biography of Christopher WILLIAMS (1956)

Personal data


Birth : 06/09/1956 - Los Angeles CA California, United States
Sex : M

Address

Los Angeles CA California, United States

Education

1979 : California Institute of the Arts (BFA) – 24700 McBean Parkway – Valencia CA, United States
1981 : California Institute of the Arts (MFA) – 24700 McBean Parkway – Valencia CA, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2008

David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
02/14/2008 – 03/29/2008

2002

David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
11/21/2002 – 12/21/2002

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : David Zwirner, Inc – 525 West 19th str. – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany


Group exhibitions

2002

Solitudes
Galerie Michel Rein – Paris, France
07/03/2002 – 07/31/2002

2000

FBR Foto Biënnale Rotterdam / Rotterdam Photo Biennial
Nederlands Foto Instituut – Rotterdam, Netherlands
04/01/2000 – 05/07/2000

1999

Summer Group Show
Margo Leavin Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1999

Gallery Artists Summer Show
David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
1999

The work shown in this space is a response to yhe existing conditions and/or work shown preciously with the spaceIII
Galerie Neugerriemschneider – Berlin, Germany
1999

The Museum as Muse : Artists Reflect
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
03/14/1999 – 06/01/1999

1998

At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1998

TransFiction I: Point Blank
Galerie Charim Klocker – Vienna, Austria
1998

90069
Margo Leavin Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1998

Sunshine & Noir; Art in L.A. 1960-1997
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
05/08/1998 – 08/23/1998

Travel & Leisure
Paula Cooper Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/02/1998 – 06/26/1998

1997

Places that are elsewhere
David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
1997

Wachselstrome

Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Cologne, Germany
1997

At One Remove
Henry Moore Institute – Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
1997

Sunshine & Noir. L.A. Art 1960-1997
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/16/1997 – 09/07/1997

Someone Else with My Fingerprints
David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
01/31/1997 – 03/15/1997

1996

Araki/Clark/Struth/Williams
Kunsthalle Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
1996

1995

Dark Memories Hovering Below the Transparent Screen of the Present will Project Images of reality in Sharp Silhouette to Create the Pleasurable Effect of a Double World
Marc Foxx Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
1995

25 Years: An Exhibition of Selected Works
Margo Leavin Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1995

People
Monica De Cardenas – Milan MI, Italy
1995

1994

In the Field. Landscape in Recent Photography
Margo Leavin Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
1994

Installations: Selections from the Permanent Collection Part One
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1994

The Archive
Forum Stadtpark – Graz, Austria
1994

Radical Scavenger(s): The Conceptual Vernacular in Recent American Art
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1994

Temporary Translation(s): Kunst der Gegenwart und Fotografie: Sammlung Schürmann
Deichtorhallen – Hamburg, Germany
1994

Die Orte der Kunst
Sprengel Museum – Hanover, Germany
1994

1993

Fragments and Forms: Selection from the Permanent Collection
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1993

Other Places
Margo Leavin Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1993

A Complete Hand of One Suit
University of Nevada – Las Vegas NV, United States
1993

Konstruktion Zitat: Kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie
Sprengel Museum – Hanover, Germany
1993

L.A. Stories
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts – Los Angeles CA, United States
1993

Kontextualismus
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
1993

1992

Knowledge: Aspects of Conceptual Art
University Art Museum – UCSB University of California Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara CA, United States
1992

Hollywood, Hollywood
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery – Pasadena CA, United States
1992

Dirty Data: The Collection of Wilhem Schurmann
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst – Aachen, Germany
1992

1991

Enclosure
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1991

Fassbinder-Oehlen -Prina (slide presentation)
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Turin TO, Italy
1991

1991 Carnegie International
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1991

Facing the Finish: Some Recent California Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
09/20/1991 – 12/01/1991

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

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

Legals