GILBERT & GEORGE
Gilbert Prousch
1943 Born in San Martino in Badia, Italy
Education
Wolkenstein School of Art, Hallein School of Art , and Munich Academy of Art
George Passmore
1942 Born in Plymouth, England
Education
Dartington Adult Education Centre, Dartington Hall College of Art and Oxford Art School
1967 Met and studied St Martin's School of Art, London, England
They live and work in London, England
Awards
1984
Shortlisted for Turner Prize
1986
Winner of the Turner Prize
2005
Gilbert & George, British Pavilion, 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2008
Honorary Degree in Philosophy, London, England Metropolitan University, London, England
2011
Lifetime Achievement Award, New Museum, New York, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
Gilbert & George - 21ST CENTURY PICTURES, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Gilbert & George - DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR, Gilbert & George Center, London, UK
2024
Gilbert & George - LONDON PICTURES, Gilbert & George Center, London, UK
2023
'THE CORPSING PICTURES', White Cube Mason's Yard, London, UK
2021
SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, an exhibition by the Luma Foundation and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in cooperation with the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt NEW NORMAL PICTURES, White Cube Mason's Yard, London
2020
The Beard Pictures, Fondation Linda et Guy Pieters, Saint-Tropez, France
The Locarno Exhibition, Casa Rusca, Locarno, Switzerland
2019
There Were Two Young Men, Louis Vuitton Fondation, Paris, France
The Great Exhibition, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo, Norway
The Great Exhibition, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
The Beard Pictures, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
Scapegoating Pictures, MAC, Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK
Gilbert & George. The Great Exhibition, 1971-2016, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Daniel Birnbaum, Luma Foundation, Arles, France travel to Moderna Musset, Gilbert & George. Stockholm, the Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway and the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
The Beard Pictures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
The Major Exhibition, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2017
St. Matthew Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Drinking Pieces & Video Sculpture 1972-73, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, England
Luther und die Avantgarde. SCAPEGOATING PICTURES - Sündenbock-Bilder, St. Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
The Beard Pictures, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY, USA
The Beard Pictures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
The Beard Pictures, Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
The Beard Pictures and Their fuckosophy, White Cube, London, England
The Beard Pictures, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
2015
Gilbert & George. The Art Exhibition, MONA, Tasmania
Gilbert & George. The Banners, White Cube Bermondsey, London, England
The Early Years, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Utopian Pictures, Galerie Arndt, Singapore
2014
Gilbert & George: Scapegoat, Pictures for Paris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Gilbert & George: Scapegoating, Pictures for London, England, White Cube, London, England
Gilbert & George: Video Sculptures 1972-1981, Lehman Maupin, New York, USA
Gilbert & George Art Exhibition, Nuveau Musée National Monaco, Villa Paloma, Monaco
Gilbert & George: Artist Rooms, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery Exeter, Devon, UK
2013
London, England Pictures, Casal Solleric, Palma, Spain
London, England Pictures, MKM, Duisburg, Germany
2012
London, England Pictures, Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
London, England Pictures, Bernier Eliades, Athens, Greece
London, England Pictures, White Cube all sites, London, England and Hong Kong
London, England Pictures, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
London, England Pictures, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
London, England Pictures, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
London, England Pictures, Arndt, Berlin, Germany
London, England Pictures, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
London, England Pictures, Baronian Francy, Brussels, Belgium
2011
The Urethra Postcard Art of Gilbert & George, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin, Italy
Jack Freak Pictures, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Centre for Contemporary Art, Laznia, Gdansk, Poland
Gilbert & George Urethra Postcard Pictures, White Cube, London, England
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Ivory Press, Madrid, Spain
Arndt, Berlin, Germany
2010
Jack Freak Pictures, CAC Malaga, Malaga; Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2009
Jack Freak Pictures, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
White Cube, London, England
Galerie Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Gilbert & Gilbert & George. Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Bernier- Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
2008
Gilbert & George. Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Gilbert & George. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gilbert & George. de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA
Gilbert & George. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gilbert & George. The Secret Files of Gilbert & George, Video Screening, CCA
Kitakyushu Project Gallery, Japan
Gilbert & George. Notations, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2007
Gilbert & George. Major Exhibition, Tate Modern, London, England; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Castello di Rivoli, Italy
Gilbert & George. works from the collection, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Gilbert & George. Selected works from the 80s, Faggionato Fine Art, London, England
2006
SONOFAGOD Pictures Was Jesus Heterosexual?, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
White Cube, London, England
2005
Gilbert & George. British Pavilion, 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
20 London, England E1 Pictures, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
2004
The Perversive Pictures, Sonnabend Gallery and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA
Thirteen Hooligan Pictures, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
20 London, England E1 Pictures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; Modern Art Museum, St Etienne, France
2003
Gilbert and George. Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Gilbert & George. Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
2002
The Dirty Words Pictures, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
Nine Dark Pictures, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
The Art of Gilbert & George, Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
Gilbert & George. A Retrospective, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz; School of Fine Art, Athens, Greece
2001
Gilbert & George. Chateau d’Arenthon Fondation pour l’Art Contemporain, Alex (Annency)
Nineteen Ninety Nine, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
New Horny Pictures, White Cube2, London, England
Gilbert & George. Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
The Art of Gilbert and George, The Factory, Athens School of Art, Greece
Gilbert and George - The Tuileries, an eight-part charcoal on paper sculpture, Rijksmuseum Twenthe Museum voor oude en moderne kunst, Enschede, The Netherlands
2000
Gilbert & George. Parkhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
Zig-Zag Pictures 2000, FIAC, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
MM 2000; Biennale de Lyon, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
Gilbert & George. 1991 to 1997, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, UK
1999
Gilbert & George 1970-1988. Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Gilbert & George 1986-1997. Drassanes, Valéncia, Spain
Gilbert & George. The Rudimentary Pictures, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes (inaugural exhibition); Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gilbert & George. Nineteen Ninety Nine, 1999, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
1998
Gilbert & George. New Testamental Pictures, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Gilbert & George. Black White and Red 1971 to 1980, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Selected Works from The Fundamental Pictures, Massimo Martino Fine Arts & Projects, Switzerland
1997
Gilbert & George. The Fundamental Pictures, Sonnabend Gallery and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Gilbert & George. Art for All 1971 – 1992, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Gilbert & George. Art, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
1996
Gilbert & George. Retrsospective, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Gilbert & George. The Naked Shit Pictures, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995
Gilbert & George. The Singing Sculpture, CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Gilbert & George. The Naked Shit Pictures, South London, England Art Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Galerie Nikolas Sonne, Berlin, Germany
1994
Gilbert & George. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland
Gilbert & George. The Naked Shit Pictures, Galerie Jablonka, Cologne, Germany
Gilbert & George. Shitty Naked Human World, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
1993
Gilbert & George. China Exhibition 1993, National Art Gallery, Peking; The Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Gilbert & George. The Cosmological Pictures, Tate Gallery, Liverpool; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1992
Gilbert & George. The Cosmological Pictures, Kunsthalle, Zurich; Wiener Secession, Vienna; Ernst Muzeum, Budapest; Haags Gemeenstemuseum, The Hague; Irish Gilbert & George. Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona;
Gilbert & George. New Democratic Pictures, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, England; Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark
1991
Gilbert & George. Gramo Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Gilbert & George. The Cosmological Pictures, Palac Sztuki, Krakow; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome;
Gilbert & George. The Singing Sculpture & The General Jungle, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
1990
Gilbert & George. Gilbert & George Pictures 1983-1988, Moscow Exhibition, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Gilbert & George. Twenty-Five Worlds By Gilbert & George, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George Post-Card Sculptures and Ephemera 1969-1981, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. The New Cosmological Pictures, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Galerie Langer Fain, Paris, France
Gilbert & George. Worlds & Windows, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Eleven Worlds by Gilbert & George and Antique Clocks, Desire Feuerle Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1989
Gilbert & George. For Aids Exhibition, Anthony D'offay Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Postcard Sculptures, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. The 1988 Pictures, Christian Stein Gallery, Milan, Italy
1988
Gilbert & George. The 1988 Pictures, Ascan Crone Gallery, Hamburg, West Germany
1987
Gilbert & George. The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, Palacio de Valazquez, Parque del Reitrio, Madrid,
Gilbert & George. Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich,
Gilbert & George. Hayward Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. New Pictures, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Pictures, The Aldrich museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
1986
Gilbert & George. The Complete Pictures 1971 - 1985, CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Kunsthalle, Basel, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Gilbert & George. Charcoal on Paper Sculptures 1970 to 1974, CAPC Bordeaux
Gilbert & George. The Paintings 1971, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
1985
Gilbert & George. Milwaukee Art Museum; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. New Moral Works, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
1984
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. The Baltimore Museum of Art; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Gilbert & George. The Believing World, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Hands Up, Schelman & Kluser Gallery, Munich "Live's", Pieroni Gallery, Rome, Italy
1983
Gilbert & George. Modern Faith, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Photo-Pieces 1980-82, David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Gilbert & George. New Works, Crousel-Hussenot Gallery, Paris, France
1982
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces, Gewad Ghent, Belgium
Gilbert & George. Crusade, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, England
1981
Gilbert & George. Photo-Pieces 1971-80, (Retrospective) Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf; Kunsthalle, Bern;
Gilbert & George. Centre National d'Art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Photo-Pieces 1980-81, Chantal Crousel Gallery, Paris, France
1980
Gilbert & George. Post-Card Sculptures, Art & Project Gallery, Amsterdam; Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces, Karen & Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens; Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Modern Fears, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Photo-Pieces 1971-80, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1978
Gilbert & George. Photo-Pieces, Dartington Hall Gallery, Dartington Hall, UK
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA; Art Agency, Tokyo, Japan
1977
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces, Art & Project Gallery, Amsterdam; Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gilbert & George. Dirty Words Pictures, Art & Project, Amsterdam; Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
1976
Gilbert & George. Red Morning, Sperone Fischer Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Gilbert & George. The General Jungle, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Gilbert & George. Dead Boards, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Mental, Robert Self Gallery, London, England; Robert Self Gallery, Newcastle, UK
1975
Gilbert & George. Bloody Life, Sonnabend Gallery, Paris; Sonnabend Gallery, Geneva; Lucio Amelio Gallery, Naples
Gilbert & George. Post-Card Sculptures, Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Dusty Corners, Art Agency, Tokyo, Japan
1974
Gilbert & George. Drinking Sculptures, Art & Project,MTL, Antwerp, Belgium
Gilbert & George. Humane Bondage, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gilbert & George. Dark Shadow, Art & Project Gallery, Amsterdam; Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. Cherry Blossom, Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy
1973
Gilbert & George. The Shrubberies & Singing Sculpture," National Gallery of New South Wales; John Kaldor Project, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria; John Kaldor Project, Melbourne
Gilbert & George. Modern Rubbish, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. Any Port in a Storm, Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, France
Gilbert & George. New Decorative Works, Sperone Gallery, Turin, Italy
Gilbert & George. Reclining Drunk, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
1972
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gilbert & George. Three Sculptures on Video Tape, Gerry Schum Video Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gilbert & George. The Bar, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, England; Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. The Evening Before the Morning After, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. It Takes A Boy To Understand A Boy's Point Of View, Situation Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. A New Sculpture, Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy
Gilbert & George. The Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
1971
Gilbert & George. There Were Two Young Men, Sperone Gallery, Turin, italy
Gilbert & George. The General Jungle, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Gilbert & George. The Paintings, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunstverein Dusseldorf, Germany
Gilbert & George. The Ten Speeches, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
Gilbert & George. New Photo-Pieces, Art & Project Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1970
Gilbert & George. George by Gilbert & Gilbert by George, Fournier Street, London, England
Gilbert & George. The Pencil on Paper, Descriptive Works, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf; Folker Skulima Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Gilbert & George. Art Notes and Thoughts," Art & Project Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gilbert & George. Frozen Into the Nature for You Art," Francoise Lambert Gallery, Milan; Heiner Friedrich Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Gilbert & George. To Be with Art is all We Ask, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
1969
Gilbert & George. Anniversary, Frank's Sandwich Bar, London, England
Gilbert & George. Shit and Cunt, Robert Fraser Gallery, London, England
1968
Gilbert & George. Three Works - Three Works, Frank's Sandwich Bar, London, England
Gilbert & George. Snow Show, St. Martin's School of Art, London, England
Gilbert & George. Bacon 32, Allied Servies, London, England
Gilbert & George. Christmas Show, Robert Fraser Gallery, London, England
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Gilbert & George, Carl Andre, Thomas Hirschhorn e Not Vital, How language invents the world, Graubünden Art Museuma in Chur, CH.
2020
The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
2019
Atlas. Cartographie du don, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts - MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland
Postcard reloaded, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Un monde, un seul, pour demeure, FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
Text me, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg, Germany
Des mots et des choses, FRAC - Bretagne, Châteaugiron, France
Now Is The Time, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2018
Dancing with Myself, Curated by Martin Bethenod and Florian Ebner, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
The Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art. Part II, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
2017
Show and Tell, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Take Me (I'm Yours), Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Summer Exhibition 2017, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
2016
LOVE - L'arte contemporanea incontra l'amore, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
Take Me (I'm Yours), The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
30th Anniversary, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Summer Exhibition 2016, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
2016
Take me (I’m Yours), Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
2014
Lens-Based Sculpture: The Transformation of Sculpture through Photography, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Tea with Nefertiti, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, Munich, Germany
Somewhat Abstract: Selection from the Arts Council Collection, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
69/96, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
2013
Palindrome, ARNDT, Berlin, Germany
As if it Could, ouverture, Works and Documents from the Herbert Foundation, Herbert Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
Glam! The Performance of Style, Tate, Liverpool; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Tea with Nefertiti, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
2012
Tea with Nefertiti, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
To Be With Art Is All We Ask, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
CARA DOMANI, MAMbo, Bologna, Italy
I Wish This Was A Song: Music in Contemporary Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
the insides are on the outside, Glass House, São Paulo, Brazil
ARTandPRESS, Martin–Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2011
United Enemies: The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
Made in Britain: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong; Suzhou Museum, Suzhou
Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960,
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Moving Portraits, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill on Sea, UK
2010
Party!, New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Love, Sorcha Dallas Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Brave New World, MUDAM, Luxembourg
2009
Barock, Museo d’Art Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy
Just What is it..100 years years of Modern Art from Private Collections in Baden-Wurttemberg, ZKM Center for Art & Media Karlsruhe, Germany
T-Tris, B.P.S. Space for Contemporary Art, Charleroi, Belgium
Bad Habits, Albright Knox Gallery, New York, USA
Collage, London, England New York, Fred Gallery, London, England
15 Years of Collecting: Against the Grain, Kunstmusuem Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
BP British Art Displays 1500- 2009, Tate Britain, London, England
Passports: Great Early Buys from the British Council Collection, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
The Fallen Angels - Watari-Um, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Based on Paper, MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK
The Sum of Its Parts, Cheim & Read, New York, USA
History in the Making, A Retrospective of the Turner Prize, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Held together with water, Art from the Sammlung Verbund, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Parkhaus, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
The Naked Portrait, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
The Secret Public: The Last Days of the British Underground 1978-1988, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
INTO ME / OUT OF ME Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2006
Interventions, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
How To Improve The World, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Where a Pawn becomes a Queen, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Inventory: Works form the Herbert Collection, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Sixty Years of Sculpture in the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Handsome, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
Eye on Europe - Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Internazionale XII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara Biennale di Sculture di Carrara, Carrara, Italy
Into me / Out of me P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA
LACMA at 40: Gifts in Honor of the Museum’s Anniversary, Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
E-Flux Video Rental, Arthouse at the Jones Center - Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, TX, USA
2005
Creativity, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
'Bock mit Inhalt' - Summer Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Superstars - from Warhol to Madonna, Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2 im MQ), Wien, Austria
The Theatre of Art - Masterpieces from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, Colo Villa Manin. Centro Darte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy
Open Systems - Rethinking Art c.1970, Tate Modern, London, England
Eye of the Storm: The IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
The giving person, PAN - Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italy
The Last Picture Show - Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL, USA
Faltering Flame, Shefffield Galleries & Museums Trust, Sheffield, UK
2004
Puzzle, Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, Italy
The Last Picture Show, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
From a Collection - For a Collection, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Duesseldorf; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Monument to Now. Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Video et Cogito, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Hidden Histories, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands, England
Head to Head, Tate Modern, London, England
Secrets of the 90s, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, the Netherlands
Turning Points - 20th Century British Sculpture, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
The Last Picture Show - Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA, USA
Treasure Island: 10 Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
I hate you The Falckenberg Collection, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Danmark
2003
Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum/videogalerie schum, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Narcissus - New Visions on Self-Representation, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, France
Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Last Picture Show - Artists Using Photography - 1960-1982, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Gelijk het leven is, S.M.A.K. - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Social Strategies - Redefining social realism, Illinois State University, Illinois, USA
Dreams and Conflicts:The Dictatorship of the Viewer, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Journey to Now - John Kaldor Art Projects & Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
PROJECTION, Konrad Fischer Galerie GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Photo - Kunst - 1852 – 2002, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Het kunstenaarsboek als wetenschappelijke bron, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Not Exactly Photographs, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Group Show, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
From Broodthaers to Horn. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2002
From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
RETROSPECTACLE: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
Real Life, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
Warhol to Koons: International Contemporary Art from a Private Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland; Weston Link, Edinburgh, Scotland
Public Affairs, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
On General Release, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
2001
Shortcuts, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Nothing in the Main Hall, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
Conception - The Conceptual Document 1968-1972, The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Reisen in Ich - Künstler / Selbst / Bild. Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Nothing, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
The First 10 Years: Selected Works from the Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
Imago Mundi, capc Musée dart contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Hypermental - Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit 1950 - 2000 - Von Salvador Dali bis Jeff Koons, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Echoes of the Scream, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000
Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, USA
Out There, White Cube 2, Hoxton Square, London, England
The Rudimentary Pictures, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Enclosed and Enchanted, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
Man – Body in Art from 1950 to 2000, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Skovvej, Denmark
Dream Machines, Dundee Contemporary Arts - DCA, Dundee, Scotland
Inaugural Exhibition Making Time - Considering Time As a Material in Contemporary, The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (PBICA), Lake Worth, FL, USA
5e Biennale de Lyon - Partage dexotismes, La biennale dart contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Seeing Time, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Many Colored Objects Placed Side By Side To Form A Row Of Many Colored Objects, Casino Luxembourg - Forum dart contemporain, Luxembourg
1999
Zeitwenden - Rückblick und Ausblick, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Permanent Collection, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, USA
The First View, Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Ego Alter Ego - Das Selbstportrait in der Fotografie der Gegenwart, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Gesammelte Werke 1; Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1968, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Veronicas Revenge - Photographies De La Collection Lac-Suisse, Casino Luxembourg - Forum dart Contemporain, Luxembourg
Insite 98 - Mysterious Voyages: Exploring the Subject of Photography, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
Linhas de Sombra Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
1998
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Photoplay, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA
A Choice from the Collection, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Conceptual Photography from the 60s and 70s, David Zwirner, Inc., New York, USA
Exhibition of the Century, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1997
Treasure Island, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Das Zwanzigste Jahrhundert, Zeitgeist-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
1997 Kwangju Biennale Unmapping the Earth, Kwangju, Korea
Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
1996
La Vie Moderne en Europe 1870-1996, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1995
Endurance: The Information, Exit Art, New York, USA
Take Me (I'm Yours), Serpentine Gallery, London, England
Attitudes/Sculptures, 1963-1972, CAPC, Musee d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
20/20, In Khan, New York, USA
Human/Nature Benefit Exhibition, The New Museum, New York, USA
1994
1969, Galerie Jablonka, Cologne, Germany
Recent Work, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, England
Sarah Staton: Supastore boutique, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, England
1993
Contemporary Self-Portraits "Here's Looking at Me'", elac, Centre d'Echanges de Perrache, Lyon, France
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Lisson Gallery, London, England
Europe Sans Frontieres, Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris, France
Image Makers, The Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, USA
Konstruktion Zitat: Kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Photoplay, Works from the Chase Manhattan Collection, NY, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL; Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas, Venezuela; MASP/ Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
1992
Dark Decor, DePree Art Center, Hope College, Holland, MI; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA
Jose, CA; Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL, USA
More Than One Photograph, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1991
20th Century Collage, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Metropolis, International Art Exhibition 1991, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Photography: 1980-1990, Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
Consorts, Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Cruciformed: Images of the Cross Since 1980, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland; Museum of Contemporary Art Wright State University, Dayton, OH; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Macdonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A Passion for Art: Watercolors and Works on Paper, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA
1990
Assembled, The University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
Team Spirit, Neuberger Museum, SUNY at Purchase; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami; Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC; Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, IO; Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MI
Art That Happens to be Photography, Texas Gallery, TX, USA
Exposed, Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York, USA
1989
Repetition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, USA
Bilderstreit: Contradiction, Unity and Fragmentation in Art Since 1960, Ludwig Museum in the Rheinhallen, Cologne, West Germany
Prospect 89, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Schirn Kunst-Halle, Frankfurt, West Germany
Lost and Found: The Object Transformed, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA
New Works by Gallery Artists, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Words, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA
1988
Under Construction; New Photomontage, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield, MI, USA
Collection Sonnabend, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Capc, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; Art Cologne, Germany; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, West Germany, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome; Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporary, Trent, Italy; Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan; The Fukuyama Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
A "Drawing" Show, Cable Gallery, New York, USA
Three Decades: The Oliver Hoffman Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
1987
This is Not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale Photography, 1966-1986, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, USA
Perverted By Languag", Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Greenvale, New York, USA
Romance, Curated by Ronald Jones, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Selections from X1, organized by Saul Ostrow, Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA
Uit het oude Europa, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
1986
Falls The Shadow, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Forty Years of Modern Art, The Tate Gallery, London, England
Mater Dulcissima, Chiesa Dei Cavaliere di Malta, Siracusa, Italy
1985
Correspondances 'New York Art Now'", Laforet Museum Harajuku and Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
Gilbert & George; Gareth Fisher, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Memento Mori, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, USA
Biennale of Paris, Grand Halle of La Villette, Paris, France
The 1985 Carnegie International, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Overture, Casttello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
One City a Patron, Scottish Arts Council, Touring, Scotland
A Journey Through Contemporary Art, The Hayward Gallery, London, England
1984
The Critical Eye, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, UK
Artistic Collaboration in the 20th Century, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA
The Poetry of Vision-Rose, The Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland
Dialog, The Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Turner Prize Exhibition, The Tate Gallery, London, England
The British Art Show, Arts Council Touring, G.B; Queensland Art Gallery, Australia; Art Galley of New South Wales, Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia
Private Symbol: Social Metaphor. 5th Biennale, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Collection Annick and Anton Herbert, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Photography in Contemporary Art, The National Museums of Art, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
Gilbert & George / Richard Long, The Museum of Art, North Carolina, USA
Via New York, Musee D’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Content, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA
Collectie Becht, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Histoires De Sculpture, Espace Graslin-Manufacture Des Tabacs, Nantes-Loire-Atlantique; Musee D’ Art Modern De Villeneuve, D’Ascq-Nord; Chateau Des Ducs D’Eperon, Cadillac-Gironde
1983
Photography in Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Acquisition Priorities, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Trends in Post War American and European Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
New Art, The Tate Gallery, London, England
Urban Pulsers: The Artist and the City, Plan for Art, Pittsburg, CA, USA
1982
Aspects of British Art Today, Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Documenta (7), Kassel, Germany
Zeitgeist, Berlin, Germany
1981
Attitudes, Concepts, Images 60/80, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Westkunst, Cologne, Germany
Artist and Camera, Arts Council, GB Tour
16 Bienal De Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
British Sculpture In The Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
Project 6: Art Into The 80's, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
No Title, Wesleyan University, GB Tour
Point de Vue, Images, Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
1980
Gerry Schum, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Kunstverein, Cologne; The Art Gallery, Vancouver; A Space, Toronto
Kunst In Europa Na '68, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Explorations In The 70's, Pittsburg Plan for Art, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
1979
Process and Sequence: A Photographic Exhibition, Roosevelt, New York, USA
Photography as Art/Art as Photography, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
Europe In The 70's, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA
On Walks and Travels, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Un Certain Art Anglais, A.R.C./Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville Paris, Paris, France
Wahrnehmungen, Aufzeichnungen, Mitteilungen, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Gerry Schum, Stedelijck Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1978
Europe In The 70's, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas
Made By Sculptors, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
38th Biennale, Venice, Italy
Door Beeldhouwers Gemaakt, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1977
Photography as an Art Form, John and Marble Ringling Museum of Art, Saratoga, Florida, USA
Documenta (6), Kassel, Germany
Europe In The 70's, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
1976
Arte Inglese Oggi, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Group Show, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Artist and The Photograph," Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1975
Bodyworks, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago "Narrative in Contemporary Art," University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
1974
Word Works, Mt .San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, USA
Medium Photography, Kunstverein, Hamburg; Kunstverein, Muenster
Kunst Bleibt Kunst, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
Prospect, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
Group Show, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels "Sculpture Now," Royal College of Art, London, England
1973
Critics Choice, Tooth Gallery, London, England
Art as Photography, Kunstverein, Hannover; The Museum Gallery, Paris, France
From Henry Moore to Gilbert & George, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
11 English Drawers, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden; Kunsthalle, Bremen
Contemporanea, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
1972
Documenta (5), Kassel, Germany
The New Art, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Concept Kunst, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
The Paintings, Koninkijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
1971
Prospect 71 Projection, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
The British Avant-Garde, Cultural Centre, New York, USA
Situation/Concept, Innsbruck, Austria
The Paintings, Whitchapel Art Gallery, London, England; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunstverein, Dusseldorf
1970
Information, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
18 Paris IV, 66 Rue Mouffetard, Paris, France
Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, Land Art, Civic Gallery of Modern Art, Turin, Italy
Untitled, C.A.Y.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina
Plans and Projects, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
1969
Conception, Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen, Germany