T H E B R E E D E R

Markus Amm

Born 1969 Stuttgart
Lives and works in London

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Kat.)

2009
The Breeder, Athens

2008
Herald St., London

2007
ART38 Basel, Art Statements with Karin Guenther gallery, Switzerland

2006
The Breeder, Athens
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
David Kordansky gallery, LA
West London Project, London

2005
Heraldstreet, London

2004
Projektraum, Rheinschau, Köln

2003
Ladybird, Gastatelier Goldbekhaus, with Ellen Gronemeyer, Hamburg
Galerie Karin Guenther, »Späte Blätter« Hamburg

2002
Projektraum vier5, Fiedler/Reichert,
Frankfurt/M.
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg (cat.)

2001
Galerie Nomadenoase/Golden-Pudel-Club, »Post«, Hamburg
Kx, Hamburg, »Katsura«, Nov. (Kat.)

2000
die Mandarin Emphase, HfbK-Hamburg, (Dipl.-Ausstellung)

Group Exhibitions

2010
The artist and the Photograph, Ausstellungsraum Kligental, Basel, curated by Clare Kenny
Supernature:an Exercise in Loads, AMP, Athens, curated by Rallou Panagiotou and Andreas Melas
Photogenic - Abstract Photography, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, kuratiert von Daniel Hug
Burn Baby Burn! Galerie Duve, Berlin
Gruppenausstellung, Artleib, Düsseldorf Gruppenausstellung, Artleib, Düsseldorf

2009
Proceeded Experiments, Hunter University NY, Studio Gallery, curated by Amie Scally (Kat.)
Black Hole, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, curated by Friederike Nymphius
Privat, Wuppertal Sammler der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
Nothing to say and I am saying it, Kunstrverein Freiburg, Freiburg
Galerie Lelong, New York, curated by Christina Delgado
Burn, Baby, Burn, Duve Berlin
Triumph of Painting 4: Germania, Saatchi Gallery,London (Kat.)

2008
Never seen before, Deutsche Bank, Unter den Linden building, as part of the Third European Month of Photoography, Berlin
Private/Corporate V, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Eine Reaktion, Jacky Strenz, Frakfurt
Zuordnungsprobleme, Johann König Gallery, Berlin
Triumph of Painting 4: Germania, Saatchi Gallery,London
Le Retour, Nice & Fit, Berlin

2007
Ballet Mécanique, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
The Language of Vision, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, England
Neuer Konstruktivismus, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof, Bielefeld, Germany (cat)
Stuff: International Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI.
Lines, Squares and Cubes, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by J. Hoffmann, T. Dane Gallery, London ( cat.)

2006
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Worlen, ‘Blind Date Passau’ , curated by Araine Grigoteit and Jessica Morgan, Passau, Germany
Galerie Kunstforum, Seligenstadt, ‘Blind Date’, Sammlung Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany
Doggerfisher Gallery, ‘Friedrich’, curated by Bruce Haines, Edinburugh, Scotland
Gladstone Gallery, ‘Dereconstruction ‘, curated by Matthew Higgs, New York
Patricia Low Contemporary, ‘Finding Neverland’, Gstaad, Switzerland
David Kordansky Gallery, ‘The Figs Play Fox Dead’, Los Angeles, CA.
West London Projects with Yesim Akdeniz, curated by Christiane Schneider, London
Freitagskueche, Berlin, Germany.
Model & Niland Gallery, »William Blake & Sons«, Sligo (Kat.)

2005
Doggerfischer Gallery, ‘ Liquid soft lightning touch’, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fortescue Avn. Gallery, ‘Meet you at the corner’, London
Heraldstreet, Gallery ‘Inaugural’’, London
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, ‘Alles In einer Nacht’, New York
Glucksman Gallery, ‘William Blake & Sons’, Cork, Ireland. (cat)
Galerie Hauf, ‘Irrational thoughts’, Stuttgart, Germany
Gagosian Gallery, ‘The addiction’, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Jacky Strenz, ‘Square Dance’, Frankfurt, Germany

2004
The Breeder Projects, ‘ New Party’, Athens
Galerie Joanna Kamm, ‘Black Friday – Exercises in Hermetics’, Berlin, Germany
Kunstverein Hamburg, ‘Formalismus’, Hamburg, Germany (cat)
Lokaltermin, Haus der Kunststiftung, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse 13, Hamburg, Germany

2003
Norwich Gallery, ‘EASTinternational’, curated by Toby Webster and Eva Rothschild, Norwich, England
Kaiserpassage 16/21a, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kunsthaus Hamburg, ‘Reisefreiheit Stipendiatenausstellung’, curated by Rita Kersting, Hamburg, Germany
Dumbo Art Center, Work on Paper, Brooklyn, NY

2002
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Stipendiatenausstellung, Hamburg (Kat.)
rraum 2 ikonoblast, Manifesta, Frankfurt/M (Kat)
Galerie J. Becker/K.Guenther/Borgmann & Nathusius, »Metropolitan«, Köln/Hamburg
Andrew Kreps Gallery, »Yes we‘re Excerpts«, New York
Jahresgaben Hamburger Kunstverein

2001
First Review, Galerie 45, Frankfurt,Germany
Street of tomorrow, Galerie 45, Fielder/Reichert, Frankfurt, Germany
Temple Bar Gallery, Cooperation with Cadiophon, (A. Rischer/F. Lüsing), Dublin, Ireland

1999
1, Video, Videolounge Messehalle 2, Bremen,Germany
Space and other infinities, Passau,Germany

1998
Osygus, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Echo-Park, Bieber-haus, Hamburg,Germany

Selected Bibliography

2009
Brennan, M 2009, ‘Back to the future: German art and the modernist revival‘, Modern Edition.com
Fokianaki, I 2009,‘ Markus Amm @ The Breeder’, Mixtape. gr
Hafner, H 2009, ‘Unschuld und schmutzige Hände‘, Spike
Koerner, O 2009, ‘Man kann die Moderne nicht neu erfinden - Eine Begegnung mit Markus Amm‘, Deutsche Bank ArtMagazine
Konstantidi, K 2009, ‘Mpasanos and Amm shows-how they approach the notion of space’, Estia, February Issue
Rosenberg‚ K 2009, ‘Processed‘, New York Times
Schwendener, M 2009, ‘A Twilight Art‘, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Village Voice
Tzanetoulakou, F 2009, ‘The new modern’, Highlights, no. 39, Issue March -april

2008
Coomer, M 2008, ‘Markus Amm‘, Time Out London
Käding, C 2008, ‘Experimentierfeld für Künstler‘ Kunstvereins Freiburg
Max, H 2008, ‘Triumph of Painting Germania‘, Saatchi Gallery
Schuette, C 2008, ‘Fontana kann man nicht reparieren : Eine Reaktion’ , Galerie Jacky Strenz, FAZ
Tepel, O 2008, ‘Invasion der Dreiecke‘, Spex
Vries, J, ‘Neuer Konstruktivismus,‘ Bielefelder Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof, Bielefeld
Ward, O 2008, ‘Gothic Art Revival’,Time Out London, Issue 2nd Jan

2007
De Vries, J 2007, ‘Neuer Konstruktivismus’, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof, Bielefeld, Germany
Griffin, J 2007, ‘Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative‘ Thomas Dane Gallery, Frieze Magazin
‘Minimalism and After’ 2007, Daimlerchrysler, Germany

2006
Brooks, A 2006, ‘Regional Roundup: Los Angeles’, Artinfo.com, 27th December Issue
Brooks, A 2006, ‘Must See Art’, LAWeekly.com, 20th December Issue
Birckett, R 2006, ‘Lichtspiel’, Fairy Tale, Fall Issue
Grosz, D 2006, ‘A Straight Story, and a Messy one‘ Barbara Gladstone Gallery, The New York Sun
Presseschau 2007, ‘Reibungsflächen und Wahlverwandtschaften‘, Blind Date Seligenstadt 2007, DB ArtMag
Preuss, S 2007, ‘School‘s out forever‘, DB ArtMag
‘Markus Amm’, Frieze Art Fair Year Book

2005
Blasi , L 2005, ‘Alles so schön sinnlos hier‘, DIE ZEIT
Birkett, R 2005, ‘Markus Amm’, Untitled, Issue. 36, p. 64, Autumn
Birkett, R 2005, ‘Markus Amm’, Heraldstreet Gallery, 3 September - 2 October Issue
Diederichsen, D 2005, ‘Formalismus‘, Kunstverein Hamburg, Artforum International
Gale, I 2005, ‘Enlightenment Brought To Life On International Canvas’, Scotland On
Haffner, H 2005, ‘Irrational thoughts should be followed logically‘, Galerie Reinhardt Hauff, Spike
Herbert, M 2005, ‘Markus Amm: Review’, Time Out London, September 14-21 Issue
Jansen, G 2005, ‘Ongewoon mooi de revival van formele kunst‘, Metropolis M
Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 2005
Meixner, M 2005, ‘Kreative Unruhe - Die aktuellen Neuankäufe der Deutschen Bank‘ DB ArtMag
Preuss, S 2005, ‘Die neue Liebe zur Geometrie‘, Monopol
Preuss, S 2005, ‘Basteln an der Moderne‘, Berliner Zeitung
Smith, R 2005, ‘Alles In Einer Nacht’, Press Release, Tanya Bona
kdar Gallery, 29th July
Verwoert, J 2005, ‘Black Friday‘, Katalog
Zechlin, R 2005, ‘Blake & Sons: Alternative Lifestyles And Mysticism In Contemporary Art’
Zefkili, D 2005,’ Incomplete Cycle‘, Breeder Gallery, Katalog
‘Magnificent Seven In Perfect Harmony’, Herald Sunday, 6 March 2005

2004
Freudenberger, A 2004, ‘Formalism: Modern Art Today’,Kunstverein Hamburg

2003
Pohle J 2003, ‘Das außergewöhnlich Fremde kommt uns seltsam bekannt vor‘, Hamburger Abendblatt

2002
Möntmann N 2002, ‘Markus Amm’, Die Kulturbehörde, Hamburg
Schiff, H 2002, ‘Die Zeit durch Verschwendung gedehnt‘, Stipendiatenausstellung Kunsthaus Hamburg, TAZ Hamburg
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Stipendiatenausstellung

2001
Mummenhof, J 2001, Szene Hamburg
Moentmann, N 2001, ‘Trashing Minimalism‘, Katalogtext fuer das Arbeitsstipendium, Hamburg
Smith, R 2001, ‘Yes, We‘re Excerpts‘ Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York Times

Grands and awards

2004-05 Delfina-Studio-Trust, London
2003 Reisestipendium » Neue Kunst in Hamburg« NewYork
2002 Arbeitsstipendium Kunstfond Bonn
Atelierstipendium Goldbekhof, Hamburg
2001 Hamburger Arbeitsstipendium für Bildende Kunst
1997 Preis der Ditze - Stiftung, Hamburg