Gordon Matta-Clark (born 1943 New York, died 1978 New York

BIOGRAPHY //// kirsten GEISLER
BORN
Lives and works in the Netherlands since 1979
EDUCATION
1991 State Academy Amsterdam (postacademic)
1985-89 Rietveld Academy Amsterdam
SCHOLARSHIPS
2009 Scholarship, Foundation Visual Art, Amsterdam
2002/03 Scholarship, Foundation Visual Art, Amsterdam
1998 Fellowship, Senate of Berlin
1996/97 Scholarship, Foundation Visual Art, Amsterdam
1995 Fellowship, Province of North Holland
1994/95 Scholarship, Foundation Visual Art, Amsterdam
1991 Scholarship, Foundation Visual Art, Amsterdam
PROFESSIONAL
Foundation member of medi@haarlem, the Institute of Media Art in Harlem (NL),
also chairman from 1992 until 2004
Guest lectures at various art schools
GRANTS and AWARDS
2003 Animago Award, 2nd Place; Category: Professional / Animation / Virtual
Character
selected EXHIBITIONS
2012/13 Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (D), "Zeitgespenster"
2012
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (NL), "Maskerade”
Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot (D), “Jäger und Gejagte - Insekten in der Gegenwartskunst”
SONS - Shoes Or No Shoes, Antwerpen (B), “SHOES SELECTION n°5”
Ogilvy & Mather, New York (USA), “LIVE VIDEO”
Galerie AKINCI, Amsterdam (NL)
Sala de Exposiciones Hospedería Fonseca, Salamanca (E), “Colapso un Ensayo Sobre el Fracaso y la Ruptura”
2011
Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn (EST), “gateways – Art and Networked Culture”
FinanzCentrum Am Brill, Bremen (G), "Spieglein, Spieglein..." Schönheitsideale im Wandel der Zeit Aufgeschlossen! Skulpturen aus der Kunsthalle Bremen
2010
The Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk), Amsterdam (NL), “Technology Requested”
2009
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires (AR)
Museo Castagnino de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario (MACRO), Santa Fe (AR), “HUéSPED”
2008
Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven (G), “Die Sammlung”
Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden (G), “In voller Blüte”
2007
Chelsea Art Museum, New York (USA)
Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (NL), “Contour”
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington (USA), “Interface”
PAN I Palazzo delle Arti, Naples (I), “Dangerous Beauty”
Städtische Galerie Ravensburg (G); Kunstverein Konstanz (G), ”Leibhaftig”
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2006
National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest (RO), “Dutch Installation Art”
Audio Relay, Lafayette, Indiana (USA)
Stadtmuseum Oldenburg (G), “Das Tier in der Kunst”
Kunsthalle Osnabrück (G), “Kunst-Körperlich”
2005
Junta de Andalucia, Concejeria de Cultura, Seville (S), “Carrera de fondo”
Museo de Arte, Leon (S)
Museum of Art, San Jose (USA), “Brides of Frankenstein”
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL), “Summer of Beauty”
Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld (G)
Museum voor Communicatie, The Hague (NL), “de verleiding”
2004
James Cohan Gallery, New York (USA), ”The Game Show”
Gallery de Roos van Tudor, Leeuwarden (NL), “Face to Face”
Klein Artworks, Chicago (USA), “Switched On”
Kunsthalle Darmstadt (G), “Unter Strom”
Kunsthalle Bremen (G)
Kunsthalle Göppingen (G)
Gallery Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim (G)
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver (CDN)
2003
Gallery Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf (G), “Das Tier”
235 Media, Cologne (G), “20 Jahre 235 Media”
Gallery of the College of Graphic and Book Art, Leipzig (G), “Bellissima – Körper Konstrukt Schönheit”
Stichting OutLine, Amsterdam (NL), “Moving Heads”
Museum Escher in het Palais, The Hague (NL), “Den Haag Sculptuur: Modelvrouwen”
Museum für Neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe (G), “Internationaler Medienkunstpreis”
Kunsthalle Nuremberg (G), “Fuckin’ Trendy”
2002
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (G), “Das Tier in mir”
Deutsches Museum, Munich (G), “Das zweite Gesicht”
Gallery Thomas von Lintel, New York (USA)
Sala de Expositiones Placa Espana, Madrid (S), “El bello Genero” (Contemporary Feminine Beauty)
Gallery Thomas Schulte, Berlin (G), “Dream of Beauty”
Gallery LUMC, Leiden (NL)
GEM – Museum voor actuele Kunst, The Hague (NL), “Guinea Pig Disco”
2001
Galerie im Park, Bremen (G)
Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstverein Pforzheim (G), “Cross Female”
Stadtmuseum Jena (G), “Virtual Beauties”
Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg (G), “Er fliegt und fliegt”
Heinz Nixdorf Museum, Paderborn (G), “Computer.Gehirn”
2000
Edith-Ruß-Haus, Oldenburg (G), “Reality Checkpoint – Körperszenarien”
Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (G), “Ich ist etwas anderes”
Museum für Neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe (G), “Der anagrammatische Körper”
Internationale Tage, Boehringer Ingelheim (G), “Dem Portrait auf der Spur”
Le Garage, Geneva (CH), “Minding”
Kunstverein Bremerhaven (G)
Städtisches Museum Leverkusen (G), “Von Angesicht zu Angesicht”
Centre for Contemporary Art, Charleston (USA)
Centre pour l’image contemporaine Saint-Gervais Genève, Geneva (CH), “Version 2000''
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (G), “Cross Female”
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1999
Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Vleeshal (NL)
Galerie im Marstall, Berlin (G), “Cross Links”
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (G), “Connected Cities”
Forum Ludwig for International Art, Aachen (G), “Natural Reality”
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (NL)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (G), “Heaven”
Ludwig Museum, Cologne (G), “Video Virtuale Foto Fiktionale”
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Nederlands Institut voor Mediakunst MonteVideo (NL), “World Wide Video Festival
Amsterdam”
Weimar, Cultural Capital Europe (G)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York (USA), “The Collection Verhoeven”
Tate Gallery, Liverpool (GB), “Heaven”
1998
Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam (NL)
Gallery Franck + Schulte, Berlin (G)
L’Espace de l’Art concret, Chateau de Mouans-Sartoux (F), “Pour Nous Irriter, l’Esprit – le Corps”
Museum Beekestein, Ijmuiden (NL)
1997
Kunstverein Konstanz (G), “Das neue Gesicht”
Kulturhaus Graz (A), “Entgegen”
Vleeshal, Haarlem (NL), “Visuele verrukkingen”
Museum für Neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe (G), “Ausstellung zur Eröffnung”
1996
PODEWIL, Berlin (G), “Internationales Video Festival”
Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Vleeshal (NL)
Gemeenteaankoop, Harlem (NL)
Gemeente Museum, The Hague (NL), “World Wide Video Festival”
1995
Internationales Festival, Herne (G), “KunstWald”
Bergkerk, Deventer (NL), “Verschijning”
Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren (G), “Erscheinung”
Gallery Phoebus, Rotterdam (NL)
Boterhal, Hoorn (NL), “Tekens van licht en warmte”
KCB, Bergen (NL), “Grenzen van de fotografie”
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Vleeshal (NL), “Change”
1994
Internationales Festival, The Hague (NL), “Neonatuur”
Gallery Phoebus, Rotterdam (NL)
1993
Kunstverein, Frechen (G),“Internationale Grafik Triennale”
Gallery Kaai, Ijmuiden (NL),“Mij Warmth in Absentia”
W 139, Center of Modern Art, Amsterdam (NL), “Steps”
1992
Gallery Schouten & de Vries, Haarlem (NL)
1990/ 91 Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Vleeshal (NL), “Twintig in de Hallen”
1989
RAI, Amsterdam (NL), “65 Jahre Rietveld Akademie”
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selected COLLECTIONS
Museum für Neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe (G)
Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (G)
Frans Hals Museum Harlem (NL)
Kunstverein Bremerhaven (G)
Museo de Arte, Leon (S)
Kunsthalle Bremen (G)
Represented in numerous international private collections.
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