Gavin Brown's enterprise

FRANZ ACKERMANN


Born 1963, Neumarkt St. Veit
Lives and works in Berlin


Education

Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich
Hochschule fur Bildende Kunst, Hamburg
DAAD, Hong Kong


Solo Exhibitions

2012
“Transit: Again/Always/Forever,” Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey

2011
New Ads for São Paulo, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo

2010
Wait, White Cube, London, UK
No Roof But the Sky, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin

2009
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Franz Ackermann and Richard Jackson, Otero Plassart, Los Angeles

2008
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Germany
Terminal, Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany

2007
neugerriemschneider, Berlin
home, home again, 23 ghosts, DA2. Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2006
home, home again, 23 ghosts, kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
White Cube, London

2005
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (cat.)
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Rheims, France (cat.)
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo

2004
NONSTOP with HHC, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
tourist, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
travelantitravel, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany

2003
Eine Nacht in den Tropen, Kunsthalle Nurenberg, Nurenberg, Germany (cat.)
Naherholungsgebiet, Wolfsburg Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany (cat.)

2002
Basel Public, Wandinstallation Nordtangente, Basel, Switzerland
The Waterfall, MCA, Chicago
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Seasons in the sun, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.)
Transatlantic, mit Rupprecht Geiger; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau,
München, Germany
Eine Nacht in den Tropen, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (cat.)

2001
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Giò Marconi, Milano, Italy

2000
B.I.T., Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
welt 1…and no one elsewanted to play, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlruhe, Germany
reisterrassen von Basel, Wandmalerel, Rückwand der Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

1999
Works on paper inc., Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
OFF, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany (cat.)
Trawler, Mai 36, Zürich, Switzerland

1998
White Cube, London, UK
neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Das Haus am Strand und wie man dorthin kommt, Meyer Riegger Galerie,
Karlsruhe, Germany

1998
Pacific, White Cube, London, UK
Songline, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

1997
unexpected, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
unerwartet, Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn 1997 (cat.)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)
Giò Marconi, Milano, Italy

1996
Das weiche Zimmer, Hann. Munden, curated by Florian Waldvogel, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany

1995
Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY

1994
Ackermanns Worterbuch der Tatigkeiten, Buchpublikation
Dialo(o)g, Belgisches Haus, Cologne , Germany (cat.)
condominium, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany

1991
Art Acker, Berlin, Germany

1990
Galerie Fischer, Hamburg, Germany

1989
Galerie Komat, Braunschweig, Germany


Group Exhibitions

2011
Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art from Germany, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St Louis
2010
Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action, White Cube, London
Lost and Found, Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Fremde Heimat, Mannheim Kunsthalle, Stuttgart
2009
Compass In Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009, Tate Britain, London
2008
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, Neuberger Museum, New York
2007
Imagination Becomes Reality: Expanded Painting; Works From the Goetz Collection,
ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006
Anstoss Berlin: Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Archipeinture: artists build architecture, Le Plateau, Paris, France; Camden Arts Center, London, U.K.
Infinite Painting, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo. Italy
Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (cat.)
2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Vertiges, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France (cat.)
La Nouvelle Peinture Allemagne, Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, France
Desired Constellations, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Surface, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York
Remote Visions: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (cat.)
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London (cat.)
2004
Short listed, Hugo Boss Prize
Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
Champs de vision, Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France
Close by – time space architecture, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Monument to now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary
Art, Athens, Greece (cat.)
realityReal, Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresde, Germay
Global World/Private Universe, Kustverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, Switzerland (cat.)
Treasure Island, 10 Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
2004
Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum für neue Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe,
Germany (cat.)
A New Modernism for a New Millenium: Abstraction and Surrealism Are Reinvented in the Internet Age, The Logan Collection, Vail, Colorado (cat.)
2003
Inaugural Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
A Nova Geometria, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
un-built cities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (cat.)
Die Sehnsucht des Kartografen, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (cat.)
Heißkalt. Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Hamburger Kunsthalle,
Hamburg; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.)
Frahm Ltd, London, UK
Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, San Francisco (cat.)
Outlook, “The Factory”, Athens school of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece (cat.)
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
Chaotic Order, Houldsworth, London UK
EU3, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Hand up, baby, hand up!, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Global Navigation System, Palais de Tokyo, Paris France
Dreams and Conflicts – The Viewer’s Dictatorship, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy (cat.)
Painting abstract now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Mit Harald Klingelhöller, Meuser, Andreas Slominski, Galerie Georg Kargl, Wien
Love is a batterfield, New York, USA
There’s no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities), Meyer Riegger
Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Contemporary German Art: Recent Aquisition, Washington University, St Louis,
Missouri
Painting pictures, Malerei und Medien im Digitalen Zeitalter; Kunstmuseum Wolsburg,
Wolsburg, Germany (cat.)
Subscribe: recent art in print, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Away from Home, Wexner Center for Arts, Columbus, OH (commissioned work) (cat.)
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, ‘20th Anniversary- Welcome home, New York
2002
Reality Check: Painting in the Exploded Field, Selections from the Vicki and Kent
Logan Collection, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco (cat.)
Psychodrome 02, Fundaciò Juan Mirò, Barcelona, Spain
En Route, Serpentine Gallery London, UK (cat.)
The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lt (cat.)
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York (cat.)
Hossa. Arte Alemàn del 2000, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Lila, Weiss und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Reverberator, Houldsworth, London, UK
Nashville II, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg-Hamburg, Germany
Kopfreisen, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon CH (cat.), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH
XXV Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2001
Rotativa, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
HEAD TRIPS. JULES VERNE, ADOLF WOELFLI AND OTHER COMMUTERS OF THE MIND, Seedamm Kutlurzentrum Pfaeffikon, Schweiz
Arte Contemporaneo Internacional, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
Casino 2001, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
2001
Tempted to pretend, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
Field, Market, Glasgow, UK
EU, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Form follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy (cat.)
Brown Field, Market, Glasgow (cat.)
Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense
Freizeit, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Musterkarte, Modelos de Pintura en Alemania, Goethe Institut/ Centro Cultural Conde
duque/ Galeria Heinrich Erhard/ Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain
Germania. La costruzione di un’ immagine, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte, Siena, Italy
Hybrids, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (cat.)
mirror’s edge, Tramway, Glagow, UK
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (cat.)
Glee: Painting Now, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (cat.)
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach
close up, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
comfort: reclaiming place in a virtual world, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art,
Cleveland (cat.)
abstraction and hybridity, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2000
more works about buildings and food, Fundição de Oeiras, Hangar K7, Oeiras, P (cat.)
Glee: Painting Now, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield;
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach (cat.)
home is where the heArt is, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands
DAAD: weltwarts, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Salon, Delfina Project Space, London, UK
Millefleurs, Picture Show, Berlin, Germany
Malkunst, Fondazione Mudima, Mailand, Italy
Kunst und Mode, Picture Show, Berlin, Germany
Re_public, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria (with Rirkrit Tiravanija)
Loneliness in the City, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (with Rirkrit Tiravanija)
M Art in (n), M Art in (n) c/o Martin Schibli, Helsingborg
LKW, Lebenskunstwerke, Kunst in der Stadt 4, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Bleibe, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
[re:songlines], hall_fur_kunst e.V., Lüneburg, Germany
Close Up, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany, and Kunsthalle Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Hausschau-das haus in der kunst, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany (cat.)
CITY-INDEX, Festspielhaus Helerau, Dresden, Germany
Mysliwska, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
“Utopische Burger?”, workweb art, Köln, Germany
1999
German Open, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (cat.)
Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (cat.)
Mirror's Edge, BildMuseet, Umea, SE; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada;
Castello di Rivoli, Italy; Tramway, Glasgow, GB (cat.); Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Danemark (cat.)
Officina Europa, Galleria d' Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (cat.)
Malerei, INIT Kunst-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Drawn from Artists' Collections, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
amAzonas Kunstlerbücher, Villa Minimo, Hannover
zoom, Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart; Museum Abteiberg,
Monchengladbach, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel (cat.)
1999
go away: artists and travel, Royal College of Art, London, GB (cat.)
Dream City, Kunstverein München, Germany (cat.)
Otto & Otto, Copenhagen, Danemark
<Anderswo 1>, Kunstraum, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Frieze, ICA Boston, MA (cat.)
1998
Franz Ackermann und Jonathan Meese, Sammlung Volkmann, Berlin
Ferien, Utopie, Altag, Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße, Munchen, Germany
Osygus, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Deep Thought. Part II, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY
Painting: Now and Forever, Pat Hearn & Matthew Marks, New York, NY
Hanging, Galeria Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paolo; Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro;
Museum of Modern Art, Recife, Brazil
sehen sehenm loop-raum fur aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
Atlas mapping, Offenes Kuiturhaus Bregenz, Austria (cat.)
1997
Urban Living, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kunst ... Arbeit, Sudwest LB, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.)
Heaven, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Kunstpreis der Bottgerstrasse in Bremen, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Time Out, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
Atlas Mapping, Offenes Kulturhaus Linz, Austria
Topping Out, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany
Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Imbiss, Kunstlerhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
a summer group show, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
1996
Wunderbar, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany (cat.)
Faustrecht der Freiheit, Sammlung Volkmann, Kunstammlung, Gera; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Cruise, Friedensallee 12, Hamburg, Germany (curated by Florian Waldvogel)
Wunderbar, Kunstraum, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
1995
En passant ..., Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
En passant ..., Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna, Austria
1994
Cocktail, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany
1991
BP, Hamburg, Germany


Bibliography

2009
Ollman, Leah, “Review: Richard Jackson, Franz Ackermann at Otero Plassart,” Culture
Monster, Los Angeles Times, March 26
Danilowicz, Nathan, Review, ArtUS, March 22
Ackermann, Franz, Questionnaire, Frieze, March 2009
2007
Lapp, Axel, Art Review, July/August 2007, p.133
2006 Goodbody, Bridget L., Review, The New York Times, February 2, p. E35
“Franz Ackermann: home, home again, 23 ghosts,” published by kestnergesellschaft, Hannover; Fundacion Salamanca, Ciudad de Cultura, Salamanca; Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern
“All the Best: The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid,” published by Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, a.M.
Demos, T.J., Review, Artforum, September, pp. 393-94
“Under Construction. On Institutional Practice,” published by The European Kunsthalle, Cologne
2006
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Issue 20, Summer 2006, pp. 32, 108
“Blind Date”, Published by Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, 2006
Adams, Brooks, “Report from Lyon: Time After Time,” Art in America, February,
pp. 56-63
Myers, Julian, Review, “Ecstasy,” Frieze, Jan./Feb. pp.145-46
2005
Grosenick, Uta, “Art Now: Vol. 2,” published by Taschen
Schwendener, Martha, Review, Artforum, November, pp. 251-52
Brener, Julie, interview with Elisabeth Sussman, The Writing on the Wall, Artnews, September, pp. 102-03
News and Around: Franz Ackermann, Tema Celeste, July-August, p. 103
News and Around: Biennale de Lyon, Tema Celeste, July-August, p. 96
Panek, Aneta, “Franz Ackermann: What a Long, Long Trip It’s Been,” Art Press, June 18
Grady, Elizabeth, ‘Remote Viewing,” published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Schwendener, Martha, Reviews, Time Out New York, January 20-26, p, 63
Levin, Kim, Voice Choices: Art, The Village Voice January 12-18, p. 58
Johnson, Ken, Art in Review: Franz Ackermann, The New York Times, Weekends Arts, January 7, p. E43
2004
Daniels, Corinna, ‘Travelantitravel’ vom Reisenden Franz Ackermann, Die Welt, October 8, 2004, p. 34
Bitterli, Konrad, 1500 und elf Perspektiven auf die Welt, Saiten, May 2004, p.42-43
Müller, Silke, Ansichtskarten vom globalen Dorf, Art, May, pp. 16-29
Wittneven, Katrin, Hunger nach Trends, Der Tagesspiegel, April 10, 2004, p. 26
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pp. 247-250
Christofori, Ralf, Brückem über den Fluss, Der Tagesspiegel, March 2nd, p. 24
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Ausst.Kat., Bitterli, Konrad, Mentale Landkarten, in: Global World / Private Universe,
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Koch, Martina, Dasist hier die Grage, St. Galler Tagblatt, February 13, 2004
Wittneven, Katrin, Die Metropole vergisst ihre Kinder, Der Tagesspiegel, February 10th,
p. 24
Grabher, Ariane, Global World/PrivateUniverse Kultur, February 2004, p. 30-31
Ausst.Kat., Maas, Aline, Franz Ackermann, Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, ZKM,
Karlsruhe, 2004
Burger, Jörg, Kaputt, drecking und voller Ideen, Die Zeit, January 22nd, p. 53
Fokidis, Marina, Outlook, Flash Art, January / February, p. 54
2002
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, “Abstractionism, The New Abstractionists”, Art and Auction,
p. 94
Ausst.Kat., Pohlen, Annelie, un-built cities, Bonner Kunstverein 2003
Hoffmann, Justin, Große Reise im Stehen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 18./19. October, p.51
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p.54
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Painting in Germany, artpress, Nr.294, October, pp. 39-46
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Decter, Joshua, Ackermann Hallucinating Maps / Landkarten wie Hallucinationen, Parkett, Nr.68, pp.32-45
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Lapp, Axel, Franz Ackermann, ArtReview, July/August, p. 95
Keil, Frank, Der Kartograph, Frankfurter Rundschau, May 23rd
Hosch, Alexander, Deutschland hat wieder richtige Maler, Architectural Digest, May, p.54
Ausst.Kat, Szope, Domenika, Franz Ackermann, in: Fast Forward. Media Art. Sammlung Goetz, ZKM, 2003
Hinrichsen, Jens, Mit dem Pinsel um die Welt, Der Tagesspiegel, April 17th
Ausst.Kat., Seifermann, Elen, Franz Ackermann. Eine Nacht in den Tropen, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Edition Minerva, 2003
Gardenr, Belinda Grace, Wolfsburg: “Painting Pictures”, Kunstzeitung, April
Sommer, Tom, Selbst und Fremde, art, April
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Jasper, Martin, Ein Volkswagen ist kein Ikarius, Braunschweiger Zeitung, March 21st
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Rauterberg; Hanno, Amüsierte Selbstaufgabe, Die Zeit, March 6th, p46
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2001
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Thiel, Wolf-Günter and Nikolova, Milena, Franz Ackermann; Dissolving into the Everyday, Flash Art, January-February, pp.78-82
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Lieb, Holger; Generation Klecks; Süddeutsche Zeitung; January 9th, Nr.6, p. 15
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2000
Stange, Raimar, Werkstatten neuer Mensclichkeit, Ausst. Kat. City Index, Kunst Haus, Dresden
Franz Ackermann/ Rirkrit Tiravanija, Ausst. Kat. Re_public, Grazer Kunstverien, October
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Beccaria, Marcella, Franz Ackermann, B.I.T. Ausst. Publication Castello di Rivoli, Torino, October-January
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Heiser, Jörg, Mirror’s Edge, Bildmuseet, Umea, Frieze, March-April
1999
Koerver, Jens Peter, New Painting, Der Stand del Bilder, frame, No. 3
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1999
Smith, Roberta, Safe Among Seamless Shadows, New York Times, November 17th, p. B1/ B6
Balkenhol, Bernhard, Franz Ackermann-I can’t Remember, Das Fridericianum Magazin, No. 3, Fall, pp. 22-24
Karcher, Eva, Traumstadtsplitter, Der Tagesspiegel, April 9th, p. 25
Sonna, Birgit, Sschone neue Urlaubswelt, Suddeutsche Zeitung, no. 78, April 8th, p. 17
Kotteder, Franz, Entzauberung der Traumstadt, Süddeutsche Zieitung, March 25th, p. 22
Preuss, Sebastian, Deotionalien bis unter die Decke, Sammlung Volkman Berliner Zeitung, March 5th, p. 22
Ross, Trine, Otto er et-sted som ikke findes, Politiken, February 5th, pp. 26-27
Maler, Anne, <Ferien Utopie Altag> in der Kunstlerwekstatt Lothringer Strarre, Kunst-Bulletin, January-February, pp. 43-44
Ackermann, Franz, Wish you Were Here, Frieze, February, pp. 37-38
1998
Denk, Andreas, Franz Ackermann, Songline, Kunstforum, No. 140, April-June, pp. 390-392
Bell, Ralf, Atlas Mapping, Kunstforum, No. 141, July-September, pp. 412-415
Stange, Raimar, Schreccklich nette Familie, zitty, 13/199
Viegas, Camila, Mostra Aponta Rumos da Pintura Moderna, Caderno2, May 4th
Fioravente, Celso, Sobra cor e Falta Rufdo em ”Hanging”, Folha de S. Paolo, May 4th, p. 3
Stange, Raimar, Nordhorn Review, Flash Art, March/April, p.119
Christofori, Ralf, Weltschopfung im Streichholzschachtelformat, Fankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 31st, pp. 44
Blase, Christoph, Tourist mit Terroristischen Blick, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 9th
Scholl, Helga, Moderne Welten, Aachener Nachrichten, February 4th, p. 10
Scholl, Helga, Endlos Film-Bilder, Aachener Nachrichten, January 31st
Stange, Raimar, Franz Ackermannim Neuen Aachener Kunstverein, Kunst-Bulletin, January-February, p. 36
Dih, Ackermann und Friese belm Kunstverein, Aachener Zeitung, January 31st
Titz, Susanne, Ein Gekleided, Franz Ackermann Skulpturales Panorama, Aczente, January 14th
Süto, Wilma, Zinvol Geweld Binnenshuis, De Volkskrant, January
Roos, Robert, Vilf Berliner Proberen het urbane leven te relaviten, Trouw, January 9th
Cotter, Holand, Franz Ackermann “Unexpected”, New York Times, January 2nd
Saltz, Jerry, Franz Ackermann, Time Out New York, January, p. 50
1997
Stange, Raimar, Franz Ackermann, “Unerwatet”, Punkt, 4197
Sunderkemper, Wolfgang, Sprengkraft Weltbild, GIG, 12, Nr. 139
Stange, Raimar, Franz Ackermann, artist Kunstmagazin, 4, pp. 40-43
Schmidt-Wulffen, Stephan, Kunst,Arbeit. Aus der Sammlung der Sudwest LB, Katalog der gleichnamigen Ausstellung, Stuttgart, pp. 226-227
Metronome, No. 2, pp. 2-3
Meschede, Friedrich, Franz Ackermann. Alll the places I’ve never been, Kunstforum International, June-August, pp. 64-69
Herbstreuth, Peter, Wie im Bild, so im Leben, Der Tagesspiegel, March 8, p. 21
Stange, Raimar, Street Drawing Man, Kunst-Bulletin, March 3, pp. 6-11
Grus, Michael, Bluhende Stadtlandschaften, Frankfurter Rundschau, no. 40, February 17, p. 7
Hierholzer, Michael, Bilder zum Ausgleich des Gefuhlshaushalts, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 11
Reski, Gunter, Datenbank auf Sohlen, Kunstpreis der Bottcherstaße in Bremenzu Gast im Bonner Kunstverein, September-October, pp. 8-13
Fricke, Harald, Stadt ohne Legende/City Without a Key, in:Franz Ackermann, Mental
1996
Clewing, Ullrich, Junge Kunst: Statt neuer Ideen am liebsten neue Bilder, Art, October,
p. 44ff
Bonik, Manuel, Die Kunst zu gewinnen, stern, no.41, pp. 124-128
Herbstreuth, Peter, Treffpunkt der Kreativen, Der Tagesspiegel, August 10, p. 21
Herbstreuth, Peter, Tagtraum frustrierter Architekten, Der Tagesspiegel, August 3, p. 21
Fricke, Harald, Die Vergangenheit bleibt in Zukunft eine Leerstelle, taz, July 20/21
Bettina Muller, Katrin, Zeitschleife, Der Tagesspiegel, July 11, p. 26
Herbstreuth, Peter, Muffelt nach Kase, Der Tagesspiegel, July 8, p. 19
Seyfarth, Ludwig, Mein wunderbarer Malsalon, Szene, June, pp. 88-89
Philippi, Anne, Asthetik der Umgebung, Spex, June, p. 46
1995
Decter, Joshua, Franz Ackermann, Thomas Solomon's Garage, Artforum, November
Tager, Alisa, Internationalizing L.A., Art in America, October, pp. 51-53
Pagel, David, Patterns and Postcards, Los Angeles Times, July 27
Spiegel, Andreas, En passant, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Wien, p. 2
1994
Schreiber, Doris, Gestohlene Orangen, Kolnische Rundschau, November 24
Kisters, Jurgen, Total ver-ruckte Welt, Kolner Stadtanzeiger, November 16/17
1993
Ackermann, Franz, Junge Touristen, Texte zur Kunste, no. 16, pp. 197-198
Schneider, Christiane, Jahresring 41, pp. 37, 100-103 Wissman, Kathrin, Franz Ackermann, zitty (14/94), July, p. 150
Herbstreuth, Peter, Kalifornische Welle, KDer Tagesspiegel, July 13, p. 17
Fricke, Harald, Popsoziologie des geteilten Berlin, Kunst in Berlin jetzt: Ackermann, Hall, Boltanski, die tageszeitung, July 9, p. 32


Catalogues

2009
Rattemeyer, Christian, ed., Compass In Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art: New York
2006
Decter, Joshua and servo, Dark Places, published by The Santa Monica Museum of Art: Santa Monica, CA
Grosenick, Uta, Art Now: Vol. 2, published by Taschen: Cologne
2005
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (cat.)
La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France (cat.)
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Rheims, France (cat.)
Remote Visions: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (cat.)
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London (cat.)
2004
Monument to now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary
Art, Athens, Greece (cat.)
Global World/Private Universe, Kustverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, Switzerland (cat.)
Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum für neue Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe,
Germany (cat.)
A New Modernism for a New Millenium: Abstraction and Surrealism Are Reinvented in the Internet Age, The Logan Collection, Vail, Colorado (cat.)
2003
Grynsztejn, Madeleine, et. Al, Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, published by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: San Francisco, CA
Outlook, “The Factory”, Athens school of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece (cat.)
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
un-built cities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (cat.)
Die Sehnsucht des Kartografen, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (cat.)
Heißkalt. Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Hamburger Kunsthalle,
Hamburg; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.)

Catalogues (cont’d)

2003
A New Modernism for a New Millenium: Abstraction and Surrealism Are Reinvented in the Internet Age, The Logan Collection Vail: Vail, Colorado
Seifermann, Ellen et. Al, Franz Ackermann: Eine Nacht in den Tropen, published by Kunsthalle Nürnberg: Nürnberg, Germany and Edition Minerva Hermann Farnung: Wolffratshausen, Germany
Naherholungsgebiet, Wolfsburg Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany (cat.)
Massie, Anetta, Away from Home, published by Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
A Portrait of Our Times, The Logan Collection
Végh Christina, Franz Ackermann, published by Kunsthalle Basel: Basel
Dreams and Conflicts – The Viewer’s Dictatorship, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy (cat.)
van Tuyl, Gijs and Amelie Lütgens, Painting pictures, Malerei und Medien im Digitalen Zeitalter Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
2002
Higgs, Matthew, Reality Check: Painting in the Exploded Field, Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, published by California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco
Franz Ackermann, Naherholungsgebiet, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kerber Verlag
Franz Ackermann: Seasons in the Sun, published by Stedelijk Museum: Amsterdam
En Route, Serpentine Gallery London, UK (cat.)
The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lt (cat.)
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York (cat.)
Kopfreisen, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon CH (cat.), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH
2001
Casino 2001, S.M.A.K., Gent
Grosenick, Ute and Burkhard Riemschneider Art Now Icons, published by Taschen, Cologne
Brown Field, Market, Glasgow, UK
Form follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy (cat.)
Wallis, Simon et. Al, Hybrids, published by Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (cat.)
Capellazzo, Amy and Jessica Hough,Glee: Painting Now, published by The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT and Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
comfort: reclaiming place in a virtual world, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art,
Cleveland (cat.)
2000
more works about buildings and food, Fundição de Oeiras, Hangar K7, Oeiras, P (cat.)
Felix, Zdenek and Ludwig Seyfarth, Hausschau-das haus in der kunst, published by Deichtorhallen Hamburg: Hamburg, Germany and Hatje Cantz Verlag: Ostfeldern-Ruit, Germany
1999
Works on paper inc., Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, published by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: San Francisco
German Open, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (cat.)
Grynsztejn, Madeleine, et. Al Carnegie International 1999/2000, published by Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Castello di Rivoli, Italy; Tramway, Glasgow, GB (cat.); Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Danemark (cat.)
Officina Europa, Galleria d' Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (cat.)
Monchengladbach, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel (cat.)
go away: artists and travel, Royal College of Art, London, GB (cat.)
Dream City, Kunstverein München, Germany (cat.)
Grunenberg, Christopher, Frieze, published by Institute of Contemporary Art: Boston, MA

Catalogues (cont’d)

1997
Schmidt-Wulffen, Stephan, Time out, in: time out, Catalogue gleichnamigem Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Numberg
Fricke, Harald Franz Ackermann: Mental Maps, published by Portikus: Frankfurt am Main
Meschede, Friedrich, Mutmassungen uber die Stadt, exhibition catalogue
"DIALO(O)G", November / December
unerwartet, published by Städtische Galerie Nordhorn: Nordhorn, Germany
1996
Wunderbar, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany (cat.)
1994
Meschede, Friedrich et. Al, Franz Ackermann/Dimitri Vangrunderbeek, published by Belgisches Haus, Cologne