born 1969, Stuttgart, Germany
lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
1993-2000
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, Germany
Kunstakademie Stuttgart, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS / 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2009
Basement and Ground Floor, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2008
Herald St, London, England
2007
Art 38 Basel: Statements, Galerie Karin Guenther, Basel, Switzerland
2006
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
The Breeder Gallery, Athens, Greece
westlondonprojects, London, England
2005
Herald St, London, England
2004
Projektraum, Rheinschau, Cologne, Germany
2003
Spate Blatter, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
Ladybird, Gastatelier Goldbekhaus, with Ellen Gronemeyer, Hamburg, Germany
2002
Projektraum vier 5, Fiedler/Reichert, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie 45 with Kerstin Stoll, Fiedler/Reichert, Frankfurt, Germany
Katsura, KX-Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
2000
Die Mandarin Emphase, HfbK-Hamburg, Dipl.-Ausstellung, Hamburg, Germany
Lumiere Aluminique, video projection, Robert Johnson, Frankfurt, Germany
Post, Galerie Nomadenoase (Golden Pudel Club), Hamburg, Germany
1999
1, video projection with Stefan Panhans, Fahrradhalle Offenbach, Germany
tele 5, Hamburg, Videos shown: Eau Savage and Monochrome Orange
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(* indicates a publication)
2010
Photogenic- Abstract Photography, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Quantos Queres, MARZ Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal
Burn Baby Burn!, Galerie Duve, Berlin, Germany
SUPERNATURE: An exercise in loads, AMP, Athens, Greece
Gruppenausstellung, Artleib, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
My Summer Show, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
A Twilight Art, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
2008
The Krautcho Club / In and Out of Place, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany, and Project Space 176, London, England
Never Seen Before, Deutsche Bank, Berlin, Germany
Johann König, Berlin, Germany
Le Retour, Nice & Fit, Berlin, Germany
Triumph of Painting 4: Germania, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2007
Ballet Mécanique, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
The Language of Vision, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, England
*Neuer Konstruktivismus, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof, Bielefeld, Germany
Stuff: International Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI
Lines, Squares and Cubes, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
2006
Blind Date Passau, curated by Araine Grigoteit and Jessica Morgan, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Worlen, Passau, Germany
Friedrich, curated by Bruce Haines, Doggerfisher Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Dereconstruction, curated by Matthew Higgs, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Finding Neverland, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Blind Date, Sammlung Deutsche Bank Collection, Galerie Kunstforum, Seligenstadt, Germany
The Figs Play Fox Dead, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
West London Projects with Yesim Akdeniz, curated by Christiane Schneider, London, England
Freitagskueche, Berlin, Germany
2005
liquid soft lightning touch, Doggerfischer Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Meet you at the corner, Fortescue Ave Gallery, London, England
Inaugural, Herald St., London, England
Alles. In einer Nacht., Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
*William Blake & Sons, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland. (Cat.)
Irrational thoughts…, Galerie Hauf, Stuttgart, Germany
The addiction, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Square Dance, Galerie Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt, Germany
2004
*Formalismus, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
New Party, The Breeder Projects, Athens, Greece
Lokaltermin, Haus der Kunststiftung, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse 13, Hamburg, Germany
Black Friday – Exercises in Hermetics, Galerie Joanna Kamm, Berlin, Germany
2003
EASTinternational, curated by Toby Webster and Eva Rothschild, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
Kaiserpassage 16/21a, Karlsruhe, Germany
Reisefreiheit, Stipendiatenausstellung, curated by Rita Kersting, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Work on Paper, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Yes, We're Excerpts, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
metropolitan, Galerie Jürgen Becker, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
Ich ging im Walde, Galerie Borgmann/Nathusius, Köln, Germany
Rraum02-ideoblast, Manifesta, Frankfurt, Germany
Metropolitan, Galerie Borgmann/Nathusius, Köln, Germany
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Stipendiatenausstellung, Hamburg, Germany
Jahresgaben, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Kaiserstrasse 21a, Karlsruhe, Germany
tele 5, Hamburg, Germany (Videos shown: Eau Savage and Monochrome Orange)
2001
First Review, Galerie 45, Frankfurt, Germany
Street of tomorrow, Galerie 45, Fielder/Reichert, Frankfurt, Germany
Temple Bar Gallery, Cooperation with Cadiophon, (A. Rischer/F. Lüsing), Dublin, Ireland
1999
1, Video, Videolounge Messehalle 2, Bremen, Germany
Space and other infinities, Passau, Germany
1998
Osygus, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Echo-Park, Bieber-haus, Hamburg, Germany
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(*indicates non-periodical book, catalog, or other publication)
2009
Rosenberg, Karen, "Into the Darkroom, With Pulleys, Jams, and Snakes,"The New York Times, November 5, 2009
2008
Coomer, Martin, "Markus Amm," Time Out London, April 18, 2008
Ward, Ossian, "Gothic Art Revival," Time Out London, January 2, 2008
2007
*"Neuer Konstruktivismus," text by Janneke de Vries, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof, Bielefeld, Germany
"Minimalism and After," Daimlerchrysler, Germany
2006
Brooks, Amra, "Regional Roundup: Los Angeles," Artinfo.com, December 27, 2006
Brooks, Amra, "Must See Art," LAWeekly.com, December 20, 2006
Birckett, Richard, "Lichtspiel," Fairy Tale, Fall 2006
2005
*William Blake & Sons, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
Birkett, Richard, "Markus Amm," Untitled, Issue 36, Autumn 2005, p. 64.
Herbert, Martin, "Markus Amm," Time Out London, September 14-21, 2005
2004
* Freudenberger, Annette, "Formalismus," Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2004
2002
*Kunsthaus Hamburg, Stipendiatenausstellung, Hamburg, Germany
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2005
Residency Delfina Studio Trust, London
2003
Neue Kunst in Hamburg; travel grant for New York
2002
Grant from Kunstfonds Bonn
Grant from Goldbekhaus Hamburg
2001
Grant from Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg
1997
Dietze-Award, Dietzestiftung, Hfbk Hamburg