Josephine Meckseper

1964 born in Lilienthal, Germany

Lives and works in Lilienthal, Germany

Education

1990–92 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
1986–90 Graduate studies, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Josephine Meckseper, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich Josephine Meckseper, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston

2008 New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Josephine Meckseper, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Josephine Meckseper, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
Josephine Meckseper, Colette, Paris
Josephine Meckseper, GAK, Gesellschaft Für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen

2007 "Josephine Meckseper", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
"Josephine Meckseper", Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart

2006 "International Project Room", with Galerie Reinhard Hauff, ARCO 2006 Madrid

2005 "Josephine Meckseper", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
"Josephine Meckseper", Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart

2004 IG-Metall und die künstlichen Paradiese des Politischen, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart

2003 Josephine Meckseper, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

2002 Lustgarten, Borgmann Nathusius Galerie, Cologne

2001 Shine—oder Jedem das Seine, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart

Group Exhibitions

2009 Kaderstimmung. Ost-West Überblick, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
MAN SON, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

2008 U.S., PROSPECT.1, New Orleans, curated by Dan Cameron
That Was Then… This is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Zidovi na Ulici (Walls in the Street), Siemens Arts Program, MSUB, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Steirischer Herbst, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Vertrautes Terrain - Aktuelle Positionen in / über Deutschland, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe

2007 "Fit to Print: Recent Colllage", Gagosian Gallery, New York
"Bare Life", The Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
"From 60 to 7", Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway
"When We Build Let Us Think That We Build Forever", The Zabludowicz Collection, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
„New York – States of Mind“, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
„An Atlas of Events”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, 6 October – 30 December 2007
Henie Onstad Art Centre, 23 August – 23 September 2007, Oslo, Norway
“Bare Life”, The Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
“Brave New Worlds”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (catalogue)
“Resistance Is”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Footnotes about Geopolitics, Markets and Amnesia”
"Just Kick it Til it Breaks", The Kitchen, New York

2006 “Media Burn”, Tate Modern, London
“USA Today”, Works from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens
“Cooling out – On the Paradox of Feminism“, Kunsthaus Baselland Muttenz, Switzerland, Lewis Glucksman Gallery University College Cork, Irland and Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany
BIACS 2 (Biennial Foundation of Contemporary Art of Sevilla), Spain
“Globos Sonda/ Trial Balloons”, Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
“This Ain’t No Fooling Around”, Rubicon Gallery Contmeporary Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (catalogue)
“Two Friends and So On”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

2005 Experiencing Duration: Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans (catalogue)
Die Neue Republik, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Girls on Film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York
Bonds of Love, John Connelly Presents, New York, curated by Lisa Kirk (catalogue)
A.B.Normal, Nyehaus, New York

2004 Heimweh: Young German Art, London, Haunch of Venison, curated by Juliane von Herz (catalogue)
The Future Has a Silver Lining: Genealogies of Glamour, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, curated by Heike Munder and Tom Holert, Migros (catalogue)
Dresscode, Kunstverein Neuhausen, Neuhausen/Fildern, Germany
American Idyll, Greene Naftali, New York

2003 Fuckin’ Trendy, Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, curated by Ellen Seifermann (catalogue)
All That Glitters, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
In the Public Domain, Greene Naftali, New York
Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt

2002 Bitch School, The Bronx Council on the Arts, New York, Longwood Arts Project

2001 Wine, Women & Wheels, White Columns, New York

2000 New New York, Texas Fine Arts Association, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas, curated by Alejandro Diaz (catalogue)
Grok Terence McKenna Dead, Feature, Inc., New York
Flea Market, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
Wunderbar, Art Club Berlin at W139 Gallery, Amsterdam

1999 Super Freaks: Post Pop and the New Generation. Part 1: Trash, Greene Naftali, New York Selective
Affinities, Wahlverwandtschaften, New York Security Mini-storage, New York
Art Club Berlin, Art Forum, Berlin; Au Base, New York; Artistsspace W139, Amsterdam; curated by Klara Wallner

1996 Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, curated by Ellen Lupton (catalogue)
Departure Lounge, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Clocktower Gallery, New York
Summer Show, Greene Naftali, New York
Intervention: Tendenzen im Schatten der Stadtplanung, Stiftung Starke, Berlin (catalogue)

1995 Wheel of Fortune, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
Benefit Exhibition, American Fine Arts, New York
Verisimilitude and the Utility of Doubt, White Columns, New York, curated by Bill Arning and Gregory Crewdson

1994 This Is Your Home, Stuyvesant Town, New York, curated by Ania Corcilius
Agent Artist, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Paranoid, M*Y*T*H Series at the Brewery, Los Angeles, curated by Sam Durant

1992 Tattoo Collection, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris; organized by Air de Paris, Nice, and Urbi et Orbi, Paris

1990 Licht und Schein, Kubus, Kunstverein Hannover Land, Hannover, Germany

1989 Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Alfred-Messel Haus, Darmstadt, Germany

Bibliography

2007 Brand, Roy (editor), "Bare Life" (exhibition catalogue), Jerusalem, Museum on the Seam, pp. 81-78.
Merali, Shaheen (editor), "New York – States of Mind. Art in the City" (exhibition catalogue), London: Saqi, pp. 116-119.
Ribeiro, Antonio Pinto, "An Atlas of Events" (exhibition catalogue), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, pp. 50-51.
Ackermann, Marion (editor), "Josephine Meckseper" (exhibition catalogue), Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag