Thomas Hirschhorn
Born 1957 in Bern (Switzerland)
1978-1983 Schule für Gestaltung, Zürich
Lives and works in Paris since 1984
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011
"It's burning everywhere», Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
"Das Auge", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
"Wirtschaftslandschaft Davos", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
«Exhibiting poetry today : Manuel Joseph», Ecole Régionales des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France
2010
«Too Too-Much Much», MDD - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
«Exhibiting poetry today : Manuel Joseph», CNEAI, Chatou, France
2009
«It's burning everywhere», DCA Dundee, Scotland
«The Subjecters», Casa Encendida, Madrid
«Ur-Collage», Susanna Kulli, Zurich, Switzerland
«Universal Gym», Gladstone Gallery, New York
2008
«Stand-alone», Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico
«Poor Tuning», Kurimanzutto, Mexico
«Das Auge», Secession, Vienne
2007
«Concretion-Re», Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
«Substitution», Stephen Friedman Gallery, Londres
«Stand-alone», Arndt & Partner, Berlin
2006
«Superficial Engagement», Gladstone Gallery, New York
2005
«Anschool», Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
«Utopia, Utopia= One World, One War, One Army, One Dress», Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
«Anschool II», Museu de Serralves, Porto
2004
«Musée Précaire Albinet», Cité Albinet, (produced by Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers), Aubervilliers
«24h Foucault », Palais de Tokyo, dans le cadre de la Nuit Blanche
«Swiss-Swiss Democracy», Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
2002
«Cavemanman», Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
2001
«Pole-Self », Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (Prix Marcel Duchamp)
1998
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
1995
Fri-Art, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011
"The Luminous Interval", Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
"French Window", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Dislocation", Kunst Museum, Bern, Switzerland
"Of Bridges and Borders", Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010
"Untitled", Substitut, Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz, Berlin, Germany
"Dislocation", Galeria Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
"10000 Lives", 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
"Hareng Saur: Ensor et l'art contemporain", SMAK, Gent, Belgium
"Habiter poétiquement le monde" , LAM - Lille Métropole, (Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut), Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
"The Last Newspaper", New Museum, New York, USA
"Intensif-Station", K21, Düsseldorf, Germany
"Changing the world", Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"89km. Colleccion CGAC", MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Spain
"Tasters' Choice", Stephen Friedman Gallery, Londres
"N°5", Susanna Kulli, Zurich, Switzerland
"Perpetual Battle", Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia
“Les Ateliers de Rennes-biennale d'art contemporain”, Rennes, France
"Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum", Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
"Abstract Resistance", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
2009
«Investigations of a Dog», Works from the FACE Collections, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
«Pourquoi Attendre !», Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
«Niet Normaal, Difference on Display», Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdan, The Netherlands
«Event Horizon», Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
«MOCA's First 30 Years» ; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
«Images Recalled», Fotofestival Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
«Pièces de Résistance : Forms of resistance in Contemporary Art», Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
«Darkside II » Photographic Power and Violence, Desease and Death Photographed», Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
«Planet of Signs», Le Plateau, France
«T.I.C.A.B» – Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual, Tirana, Albania
«Walking in my Mind», Hayward Gallery, London
«The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival», ‘Open Source Amsterdam', Amsterdam
«Parades and Processions : Here comes Everybody», Parasol Unit, London
«Universal Code», Power Plant Gallery, Toronto
«Mi Vida - Heaven and Hell», Mücsarnok, Budapest
«One Day Sculpture», commissioned by The Physics Room, in association with Christchurch Art gallery, Christchurch, 2009
«A House is not a Home», La Calmeleterie - Nazelles Négrons
2008
«Collage : The UnMonumental Picture», New Museum, New York
«Life on Mars», 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
«Lost Paradise», Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
«German Angst», Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
«7 + 1 Project Rooms», MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Spain
«Brighton Photo Biennial», Brighton
2007
«Swiss Made+ 2, Präzision und Wahnsinn», Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
«Volksgarten, Die Politik der Zugehörigkeit», Kunsthaus, Graz
2006
«How to Live Together», 27ème Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
2003
«Common Wealth», Tate Modern, Londres
2002
Documenta 11, Kassel
2000
«La Beauté», Mission 2000 in France, Avignon
1999
«dAPERTutto», 48th Venice Biennal, Venice
1998
«Premises : Invested Spaces in Visual Arts & Architecture from France, 1960's-1990's» Guggenheim Museum, New York
1997
«Skulptur Projekte in Münster 1997», Münster
AWARDS / PRIZES
2011
Kurt-Schwitters-Prize, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2006
Aica price for « Anschool », best exhibition of the past three years, awarded by Dutch Aica
2005
Price of the best artwork of the yeat, Art Awards 2005, awarded by Beaux-Arts Magazine
2004
Joseph Beuys-Preis, awarded by Joseph Beuys-Stiftung, Basel
2003
« Rolandpreis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum », décerné par Stiftung Bremer Bildhauerpreis, Bremen
2000
Prix Marcel Duchamp, juried by l'Adiaf, Paris
1999
Preis für Junge Schweizer Kunst, juried by Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft Exposition Wirtschaftslandschaft Davos, 2001 at the Kunsthaus Zürich
