Isa Genzken

♀ *1948 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

VACATION

film, sculpture, and photography

David Zwirner, New York (US)
13 Mar 2026 – 18 Apr 2026
Ohr

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
2 Mar 2024 – 1 Sep 2024
ISA GENZKEN

WERKE VON 1973 BIS 1983<br>Skulptur, Installation, Architektur, Fotografie, Film und Malerei

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
5 Sep 2020 – 24 Jan 2021
Isa Genzken

Skulpturen, Fotografien, Filme und Malereien von Ende der 1970er bis Anfang 1990er Jahre

Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)
23 Feb 2019 – 28 Apr 2019
I Love Michael Asher

Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles (US)
15 Oct 2016 – 31 Dec 2016
Portraits

Galerie Buchholz NY, New York (US)
2 Nov 2016 – 23 Dec 2016
Retrospective

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
12 Apr 2014 – 3 Aug 2014
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MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
17 Nov 2013 – 10 Mar 2014
Retrospective

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
23 Nov 2013 – 10 Mar 2014
Hallelujah

Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (DE)
28 Jan 2012 – 11 Mar 2012
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MUSEION, Bolzano (IT)
11 Sep 2010 – 16 Jan 2011
Retrospektive 'Sesam öffne dich!'

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
15 Aug 2009 – 15 Nov 2009
Hair grows how it wants to

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (SE)
4 Sep 2008 – 2 Nov 2008
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Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
6 Jul 2006 – 10 Sep 2006
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Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
10 Jun 2006 – 20 Aug 2006
Kinder filmen

Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln (DE)
18 Nov 2005 – 31 Dec 2005
Der Spiegel 1989-1991

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
7 Oct 2005 – 20 Nov 2005
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sculpture, collage, film and photography

David Zwirner, New York (US)
10 Feb 2005 – 5 Mar 2005
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Hauser & Wirth, London (GB)
20 Apr 2004 – 22 May 2004
COLOR (group show)

Galerie Mikael Andersen, København (DK)
17 Jan 2004 – 28 Feb 2004
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Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich (CH)
22 Mar 2003 – 25 May 2003

Group

The good in the pot, the bad in the crop.

The Storage | Die Sammlung

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
31 Aug 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Laurenz Berges, Cihan Cakmak, Lana Deluigi, Mic Enneper, Robert Filliou, Lucio Fontana, Eric Lanz, Michel Majerus, Jonathan Monk, Judith Reigl, Markus Sixay, Takis …
TYPOLOGIEN

PHOTOGRAPHY IN 20TH-CENTURY GERMANY

Fondazione Prada, Milano (IT)
3 Apr 2025 – 14 Jul 2025

with Ursula Böhmer, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sibylle Bergemann, Karl Blossfeldt, Christian Borchert, Margit Emmrich, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Lotte Jacobi, Jochen Lempert, Simone Nieweg …
Channeling

Neuerwerbungen + weitere Werke aus der Sammlung

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
22 Sep 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

with Eric Baudelaire, Lothar Baumgarten, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Graham, Sky Hopinka, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Isaac Julien, Mike Mandel, Cady Noland, Beat Streuli, Sturtevant (Elaine), Larry Sultan …
SAMMLUNG

MMK Tower, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
22 Aug 2020 – 7 Nov 2021

with Horst Ademeit, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Anne Imhof, Bruce Nauman, Cady Noland, Marcel Odenbach, Thomas Ruff, Sturtevant (Elaine), Martine Syms, Jeff Wall
Nature in Art

MOCAK, Krakow (PL)
26 Apr 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with Maurizio Cattelan, Julian Charriere, Jan Fabre, Sarah Lucas, Meret Oppenheim, Luzia Simons, Robert Smithson, Beat Streuli, Julius von Bismarck
THE VOID

Frieder Burda Berlin, Berlin (DE)
9 Feb 2019 – 23 Mar 2019

with Gregory Crewdson, Chris Jordan
Faithless Pictures

The National Museum of Art, Oslo (NO)
9 Feb 2018 – 13 May 2018

with John Baldessari, Bernadette Corporation, Mike Bouchet, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Ida Ekblad, Matias Faldbakken, Harun Farocki, Andrea Fraser, Cyprien Gaillard, Rachel Harrison …
German Art

Galleri K, Oslo (NO)
6 Apr 2018 – 29 Apr 2018

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Thomas Demand, Guenther Foerg, Michel Majerus, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Johannes Wohnseifer
Space & Photography

Raum und Fotografie

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
25 Nov 2017 – 22 Apr 2018

with Philip Kwame Apagya, Herbert Bayer, Franz Bergmüller, Giacomo Brogi, Jindrich Eckert, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Seiichi Furuya, Georges Lévy & Moyse Léon, Johannes Gramm, Birgit Graschopf, Florence Henri, M. Hoffmann …
beyond future is past

Kunsthalle Münster, Münster (DE)
9 Dec 2017 – 10 Mar 2018

with Josefin Arnell, Omer Fast, Nathaniel Mellors, Janis Rafa, Stephen G. Rhodes, Rachel Rose, Hito Steyerl, Ryan Trecartin, Ulu Braun & Roland Rauschmeier
We dream under the same sky

The art for the refugees

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
16 Sep 2017 – 21 Sep 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, John Armleder, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Latifa Echakhch, Wade Guyton, Glenn Ligon, Annette Messager, Gabriel Orozco, Laure Prouvost, Ugo Rondinone, Anri Sala …
Photographic works in the Museion Collection

MUSEION, Bolzano (IT)
25 Nov 2016 – 17 Sep 2017

with Eleanor Antin, Vanessa Beecroft, Rossella Biscotti, Guenter Brus, Daniele Buetti, Marcel Duchamp, Valie Export, Michael Fliri, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, John Heartfield …
La forza della fotografia

Opere dalla Collezione Museion

MUSEION, Bolzano (IT)
25 Nov 2016 – 17 Sep 2017

with Eleanor Antin, Vanessa Beecroft, Guenter Brus, Marcel Duchamp, Valie Export, Michael Fliri, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Roni Horn, Joan Jonas, Elke Krystufek …
moving is in every direction.

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
17 Mar 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Barbara Bloom, Stan Douglas, Fischli & Weiss, Bruce Nauman, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Pipilotti Rist, Wolfgang Tillmans
Gravity & Grace

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (US)
10 Mar 2017 – 11 Jun 2017

with Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Francesca Woodman
DIMENSÕES VARIÁVEIS - ARTISTAS E ARQUITETURA

Variable Dimensions - Artists and Architecture

MAAT Museum of Art, .., Lisboa (PT)
8 Feb 2017 – 29 May 2017

with Francis Alys, John Baldessari, James Casebere, David Claerbout, Thomas Demand, Denicolai & Provoost, Peter Downsbrough, Olafur Eliasson, Cevdet Erek, Larissa Fassler, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jean-Pascal Flavien …
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL 2016

The Grand Balcony

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
20 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Eric Baudelaire, Michael Blum, Shannon Bool, Chris Curreri, Moyra Davey, Geoffrey Farmer, Luis Jacob, Janice Kerbel, Hassan Khan, David Lamelas, Cady Noland …
9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

The Present in Drag

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
4 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Antoni Abad, Halil Altindere, Jacob Appelbaum, Will Benedict, Anne de Vries, Simon Denny, Roe Ethridge, Cecile B. Evans, CAO Fei, Simon Fujiwara, Boris Groys, Camille Henrot …
The Venice Biennale - 56th International Art Exhibition

All the World's Futures

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Adel Abdessemed, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Abounaddara, Boris Achour, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Kutluğ Ataman, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Sammy Baloji, Rosa Barba …
Polder Cup

Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL)
9 Sep 2011 – 11 Dec 2011

with AES+F, Ayse Erkmen, Maider Lopez
The house without the door

David Zwirner, New York (US)
7 Jul 2011 – 5 Aug 2011

with Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mona Hatoum, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall
Fotografie - Dokument oder digitalisiertes Vergessen

im Kunstgebäude Schlosshof Bodenburg

Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Bad Salzdefurth (DE)
26 Feb 2011 – 20 Mar 2011

with Evgen Bavcar, Derek Besant, Ulrike Bolenz, Costantino Ciervo, Klaus Dierßen, Heinrich Heidersberger, Natacha Lesueur, Chantal Michel, Laura Ribero, Gerlinde Salentin, Judith Samen, Rudolf Schwarzkogler …
Fresh Hell

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2010 – 16 Jan 2011

with Bas Jan Ader, Barbara Bloom, Anne Collier, Walter de Maria, Valie Export, Matias Faldbakken, Geert Goiris, Dan Graham, Raymond Hains, David Hammons, Michael Landy, Klara Liden …
Between You and I – Intervention 4

Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL)
11 Sep 2010 – 9 Jan 2011

with AES+F, Ayse Erkmen, Maider Lopez
29th Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Albano Afonso, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Miguel Angel Rojas, Qiu Anxiong, Kutluğ Ataman, Pedro Barateiro, Yto Barrada, Artur Barrio, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji …
Der Westen leuchtet

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
10 Jul 2010 – 24 Oct 2010

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Claudia Faehrenkemper, Andreas Gursky, Juergen Klauke, Katharina Sieverding, Timm Ulrichs
Amor Parvi oder Die Liebe zum Kleinen

Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen (DE)
5 Mar 2010 – 25 Apr 2010

with Ann Böttcher, Natalie Czech, Haris Epaminonda, Manuel Graf, Hannah Hoech, John Stezaker, Timm Ulrichs
Drei. Das Triptychon in der Moderne

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
7 Feb 2009 – 14 Jun 2009

with Jonas Dahlberg, Juergen Klauke, Pia Maria Martin, Ricarda Roggan, Katharina Sieverding, Bill Viola
Bildpolitiken

Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
24 Apr 2008 – 6 Jul 2008

with Christian Boltanski, Daniela Comani, Ines Doujak, Peter Friedl, Bernhard Gwiggner, Martha Rosler, Ann-Sofi Siden
The Venice Biennale - 52nd International Art Exhibition

Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2007 – 21 Nov 2007

with Ignasi Aballi, Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Mounira El-Solh, Francis Alys, Alexander Hnilitsky & Lesia Zaiats, Alterazioni Video, Ghada Amer, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Sonia Balassanian, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé …
Mirage

Alexander and Bonin, New York (US)
4 Jun 2005 – 29 Jul 2005

with Lewis Baltz, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rodney Graham, Emily Jacir, Florian Pumhösl, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Weegee
2004–5 Carnegie International

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
9 Oct 2004 – 30 Mar 2005

with Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Kutluğ Ataman, John Bock, Maurizio Cattelan, Robert Crumb, Jeremy Deller, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Trisha Donnelly, Chris Donovan, Harun Farocki, Saul Fletcher …
Eclipse

Towards the edge of the visible

White Cube, London (GB)
16 Jul 2004 – 21 Aug 2004

with Darren Almond, Miroslaw Balka, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Mona Hatoum, Runa Islam, Paul Pfeiffer
Lei - Donne nelle collezioni italiane

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (IT)
7 Nov 2003 – 16 Feb 2004

with Marina Abramovic, Tacita Dean, Dara Friedman, Roni Horn, Sharon Lockhart, Sarah Lucas, Cindy Sherman, Fiona Tan
Frische Fische

Palais für Aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt (DE)
23 May 2003 – 6 Jul 2003

with Hans Hansen, Katharina Hausel, Reinhard Kühl, Herbert List, Walter Scheels, Bernd Telle, Gerhard Winkler

Events

Gallery Weekend Berlin 2020

Gallery Weekend Berlin, Berlin (DE)
11 Sep 2020 – 13 Sep 2020

with Miriam Cahn, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Greiner-Napp, Andreas Gursky, Barbara Hammer, Richard Hawkins, Leiko Ikemura, Felix Kiessling, Wilhelm Klotzek, Alexander Kluge, Friedrich Kunath, Helen Mirra …
Chicago Drive, 1992

Kunsthalle Münster, Münster (DE)
26 Jan 2018 – 1 Feb 2018
FIAC 2017

FIAC Paris, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2017 – 22 Oct 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, Helena Almeida, Dieter Appelt, Sammy Baloji, Kim Sop Boninsegni, Elina Brotherus, Hannah Collins, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Liz Deschenes, Peter Downsbrough, Roe Ethridge, Alain Fleischer …
Contemporary Art + Photography

Zeitgenössische Kunst + Photographie

Lempertz, Köln (DE)
27 May 2017 – 30 May 2017

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sylvie Fleury, Nan Goldin, Ulrike Rosenbach, Thomas Struth, Miroslav Tichy
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL 2016

The Grand Balcony

La Biennale de Montréal, Montréal (CA)
19 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Haig Aivazian, Knut Asdam, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Eric Baudelaire, Thomas Bayrle, Michael Blum, Shannon Bool, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Chris Curreri, Moyra Davey, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Geoffrey Farmer …
Die kleine Bushaltestelle (Gerüstbau), 2012

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
“Isa Genzken, Werke 1992 –2003”.

Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich (CH)
FILMBAR

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)