biography of Jimmie DURHAM (1940-2021)
Personal data
Birth : 1940 - Arkansas, United States
Death : 11/17/2021
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - United States
Address
Berlin, GermanyRepresentatives
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery – Suite 213 526 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1973 : ESBA Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (BFA) – 9 Boulevard Helvétique – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Professional data
Work and Life
He is a Wolf Clan Cherokee.
His poetry has appeared in the Minnesota Review, Parnassus, Ikon and others.
Other professions
Poet
Work
Categorie and medium
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video installation 
Performing Art : Performance Works
| Saint Frigo | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Video installation Size : 132 x 60 x 60 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2007
Labyrinth
Château d’Oiron – Oiron, France
07/01/2007 – 09/30/2007
2004
Galerie Michel Rein – Paris, France
03/12/2004 – 04/24/2004
2003
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag – The Hague, Netherlands
10/11/2003 – 01/11/2004
Rétrospective
MAC Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille – Marseille, France
03/15/2003 – 06/01/2003
2002
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Brussels, Belgium
2002 – 01/31/2003
Jimmie Durham
Arnsberg Kunstverein – Arnsberg, Germany
2002 – 06/16/2002
1998
Between the furniture and the building. Between a rock and a hard place
Kunstverein München – Munich, Germany
1998
1997
Galerie Nordenhake – Stockholm, Sweden
1997
Via Farini – Milan MI, Italy
1997
1996
La leçon d’anatomie
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art contemporain Champagne-Ardennes – Reims, France
1996
1993
Original Re-Runs
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
1993
1992
Dissent, Difference and the Body Politic
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
1992
1991
The Interrupted Life
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
1991
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Michel Rein – 56 bis rue du rempart – Tours, France
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Michel Rein – 42 Rue de Turenne – Paris, France
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Michel Rein – 42 Rue de Turenne – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
2002
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Lumen Travo Gallery – Lijnbaansgracht 314 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galleria Modulo – Lisbon, Portugal
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Zimmerstrasse 88-91 – Berlin, Germany
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Lumen Travo Gallery – Lijnbaansgracht 314 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Nybrogatan 25 B – Stockholm, Sweden
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium
Sthml Art Fair 2001, n° 21
Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Nybrogatan 25 B – Stockholm, Sweden
2000
Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zurich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Barbara Wien – Linienstrasse 158 – Berlin, Germany
Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Nybrogatan 25 B – Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte – Calçada dos Mestres 34 A-B – Lisbon, Portugal
Group exhibitions
2008
Collection(s) 08
Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
02/08/2008 – 02/13/2008
STUDIO-Invitation à… Madeleine Van doren pour le Fresnoy
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Paris, France
01/31/2008 – 02/16/2008
2001
Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001
1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
1998
Crossings/Traversées
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – Ottawa ON, Canada
1998
1997
Cartographers
Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti / Museum of Contemporary Art – Zagreb, Croatia
1997
Cittá Natura
Palazzo Delle Esposizioni – Rome, Italy
1997
On Life, Beauty, Translations and Other Difficulties – 5th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
10/05/1997 – 11/09/1997
1994
Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art – Cleveland OH, United States
1994
Cocido y Crudo
MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1994
1993
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennnial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1993
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1993
A certain lack of coherence : writings on art and cultural politics
Publisher: Kala Press – London, United Kingdom
1993
ISBN : 0947753036
On the artist
Exhibition catalogues
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
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