Rainer Ganahl

♂ *1961 / Austria

Solo exhibitions

Haunted Houses

Trautwein Herleth, Berlin (DE)
19 Nov 2016 – 7 Jan 2017
The Politics of Education

Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall (DE)
15 Jun 2008 – 31 Aug 2008
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galerie christian roellin, Sankt Gallen (CH)
20 Aug 2005 – 24 Sep 2005
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Museum 63 / Artist Commune, Hong Kong (CN)
19 Apr 2005 – 18 May 2005
Next Target

GAK Gesellschaft Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (DE)
15 Nov 2003 – 11 Jan 2004
project wall: Das Zählen der letzten Tage der SigmundFreudBanknote

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
1 May 2003 – 31 Oct 2003

Group

Social Photography X

carriage trade, New York (US)
8 Dec 2022 – 12 Feb 2023

with Dennis Adams, Peggy Ahwesh, Julien Bismuth, Jennifer Bolande, Liam Gillick, Karl Holmqvist, Craig Kalpakjian, Louise Lawler, Tony Oursler, R.H. Quaytman
Macht der Sprache. Aus den Sammlungen

Power of Language - From the Collections

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
20 Oct 2018 – 7 Apr 2019

with Christian Ludwig Attersee, Robert Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Peter Downsbrough, Valie Export, Jaroslaw Kozlowski, David Lamelas, Ewa Partum, Arnulf Rainer, Klaus Scheruebel, Kurt Schwitters, Ana Torfs …
LOOKING FOR THE CLOUDS

Contemporary Photography in Times of Conflict

musa, Wien (AT)
25 Oct 2016 – 4 Feb 2017

with Tanja Boukal, Raphael Dallaporta, Balázs Deim, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Gelitin, Aldo Giannotti, Samuel Gratacap, Ibro Hasanović, Anna Jermolaewa, Carine Krecke, Daniel Mayrit, Dimitris Michalakis …
Creativity Exercises

GfZK, Leipzig (DE)
18 Oct 2014 – 1 Feb 2015

with Pawel Althamer, Bouchra Khalili, Dora Maurer, Peter Watkins
Salon der Angst

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
6 Sep 2013 – 12 Jan 2014

with Kader Attia, Gerard Byrne, Harun Farocki, Fischli & Weiss, Bouchra Khalili, Eva Kotatkova, Allan Sekula, Jeff Wall, Mark Wallinger, Gillian Wearing, Tobias Zielony
AGORA

4th Athens Biennale 2013

Athens Biennale, Athína (GR)
29 Sep 2013 – 1 Dec 2013

with Manolis Baboussis, Bertille Bak, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Matei Bejenaru, Irina Botea, Tania Bruguera, Dimitri Dokatzis, Sam Durant, David Alan Harvey, Anna Kleberg, Gabriel Kuri …
Performa 13: New Visual Art Performance Biennial

Performa, New York (US)
1 Nov 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Ahmet Oeguet, Pawel Althamer, Einat Amir, Eleanor Antin, Ed Atkins, Rosa Barba, Hans Breder, Tamar Ettun, Zachary Fabri, Dani Gal, Subodh Gupta, Florian Hecker …
Crossing Media – Der Kunst die Bühne

Villa Merkel, Esslingen (DE)
19 Jul 2013 – 6 Oct 2013

with Nevin Aladag, Julien Berthier, Birgit Brenner, Daniele Buetti, Kurt Caviezel, Beate Engl, Johan Grimonprez, Christine Hill, John Wood & Paul Harrison, Eva Kotatkova, Jung Lee, Alexandra Leykauf …
Videorama: Artclips from Austria

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
16 Jul 2010 – 5 Sep 2010

with Renate Bertlmann, Paul Divjak, Thomas Draschan, Thomas Eller, Anna Jermolaewa, Susanne Jirkuff, Rudolf Polanszky, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Markus Schinwald, Erwin Wurm
The Flower of May

Gwangju Museum of Art - Kunsthalle Gwang, Gwangju (KR)
12 May 2010 – 13 Jun 2010

with Kader Attia, Candice Breitz, Dora Garcia, Alfredo Jaar, Tony Oursler, Nam June Paik
Photofestival Knokke-Heist '10 - Stars and Models

Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist, Knokke-Heist (BE)
28 Mar 2010 – 13 Jun 2010

with Eleanor Antin, Cecil Beaton, Olaf Breuning, Thorsten Brinkmann, Clegg & Guttmann , Anthony Goicolea, Rosemary Laing, Susanna Majuri, Boo Ritson, Arno Roncada, Georgina Starr, Nadine Tasseel …
1989

Ende der Geschichte oder Beginn der Zukunft? Anmerkungen zum Epochenbruch

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
8 Oct 2009 – 7 Feb 2010

with Marina Abramovic, Chantal Akerman, Alighiero e Boetti, Christoph Büchel, Sophie Calle, Giovanni Carmine, Maurizio Cattelan, Harun Farocki, Barbara Kruger, Jonas Mekas, Boris Mikhailov, Marcel Odenbach …
Videorama: Subversion, Absurdity, and Form in Austrian Video Art

Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (US)
1 Dec 2009 – 24 Jan 2010

with Renate Bertlmann, Paul Divjak, Thomas Draschan, Thomas Eller, Nicolas Jasmin, Anna Jermolaewa, Leopold Kessler, Rudolf Polanszky, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Erwin Wurm
Videorama

Kunstclips aus Österreich - Best of

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
4 Nov 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Klaus Ohad Said Auderer, Paul Divjak, Tomas Eller, Susanne Jirkuff
The Fear Society - Pabellon de la Urgencia

The Fear Society - Pabellon de la Urgenc, Venezia (IT)
7 Jun 2009 – 22 Nov 2009

with Tania Bruguera, Jota Castro, Martin Dammann, Regina Jose Galindo, Goldschmied & Chiari (Sara Goldschmied & Elonora Chiari), Hans Haacke, Alfredo Jaar, Jesús Segura, Ann-Sofi Siden
Krautschneider

Rainer Ganahl und seine Klasse

Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz (AT)
11 Jul 2009 – 8 Aug 2009

with Ulrike Buck, Micha Dengler, Andreas Geisselhardt, Daniel Herleth, Young Jang, Christine Jetter, Katharina Kern, Manuel Kleinknapp, Frank Maier, Vera Mayer, Diana Moro, Gabriela Oberkofler …
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 …
10th International Istanbul Biennial

Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary - Optimism in the age of global war

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
8 Sep 2007 – 4 Nov 2007

with Hamra Abbas, Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Ursula Biemann, Lee Bul, Banu Cennetoglu, Paul Chan, CHEN Chieh-Jen, LU Chunsheng, Nancy Davenport …
The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography

Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (US)
22 Oct 2006 – 29 Apr 2007

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Dawoud Bey, Tirtza Even, Nikki S. Lee, Yoshua Okon, Jaime Permuth, Shari Rothfarb Mekonen & Avishai Mekonen, Jessica Shokrian, Chris Verene
2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (BIACS 2)

BIACS Biennial Foundation of Contemporar, Sevilla (ES)
26 Oct 2006 – 8 Jan 2007

with Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Lara Almarcegui, Tete Álvarez, Olivo Barbieri, Yto Barrada, Julie Becker, Ursula Biemann, James Casebere, Jacobo Castellano, Nose Chan, Cinémathèque de Tanger, Hannah Collins …
PHOTO-TRAFIC

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
9 Jun 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Ant Farm, Blue Noses, Silvie Defraoui, Christoph Draeger, G.R.A.M., Peter Kennard, Elke Krystufek, David Lamelas, Yaron Leshem, Zbigniew Libera, Bjoern Melhus, Otto Mittmannsgruber …
Bucharest Biennale 2

Bucharest Biennale, Bucharest (RO)
26 May 2006 – 27 Jun 2006

with Erik Binder, János Fodor, Pedro Motta, Ioana Nemes, Tatsumi Orimoto, Wang Qingsong, Catalin Rulea
IIème Festival de Photo et Vidéo de Biarritz

Biarritz-Photo, Biarritz (FR)
13 May 2006 – 21 May 2006

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Blue Noses, Claude Closky, Jordi Colomer, Danica Dakic, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Dionisio Gonzalez, Paul Graham, Alfredo Jaar, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla …
Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers

Reflexionen internationaler zeitgenössischer Kunst zur Aktualität des Erinnerns

Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden (DE)
10 Mar 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Michaela Melian, Tim Sharp, Jan Wenzel
The Jewish Identity Project

New American Photography

Jewish Museum, New York (US)
23 Sep 2005 – 29 Jan 2006

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Dawoud Bey, Tirtza Even, Nikki S. Lee, Yoshua Okon, Jaime Permuth, Shari Rothfarb Mekonen & Avishai Mekonen, Jessica Shokrian, Chris Verene
Fotografiets utvidete felt // Photography's Expanded Field

PREUS MUSEUM 10 ÅR

Preus Museum, Horten (NO)
26 May 2005 – 14 Aug 2005

with Sherrie Levine, Tom Sandberg, Giorgio Sommer, Christopher Williams
unspeakable

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
21 Jan 2005 – 5 Mar 2005

with Dieter Appelt, Skip Arnold, Adam Baer, Elinor Carucci, Teun Hocks, Juergen Klauke, John Lucas, Matt Marello, Ryan McNamara, Alex McQuilkin, Sebastian Muniz, Ina Senftleben …
Campus

Warwick Arts Centre, Mead Gallery, Warwick (GB)
12 Jan 2005 – 5 Feb 2005

with Nancy Davenport
C la entrée!

Galerie Roger Pailhas, Marseille (FR)
15 Oct 2004 – 23 Dec 2004

with Lothar Baumgarten, Marie Bovo, Claude Closky, Dan Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Marie-Jo Lafontaine
The mythological machine - images in the media

Warwick Arts Centre, Mead Gallery, Warwick (GB)
29 Sep 2004 – 30 Oct 2004

with Phil Collins, Maria Friberg, Daniel Pflumm, Sean Snyder
homeland security. something always follows something else

Mini Cinema + Multi-media Installations

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
8 Oct 2004 – 29 Oct 2004
Channel Zero

Netherlands Media Art , Amsterdam (NL)
28 Aug 2004 – 23 Oct 2004

with Maja Bajevic, Yael Bartana, Marc Bijl, Heather Burnett, David Claerbout, Christoph Draeger, Johan Grimonprez, Katarzyna Kozyra, Les Levine, Boris Mikhailov, Palle Torsson, Klaus vom Bruch …

Events

The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2018

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2018 – 31 May 2018

with Matilda Aslizadeh, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Christina Battle, Erwin Blumenfeld, Dana Claxton, Barbara Cole, Max Dean, John Edmonds, Awol Erizku, Angela Grauerholz, Sunil Gupta, Felicity Hammond …
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
3 May 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Christopher Aque, John Baldessari, Hans Breder, Thomas Demand, Barbara Ess, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Richard Kern, Kapwani Kiwanga, Paul Kos, Barbara Kruger, Zoe Leonard …
Code Art Fair 2017

Code Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK)
31 Aug 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Kader Attia, Neil Beloufa, Sophie Calle, Asger Carlsen, Rae di Martino, Tina Enghoff, Barbara Hammer, Stefan Heyne, Maryam Jafri, Sven Johne, Jesper Just …
Lido - Film program

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)

with Shahram Entekhabi, Ayse Erkmen, Tamara Grcic, Laura Horelli