Friedrich Kunath - Biography

Born Chemnitz, Germany, 1974
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION
Peter Mertes Stipendium, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Kaikai Kiki Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, "I used to be darker But then I got lighter And then I got dark again," May 13 – June 12
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Hammer Projects: Friedrich Kunath," April 17 – Sept 30

2009
Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany, "Home wasn't built in a day," November 28, 2009 - January 24, 2010 (catalogue)
BQ, Berlin, Germany, "Hello Walls," September 4- October 31 (catalogue)

2008
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, "EMOH," October 24 - November, 2008
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, "Rising vs. Setting," May 22 – August 3 (catalogue)

2007
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Twilight," September 7 - October 13,
BQ, Cologne, Germany, "Warum," January 19 – March 10

2006
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, "I have always been here before," March 4 – April 8

2005
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, October 14 – December 3

2004
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, "We were the one thing in the galaxy God didn't have his eyes On," April 3 – May 1
BQ, Cologne, Germany, "Our endless numbered days"

2003
Annet Gelink Gallery/The Bakery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "We are not as far west..,"
November 28 – January 17, 2004
Art 34 Basel (under the auspice of BQ Gallery), Basel, Switzerland,
"Statements", June 18 – June 23

2002
BQ, Cologne, Germany, "Welcome Home Steve Curry,"
2001
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany, Peter Mertes Stipendium (with Thea Djordjadze), September 22 – November 4
Chausse 37, Berlin, Germany, "Friedrich Kunath, Videos"

2000
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, "One day it will all make sense," with Dirk Bell

1998
BQ, Cologne, Germany, "Why are my friends such finks," with Dirk Bell


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA, "Country Music," July 3 – August 21
Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom, "The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place," February 25 – June 13

2009
Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA, "15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition," Oct 3-Nov 14
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, "7 x 14", May 22 - May 31 (catalogue)
Galeria Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy, "Play," February 5 – March 14
Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Grin & Bear It: Cruel humor in art and life

2008
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, "Journeys to Nowhere: Selections from the Collection"
August 14 - November 30
Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, "The Eternal Flame," August 10 – October 5, 2008
ZKM Museum for Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International," May 3 – January 11, 2009 (catalogue)
Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, California, "Gravity in Art," curated by Rene Daalder (in association with Theo Tegelaers), Mar 1 – Apr 30
Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, "Informed by Function," co-curated by Claudia Calirman and Susan Hoeltzel, Feburary 5 - May 16
LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, "The Leisure Suite", January 24 – February 14, 2008

2007
Museum fur Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt, Germany, "Verwendungsnachweis," September 21 – November 18, 2007
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria, "Dream and Trauma -Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection" curated by Edelbert Köb, Gerald Matt and Angela Stief, June 29 - October 4 (catalogue)
Tate Modern, London, England, "Learn to Read," June 19 - Sept 2
Kunst aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany, "Seb Koberstädt /Friedrich Kunath: Förderpreisträger 2006", July 14 - September 2
Magazzino d'arte moderna, Rome, "Blind Date"

2006
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY, "Bonanza," curated by Karola Grässlin, March 10 – April 22
BAWAG Foundation, Wien, Austria, "Nothing but Pleasure," June 30 - September 30
Het Gebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands, "Spooky," curated by Hanne Hagenaars and Theo Tegelaars
Fundacción/ Colección Jumex, Mexico City, "Esquidor en el fondo de un pozo"

2005
De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, "The Gravity in Art," organized by Theo Tegelaers, in collaboration with René Daalder, December 2 - January 22, 2006
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Looking at Words: The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," November 2 - January 4, 2006
La Galerie, Centre d'arte contemporain, Ville de Noisy-le-Sec, France, "Fabriques du Sublime," September 9 - November 5 (catalogue)
Avalon Art Association, Revelin Castle, Dubrovnik, Kroatia
Broadway 1602, New York, NY, "Exile: New York is a good hotel," July 12 - September 16

2004
Rockwell Gallery, London, England, "Rings of Saturn"
La Coleccion Jumex and CANAIA, Mexico City, Mexico, "Strawberry Fields," curated by Patricia Martin (catalogue)

2003
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, "Inaugural Group Show," September 4 - October 4

2002
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany, "On the other hand you have different fingers"
Bonner Kunstverein & Videonale, Bonn, Germany, "mise en scène: Curieux VI- Friedrich
Kunath: When was the first time when you realized the next time would be the last time," September 24 - October 6
Hammer Sidi, London, England, "present"

2001
Stadtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, "Superschloss," November 10 - March 24
Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany, "Zero Gravity," April 21 - June 16
BQ, Cologne, Germany, "1995-2001"

2000
Cologne, Germany, "Parking Meters"
Studiogalerie Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, "Make my paper sound"

1998
Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, "Junge Kunst im Zweiten,"
Berlin, Germany, "Dirty Windows"

1995
Chemnitz, Germany, VOXXX-Galerie
Green Room, San Diego, CA

1994
Galerie Peters-Barenbrock, Braunschweig, Germany, "The easiest thing to grow in a garden is Tired"

SOLO EXHIBTION CATALOGUES
2009
In someone's shadow. Berlin: BQ, 2009.
Zechlin, René. Home wasn't built in a day. Hannover: Kunstverein Hannover, 2009.

2008
Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman. Rising vs. Setting. Aspen: Aspen Art Museum, 2008.

2007
Friedrich Kunath. Cologne: BQ, 2007.

2004
Alles Macht Weiter. Cologne: BQ, 2004.

2002
I Would Kill for a Noble Peace Prize: Friedrich Kunath. Cologne: BQ, 2002.


GROUP EXHIBTION CATALOGUES

2009
Kraus, Karola, ed. 7 X 14. Baden-Baden: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Cologne: Walther Konig, 2009.

2008
Fogle, Douglas. Life on mars: 55th Carnegie International. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2008.

2007
Grayson, Kathy, ed. Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper Collection. Athens: Deste Foundation, 2007.
Dream & Trauma: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens. Vienna: MUMOK, 2007.
Blancsubé, Michel. Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex presents: Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo.

2005
Lanavère, Marianne. Fabriques du sublime. Trans. Zoë Gray. Noisy-le-Sec: La Galerie Noisy-le-Sec, 2005.

2004
Strawberry Fields: La Coleccion Jumex And Canaia. Mexico City: 2004, pg. 5, 13-19