GLEN RUBSAMEN

1957 Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA

Formazione

1978 University of California, Los Angeles, BA
1981 University of California, Los Angeles, MFA

 
Selezione di mostre personali

2026
Sorry Wong Number, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italia

2025
Mom-and-Pop Capitalism, Cosar Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germania

2024
Glen Rubsamen, The Petrified Forest, Anne Marie Verna Galerie, Zurigo, Svizzera

2023
Looking Back, Elverhøj Museum of History & Art, Solvang, USA

2020
Détournement, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich (Online), Svizzera
Nahe – Ferne, Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania

2019
Glen Rubsamen: Environmental Catastrophes Top Ten And Other Abominations, Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania

2018
Glen Rubsamen: Chain Reaction. Stene Projects, Stoccolma, Norvegia
Glen Rubsamen: Clear From The Start. Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera

2017
The Disguise Was Almost Perfect, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Glen Rubsamen, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italia

2016
Glen Rubsamen: Visible From Space. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurigo, Svizzera

2014
Glen Rubsamen: Partners in Crime. Trieze, Parigi, Francia
Glen Rubsamen: Clear Channel. Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania

2013
Glen Rubsamen: Companion Species. Stene Projects, Stockholm, Norvegia
Glen Rubsamen: Polygala. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
Glen Rubsamen: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Osmos Address, New York, USA

2012
Glen Rubsamen; Anabiosis. Alfonso Artiaco, Naples.

2011
Glen Rubsamen: Reality doesn’t need friends. Stene Projects, Stockholm, Norvegia
Glen Rubsamen; Let’s die friends. Benveniste Contemporary, Madrid, Spagna
Glen Rubsamen; Some Kind of Nature. La Salle des Bains, Lyon, Spagna

2010
Glen Rubsamen: In Place Of Love. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
 
2009
Glen Rubsamen: La Nuit Américaine. Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania
Glen Rubsamen: Backwaters. Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon, Portogallo

2008
Glen Rubsamen: All the Time in the World. Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germania
Glen Rubsamen: Fuga nella verità. Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italia

2007
Glen Rubsamen: A Reassuring Lie Unfolds II. Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, Norvegia
Glen Rubsamen: Impossible Vegetation. Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania

2006
Glen Rubsamen: Lazy Nova. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
Glen Rubsamen: Islands in the Stream. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germania
Glen Rubsamen: Pigeon Key and the Seven Mile Bridge. Annemarie Verna Galerie and Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera

2005
Glen Rubsamen. Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spagna
Glen Rubsamen: Luminous Toxin. Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germania
 
2004
Glen Rubsamen: Euphoric, Narcotic, and Pleasantly Hallucinant. Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italia
Glen Rubsamen: Al Portico d’Ottavia. Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italia

2003
Glen Rubsamen: A Reassuring Lie Unfolds. Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
Glen Rubsamen: Hopewell. Esso, New York, USA

2002
Glen Rubsamen. Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville, Spagna

2000
Glen Rubsamen: New Paintings. Galerie Michael Cosar, Düsseldorf, Germania
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
Virtual Pavillon, Albrecht Schnider, Rita McBride, Glen Rubsamen, Matt Mullican, Michael Pérez Pollo, Jorge Méndez Blake, Thomas Ruff, Flavio Garciandìa, Markus Saile, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurigo, Svizzera

2022
Summer Breeze. Jitka Hanzalovà, Christian Lindow, Robert Mapplethorpe, Rita McBride, Matt Mullican, Magnus Plessen, Glen Rubsamen, Thomas Ruff, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurigo, Svizzera

2021
LOS ANGELES, STATE OF MIND, RITA MCBRIDE & GLEN RUBSAMEN - Gallerie d'Italia, Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napoli, italia

2019
Flugblätter- Flying letters, Clay Street Press, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Just The Wall: w/ Rita mcBride, Ava & Leao Crnkovic, Jack Slavin. Marvin Gardens, Los Angeles, USA
Flugblätter, Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, Cumbria, Gran Bretagna
Figurations, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spagna

2018
VLUGSCHRIFT | FLUGBLÄTTER, Pictura, Dordrecht, Olanda
De Biënnale van de Schilderkunst, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens / Roger Raveelmuseum / Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deurle, Belgio
Tropical Precisionism, curated by Adam Markham, Guyana National Gallery of Art, Castellani House, Georgetown, Guyana, America del Sud
Easy Rider. Il mito della motocicletta come arte, curated by Luca Beatrice, Arnaldo Colasanti and Stefano Fassone, Reggia di Venaria Reale, Venaria Reale, Italia

2016
30th Anniversary, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italia

2015
Jäger & Sammler in der Zietgenossischen Kunst, Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Necker, Germania
Eminent Domains (proper names). Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA

2014
One million traces, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg, Germania
Jäger & Sammler in der Zietgenossischen Kunst, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germania

2013
Lonelyfingers-Konversationsstücke, Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germania
Why Painting Now: Painting Beyond Paint (curated by John Peter Nilsson). kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, Austria

2012
Take Me Somewhere Nice. Stene Projects, Stockholm, Norvegia
Schattenlicht, Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
Nexus, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spagna
Selections. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
 
2011
Enthusiasmos. Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania
Localhost. Kunsthalle, Muenster, Germania
Dystopia. CAPC, Bordeaux, Francia

2010
Traveling without Moving. Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germania
Art Unlimited. Art 41 Basel, Basel, Svizzera
Summer Exhibition. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA

2009
Una Mirada, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spagna

2008
Parcours Interdit. Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germania
2 x [(2 x 20) + (2 x 2)] + 2 = X x (Desperately) Trying to Figure out the World. Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich and Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
Reflections on Light: Thirty Years Galerie Bernd Klüser. Galerie Bernd Klüser and Galerie Klüser 2, Munich, Germania
Stay Alive Till ’95. Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA

2007
Hyperbolic Parabola (in collaboration w/Rita McBride). Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germania
The Fit. Nüans, Düsseldorf, Germania
Early Retirement. Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Germania
Less Roses. Galerie Sfeier Semler, Beirut, Libano
Pepe Cobo y sus máquinas. Palacio de Sástago, Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza, Spagna
Print Subscribers Club, Galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spagna
Geografías, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spagna
Group exhibition. Mai 36 Galerie Showroom, Zürich, Svizzera
 
2006
Idylle: Traum und Trugschluss. Sammlung Falckenberg, Phoenix Kulturstiftung, Hamburg, Germania
Traveled as Idilio to: Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spagna
Revising Arcadia: The Landscape in Contemporary Art. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Sarasota, Florida, USA
Sommerausstellung. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
Sonntag: Painting from Düsseldorf. Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Classe Preferente. Galeria Graça Brandão, Porto, Portogallo
Colección VAC. Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spagna
Dedica. Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italia
Sobre lo sublime. Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spagna

2005
Napoli presente. Posizioni e prospettive dell’arte contemporanea. Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italia
Salon d’automne. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zurigo, Svizzera
Multiple Räume (2): Park. Zucht und Wildwuchs in der Kunst. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germania
Paisagens. Galeria Graça Brandão, Porto, Portogallo
Der Kunst Ihre Räume. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germania
Temporary Import: DAAD, Bethanien, et al. Art Forum, Berlin, Germania
Fuera de la Vista, Fuera de la Mente. Palacio de Sástago, Zaragoza, Spagna

2004
100 Artists See God. The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, USA
Traveled to: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, USA
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Londra, GB
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, USA
Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville. Organized by ICI, New York, USA
In ictu oculi. Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spagna
Sommerausstellung. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
Strategies of Desire. Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, Svizzera
Bookies. Galerie M29, Cologne, Francia
Funkturm Fern Bar at the Spaghetti Works (in collaboration with Rita McBride). Y8, Hamburg, Germania

2003
Sommerausstellung. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
Land and Sea. Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
There’s No Land but the Land (Up There Is Just a Sea of Possibilities). Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germania
Bandes à part: le cinéma dans l’art contemporain, trésors publics. Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, Germania
Going a Journey. Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art, Vancouver, Canada
What Am I Doing Here? Esso, New York, USA
ArtTranspennine03. Transpennine region, England.
Trip. Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italia

2002
Taipei Biennial 2002: Great Theatre of the World. Taipei Fine Art Museum.
Network. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich, Svizzera
We’ll Slide Down the Surface of Things. De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Germania
Sommerpalast, Neuss, Germania
VorOrt. Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germania
Group Effect. Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, France
 
2000
Please Let My Affections Lead Me into Danger. Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germania
Beyond the Mountains. Polk Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA
Traveled to: Newcombe Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
Muskegon Museum of Art, Minnesota, USA
Lyman Allen Museum of Art, New London, Connecticut, USA
2001 Atlantes. Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville, Francia
Bjorn Dressler, Masatomo Harada, Michael van Ofen, Glen Rubsamen. Galerie Michael Cosar, Düsseldorf, Germania