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Christopher Williams  1956, US
Rank (2009): 503 
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+ 103 Exhibitions
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 Most exhibitions in:
Country
Germany 29
USA 27
Japan 9
France 8
Switzerland 7




 Most exhibitions shown with:
Artist Rank
Louise Lawler  185 18
Stephen Prina  1149 17
Mike Kelley  39 15
Wolfgang Tillmans  60 14




 Most exhibitions held at:
Institution
  Wako Works of Art, Japan 9
  David Zwirner, Inc., USA 7
  Galerie Gisela Capitain, Germany 7
  Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Germany 3




 Biography:  Please report missing Information

1956 Born in Los Angeles, CA (US)

Christopher Williams was born in Los Angeles (1956) where he lives and works. His recent solo shows took place at the Galerie Gisela Capitain in Köln, the David Zwirner gallery in New York and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. His work is currently included in the collective exhibition Before the End, at the Consortium in Dijon.
 
Public exhibitions  115  Please report missing Information


until 17.1.2010
Description  Modernologies - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona 

until 10.1.2010
Description  Das Gespinst - Die Sammlung Schürmann zu Gast im Museum Abteiberg - Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 

until 20.12.
Description and image  FAX - Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 


 Solo shows   24

2008
   Christopher Williams - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY

2007
Description  Christopher Williams - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich
Description  Christopher Williams - MAMbo - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna
   For Example: Dix-Huit Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 5) - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna

2006
   Christopher Williams - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
   Christopher Williams - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY

2005
   Christopher Williams - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
   FOTOGRAFIETS UTVIDETE FELT - Preus Museum, Horten
   The Expanded Field of Photography - Preus Museum, Horten
   Christopher Williams - Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Braunschweig
   Christopher Williams - For Example: Dix-Huit Leçons sur la Société Industrielle - CAG - Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004
   Christopher Williams - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

2003
   Christopher Williams - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo

2002
Description and image  Christopher Williams - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY
   Christopher Williams - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

2000
   Christopher Williams - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
   Christopher Williams - Couleur Européenne Couleur - Soviétique Coleur Chinoise - Galerie Kienzle & Gmeiner, Berlin
   Christopher Williams - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY

1999
   Christopher Williams - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
   Christopher Williams - Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris

1998
   Transform the world! - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

1997
   For example: Die Welt ist schön (Final Draft Revision 4) - Christopher Williams - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
   Christopher Williams - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo

1996
   Christopher Williams - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne


 Group shows   88

2009
   Then the work takes place - Camera Austria, Graz
   FAX - The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
   Proiezioni - Castello di Rivara - Centro d´arte contemporane, Rivara (TO)
   Mathias Poledna / Christopher Williams - Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
   A Wild Night and a New Road - Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
   The Camera Show - Fotogalleriet, Oslo
   Best of Austria. Eine kunstsammlung - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz

2008
   CHOOSING - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg, Hamburg
   27 november - 21 january 2009 - Dépendance, Brussels
   Are you all right? You look so...orange. - Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo
Description and image Mai 36 Galerie2 x [ (2 x 20) + (2 x 2) ] + 2 = X x (desperately) trying to figure out the world - Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich 
Description and image  The order of things - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
   De orde der dingen - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
   INDEX: CONCEPTUALISM IN CALIFORNIA FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
   Quiet Politics - Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY
   Not So Subtle Subtitle - Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York City, NY
   Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
   Blasted Allegories - Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier - Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
   Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
   P2P - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
   "WAKO WORKS OF ART: 15 Years / Part III" - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo

2007
Description and image  Performa 07 - The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance - Performa, New York City, NY
   Angelegenheiten, die sich daraus ergeben - Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen
   Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me - Presentation House Gallery - PHG, North Vancouver, BC
   Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
   Conditions of Display - Locust Projects, Miami, FL
   What does the jellyfish want? - Museum Ludwig, Cologne
   Die Wörter, die Dinge - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
   les temps modernes - Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan
   Make Your Own Life - Artists in & out of Cologne - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006
   Kunst aus Los Angeles der 60er bis 90er Jahre - Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Braunschweig
   Into a Journey - Meyer Riegger Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
   Peintres de la vie moderne Modern-life painters - Donation - Caisse des Dépôts' photograph collection - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
   Make Your Own Life - Artists In & Out of Cologne - The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
   Keep passing the open windows or Happiness - Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
   Strange Drugs - Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
   Surprise, Surprise - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England)
   The Swan Is Very Peaceful - Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
   Why Pictures Now - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna
   Make Your Own Life - Artists In and Out of Cologne - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Description and image  Whitney Biennial 2006 - Day for Night - Whitney Biennial, New York City, NY
   Motore Immobile - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY

2005
   Jahresgaben 05/06 - Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Braunschweig
   Christopher Williams & Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Roij - Wiener Secession, Vienna
Description and image Lisson GalleryThe Lisson Gallery Summer Show - Lisson Gallery, London (England) 
   Early Work - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY
   100 Artists See God - Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
   It takes some time to open an oyster - Centro Cultural Andratx - CCA, Andratx
   DER KUNST IHRE RÄUME - Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn

2004
Description and image  100 Artists See God - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England)
   Quodlibet - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne
   Für die Konstruktion des Unmöglichen - European Kunsthalle, Cologne
   Lodz Biennale 2004 - Lodz Biennale, Lodz
   Im Rausch der Dinge - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Description  Im Rausch der Dinge – Vom funktionalen Objekt zum Fetisch in Fotografien des 20. - Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur
Description  Documentary Evidence - Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris
   Before the end - Part I - Le Consortium, Dijon

2003
   Adorno - Die Möglichkeit des Unmöglichen - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main
Description  Fast Forward - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
   Photographs - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
   Photographs - James Welling, Christopher Williams - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
  PKM GALLERY - SeoulUnreal Estate Opportunities - PKM GALLERY - Seoul, Seoul 
   Raid the Icebox - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Georg Kargl Fine ArtsReProduktion 2 - Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna 

2002
Description and image Bernhard Knaus Fine Art"ReProduktion" - Gruppenausstellung - Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt/Main 
Description  Solitudes - Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
  Kunsthalle BaselKeine Kleinigkeit - Kunsthalle Basel, Basel 
   Landscapes - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
   Transform the world 2002 - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo

2001
   Detourism - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
   I Love NY Benefit - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY
   Take Two - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
   Vom Eindruck zum Ausdruck - Grässlin Collection - Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
   In The Rough - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto

2000
Description and image  Christopher Williams, Fabrice Gygi, Michael Smith, Gary Panter - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
   American Photographs - Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
  Kunsthalle BaselDeep Distance. Die Entfernung der Fotografie - Kunsthalle Basel, Basel 

1999
  Galerie AsbækPOOLS & OTHER OBJECTS - Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen 

1997
   Places that are Elsewhere - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY

1996
   Comme un oiseau - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris

1995
   Album: The photographic collection of Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1994
   Notational Photographs - Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City, NY
  Sprengel Museum HannoverDie Orte der Kunst - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover 

1993
   Kontext Kunst- The Art of the 90's - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
   temporary translations - Sammlung Schürmann - Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

1990
   De Afstand (Distance) - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam

1987
Description  CalArts - Skeptical Belief(s) - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1984
   Jenny Holzer / Stephen Prina / Mark Stahl / Christopher Williams - De Appel, Amsterdam

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Germany

 Galerie Kienzle & Gmeiner, Berlin

Italy

 Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples

Japan

 Wako Works of Art, Tokyo

USA

 David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY


 Public collections  9   Please report missing Information


Austria

 Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna

Canada

 Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Germany

 Sammlung Haubrok, Berlin
 Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen

Switzerland

 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur

United Kingdom

 Tate Britain, London (England)

USA

 UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
 MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC


 Catalogs  

REPRODUKTION Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt/Main 


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