Indian ink, acrylic and paper on handmade paper
65.1 x 50.1 cm
Opening on Saturday, May 24, 4-7pm
Albert Oehlen, b. in 1954 Krefeld, Germany, lives and works in Switzerland.
1977–81 Studied at the Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg.
2000–09 Professor for painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
As part of the EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Oehlen realized the monumental mosaic "Bionic Boogie". He designed a tile floor for the publishing house Taschen at its headquarters in Cologne. In 2015, Oehlen received an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The docu-drama "Der Maler” (The Painter) with Ben Becker in the role of Albert Oehlen was released in German cinemas in 2023 (directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel).
Selected museum exhibitions: 2024 Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; 2023 Friedrichs Foundation, Weidingen; 2021 & 2018 Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles; 2019/2020 Serpentine Galleries, London; 2020 Sprengel Museum, Hanover; 2019/2020 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; 2019 Museum Brandhorst, Munich; 2019 Kunstmuseum St. Gallen; 2018 Palazzo Grassi, Venice; 2017 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba; 2016/2017 Kunstverein Reutlingen; 2016 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; 2016 Guggenheim Bilbao; 2015 Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich; 2015 New Museum, New York; 2014 Museum Wiesbaden; 2013 Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; 2013 La Casa Encendida, Madrid; 2012 Kunstmuseum Bonn; 2011 Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes; 2009 Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; 2009 Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; 2005 Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg; 2005 FRAC Auvergne, Ecuries de Chazerat, Clermont-Ferrand; 2004 Musée Cantonale des Beaux Arts, Lausanne; 2004 Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; 2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg; 2001 Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, Hanover; 2000 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; 1997 Kunsthalle Basel; 1994 Deichtorhallen, Hamburg.
His works are included in numerous public collections, among others The Broad, Los Angeles, CA; Daimler Contemporary, Berlin; de la Cruz Collection, Miami; Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg; FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand; FRAC Île-de-France Le Plateau, Paris; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Brumadinho, Brasil; Kunstmuseum Bonn; Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen; MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Modern Art, New York; MUDAM Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg; Neue Galerie Graz – Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg; Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich; Saatchi Gallery, London; ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe.
