1968 Born in Göttingen/Germany
Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg
Lives and works in Berlin and New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 "Christian Jankowski: Welcome Home," Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany,
March 15 – April 26, 2008
2007 "Christian Jankowski: Holy Artwork," Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, July
19 – September 9, 2007
"Christian Jankowski: Living Sculptures," Neue National Galerie, Berlin,
Germany, April 27 – 30, 2007; travels to Centre d'Art Santa Mònica,
La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain, May 28 – June 10, 2007
"Christian Jankowski: Super Classical," Maccarone, New York, NY,
February 24 – March, 2007
2006 "Christian Jankowski: Us and Them," curated by Matthew Lyons and
Debra Singer, The Kitchen, New York, New York, October 21 –
December 9, 2006
"Christian Jankowski: The Frankenstein Set," Lisson Gallery, London,
England, September 8 – 30, 2006
"Christian Jankowski," FACT, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Eyebeam Foundation, New York City, New York United States
"Creative Time," Time Squared Project, Times Square, New York City,
New York, United States
"Sensorium," List Center for the Arts, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States
2005 "Living Sculptures: The Real Fiction II," Centre d'Art Santa Mònica,
Barcelona, Spain
"Say It Together," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California, United States
"Say It Together," MC Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
"The Life that Changed Your Week," Para-site Art Space, Hong Kong
"Everything Fell Together," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa;
travels to MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
travels to FACT, Liverpool; cat.
"Oops!. . .I did it again," Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago
de Compostela, Spain
"Hollywoodschnee," Galleria Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
2004 "This I Played Tomorrow," The PowerPlant, Toronto
"16 mm Mystery," Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
"Oops!. . . I did it again," Kunst Museum Bonn, Germany
"Kunstmuseum," Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany
"Now Playing," maccarone, inc., New York
"No One Better Than You," Dennis Kimmerich Gallery, Düsseldof,
Germany
"The Day We Met," Artist Space, Aucklan
2003 Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
"The Day We Met," Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
"Christian Jankowski," Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, CH; cat.
"Bravo Jankowski!" Lisson Gallery, London, UK
"This I played tomorrow," MACRO, Roma, Italy; cat.
"Puppet Conference," Carnegie-Museum, Project Room, Pittsburg
"Christian Jankowski," Bailey Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2002 "Rosa," Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
"Christian Jankowski's Targets," Washington University Gallery, St. Louis,
MI
"Rosa," Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria
"Point of Sale," Maccarone Inc., New York
"The Holy Artwork," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
"Lehrauftrag," Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany; cat.
2001 "Christian Jankowski," Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York
"Commercial Landscape," Galleria Giò Marconi, Milan, Italy
2000 De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands; cat.
"The Matrix Effect," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Galerie Meyer Kainer, 'Telekommunikation,' Vienna (with Franz West)
1999 Videodrome, 'Videosalon,' Kopenhagen
Kölnischer Kunstverein, 'Telemistica,' Cologne
'Paroles Sur Le Vif,' Goethe Institut Paris
1998 H.M. Klosterfelde, 'Videosalon,' Hamburg
Portikus, 'Mein erstes Buch,' Frankfurt; cat.
Klosterfelde, 'Let's Get Physical/Digital,' Berlin
1997 Statement art forum, 'Galerie der Gegenwart Hamburg, 2097', Berlin
Art Node, 'Let's Get Physical/Digital,' Berlin
2008 "Solo Ausstellung," Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany,
September 12 – November 30, 2008
"The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image: Part II:
Realisms," Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, June 19 – September 7, 2008
"American Idyll: Contemporary Art and Culture Karaoke," Contemporary
Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23 – August 24, 2008
2007 "True Romance: Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute,"
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, October 5, 2007 – February 3, 2008
"40yearsvideoart.de: Video Art in Germany Since the Sixties," panel
member, SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2007
"Is Faith Our Reality?" apart of "Mind Hacking II – Götter, Götzen,
Scheinwelten," Theresa Frölich, Wewerka Pavillon, Münster, Germany, August 31, 2007
"Accumulations," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, July 25, 2007
– July 6, 2008
"Scheitern," Langesgalerie Linz, Linz, Austria, June 21 – August 19, 2007
"Julia Stoschek Collection," Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf,
Germany, June 17 – Summer 2008
"Hamsterweehl – Video Box," Tesa Bella Novissima, Venice, Italy, June 8
– August 26, 2007; travels to Festival de Printemps de Septembre,
Toulouse, France, September 21 – October 14, 2007
"Ginnungagap / Pavilion of Belief," Calle Schiavona, Venice, Italy, June 6
– August 6, 2007
"Hunter & Gatherer," Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, Germany, May
25 – June 30, 2007
"Auto Emotion: Autobiography, Emotion and Self-Fashioning," The Power
Plant, Toronto, Canada, May 18 – August 19, 2007
"The Price of Everything…Perspectives on the Art Market," presented by
Whitney Museum of America Art Independent Study Program, The
Art Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, May 17 – June
24, 2007
"The Screen Eye or the New Image: 100 videos to rethink the world,"
Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'art contemporain, March 23 – June
17, 2007
"Deep Comedy," curated by Dan Graham with Sylvia Chivaratanond,
Ballroom Marfa, San Antonio, TX, March 23 – July 30, 2007
"Reality Bites: Making Avant-garde Art in Post-Wall Germany," curated by
Sabine Eckmann, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis,
MO, February 9 –April 29, 2007; travels to Kunst nach dem
Mauerfall, Oipelvillen Rüsselscheim, May 30 – September 2, 2007
"Sensorim: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art
(Part 2)," curated by Bill Arning, Jane Farver, Yuko Hasegawa, and
Marjory Jacobson, MIT List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, MA,
February 8 – April 8, 2007
"Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art,"
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, February 11 – May 20, 2007;
cat.
2006 "Prophets of Deceit," curated by Magali Arriola, CCA Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, September 12 – November
11, 2006
"Pearl River City: contemporary art from South China," curated by Tobias
Berger, Kunstverein Wesbaden, Germany, September 3 – October
5, 2006; travels to Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania,
January 27 – March 15, 2007
"Dark Places", Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, CA,
January 21- April 22, 2006
2005 "Manipulations," Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas
"Rosa & Victor," Site Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom
"Loud and Clear Too," Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
"T1 The Pantagruel Syndrome," Castello de Rivoli Musea d'Arte
Contemporanea, Italy
"Transatlantictische Impulse," Villa Aurora, Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
"A Certain Tendency in Representation – Cineclub," curated by Francesco
Manacorda, Thomas Dane, London, England
"Christian Jankowski, Julian Dashper, Yuk King Tan, Boyd Webb," Sue
Crockford Gallery, New Zealand
"Greater New York," PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York, NY
"Getting Emotional," ICA, Boston, Massachusetts
"Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art," Independent Curators
International, New York
"Strangely Fine," Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona
"Akademie, Kunst lehren und lernen," Kunstverein, Hamburg
"Nuove Acquisizioni,' MACRO, Rome, Italy
"Generation X," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2004 "Treasure Island," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
"The Game Show," James Cohan Gallery, N.Y., USA
"State of Play," Serpertine Gallery, London, Great Britain; cat.
"The Last Laugh: Humour in Contemporary Video Art," LASALLE-SIA
College of the Arts, Singapore, SG
"Glûck," ACC Galerie Weimar, Germany
"The Pattern Playback," The Moore Space, Miami, Florida
"100 Artists See god," Institute of Contemporary Art, London
"Etrangement proche—Seltsam vertraut," Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken
"Fade in—New Film and Video," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
"Fenster zum Hof," NGBK, Berlin
"Hors d'oeuvre: orders et désordres de la nourriture," Musée d'art
Contemporain, Bordeaux
"Infiltrate," Substation, Singapore
"Like Beads on an Abacus Designed to Calculate Infinity," Rockwell,
London "Paisatges Mediátics," Fundación la Caixa, Barcelona
"Prêts à Prêter 2," frac paca, Marseille
"Spam Art and Advertising," Museion, Bolzano
"Art + Industry," Christchurch Binennial, Christchurch
2003 "Revolving Doors," Fundación Telefónica, Madrin, Spain; cat;
"Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium," Kusthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
"OUTLOOK," Athens, Greece; cat.
"Glûck," Luitpold Lounge, München, Germany
"Christian Jankowski, Eric Tschernow," Centro d'Arte Contemporanea
Ticino, Bellinzona, CH
Internationale Münchner Filmwochen, München, Germany
"Extra," curator: Marc-Olivier Wahler, Swiss Institute, New York
"Actionbutton," Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
"Europe Exists," Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki,
Greec; cat.
"Groteski!" Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M./ Haus der Kunst, München,
Germany; cat.
"Shine," Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
"Project Artist," Kunstverein Friederichshafen, Germany
2002 Kunsthaus Zürich, "Public Affairs," Zurich
Programa Art Center, "Identity Fiasco," Mexico City
CACC, "To Whom It May Concern," San Francisco
8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, "Centre of Attraction,"
Vilnius/Lithauania Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Gagosian Gallery, "Monitor II," New York
Audiovisual Art Centre, "Argos Festival," Bruxelles
Schirn Kunsthalle, "Grotesk!" Performance, Frankfurt
Galeri Fraïch Attitude, "Fridge," Paris
"Video Zone," Tel Aviv
"Candice Institut, "Agua," Mexico City
Videonale/Bonner Kunstverein, "Mise en Scène: Curieux," Bonn
Site Gallery, "Con Art: Magic, Object, Action," Sheffield/England; cat.
Whitney Museum of American Art, "2002 Biennale," New York; cat.
Deichtorhallen, "Art and Economy," Hamburg; cat.
Rotor, Association for Contemporary Art, "Oh It's a Curator," Graz
Guerro, Granada/Spain; cat.
Kallmann-Museum, "Künstler-Selbstbildnisse," Ismaning/Germany
Centro-Museuo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, "Melodrama," Artium,
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and Palacio des los Condes de
Gabia/Centro Jose
Fattoria de Celle, "Magnet: Foreign Artists in Tuscany (1945-2000),"
Santomato di Pistoia/Italy
Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, "In the Side of Television," Cast
Ilon/Spain
2001 Apexart, "Revolving Doors," New York
Herzliya Museum of Art, "Sense of Wonder," Herzliya/Israel
The Imperial Baths Karlovy Vary, "A Sense of Wellbeing," Prague
Kunsthalle Wien, "Tele(visions) – Kunst sieht fern," Vienna; cat.
Galerie der Künstler, "Mit vollem Munde spricht man nicht," Munich; cat.
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, "Futureland,"
Monchengladbach/Germany; travels to Museum van Bommel van
Dam, Venlo/Netherlands; cat.
Fundació Joan Miró, "Irony," Barcelona/Spain; travels to Koldo Mitxelena
Kulturunea, San Sebastian/Spain; cat.
Museum Fridericianum, "Schau Dir in die Augen Kleines,"
Kassel/Germany; cat.
Roebling Hall, "Lite," Brooklyn
Art Pace, "New Works: 01.2," San Antonio, Texas
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, "Zero Gravity," Rome; cat.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, "Media Connection," Rome; travels to Ansaldo,
Milano and Castel St. Elmo, Napoli; cat.
2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin; cat.
Kunsthalle Bremen, "Kunstpreis der Böttcherstrasse," Bremen; cat.
Brandstetter & Wyss, "Position Report," Zurich
Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, "Game Show," North Adams/MS
Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, "Hausarbeiten – der Alltag daheim,"
Nordhorn/Germany
"Let's entertain," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Kunsthalle Tirol, "GeldLust: Modell Banking," Tirol/Austria
2000 "Neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig," Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany; cat.
Berlin – Binnendifferenz, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien, Austria
"Modell, Modell…," Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany; cat.
"Video Art Fest 2000," St. Petersburg
Neues Lesben, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Drehmomente, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, Lokremise, St. Gallen, CH
After Effect, "A redesign of thinking," Centre d'art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel,
CH Le Repubbliche dell'Arte, Germania, La Construzione di un
Imagine, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea,
Siena
Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin,
Germany
1999 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, "VISA," Cologne
Galerie Meyer Riegger, "Fernsehabend 2," Karlsruhe/Germany
Museum Fridericianum, "Change is good," Kassel/Germany
Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, "Zoom. Ansichten zur
deutschen Gegenwartskunst," Stuttgar; travels to Kunsthalle zu Kiel
and Villa Merkel, Esslingen; cat.
Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Ticino, "999," Bellinzona/Switzerland
Haus der Kunst, "Talk. Show. Die Kunst der Kommunikation in den 90er
Jahren," Munich; cat.
Museum Fridericianum, "Chronos und Kairos," Kassel/Germany; cat.
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, "Surprise VI: Rollenwechsel," Nürnber/Germany
Kunstverein Hannover, "Home & Away," Hannover; cat.
Kulturforum, Kunstbibliothek, "Das XX. Jahrhundert," Berlin; cat.
Cubitt Gallery, "Urban Islands," London
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, "German Open 1999 – Gegenwartskunst in
Deutschland," Wolfsburg; cat.
Palazzo Doria Spinola, "La Conscienza," Genua
ICA, "Crash," London; cat.
Paço das Artes, "Above the Good and Evil," Sao Paulo/Brazil; cat.
48th Biennale Venice, "dapertutto,"; cat.
1998 Kunstverein Hamburg, "Fast Forward – Body Check," Hamburg
Galerie Margit Haupt, "gangbang," Karlsruhe/Germany
1996 Spielbank Bad Neuenahr, "Spiel mit Sponsorengeld," Bad
Neuenahr/Germany
Globe, "…fra hamborg og fra Kobenhavn," Kopenhagen
Elsgabrik, "Well Morgen," Hannover
Schaufenster im Disney Store, "Kunst auf def Zeil," Frankfurt; cat.
Lokaal 01, "Guillaume Bijl stelt jonge kunstenaars uit Hamburg voor,"
Antwerpen
1995 Biennale Venice, Ebbe in der Freiheit: "Club Berlin," Venice
Fahrradhalle, "…aus hamburg und Kopenhagen," Offenbach/Germany
Public Collections
Hamburger kunsthalle Hamburg
Kunsthalle Bremen Bremen
Kunsthaus Zurich Zurich
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
Wadsworth Antheneum Hartford
Whitney Museum of American Art New York
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Frac Paca, Marseille
Tate Gallery, London
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León
National Gallerie, Berlin