Friedrich Kunath - Biography

Born Chemnitz, Germany, 1974
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany

EDUCATION
Peter Mertes Stipendium, Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, June 5 - August 3, forthcoming

2007
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
BQ, Cologne, Germany, 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, Cologne), Basel, Switzerland. "Statements", June 18 - June 23

2002
BQ, Cologne, Germany

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

2006
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY, "Bonanza," curated by Karola Grässlin, March 10 - April 22

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"

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007
Blancsubé, Michel. Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex presents: Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo September 4/ February 2007: p124 (cat.)

2006
Wood, Eve. "Friedrich Kunath at Blum & Poe." Flash Art May-June 2006: 126.
Knight, Christopher. "Looking for paths of change, release." Los Angeles Times 24 Mar 2006:
E14, E15.
"Top Ten: Friedrich Kunath." Artforum May 2006:100.

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

2004
"Alles Macht Weiter," BQ, Cologne, Germany, 2004 (cat.)
"Strawberry Fields," LA COLECCION JUMEX AND CANAIA, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004, pg. 5,
13-19 (cat.)
Knight, Christopher. "Kunath does odd work, but well." Los Angeles Times 16 Apr 2004: E32.
Strawberry Fields, La Coleccion Jumex And Canaia, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004, pg. 5, 13-19 (cat.)

2003
Fox, Dan. "A Song in my Heart." Frieze Issue 79, Nov-Dec 2003: 60-63.

2002
"Friedrich Kunath." BQ, Cologne, Germany, 2002 (cat.)
I would kill for a noble peace price: Friedrich Kunath, BQ, Cologne, Germany, 2002 (cat.)
Kröner, Magdalena. "Friedrich Kunath at BQ." Flash Art July-Sept. 2002: 52.
Wege, Astrid. "Friedrich Kunath." Artforum International Oct 2002: 163-164.
Backhaus, Catrin. "Friedrich Kunath in der Galerie BQ." Kunst-Bulletin June 2002: 55.

2001
"Let's not and say we did: Friedrich Kunath," BONNER KUNSTVEREIN, Bonn, Germany, 2001 (cat.)
"Zero Gravity," KUNSTVEREIN FÜR DIE RHEINLANDE UND WESTFALEN, Düsseldorf, 2001, pg.

1998
"Why are my friends such finks: Friedrich Kunath / Dirk Bell," BQ, Cologne,
Germany, (cat.)