Biografie von Merlin CARPENTER (1967)

Personal data


Birth : 1967 - Pembury, United Kingdom
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : England (United Kingdom) - Germany

Address

London, United Kingdom

Representatives

Friedrich Petzel Gallery – 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Magnani Gallery – 60-61 Warren Street – London, United Kingdom


Education

1986 – 1989 : Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design – Southampton Row – London, United Kingdom

Professional data


Work and Life

1994:Participating in Poster Studio project, London, UK.

He also lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Photography : Iris print

Movements and styles

Cologne Group

Works

Mystery
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Iris print
Size : 18 x 12 inch
Number of elements : 3
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

My father, the Castaway
White Cube 2 – London, United Kingdom
2001

Galerie Christian Nagel – Cologne, Germany
2001

2000

As a painter I call myself the estate of
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
03/30/2000 – 05/21/2000

Galerie Max Hetzler – Berlin, Germany
2000

Volvo
Bleich – Rossi – Graz, Austria
2000

When you drain the pool, you don’t consult the frogs first
Magnani – London, United Kingdom
2000

1999

Survivors
Galerie Christian Nagel – Cologne, Germany
1999

1995

Voluntary Effort
Thomas Solomon’s Garage – Los Angeles CA, United States
1995

1992

Meadow / Wiese
Galerie Max Hetzler – Berlin, Germany
1992

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, 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 : Distrito 4 – Barbara de Braganza 2 – Madrid, Spain

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany

2003

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : American Fine Arts – 530 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – Zimmerstrasse 90/91 – Berlin, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – 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 Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, 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 Max Hetzler – Zimmerstrasse 90/91 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – 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 Max Hetzler – 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 : Magnani Gallery – 60-61 Warren Street – London, United Kingdom

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany


Group exhibitions

2001

Jewels-in-Art
Bleich – Rossi – Graz, Austria
2001

2000

Malerei
INIT Kunst-Halle Berlin – Berlin, Germany
2000

Girlfriend
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
2000

Drawings
Taché-Lévy Gallery – Brussels, Belgium
2000

1995

The Message is the Medium
Castle Gallery – New Rochelle NY, United States
1995

1994

Museum auf Zeit
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
1994

The Ideal Place
Haags Centrum Voor Aktuelle Kunst – The Hague, Netherlands
1994

1993

London Photo Race
Galerie Fettsack – Cologne, Germany
1993

1991

Fallen und Fallen Lassen
Bleich – Rossi – Graz, Austria
1991

1990

Heimspiel
Kunstverein in Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany
1990

1989

Rotation – Art Critic’s Art
Esher Schipper Gallery – Cologne, Germany
1989

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

Vitamin P – New Perspectives in Painting
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Collectif
2002
ISBN : 071484246X

Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X


Periodicals

1994

SMITH Roberta – For the New Galleries of the 90’s, Small (and cheap) is beautiful
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
22/04/1994

DECTER Joshua – Merlin Carpenter – Petzel / Borgmann
in: Artforum
New York NY, United States
06/1994-08/1994

GOODROW Gerard A. – Ironically Playful
in: ARTnews p. 111
New York NY, United States
09/1994

1993

HOLERT Tom – Merlin Carpenter – Max Hetzler
in: Flash Art
Milan MI, Italy
03/1993

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