Silke Otto-Knapp1970

Born in Osnabrück, Germany

1996

MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

1997

Degree in Cultural Studies, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA

2022

Passed away

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2024

Bühnenbilder, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany

2022

Casa Mutina Milano, Milan, Italy

2020

What are the directions on a map?, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
In the Waiting Room, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL, USA

2019

Land and Sea, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2018

Violets, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Sverre Bjertnæs, Galleri Ismene, Trodheim, Norway

2017

Bühnenbilder, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Normalbühne (Zürich), Taylor Macklin, Zurich, Switzerland
Subject, Predicate, Object, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Lari Pittman)
Monotones, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA (curated Piper Marshall)

2016

Seascapes, greengrassi, London, UK2015

Land lies in water, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

2014

Ratio of distance, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (with Florian Pumhösl) [Cat.]Cold Climate, Museo Marino Marini, Rome, Italy

Seascapes and Moondresses, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria (cur. CosimaRainer)
Questions of Travel, Fogo Island Arts, Fogo; traveled to Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria [Cat.]
Monday or Tuesday, Camden Art Center, London, UK [Cat.]
2013

Geography and Plays, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (cur. JacobFrabricius) [Cat.]
Seascapes, Overduin & Kite, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2012

North & South, Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany

2011

A light in the moon, UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, USA
Voyage Out, greengrassi, London, UK
Lilac Garden (rehearsal), Sadler’s Wells, London, UK

2010

Many many women, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, GermanyInteriors, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY, USA

2009

Standing anywhere in the space in a relaxed position, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff,Alberta, Canada
Present Time Exercise, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK [Cat.]
Winterlong, Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2007

Quartets, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Rehearsal In Yellow, greengrassi, London, UK

2006

Love in a void, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (with Jutta Koether)Standing anywhere in the space in a relaxed position, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Figures And Groups, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY, USA

2005

50ft Queenie, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, UK

2004

greengrassi, London, UK

2003

25th Floor, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Orange view, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

2002

Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany

2000

Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2021

SOUTH SOUTH TOKYO, MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo, Japan; Taka Ishii Gallery,Tokyo, Japan

2020

Michael Clark, Cosmic Dancer, Barbican Centre Art Gallery, London, UK [Cat.]

2019

Performer and Participant, Tate Modern, London, UK
Just what is it that makes today so different, so appealing?, Gavin Brown’s enterpriseat Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France
Survived!, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo, Japan [Cat.]
STAGES 2019, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

2018

Liverpool Biennial 2018: Beautiful world, where are you?, Liverpool, UK [Cat.]Class Reunion: Works from the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, mumok,Vienna, Austria
Vision Valley, Brand Library & Art Center, Glandale, CA, USA
Hummadruz, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, UK (curated by Field Notes)
Inaugural Show, The Gallery @ Michael's, Michael's, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2017

Calgon Take Me Away, The Riverview School, East Sandwich, MA, USA
Chalk Circles, Redcat, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Marching to the Beat, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Belonging to A Place, Scrapmetalgallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth McIntosh, Monique Mouton, Silke Otto-Knapp, Catriona Jeffries Gallery,Vancouver, Canada
A boat is a floating piece, toward the Horizon, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Chi/Sashay with and without history, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL, USA
SERRALVES COLLECTION: 1960-1980, Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal
Thinking Out Loud: Notes for An Evolving Collection, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX, USASpaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth, Graham Foundation, Chicago,

IL, USA
February, Roberta Pelan, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMÁLVERKASÝNING, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016

Putting Rehearsal to the test, VOX, Montreal, CanadaNo Man’s Land, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., USA.
Moved, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
8 Femmes, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
Made in LA, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA [Cat.]A quoi tient la beauté des étreintes, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France
Pure Romance: Art and The Romantic Sensibility, The Redfern Gallery, London, UK

2015

The Longest Bridge, Off Vendome, Düsseldorf, Germany; traveled to Off Vendome,
New York, NY, USA
No Man’s Land, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
A New Rhythm, Park View, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY, USA

2014

Persian Rose Chartreuse Muse Vancouver Grey, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
The Sea, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium (curated by Jan Hoet)
The Drawing Biennial 2014, Kunsthall, Oslo, Norway
Sacré 101 - An Exhibition Based on ‹The Rite of Spring, Migros Museum, Zurich,Switzerland (curated by Raphael Gygax) [Cat.]

2013

Geography and Plays, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (curated byJacob Frabricius)
Pleinarisme, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Portmanteau, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Why Painting Now?, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Nur hier, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany

2012

Janice Kerbel, Hilary Lloyd, Silke Otto-Knapp, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Le Nouveau Pleinairisme, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, Canada(curated by Kitty Scott) [Cat.]2011

Dance/Draw, ICA, Boston, MA, USAQuodlibet III-Alphabets & Instruments, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
Captain Pamphile, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, GermanyWatercolour, Tate Britain, London, UK [Cat.]The Other Tradition, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium (with Ei Arakawa)
The Artistʼs Institute, New York, NY, USA (with Jo Baer)2010

At Home/Not at Home, Hessel Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Captain Pamphile, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, Germany
I must say that at first it was difficult work, Kunstall, Oslo, Norway (curated by Will Bradley)
The Mass Ornament, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA (curated by John Rasmussen)
Self-Conscious, VW (VeneKlasen Werner), Berlin, Germany (curated by Hilton Als andPeter Doig)
The Nice thing About Castillo/Corrales…, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France
While Bodies Get Mirrored, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (curated by RaphaelGygax) [Cat.]The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place, Projectspace 176, London, UK

2009

Strange and Close, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (curated by CharlesEsche)
Das Gespinst, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Quodlibet II, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Privat, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
modernmodern, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, USA (curated by Pati Hertling) [Cat.]2008

pleinairism, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland (curated by Kitty Scott)Rendez-Vous Nowhere, Montehermoso Cultural Center, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (curated byBeatriz Herraez)
Idealismusstudio, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Janice Kerbel, Silke Otto-Knapp, Allan Ruppersberg, Karin Gunther, Hamburg, Germany
Art Sheffield 08: Yes, No & Other Options, Sheffield, UK (curated by Jan Verwoet)

2007

Garten Eden, Kunsthalle, Emden, Germany [Cat.]2006

The Grande Promenade, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece [Cat.]
Never for money, always for love, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Vanabbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Loveletter, Herald Street, London, UK (organised by Silke Otto-Knapp)

2005

The British Art Show 6, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK [Cat.]
9th International Istanbul Biennial, Deniz Palas Apartments, Beyoğlu, Turkey
Paris-Londres: Le Voyage Interieur, Espace EDF Electra, Paris, France
Thinking of the Outside - New Art in the City of Bristol, Bristol, UK (curated by ClaireDoherty) [Cat.]Andersen Associations, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
René Daniels, Peter Doig, Silke Otto-Knapp, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY, USA

2004

The Undiscovered Country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA [Cat.]We disagree, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Der Tod Und Das Mädchen, Fortescue Avenue, London, UK
Must I Paint You a Picture?, Haunch of Venison, London, UKKerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Sugar Hiccup, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Teil 2 Quodlibet, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Moon Absinthe, nn foundation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Étrangement Proche/Seltsam Vertraut, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany [Cat.]

2003

Honey, I’ve rearranged the collection, greengrassi, London, UK
Creeping Revolution 2, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
Picture Room, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
Deutschemalereizweitausendrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany [Cat.]2002

The Unique Phenomenon of a Distance, Magnani, London, UK
Metropolitan, Galerie Jürgen Becker & Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg: Imagining LA: Ed Ruscha, Silke Otto-Knapp, Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany
Germinations 13: Get out!, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland (curated by Sören Grammel)[Cat.]

2001

The Magic Hour – The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria [Cat.]

2000

Kerstin Kartscher & Silke Otto-Knapp, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
Songs sung by men from the point of view of a woman, Platform, London, UK(organised by Gareth Jones & Silke Otto-Knapp)
Include me out, Provost Street, London, UK

Die Gefahr im Jazz, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, Berlin, Germany
1999

limit-less, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Where do you want to go today...?, Cubitt, London, UK
Supernature, Studio A, London, UK

1997

Thoughts, City Racing, London, UK
Interesting Painting, City Racing, London, UK

1996

FAST, with Painting Disorders Collective, King Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
weil morgen, Eisfabrik, Hanover, Germany (curated by Stefan Kalmar & Raimar Stange)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONSArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, USA
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT, USA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal
Tate Modern, London, UK
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands