Sigmar Polke
CV january 2007
Biography |
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1941 |
Born in Oels/Schlesien, East Germany |
1945 |
Family flees to Thüringen , East Germany |
1953 |
Emigrates to West Berlin and then settles in Düsseldorf , West Germany |
1963 |
Founds “Kapitalistischen Realismus”, a painting movement with Gerhard Richter and Konrad (Fischer) Lueg; “Demonstrative Ausstellung”, store-front exhibition in Düsseldorf with Kuttner, Lueg & Richter |
1964 |
“Neodada Pop Decollage Kapitalistischer Realismus”, Galerie René Block, Berlin; Awarded the Young Germans award in Baden-Baden with Klaus Geldmacher and Dieter Krieg |
1961-1967 |
Studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Karl Otto Goetz and Gerhard Hoehme |
1975 |
Awarded the prize for painting at the XIII Bienal de Sao Paulo |
1986 |
Awarded the “Golden Lion” at the XLII Biennale di Venezia |
1988 |
Awarded the 1988 Baden-Württemberg International Prize for Painting |
1977-1991 |
Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts , Hamburg |
1995 |
Carnegie Award at the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania |
1998 |
International Center of Photography , Infinity Award for Art; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center , New York |
2002 |
"Praemium Imperiale" awarded by the Japan Art Association |
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Lives and works in Cologne |
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Exhibitions |
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2006 |
“Sigmar Polke – Alice in Wonderland”, The National Museum of Art, Osaka , Osaka |
2006 |
“Implosion”, Anton Kern Gallery , New York |
2006 |
“Mythologies”, Walker Art Center , Minneapolis , Minnesota |
2006 |
“Sigmar Polke: 64 Photographs from 1977” , Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin |
2006 |
“Frontiers: Collecting the Art of our Time“ Worcester Art Museum , MA |
2006 |
“Sigmar Polke: Photographs 1960- 2005” , Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim |
2005 |
“ Alice in Wonderland”, Ueno Royal Museum , Tokyo |
2005 |
"Sigmar Polke. Works & Days", Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich (solo) |
2005 |
"Sigmar Polke: Music From an Unknown Source”, Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, Vietnam (solo) |
2005 |
“Stratification: an installation of works since 1960” , Busch-Reisinger Museum , Harvard University , Cambridge |
2005 |
Sigmar Polke, Photographs 1969 – 1974, Nyehaus , New York (solo) |
2005 |
Sigmar Polke – Ausgesuchte Werke, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich (solo) |
2005 |
Sigmar Polke - Fotografien 1964-1968/1990, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne (solo) |
2005 |
Sigmar Polke - Vintage Photographs from a Private Collection, Galerie Judin / Haunch of Venision, Zurich (solo) |
2004 |
Sigmar Polke – Fotografien 1964 – 2000, Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin (solo) |
2004 |
“The History of Everything”, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas |
2003-2004 |
"Sigmar Polke: History of Everything", Tate Modern, London |
2003 |
"Sigmar Polke. Original + Fälschung", Rupertinum Salzburg |
2002 |
"Sigmar Polke", Ishizaka Art, Spark Inc, Tokyo |
2002 |
Sigmar Polke. Recent Paintings and Drawings", Dallas Museum of Art , Dallas |
2001 |
"Sigmar Polke. Music of Unclear Origin", Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (then to Milton Keynes ) |
2000-2001 |
"Kunst ist unser Antrieb. Sigmar Polke, Die Gesamten Editionen (1963-2000)", Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn |
2000 |
"Sigmar Polke. Die Alten", Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
1999 |
"Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974", Museum of Modern Art , New York , (then Hamburg ) |
1998 |
"Sigmar Polke. Printing Mistakes 1996-98", Michael Werner Gallery , New York |
1997 |
"Sigmar Polke. Die drei Lügen der Malerei", Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (then Berlin) |
1996 |
"Sigmar Polke. Arbeiten auf Papier", Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., Luxemburg |
1995-1996 |
"Sigmar Polke Photoworks: When Pictures Vanish", Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles (CA), USA (Tournee) (solo) |
1995 |
"Sigmar Polke. Join The Dots", Tate Gallery Liverpool , Liverpool , GB |
1994 |
"Sigmar Polke", Carré d'Art, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France |
1993 |
"Sigmar Polke. Gemeinschaftswerk Aufschwung Ost", Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin |
1992 |
"Sigmar Polke. Schilderijen", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
1991 |
"Sigmar Polke", The Brooklyn Museum , New York |
1991 |
"Sigmar Polke", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago |
1991 |
"Sigmar Polke", Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. |
1990-1991 |
"Sigmar Polke", Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco |
1990-1991 |
"Polke", Michael Werner, New York |
1990 |
"Sigmar Polke. Das photographische Werk", Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (solo) |
1989 |
Sigmar Polke – Fotografien Paris 1971, Jablonka Galerie, Cologn e (solo) |
1988 |
"Sigmar Polke", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ARC |
1986 |
Mary Boone Gallery , New York |
1986 |
Athanor. Il padiglione, Pavillon der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, XLII Biennale di Venezia, Venice (solo) |
1984 |
Kunsthaus, Zürich, Kunsthalle Köln |
1983-1984 |
"Sigmar Polke", Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam; Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn |
1983 |
"Zeichnungen 1963-1968", Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
1983 |
Sigmar Polke - Carte/Fotografie/Tele, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan (solo) |
1983 |
Sigmar Polke - 39 Fotounikate, Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne (solo) |
1982 |
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York |
1980 |
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne |
1979 |
Galerie Bama, Paris |
1978 |
InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Zurich |
1977 |
Sigmar Polke -Fotos / Achim Duchow - Projektionen, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel |
1977 |
Sigmar Polke - Fotos, Galerie Klein, Bonn (solo) |
1976 |
"Sigmar Polke Bilder - Tücher - Objekte. Werkauswahl 1962-1972", Kunsthalle Tübingen; Tübingen; städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
1975 |
"Mu Nieletnam Netorruprup", Kunsthalle zu Kiel und Schleswig-Holstein |
1974 |
"Original + Fälschung", Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn (with Achim Duchow) |
1973 |
"Franz Liszt kommt gern zu mir zum Fernsehen", Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster |
1972 |
Galerie des Goethe-Instituts, Provisorium, Amsterdam |
1970-1971 |
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
1970 |
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven |
1968 |
Galerie René Block, Berlin |
1966 |
Galerie h, Hannover (with Gerhard Richter) |
1966 |
"Hommage à Schmela", Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf |
