998
Ein Kunstwerk, ein Problem
Portikus – Frankfurt, Germany
1998
World Corners
Chisenhale Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1998
Swiss Army Knife
Kunsthalle – Bern BE, Switzerland
1998
1997
Lascaux III
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Aquitaine – Bordeaux, France
1997
KünstlerHaus – Bremen, Germany
1997
Galerie Chantal Crousel – Paris, France
1997
1996
Galerie Arndt & Partner – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
1996
Galerie Arndt & Partner – Berlin, Germany
1996
1995
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien – Berlin, Germany
1995
Konstantin Adamopoulos – Frankfurt, Germany
1995
Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1995
1994
Soccer Worldcup
Galerie Inge Baecker – Cologne, Germany
1994
1993
Raum für aktuelle Kunst – Prosart – Luzern LU, Switzerland
1993
Susanna Kulli – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
1993
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 : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Piazza dei Martiri 58 – Naples NA, Italy
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Piazza dei Martiri 58 – Naples NA, Italy
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Texte zur Kunst – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Chantal Crousel – 40 rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Arndt & Partner – Zimmerstrasse 90-91 – Berlin, Germany
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galerie Chantal Crousel – 40 rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Parkett Verlag Gallery – Quellenstrasse 27 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galerie Chantal Crousel – 40 rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
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
1994
Europa 94
Künstlerwerkstatt – Munich, Germany
09/09/1994 – 09/28/1994
1991
Salon de l’éphémère
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
1991
1990
Salon de l’éphémère
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
1990
Festivals
2000
La Beauté
Divers lieux – Avignon, France
05/27/2000 – 10/01/2000
Group exhibitions
2008
The Artist’s Library
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Ile de Vassivière – Vassivière, France
02/24/2008 – 06/15/2008
Des constructeurs élclectiques
CRAC Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain du Languedoc-Roussillon – Sète, France
02/18/2008 – 05/11/2008
2006
La Force de l’Art
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
05/10/2006 – 06/25/2006
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
2003
Common Wealth
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
10/22/2003 – 12/28/2003
GNS (Global Navigation System)
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
06/05/2003 – 09/07/2003
2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
La vie, au fond, se rie du vrai – Choix d’oeuvres du FRAC Aquitaine
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
05/23/2002 – 09/08/2002
La Teoría del Ocio
Galería Colección Jumex – Mexico, Mexico
02/01/2002 – 06/30/2002
2001
Rendez-vous 2, Collection Lambert
Collection Yvon Lambert – Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
2001
Mirror’s Edge
Tramway – Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
03/02/2001 – 04/15/2001
2000
Bruit de Fond
CNP Centre National de la Photographie – Paris, France
12/15/2000 – 02/19/2001
Protest & Survive
Whitechapel Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/15/2000 – 11/12/2000
Partage d’exotismes – 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
06/27/2000 – 09/24/2000
Mirror’s Edge
Vancouver Art Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
03/18/2000 – 08/13/2000
Peter Friedl, Thomas Hirsshorn, Lawrence Weiner
Galerie Arndt & Partner – Berlin, Germany
2000
Conserve
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Aquitaine – Bordeaux, France
2000
1999
The End of the World – the principe of hope
Kunsthaus Zürich – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999
Provisorium I
Bonnefanten Museum – Maastricht, Netherlands
1999
Space Place
Kunsthalle Tirol – Hall in Tirol, Austria
1999
Ma sorcière bien-aimée
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
1999
Editions
Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1999
Unfinished History
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1999
Mirror’s Edge
Bildmuseet – Umeå University – Umeå, Sweden
11/21/1999 – 02/20/2000
Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien – Vienna, Austria
10/28/1999 – 11/17/1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
Another Swiss Panorama – 8e Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement
Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine Saint-Gervais Genève – Geneva GE, Switzerland
04/14/1999 – 06/20/1999
1998
ZUP
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charente – Angoulême, France
1998
Ici et Maintenant (encore)
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations – Paris, France
1998
Non Lieux
Kaskadenkondensator – Basel BS, Switzerland
1998
Early Forms
Galerie Chantal Crousel – Paris, France
1998
Unfinished History
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
10/18/1998 – 01/10/1999
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
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/05/1998 – 08/30/1998
1997
Parisien (ne)s
Camden Art Centre – London, United Kingdom
1997
Skulptur Projekte in Münster, n°3
Münster in Westfalen, Germany
1997
Eté 97
Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1997
Nonchalance
Centre Pasquart – Biel BE, Switzerland
1997
Fort ! Da ! Cooperations
Villa Merkel – Esslingen, Germany
1997
Delta
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1997
1996
Dites-le avec des fleurs
Galerie Chantal Crousel – Paris, France
1996
Recaptured Nature / Recast Material
Galerie Barbara Gross – Munich, Germany
1996
Stilleben – Nature Morte – Natura Morta – Still Life
Helmhaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1996
Passions privées
ARC Animation, recherche, confrontation – Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1996
Actions urbaines
FRAC Fonds régional d’Art Contemporain de Lorraine – Metz, France
1996
12èmes Ateliers Internationaux des Pays de la Loire
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Pays de la Loire – Nantes, France
1996
1995
Stiftung Kunst heute
Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau – Aarau AG, Switzerland
1995
Objects of Defiance, Spaces of Contemplation – Africus ’95 – 1st Johannesburg Biennale
Museum Africa – Johannesburg, South Africa
02/28/1995 – 04/30/1995
1994
Invitations
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
1994
Drawings and Drawings
Galerie van Gelder – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994
1988
Histoires d’Hôtes
Ecole des Beaux-Arts – Poitiers, France
1988
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
2001
Material : Public Works – The Bridge 2000
Publisher: Book Works Ltd. – 19 Holywell Row – London, United Kingdom
2001
ISBN : 1870699556
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
2001
Le Prix Marcel Duchamp
Publisher: ADIAF Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l’Art Français – 23 quai Voltaire – Paris, France
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
Exhibition catalogues
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
Periodicals
2004
HERBERT Martin – Mind over matter
in: Contemporary n° 61 p. 24
London, United Kingdom
2004
2003
UZEL Jean-Philippe – Thomas Hirschhorn et la démocratie radicale
in: Parachute n° 111 p. 58
Montréal QC, Canada
07/2003-09/2003
DROLET Owen – Reviews
in: Flash Art n° 228 p. 109
Milan MI, Italy
01/2003-02/2003
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. 148
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
Connaissance des Arts n° 595
Paris, France
06/2002
HASEGAWA Yuko – Documenta XI
in: Flash Art n° 225 p. 104 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
07/2002-09/2002
2001
Tomas Hirscchorns
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 11 p. 54
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/2001
Guía de bolsillo para el coleccionista reciente
in: El Periodico del Arte n° 47 p. 43
Madrid, Spain
08/2001-09/2001
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