SIGMAR POLKE

1941 Born February 13 in Oels/Schlesien,

1945 Family flees to Thuringen, East Germany

1953 Emigrates to West and then settles in Düsseldorf,

1959-1960 Glass-painting apprenticeship in Düsseldorf

1961-1967 Studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Karl Otto Goetz and Gerhard Hoehme

SELECTED PRESS 2015 Rautbord, Sugar. “Sigmar Polke’s ‘Siberian Meteorites’ Installed at Park Hyatt.” Huffington Post Arts & Culture, 23 January 2015. [online]

2014 Cotter, Holland. “Holland Cotter’s Notable Art Events of 2014: ‘Black Radical Brooklyn’ and More.” , 11 December 2014. [online] Gayford, Martin. “Unravelling the Pranks of Sigmar Polke.” Blouin Artinfo, 20 November 2014. [online] Baumgardner, Julie. “Sigmar Polke Can’t Stop, Won't Stop.” New York Magazine, 19 November 2014. [online] Farago, Jazon. “Sigmar Polke.” Artforum, November 2014. [online] Wright, Karen. “Sigmar Polke: A new show from ’s maverick painter.” The Independent, 14 October 2014. [online] Pettitt, Josh. “ hoping to draw new crowd with exhibition of Sigmar Polke’s eccentric work.” Evening Standard, 7 October 2014. [online] Foster, Hal. “At MoMA.” London Review of Books, 19 June 2014. [online] Cotter, Holland. “Found Everything, Tried Everything, All His Own Way.” The New York Times, 17 April 2014 [online].

2010 Searle, Adrian. “Sigmar Polke – sorry I missed you.” , 10 June 2010. [online]

2008 Schjeldahl, Peter. “Many-colored Glass.” The New Yorker, 5 May 2008. [online]

2007 Vogel, Carol. “The Alchemists Moment.” The New York Times, 27 May 2007. [online]

1963 Founds “Kapitalistischen Realismus”, a painting movement with and Konrad Lueg (Fischer)

1 Demonstrative Ausstellung, store-front exhibition with Manfred Kuttner, Konrad Lueg (Fischer), and Gerhard Richter, Düsseldorf

1964 Neodada Pop Decollage Kapitalisticher Realismus, Galerie René Block, Berlin 1966 Awarded the Art Prize for German Youths with Klaus Gedlmacher and Dieter Krieg, Baden-Baden, Germany Galerie h (with Gerhard Richter), Hannover First one-person show at Galerie René Block, Berlin

1969 Galerie René Block, Berlin Galerie Rudolf Zwirner,

1970 Galerie Heiner Friedrich (with Christ Kohlhöfer), Munich Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne

1970 – 1971 Appointed guest teacher at the Höchschule für Bildende Künste,

1971 Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf Louisiana Museum of Art, Humblebaek, Denmark

1972 Moves to the Gaspelshof in Willich/Niederrhein V, Kassel, Germany - Paris – Düsseldorf, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne

1973 Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne

1974 Travels to Pakistan and Afghanistan Galerie Loehr, Frankfurt Hallo Shiva, Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne (with Galerie Micahel Werner and Thomas Borgmann) Galerie Springer, Berlin

1975 Awarded the the XIII Bienal de São Paulo Prize for Painting

2 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne

1977 Appointed professor at Höchschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany documenta VI, Kassel, Germany

1978 Moves to Cologne

1980 Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne Art of the Seventies, XXXIX Biennale di Venezia

1981 A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy, London

1982 Awarded the Will Grohmann Prize, Berlin Holly Solomon Gallery, New York Zeitgeist, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin documenta VII, Kassel, Germany

1983 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne Städtisches Museum Abateiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Milan Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1984 Awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize, Hannover Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany Kunsthaus, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

1985 Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London in the 20th Century, Painting and Sculpture 1905-1985, Royal Academy, London

1986 Awarded the “Golden Lion” at the XLII Biennale di Venezia Europa/Amerika, Museum Ludwig, Cologne Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York Athanor, II padiglione, XLII Biennale di Venezia Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf

3 1987 Awarded the Lichtwark Prize, Hamburg The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art David Nolan Gallery, New York

1988 Awarded the International Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1989 Refigured Painting: The German Image 1960-1988, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Magiciens de la Terre, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kunstforum, Munich

1990 Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Michael Werner Gallery, New York

1991 Resigns professorship at the Höchschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Brooklyn Museum Michael Werner Gallery, New York Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Städtisches Museum, Möchengladbach, Germany

1992 Fundacio Espai Pobelnou, Barcelona Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany

1993 Awarded the Lovis Corinth Prize, Esslingen, Germany

1994 Awarded the Erasmus Prize, Amsterdam Porticus, Frankfurt Carré d’Art, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nimes, France National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh IVAM Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia

4 Anthony D’Offay Gallery, London

1995 Awarded the Carnegie Prize at the , Pittsburgh Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Tate Gallery, Liverpool Michael Werner Gallery, New York Haus der Kunst, Munich The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

1996 Art Award of the NORD/LB (North State Bank) Art Prize, Bremen Stiftung Froehlich, Tate Gallery, London & Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Site Santa Fe, NM Staatliches Museum Schwerin Sammlung Garnatz, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany Sammlung Speck, Museum Ludwig, Cologne Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1997 Michael Werner Gallery, New York Kunsthalle Bundsrepublik Deutschland, Bonn Deutschlandbilder, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Nationalgalerie im , Berlin

1998 Awarded International Center of Photography Infinity Award for Art, New York P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York Michael Werner Gallery, New York

1999 Museum of Modern Art, New York Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Michael Werner Gallery, New York Knoedler & Co., New York XLVIII Biennale di Venezia Das XX Jahrhunderts, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria

2000 Awarded the Kaiserring, , Germany Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville Stadsgalerij Heerlen, The Netherlands Galerie Heinz Holtmann / Holtmann graphics, Cologne Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany

5 Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London

2001 Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo Sigmar Polke. Alchemist, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark Music of Unclear Origin, Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh Sigmar Polke. Ausgewählte Grafik, Fotos, Objekte und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne Sigmar Polke. Die gesamten Editionen 1963-2000, Kunsthaus Zürich Sigmar Polke and the French Revolution, Musée de la Revolution Française, Vizille Sigmar Polke. Photographie 1969-2000, Berlin Projects, Julian Soms, Berlin Rhenus Kunstpreis 2001, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2002 Awarded the Praemium Imperiale Prize for Painting, Tokyo Sigmar Polke. History of Everything: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Spark Inc., Modern and Contemporary Arts, Tokyo

2003 – 2004 Sigmar Polke. History of Everything: 1998-2003, Tate Modern, London Sigmar Polke, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea

2005 Sigmar Polke. Works & Days, Kunsthaus Zürich Alice in Wonderland, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo Stratification: an installation of works since 1960, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Sigmar Polke: Music From an Unknown Source, Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi

2006 Sigmar Polke – Alice in Wonderland, The National Museum of Art, Osaka Sigmar Polke: Photographs 1964-2000, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany Sigmar Polke: Das Kann doch kein Motiv sein, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, German Frontiers: Collecting the Art of our Time, Worcester Art Museum, MA; Sigmar Polke: 64 Photographs from 1977, Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin Mythologies, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York Hommage to Chillida, Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Spain Black and White: Drawings for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York Works on Paper, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica Auf Papier, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/ 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York Polke – Bernstein – Amber, Michael Werner Gallery, New York Supervision, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

6 2007 Awarded 11th Rubens Prize, Designed cathedral windows for St. Kunibert Cathedral, Cologne and Grossmünster, Zürich Sigmar Polke: A Retrospective, Museum , Baden-Baden, Germany Selection, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne Sigmar Polke: Photographs 1968-1972, Getty Museum, Los Angeles Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art 52nd Biennale di Venezia Sigmar Polke, Museum for Gegenwartkunst Siegen, Germany

2008 Elected Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Homer. Der Mythos Von Troia In Dichtung Und Kunst, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Switzerland Sigmar Polke: Photographs from the Garnatz Collection, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian & Swiss Drawings, Saint Louis Art Museum, MO Serial Works on Paper, Julius Werner Berlin Series Drawings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York Sigmar Polke: Drawings, Gouaches, Watercolors 1964-2005, Schönewald Fine Arts GmbH, Düsseldorf Sigmar Polke: Musik unerklärter Herkunft, Kyungpook National University Gallery, South Korea Sigmar Polke – Photographische Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Garnatz, Stätdtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany Sigmar Polke: Lens Paintings, Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin; travelled to the Arts Club Chicago and Michael Werner Gallery, New York

2009 Elected Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; travelled to Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg and Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin Sigmar Polke: Lens Paintings, Arts Club Chicago, Chicago, and Michael Werner Gallery, New York Sigmar Polke: Wir Kleinbürger! Zeitgenossen und Zeitgenossinnen. (We, the Petty Bourgeois – Contemporaries), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Blickmaschinen (Visual Tactics), Mücsarnok Kunsthalle Budapest

2010 Awarded the Roswitha Haftmann Prize, Zürich Sigmar Polke / Works from a decade, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich, High Ideals & Crazy Dreams, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg Hommage an Sigmar Polke, anlässl. Des Todes von Sigmar Polke, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany

7 2011 Sigmar Polke – A tribute. Accounts of an artist’s friendship Polke/Staeck, Akademie der Künste, Berlin Sigmar Polke, Fergus McCaffrey, New York Sigmar Polke: Photoworks 1964-2000, Leo Koenig Inc., New York Dark Christmas, Leo Koenig Inc., New York

2013 Musée de Grenoble, France Lucas Knipscher, Win McCarthy, Sigmar Polke, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York House of Vetti, Koenig & Clinton, New York

2014 Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010, Museum of Modern Art, New York Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010, Tate Modern, London German Pop, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Photocopierarbeiten, Fergus McCaffrey, New York Sigmar Polke: The Distance to Things - The Proximity to Things, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York Threads of Metamorphosis: Fabric Pictures by Sigmar Polke, Nahmad Contemporary, New York Pop to popism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2015 Looking Back/The 9th White Columns Annual, selected by Cleopatra’s, White Columns, New York more Konzeption Conception now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany The Radiants, Bortolami, New York Alibis: Sigmar Polke, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

Sigmar Polke died in Cologne, Germany on June 10, 2010.

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