Marina Abramovic
- 1946
- Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- Lives and works in New York, USA
Education
2005 The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
1972 Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1970 Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Bayerische Staadsoper, Munich, Germany
Retrospective. Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2019
The Life. Serpentine Gaalleries, London, UK
Happy Christmas. Basel, Switzerland
The Cleaner. Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun, Poland
A Different Way of Hearing. Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
Cleaning The House - Workshop. Envia, Greece
The Cleaner. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Marina Abramovic. Sakip Sabanci, Istambul, Turkey
2018
The Abramovic Method. Henie Onstad, Høvikodden, Norway
The Cleaner. Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Cleaning The House – Workshop. Serifos, Greece
The Cleaner. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
A Possible Island? Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok, Thailand
2017
The Cleaner. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Louisiana Musum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
Abramovic Method for Treasures. The Black Diamond, Copenhagen, Denmark
Intuition. Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
2016
As One. NEON + MAI, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
The Space In Between: Marina Abramovic and Brazil. SXSW, Austin Texas, USA
2015
Private Archaeology. The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
Terra Comunal. SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
Places of Power. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Marina Abramovic: In Residence. Pier 2/3, Sydney, Australia
2014
512 Hours. Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
White Space. Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Holding Emptiness. Contemporary Art Center, Malaga, Spain
Entering the Other Side. Kistefos Museet, Jevnaker, Norway
2013
Bob Wilson's The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic. Luminato Festival, Toronto; Park Avenue Armory, New York, EUA
The Kitchen. Cordoba Photo Biennale, Cordoba, Spain; PhotoGalicia Festival, Galicia, Spain
MAIPprototype. Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Landscapes. Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva Switzerland
2012
With Eyes Closed I See Happiness. La Ruima Galeria, Milan, italy; Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
The Abramović Method. PAC Padiglione d´Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Balkan Stories. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
La Fabrica, Madrid, Spain
2011
The Art is Present. The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
Marina Abramović, Pinnacle Gallery, Georgia, USA
2010
Black to Simplicity. Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo, Brazil
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Personal Archeology. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
The Artist is Present. The Museum of Modern Art, Nova York, USA
2009
The Kitchen: Homage to Saint Therese. La Fabrica Galeria, Madrid, Spain
Unconditional Love. 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Irresistible. Galerie Cent 8, Paris, France
2008
Transitory Objects for Human Use. Galeria Brito Cimino, São Paulo, Brazil
8 Lessons on Emptiness with a Happy End. Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva, Switzerland; Galerie Beaumont-Public, Luxembourg
Les traces du sacré. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2007
Marina Abramovic Retrospective. Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece
Balkan Erotic Epic. Living Arts, Tulsa, USA; Galerie Cent8, Paris, France; La Fabrica Galería, Madri, Spain
2006
Balkan Erotic Epic. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil; Art for the World Project, Milan, Italy
2005
Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madri, Spain
Balkan Erotic Epic. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
The Biography Remix. Avignon Theatre Festival, France
Photographies et Objets/Count On Us. Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland
(Re)Presenting Performance. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Self Portrait with Skeleton. Art Basel/Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
2004
Seven Easy Pieces. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
The Star. Maragame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan
Biography Remix. Fondazione Romeeuropa, Rome, Italy
Performing Body: Video Works By Marina Abramović. The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA
Loop Performance. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA
2003
The Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, Holland
Student Body. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
The Star. Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan; La Fábrica, Madri, Spain
2002
The House with the Ocean View. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA; Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy; Galerie Cent8, Paris, France
2001
Marina Abramović: The Hero. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Marking the Territory. The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
The Hunt. Project Gallery at Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
Spirit Houses. Bourganeuf, France; Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
Energy Clothes. Atelier Calder, Saché, France
2000
Cleaning the House: Traveling Cabinet. Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Cent8, Paris, France
Marina Abramović: Luminosity, Insomnia, Dissolution. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Marina Abramović: Soul Operations Room. Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece
Public Body, Artist Body. Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
1999
Cleaning the House. Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Expiring Body. Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA
Galerie Cent8, Paris, France
Marina Abramović: Spirit House. Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland
Ulay/Abramović. Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
1998
Marina Abramović; Expiring Body. Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA
Marina Abramović: Artist Body, Public Body. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Lonja del Pescado, Alicante, Spain; Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Marina Abramović: Objects, Performance, Video, Sound. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Marina Abramović: The Hunt/La Caza. Sala La Gallera, Valencia, Spain
Marina Abramović: Biography. Teatre Rialto, Valencia, Spain
Ulay/Abramović: Performance Works 1976-1988. Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
1997
Spirit House and Performance Luminosity. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Performing Body. Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Marina Abramović Works. Center of Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
The Bridge. City Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia
Boat Emptying Stream Entering. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Marina Abramović 1979-1987. Okazaki Tamako Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Ulay/Abramović. Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Holland
Performing Body. Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy; Zerynthia, Paliano, Italy
1996
Spirit Cooking. Galerie de Lege Ruimte, Ghent, Belgium
Boat Emptying/Stream Entering. University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, USA; Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
The House, Five Rooms and Storage. Middlesbrough Art Gallery, England
Chair for Man and His Spirit. Okasaki Mindscape Museum, Japan
Chair for Spirits. Dallas, USA
Cleaning the Mirror. Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Fundació Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Biography. Groninger Stanschouwburg, Groningen, Holland
The Urgent Dance. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
1995
Cleaning the Mirror. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
Biography. Singel Theater, Atwerpen, Belgium
Biography. Greer Carson Theatre, Santa Fé, USA
Marina Abramović: Objects, Performance, Video, Sound. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Groninger Museum, Groningen, Holland; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Double Edge. Kunstmuseum des Kantons, Karthause Ittingen, Switzerland
Performance Anthology, Video, Drawings. Klaus Fischer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Rapture, the Body, Ritual + Sacred Practice. I.C.A., London, UK
1994
Marina Abramović: Departure. Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fé, USA
Delusional. Monty Theatre, Atwerpen, Belgium; Theatre am Turm, Frankfurt, Germany
Image of Happiness. Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Faret Tachikawa. Tokyo, Japan
1993
Biography. Theater am Turm, Frankfurt, Germany; Hebbeltheater, Berlin, Germany
Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece
Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy
Dragon Heads. Caixa de Pensiones, Barcelona, Spain; Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1992
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Transitory Objects. Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
The Bridge. Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tübingen, Germany
Becoming Visible. Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelas, Belgium; Musée Montbéliard, France
Wartesaal. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Dragon Heads. Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Biography. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
1991
For Your Eyes Only. De Waag, Holand; Leiden, Holand
Departure. Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
The Lovers. Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
1990
The Lovers. Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
Green Dragon Lying. Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
Boat Emptying/Steam Entering. Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tübingen, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Montreal, Canada
Le Guide Chinois. Galerie Charles Cartwright, Paris, France
Marina Abramović: Sur la Voie. Galeries Contemporaines, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Dragon Heads. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
Edge '92, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England; Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
Aphrodite. Communal Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus
1989
Boat Emptying/Stream Entering. Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England; Frankfurt, Germany
The Lovers. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Atwerpen, Belgium
Green Dragon Lying. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Atwerpen, Belgium; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
SSS. Madri, Spain
1988
China Ring. Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Anima Mundi. Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tübingen, Germany
1987
Die Mond der Sonne. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
Ulay/Abramović. Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA
Tuesday/Friday. Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal, Canada; Michael Klein, New York, USA
1986
Nightsea Crossing. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Risk in Age of Art. University of Baltimore, USA; The House, Santa Monica, USA
Nightsea Crossing Complete Works. Musée Saint Pierre d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Tuesday/Saturday. Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, USA
Ulay/Abramović. San Francisco Art Institute, USA
1985
Modus Vivendi. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Stadttheater Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Saskia Theatre, Arnhem, Holland
Nightsea Crossing. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; I International Biennial, Ushimado, Japan; XVIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil
Fragilissimo. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
1984
Positive Zero. Stadsschouwburg, Eindhoven, Holland
Nightsea Crossing. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium; Galerie/Edition Media, Furkapass, Furka, Switzerland; Stadtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Forum, Middleburg, Holland
Modus Vivendi. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
1983
Nightsea Crossing/Conjunction. Museum Fodor, Amsterdã, Holland
Positive Zero. Holland Festival, Carre Theater, Amsterdã, Holland; Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland; De Doelen, Roterdã, Holland
Modus Vivendi. Progetto Genazzano, Zattera di Babele, Genazzano, Italy
1982
Nightsea Crossing. Skulpturenmuseum, Marl, Germany; Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; Germany; Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; Kolnischer Kunstverein/Molkerei, Cologne, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA; A Space/Town Hall, Toronto, Canada
Luther. Kabinett fur Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhafen, Germany
1981
Gold Found by the Artists: Nightsea Crossing. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Witnessing. The Art Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
6WF. The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
1979
The Brink: European Dialogue. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Go… Stop… Back… Stop… National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Communist Body/Fascist Body. Zoutkeergracht 11/118, Amsterdã, Holland
Installation One. Stichting De Appel, Amsterdã, Holland
On the Way. Audio Arts, Riverside Studios, London, UK
1978
AAA-AAA. RTB Television Studio, Liège, Belgium
Incision. Galerie H-Humanic, Graz, Austria
Kaiserschnitt Performance Festival, Hofreischule, Vienna, Austria
Work/Relation: Extract Two. Theatre aan de Rijn, Arnhem, Holland; Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Three. Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
Installation One. Stichting De Appel, Amsterdã, Holland
Installation Two. Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
1977
Galerie Magers, Bonn, Germany
Magma. Museo di Verona, Italy
Group Interruption in Space. Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Breathing In/Breathing Out. Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
Imponderabilia. La Performance Oggi: Settimana Internazionale della Performance, Galleria Comunale d’Art Moderna, Bologne, Italy
Expansion in Space. Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
Relation in Movement. X Biennale de Paris, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Relation in Time. Studio G7, Bologne, Italy
Light/Dark. Internationale Kunstmesse, Cologne, Germany
Balance Proof. Musee d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
1976
Talking About Similarity. Signal 64, Amsterdã, Holland
Freeing the Body. Kunslerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
1975
Rhythms 10, 2, 5, 4, 0. Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria; Galleria Diagramma, Milan, Italy; Galleria Studio Morra, Naples, Italy
Freeing the Voice. Galerie De Appel, Amsterdã, Holland; Student Cultural Centre Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Thomas Lips. Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Warm/Cold. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful. Art Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Role Exchange. Galerie De Appel, Amsterdã, Holland
Freeing the Memory. Galerie Dacic, Tübingen, Germany
1974
Spaces. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Rhythm 5. Expanded Media Festival, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Rhythm 2. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Rhythm 4. Galleria Diagramma, Milan, Italy
Rhythm 0. Galleria Studio Morra, Naples, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Repetition. Centre Pompidou - Metz, Metz, France
Traverser la nuit. Works from the Antoine the Galbert Collection. Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology - MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal
2020
Quiero Estar Contigo. I Want To Be With You. MAMBO, Bogotá, Colombia
25 Years of Mudam Collection. Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Escape Routes - Bangkok Art Biennale. Bangkok, Thailand
Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Dividing Line. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
LB/Online Video Festival. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2019
Waking Dream. Ruby City, San Antonio, USA
Can You Hear Me Now? Museum of Contemporary Art, Chigago, USA
Rising. Phi Centre, Ca’Rezzonico Gallery, Veneza, Italy
Expanded. Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Gardens), Isola di S. Giorgio Maggiore, Veneza, Italy
After Life. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Seven Deaths. Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany
Walking Through Walls. The Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Crystals in Art. Museum Way, Bontoville, USA
2018
Pelleas et Melissande. Opera House, Antwerp, Belgium; L’Opera Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
2017
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flanerie. The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
Fragile State. Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
2016
III Venice International Performance Art Week, Venice, Italy
Die Kerze. Frieder Burda Museum, Baden-Baden, Germany
It’s Me to the World. Modern Art Oxford, UK
2015
15. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
TRIO Bienal. Bienal do Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brazil
Proportio. Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
Stone of Light: Crystal Visions in Art. Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
La Répétition. FRAC Franche-Comté Cité, Besançon, França
Tout ce qui se fait sous le soleil. Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, França
My Body is the Event: Vienna Actionism and International Performance. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Ellas. Creadoras de los siglos XX y XXI. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Vélez Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons: Works from Arteast 2000+. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Self: Portraits of Artistst in Their Absense. National Academy Museum, New York, USA
Faceless Exhibition. De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
2014
14 Rooms. Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
La Triennale di Milano, Fondazione Marino Golinelli, Milan, Italy
Signs against the war. Anti-war sculpture from Lehmbruck until today, Lembruck Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany
2013
Art Parcours. Lisson Gallery at Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
The Temptation of AA Bronson. Witte de With Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Holland
Bad Girls. Fonds regional d’art contemporain de Lorraine, Metz, France
DLA Piper Series: Constellations. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
Unattained Landscape. Japan Foundation & Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy
Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Kirchner’s Archers: Reflection on Art History. Kirchner Museum, Davos, Switzerland
Le Pont. Marseilles Contemporary Art Museum [MAC], Marseilles, France
Moments on Moments. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Hair: Untagling Roots of Identity. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca BOOK MACHINE, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2012
Dotek/Touch. Futura Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republlic
Performance Now: The First Decade of the New Century. Wesleyan University, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, USA
Faces: The Phenomenon of Face in Videoart. Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republlic
Documenta 13: The Worldly House. Karlsaue Park, Kassel, Germany
Beyond Time: International Video Art Today. Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
12 Rooms. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
When the Mountain Changed it’s Clothing: Ruhrtriennale, International Festival of The Arts. Bochum, Germany (theater performance)
Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
The Spirit in Any Condition Does Not Burn. Lecture for women, Antony Hegarty's Meltdown Festival, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2011
Luciana Brito Galeria - Fragmentos de um Prisma. Centro Cultural José Maria Barra, Uberaba, Brazil
Heroinas. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza y Fundacion Caja, Madrid, Spain
10 Dialogues: Richard Demarco, Scotland and the European Avant Garde. The Royal Scottish, Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh, Scotland
Special All-Day Screenings. 7 Easy Pieces, directed by Babette Mangolte, ARTEFIERE, Bologna, Italy
SCAD keynote presentations. define artfair, Atlanta e Savannah, USA
The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic. Musical about her life. Manchester International Festival, Manchester, England
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama. The San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio,Texas.
Publics and Counterpublics. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo - CAAC, Seville, Spain.
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama. The Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Horizonte Expandido. Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
100 YEARS. PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
GSK Contemporary - Aware: Art Fashion Identity. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Buon Domani/ A Better Tomorrow. Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy
Nanjing Biennale, China
CORPS & CORPS. Dunkerque Museum of Fine-Arts, France
The Promises of the Past. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
The Hoerengracht. Amsterdam Historical Museum, Amsterdam, Netherland
The Pigs of Today Are the Hams of Tomorrow. Plymouth Art Center, England
2009
NUMBER THREE: HERE AND NOW. Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
International Women’s Film Festival, Dortmund, Germany; Cologne, Germany
2008
XXVIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil
2007
Sleeping and Dreaming. Wellcome Collection, London, England
Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection. Cisneros-Fontanals Foundation, Miami, USA
Lights, Camera, Action: Artists Films for the Cinema. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Mulher Mulheres. SESC Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Brasil Desfocos / O Olhar de Fora. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
New Genre Festival XIV, Living Arts, Tulsa, USA
Renegades. Exit Art, New York, USA
Art and the Feminist Revolution. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Into Me / Out of Me. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Unlearn. Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada
WATCH OUT. Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg
V Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Another Expo: Beyond the Nation-State. Municipal Museum of Art, Kitakyushu, Japan; White Box, New York, USA
The Artist’s Body: Then and Now. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
CCA Kitakyushu Artist’s Books. Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
Conflict: Perspectives, Positions, Realities in Central European Art. Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
Donna Donne. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
Dreaming Now. The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
East Art Museum: A (Re)Construction of the History of Contemporary Art (1945-1985) in Eastern Europe. Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
Figure It Out. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA
Fragments of Time. Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, USA
The Gesture. Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Quarter. Center for Contemporary Arts, Florence, Italy
Getting Emotional. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Indeterminant States. Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
Me, Myself and I: Artist Self-portraits from the Heather & Tony Podesta Collection. Curator’s Office, Washington, USA; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, USA
Melancholia. Jensen Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Miradas Y Conceptos En La Collección Helga de Alvear. Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain
Suddenly Older. Clifford Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, USA
Take Two: Worlds and Views Contemporary Art from the Collection. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Videographies: The Early Decades from the EMST Collection. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Exhibit and Silent Auction. Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA
Beograd Art Inc. Secession, Austria
Camera/Action. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, USA
Cetinje Biennial, Montenegro
Collected Views from East to West. Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Depicting Love. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Maya Lin: Earth Drawings. The Wanas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden
Performance en Vivo. Museo de Arte, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2004
Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Performing Body. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA
Video Killed the Radio Star. La Fábrica Gallery, Madri, Spain
2003
The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art. Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York, USA
Video Evenings. Museum of Art and Design, Herford, Germany
Air. James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Banquete. Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain; Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany; Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madri, Spain
upon reflection… Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Video Acts: Single Channel Works from the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London,England
2002
Oxygen. Whitebox Art Gallery, New York, USA
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA
Moving Pictures. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Building Structures. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA
In Search of Balkania. Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
2001
Body and the East: From the 1960's to the Present. Exit Art, New York, USA
Echoes of the Scream. Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
El Instante Eterno. Espai D'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Valencia, Spain
Giganti: Arte Contemporanea. Fori Imperiali, Rome, Italy
Holy Sports and 13. Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Hypermental: Wahnhafte Wirklichkei 1950-2000. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Part 2 (1988-1994). Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, USA
Site Specific Projects. Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo, Cadiz, Spain
Yokohama 2001, International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Japan
2000
Acoustic Architecture, Architectural Acoustics. Aronson Gallery #1, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
Anableps. Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy
Animal. Anima. Animus. The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada
Arteast Collection: The Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West from the 1960s to the Present. The Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Das Gedächtnis der Kunst. Historiches Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Dream Machines. Hayward Gallery, London, England; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Camden Arts Centre, London, England; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Japan Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950s-1980s. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, USA
Galerie Ingrid Dacié, Tübingen, Germany
Heimat Kunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Hypermental: Rampant Reality 1950-2000 from Salvador Dali to Jeff Koons. Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Hamburger Kunsthall, Hamburg, Germany; Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Insistent Memory: The Architecture of Time in Video Installation. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, USA
La Forma del Mondo/La Fine del Mondo. Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Lie of the Land: Earth Body Material. John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, England
Lost Paradise Lost. Ev. Luth Stadkirchenverband, Hannover, Germany
Ma Sorciere Bien Aimée. Musée d’Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Performing Bodies. Tate Modern, London, England
Stanze e Segreti. Milan, Italy
VII Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Video Time: Survey of Videos from the Museum of Modern Art's Collection Traces the History of the Medium. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Voici: 100 ans d’Art Contemporain. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelas, Belgium
Zeitwenden. Ludwig Museum, Vienna, Austria
Central Europe 1949-1999. The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA
1999
Postmedia: Conceptual Photography in the Guggenheim Museum Collection. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Zeitwenden. Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Lie of the Land: Earth Body Material. John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, England
Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Calendar 2000, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Impact: Revealing Sources for Contemporary Art. Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, USA
Inderlightens Spill: Images of Religious Contemplation. Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
Where Are You? Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
Comfort Zone: Furniture by Artists. Paine Webber Art Gallery, New York, USA
Animal. Anima. Animus. Pori Art Museum, Filnândia; The Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Holland; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA
Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin. Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Time of Our Lives. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
La Ville, Le Jardin, La Mémoire. Academie de France, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
Aspects Positions: 50 years of Central European Art 1949–1999. Museum Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
1998
Corpus Virtu. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA; MAK Ausstellungshalle, Vienna, Austria; Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
Partners. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Wånas 1998, Wånas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden
Landscape: The Trace of the Sublime. Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian Alberchts Universität, Kiel, Germany; Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria; Esbjerg Kunstmusem, Esberj, Denmark
Body and the East: From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
New Science. Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada
Body Double. Winston Wächter Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA
Persona. Galerie Carousel, Paris, France
Escape at Remanence. Former Melbourne Magisrates’ Court, Australia; City Watch House, Melbourne, Australia
Nine International Artists. Wånas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden
1997
47a. Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy
Animalities. Montevideo, Amsterdã, Holland
Artist Projects. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA
De-Genderism. Setagawa Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Shoes or No Shoes? Shoes of Artists. Vishal, Haarlem, Holland
Spirit House. Bienal de Óbidos, Portugal
The Compulsion to Remember. Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, USA
1996
Cleaning the Mirror. Cultural Elzenveld, Atwerpen, Belgium
In Between in Running Trains. Gynaika, Atwerpen, Belgium
Girls, Bad Girls! Cultuur Centrum, Bruges, Belgium
NowHere. Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebaek, Denmark
Video Sans Titre. Galerie Froment + Putnam, Paris, France
Vier Positionen Holländischer Plastik. Skulpturen Museum, Glaskaten Marl, Germany
Walking and Thinking and Walking. Louisiana Museum, Odense, Denmark
Art Meets Science: Spirituality in a Changing Economy. Copenhagen, Denmark
1995
Longing and Belonging. Site Santa Fé, USA
IV Istanbul Biennale, Turkey
Padova Biennale, Italy
III Biennale de Lyon, France
Inbetween. Thuringen, Germany
Feminin/Masculin. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Autour de Roger Vivier. Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Artists Against Violence. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Realität. Anspruch, Medium, Wartesaal. Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
Avant-Garde Walk in Venezia, Venice, Italy
I am You. Artists Against Racism, Amsterdã, Holland
Ruimtelijke Manuscripten. Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Amsterdã, Holland
1994
Hors Limites: L'Art et la Vie. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Visceral Responses. Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, USA
Künstlertraumen Berlin. Stiftung Neue Kultur, Berlin, Germany
Voetsporen. Artoteek, Dordrecht, Holland
Beeld. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Different Natures. Espai 2, Barcelona, Spain
Georgius Agricola. Kunstsammlung, Chemnitz, Germany
Shoes from Artists. Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, Mallorca, Spain
Metaphysical Metaphors. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
Dialogue with the Other. Künshallen Brands Klaederfabrik, Denmark; Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
L'art à la Plage. Jumeaux, France
Naturally. Ernst Museum, Budapeste, Hungary
Buch und Kunst. Galerie Renate, Hamburg, Germany
Beyond the Pale. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1993
45a. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Cerco. Bienal Internacional de Óbidos, Portugal
World Wide Video Festival, World Wide Video Centre, Den Haag, Holland
Différentes Natures. La Défense, Paris, France
Becoming Visible. Feuer Wasser Erde Luft, Mediale, Deichtorallen, Hamburg, Germany; Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin, Germany
I am You, Cleaning the House. Billboard Project, Atwerpen, Belgium
20 Jahre Künstler-Videos. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Arte Amazonas. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
1992
Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany
Spatial Drive. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Faszination Edelstein. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
The Biography. Edge 92, International Biennial of Innovative Visual Art, Madri, Spain; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Van Vlees en Bloedt. Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Holland
The Comfort Zone, The Living Room. Amsterdã, Holland
Die Künstlerpostkarte. Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, Germany
Frischluft. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1991
Arte Amazonas. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Das Goldene Zeitalter. Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Fuente. Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdã, Holland
1990
The Shadow of Presence. Galerie Charles Cartwright, Paris, France
De Verzmeling II, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Atwerpen, Belgium
Venus. Musée Albi, France
Noli Me Tangere. Kunstmuseum Wallis, Sion, Switzerland
Nature in Art. Kunstmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
1989
Magiciens de la Terre. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Wanderers. Galerie Charles Cartwright, Paris, France
And they See God. Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, USA
Das Verhältnis der Geschlechter. Kunstverein Bonn, Germany
Over den Gres. Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tillburg, Holland
Video-Skulptur Retrospektiv und Aktuell 1963-1989. Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany; Kongresshalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1988
After 15 Years. Happy New Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Beelden voor Blinden en Zienden. Oude Kwekje, Kortenhoef, Holland
The Flag Project: 50 Artists/50 Flags. Venice, Italy
Roots and Turns: 20th Century Photography in the Netherlands. Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, USA; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
Rijksaankopen 1987: Wer van Hedendaagse Beeldende Kunstenaars. Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Holland
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
Photo Mannerisms. Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1987
Arrangements for the Camera: A View of Contemporary Photography. Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large Scale Photography - 1966-68, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, USA
Blow Up Zeitgeschichte. Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany; Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany; Frankfurt Kunstmuseum, Germany; Rheinisces Landesmuseuem, Bonn, Germany
Avant-Garde in the Eighties. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Von Chaos und Ordnung der Seele: Kunst in der Psychiatrischen Klinik der Universitat, Mainz, Germany
Art from Europe. Tate Gallery, London, England; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Animal Art. Steirischer Herbst 87, Graz, Austria
The Mirror + The Lamp. The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Die Gleichzeitigkeit des Anderen. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
The 100 Days of Contemporary Art of Montreal 1987. International Center of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
1986
The Real Big Picture. Queens Museum, New York, USA
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Momento Mori. Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, USA
VI Annual San Francisco Video Festival, USA
Alles und Noch Viel Mehr, das Poetische ABC. Kunsthalle/Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Nightsea Crossing. Teatro Musica Performances, Fundação Calouste Gulbekian, Lisbon, Portugal
Rememberances of Things Past. Long Beach Museum of Art, USA
Rijksaankopen 1985. Logement, Gravenhage, Holland
Big Portraits. Jeffery Hoffield & Co., New York, USA
Emerging Artists ’86. Cleveland Centre for Contemporary Art, USA
Houston Fotofest, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, USA
Foto Cliché. Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England; Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Photography as Performance. The Photographer’s Gallery, London, England
Modus Vivendi Tuesday/Saturday. Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, USA; Visual Arts Centre, Cambridge, USA
1985
Amsterdam Buys Art. Municipal Art Acquisition 84, Museum Fodor, Rijksaankopen Gravenhage, Holland
Von Hier Aus, Zwei Neue. Deutsche Kunst im Dusseldorfer Messegelande, Dusseldorf, Germany
L’Art et le Temps: Regards sur la Quatrième Dimension. Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland; Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
Content: A Contemporary Focus 1974-1984. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Symbol Tier. Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
By the River 3: International Photography Today. The Pori Art Museum, Finland
Hoogtepunten uit de Fotocollective van Het Stedelijk Museum. Museum Fodor, Amsterdã, Holland
As Far as Amsterdam Goes. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
Das Auge des Kunstlers. Logetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, Italy; Kunstverein Frankfurt, Germany
1983
ARS ’83, The Art Museum of the Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
De Goddelijke Kondeie. Rotterdaamse Kunststichting, Roterdã, Holland
Vision of Disbelief. The IV Biennial of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Live to Air: Artists’ Sound Works. Tate Gallery, London, England
60s 80s Attitudes/Concepts/Images. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
1982
Momentbild: Kunstlerphotographie. Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Videokunst in Deutschland 1963-1982. Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Contemporary Art from The Netherlands. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
XI Festival International du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada
1981
XVI Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil
Artists’ Photographs. Crown Point Press Gallery, Oakland, USA
Instant Fotografie. Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdã, Holland
1980
Rest Energy, Rose ’80: The Poetry of Vision: An International Exhibition of Modern Art and Chinese Painting. University College, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Prizes
1997
Golden Lion Award for Best Artist, Balkan Baroque (Performance), Venice Biennale.
2003
AICA USA Award, The House with the Ocean View (Performance), New York.
Niedersächsicher Kunstpreis*
The Bessies, New York Dance and Performance Award, The House with the Ocean View, (Performance), New York.
2004
The Art Institute of Chicago, Honorary Doctorate, Chicago.
2006
Artist’s Space and +ART Honoree*
Guggenheim International Gala Honoree, New York.
U.S. Art Critics Association, Award for Best Exhibition of Time Based Art, Seven Easy Pieces (Performance), New York.
2007
AICA USA Award, Seven Easy Pieces, (Performance), New York.
Franklin Furnace Honoree, New York.
Gran Premio AECA Gran Premio Award, Madrid.
2008
The Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art, Vienna.
Belgrade University Honorary Doctorate of Faculty of Arts
2011
SCAD deFINE ART Honoree and Key note speaker, Savannah.
BOMB Magazine Honoree, Bomb Gala, New York
Danspace Project Honoree, New York
Williams College, Honorary Degree, Williamstown.
2013
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officier, For work in Bolero, Paris.
National Academy Member, New York.
The 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Fundación Princesa de Astúrias General Yague, Oviedo, Spain
2023
Sonning Prize cultural award, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Public Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
Collection FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France
Fundación NMAC Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Fundación Telefónica, Madri, Spain
Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Servia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp, Atwerpen, Belgium
National Gallery of Canada/Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Ottawa, Canada
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdã, Holland
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Städtische Galerie Erlangen, Germany
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
Zerynthia, Rome, Italy