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Born in 1950 in Metzingen, Germany
Lives and works in Biberach, south Germany
BIOGRAPHY
1968-1974 Medecin Studies at Tübingens University
1975 First Milk Stone
1977 First pollen recolts
1983 First works with rice; "Rice Houses" (from 1984, in aluminium, stone, sealing wax and beeswax)
1988 First works with wax plates
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2005
« Wolfgang Laib : Passageway-Overgoing », Lauwrence Wilson Art Gallery, Australia
« Wolfgang Laib, Drawings and Photographs », De Pont museum of contemporary art, Pays-Bas
« Wolfgang Laib », MACRO, Rome, Italie
2004
« Wolfgang Laib », Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, 15 February - 3 April 2004, Australia
"Passage Transition", Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
"Wolfgang Laib", Caraths de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Suisse
"Where the Land and Water ends", Buchmann Galerie Köln, Köln, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib – Passageway - Overdoing", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Chine
"Wolfgang Laib", Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Allemagne
2003
"Wolfgang Laib : Durchgang - Übergang", Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, Tokyo
“Wolfgang Laib, photographs and drawings”, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Wolfgang Laib", Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
"Wolfgang Laib", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
"Wolgang Laib. Drawings and Photography", New York, U.S.A.
2002
"Wolfgang Laib", Sperone Westwater, New York, U.S.A.
“Wolgfang Laib- Retrospektive”, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib, The Pardise {8}", The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
"The Nine Planets – or How the Interrelationships Also could be", Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
"Drawings and Ship", Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
"Wolfgang Laib", Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsserdorf, Germany
"Für einen anderen Körper. Wolfgang Laib", Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib", the Dallas museum of art, Texas, USA
"Wolfgang Laib: a retrospective", Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2000
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
Sara Hilden Kunstmuseum, Tampere, Finland
"Une chambre de cire pour la montagne", Prieuré de Marcevol, Arboussols, France
"Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective", Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Dallas Museum of Art; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA ; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib / Pollen from Pine", Matrix 188, Berkeley, California, USA
1999
Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes, France
1000 Eventi, Milan, Italy
"Wolfgang Laib", Kunsthaus, Bregenz, Austria
"Ich bin nicht hier", Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
Buchmann Galerie, Koln, Germany
1998
The Arts Club Of Chicago, USA
Galleria Artiaco, Napoli, Italy
"Nowhere - Everywhere", Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
Galerie Kenji Taki, Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan
1997
Galerie Kenji Taki, Nagoya, Japan
"Wolfgang Laib, Thomas Ruff", Lieu d'Art Contemporain, L.A.C, Sigean, France
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlshrue, Germany
1996
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Diözesanmuseum, Koln, Germany
Thaddeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg, Germany
Gallery Artek, Helsinki, Finland
"Nicht hier - Pas ici", Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Galerie Kenji Taki, Nagoya, Japan
1995
Installation Museum Sprengel, Hannover, Germany
Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
1994
Henry Moore Foundation, Halifax, U.K.
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Thaddeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Camden Arts Centre, London, U.K.
1993
Galerie Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
De Pont Foundation for contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands
Gallery Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1992
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Alfonco Artiaco, Napoli, Italy
Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna Ascona, Italy
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Kunsthalle Bonn, Germany
Capc, Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
1991
Galerie Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
Galerie Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Kanransha, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris, France
Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, USA
1990
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst,Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bruxels, Belgium
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Burnett Miller, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, USA
"Light seed", Watari-Um, Tokyo (with Twombly and Verjux), Japan
1989
Musée Départemental, Rochechouart, France
Fondation Miro, Barcelona, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (with Merz and Walther), USA
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris, France
Wurtembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1988
Galerie Lelong, New York, USA
Lichtjahr 1988, Ruine der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
Galerie Burnett Miller, Los Angeles, USA
1987
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1986
ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York, USA
Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
C.A.P.C. Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
1985
Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York (with Ryman & Wilson), USA
Kunstverein, Saint-Gallen, Switzerland
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, U.K.
1984
"the rice meals for the nine planets", Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
1983
Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
"The sixty three rice meals for a stone", Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1982
Gewad, Gent, Belgium
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Zürich, Switzerland
Venice Biennale, German Pavilion, (with Ryman and Darboven), Italy
1981
Galerie Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York, USA
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
1980
Ink, Zürich (with Zorio, Marden, Merz), Switzerland
1979
Galerie Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York, USA
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Jean & Karen Bernier, Athens, Greece
1978
Galerie Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
Galerie Rolph Preisig, Basel, Switzerland
1976
Galerie Müller-Roth, Stuttgart, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003
"20 ans des FRAC. Le cabinet d’Ann Philbin", FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France
Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
2002
"Des goûts et des couleurs", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lons-le-saunier
"Prière (s)", Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire, Saint-Denis, France
2001
"Locating Drawing", Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA
"Before Reflexion Begins", David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, USA
"+ vrai que nature", CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
"The gift, Generous offerings, threatening hospitality", Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna ; Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, Italy ; Coproduced with Independant Curators International, NY, USA
"El Instante Eterno", Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Spain
2000
"Imaginons un lieu", Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie, Hérouville Saint-Clair, France
"A Century of Innocence - The Story of the White Monochrome", The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden
"Cosmologies", Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
"Around 1984, A look at Art in the Eighties", P.S.1, New York, USA
"Fiona Rae, Wolfgang Laib", Buchmann Galerie, Koln, Germany
"Shadow of Reason, Exploring the Spiritual in European Identity in the 20th Century", Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"Enclosed and Enchanted", MOMA Oxford, U.K.
"Anselmo, Merz, Penone, Kounellis, Laib", Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
1999
"The collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art contemporain", Pallazzo delle papesse, centro Arte Contemporanea, Spain
"78th Exhibition of Artist Members", The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA
"Licht auf Weimar die Ephemeren medien", Weimar, Germany
"Espace, modes d'emploi", FRAC Bretagne, Châteaugiron, France
"Loaf", Baumgartner Galleries, Inc., New York, USA
"Minimalia", Sean Kelly, New York, USA
"In Passing", Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
"Powder", Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
1998
"The Edward R.Broida Colection: A Selection of Works", Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA
"Early Forms", Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
"Ensemble Moderne: The Still Life in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture", Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris, France
"Love Boat - Collection", Musée départemental de Rochechouart, France
"Etre nature", Fondation Cartier , Paris, France
"Orientalismos", KM Kulturunea, St Sebastian, Spain
"GeistesGegenwart", Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Munich, Germany
"Trees", Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
1997
"Anselmo, Boetti, Laib, Merz, Nauman, Paolini, Vital, Zorio", Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
"Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall pa Arken: Udvalgte vaerker fra samlingen / Selections from the Collection", Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Sweden
"Epicenter Ljubljana", Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
4° Biennale de Lyon, France
"A vendre", Galerie Erna Hécey, Luxemburg
"La Collection de la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain 1", Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France
"Città/Natura", Palazzo dei Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
XLVII Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA ; Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
Kwangju Biennale, Korea
1996
"Spirit and Space", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.
"Luis Barragan : Sitio+Superficie", San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico
"Numinous worlds - Spirit and Place", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"Dites-le avec des fleurs", Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
"Wolfgang Laib, Tatsuo Miyajima, Michel Verjux: Entgrenzung", Buchmann Galerie, Koln, Germany
"Time Wise", The Swiss Institute, New York, USA
"The House Transformed", Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA
1995
"From Nature", Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Fondation Cartier, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
"Auf Papier : Kunst des 20ste Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank", Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
"Entre le ciel et l'eau", Capc Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
"Kunst in Deutschland", Kunst und Ausstellungshalle des BundesrepublikDeutschland, Bonn, Germany
"Accidents de terrain", L'imagerie, FRAC Bretagne, Lannion, France
1994
"Figur Natur", Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
"Entre le ciel et l'eau", Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
"Drawing on Sculpture", Cohen Gallery, New York, USA
"German Art: Aspekte Deutscher Kunst 1964-1994", Der Salzburg Festspiele, Austria ; Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Asutria ; Galerie Ropac, Paris, France
1993
"Les Environs", Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, USA
"Azur", Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Jouy-En-Josas, France
"G.A.S., Grandiose, Ambitieux, Silencieux", Capc, Bordeaux, France
"Das 21 Jahrhundert", Kunsthalle, Basel, Germany ; Château d'Oiron, Oiron, France
"A Century of Silence", University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, USA
"De la main à la tête, l'objet théorique", Domaine de Kerguehennec, France
"Les pensées bleues", Capc Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
1992
"Anselmo,Laib, Nauman, Umberg", Miller-Nordenhake, Koln, Germany
"Alan Charlton, Wolfgang Laib, Alan Uglow, Gunter Umberg", Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
"Habeas Corpus", Stux Gallery, New York, USA
"The Language of Flowers", Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
"15th Anniversary Exhibition",Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA
"Vorhut aus dem Hinterland", Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
"Exposition sentimentale", Musée d'Art Moderne, Collioure, France
"Territorium Artis", Kunst und Ausstellungshalle des Bundesrepublik, Bonn, Germany
"De Opening", De Pont Foudation, Tilburg, Netherlands
1991
"5th Anniversary Group Exhibition", Burnett Miller, Los Angeles, CA
"Un détail immense", Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium
"Das Goldene Zeitalter", Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein, Germany
"The Lick of an Eye", Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
"With Nature", Gallery Lelong, New York, USA
1990
"Threshold", The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
"Signs of life", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
"Lead and Wax", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1989
"New German Sculpture", M.C.A., Chicago, USA
"Summer group Show", Galerie Lelong, New York, USA
"Hortus Artis", Orto Botanico, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
"Color and/or monochrome", Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
"Glanzlichter", Städisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
"Einleuchten : Will, Vorstell & Simul in HH", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
"Matières sensibles", Halles Centrales, Rennes, France
"Color and/or monochrome", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
1988
"Zeitlos", Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
"Rosc", Dublin, Irland
"Defacto", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Carnegie International, Pittsburg, USA
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
1987
"Bremer Kunstpreis 1987, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Wechselströme, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
"New Locations", Wolff Gallery, New York, USA
"Century 87", Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Kontemplation, Expression, Konstruktion", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
1986
"Falls the Shadow. Recent British and European Art", Hayward Art Gallery, London, U.K.
Sydney Biennale,"Origins, Originality + Beyond", Australia
3. Triennale der Kleinplastic, Fellbach, Germany
"De Sculptura", Vienna, Austria
"SkulpturSein", Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, German
"Accidents de terrain", FRAC Bretagne, Domaine de Kerguehennec, France
1985
"From Nature
"1945 bis 1985, Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland", Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
"East West Visual Arts Encounter", Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, India
Ouverture II, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
"Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise", Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland
1983
Ars 83, Helsinki, Finland
"Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst der 20. Jahrhundert", Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany ; Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israël
"Materie + Form", ETH, Naturwissenschaftliches Gebaude, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
University Art Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
"Kunst wird Material", Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
1981
"Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui", ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Grant Annemarie-et-Will-Grohmann, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
1980
Ausstellung der Jürgen-Ponto Stiftung, Frankfurt, Germany
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