D E N N I S O P P E N H E I M
Biography
1938
Born in Electric City, WA
1958 - 1965
Studies Art at College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1965
Masters Degree at California Stanford University
1967
Resides in New York City
1969
Professor of Art at Yale University and the State University of New York
1971
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1974
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1981
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1982
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muoller, Otterlo, Holland
1984
Laumier Scuplture Park, St Louis, Missouri
1988
Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
1996
Ballerup Kommune, Kopenhagen
Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
Exhibitions
2009
Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
Electric Kisses, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Performance Films 1970-1974, Ar t Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2008
Drawings, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie , IN
Safety Cones, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Edelman Arts, New York
Bending Nature, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio
That Was Then ... This Is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Dennis Oppenheim and Open Space, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids MI (solo)
The Dennis Oppenheim Weeks, retrospective, Kunstraum Potsdam (Germany) (solo)
Experimental Films and Videos by DENNIS OPPENHEIM (1970-74) and ANNELIES STRBA (1997-2006), Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
2007
What does the Jellyfish Want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Montrasio Arte, Milano, Italy
Studies, Drawings and other works, Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nizza, France
2006
Photo-Kunst der letzten 40 Jahre in der Graphischen Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
busy going crazy, the Sylvio Perlstein collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Artists at Work, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Irritation des Gleichgewichts, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Lovely Shanghai Music, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Crisis of Modernism: The Post-Minimal Rebellion, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu (solo)
Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France (solo)
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (solo)
New Moment Ideas Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia (solo)
2005
Galleria In Arco, Turin, Italy (solo)
Centro Cultural Bancaja de Valencia, Valencia, Spain (solo)
Sala de Exposiciones de Verónicas, Murcia, Spain (solo)
Casa de la provincia, Sevilla, Spain (solo)
De la comtesse De Castiglione à Cindy Sherman, Galerie de France, Paris, France
Superstars - Das Prinzip Prominenz, Von Warhol bis Madonna, Kunsthalle Wien / Kunstforum Wien, Austria
Videographies – The Early Decades – Cycle I and II, National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST, Athens, Greece
EXIT- Ausstieg aus dem Bild, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Slide Show, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Overhead / Underfoot - The Topographical Perspective in Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Modèles modèles, Mamco - musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Genf , Switzerland
The Last Picture Show - Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Personal Mythologies - Earlier, Recent and Future Acquisitions, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Das Biest und andere Dämonen - Gemälde und Grafiken, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
2004
Círculo de Bellas Arte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2003
Centro Cultural Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV (solo)
2002
Joseph Helman Gallery, New York (solo)
2001
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo) Guild Hall, East Hampton, U.S.A. (solo) Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Germany (solo) Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Arras, Arras, France (solo)
1997
Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
Stefan Stux Gallery New York, New York
1996
Manheimer Kuntsverein Germany, Palazoo Delle Exposizioni Rome, Italy Museum of Comtemporary Los Angeles, CA
1984
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv, Israel
1982
Metaphor, Hishorn Museum Washington, DC
1981
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1974
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Holland
1972
Tate Gallery London, England
1970
Information, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1969
Ocean Project, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Bibliography
2001
Oppenheim Explorations Germano Celant, Charta, Milano
1997
Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, Thomas McEvilley, Allworth Press, New York
Dennis Oppenheim, Germano Celant, Charta, Milano
1996
Dennis Oppenheim, Fundacao De Serralves, Porto
1995
Dennis Oppenheim Land Art 1968-78, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Storgade, Denmark
1994
Dennis Oppenheim Obra 1967-1994, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona
1992
Dennis Oppenheim, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona
1991
Dennis Oppenheim Drawings, Barbara Rose, La Difference, Paris
1990
Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90, Thomas McEvilley and Alanna Heiss, Harry N. Abrams Inc. and the Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
1984
Dennis Oppenheim, The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
1979
Dennis Oppenheim, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
1978
Dennis Oppenheim, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1977
Dennis Oppenheim: Retrospective Works 1967-1977, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
1974
Dennis Oppenheim, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Dennis Oppenheim, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Biography
1938
Born in Electric City, WA
1958 - 1965
Studies Art at College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1965
Masters Degree at California Stanford University
1967
Resides in New York City
1969
Professor of Art at Yale University and the State University of New York
1971
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1974
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1981
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1982
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muoller, Otterlo, Holland
1984
Laumier Scuplture Park, St Louis, Missouri
1988
Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
1996
Ballerup Kommune, Kopenhagen
Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
Exhibitions
2009
Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
Electric Kisses, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Performance Films 1970-1974, Ar t Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2008
Drawings, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie , IN
Safety Cones, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Edelman Arts, New York
Bending Nature, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio
That Was Then ... This Is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Dennis Oppenheim and Open Space, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids MI (solo)
The Dennis Oppenheim Weeks, retrospective, Kunstraum Potsdam (Germany) (solo)
Experimental Films and Videos by DENNIS OPPENHEIM (1970-74) and ANNELIES STRBA (1997-2006), Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
2007
What does the Jellyfish Want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Montrasio Arte, Milano, Italy
Studies, Drawings and other works, Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nizza, France
2006
Photo-Kunst der letzten 40 Jahre in der Graphischen Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
busy going crazy, the Sylvio Perlstein collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Artists at Work, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Irritation des Gleichgewichts, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Lovely Shanghai Music, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Crisis of Modernism: The Post-Minimal Rebellion, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu (solo)
Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France (solo)
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (solo)
New Moment Ideas Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia (solo)
2005
Galleria In Arco, Turin, Italy (solo)
Centro Cultural Bancaja de Valencia, Valencia, Spain (solo)
Sala de Exposiciones de Verónicas, Murcia, Spain (solo)
Casa de la provincia, Sevilla, Spain (solo)
De la comtesse De Castiglione à Cindy Sherman, Galerie de France, Paris, France
Superstars - Das Prinzip Prominenz, Von Warhol bis Madonna, Kunsthalle Wien / Kunstforum Wien, Austria
Videographies – The Early Decades – Cycle I and II, National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST, Athens, Greece
EXIT- Ausstieg aus dem Bild, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Slide Show, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Overhead / Underfoot - The Topographical Perspective in Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Modèles modèles, Mamco - musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Genf , Switzerland
The Last Picture Show - Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Personal Mythologies - Earlier, Recent and Future Acquisitions, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Das Biest und andere Dämonen - Gemälde und Grafiken, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
2004
Círculo de Bellas Arte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2003
Centro Cultural Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV (solo)
2002
Joseph Helman Gallery, New York (solo)
2001
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo) Guild Hall, East Hampton, U.S.A. (solo) Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Germany (solo) Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Arras, Arras, France (solo)
1997
Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
Stefan Stux Gallery New York, New York
1996
Manheimer Kuntsverein Germany, Palazoo Delle Exposizioni Rome, Italy Museum of Comtemporary Los Angeles, CA
1984
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv, Israel
1982
Metaphor, Hishorn Museum Washington, DC
1981
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1974
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Holland
1972
Tate Gallery London, England
1970
Information, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1969
Ocean Project, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Bibliography
2001
Oppenheim Explorations Germano Celant, Charta, Milano
1997
Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, Thomas McEvilley, Allworth Press, New York
Dennis Oppenheim, Germano Celant, Charta, Milano
1996
Dennis Oppenheim, Fundacao De Serralves, Porto
1995
Dennis Oppenheim Land Art 1968-78, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Storgade, Denmark
1994
Dennis Oppenheim Obra 1967-1994, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona
1992
Dennis Oppenheim, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona
1991
Dennis Oppenheim Drawings, Barbara Rose, La Difference, Paris
1990
Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90, Thomas McEvilley and Alanna Heiss, Harry N. Abrams Inc. and the Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
1984
Dennis Oppenheim, The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
1979
Dennis Oppenheim, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
1978
Dennis Oppenheim, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1977
Dennis Oppenheim: Retrospective Works 1967-1977, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
1974
Dennis Oppenheim, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Dennis Oppenheim, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
