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KAI ALTHOFF
1966 Born in Cologne
Lives and works in Cologne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005
ACME, Los Angeles
2004
Kai KeinRespekt (Kai NoRespect), ICA, Boston, traveling to MCA, Chicago, IL
Immo, Simultanhalle, Cologne
2003
Vom Monte Scherbelino Sehen, Diözesanmuseum Freising
2002
Kai Althoff (and Armin Krämer), Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
2001
Impulse, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Neu, Berlin
Aus Dir, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
2000
Stigmata aus Grossmanssucht, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
Hau ab, Du Scheusal, Galerie Neu, Berlin
1999
Galerie Hoffmann & Senn, Vienna
Ein noch zu weiches Gewese der Urian-Bündner, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Painting in Tongues, Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
2005
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London
2004
Sans Soleil, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
supra caput esse, Corvi-Mora, London, UK
She's Come Undone, Artemis-Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
From Aural Sculpture to Sound by Ink, Galerie Art: Concept, Paris
The Pattern Playback, The Moore Space, Miami, Florida
Huts, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2003
Chère Paintre, Lieber Maler, Dear Painter, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a. M.
A Perilous Space, Magnani, London
2002
Chère Paintre, Lieber Maler, Dear Painter, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle
Wien, Vienna
Drawing Now - 8 Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2001
Drawings, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M.
Musterkarte. Modelos de Pintura en Alemania 2001, Galeria Heinrich Erhart, Madrid
I Love NY, Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Premio Michetti, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Switzerland
Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
1999
German Open, Kunst Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany
"How will we behave?", Robert Prime Gallery, London
"oLdNEWtOWn", January, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
"Who, if not we?" Curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
Schule von Athen, Athens
On paper, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
Ars Viva 98/99, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
PROJECTS
1994
Bernd, Erik and Oliver rehearse for Grenzen am Rande der Neustadt, (Borders at the edge of New City), Lukas & Hoffmann, Cologne (video)
1993
Scherenschnitt, window-project, Lukas & Hoffmann Cologne
1991
Eine Gruppe von Befreundeten trifft sich in einem Ladenlokal auf dem Friesenwall, Köln, um Masken herzustellen (A Group of Friends meet in Friesenwall 116a)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Hainley, Bruce, Kai Althoff at ACME, Artforum, January 2005.
2004
Rimanelli, David, Kai Althoff. Institute Of Contemporary Art, Boston, Artforum, September 2004.
Neue Bücher, Monopol, August/September 2004.
Morton, Tom, Kai Althoff, Abel Auer, Armin Krämer, Robert Elfgen, Frieze, Summer 2004.
Howards, Ellen, Urgent Mysteries, artsMedia, Boston, Summer 2004.
Dailey, Meghan, Preview - Kai Althoff, Artforum, Summer 2004.
Cotter, Holland. Hometown of Utopia and Dissent, New York Times, July 23 2004
Bolle, Susanna, The Wonderful Worlds Of Kai Althoff, weekly Dig, July 7 2004.
Bell, Kirsty, The escape artist, ArtReview, June 2004.
Millis, Christopher, Diamonds in the rough, Boston Phoenix, June 4 2004.
Dailey, Meghan. Kai Althoff - Institute of Contemporary Art, Artforum, May 2004.
Temin, Christine, That '70s show, Boston Globe, May 28 2004.
Silver, Joanne, Althoff reaps a bounty from life's grim reality, Boston Herald, May 28 2004.
Temin, Christine, Althoff does it all at the ICA, with intensity, Sunday Telegram, Worcester, MA, May 23 2004.
Works By German Kai Althoff In First Major Exhibition At Institute Of Contemporary Art, Boston, Antiques & The Arts Weekly, Newton, May 21 2004.
Helterman, Jolyon, Angst a Lot, Boston, May 2004.
2003
Schmerler, Sarah. Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, art on paper, April
Griffin, Tim. Drawing Now, Artforum, December
Drolet, Owen. Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Flash Art, January/February
2002
Holert, Tom. The Art of Kai Althoff - Band of Outsiders, Artforum, October
Rosenberg, Angela. Kai Althoff, Flash Art, October
Bush, Kate. Dear Painter, Artforum, October
Schneider, Caroline. Kai Althoff and Armin Krämer, Artforum, September
Boutoux, Thomas. Dear Painter: The Figure Since Late Picabia, Flash Art July/September
Harris, Susan. Kai Althoff at Anton Kern, Art in America, July, pg. 100
Rosenberg, Angela. General Rehearsals for a New Language, Flash Art, May/June.
Gioni, Massimiliano. New York Cut Up. Flash Art, January-February
CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2005
The Triumph of Painting, published by Jonathan Cape, published by: The Saatchi Gallery, London
2003
Vom Monte Scherbelino Sehen - Kai Althoff & Abel Auer, edited by Peter Steiner and Petra Giloy-Hirtz
2002
Gebärden und Ausdruck, edited by Nicolaus Schafhausen for Frankfurter Kunstverein
2002
Peintre..., Lieber Maler..., Dear Painter..., edited by Alison Gingeras. Essay by Gabriele Mackert