biography of Wolfgang TILLMANS (1968)

Personal data


Birth : 1968 - Remscheid, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - United Kingdom

Address

London, United Kingdom

Representatives

Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Daniel Buchholz – Neven-DuMont- Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
Maureen Paley/Interim Art – 21 Herald Street – London, United Kingdom


Education

1990 – 1992 : Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design (Photography) – Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

Professional data


Work and Life

1996:Moves to London, UK, definitely.


Prizes

2000

2000 : Turner Prize – London, United Kingdom
Awarded by : Tate Britain – Millbank – London, United Kingdom


Other professions

1998 – 1999 : Professor
HfbK Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg – Lerchenfeld 2 – Hamburg, Germany

Work


Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple : Digital print
Photography :

Subject

composition
fantastic
interior
still life
landscape
portrait

Works

Grey jeans over stairpost
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Photograph
Size : 48 x 68 inch
 
Adam, head down
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Photograph
Size : 11 x 9 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2006

UCLA Hammer Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
09/17/2006 – 01/07/2007

MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
05/20/2006 – 08/13/2006

Freedom From The Known
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
02/26/2006 – 05/29/2006

2004

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle – Munich, Germany
01/22/2004 – 03/23/2004

2003

Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
06/06/2003 – 09/14/2003

2002

Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
2002

Still Life
Bush Reisinger Museum – Cambridge MA, United States
10/25/2002 – 02/23/2003

View from above
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
10/11/2002 – 01/19/2003

Vue d’en haut
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
06/01/2002 – 09/15/2002

Maureen Paley/Interim Art – London, United Kingdom
03/14/2002 – 04/21/2002

2001

Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001

2000

Blushes
Fig 1 – London, United Kingdom
2000

1999

Sommer Contemporary Art – Tel Aviv, Israel
1999

Space Between Two Buildings / Soldiers – The Nineties
Maureen Paley/Interim Art – London, United Kingdom
1999

Galerie Daniel Buchholz – Cologne, Germany
1999

Soldiers – The Nineties
Ars Futura Galerie – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999

1998

Fruciones
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1998

1997

Kunstverein Leipzig – Projektgalerie Elsterpark – Leipzig, Germany
1997

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Buchholz – Neven-DuMont- Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Johnen + Schöttle – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Texte zur Kunst – Berlin, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Sommer Contemporary Art – 64 Rothschild Boulevard – Tel Aviv, Israel

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Texte zur Kunst – Norberstrasse 2-4 – Cologne, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Buchholz – Neven-DuMont- Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Patrick de Brock Gallery – Strandstraat 11 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Art in CASO
CASO Contemporary Art Space Osaka – Osaka, Japan
04/25/2002 – 04/29/2002
Represented by : Wako Works of Art – 3-18-12-101, Nishi-shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku – Tokyo, Japan

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Nicola von Senger – Bleicherweg 45 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Le Case d’Arte – Via Gorani 8 – Milan MI, Italy

Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nicola von Senger – Bleicherweg 45 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Andre Simoens Gallery – 128-130 Kustlaan – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Meyer Kainer – Eschenbachgasse 9 – Vienna, Austria

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Frameworks Verlagsgesellschaft mbH – Gumpendorfer Strasse 89 – Vienna, Austria

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Patrick de Brock Gallery – Strandstraat 11 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Maureen Paley/Interim Art – 21 Herald Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galleria SALES – Via San Francesco di Sales 16A – Rome, Italy

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Nicola von Senger – Bleicherweg 45 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria SALES – Via San Francesco di Sales 16A – Rome, Italy

1998

Art Moscow – III International Art Fair
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
03/05/1998 – 03/09/1998
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany

1997

Art Cologne, n° 31
Cologne, Germany
11/09/1997 – 11/16/1997
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Buchholz – Neven-DuMont- Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany


Festivals

2000

Les Trahisons du Modèle – Semaines Européennes de l’Image
Luxembourg
07/2000 – 09/2000


Group exhibitions

2004

Brainstorming, topographie de la morale
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
03/20/2004 – 06/27/2004

2003

M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003

2002

Thomas Bayrle, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Isa Genzken, Wolfgang Tillmans
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
2002 – 04/28/2002

Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
12/20/2002 – 03/23/2002

French Collection – Rien ne presse / Slow and Steady / Festina Lente – 2ème épisode
MAMCO Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
11/01/2002 – 01/19/2003

Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002

Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002

Remix: Contemporary art & pop
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
05/25/2002 – 08/26/2002

2001

Isa Genzken, Wolfgang Tillmans (Projektraum I)
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
11/01/2001 – 02/2002

Freestyle : Werke aus der sammlung Boros
Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloß Morsbroich – Leverkusen, Germany
2001

Open City: Street Photographs since 1950
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
05/06/2001 – 07/15/2001

2000

The British Art Show 5
Ikon Gallery – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
11/25/2000 – 01/28/2001

Apocalypse – Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art
Royal Academy of Arts – London, United Kingdom
09/23/2000 – 12/15/2000

Protest & Survive
Whitechapel Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/15/2000 – 11/12/2000

The British Art Show 5
CVA Centre for Visual Arts – Cardiff, United Kingdom
09/08/2000 – 11/05/2000

Eine Munition unter anderen
Frankfurter Kunstverein – Frankfurt, Germany
08/26/2000 – 10/01/2000

The British Art Show 5
John Hansard Gallery – University of Southampton – Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
06/23/2000 – 08/20/2000

The British Art Show 5
Fruitmarket Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
04/08/2000 – 06/04/2000

Deep Distance, Die Entfernung der Fotograpfie
Kunsthalle – Basel BS, Switzerland
2000

Présumés Innocents
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
2000

Sammlung (1), The Oldest Possible Memory
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
2000

Uniform, Order and Discorder
Stazione Leopolda – Florence, Italy
2000

1998

Berlin biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, n° 1
Berlin, Germany
1998

From the Corner of the Eye
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/27/1998 – 08/29/1998

1996

New Photography 12
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/24/1996 – 02/04/1997

A/drift:
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
10/20/1996 – 01/05/1997

Manifesta 1
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
06/09/1996 – 08/19/1996

1995

Take me (I’m yours)
Serpentine Gallery Kensington Gardens – London, United Kingdom
1995

1994

L’Hiver de l’Amour
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
01/25/1994 – 02/03/1994

1993

June
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – Paris, France
1993

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X

2000

Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142

1999

Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934


Exhibition catalogues

2000

The British Art Show 5
Publisher: Hayward Gallery – Belvedere Road – London, United Kingdom
2000
ISBN : 1853322040


Periodicals

2002

DE LA FORTERIE Maud – Vers une nouvelle beauté
in: Art Actuel n° 21 p. 28
Paris, France
07/2002-08/2002

BACKHAUS Catrin – Isa Genzken und Wolfgang Tillmans im Museum Ludwig
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 1/2 p. 41
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
01/2002-02/2002

MENIN Samuele & POLITI Gea – Focus Germany
in: Flash Art n° 224 p. 114 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
05/2002-06/2002

2001

Guía de bolsillo para el coleccionista reciente
in: El Periodico del Arte n° 47 p. 43
Madrid, Spain
08/2001-09/2001

STANGE Raimar – Elizabeth Peyton, Wolfgang Tillmans und in den Deichtorhallen
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 12 p. 46
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
12/2001

Legals