Biografie von John ARMLEDER (1948)
Personal data
Birth : 06/24/1948 - Geneva GE, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Switzerland
Address
Geneva GE, SwitzerlandEducation
1966 – 1967 : ESAV Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel – Boulevard Helvétique 9 – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1969 : Glamorgan Summer school (Diploma) – Pontypridd, Wales (United Kingdom)
1987 – 1988 : DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Diploma) – Markgrafenstrasse 37 – Berlin, Germany
Professional data
Work and Life
1969 – 1982:Creation of “Ecart Performance Group” Geneva, Switzerland.
Lives with Sylvie FLEURY, Geneva, Switzerland.
Also lives and works in New York NY, USA.
Grants
1976
1976 : Kiefer-Hablitzel Award – Switzerland
1974
1974 : Kiefer-Hablitzel Award – Switzerland
1972
1972 : Kiefer-Hablitzel Award – Switzerland
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media - Mural painting - Synthetic painting 
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze 
Drawing-Watercolor : 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Movements and styles
1960-1970 : FluxusWorks
| Untitled | |
| Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Mural painting | |
| Blumengarten | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Synthetic painting Supports : canvas Size : 110 x 110 cm | |
| Jurisprudence #76 | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Size : 430 x 300 cm | |
| F.S (n°233) | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Installation Size : 150 x 430 cm | |
| Sans Titre, U17 | |
| Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : acrylic-synthetic painting Size : 300 x 200 cm | |
| Sans Titre #64 | |
| Date of creation : 1983-1984 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Materials : varnish Size : 100 x 100 cm | |
| Sans Titre | |
| Date of creation : 1983 Medium : Mixed media/board Materials : gouache Process : collage Size : 55 x 31 cm | |
| Sans Titre | |
| Date of creation : 1981-1982 Medium : Mixed media/paper Materials : gouache-oil-mineral material Size : 49 x 66 cm | |
| Intermedial Object N°1( for Dick Higgins) | |
| Date of creation : 1977 Medium : Mixed media Materials : stone-plastic-wood Size : 43 x 16 x 26 cm In collaboration with : Patrick LUCCHINI | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
De Pury & Luxembourg – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2005 – 05/20/2005
2004
Nothing
Mehdi Chouakri – Berlin, Germany
2004 – 12/03/2004
Voltes IV
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – Bergamo BG, Italy
2004 – 04/25/2005
About nothing, oeuvres sur papier 1964-2004
Kunsthalle – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2004 – 01/09/2005
Galerie des Multiples – Paris, France
12/09/2004 – 01/17/2005
2003
De Pury & Luxembourg – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2003 – 08/29/2003
2002
Chouakri Brahms Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/2002
Seven, new wallpaintings
De Pury & Luxembourg – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/25/2002 – 08/17/2002
Susanna Kulli – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
04/27/2002 – 06/16/2002
2000
Mehdi Chouakri – Berlin, Germany
10/2000 – 11/2000
1999
Frieze
ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
1999
Galerie Anselm Dreher – Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
10/1999 – 11/1999
1998
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden – Baden-Baden, Germany
1998
Rewind, Fast-forward, Any Speed
Mehdi Chouakri – Berlin, Germany
1998
Galerie Sollertis – Toulouse, France
05/1998
1997
MAMCO Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1997
1994
John Armleder
Centre d’Art Contemporain Le Capitou – Fréjus, France
1994
1993
Villa Arson – Nice, France
1993
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
1993
1990
John Armleder, Furniture Sculptures 1980-1990
Musée Rath – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1990
1987
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1987
1973
Galerie Ecart – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1973
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 : ColletPark – 203 bis rue St. Martin – Paris, France
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : ColletPark – 203 bis rue St. Martin – Paris, France
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galleria Massimo De Carlo – Via Giovanni Ventura 5 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Vera Munro – Heilwigstrasse 64 – Hamburg, Germany
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Anselm Dreher – Pfalzburger Strasse 80 – Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States
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 Erna Hécey – 25 Boulevard Prince Henri Ier – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Vera Munro – Heilwigstrasse 64 – Hamburg, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Anselm Dreher – Pfalzburger Strasse 80 – Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Trabant – Ruprechstplatz 1 – Vienna, Austria
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Catherine Issert – 2 Route des Cerres – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Chouakri Brahms Berlin – S-Bahn-Bogen 47 – Berlin, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Trabant – Ruprechstplatz 1 – Vienna, Austria
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2000
Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Edition 5 – Gotthardstrasse 132 – Erstfeld UR, Switzerland
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Mehdi Chouakri – S-Bahnbogen 47-Holzmarkt 15-18 – Berlin, Germany
KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Group exhibitions
2008
Espèce d’Espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009
Espèces d’espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
Playlist
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
02/13/2004 – 04/25/2004
2003
L’air du temps
Bloomberg Space – London, United Kingdom
2003 – 07/12/2003
Une collection de “chefs-d’oeuvre”
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Limoges, France
07/04/2003 – 10/18/2003
Métissages
Château de Vogüe – Vogüe, France
06/29/2003 – 10/19/2003
Trésors publics, 20 ans de création dans les Fonds Régionaux d¿Art Contemporain : un tableau dans le décor
Musée du Château des Ducs de Bretagne – Nantes, France
06/28/2003 – 10/12/2003
Circuit Tullistique
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Tulle, France
06/19/2003 – 08/30/2003
Colocataire
CAC Centre d’Art Contemporain – Castres, France
06/18/2003 – 10/24/2003
The Daimler Chrysler Collection: 100 artists out of more than 60 years
Museum für Neue Kunst – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/24/2003 – 08/31/2003
2002
The Overexcited Body
Queens Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
07/2002 – 09/2002
Métissages
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Saint-Brieuc, France
06/29/2002 – 10/13/2002
Peinture
Galerie Sfeir-Semler – Hamburg, Germany
05/31/2002 – 08/30/2002
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
The Overexcited Body
SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil
10/16/2001 – 12/02/2001
The Overexcited Body
Velodromo Vigorelli / Palazzo dell’Arengario – Milan MI, Italy
2001
Collection III, Abracadabrantesque…
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art contemporain Alsace – Sélestat, France
05/16/2001 – 08/12/2001
The Overexcited Body
ONUG Office des Nations Unies à Genève / UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva – Geneva GE, Switzerland
03/21/2001
Sieben Künstler ! Sieben Metamorphosen
Galerie Reckermann & Heidi Reckermann Photographie – Cologne, Germany
02/09/2001 – 04/30/2001
1999
This is yesterday/Eso es ayer
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo – Sevilla, Spain
1999
1998
Post-Hypnotic
University Galleries – Illinois State University – Normal IL, United States
1998 – 1999
1993
From Rodin to Serra
Gstaad, Switzerland
03/1993 – 04/1993
1987
Documenta 8
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/12/1987 – 09/20/1987
1986
42° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1986
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
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
1998
Wall Paintings 1967-1998
Publisher: La Box – 9 rue Edouard Branly – Bourges, France
1998
1994
John Armleder
Publisher: Centre d’Art Contemporain Le Capitou – 221 rue du centre d’art contemporain – Fréjus, France
1994
1990
John Armleder, Furniture Sculptures 1980-1990
Publisher: Musée Rath – Place Neuve 1 – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1990
1987
John Armleder
Publisher: Kunsthalle Winterthur – Marktgasse 25 – Winterthur ZH, Switzerland
1987
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