A L E X A N D E R W O L F F
*1976 in Osterburg, lives and works in Berlin.
Represented by
Philipp Pflug Contemporary ●
Galerie Mezzanin ●
Galerie Johann Widauer ●
E D U C A T I O N
1996–02 Staedelschule Frankfurt a.M.
2000–02 Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Wien
1998 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris ●
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2023 NEW WORK, Philipp Pflug Contemporary, Frankfurt a.M. ●
2022 音楽 Ongaku: Joy Of Sound, Philipp Pflug Contemporary, Frankfurt a.M. ●
Bark Lab Berlin ●
2021 Malen vor Ort / Painting before Time, Oldenburger Kunstverein ●
Accro ache, Galerie Johann Widauer, Innbruck, Austria ●
2019 U124, Berlin ●
Curating My Show, peles empire, Berlin ●
Alexander Wolff & Mitzi Pederson, Unicorn Art Gallery, Beijing ●
2016 The Painters have finished., SVIT, Prag ●
White Balance, Galerie Anne Mosseri Marlio, Basel ●
2014 & Cie, Kunstforum Montafon (with Christian Kosmas Mayer) ●
Exegetically Impossible, Galerie Natalia Hug, Cologne ●
Kunsthalle Lingen ●
Day Cracks & Night Shadows, Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria ●
2013 Anne Mosseri Marlio Galerie, Basel ●
Federico Bianchi Contemporary Art, Milan ●
Remap 4 - Kerameikos, Leonidou, Athens ●
2012 Blanket/ Galerie Natalia Hug, Koeln ●
Overbeck Gesellschaft Kunstverein Luebeck ●
pro choice, Wien ●
Galerie Mezzanin, Wien ●
2011 Fragilee Hors Devors Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles ( mit Matthew Chambers) ●
Studio Sandra Recio, Geneva ●
SVIT, Prag (mit Marek Meduna) ●
2010 NADA Art Fair, Miami Beach ●
After the Butcher, Berlin ( mit Judith Hopf) ●
Mitzi Pederson, Alexander Wolff, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich ●
Visualizzazione, Federico Bianchi Contemporary Art, Milan ●
2009 In Memory of Painting, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Wien ( mit Birgit Megerle) ●
Aufmerksamkeitslenkung auf andere Dinge, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin ●
Reluctantly doing something unrelated to anything, Brown Project Space, Milan ●
Ausstellung fuer leidenschaftlich an sich selbst Interessierte, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna ●
Solo Projects, ARCO Madrid ●
2008 Fragmente der Geschichte zur Wiederholung als Performance, Westfaelischer Kunstverein Muenster ●
Tutto accade una prima volta - Niente di cio é mai stato, Federico Bianchi Contemporary Art, Lecco ●
2007 Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin ●
My Exposure to this Exhibition is all by Chance, trudi, Los Angeles ●
Détournements de mode, Galleria Laurin, Zurich ●
2006 Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich ●
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles ●
2005 Fantasien Totaler Selbstpraesenz, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna ●
Exhibition for an Art Lover, The Project Room, Glasgow (mit Christian Kosmas Mayer) ●
Art Basel 37 Statement ●
2004 Dekoration des Funktionalismus - Dekor der Funktion, Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck , Austria ●
New Talents, Art Cologne ●
2003 LISTE Basel, Galerie Mezzanin (mit Lisa Lapinski) ●
Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna ●
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2024 AS IF – THE LIGHT, 1599fdT, San Francisco
Soul Houses, Lisbeth, Berlin
2023 Hallo, LiebeRuth, Fragen - Déja Vu? Abonnement inconnu!, Neuer Kunstverein Wien
2022 ztscrpt Twenty, Cittipunkt, Berlin
EAW, Kunsthalle Lingen
2021 From Almora to Amrum, Efremidis, Berlin
2019 Dialogue, Tryfon Art Residency, Molyvos, Lesbos
Kunst, die keine Grenzen kennt, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg***
BOX #5: ARTISTS BOOKS, Kunsthalle Mannheim***
2018 Offen, Galerie Eigen & Art, Berlin
Birds, Olderburger Kunstverein
DOTLAND II / Peninsula, Zigarettenfabrik Berlin Wilmersdorf
Doppelleben, MUMOK, Wien
2017 Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989-2017, Kunsthalle Wien***
Das Los Angeles Museum of Art (LAMOA) präsentiert: , Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr
WASSER, Fitzpatrick-Leland House, Los Angeles
2016 An Abstraction Way, Federico Bianchi Gallery, Milano
2015 After Picasso, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Can't hug every Cat, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin
An Arbitrary Group pf Paintings , Et Al., San Francisco
Picasso in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Repeat/Persona, Porous Space, Wien
2014 OFF THE WALL! Bildraeume und Raumbilder, Kunsthalle Nuernberg
Der Grund ist nicht Licht sondern Nacht, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Konkret - Abstrakt, Parlament, Wien
Laurie Reid, Mitzi Pederson, Alexander Wolff, Et Al, San Francisco
"L'oiseau presente....", Ballhaus Pappellallee, Berlin
2013 Interior 301, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris
Chat Jet - Malerei jenseits ihres Mediums, Kuenstlerhaus Graz
2012 Chains, HORSE, Berlin
abc - art contemporary, Berlin
Made in Germany II, Sprengelmuseum, Kunstverein, Kestnergesellschaft Hannover
To the Lighthouse, JB Jurve, Los Angeles
Die erklaerte Ausstellung, Kuenstlerhaus Klagenfurt
2011 Flaca/Tom Humphreys, Portikus, Frankfurt
..from erewohn to here knows when..., Kunstverein Schattendorf, AT
Mind The Gap, Kai 10, Duesseldorf
New Shadow Old Legs, Eleven Rivington, New York
From Beyond the Grid, New Galerie, Paris
2010 Presences - Real Presence 2001 - 2010, Belgrade City Museum, Belgrad
Berlin Box, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
Tomas Downe, Alexander Wolff , Peles Empire, London
The Eternal Reoccurrence of Everything, Workspace, Pasadena, USA
Arrivals and Departures Europe, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona
2009 over and out, Zeitgenoessische Ausstellungshalle Muenster
EinTraum ist alles Leben..., Kunsthalle Lingen
The Poster Show, pro choice, Wien
2008 Galerie Cardenas Bellanger, Paris
Untitled, 6 x 2, 2008, Arthur Boskamp Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt
Mystery of the Invisible Clock, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery/ Hudson Salon, Los Angeles
Zuordnungsprobleme, Galerie Johann Koenig, Berlin
2007 Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
The Four Colour Contingency, The Approach, London
Introvert Extrovert Makes no Difference, Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint-Paul, kuratiert v. John Armleder
No Jerks, Rental Gallery, New York
Lange Tage, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
Breakthrough to Grey Room, Kasbah Museum, Tangier, Marokko
no))) 2, Kunstbuero, Wien
2006 Klartext Berlin, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Wien
Für die Ewigkeit, Jet, Berlin
Societee des nations, factice er scindee en elle-meme, circuit, Lausanne
Paris - Berlin: Affinités..., Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris
After the Butcher, Berlin
The Common Reader, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio, Texas
Madame la baronne, Centre d art Mira Phalaina, Maison populaire, Montreuil
Oesterreichisches Kulturforum Prag
2005 Quattro Flaca, Kunsthaus Langenthal, CH
Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
PERFORMANCE, Flaca Gallery, London
The European Design Show, London Design Museum, London
Qui vive, New Center for Contemporary Arts, Moskau
Sammeln und Besitzen, Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien
Liquid Crystal, Kunstraum Lothringer Str. 13, Munich
2004 Autocenter, Berlin
Hyperstyle, guestroom, loop, Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin
Universal Outstretch, Flaca Gallery, London
Heute hier... morgen dort, Halle Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Muenster
Publish or be damned, Cubitt, London
2003 Kontext, Form, Troja, Secession, Wien
The state of the upper floor panorama, Kunstverein Munich
2002 doubleheart, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien
Kunsthof Zuerich
interim plattform, Galerie Kerstin Engholm, Wien
rraum 02, Frankfurt a M.
Diplomaten der Staedelschule, Hauptzollamt, Frankfurt a.M.
2001 offspace, Wien
I ve never seen an exhibition like you before, Galerie A.R.T. ATOM, Wien
Real Presence, studenski grad, May 25th Museum, Belgrad
2000 Genre painting, G7, Berlin
Festival Junger Talente, Messe Offenbach
1999 Galerie Forum Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822
1998 Stuttgart, 17.7.1956 - Salem (Wis.)/USA 3.3.1977, Portikus, Frankfurt ●
M A G A Z I N E - P U B L I S H I N G / C U R A T O R I A L P R O J E C T S
2002–24 Co-publisher of the magazine series Chicago, Times, Plotter, Helvetica, DIN, Techno, Loehfelm, RR_02, Univers, Tiffany, Circuit, Memphis, Gringo, Zeus, The Mix, Princess Lulu, Pigiarniq, Paper, Libertine, Trixie, Deja Vu, Auto, Rediviva, Acid, Wanda, Loraine, Hallo, Korpus, Spiegel, FIG, Museo, Lisa Fittko, Dyslexie, Fragen, Karloff, Neology, Twenty, NewParis, Serifbabe in Collaboration with Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Magda Tothova, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Ruth Weismann, Yves Mettler www.ztscrpt.net
- Ausstellungsraum Gruengasse 12/18, Wien
Eva-Maria Wilde & Marten Frerichs, 1/ 2001
Stefan Mueller & Christoph Blum 3/2001
Mandla Reuter & Michael Pfrommer 4/2001
Lise Harlev & Michael Beutler 6/2001
- Exhibition: La grande faveur, Galerie Widauer, Innsbruck, Juli 2005, with Marten Frerichs, Gregor Hildebrandt, Michael Kalki, Maja Koerner, Birgit Megerle, Stefan Mueller, Kim Nekarda, Wawrzyniec Tokarski, Eva-Maria Wilde
- Exhibition: Societee des Nations, factice et scindee en elle-meme***, Juni 2006, circuit, Lausanne; with Matthew Buckingham, Isabella Schmidlehner, Christoph Bruckner, Damien Deroubaix, Marc Bijl, Martin Guttmann, Tom Humphreys, Leopold Kessler, Jutta Koether, Peter Kogler, Bernd Krauss, Cerith Wyn Evans, Mandla Reuter, Nora Schultz, Gregor Hildebrandt, Tove Storch
- Publication: EU r US, 2011, with Erin Olivia Weber and Yves Mettler, Westphalie Verlag, Vienna
English, paperback, open-thread stitching, 112 p., 280 x 297 mm., 400 ex.
- Exhibition: Real Estate Opportunities, August 2013, Cafe Warschau, Berlin; with Marte Eknæs, Wilhelm Klotzek, Yves Mettler, Ariane Mueller & Martin Ebner, Mandla Reuter, Valerie Stahl von Stromberg, Eva-Maria Wilde
- - Exhibition: In (The Mix) and on the go (Univers) for those in the know (Wanda) ***, Mai 2014, Scriptings, Berlin; with Johanna Abraham, Lutz Braun, Markus Krottendorfer, Michael Pfrommer, Anna Jermolaewa, Gregor Hildebrandt, Amelie von Wulffen, Christian Egger, Achim Lengerer, Birgit Megerle, Juliane Solmsdorf, Mandla Reuter, Lucie Stahl, Sonia Leimer, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Chiara Minchio, Lisa Holzer, Magda Tothova, Claudia Wieser, Ei Arakawa/Nikolas Gambaroff, Josef Strau/Clegg & Guttmann, Florian Hecker
- Exhibition: Animal Photographers, Juli 2015, Acud Projekt Raum, Berlin, with Matti Braun, Kerstin Cmelka, Patrick Evans, Judith Hopf, Anna Jermolaewa, Markus Krottendorfer, Jochen Lempert, Christian Mayer, Yves Mettler, Henrik Olesen, Josephine Pryde, Cornelius Quabeck, Mathilde Rosier, Megan Francis Sullivan, Wolfgang Tillmans, William Wegman
- exhibition catalog: ALEXANDER WOLFF WORKS, herausgegeb.v. Peninsula, 2018, 48 S, 21 x 21 cm
- Publication/artist book: Alexander Wolff – Painter Biographies, 2021, Verlag: formerlynotknown-press, 250 S, 27,9 x 21,6 cm
- Catalogue /artist book: ALEXANDER WOLFF PICTURESQUE, 2021, Motto Books, 264S, 27 x 20cm ●
P E R F O R M A N C E / M U S I C
10/2008 Modern Heads Talking Europe, Club Kim, Berlin, with Yves Mettler and Erin Olivia Weber
01/2009 Classics, Classical & Classic Rock, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin, with Yves Mettler and Erin Olivia Weber
06/2009 And He Doesn t Even Have the GOOD Robert Smithson book!, Bawag Foundation, Wien, with Yves Mettler and Erin Olivia Weber
9/2010 Brutsical, Brut Theater, Wien***
9/2013 Print hates us all, Freies Theater Innsbruck***
12/2017 SCHLECHT BESETZTES KÜNSTLERINNENPODIUM GEPOLLESCHT, Kunsthalle Wien***
9/2018 One Hour and a half in the life of Ztscrpt, Freies Theater Innsbruck***
***in Collaboration with Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Magda Tothova, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Ruth Weismann, Yves Mettler
Band since 2002: Band BeAUTies Of ThE Night with Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Markus Krottendorfer
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Band since 2010: LapBand with Dain Blodorn, Erin Weber, Alexis Hyman Wolff, Colin Blodorn, Chiara Giovando, Phillip Haut
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Band since 2015: Essachai Vow with Christian Kosmas Mayer
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B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Tiroler Tageszeitung, 13.4.2021, "Accra ache" Edith Schlocker on Alexander Wolff at Galerie Johann Widauer
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 17.12.2016, "Pose Poesie", Kito Nedo über ztscrpt.net
Baseler Zeitung, 3/2016, Annette Hoffmann on Alexander Wolff, Galerie Annette Mosseri Marlio
Kunstforum International, Band 229, 2014, Martin Blaettner on Off the Wall!, Kunsthalle Nuernberg
http://www.sfaqonline.com, 2/2014, Leora Lutz on other thans at Et al., San Francisco
http://www.artribune.com, 11/2013, Ginevra Bria: Le distinzioni di Alexander Wolff
Kunstforum International, Band 221, 2013 Franz Thalmair on Chat Jet, Kuenstlerhaus Graz
Kieler Nachrichten, 09.10.2012, Nicole Buesing & Heiko Klaas
Luebecker Nachrichten, 29.09.2012, Liliane Jolitz
Kunstforum International, Band 216, 2012, Heinz-Norbert Jocks on Made in Germany Zwei, Hannover
Frieze magazine, April 2012, Bettina Brunner on Alexander Wolff at Mezzanin,Wien
Falter 2/2012, Matthias Dusini on Alexander Wolff at Mezzanin,Wien
Kunstbulletin, 6/2010, Mitzi Pederson, Alexander Wolff, Anne Mosseri Marlio Galerie Zuerich
Flash Art Italy, 4/2010, Daniela Ambrosio on Alexander Wolff at Federico Bianchi, Milan
Exibart, Issue 68, 2010, Ginevra Bria on Alexander Wolff at Federico Bianchi, Milan
ARTFORUM, Summer Issue 2009, Jens Asthoff on Alexander Wolff at Mezzanin/Wien
http://www.artmagazine.cc, 4/2009, Ursache & Effekt, Ursula Maria Probst on Alexander Wolff
Flash Art Italy, 4/5 2008, Barbara Meneghel on Alexander Wolff
Espoarte, Nr. 52, 2008, Marta Casati on Alexander Wolff
Futuro contemporary Art, Nr. 14, 2008 Alexander Wolff by Chris Sharp
Flash Art International 11/2007, Chris Sharp, Critics recommandations
Flash Art 11/2006, Christiane Rekade: Berlin reviews, For eternity
Spike 10/2006, Ursula Maria Probst: Klartext Berlin
HYPERLINK "http://www.paris-art.com" www.paris-art.com 6/2006 Étienne Helmer, review Jousse Entreprise: Lieu d'Art
HYPERLINK "http://www.glasstire.com" www.glasstire.com 4/2006: The Common Reader, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio, by Michelle G. Valdez
Kunstforum International, Band 173, 2005 Juergen Raap,Art Cologne//Rheinschau//
Kunstforum International, Band 171, 2004, Marcus Lütkemeyer ,panic ROOM
Kunstzeitung 6/03, Antje Mayer Report Oesterreich
Falter 10/2003, Nicole Scheyerer in Kunst kurz
Wiener zeitung, 28.02.03, Claudia Aigner über Alexander Wolff bei Mezzanin
Flash Art, 12/ 2001, Soenke Gau: review Offspace, Wien
nu: Vol. III 6/2001, Joanna Sandell: Real Presence, Belgrade