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Markus Amm

MARKUS AMM

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

 
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)
 
2009
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, 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, Edinburugh, 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)
 
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, 2007


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