BOCK JOHN

John Bock

1965 Born in Gribbohm, Germany

Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Kunste(HfBK)

Lives and works in Berlin

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND LECTURES

 2009 John Bock, Stella Lohays, Antwerpen

2008 John Bock, Gio Marconi, Milano

Palms, REDCAT, Los Angeles

ARKEN Prize winner, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej

2007 John Bock, Films, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

Dandy, Sadie Coles HQ, London

John Bock, Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Maltratierte Fregatte(Maltreated Frigate), Klosterfelde, Berlin

2006  Mit Schisslaveng, Anton Kern Gallery, NY

Medusa im Tam Tam Club(Maltreated Frigate), Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin

2005  John Bock, Frac Provence-Alpes-Cote d＇Azur, Marseille

Skipholt, Kling & Klang, Reykjavik

2004   Meechfieber, Sala Reale, Stazione Centrale, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan

Klutterkammer: John Bock Curates, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London

2003  Klynken I Knæk/ John Bock, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej

Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam

2002  Projects 71, Gribbohn meets Mini-Max Society (4 Lectures), Museum of Modern Art, New York

Multiple Quasi-Maybe-Me-Be Updown, Recent Works/Jacob Fabricius, Coppenhagen

Aller Anfang Ist Merz Von Kurt Schwitters Bis Heute, Sprengel Museum, Hanover

Ars viva 99/00 winner, German Chamber of Commerce

1999  Lombardi Bangli, Kunsthalle, Basel

Memme Muss schlafen, S.M.A.K, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent

MienGribbohmWien(My GribbohmVienna), Wiener Secession, Vienna

Soon SonicShySONSupernovaSideUp, Charim Klocker, Wien

1998 Kunst und Paper auf dem Laufstef, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009  The Sublime is Now, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena

2008  TARANTULA, Piazza Del Duomo, Mia-Milano in Alto

A Lower World : Excesses and Extremes in Film and Video, Pleasure Dome, Toronto

2007  Fit to Print : Printed Media in Recent Collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Performa 2007, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

2006  Mapping the Studio, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Yes Bruce Nauman, Zwirner & Wirth, New York

2005  What＇s New Pussycat? Museum for Modern Art, Frankfurt

Dionysiac, Centre Pompidou, Paris

When Humor Beocmes Painful, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich

Experiencing Duration, Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon

Preis der Nationalgalerie fur junge Kunst 2005, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

The 51st Venice Biennial, Venice

2004  Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Works from the Boros Collection, Private Collection of Christian Boros from Wuppertal, ZKM

Manifesta 5, San Sebastian

Body Display Performative Installation #4, Secession, Vienna

Best Art Catalogue winner, John Bock:Koppe, Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung

2003  Sitings: Installation Art 19692002, The Geffen Contemporary, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The 50th Venice Biennial, Venice

2002   Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany

Extension, Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm

2001  Hypermental, Rampant Reality 1950-2000, Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Yokohama International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama

2000  Existo-Tour 99, Ars viva 99/00 Grenzgange, Kunsthaus Dresden

1999   German Open, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Children of Berlin, P.S.1, New York

The 48th Venice Biennale, Venice

1998  LiquiditatAuraAromaPortfolio, (Liquid-Aura-Aroma-Portfolio), The 1st Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany