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Previous shows:
Lothar Hempel – Effetti Speciali (2007)
Lothar Hempel – casa musica (extrema) (2005)
Lothar Hempel – Butterfly (at Art Basel Miami Beach 2005)
Lothar Hempel – Diamanten (2002)

Biography

Born 1966 in Cologne
Lives and works in Berlin


Education

1987–1992 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf


Solo Exhibitions

2009
Kats, nerves, shadows & gin, Anton Kern, New York
MGM, Oslo
Gio Marconi, Milan

2008
Signal, Art:Concept, Paris
Casanova & Other Problems, Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
Casanova, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (cat.)

2007
Effetti Speciali, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Lothar Hempel – Alphabet City, curated by Florence Derieux, Le Magasin, Grenoble (cat.)

2006
Tarantella, Bar Ornella, Köln
Umbrella, Anton Kern, New York (cat.)

2005
casa musica (extrema), c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Butterfly, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Nova, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2004
Fieber/Fever: 5 Paintings and Other Stories, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Ikarus, Art: Concept, Paris
On the Olympus, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens
Versteck! , with Petra Hollenbach, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf

2003
Der Gesang der Vögel ist sinnlos!, The Song of the Bird is NONSENSE, Galerie Anton Kern, New York

2002
Propaganda, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (cat.)
Diamanten, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Fleisch: Maschine, Magnani, London
Concentrations 42, Dallas Museum, Dallas (cat.)
Wespennest, Dallas Art Museum, Dallas

2001
Magnet!, Art:Concept, Paris (cat.)

2000
Das Orakel lächelt, das Orakel lacht, das Orakel lächelt, Ars Futura, Zurich
An Schlaf ist nicht zu denken, Lab of Gravity, Hamburg
Wespennest, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

1999
Amerika verschwindet, nur das Lächeln bleibt, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
KAPUTT und die Folgen, Robert Prime, London
The Observer, Statement Art Basel at Anton Kern, Basel
Videos, Centre Gervais, Geneva

1998
Ein Sandstrand voll Glas, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Kunstschnee will schmelzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1997
Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Robert Prime, London
This Bittersweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

1996
Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
The Bienenkorb Times, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier

1994
LOW, Artistbooth, Cologne Art Fair at Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
LA BOUM, with Thorsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm
OMRON, six videos by Lothar Hempel, Preview Theatre Wardour Street, London
Bewegungslehre (No Future), Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne

1992
240 Minuten, with George Graw, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne


Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Groupshow curated by Gavin Wade, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
State of mind, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino
Art by the Sea, Beaufort 03, Ostend
Jean-Luc Blanc: Opéra Rock, curated by Alexis Vaillant, CAPC Musée d`Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Heaven, Athens Biennale, Athens
Biennale Estuaire Nantes < > St. Nazaires, Fond régional d`Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire / Hangar à bananes, St. Nazaire

2008
Sphinxx, curated by Alexis Vaillant, Modern Art, London
La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network, FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
A show of many parts, each part more spectacular and elaborate than the last, curated by Kirsty Ogg, The City Gallery, Leicester
7th Gwangju Biennale, Korea
Art Berlin Contemporary 2008, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Family and Friends, Anton Kern, New York
Lust warande, Skulpturenpark, Tilburg
Mystery of the Invisible Clock, curated by Joshua Nathanson, Karyn Lovegrove House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Mission: to interpret and understand contemporary art, Barbican Art Gallery, London

2007
Effigies, Modern Art, London
L.A. Desire, Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf
Half square, half crazy / À demi carré, à demi fou, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nizza
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Pale Carnage, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Galleri MGM, Oslo
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol
Imagination becomes Reality. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe

2006
Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Pelouses autorisées, Parc de la Villette, Paris
The Triumph of Painting, Part 4, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Angela Bulloch, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick, Lothar Hempel, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galleri MGM, Oslo
I Love My Scene: Scene 1, cur. by Jose Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York

2005
Growing Up Absurd, Problems of Youth in the Organized System, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art & Design, Kent
The difference between you and me, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Imagination becomes Reality. Part II. Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz, München (cat.)
Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Tombola, Kjubh, Köln
Eberhard Havekost “Marvel” / Lothar Hempel, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
World artists now!, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Japan

2004
She’s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (curated by Augusto Arbizo)
Now is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (curated by Dean Valentine)
The Snow Show, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
The Snow Show, Cities of Kemi and Rovaniemi, Lapland (curated by Lance Fung)
Art Unlimited, Art 35 Basel 2004, Art Basel
RHINEGOLD – Art from Cologne, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, London
The drawing project, Vamiali’s, Athen’s
Creative Growth, CCA, San Francisco

2003
Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up! 160 Jahre Oldenburger Kunstverein, 160 Arbeiten auf Papier, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg
Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles

2002
Schöne Aussicht, Herr Schweins!, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne
It’s Unfair! Museum de Pavilijoens, Almere
Accrochage, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Internationales Netzwerk, Fluxus und die Folgen, Karstadt Wiesbaden
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits, Exposition de la collection du Frac Poitou- Charentes, Hôtel Saint Simon and Théâtre d’Angoulème, Angoulème

2001
A new horizon, Art:Concept, Paris
Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York (cat.)
Und keiner hinkt – 22 Wege vom Schwegler wegzukommen, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (cat.)
Drawings, Galeria Salis, Rome
I LOVE New York, Anton Kern, New York
Signatures, The Miami Arts Center, Miami
The Beauty Of Intimacy – Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (cat.)

2000
Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
10 Jahre Ars Futura, Ars Futura, Zurich
Portraitartig 16 Positionen, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne
The Beauty of Intimicy – Lens and Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag/ Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden / Kunstraum Innsbruck (cat.)

1999
Proposals for a show, AC Project Room, New York
oldNEWtOWn, Casey Kaplan, New York
Ars Viva 98/99 – Installationen, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (cat.)
Who, if not we?, (cur. Yilmaz Dziewior) Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson
Nur Wasser lässt sich leichter schneiden, Projektraum Hafen, Hamburg
A radiant Future, Forde- Espace d´Art contemporain, Geneva
Officina Europa, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna (cat.)

1998
Conspirazione, Collection Re Rebaudengo, Turino
Roommates, Van Loon Museum, Amsterdam
Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams, and the Contemporary Awakening, (cur. Francesco Bonami) Bard College, Long Island
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
El Niño, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (cat.)
ars viva 98/99 – Installationen, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus; Kunstverein Braunschweig / Portikus Frankfurt am Main (cat.)
Büro Friedrich, Berlin
Zone, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

1997
Group Show: Painting, Photography, Drawing, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Aura, (with Walter Dahn, Rosemarie Trockel & Dirk Bell) Ars Futura, Zurich
X 2, (cur. Andreas Spiegel) Wiener Secession, Vienna (cat.)
Panic, ICA, London; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Surprisen 2, (cur. Jörn Bötnagel & Eva Meyer Hermann) Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg (cat.)
Bring your own walkman, (cur. Jack Jaeger) W 139, Amsterdam
Delta. A geographical expression, (cur. Francesco Bonami) Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (cat.)
Cologne show, Goethe Institut, Turin

1996
Glockengeschrei nach Deutz, das Beste aller Seiten!, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
This is really nice, a project with students from the royal academy of arts, Aircondition, Copenhagen
TRAFFIC, (cur. Nicolas Bourriaud) CAPC Musé e d´Art contemporain, Bordeaux (cat.)
PUSH UPS, The Factory, Athens (cat.)
Auto Reverse 2, Le Magasin, Grenoble
How will we behave?, Robert Prime Gallery, London
Escape Attempts, (cur. Simon Sheik & Globe) Christiania, Copenhagen

1995
Atomic!, Oberwelt, Stuttgart
Auto Reverse, Centre Européen de la Culture, Geneva
The Video Collection, Filmfestival Knokke, Knokke
Figures, Le Parvis, Centre Le Meridien, Ibos
Moral Maze, (cur. Liam Gillick & Philippe Parreno) Le Consortium, Dijon
Stoppage, (cur. Liam Gillick) CCC, Tours; Villa Arson, Nice
I Confess, Nicolaij Art Center, Copenhagen (cat.)
Purple 8 1/2, (cur. Purple Prose) Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
L‘Hiver de l‘Amour, Part 2, P.S.1, New York
Aperto, previously unreleased!, (cur. Sabrina Grassi) APAC, Nevers
Photomontage, Le Consortium, Dijon
Labyrinthe Morale, (cur. Liam Gillick & Philippe Pareno) L‘Usine, Dijon
X/Y, (cur. Christine van Asche) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (cat.)
Palast der Künste, Utopie macht endlos (Lotus Club), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne

1994
Sonne München, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Homegrown, Lotus Club, Cologne
Grand Prix, Air de Paris, Nice
L‘Hiver de l‘Amour, Musée d‘Art contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris (cat.)
Rue des Marins, Air de Paris, Nice
Résidence Secondaire, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
20, (cur. Tomaso Corvi-Mora) Galleria Pascale Laccese, Milan
Caravanserai, Galerie W 139, Amsterdam
L‘Hiver de l‘Amour, Part 2, P.S.1, New York (NY)
Henry Bond, Olafur Eliasson, Lothar Hempel, Saga Basement, Copenhagen
Das Studium der Kunstgeschichte, Schleifschnecke, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
Miniatures, The Agency, London
Mixbild, Galerie Esther Schipper und Michael Krome, Cologne
13 Levels of Meaning: A New Work For Television, with Henry Bond, Ars Futura, Zurich
Atomic, Neurotic, Ecstatic, (cur. Hendrik Larsson) The New Room, Gothenburg

1993
Some artists I've been thinking about who falls under the title of: Wouldn't it be more pluralistic to embrace turmoil and / or violence?, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Galerie Esther Schipper at the Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
Biennale di Venezia, APERTO, Venice (cat.)
Summer Show, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
Future Book Collection, Air de Nice, Nice
Fuck the System,Villa Rossi, Lucca
Food for Thought, (cur. Felix Gonzalez-Torres) Franklin Furnace, New York
Phenylovethylamour, Unfair 1993, project by Lothar Hempel and Carsten Höller, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Unplugged, (cur. Nicholas Bourriaud), Inter Conti, Cologne
jeder kind is van marmer, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
Christmasshop, Air de Paris, Paris
Video, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
7e Semaine Internationale de Vidéo (S.I.V.), Centre pour l´Image contemporain Saint-Gervais, Geneva (cat.)

1992
Prince, Madonna, Marky Mark & Cinderella, Ancient Etablissement Sacré, Liège
Paradise Europe, BIZART, Copenhagen (cat.)
Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi at the Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris ; Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Andrea Rosen, New York
Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milan
Multiples, Lukas & Hoffmann, Berlin
Lying on top of a building the clouds seemed to be nearer than they had when I was lying on the street, Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne; Le Case d’Arte, Milan
Rest in Peace, Esther Schipper, Cologne


Events

Trinkwasser!, Jazz Festival Köln, Cologne, 1995
Wie kann ich sagen, was ich denke, bevor ich höre, was ich sage! (Together with Carsten Höller) a production by Casino I., Roter Salon in the Volksbühne, Berlin
King's Cross Project, Public Art Development Trust, London


Public Collections

Honart Museum / Ebrahim Melamed Collection , Teheran
Sammlung Goetz, München
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Saachi Collection, London
Skulpturenpark, Tilburg
Museum of Modern Art, New York