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G A G O S I A N

Karin Kneffel Biography

Born in 1957 in Marl, .

Education:

1977–81 Studied German literature and philosophy at the Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster, Germany and at the Comprehensive University of , Germany. 1981–87 Studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Johannes Brus, Norbert Tadeusz and . Master student of Gerhard Richter. 1998 Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, , Germany. 2000 Visiting Professor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2000–08 Professor at the University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany. 2008 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, , Germany.

Solo Exhibitions:

2020 Karin Kneffel. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany. 2019 Karin Kneffel: Still. , Bremen, Germany. 2016 Karin Kneffel: New Works. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. 2015 Karin Kneffel: Works on Papers. Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany. Karin Kneffel: Fallstudien. Kathe Kollwitz Museum, , Germany. 2014 Pavilion. Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain. Karin Kneffel. Museo De Arte Contemporáneo, La Coruña, Spain. 2013 Butter never crossed my mind. Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2012 Karin Kneffel. Gagosian Gallery, New , NY. Karin Kneffel. Fred Jahn Gallery, Munich, Germany. 2010 Kunsthalle Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 2009 Karin Kneffel. Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany. 2008 Karin Kneffel. Gallery Klaus Gerrit Friese, , Germany. Karin Kneffel. Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY. Karin Kneffel. Municipal Gallery, , Germany. Karin Kneffel. Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany. 2007 Karin Kneffel. Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY. 2006 Karin Kneffel. Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany. Seduction and Distance. Musuem Sinclair House, Altana Kulturforum, Bad Homburg, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Monks House-Museum of , , Germany. Karin Kneffel. Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria. Karin Kneffel. Gallery Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao, Spain. 2004 Karin Kneffel. Galerie Senda, Barcelona, Spain. G A G O S I A N

Karin Kneffel. Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY. 2003 New . Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2002 Karin Kneffel. Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria. 2001 Karin Kneffel. Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy. Karin Kneffel. Gallery Migros Museum, Zurich, . Karin Kneffel. Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany. 1999 Karin Kneffel. Museum Jean de La Fontaine, Chateau-Thierry, . Karin Kneffel. Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy. 1998 Karin Kneffel. Gallery Jouse Seguin, Paris, France. Karin Kneffel. Galerie Johnen and Schoettle, Munich, Germany. 1997 Karin Kneffel. Tedesca Accademia Villa Massimo, , Italy. Karin Kneffel. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Gallery Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland. 1995 Karin Kneffel. The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland. Karin Kneffel. Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Forum Kunst , Rottweil, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy. 1994 Karin Kneffel. Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Wanda Reiff Gallery, Bemelen, Nederlands. Karin Kneffel. Kunstverein , Heilbronn, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France. Karin Kneffel. Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Het Kruithuis, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, s’Hertogenbosch, . 1993 Karin Kneffel. Gallery Senda, Barcelona, Spain. Karin Kneffel. Art Cologne, Single bunk at Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany. 1992 Karin Kneffel. Galerie Schütz, , Germany. Karin Kneffel. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Paris, France. Karin Kneffel. Gallery Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Art Cologne, Förderkoje der Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt, Germany. 1991 Karin Kneffel. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany. 1990 Karin Kneffel. Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Wohnpark Murken, Gütersloh, Germany. 1989 Karin Kneffel. Gallery Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf, Germany. Karin Kneffel. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany. 1988 Karin Kneffel. Room 404, Heidelberg, Germany. 1984 Karin Kneffel. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany.

Group Exhibitions:

2018 Artist Spaces. / Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany. 2017 Modes of Behavior Towards People When Affection Plays a Part. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. We Love Animals: 400 Years of Animal and Man in Art. Knustmuseum , Ravensburg, Germany. Picture in the Picture. Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 2012 Art of Chocolate Ritter. Museum, Waldenbuch, Germany. ‘Ah’ On Paper. Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany.

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2011 Realism-The Adventure of Reality. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Disarming. Kunsthalle by Gerhard Richter. , Germany. Things are Queer. Marta Museum, Herford, Germany. ROM die and see ... Kunsthalle, , Germany. Life Lines - A Collection Stations. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany. Heinz and Marianne Ebers Foundation. Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. Green I. Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany. Nature - Zeitgnössische Art from the Collection of Altana Cultural Foundation. Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany. 2010 The Night. Night Zeitgenösschischen representations in , Municipal Gallery, Delmenhorst, Germany. Let There Be Darkness! Night representations in , Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der , Ruhr, Germany. Traveled to: Stadtgalerie , Kiel, Germany. Realism-The Adventure of Reality. Kunsthalle, Emden, Germany. The Promised Land. Albertinum, , Germany. Realism-The Adventure of Reality. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Woman. Gallery Sacksofsky, Heidelberg, Germany. 2009 Location Everyday Everyday Ideologies. Kunstmuseum, , Germany. Nature. Contemporary Art from the ALTANA Art Collection. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden. Traveled to: Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany. Contemporary "Inventory" etching in Germany. Graphics Museum, Münster, Germany. The Invisible Hand. contemporary drawing Municipal Gallery, Delmenhorst, Germany. Let There Be Darkness! Night representations in contemporary art, Municipal Gallery Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. 2008 The Collection. , Bremerhaven, Germany. We Are Stardust We Are Golden. Johnen and Schoettle, Cologne, Germany. Showdown. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany. Memories. Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain. Inventory. Contemporary Etching in Germany. Kunstverein , Reutlingen, Germany. 2007 The Art collection. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany. From Lingener Collections. Kunsthalle, Lingen, Germany. The Exposed Animal. Castle Untergröningen, Abtsgmünd, Germany. New paintings from the Museum Frieder Burda. Museum in Ecclesiastes, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. German painting. Marlborough Fine Art, , UK. Spaces of Storytelling. Stiftung Wilhelm Lembruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany. Garden of Eden the Garden in Art since 1900. Kunsthalle, Emden, Germany. 2006 New Paintings. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany. Master Painter. 9.Rischart_Projekt 2006, Munich, Germany. Update East-West, Pintura aleman. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, Coruna, Spain. 2005 Update .05. Gallery Wolfgang Gmyrek, Duesseldorf, Germany. Beauty of Painting. Intercity Gallery, Delmenhorst, Germany. Petits Fours. Comme ci Comme çca II. Cologne, Germany. The Fruit of the Art. Collection Rainer Wild, Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany. Images change. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany. 2004 Come back in one piece. Klinkhammer gallery and Metzner, Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Elizabeth Brockmann, Karin Kneffel, Thomas Schütte. Horst Schuler Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany. Pro figura: Luxury, Calm, Pleasure. 8 Bautzener Autumn Salon, City Museum, Bautzeng, Germany. Painting. Gallery Manus Presse, Stuttgart, Germany. Opening exhibition. Collection Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany. 2003 20 years Lingen Art Prize. Lingen Art Collection, Lingen, Germany. Multiples. Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2002 The Graphic Presence. State Museum, Bonn, Germany. The Image Regained Painting and Photography in the 1980's and 90's. Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland. The Mountain. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany. Musée de l'Art Contemporain de Brême, Vallauris, France. From Marl II. Skuslpturenmuseum glass box, Marl, Germany. Guide. Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Haus Fürstenberg, Xanten, Germany. Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY. 2000 Food Pictures. Gallery Dorrie & Priess, Hamburg and , Germany. Gang Urinn, 20 Ára. The Corridor, Reyklavik, Iceland. Premio Michetti 2000, "Painting in : different perspectives," mumi, Museo Michetti a Francavilla, Chieti, Italy. Codici virtualization Virtual codes. Salara, Bologna, Italy. The Corridor. 20 Years, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. Night Dreams – Period. Bremen , Bremen, Germany. Group Show. Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France. 1999 Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY. Pathologiae. Museion Museum of Modern Art, Bolzano, Italy. Ruralia. Porin Taidemuseo, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland. DA-CH. KrinzingerGallery, Bregenz, Austria. MALERE. I INIT Art Hall Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Opening exhibition. Galerie Christine König, Vienna, Austria. (with Hubbard & Birchler, Kneffel, Rainer, Ruhm, Ann-Sofi Siden). PRETTY NICE AND FINE just beautiful. Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Düsseldorf, Germany. 1998 The Rea dissin. Lombard Freid Gallery, New York, NY. The Eyes of Reality. Reykjavik, Iceland. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany. (with Thomas Schütte and Thomas Struth). ... It's so green ... Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany. After Rome, the Villa Massimo fellows, Friends Current Art Association, Zwickau, Germany. Nature © Identical. Galerie Brigitte Trotha, Frankfurt, Germany. 1997 Voglio vedere le mie montagne. The gravity of the Mountains 1774 - 1997. Aargau Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland. Alpenblick - The Contemporary Art and the Alpine. Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, Austria. Potpourri III. Kunstverein, Bremerhaven, Germany. Summer Visitors. Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld, Germany. Pintura Alemana del Siglo XX. Sala de las Alhajas, Madrid, Spain. Painting. Gallery in Paludetto Lindig, Nuremberg, Germany. 1996 Land Surveyor. Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany.

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ANIMAL-L: On the Human Animal, the Animal in Man. Kunstverein Eislingen. Pittura. Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy. En Helvètes förvandling. Kulturhuset, , Sweden. Our Time. Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld, Germany. Young artists from Germany, Belgium, , USA. Galerie Sander, Darmstadt, Germany. 1995 Common and pure. Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK. Painting Architecture. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany. Signs and Wonders: Niko Pirosmani (1862 - 1919) and the Contemporary Art. Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Never a Dull Moment. Gallery Bachund Gayk, , Germany. Country code. Bravin Postlee Gallery, New York, NY. Des Limites Du Tableau. Musée Departemental d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France. Landscapes. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany. Art of living. Akademie Irsee, Irsee, Germany. Fruits and Flowers. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany. (with Thomas Schütte and Stephan Balkenhol). Art Prize Böttcherstraße in Bremen in 1995. Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany. Standards. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany. Potpourri I, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Germany. Landscape with the look of the 90s, Middle Rhine Museum, Koblenz, Germany. 1994 En Miniature. Galerie schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld, Germany. Beyond the painted mountains. Gallery Raffaeli, Trento, Italy. Apocalyptic Mood - Gloomy Pictures in Golden Time. Gallery A. Stuttgart, Germany. Flag Project. Klaus Staeck show with Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany. Young German Art of the 90s from NRW, the Generation after Becher, Beuys, Polke, Richter, Ruth Beck. Kyongju u a. O. 1993 Gallery Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf, Germany. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany. (with H. Brändli and Pia Fries) Caps. Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain. The Subversion of Laughter. Museum Ostwall, , Germany. Landscapes. Galerie Guillaume Daeppen, , Switzerland. European Young Painters Exhibition. Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea. Galerie Andreas Weiss, Berlin, Germany. Suggestions for painting. Weber Gallery, Munster, Germany. Children. Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany. Estate a Francofórte. Gallery Schütz, Frankfurt, Germany. Gallery Nisple Agathe, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Media Messages. Wooster Gardens, New York, NY. Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship. Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany. 1992 Gallery Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf, Germany. Gallery Dorrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany. Proportions standards. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany. Humpty Dumpty's Kaleidoscope: A New Generation of German Artists. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia. Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK. The One the Other. Kunstverein, Heinsberg, Germany Kitsch Art. Market Hall Modern Art, Stuttgard, Germany. 1991 Gulliver's Travels. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany.

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XXXVI Salon d'Art Contemporain. Centre Culturel et Artistique, Montrouge, France. Summer Group Exhibition. Adelson Galleries, New York, NY. Gallery Bach and Gayk, Bochum, Germany. 1990 The Köln Show. 9 Gallery Exhibition in Cololgne, Germany. 1988 Galerie Schoettle, Munich, Germany. 1985 Prize for Painting. Westfalen Kunstverein, Münster, Germany.

Honors and Awards

1984–85 Semi-annual Scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France. 1991 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Grant. 1992 Grant of the Art Fund Bonn. 1994 Lingener Art Prize. 1996 Scholarship at the Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy. 2011 Helmut Kraft Foundation Prize.