biografia di Olaf NICOLAI (1962)

Personal data


Birth : 1962 - Halle an der Saale, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany

Address

Berlin, Germany

Representatives

Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie – Wallstrasse 13 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

Professional data


Work and Life

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany


Artist in residence

1999

1999 : P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center Studio Program – Long Island NY, United States
Awarded by : P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue – Long Island NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation

Works

Ein Kabinett
Date of creation : 1996-1997
Medium : Installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2007

Durst
La Salle de bains – Lyon, France
09/18/2007 – 12/01/2007

2004

Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
05/01/2004 – 07/10/2004

2003

Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
2003 – 03/16/2003

2001

Migros Museum – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2001

2000

…fading in, fading out, fading away…
Westfälischer Kunstverein – Münster in Westfalen, Germany
12/08/2000 – 01/28/2001

1998

Galerie Eigen + Art – Berlin, Germany
1998

Kunstverein Ulm – Ulm, Germany
1998

1997

Interieur/Landschaft
Galerie Christian Nagel – Cologne, Germany
1997

Nature is a workshop
Galerija ¿kuc – Ljubljana, Slovenia
1997

Projektor
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus – Reutlingen, Germany
1997

1996

Pfanze Interieur
Hohenthal & Bergen – Cologne, Germany
1996

1995

Schnitt Muster
Institut für Moderne Kunst – Nuremberg, Germany
1995

1994

Tableau/Speicher
Grassimuseum – Leipzig, Germany
1994

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Ferdinand Rhode Strasse 14 – Leipzig, Germany

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

2003

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Texte zur Kunst – Berlin, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Carolina Nitsch – 101 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Ferdinand Rhode Strasse 14 – Leipzig, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

2001

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie – Wallstrasse 13 – Basel BS, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany

2000

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Edition Staeck – Ingrimstrasse 3 – Heidelberg, Germany

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany


Festivals

2000

Real[work] – Werkleitz Biennale, n° 4
Werkleitz, Germany
07/05/2000 – 07/09/2000


Group exhibitions

2003

Form Specific
Moderna Galerija – Ljubljana, Slovenia
05/31/2003 – 07/31/2003

2002

Protest Respect: the Political as an Aesthetic Category
Verein Kunsthalle – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
05/2002

(The World May Be) Fantastic – Biennale of Sydney n°13
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/15/2002 – 07/14/2002

P_A_U_S_E – Kwangju Biennale, n°4
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2002 – 06/29/2002

2001

Casino 2001
SMAK Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst – Ghent, Belgium
10/20/2001 – 01/13/2002

Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière…
Casino Luxembourg Forum d’Art Contemporain – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
07/08/2001 – 10/14/2001

Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001

1999

Skulptur-Biennale im 1999 Münsterland, n° 1
Kreis Coesfeld – Coesfeld, Germany
08/07/1999 – 09/27/1999

1998

Berlin biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, n° 1
Berlin, Germany
1998

Collection 98
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
1998

Made in Berlin
RCA Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art – Rethymno, Crete, Greece
09/19/1998 – 12/06/1998

post naturam – nach der Natur

Städtische Ausstellungshalle Am Hawerkamp – Münster in Westfalen, Germany
03/29/1998 – 05/10/1998

1997

Blind Date
Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Strasse – Munich, Germany
1997

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Opening Program
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
10/1997 – 1998

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2003

Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113

2002

Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X

1999

Olaf Nicolai – Show Case
Publisher: Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg – Luitpoldstraße 5 – Nuremberg, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3-933096-21-9


Exhibition catalogues

2002

Biennale of Sydney 2002
Publisher: Biennale of Sydney – 43-51 Cowper Wharf Road – Woolloomooloo, Sydney NSW, Australia
2002
ISBN : 0958040303


Periodicals

2002

MENIN Samuele & POLITI Gea – Focus Germany
in: Flash Art n° 224 p. 114 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
05/2002-06/2002

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