Jiri Svestka Gallery  

Jarg Geismar

Born 1958 in Burgsvik/Gotland (Sweden) as son of German parents, lives and works in Düsseldorf and Tokyo.

Studies/Scholarships/Residencie

2009
Stiftung Starke, Berlin

2006
Malongen, Stockholm, Sweden

2003
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm

2001
Atelier Artiste's, Marseille, France

2000
AIAV, Yamaguchi, Japan
Werkstadt Graz, Austria

1997-98
IASPIS, Stockholm

1995-96
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen

1993+95
Stiftung Kunst und Kultur des Landes NRW, Düsseldorf

1993
Foundation Cartier, Jouy-en Josas, France

1990 Kunstfonds.e.V., Bonn

1986-88
Studies at the The New School of Social Research, Parson School of Design, New York
Degree - MFA (Master of Fine Arts) DAAD, Bonn, scholarship for New York

1980-86
Studies at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Degree – Meisterschüler

1978-80 Studies at Justus Liebig University Gießen and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Solo exhibitions

2011
ESSENCE, C&H Art Space, Amsterdam
at the market place, TZR Gallery, Düsseldorf
unpredictable, Fine Arts Gallery, Slovenj Gradec,Slovenia

2010
Unpredictable, Fine Arts Gallery Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Chaussure du Monde, Freemen Gallery, Aardenburg, Holland
Aquarium, Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin, Berlin

2009
COME CLOSER, AUDI Forum Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Subway Ballett, NEXT TO PUBLIC, Tokyo, Japan

2008
Unterwegs – Contemporary Future, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany, Tokyo, Japan
„BY CHANCE“, Life is not a shadow, Gallery Hashimoto, Tokyo, Japan
"with love from...", Gallery HAM, Nagoya, Japan

2007
Nothing fits, everything goes, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY, Prague
Phantasy, TZR Gallery Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf
Follow me or don´t, PM Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Privat Viewer, Gallery GEN, Tokyo

2006
lost in Berlin/lost in Tokyo, A.R.T. Gallery, Ebisu, Tokyo

2005
by feet, 7hours Haus 19 c/o Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin

2004
Daydreaming, JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY, Prague
Unwissen ist die Phantasie des Wissens, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Cologne

2003
The Optimists, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm

2002
Stille, 7hoursTURM/Märkisches Museum, Berlin Jarg är född här och min far dog här, BAC, Visby, Sweden Without you, L.A.Gallery Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt

2000
We Meet In...,The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art and AIAV, Yamaguchi, Japan
Doing by Hands Looking by Feet, Werkstatt Graz
Huggi, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln

1999
Future in Mind, The National Gallery of Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Living, Loving and Doing, The Visual Art Council, Lusaka, Zambia
Konstcentrum Gävle, Sweden and the Motomoto Museum, Mbala, Zambia
Die banale Intellektualität, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Spirit 104, Hallwylska Museum, ARKIPELAG, Cultural Capital of Europe, Stockholm, Sweden
Low Budget, Konsthallen Göteborg
Volume No I, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln

1997
Low Budget, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Women, Men, Children and Dogs, Fylkingen and IASPIS, Stockholm

1996
Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln

1995
Joint Venture II, Centrum for Contemporary Art, Haifa
Israel Im Westen Nichts Neues, Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp Münster
Aus Versehen, Gallery Dröscher-Meyer, Düsseldorf
Bloody Mary, Förderkoje Art Cologne, Köln

1994
Public Copyright, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf
If You Can't Come In, Smile As You Go By, Ausstellungsraum Thomas Taubert, Düsseldorf
Patience Is Wisdom, Gallery Iago, Filiale Basel
Men, Next to Public, New York
To Whom It May Concern, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln

1992
Drawings & Other Things, Gallery Equilibrist, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Cables, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln
Unlimited, Limited Gallery Littmann, Basel

1991
Femme Fatale, Next to Public, Basel
Clothes Make People, Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo
Money Money Come to Me, Avtosavodskaja Saal, Moscow Vespa, Espai 13, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona Welcome, Kenneth A.Schachter, New York

1990
Philips, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Diamonds, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Decorative Things, Gallery Offermann, Kölln

1989
Future is Based on Trust Gallery, Littmann, Basel
Rosemary, Gallery Offermann, Köln

1988
Night Lights, E. D. LABO, Nagoya

Group exhibitions

2010
generations, TZR Galerei Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf

2008
International Triennial of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague

2007
T/raum(a)´68, Market Halls, Market Square, Brugge, Belgium
IKG, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Attitudes 2007, CAMK Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan
Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

2006
The Flip Book Show, Museum of Photography, Antwerp
Klasse Kamp, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Off the records, Shibuya Station, Shibuya, Tokyo

2005
Daumenkino, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Without Border, Museum of Architecture, Tallin

2004
On Conceptual Clothing, Musashino Library Museum, Tokyo
Black and White, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Cologne

2003
Rediscovery, Museum 25. Mai, Belgrad

2002
Formen der Gewalt, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln/Germany
Min Marilyn, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm

2001
The Very Last, Gallery Rivet, Köln 1. Biennial Tirana, Escape, Tirana, Albania
Transfer, Bildmuseet Umea, Umea, Sweden
Kabinet der Zeichnungen, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle; Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz; Kunstverein Stuttgart

2000
You Never Live Twice, Elzeveld, Antwerp
7. Architecture Biennial Venice, Swiss Pavillon, Venice

1999
Envisioning Knowledge, 3. Media Biennial, International Kongresscenter Munich
Mode of Art, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf

1998
Arktis – Anarktis, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn
Medialization, Edsvik, Sweden and The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallin

1997
Grey Matters, White Matters, Do You Dream Of an Electric Colour?, Design Center Linz, Austria

1996
It Has Nothing to Do With Jeannine, Begijnhof Prov. Museum v.Beeld. Kunsten
Hasselt, Belgium Art Hansa Special, Hansa Gymnasium Köln
Dialogues, Atatürk Kulturzentrum Istanbul and Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Inbetween, Alte Keramikfabrik Georgenthal, Georgenthal, Germany
Multimediasquare, Lansdown House, London Looking Awry, Brazil Embassey, Vice & Virtures, Paris

1995
Missing Dimension, Hotel Modern, Düsseldorf
World Tea Party, Agfa building, Mediapark, Köln
Co-existence, Construction in Process V, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

1994
Der Andere Körper, Offenes Kulturhaus Linz
Lovestories, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
Inbetween, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Archäologischer Park Xanten and Kloster Kamp, Germany

1993
Inbetween, LXV. Biennial Venice, Turkish Pavillon, Venice
Hotel 48 Std, Hotel Modern, Düsseldorf
You Will Soon Take a Very Pleasant and Successful Trip, Broadway, Park Avenue, New York
My Home is Your Home, Construction in Process IV, Łodz

1992
Sites of Intollerance, The Institute of Contemporary Art PS 1, New York
Adam and Eve, The Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Japan
Unlearning, Greenstr. New York Jumbo II, Kuppelsaal, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
L'ecole du Magasin, Centre National d'art Contemp. de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Geismar- Merrick-Kinmont , Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York
Women, Natalie Rivera, New York ATW,
Past, Present, Future, The Institute of Contemp. Art PS 1, New York
Hotel 48 Hrs, Off Soho Suites, New York
SPIT, Malania Basarab Gallery, London

1990
Treibhaus V, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Colour and/or Monochrome, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto
C.C., Städtisches Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
German Paper, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Côté d'Or , Gallery Equilibrist, Sint Niklaas, Belgium New York
Art Made in Japan, Shingu, Japan
10 Feet, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York

1989
STÜCKI I, Stückfärberei,Basel
Transfer, Subwaystations Hannover

1988
Sunways Highway, John Gibson Gallery , New York Red hook Pier 41, Brooklyn, New York
New York Art Made in Japan, Yamasaki, Japan
Red hook projects, Red hook Pier 41, Brooklyn, New York
200 minus 1, Shakespeare Haus, Köln

Jarg Geismar is represented by the JIRI SVESTKA GALLERY
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