Silke Otto-Knapp
1970 born in Osnabrück
since 1995 lives in London
Education
1992-97 Degree in Cultural Studies, University of Hildesheim
1995-96 Fine Arts, M.A., Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Solo Exhibitions
2011
“Silke-Otto Knapp: The Light of the Moon,“ US Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
“Voyage Out,“ greengrassi, London
“Lilac Garden (rehearsal),“ Sadler’s Wells, London
2010
“Interiors,”Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
“Many many women,“ Kunstverein Munich, Munich
2009
“Standing anywhere in the space in a relaxed position, Banff Art Centre, Canada
“Present Time Exercise,”Modern Art Oxford, UK
“Winterlong,”Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“Quartets,”Galerie Daniel Buchholz
2006
“Standing Anywhere in the Space in a Relaxed Position,”Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
“Figures and groups,”Gavin Brown‘’s enterprise, New York
2005
“50ft Queenie,”Art Now, Tate Britain, London
2004
Greengrassi, London
2003
“25th Floor“, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
“Orange View“, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2002
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
2000
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
Group Exhibitions
2011
"Quodlibet III - Alphabets and Instruments," Daniel Buchholz, Berlin
“Watercolour,“ Tate Britain, London
“The Other Tradition,“ Wiels, Brussels (with Ei Arakawa)
The Artist’s institute, NYC (with Jo Baer)
2010
“Captain Pamphile,” Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg
“I must say that at first it was difficult work,” Kunstall, Oslo (curated by Will Bradley)
‘”The Mass Ornament,” Gladstone Gallery, NYC (curated by John Rasmussen)
“Self-Conscious, VW (VeneKlasen Werner),” Berlin (curated by Hilton Als and Peter Doig)
“The Nice thing About Castillo/Corrales...,” Castillo/Corrales, Paris
“While Bodies Get Mirrored,” Migros Museum, Zurich (curated by Raphael Gygax)
“The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place,” Projectspace 176, London
"At Home/Not at Home,”Hessel Museum of Art, New York
“Modern Modern,”Chelsea Art Museum, New York, curated by Pati Hertling
2009
“Quodlibet II,”Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
“Modern Modern,”Chelsea Art Museum, New York, curated by Pati Hertling
2008
“Rendez-vous Nowhere,’”Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Spain
2007
“Studio Jahresgaben”Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
2006
Galerie Daniel Bucholz, Koln at Metro Pictures, Metro Pictures, NYC
“Janice Kerbel, Hillary Lloyd, and Silke-Otto Knapp,”Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
“The Grand Promenade.”National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
“Galerie Daniel Buchholz at Metro Pictures,”Metro Pictures, New York
“The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoisie”, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2005
“René Daniels, Peter Doig, Silke Otto-Knapp”, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
“Paris-Londres: Le Voyage Interieur”, Espace EDF Electra, Paris
“British Art Show 6”, Baltic, Gateshead
9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
“Andersen Associations”, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen
“Thinking of the Outside - New art and the city of Bristol”, Bristol
2004
“We Disagree”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
“Must I Paint You a Picture?”, Haunch of Venison, London
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
“The Undiscovered Country”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
“Teil 2 Quodlibet“, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln
“Étrangement Proche/Seltsam Vertraut“, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
Moon Absinthe, Stichting noname, Rotterdam
Sugar Hiccup, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2003
“Creeping revolution 2“, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
“deutschemalereizweitausenddrei“, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
“Creeping Revolution 2“, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
2002
“The unique phenomenon of a distance“, Magnani, London
“Metropolitan“, Galerie Jürgen Becker, Hamburg, Galerie Karin Guenther,
Hamburg
“Imagining LA. Ed Ruscha & Silke Otto-Knapp”, Kunstverein Wolfsburg,
Wolfsburg
2001
“The Magic Hour - The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas / Die Konvergenz
von Kunst und Las Vegas”, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum
Joanneum, Graz
“Get out of Here - exhibition on the subject of going away“, Zacheta, Warsaw
2000
songs sung by men from the point of view of a woman, Platform, London
1999
“limit-less“, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
“Where do you want to go today ...?“, Cubitt, London
Bibliography
2011
Mattingly, Kate, "Review of Silke Otto-Knappat the BAM," The Berkeley Graduate, October 3, 2011
Kimberly Chun, "Silke Otto-Knapp: Stage-inspired art seems to move," San Francisco Chronicle, September 29
"Watercolour," ed. By Alison Smith, Tate Publishing, London
2010
Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want. Ed. by Vanessa Ohlraun, Steinberg Press, Berlin
Between Zones. On the Representation of the Performative and the Notation of Movement. Ed. by Raphael Gygax & Heike Munder, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich
2009
Present time exercise, Modern Art Oxford; The Banff Centre; Koenig
Trigg, David, Review, MAP Magazine, Fall 2009
Sherwin, Skye, “Exhibitionist: The Best Art Shows to See this Week,”Guardian UK, Aug 14
Allen, Jerry, Review, Artforum.com, August 2009
“Silke Otto-Knapp: Dancer and the Dance,”Canadian Art, August 2009
Peacocke, Helen, “Double Vision,”Oxford Times, July 9
Ryan, Jeffrey, Review, Frieze, May 5
2007
Holert, Tom, “Figurative Language: The Art of Silke Otto-Knapp,”Artforum, January,
pp. 234-237
2006
Cohen, David, “Nordic Gloom & Dancing Mannequins,”The New York Sun, June 8, 2006
p. 15
Reinders, Arjan: “Burgerlijke Reflexen”, in: Kunstbeeld, No. 4, 2006, p. 8-15
2005
Silke Otto-Knapp, in: “Thinking of the Outside. New art and the city of Bristol”, exh. cat. publ. by University of the West of England, 2005, p. 88-103 (text by Emily Pethick;
Claire Doherty in conversation with Silke Otto-Knapp)
2005
Mejias, Jordan: “Rembrandt und die Kids”, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine, No. 40, Thursday, February 17, 2005, p.40
Rubinstein, Raphael: “Person, Place and Timing”, in: Art in America, January 2005,
p.104-109.
2004
Myers, Terry: “The undiscovered country”, in: Modern Painters, December/January 2005
Ferguson, Russel: “The endless journey”, in: Art Review, October 2004, p. 96-101.
Silke Otto-Knapp, in: exh. cat. “The Undiscovered Country”, Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles 2004, ill. p. 102-103
Walsh, Daniella: “Painting declares it’s not dead”, in: The Orange County Register,
17. October 2004
Exley, Roy: “Silke Otto-Knapp - Greengrassi”, in: Flash Art, No. 238, October 2004, p. 83.
Verwoert, Jan: “Silke Otto-Knapp. Bilder exotischer Natur als Malerei“, in: Ètrangement
Proche / Seltsam Vertraut, ex. cat. Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken 2004, pp. 94-102.
Schwabsky, Barry: “beyond landscape”, in: tema celeste, No. 103, May-June 2004,
p. 64-69.
Ziegler, Philipp: “Sammeln für den Rundturm“, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 11, March 14, 2004
Belasco, Daniel: “Dusseldorf. Silke Otto-Knapp at the Kunstverein“, in: Art in America, January 2004, p. 114.
2003
Peter Abs: “Hallo Wände“, in: Spex, #272 December 2003, p. 56.
Lorch, Catrin: “Silke Otto-Knapp, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne“, in: Critic’s Picks, www.artforum.com/picks, December 2003.
Breit, Dorothea: “Romantisches Neonlicht“, in: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, November 20, 2003, p. 27.
Higgie, Jennifer: “Vanishing Act“, in: Frieze, issue 79, November/December 2003,
pp. 82-85.
Kopsa, Maxine: “Wish You Were Here“, in: Metropolis M, Nr. 5, 2003, S. 105-118.
Kröner, Magdalena: “Silke Otto-Knapp: ‘Orange View’“, in: Kunstforum International,
Nr. 166, August-Oktober 2003, S. 339-340.
Stoletzky, Cyrill: Silke Otto-Knapps Arbeiten im Kunstverein - Mythos und Auflösung“, in: Düsseldorfer Hefte, 1. August 2003, S. 10.
“Silke Otto-Knapp - Orange View“, in: Düsseldorf Guide, August 2003, S. 42.
“Kultur Tip. Silke Otto-Knapp - Orange View“, in: Doitsu News Digest, Nr. 476,
August 2003, S. 17.
Berger, Doris: “Silke Otto-Knapp im Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen“, in: Kunst-Bulletin, Nr. 7/8, Juli/August 2003, S. 52.
Meister, Helga: “Neonfarbene Tupfer und das kunstvolle Grün“, in: WZ, 24. Juli 2003.
Kulschewskij, Ralf: “Die Idylle als künstlich entlarvt“, in: Aachener Nachrichten, Kultur,
17. Juli 2003.
Kuiper, Petra: “Ein Dschungel in Los Angeles“, in: NRZ, 1. Juli 2003.
“Stadtansichten und Pflanzenwelten“, in: Düsseldorfer Hefte, 1. Juli 2003.
Ewald, Gudrun: “Silke Otto-Knapp - Licht und durchscheinend“, in: Coolibri,
Stadt Düsseldorf, Juli 2003.
Kindermann, Angelika: “Düsseldorf: Silke Otto-Knapp - Bilder aus einem modernen Arkadien“, in: art, Nr. 7, Juli 2003, S. 96.
“Silke Otto-Knapp - Orange View“, in: Düsseldorf Guide, Juli 2003.
“Ausstellungen“, in: db mobil, Juli 2003.
Peters, Gertrud: “Brennende Wunden in der Wüste“, in: Rheinische Post, 05. Juni 2003.
“Stadtlandschaften“, in. Düsseldorfer Hefte, 06/2003.
“Kunstverein - Pflanzen im Farbrausch. Aquarelle von Silke Otto-Knapp“, in:
In Düsseldorf, 06/2003.
“Silke Otto-Knapp - Orange View“, in: Düsseldorf Guide, 6/2003.
“Silke Otto-Knapp“, in: d:art - Museen Ausstellungen Termine in Düsseldorf, Mai
bis August 2003.
Esche, Charles: “Silke Otto-Knapp“, in: Cream 3. Contemporary Art in Culture. Phaidon Press, London 2003, S. 268-271.
Freudenberger, Anette: “Azalea Gardens. Anette Freudenberger im Gespräch mit/in converstion with Silke Otto-Knapp“, in: Silke Otto-Knapp: Orange View, Ausst. Kat. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2003, S. 7-13.
Verwoert, Jan: “Picture This“, in: Silke Otto-Knapp: Orange View, Ausst. Kat. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2003, S. 15-24.
Spiegl, Andreas: “Somewhere Elsewhere“, in: Silke Otto-Knapp: Orange View, Ausst. Kat. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2003, S. 27-33.
Hunt, Andrew: “The unique phenomenon of a distence (Magnani, London)“, in: Frieze,
Nr. 72, Jan./Feb. 2003, S. 103.
Schafhausen, Nicolaus (Hrsg.): “deutschemalereizweitausenddrei“, Ausst. Kat.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, S. 103.
2002
Asthoff, Jens: “Silke Otto-Knapp in der Galerie Karin Guenther“, in: Kunst-Bulletin, November 2002, Nr. 11, S. 49
Heiser, Jörg: “Ed Ruscha and Silke Otto-Knapp”, in: Frieze, Heft 68, Juni/Juli/August 2002,
S. 103-104.
Ohnemus, Melanie:“Get Out! An Exhibition on the Subject of Going Away“, in: Springerin, April-Mai 2002, S. 57 - 58
Lübke, Maren: “Imaging LA: Silke Otto-Knapp und Ed Ruscha im Kunstverein Wolfsburg“,
in: Kunst-Bulletin, April 2002, Nr. 4, S. 47-48.
in: Grammel, Soren: “Get out! An exhibition of the Subject of Going Away / Precz stad!
Wystawa o odchodzeniu“, hrsg. von / published by: Germinations Europe, Katalog
erschienen anläßl. der gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der / catalogue published on the
occasion of the exhibition under the same titleGaleria Arsenal, Bialystok, Polen, S. 24-27.
Verwoert, Jan: “The Magic Hour”, in: Frieze, Heft / issue 65, März 2002.
2001
Lillington, David: “The Magic Hour: the Convergence of Art and Las Vegas“, in: Art Monthly, Heft 252, Dez.01/Jan.02, S. 27 - 30
“The Magic Hour. The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas / Die Konvergenz von Kunst und
Las Vegas”, hrsg. von / published by Alex Farquharson, Katalog erschienen anläßl. der
gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der / catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition
under the same title in the Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 23.9.
4.11.2001, S. 122 (Biographie und Zitat aus / biorgaphy and quote from: Newcott, Wiliam R.
Newcott: “Believing Las Vegas”, in: National Geographic, December 1996, S. 81), Abb.
S. 123-125.
2000
Danek, Sabine: “Wässrige Highways“, in: Szene, Mai 2000
Möntmann, Nina: “Fata Morgana“, in: Texte zur Kunst, 10. Jg., Heft 39, September 2000,
S. 162-165.
1996
In: Nummer, Heft 4/5, S. 142, 145