Alexandra Bircken
Born 1967, Cologne, DE
Lives and works in Cologne
Education
1995 BA Fashion Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design,
London
1991 Fine Art Foundation, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design,
London
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
2013 BQ, Berlin, DE
2012 Herald St, London, UK
Kunstverein Hamburg, DE
Kunstverein Bonn, DE
2011 Studio Voltaire, London, UK
Kimmerich, New York, NY
2010 Blondie, Kunstverein Koln, DE
STORNO, BQ, Los Angeles, LA
2009 Crossings, Herald St, London, UK
BQ, Berlin, DE
2008 Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteršwisheim, DE
Open Space, BQ, Art Koln 08, DE
Units, Docking Station, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Holz, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Statements, Herald St, Art Basel 37, CH
2006 BQ, Cologne, DE (cat)
2005 Herald St, London, UK
2004 BQ, Cologne, DE (cat)
Group Exhibitions
2013 Days in Lieu, curated by Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal, David Zwirner,
London, UK
2012 A Disagreeable Object, Sculpture Center, New York, NU
Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Made in Germany Zwei, International Art in Germany, Sprengel Museum,
Hannover, DE
2011 My Beautiful Mongo, Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, IT
Skulpturales Handeln, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE (cat)
EX3 Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, IT
Arthur Bokskamp- Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, DE
Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art From Germany, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2010 Undone, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
Rive Droite / Rive Gauche, Paris, FR (cat)
The Long Dark, KettleÕs Yard, Cambridge, UK
Feint Art, Kunstverein Freiburg, DE
Same slight Slighter, Renwick Gallery, New York
The Long Dark, curated by Michelle Cotton, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK
Museum Kunst Palast, DŸsseldorf, DE
2009 Your Gold Teeth II, curated by Todd Levin, Marianne Boesky, New York
Arrival Inside, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
The Long Dark, curated by Michelle Cotton, The International 3,
Manchester, UK
2008 Borders, Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam, NL
Hooking Up, curated by Klaus Kertess, View 14, Mary Boone, New York, NY
Martian Museum of terrestrial Art, curated by Francesco Manacorda,
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Paradies und zurŸck, Zeitgenšssische Kunst im Schloss Dyck, JŸchen, DE
Anti-Baby Pill, Aktualisierungraum, Hamburg, DE
2007 Unmonumental, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Hope and Despair, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Common Threads, Charlottestown Confederation Center,
Charlottestown; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, CAN
About-turn, Kunstverein Braunschweig, DE
LÕHomme nu, Volume 2/3: LÕHomme et son environment, Maison Populaire,
Montreal, CAN
LÕHomme nu, Volume 1/3: Allures anthropomorphes, Maison Popoulaire,
Montreal, CAN
2006 Dereconstruction, curated by Matthew Higgs, Gladstone gallery, NYC (cat)
Grosse Rasenstuck, outdoor sculpture project, Nurnberg, DE
K'n-yan, curated by Veit Loers, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, DE
2005 5 Sculptors, WestfŠlischer Kunstverein, MŸnster, DE
Group Show, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Other PeopleÕs Projects, Herald St, London; White Columns, New York, NY
Residencies
2004 Kšlnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
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