biography of Luis CAMNITZER (1937)

Personal data


Birth : 1937 - Lübeck, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States - Uruguay

Address

Great Neck NY New York, United States

Representatives

Galerie Basta – Grossheidestrasse 21 – Hamburg, Germany


Education

1957 – 1958 : Akademie der Bildenden Künste München – Akademiestrasse 2 – Munich, Germany
1959 : Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes – Universidad de la República – Jose Martí 3314 – Montevideo, Uruguay

Professional data


Work and Life

1964:Settles in USA.
1939:Emigrates to Uruguay. Citizen of Uruguay.


Other professions

Professor
SUNY State University of New York College at Old Westbury – Route 107 – Old Westbury NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation

Movements and styles

Conceptual Art

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2002

Homeless
Galerie Basta – Hamburg, Germany
03/08/2002 – 05/04/2002

1995

Galerie Basta – Hamburg, Germany
1995

1984

Uruguayan Torture
Alternative Museum – New York NY, United States
01/07/1984 – 02/04/1984

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

1997

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 16
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1997
Represented by : Carla Stellweg Gallery – 87 E Houston Street – New York NY, United States

Art Cologne, n° 31
Cologne, Germany
11/09/1997 – 11/16/1997
Represented by : Galerie Basta – Grossheidestrasse 21 – Hamburg, Germany


Group exhibitions

2003

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

2002

Luis Camnitzer & Alfredo Jaar
Galerie Basta – Hamburg, Germany
2002 – 05/04/2002

Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002

El Final del Eclipse. El Arte de América Latina en la Transición al siglo XXI / The End of the Eclipse. Latin American Art from the Transition into the XXI Century
MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo – Badajoz, Spain
02/08/2002 – 04/08/2002

2001

El Final del Eclipse. El Arte de América Latina en la Transición al siglo XXI / The End of the Eclipse. Latin American Art from the Transition into the XXI Century
Palacio de los Condes de Gabia – Granada, Spain
11/29/2001 – 01/20/2002

El Final del Eclipse. El Arte de América Latina en la Transición al siglo XXI / The End of the Eclipse. Latin American Art from the Transition into the XXI Century
Fundación Telefónica – Madrid, Spain
09/12/2001 – 11/18/2001

2000

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000

1999

Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
09/24/1999 – 11/07/1999

1997

Kwangju Biennale, n° 2
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
1997

I Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul
Pôrto Alegre, Brazil
1997

1996

Universalis – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 23
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/06/1996 – 12/08/1996

1988

43° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1988

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2004

VERWOERT Jan – Reviews
in: Frieze n° 82 p. 83
London, United Kingdom
04/2004

2002

MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002

Legals