Erwin WurmBiography
Exhibitions
Selected Works

Erwin Wurm born in 1954.
Lives in Vienna and Limberg, Austria.

Solo shows:

2012

  • Centro de Arte Conteporaneo. Malaga, Spain
  • The Beauty Business. Dallas Contemporary. Dallas, USA
  • Albertina. Vienna, Austria
  • Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Saltsburg. Austria
  • Lehmann Maupin Gallery. New York, USA

2011

  • Yes Biological. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Paris, France
  • The Beauty Business. Gem – Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. The Hague, Netherlands
  • The Beauty Business. Bass Museum of Art. Miami Beach, USA
  • Schoner Wohnen. MAK – Museum fur angewandte Kunst. Vienna. Austria
  • Wear me out. Middleheimmuseum. Antwerp, Belgium
  • Misconceivable. Kunsthallen Brandts / Brandts Klaedefabrik. Odense, Denmark
  • Micro-Retrospective. Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia (ICA – Sofia). Bulgaria

2010

  • Liquid Reality. Kunstmuseum Bonn. Bonn, Germany
  • Narrow Mist. Ullens Center of Contemporary Art. Beijing, China
  • Kunst der Gegenwart – Essl Museum. Vienna, Austria
  • Gallery Jack Hanley. New York, USA
  • Elogiate i ceti inferiori soprattutto per rimanere inferiori. BASE. Progetti per L`Arte. Firenze, Italy
  • Elogiate i ceti inferiori soprattutto per rimanere inferiori. BASE. Progetti per L`Arte. Firenze, Italy

  • Erwin Wurm. Museum der Moderne Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria

  • Memoria. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotà (MAMBO). Bogotà, Columbia

  • Erwin Wurm. Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art. Lisbon, Portugal

  • Galerie Lehmann Maupin. New York, USA

  • Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris. Paris, France

     

2009

  • Erwin Wurm, Kunstbau / Lenbachhaus. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
  • Munich, Germany
  • Desperate Philosopher. Galerie Xavier Hufkens. Brussels, Belgium
  • The Desperate Philosopher. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria

2008

  • Keep a Cool Head. Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia
  • The Artist Who Swallowed The World. Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Spit in Someone’s Soup. Malmö Konstmuseum. Malmö, Sweden
  • Ich – Es – Überich. Tomio Koyama Gallery. Tokyo, Japan
  • Hypnose II. Galerie Krinzinger. Vienna, Austria

2007

  • Das lächerliche Leben eines ernsten Mannes. das ernste Leben eines lächerlichen Mannes. Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Hamburg, Germany
  • Erwin Wurm. Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. Lyon, France
  • Hamlet. Kunsthaus Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland
  • New Sculptures. Galerie Xavier Hufkens. Brussels, Belgium

2006

  • Keep a cool head. MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien.
  • Vienna, Austria
  • The Artist Who Swallowed The World. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst. Aachen, Germany
  • New Sculpture. Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. Newcastle, UK
  • The Idiot. Sala de Exposiciones Canal de Isabel II. Madrid, Spain
  • I love my time, I don’t like my time: Recent works by Erwin Wurm. Rose Museum at
  • Brandeis University. Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; Frye Art Museum. Seattle, USA
  • Adorno was wrong with his ideas about art.  Museum der Moderne Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria

2005

  • Erwin Wurm. MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma. Roma, Italy
  • I love my time, I don’t like my time: Recent works by Erwin Wurm. Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati, USA
  • Lisboa Photo 2005. Museo do Chiado. National Museum of Contemporary Art. Lisbon, Portugal
  • The Idiot. Galerie Xavier Hufkens. Brussels, Belgium
  • Glue your brain. Museum of Contemporary Art. Sydney, Australia

2004

  • I love my time, I don’t like my time: Recent works by Erwin Wurm. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, USA

2003

  • Erwin Wurm. ZKM - Center for Art and Media. Karlsruhe, Germany
  • European Dream. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. Mexico City; Casa ITESO-Clavigero.
  • Guadalajara, Mexico (curator: Pamela Echeverria)
  • Erwin Wurm videos. RISD - Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, USA

2002

  • Fat Survival – Handlungsformen der Skulptur. Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum
  • Joanneum. Graz, Austria
  • Erwin Wurm. Centre National de la Photographie. Paris, France
  • Fat Car. Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France
  • Sculptures with embarrassment. Studio K. Kiasma. Museum of Contemporary Art. Helsinki, Finland

2001

  • Performance Drawings.  Drawing Centre. New York, USA
  • Videos 1991 – 2001. Miro Foundation. Barcelona, Spain
  • Fat car. MAMCO Museé d’Art Moderne et Contemporain. Genf, Switzerland

2000

  • Erwin Wurm. Photographers Gallery. London, England

 

Group Shows (selection):
 

2011

  • Superstress. 54th Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti. Venice, Italy
  • The Original Copy: Photography and Sculpture 1839 to Today. Kunathaus Zurich. Switzerland
  • Car Culture – Medien der Mobilitat. ZKM. Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Wunder – Kunst, Wissenschaft und Religion vom 4. Deichtorhallen
  • Erwin Wurm. FO.KU.S – Foto Kunst Stadtforum. Innsbruck, Austria
  • ATOPIA. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
  • HUMOR. John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
  • Realismus – das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit. Kunsthalle Emden. Emden, Germany

2010

  • Towada Art Center. Towada, Japan
  • Angst, Galleria Gentili. Prato, Italy

  • Entre tiempos. Teatro Fernan – Gomez Arts Center. Madrid, Spain

  • Realismus – das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit. Kunsthalle Emden. Emden, Germany

  • HUMOR. John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA

  • ATOPIA. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain

  • The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today. Museum of Modern Art. New York, USA

  • PLAY ADMONT. Museum of Contemporary Art in the Monastery Admont. Admont, Austria

  • Glück, Städtische Galerie Erlangen. Erlangen, Germany (curator: Claudia Emmert)

  • Erwin Wurm. FO.KU.S – Foto Kunst Stadtforum. Innsbruck, Austria

2009

  • 3rd Moscow Biennale. Moscow, Russia (curator: Jean-Hubert Martin)
  • TOO MUCH OF ME, 7 PATHS THROUGH THE absurd, with Detour. Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (curator: Geraldine Barlow)

2008

  • Art of Participation: 1950 to Now. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, USA
  • First Person Video. The Box. Wexner Center for the Arts. Columbus, Ohio, USA

2007

  • Affinities - Deutsche Guggenheim 1997 – 2007. Deutsche Guggenheim. Berlin, Germany
  • All about laughter: role of humors in contemporary art. Mori Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan
  • TIMER 01 INTIMACY. Triennale Bovisa. Triennale Museum in Milan. Milan, Italy

2006

  • In den Alpen. Kunsthaus Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland
  • Le mouvement des images. Centre Pompidou. Paris, France
  • Art and Play. Museum of Modern Art. Saitama, Japan

2005

  • Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon. Lyon, France (curators: Jérome Sans, Nicolas Bourriaud)
  • Marking Time. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. The Getty Center. Los Angeles, USA

2004

  • International Biennial Foundation of Contemporary Art of Seville. Sevilla, Spain (curator: Harald Szeemann)
  • Arti & Architettura, 1900 – 2000. Palazzo Ducale. Genua, Italy (curator: Germano Celant)

2003

  • Das lebendige Museum. Museum Moderner Kunst. Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Performance y casi Performance. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, Spain; show travels to Centro Párraga. Murcia, Spain; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. Seville, Spain; Domus Artium 2002 (DA2) Museum. Salamanca, Spain; El Museo del Barrio. New York, USA; Konceptkonstmuseum. Rydboholm, Sweden (curator: Paco Barragan)

2002

  • Tempo. Museum of Modern Art. New York, USA

2001

  • Azerty: Un abécédaire aléatoire autour des collections du Frac Limousin. Musée national d´art modern Centre Pompidou. Paris, France

2000

  • 5th  Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art. Lyon, France
  • The sky is the limit. Biennale Taipei. Taipei ,Taiwan (curator: Jerome Sans, Manray Hsu)

1999

  • Transformation. Scuola di San Pasquale – San Francesco della Vigne. XLVIII Biennale. Venedig, Italy

 

Public collections:

Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art. Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Kunsthaus Bregenz. Bregenz, Austria
Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum. Graz, Germany
Sammlung Essl — Kunsthaus. Klosterneuburg, Austria
Museum Liaunig. Neuhaus, Germany
Museum der Moderne Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria
Österreichischer Skulpturenpark. Unterpremstätten, Austria
Albertina. Vienna, Austria
BA-CA Kunstforum Wien. Vienna, Austria
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. Vienna, Austria
Generali Foundation. Vienna, Austria
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig — MUMOK. Vienna, Austria
Sammlung Ploner. Vienna, Austria
Volpinum Kunstsammlung. Vienna, Austria
FRAC — Franche-Comté. Besançon, France
FRAC — Bourgogne. Dijon, France
FRAC — Limousin. Limoges, France
FRAC — Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Marseille, France
FRAC — Languedoc-Roussilon. Montpellier, France
FRAC — Ile-de-France Le Plateau. Paris, France
Centre Pompidou — Musée National d´Art Moderne. Paris, France
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen. Bremen, Germany
Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein. Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna — GAM. Bologna, Italy
Ellipse Foundation. Cascais, Portugal
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. St. Gallen, Switzerland
The West Collection. Oaks, PA, USA