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Bruce Nauman Biography G A G O S I A N Bruce Nauman Biography Born 1941 in Fort Wayne, IN. Works and lives in Galisteo, NM. Education: 1964 BS University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 1966 MFA University of California, Davis, CA. 1966-68 Taught at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. 1970 Taught at University of California, Irvine, CA. Solo Exhibitions: 2018 The Classical Now. King’s College, London, England. 2016 Bruce Nauman. Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2015 Bruce Nauman. Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden (Waldfrieden Sculpture Park), Wuppertal, Germany. Bruce Nauman. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France. Bruce Nauman. Friedrich Kiesler Stiftung, Vienna, Austria. Bruce Nauman: Selected Works from 1967-1990. Gagosian Gallery, Paris, France. Case Study. Body, space and time in Bruce Nauman. Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain. 2013 Bruce Nauman / mindfuck. Hauser & Worth, London, England. Bruce Nauman. Göteburgs Konstmuseum (Gothenburg Museum of Art), Göteborg, Sweden. Bruce Nauman: Some Illusions - Drawings and Videos. Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. 2012 Bruce Nauman: Infrared Outtakes, Soft Ground Etchings, and Crossbeams. Galeria La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain. Bruce Nauman: Basements. Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Portland, OR. Bruce Nauman: Inside the White Cube. White Cube, London, England Bruce Nauman: Days. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England. Bruce Nauman: One Hundred Fish Fountain. Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY. 2011 Bruce Nauman: Der Wahre Künstler. Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany. Bruce Nauman: Für Kinder / Beschriebene Kombinationen. Konrad Fischer Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Bruce Nauman: Combinations Described (Chicago). Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2010 Bruce Nauman: Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square. Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Bruce Nauman: Dream Passage. Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany. Bruce Nauman: Days. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Bruce Nauman: For Children/For Beginners. Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. Bruce Nauman's Works. Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France. Video Screening 2: Bruce Nauman. Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan. 1 2009 Bruce Nauman: Dead Shot Dan. Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MI. Bruce Nauman: Diamond Mind Circle of Tears Fallen All Around Me (1975). Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY. Bruce Nauman. Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland. Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens. United States Exhibition of the 53rd Venice Biennale, United States Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale, Venice; Universitá luav di Venezia at Tolentini, Venice, Italy; Exhibition Spaces at Universitá Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy. Bruce Nauman: Drawings for Neons. Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, NY. Notations / Bruce Nauman: Days and Giorni. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Bruce Nauman: One Video and Works on paper. Galleria Zabert, Torino, Italy. Nie/No, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland. Pay Attention... Prints and Multiples 1971-2007, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. 2008 Bruce Nauman: Drawings for Installations. Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. Bruce Nauman: Studies for Holograms. Specific Object/ David Platzker, New York, NY. Bruce Nauman: Fonte de cem peixes, 2005, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto, Portugal. Beautiful People, Centre d'Art la Panera, Lerida, Colombia. Bruce Nauman: Fingers and Holes. Meessen de Clercq, Brussels, Belgium. 2007 A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA. Traveled to: Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy; The Menil Collection, Houston, TX. Bruce Nauman: Soft Ground Etchings and Infrared Outtakes. Joni Moisant Eeyl, New York, NY. Bruce Nauman: One Hundred Fish Fountain. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany. Fokus: Bruce Nauman. Museum für Gegenwartskunst- Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland. 2006 Bruce Nauman: Information as Poetry. Craig F. Starr Associates, New York, NY. Nauman: Make Me Think Me. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England. Traveled to: Museo d'Arte Donna Regina, Naples, Italy. Bruce Nauman: Mental Exercises. NRW – Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany. Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Traveled to: Indianopolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia; Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia (through 2008). 2005 Bruce Nauman. Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium. Bruce Nauman – Druckgrafik aus öffentlichen Schweizer Sammlungen. Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland. Pay Attention: Bruce Nauman Videos from the Collection of Barbara Balkin Cottle and Robert Cottle. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ. Mapping The Studio: Bruce Nauman Video Works. National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, Australia. Bruce Nauman: Audio Video Underground Chamber and Early Films. MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria. 2 Circuito Fechado: Filmes e videos de Bruce Nauman, 1967 – 2001. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil. Bruce Nauman, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France. 2004 Bruce Nauman: Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor). Power House Memphis, TN. Bruce Nauman. PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea. Raw Materials: The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman. Tate Modern, London, England. 2003 Bruce Nauman: Theaters of Experience. Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany. 2002 Bruce Nauman, Mapping the Studio I (Fat Chance John Cage). DIA Center for the Arts, New York, NY. Traveled to: Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany (through 2003). Bruce Nauman, Mapping the Studio II (Fat Chance John Cage). Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. Traveled to: Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Basel, Switzerland (through 2003). Bruce Nauman, All Action Edit – Mapping the Studio I, Office Edit I, Office Edit II with Color 7 Shift, Flip, Flop & Flip/Flop. Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany. Bruce Nauman: Neons, Sculptures, Drawings. Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, NY. 2001 Bruce Nauman, Selected Works. Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY. 1999 Bruce Nauman. Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL. Bruce Nauman: Flesh to White to Black to Flesh. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. Bruce Nauman: 1973-1988, Graphic Works. Pepe Cobo Gallery, Seville, Spain. Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor). Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1998 Bruce Nauman: Versuchsanordnungen, Werke 1965–1994. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany. Bruce Nauman: Films, 1967–69. Dia Center for the Arts in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix, New York. Bruce Nauman: Selected Works, 1970–96. Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway. 1997 Bruce Nauman: Shadow Puppet Spinning Head. Galerie Hauser + Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland. Bruce Nauman: Violent Incident, Saint-Gervais Genève, Switzerland. Bruce Nauman, 1985–1996: Drawings, Prints, and Related Works. The Aldrich Musuem of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. Traveled to: Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH. Bruce Nauman. Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Florence, Italy. Bruce Nauman: Image/Text, 1966–1996. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany. Traveled to: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Hayward Gallery, London, England; Nykytaiteen museo/Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (through 1999). 1996 Bruce Nauman: Rotating Glass Walls. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Bruce Nauman. Konsthall Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. Bruce Nauman: Spring 1996 Exhibition. Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany. Fifteen Pairs of Hands, White Bronze, ‘End of the World,’ with Lloyd Maines. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY. Bruce Nauman- Video and Sculpture. Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY. 1995 Bruce Nauman: Recent Prints and Monoprints. Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C. Bruce Nauman: Elliott's Stones. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Fingers and Holes. Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York, NY. 1994 Bruce Nauman: Falls, Pratfalls and Sleights of Hand. Leo Castelli Gallery, 420 West Broadway, New York, NY. Traveled to: Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, England; Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece (through 1995). 3 Bruce Nauman: Sieben Tugenden und Sieben Laster. Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany. 1993 Bruce Nauman: Light Works. Steinberg Hall, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO. Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Bruce Nauman (Retrospective). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. Traveled to: The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (through 1995). 1992 Bruce Nauman: Neons. Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, England. Bruce Nauman. Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria. Bruce Nauman. Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada. 1991 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Bruce Nauman: Prints. Gallery 360°, Tokyo, Japan. Bruce Nauman—OK OK OK. Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Bruce Nauman. Galerie Metropol,
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