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Biography
- 1963
Born in Hildesheim, Germany
- 1987-93
Studied Sculpture at Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
- 2004-09
Taught at Akademie Der Bildenden Künste Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- 2012-
Teaches at Universität der Künste, Berlin
Lives and works in Berlin
Solo Exhibitions
- 2018
re-kapito, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Manfred Pernice: Lando, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2017
Kassetten/Cassettes II, Kunstfenster im BDI - Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany
Manfred Pernice: BRÜCKE2, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland - 2016
Manfred Pernice: 2B Dosenwelt, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Manfred Pernice, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico [cat.] - 2015
Teile & Peile, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
- 2014
dosen,cassetten,Zeugs, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Hors Le Murs, FIAC, Jardin Des Tuileries, Paris, France
Bbreiland, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
expo, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Posdam, Germany - 2013
Manfred Pernice: FIAT (LUX), Institut d'art Contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
Ideacasa, art3, Valence, France
Der Öffentlichkeit — Von den Freunden Haus der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
«anexos»LOCAL, The Modern Institute Osborne Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Kassetten, Cassettes, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium - 2012
Pezzi, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
?Peilsache ?Villa?, Karnia?, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, Germany - 2011
Manfred Pernice Martin Städeli “… RINO, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Brei, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Perstücke, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Manfred Pernice, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
liquidation 2.2, MD72, Berlin, Germany
Déjà vu, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland - 2010
(R)egal of Creativity, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Sculpturama, Secession, Vienna, Austria
baldt1, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
cub.-bird,alex+mix11, OPA, Guadalajara, Mexico
liquidation-tischwelten2, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
Tutti, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria - 2009
Mauer-Stücke, Galleria Fonti, Naples, Italy
apart 4-6, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA - 2008
Que-Sah, Neues Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
neue Arbeiten, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
diary, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Allgemeine Verkstatt Ausstellung, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Erdelmeier & Manfred Pernice, After the Butcher, Berlin, Germany
Pelikan, Stella Lohaus Gallery/Antwerp Sculpture Show, Antwerp, Belgium - 2007
Haldensleben, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Zweite Hand, Galerie Mai 36, Zürich, Switzerland - 2006
Costa Classica, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
exscape, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond-Leidsche Rijn: Sculpture Project Roulette, SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rückriem/Böll-Peilung, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany
bancomat, House of Art, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic - 2005
interieur, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Park & Ride, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Anita Leisz / Manfred Pernice, Credac, Ivry sur Seine, France - 2004
Die häßliche Louise, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Galleria Fonti, Napoli, Italy
U5, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Commerzbank, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Manfred Pernice: Small works 1994-2004, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York - 2003
Treuetaler, Stella Lohaus Galerie, Antwerp, Belgium
Die Erfindung der Vergangenheit, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Verkr.2, Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Banane (with Sean Snyder), Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy - 2002
Jeep, Annemarie Verna, Zürich, Switzerland
Casino, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Rommel, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Restepfanne, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany - 2001
Interventionen 26: Manfred Pernice. Liegende, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Gardenparty, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sieg & “Infrastructure”, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Restepfanne, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany - 2000
Werk-Raum, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Herbst 2000, Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Der Wanderer, Stella Lohaus Galerie, Antwerp, Belgium
Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1a – Dosenfeld ‘00, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main.
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - 1999
Klagenfurt u.A., Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Infrastructure, Institute of Visual Arts, Wisconsin/Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI - 1998
Bad, Bath, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, New York
Platz, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Migrateurs, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Pilmut, Stella Lohaus Galerie, Antwerp, Belgium
E-Welten (maritim), Kunstverein, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galleria Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
A + J, London, UK
Statement, Galerie NEU, Art’98, Basel, Switzerland - 1997
Verkranzlerung, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
D & A Punkt, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria - 1996
Stralau I, Kunsthalle Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Klemens Gasser, Cologne, Germany - 1995
Zeichnungen und Modelle, Galerie NEU, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
- 2018
Honey, I rearranged the collection. # 3 Bouncing in the corner. Surveying Space, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
- 2017
50 Years of Konrad Fischer Galerie 1967-2017, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Nischenhain, Simultanhalle, Cologne, Germany
Group Exhibition, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Sea Changes, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LODGERS #9 Hotel Charleroi, Museum for Hedendaagse Art Antwerp (MuHKA) , Antwerp, Belgium - 2016
Flatland: Narrative Abstractions #1, Musée régional d'art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon (MRAC), Sérignan, France
L’image volée, curated by Thomas Demand, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy - 2015
Wo ist hier? #2: Raum und Gegenwart, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
Zehn Räume, drei Loggien und ein Saal, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
The Corner Show, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
European Ghosts – the representation of art from Africa in the twentieth century, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium
Drawings from the Ringier Collection Chapter I, Villa Flora Winterthur, Sammlung Hahnloser, Winterthur, Switzerland
Proximities and Desires, curated by Nikola Dietrich abc contemporary, Station Berlin, Germany
Love Story - Works from Erling Kagge's Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
DIE MARMORY SHOW II, Deborah Schamoni Gallery, Munich, Germany
A Modest Proposal for Radical Bourgeoisie, De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands
Geometries On And Off The Grid: Art From 1950 To The Present, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
KölnSkulptur #7, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany - 2014
The Vincent Award, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Galerie Neu à La Douane, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Forty and Forty... Marc Camille Chaimowicz with Klara Lidén and Manfred Pernice, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Panoramic Ave. Kunstsaele Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Revelry, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Vor Ort, Kunstprojekt Sennestadt, Bielefeld, Germany
Galerie Neu at Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Work, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY - 2013
Looking at Process, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL
A Whole Range of Furtively Titillating Stereotypes, curated by Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen, Belgium
The Fragmented Body: Dust Below the Carpet, LiMAC, Madrid, Spain
Contemporary German Art: Selections from the permanent collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Maps & Orientation part 2, Heldart, Berlin, Germany
KölnSkulptur #6, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany - 2012
Inaugural Exhibition by Gallery Artists, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Everyday Abstract - Abstract Everyday (curated by Matthew Higgs), James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Im Raum des Betrachters - Skulptur der Gegenwart - Werke aus der Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Collaborations & Interventions, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain - 2011
Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art From Germany, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
The Last Grand Tour, Cycladic Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Afinidades Electivas, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain - 2010
The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Rehabilitation, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
The New Décor, The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
Skulpturengarten, VS Villa Schöningen, Berlin, Germany - 2009
Pragmatismus & Romantismus, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
Hellwach gegenwärtig - Ausblicke auf die Sammlung Marta, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Transitory Objects, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Switzerland
Spiegel geheimer Wünsche. Stillleben aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Städtische Galerie BietigheimBissingen, Bietigheim, Germany
Unbuilt Roads, e-flux, New York, NY
KölnSkulptur 5, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
REVUE Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
BERLIN2000, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY
Le Nouveau Festival (Haldesleben 05-07), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France - 2008
Ästhetische Komplexe, Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Antwerp Sculpture Show, Antwerp, Belgium
1+1=1+3, Robert MacPherson, Manfred Pernice, Kateřina Šedá, Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon, Portugal
Family and Friends, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
55th Carnegie International: Life on Mars, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Une Saison à Bruxelles: Galerie Neu at Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Wenn ein Reisender in einer Winternacht, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Wollust. The Presence of Absence, Halle 14, Spinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
No Illusions, KAI 10 - Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
Vertrautes Terrain - Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Italia Italie Italien Italy, Museo Arcos, Benevento, Italy
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Centre, London, UK
Une saison à Bruxelles: Galerie Neu at dépendance, Dependance, Brussels, Belgium - 2007
Sculpture Exhibition (John Bock, Jan De Cock, Manfred Pernice, Gert Robijns, Sven’t Jolle, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Erik Van Lieshout), Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, New Museum, New York, NY
Less is More – More could be Less, Kerlin Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Works in Ceramic, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel, New York, NY Skulptur-Projekte Münster, Münster, Germany
Von Abts bis Zmijewski, Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Munich, Germany
Re-dis-play, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
MARTa schweigt, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
KölnSkulptur 4, Skulpturenpark, Cologne, Germany
Less Is More – More Could be Less, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Reality Bites – Making Avant-garde Art in Post-Wall Germany, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
John Bock, Lothar Hempel, Manfred Pernice, Andreas Slominski, Dirk Stewen, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway; Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO and Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany
SITE 9/2 + neue Editionen + Originalarbeiten von am Heft beteiligten Künstlern, Sitegalerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Beziehungsweise, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Design For Living, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK - 2006
Anstoss Berlin – Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
2° Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla - BIACS, Sevilla, Spain
Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Optik Schröder - Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Braunschweig, Germany
Full House, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Location Shots, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels, Belgium
36 x 27 x 10, Volkspalast, Berlin, Germany - 2005
Salon, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Re-escape, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Goetz meets Falckenberg, Sammlung Falkenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Cargnelli, Dick, Laukemper, Pernice, Fleisch / Café Moskau, Berlin, Germany
Generation X, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Face contre Terre, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
De Cock, Ginckels, Pernice, Tuerlinckx, van Lieshout, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Huis Clos, IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria - 2004
Last One On is a Soft Jimmy, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
Ce qui reste, Galerie du TNB, Rennes, France
Deutschland sucht, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
It’s All and Illusion, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Sculptural Sphere, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum fur neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
15 Jahre Deichtorhallen, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Utopia Station, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Artists Favourites (Act 2), Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK - 2003
Sitings: Installation Art 1969 – 2002, MOCA at the Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Yankee Remix, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Kaap Helder, Den Helder, The Netherlands
Outlook, Athens, Greece
Precise Models, Belgrade, Serbia
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Patchworking, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Actionbutton, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; and Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia - 2002
Time is Free, Apexart, New York, NY
Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
Artists Imagine Architecture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Building Structures, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
Everything Can Be Different, (traveling exhibition) Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan School of Art and Design; University of Memphis, Memphis; California Center for the Arts, Escondido Hossa, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Nashville II, Harburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Inaugural Exhibition, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA - 2001
Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
Public Offerings, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA
Das Gute Leben, Galerie Gebrüder Lehmann, Dresden, Germany
Archisculptures, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
I Love NY, Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Strategies Against Architecture II. Laboratorio per l’Arte Contemporane, Stabilimento Teseco, Pisa, Italy
Ein gut platzierter Helm…, Kunsthalle, Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Interaktionen – Natur & Architektur, S.M.A.K., Stadt Borken, Germany - 2000
escape-space, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Uö, Germany
Deutsche Kunst in Moskau, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Raeumen, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Projekt Aussendienst, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
HausSchau - Das Haus in der Kunst, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The work shown in this space, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Skulptur 2000, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Cruce de Caminos, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany - 1999
Free Coke, lines, drawings and paper, Jan-March, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
Children of Berlin, P.S.1, November, New York, NY
Who, if not we?, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
Titles for Drawings, AC Project Room, New York, NY
Galerie NEU, Berlin, Germany
Two Doors – True Value, Mai 36 Galerie, Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
German Open, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Construction Drawings, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Officina Europa, Galleria d’Arte Bologna/ Rimini, Bologna, Germany
The Space Here is Everywhere – Kunst mit Architektur, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany - 1998
Side Construction, South London Gallery, London, UK
Urban Living, 5 Berlin artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Ars Viva 98/99, Kunstsammlungen Cottbus, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Portikus, May 98, Joseph Haubrich-Halle, Cologne, Germany
1998 Prix Whanki Exhibition, Whanki Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Brytningstider, Norrköpings Museum, Norrköping, Sweden
Warsaw Museum, Warsaw, Poland
Statement, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Art 98, Basel, Switzerland
Made in Berlin, Städtische Galerie L. Kanakakis, Rethymnon, Greece
Eurocentral, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Surfacing, ICA London, London, UK
Roundabout, Museum of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
Ferien – Utopie – Alltag, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Strasse, Munich, Germany - 1997
Urban Living, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Heaven, PS1 Museum, Long Island City, New York, NY
Städtisches Museum Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany
Surprise II, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Biennale de Lyon (curated by Harald Szeemann), Lyon, France
Weinberg, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Fiat, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart; Stadtisches Museum Zwickau
dirty windows Berlin, Germany
To Show You What’s NEU, Galleri Stalke, Copenhagen, Denmark
Unrealized Projects, Münster (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist) - 1996
Sardinien, European Artforum, Berlin, Germany
Etwas Besseres als den Tod findest du überall, Junghofstrasse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Something Changed, Galerie Klosterfelde, Hamburg, Germany
S.E.P., Tachelas, Berlin, Germany
Liste 96, Basel Art Fair, Basel Switzerland
Gramercy Art Fair, New York, NY - 1994
Steglitz I, FBK, Berlin, Germany
- 1993
Exposition de Cul, E.N.S.B.A, Paris, France
Kunstaufstellung Aufguss, Frontart, Berlin (with J.H. Englehart and J. Sickinger) - 1992
Benefit Exhibition, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Spreefischer, UNFAIR Köln, TMF, Cologne, Germany
Press
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September 4,
2020The New York Times -
September 6,
2018Vulture -
July 1,
2008Flash ArtManfred Pernice -
March 1,
2008FriezeManfred Pernice -
March 1,
2008ArtforumManfred Pernice -
March 19,
2004New York TimesArt in Review: Manfred Pernice
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February 1,
2004SpikeManfred Pernice -
November 1,
2002FriezePre-fabs Sprout: Manfred Pernice
Publications
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Infrastructure
Manfred Pernice
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Infrastructure at Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, December 10, 1999 - February 27, 2000 and Anton Kern Gallery, March 9 - April 21, 2001
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Manfred Pernice
Manfred Pernice
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Manfred Pernice at Lulu, Mexico City, February 6 - April 3, 2016
Edited by Chris Sharp
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Que-Sah
Manfred Pernice
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Manfred Pernice: Que-Sah at Neues Museum Nürnberg, April 25 - July 6, 2008