KNOPP FERRO ROTHMUNDSTR. 6 80337 MUNICH GERMANY

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Biography Knopp Ferro

1953 born in Bensberg, Cologne (austrian nationality) 1973-77 „Academy of Art & Design”, Cologne; Germany Studies of metal sculpture and performance 1975-79 Artist group Jet Ferro: international exhibitions, performances and TV appearances (including “Documenta 6” Kassel 1977) 1976 Participation at Circus Roncalli, Munich, Germany 1980-90 Performance-Theater Bumper to Bumper, Zurich, Switzerland Playwrighter and actor: international tours and theater festivals 1990-92 Studio in Zurich, Switzerland 1992-94 Studio in New York, NY, USA 1995 - 2005 Studio in Cologne, Germany 2003 Scholarship, Artist in Residence, Worpswede, Germany 2006-2020 Studio in Inning, Ammersee, Southern Germany Seit 2021 Studio in Munich, Germany

Single exhibitions (selection)

2020 LINES IN MOTION, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, USA Gallery Smudajescheck, Munich, Germany 2019|20 Equilibres, Probs und Color Spaces, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Austria 2018 Levitation Composition, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria Metal in Motion, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA 2017 Gallery Denise René, Paris. France ZeitkunstGallery – Projektraum, Kitzbühel, Austria 2016|17 LEVITATING COLOUR, DAN galeria and Espace Expression, Miami, USA (Cat.) 2016 Gravity, Maddox Arts, London, GB 2015 Weight for showing, Maddox Arts, London

Playing with gravity, iGallery, Palma di Mallorca, Spain 2014 Suspension / enclosure (RED), Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA 2013 Gallery Catherine Putman, Paris, France 2010 Interrupted Silence, Maddox Arts Gallery, London, GB 2009 Dan Galería, São Paulo, Brazil 2009 Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA Galeria Cayon, Madrid, Spain Gallery Axel Holm, Ulm, Germany 2008 Raum Zeichen, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany 2007 Gallery Bergner + Job, Mainz, Germany Linienschiff Kap 22:18 in dialogue with Erwin Heerich, Christus Kirche, Mainz, Germany 2006 Sculptureen Partitur, opera festival, Gut Immling, Germany Sculpture & Zeichnung, Kunstverein Rügen, Germany 2005 Drawing beyond gravity, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany Linienschiffe, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany Gallery Ueker & Ueker, Basel, Switzerland 2004 Augenraub (with Krimhild Becker and Jo Schultheis), ZeitkunstGallery, Kitzbühel, Austria Mikado, Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany 2003 Magnet Requisiten, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany Linienschiffe – Sculptures, Installations, Antoniterkirche, Cologne, Germany (Cat.) 2002 Tag and Nacht Gleiche, Installation, Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany 2001 Service & Culturel Edition, Gallery Maly, Cologne, Germany 2000 Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany (Cat.) 1998 Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany 1996 ZeitkunstGallery, Cologne, Germany (Cat.) 1994 ZeitkunstGallery, Cologne, Germany 1992 Gallery Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland (Cat.) 1978 Jet Ferro, Gallery Camomille, Brussels, Belgium 1977 Jet Ferro, Gallery Ingo Kümmel, Cologne, Germany Jet Ferro, Gallery Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany

Gruppenausstellungen, Installationen (Auswahl)

2021 COMPOSITION ABSTRAITES, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France 2020 COLOURFUL, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France EXPOSITION EN LIGNE, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France 2019|20 espace et tension // une sélection d'artistes contemporains, Galerie Denis René, Paris, France 2019 Negative Space, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany SUMMERTIME, MAM Mario Mauroner Sculpture Garden, Salzburg, Austria BORDER LINES, Maddox Arts London, UK 2018 Black Mirror, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg / Vienna, Austria Espace Expression, Miami, USA DAN galeria, São Paulo, Brazil Gallery Denise René, Paris, France 2017 Denise René, Paris DAN galeria, São Paulo, Brazil 2016 Composition – Knopp Ferro / Imi Knoebel / Bernard Moninot / Carmen Perrin / George Rousse, Gallery Catherine Putman, Paris, France 2015 Common Lines. Knopp Ferro. Sculptures / Clare Goodwin. Paintings, Silvan Fässler, Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland BEYOND GRAVITY, Gallery Corona Unger, Bremen, Germany Weight for showing, Maddox Arts, London, UK Exhibition with Drago J. Prelog, ZeitkunstGallery, Kitzbühel, Austria MOMENTUM: Arte cinético, óptico y geométrico, Pablo Goebel Fine Arts / Mexico City COMMON LINES, Gallery Silvan Fässler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland 2014 Maarten Brinkman | Frans Mossou | Knopp Ferro, Gallery Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2013 Gallery Mark Peet Visser, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Drago Prelog | Knopp Ferro | Lorenz Estermann ZeitkunstGallery Kitzbühel, Austria 2010 European Sculpture. Difference and Diversity, Nave Gallery, Turin, Italy Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain 2008 Diagonal, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain orientated to paper, Gallery Bergner +Job, Mainz, Germany Papier Raum, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany 2007 Etéreo, FERRO, MOMPO, ZOBEL, Galería Cayon, Madrid, Spain Gallery Ueker & Ueker, Basel, Switzerland Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico 2005 When humour becomes painful, Migrosmuseum für Gegenwartkunst, Zurich, Switzerland CologneKunst, Kunststation Kleinsassen, Germany Thai-German, Gallery Haferkamp, Cologne, Germany Skulpturengarten Sürth, Cologne, Germany 2004 Survival Aesthetics, Good Gut Friedrichstein, Sankt Augustin, Germany Time is on my side, Kunstverein Rügen, Germany (Cat.) 2003 Eiformer tun ..., Stipendiaten Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany 2002 Emit time, Ein palindromisches Festival, Bern, Switzerland Bits´n Pieces, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany 2001 Slow motion, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany (Cat.) 2000 Kleinformate, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany (Cat.) 1999 Torso with Hand and Fuß, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany Kunst in der Landschaft V, Gallery Gut Gasteil, Prigglitz, Austria (Cat.) Kreuz & Humor 2000, Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany (Cat.) 1998 Tollhaus, Videoinstallation, Gallery der Wünsche, Stadtmuseum Cologne, Germany Colognekunst 5, Kunsthalle Cologne, Germany (Cat.) 1997 Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany Social Installation, Chiang Mai, Thailand 1996 Sculpture, Installation 1996, Biennale de Vernier, Genf, Switzerland (Cat.) Colognekunst 4, Kunsthalle Cologne, Germany (Cat.) 1994 Black Box SO4, Performance Lecture, Embassy of Switzerland and The Washington, USA Sculpture Group, Washington DC, USA 1993 Body and Honey-Change a System, Installation/Performance, Gallery Humphrey, New York, USA Gallery W, Wangen a.d. Aare, Switzerland 1992 Kanossa IV, ART 23, Basel, Switzerland 1992 Books, books, books, Gallery Humphrey, New York, USA 1991 Kanossa II - Der Fluchturm. Installation/Performance, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland Kanossa I, Stadtdurchquerung, Zurich, Switzerland

Expedition Bekoffert, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland 1978 Jet Ferro, K 45, Vienna, Austria (Cat.) Starillusionsmaschine Jet Ferro, live in Bio’s Bahnhof, ARD broadcasting Persönlichkeit werden - höchstes Glück auf Erden, curated by Bazon Brock, Hamburg, Germany (Cat.) 1977 Kunstmodenschau Jet Ferro, Installation/Performance, Gäste: Charly Banana, Rolf Hinterecker, Theo Lambertin, Gallery Ingo Kümmel, Cologne, Germany Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany ART 8, Basel, Switzerland Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy Stollwerckfabrik, Cologne, Germany Jet Ferro, K 45, Vienna, Austria (Cat.) 1976 Kunstverlosung Jet Ferro, Kunstmarkt, Göttingen, Germany 1975 Farbe and Material, BBK Forum, Cologne, Germany (Cat.) 1974 Neumarkt der Künste, Cologne, Germany

Performances (selection)

2003 The Razor`s Edge #4, with Mike Jansen. Exhibition Terry Fox, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany The Razor’s Edge #3, with Frank Köllges, Performance Art in NRW, Zeche Karl, Essen, Germany The Razor’s Edge # 2, with Frank Köllges, ZeitkunstGallery Kitzbühel, Austria 1999 Transit, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland 1998 The Razor’s Edge, with Frank Köllges, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany 1997 1. Internationale Performance-Konferenz, Concrete House, Chulalongkorn University ASA European, Ultimate Academy, Goethe Institut, Bangkok, Thailand 1996 Die is cast, Gast: Jo Schultheis, Stadtmuseum Cologne, Germany 1995 Performance à la carte with Ben Patterson, Ultimate Akademie, Cologne, Germany 1994 100 Performances à 1 Min., Ultimate Akademie, Cologne, Germany Krisenstab I, kuratiert von Bill Arning, Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, NY, USA Black Box NW3, Performance-Festival STOP.P.T and GO, Bern, Switzerland 1992 Kanossa III, Der Fluchturm, Gallery Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland

International Art Fairs

Art Basel, Switzerland Art Basel Miami Beach, USA TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands Art Brussels, Belgium Arco Madrid, Spain Art Cologne, Germany Pinta, New York, USA Art Paris. Art Faire, France SP Arte Sao Paulo, Brazil Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Kunst Zurich, Switzerland Art Karlsruhe, Germany Positions Munich Art Fair, Germany Vienna Contemporary, Austria Art Salzburg, Austria Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

Public Collections

Artothek Cologne, Germany Collection Jacques & Miny Defauwes, The Netherlands Sammlung Ute und Michael Berger Wiesbaden, Germany Ella Fontanals - Cisneros Collection Miami, USA Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz, Austria MACBA Museum Art Center Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic of Austria, Vienna,Austria City of Cologne, Germany Stadtsparkasse Cologne, Germany Landesmuseum Mainz, Germany