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Jannis Kounellis JANNIS KOUNELLIS 1936 Born in Piraeus, Greece EDUCATION 1956 Academy of Arts, Rome, Italy SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France 2014 Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Musée D’art Moderne et Contemporain Saint Étienne Métropole, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France 2013 Galerie Lelong, Paris, France Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy Galleri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey Cheim & Reid, New York, NY, USA Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy 2012 Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino, Italy Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Hilsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy Museum am Dom, Würzburg, Germany 2011 Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré-Sammlung Kleve, Kleve, Germany Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany Galeriartist, Istanbul, Turkey Parasol Unit, London, UK 2010 Matadero, Madrid, Spain University of Westminster organized by Sprovieri Gallery, London, UK Galerie Fred Jahn, München, Germany 2009 Heart Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italy Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italy Galerie Christian Stein, Milan, Italy Galleria Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria Matadero, Madrid, Spain 2008 Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany Galerie Christian Stein, Milan, Italy Galleria Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland 2007 Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, NY, USA Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY, USA Bank im Bistum Essen EG and Hypothekenbank Essen, Essen, Germany Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza, Italy Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany Lönnrotinkatu 5, 00120 Helsinki, Finland | +358 9 680 3700 | Y-tunnus: 1095930-3 | www.galerieforsblom.com | [email protected] 2006 La Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy 2005 Edinburgh College of Art und Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK Opus I, Albertina, Vienna, Austria Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France 2004 Sprovieri, London, UK Ars Aevi Forum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany 2003 St. John's Church (Herning Kunstmuseum), Herning, Denmark Torrione Passari, Molfetta, Italy Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy Palais de l’Unesco, Paris, France Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria 2002 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium Opening of stazione Dante, subway, Naples, Italy 2001 Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay Bottini dell’Olio, Livorno, Italy Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne, Germany Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France Notturno tenebroso, Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Germany 2000 Ein Saal für die Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur Castello Colonna, Genazzano Museo Nacional de Belas Artes, Buenos Aires Reti, via S. Nicola de' Cesarini, Rome, Italy Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy 1999 Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany Osterreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria Chiesa di San Augustin, UNAM, Mexico City 1998 Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, Italy Galleria No Code, Bologna, Italy Ace Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galerie Lelong, Paris, travelled to: Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki 1999; Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, 1999) 1997 Karl Franzens Universität, Graz, Austria Museum Ludwig in der Halle Kalk, Cologne, Germany Galleria Gruppo Valtellinese, Refettorio delle Stelline, Milan, Italy Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 1996 Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy Galleria Loza Koper, Capodistria, Slovenia Galerie Bernd Klüser, Monaco Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Italy 1995 Galleria d'Arte Moderna "La Salara", Bologna, Italy Chateau de Plieux, Plieux, France Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem, Germany Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany 1994 Galerie Lelong, Paris, France Cargo Ionion, Pireo, Athens, Greece Lönnrotinkatu 5, 00120 Helsinki, Finland | +358 9 680 3700 | Y-tunnus: 1095930-3 | www.galerieforsblom.com | [email protected] Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany 1993 Belvedere, Giardini del Castello, Prague, Czech Republic Real Al bergo dei Poveri, Palermo, Italy Galerie Lelong, Chatellerault, France Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany Galerìa Estiarte, Madrid, Spain Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1992 Galleria Lucio Amelio s.r.l., Naples, Italy Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy 1991 The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust Studio at Dean Clough, Halifax, UK Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, travelled to: Kunstmuseum, Winterthur Casa Centrale degli Artisti, Nuova Tretjakov, Moscow, Russia Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland Sinagoga Stommeln, Pulheim, Germany 1990 Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK Galleria Opera, Perugia, Italy Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA Via del Mare, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Haags Gemeentemuseum, L'Aia, travelled to: Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK; ICA, London, UK; Fundaciò Tapiés, Barcelona, Spain 1989 Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA Studio d'Arte Barnabò, Venice, Italy Galerie Lelong, Paris, France Espai Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain Ameliobrachot Pièce Unique, Paris, France Museo Capodimonte, Naples, Italy 1988 Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy Galerie Sparta-Petit, Chagny, France Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Turin), Italy Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany 1987 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galleria Sprovieri, Rome, Italy Artsite Bath Festival, Bath, UK Institute of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada 1986 Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA 1985 Karen & Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece capcMusée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Monaco Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, France 1984 Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Monaco Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy Galleria Franca Mancini, Pesaro, Italy 1983 Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, France Lönnrotinkatu 5, 00120 Helsinki, Finland | +358 9 680 3700 | Y-tunnus: 1095930-3 | www.galerieforsblom.com | [email protected] Musei Comunali, Rimini, Italy Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy 1982 Galleria Anna d'Ascanio, Rome, Italy 1981 Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, travelled to: Obra Social, Caja de Pensions, Madrid, Spain, 1982; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK, 1982; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1982) (catalogue) Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Monaco, Monaco Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, France 1980 Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy (catalogue) Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (catalogue) Galleria Mario Diacono, Rome, Italy Galleria Mario Pieroni, Rome, Italy Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Spoleto, Italy Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, Switzerland 1979 Jean & Karen Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece (catalogue) V Premio "Pino Pascali": Jannis Kounellis, Pinacoteca Provinciale, Bari, Italy (catalogue) Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (catalogue) Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy 1978 Galleria Mario Diacono, Bologna, Italy Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany (catalogue) Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, Italy 1977 Jean & Karen Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland Villa Pignatelli, Naples, Italy Galleria Pio Monti, Rome, Italy Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands (catalogue) Studio Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy 1976 Galleria L'Attico, Hotel della Lunetta, Rome, Italy Art in Progress, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy 1975 Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy Studio d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, italy Galleria Mario Pieroni, Pescara, Italy Galleria La Salita, Rome, Italy 1974 Galleria Forma, Genova, Italy Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galleria L'Attico, Rome, Italy Galleria del Cortile, Rome, Italy Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany Galleria Area, Firenze, Italy 1973
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