biography of Bruce NAUMAN (1941)
Personal data
Birth : 12/06/1941 - Fort Wayne IN Indiana, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Santa Fe NM New Mexico, United StatesFamily relations
Husband of Susan ROTHENBERG 苏珊•罗森伯格 [ 1945 ]Representatives
Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Sperone Westwater Gallery – 415 West 13th Str. – New York NY, United States
Education
1966 : University of California (MA) – One Shields Avenue – Davis CA, United States
1960 : University of Wisconsin at Madison (BA) – 455 North Park 6241 Humanities Building – Madison WI, United States
Pupil of / student of William T. WILEY [ 1937 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1989:He receives Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Prizes
1999
1999 : Leone d’Oro – Venice VE, Italy
Context: d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia (06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999)
Awarded by : La Biennale di Venezia – 1364/a Ca’ Giustinian – Venice VE, Italy
1993
1993 : Wolf Prize – Jerusalem, Israel
Awarded by : The Wolf Foundation – 39, Hamaapilim Str. – Herzliya Pituach, Israel
1990
1990 : Max Beckmann Prize – New York NY, United States
Other professions
1966 : Professor
San Francisco Art Institute – 800 Chestnut Street – San Francisco CA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Light installation
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Film - Video installation
Performing Art : Performance
Movements and styles
Minimal ArtConceptual Art
Video Art
Works
Falls, Pratfalls and Sleights of Hand | |
Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Video installation | |
Butt to Butt (Large) | |
Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Installation Size : 132 x 249 x 122 cm | |
Female Masturbation | |
Date of creation : 1985 Medium : Mixed media/paper Materials : watercolor-pencil Supports : paper Size : 127 x 97 cm | |
Green Light Corridor | |
Date of creation : 1970 Medium : Light installation Process : neon | |
None Sing¿Neon Sign | |
Date of creation : 1970 Medium : Light installation Process : neon | |
Lighted Performance Box | |
Date of creation : 1969 Medium : Installation | |
Window | |
Date of creation : 1967 Medium : Light installation Process : neon Size : 59 x 55 inch | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
Projection and Displacement: Drawings for Installations
Sperone Westwater Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/19/2008 – 03/29/2008
2007
A Rose Has No Teeth
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
07/01/2007 – 09/09/2007
6 New 2-Color etchings
Gemini G.E.L. LLC – Los Angeles CA, United States
06/13/2007 – 06/17/2007
2006
Information as Poetry
Craig F. Starr Associates – New York NY, United States
05/10/2006 – 06/30/2006
2005
Estampes 1973-1999
Galerie Lelong Paris – Paris, France
2005 – 07/29/2005
DIVA Digital & Video Art Fair – New York NY, United States
03/11/2005 – 03/13/2005
2004
The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2004 – 03/28/2005
2002
Neons, Sculptures, Drawings
Van de Weghe Fine Art – New York NY, United States
10/17/2002 – 12/14/2002
Mapping the Studio II
Sperone Westwater Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/07/2002 – 07/27/2002
Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris, France
04/13/2002 – 05/29/2002
2001
Mapping the Studio I (Fat Chance John Cage)
Dia Art Foundation – New York NY, United States
01/10/2001 – 07/27/2002
1999
Bruce Nauman
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1999
Donald Young Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1999
1997
Burce Nauman : Image/Text 1966-1996
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
05/24/1997 – 09/28/1997
1996
Bruce Nauman – Untitled (Fifteen Pairs of Hands)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Rotterdam, Netherlands
06/28/1996 – 10/26/1996
1995
Retrospective
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1995
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
1995
1992
Bruce Nauman : Skulpturen und Installationen 1985-1990
Museum für Gegenwartskunst – Basel BS, Switzerland
1992
1986
Bruce Nauman Drawings/Zeichnungen 1965-1986
Museum für Gegenwartskunst – Basel BS, Switzerland
1986
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Andre Simoens Gallery – 128-130 Kustlaan – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Andre Simoens Gallery – 128-130 Kustlaan – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Peter Freeman Gallery, Inc. – 25 Cranberry Street – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Margarete Roeder Gallery – 545 Brodway – New York NY, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Hirschl & Adler Modern – 21 East 70th Street, 2nd Floor – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Andre Simoens Gallery – 128-130 Kustlaan – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Sperone Westwater Gallery – 415 West 13th Str. – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – 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 : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
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 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Jiri Svestka Gallery – Jungmannova 30 – Prague, Czech Republic
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
2000
KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Arte 3 – Via Ciovassi 17 – Milan MI, Italy
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Jean Bernier Gallery – 51 Marasli – Athens, Greece
Group exhibitions
2008
Regards Croisés
Galerie LC – Paris, France
06/12/2008 – 07/05/2008
2004
Whitstable Biennale
London, United Kingdom
06/19/2004 – 07/09/2004
The Game Show
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/09/2004 – 02/14/2004
2003
Videoactes
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
07/30/2003 – 10/19/2003
A Way With Words
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
06/05/2003
Collection, nouvelle présentation
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
04/25/2003 – 08/03/2003
The Inspirator
Distrito 4 – Madrid, Spain
04/03/2003 – 05/24/2003
Expressiv
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/30/2003 – 08/10/2003
M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003
2002
Passenger – The Viewer as Participant
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst – Oslo, Norway
2002 – 04/21/2002
Outer and Inner Space
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Richmond VA, United States
2002
Les Années 70, l’art en cause
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Bordeaux, France
2002 – 01/19/2003
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
L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003
Vidéo Topiques tours et retours de l’art vidéo
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
10/17/2002 – 02/02/2003
From Pop to Now: selections from the Sonnabend Collection
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs NY, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/29/2002
Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002
Frank Stella, Bruce Nauman
Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris, France
04/13/2002 – 05/29/2002
Premiers mouvements – Fragiles correspondances
Le Plateau – FRAC d’Ile de France – Paris, France
03/07/2002 – 06/01/2002
2001
Loop
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
12/09/2001 – 01/27/2002
Green on Greene
Gallery Sperone Westwater – New York NY, United States
11/01/2001 – 12/15/2001
Into the Light : the Projected Image in American Art 1964-1977
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
10/18/2001 – 01/27/2002
Project : Film and Video
Pittville Pump Room – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
10/12/2001 – 10/25/2001
Electrify Me!
Friedrich Petzel Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001
2000
Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000
Samuel Beckett / Bruce Nauman
Kunsthalle Wien am Karlsplatz – Vienna, Austria
2000
1999
After Image : drawing through Process
The Geffen Contemporary – MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
1999
Encounter: Bruce Nauman and Kcho
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
10/31/1999 – 11/28/1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
Memoria_Presente
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Santiago de Chile, Chile
06/07/1999 – 07/23/1999
1998
Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998
Sunshine & Noir. L.A. Art 1960-1997
Armand Hammer Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
09/16/1998 – 01/1999
Video: Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Sam Taylor-Wood
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
06/19/1998 – 09/22/1998
Sunshine & Noir; Art in L.A. 1960-1997
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
05/08/1998 – 08/23/1998
1997
Sunshine & Noir; Art in L.A. 1960-1997
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
11/15/1997 – 02/01/1998
Anselmo/Boetti/Laib/Merz/Nauman/Paolini/Pistoletto/Vital/Zorio
Gallery Sperone Westwater – New York NY, United States
09/13/1997 – 10/18/1997
Sunshine & Noir. L.A. Art 1960-1997
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/16/1997 – 09/07/1997
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition, n°69
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/20/1997 – 06/01/1997
1992
Dislocations
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992
1991
1991 Carnegie International
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1991
The New Sculpture : 1965-1975 Between Geometry and Gesture
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1991
1980
39° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1980
1972
Documenta 5 – Befragung der Realität-Bildwelten heute
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/30/1972 – 10/08/1972
1971
Biennale de Paris, n° 7
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1971
1969
When Attitudes become Form
Kunsthalle – Bern BE, Switzerland
1969
1968
Documenta 4
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Karlsaue, Galerie an der Schönen Aussicht – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1968 – 10/06/1968
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
art : 21 – Art in the Twenty-first century
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. – 100 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2001
ISBN : 0810913976
2000
Collection Lambert en Avignon – Beaux-Arts Collection
Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2842783492
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
1994
Bruce Nauman
Publisher: Walker Art Center – Vineland Place – Minneapolis MN, United States
1994
Monographies
1997
Bruce Nauman : 1985-1996 Drawings, Prints, and Related Works
Author: Snyder Jill
Author: Schaffner Ingrid
06/1997
ISBN : 1888332050
Bruce Nauman : 25 Years
Author: Castelli Leo – New York NY, United States
ISBN : 0847818179
Periodicals
2002
BENHAMOU-HUET Judith – Marché, cotations, records,…
in: Art Press – Supplément Art 33 Basel
Paris, France
2002
WEI Lilly – Bruce Nauman at Dia
in: Art in America n° 6 p. 120
New York NY, United States
06/2002