Bernd Klüser
1973 - 1977 Royal College of Art (MA)
1970 - 1973 Wimbledon School of Art (BA)
1969 - 1970 Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1966 - 1968 Lab Technician at the National Rubber Producers Research Association
2007 Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture, Japan Art Association
2005 Prize for Best Sculpture at the Beijing Biennale
2002 Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
2002 CBE
2001 Elected to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2001 Honorary Fellowship, John Moores University, Liverpool
2001 Honorary Degree Award of Doctor of the University of Surrey
2001 Shakespeare Prize
1994 Royal Academician (RA)
1992 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1989 Von-der-Heydt-Prize, Wuppertal
1988 Turner Prize
1985 Turner-Prize (Shortlist)
2008 Nordiska Akvarellmuseet Skärhamn, Tjörn, Sweden
Tony Cragg verses Franz Messerschmidt, Belvedere Wien
Galerie Klüser, München
2007 Tony Cragg, Haunch of Venison, Zurich, Switzerland
Tony Cragg 1995-2006, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
Tony Cragg, Gallery Marian Goodman, NY
Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
Zeichnungen, Galerie Buchmann, Berlin
1985 – 1998, Galleria Tucci Russo, Torino, Italy
Tony Cragg Kunstverein Ingolstadt
Fondacion Cultural Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro, MAVI, Chile
Das Potential der Dinge, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2006 Das Potential der Dinge, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prag
Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
Krefelder Kunstverein, Buschhüterhaus, Krefeld
Foundation Louis Moret, Martigny, Schweiz
Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy
Kloster unserer lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
New Sculptures and Prints, Kenji Taki, Tokio
Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2005 Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK
Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Museum der Wahrnehmung, Graz, Austria
The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Galerie Klüser 2, München, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona
Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Italy
Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, England
Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris
2004 Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Hans Knoll Galerie, Wien, Austria
Buchmann Galerie, Köln, Germany
2003 Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tony Cragg - Recent Sculptures, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München, Germany
Galerie Crousel, Paris, France
2002 Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Detmold, Germany
Bethmann Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Buchmann Galerie, Köln, Germany
2001 Somerset House, London, UK
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Buchmann Skulpturenprojeke, Agra/Lugano, Switzerland
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Studio per l'arte Contemporanea Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice (Torino), Italy
Thomas Cohn Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000 Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK
Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland
Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1999 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany
Atelier: Wuppertal, Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Germany
Museum Het Kruithuis, ‚s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, The Netherlands
Buchmann Galerie, Köln, Germany
Studio per l'arte Contemporanea Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice (Torino), Italy
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
1998 Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Tallin Art Hall, Tallin, Estonia
Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
The Association of Latvian Art Museums, Riga, Latvia
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
1997 Biennale, Venice
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Nationalgalerie, Ujazdowskie Castle, Warschau, Poland
National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
National Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Bawag Fondation, Wien, Austria
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Bernd Klüser, München, Germany
1996 Atelier des Enfants, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Henry Moore Foundation, Halifax, USA
Freundeskreis Wilhelmshöhe e.V., Ettlingen, Germany
World Events, Commissioned by the IOC
Wave Forms, commissioned by the Battery Park Authority
Zufuhr, commissioned by Sparkasse Wuppertal, Germany
Wirbelsäule, commissioned by Stadt Viersen, Germany
Middelheim Sculpture Park, Antwerpen, The Netherlands
Müczanok Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary
Galerie Karsten Greve, Milano, Italy and Paris, France
Buchmann Galerie, Köln, Germany
1995 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
National Gallery Prag, Valdsteinská jízdarna v Praze, Prag, Czech Republic
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, The Netherlands
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice (Torino), Italy
1994 Kunstverein, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, Germany
Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Germany
Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Daily Bread, commissioned by Neustadt, Wien, Austria
Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
Galérie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galerie Bernd Klüser, München, Germany
1993 Archimedes Screw, commissioned by the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1992 IVAM Valencia, Spain
CCA, Glasgow, UK
Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Group of four sculptures, commissioned by the Landeszentralbank, Düsseldorf, Germany
Centre d'art Contemporain, Kerguéhennec, France
Musée departemental d'art contemporain, Rochechouart, France
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1991 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Galerie Klüser, München, Germany
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
Marian Goodman, New York, USA
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
1990 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, USA
Early Forms, commissioned by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Early Forms, commissioned by the Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Klüser, München, Germany
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1989 Tate Gallery, London, UK
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ordovician Pore commissioned by the Walker Art Center, USA
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Rio, Brazil
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
1988 Biennale, Venice, Italy
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Klüser, München, Germany
1987 Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Corner House, Manchester, UK
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
1986 The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA
Raliegh commissioned by the Tate Gallery, UK
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Pierre Huber, Genf, Switzerland
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1985 Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, München, Germany
Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur, Switzerland
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel, Belgium
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Bernd Klüser, München, Germany
1984 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
Marian Goodman, New York, USA
Schellmann & Klüser, München, Germany
1983 Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Galerie Buchmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
1982 Fifth Triennale India, New Delhi, India
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterloo, The Netherlands
Büro Berlin (DAAD), Berlin, Germany
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Le Nouveau Musée (NDLR), Lyon, France
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Schellmann & Klüser, München, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
1981 Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
Nouveau Musée, Lyon, France
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, St. Etienne, France
Schellmann & Klüser, München, Germany
1980 Büro Berlin (DAAD), Berlin, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK
1979 Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
2008 Digitale Raumkunst Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Il Settimo Splendore Palazzo Forti Verona
30/40 Selection of Forty Artists from Thirty Years at Marian Goodman Gallery, NY
Wenn Handlungen Form werden, Neues Museum Nürnberg
Rock Papers Scissors, Galerie Buchmann Berlin
Blind Date, Galerist Istanbul
Wenn Räume Kraft werden, Galerien am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Abstract, Museum Moderner Kunst Kaernten
Zerbrechliche Schönheit, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf
2007 Towards a New Lacoon, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
An Incomplete World, Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Artempo Palazzo Fortuny, Venice 2007
Linien und Räume, Kunstgarten Graz, Austria
Le cinque anime della scultura CeSAC Caraglio
Molecules that matter, Tang Museum Saratoga Springs, USA
Winchester Gallery Rummage – Sculpture’s Drawing
GOW Langsford Gallery Heavy Weights: Sculpture from the UK
KölnSulpture 4
100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
Kunst auf der Talachse, Sichtweisen Wuppertal
Kistefos Norwegen
Who’s got the Big Picture? MuHKA, Antwerpen
Pilane Skulptur 2007, Sweden
Drawing on Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2006 Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
Morandi and Themes in Contemporary Art, Abbot Hall, Kendal and Estorick Collection, London, UK
Le Mouvement des Images, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
On earth’s face. Körperlandschaften, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, France
On earth’s face. Körperlandschaften, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
ArchiSkulptur, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Know Matter How, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
From Millol to Tony Cragg, Van Buuren Museum, Brussels, Belgium
Super Visions ICA Boston, USA
2005 Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Contemporanea, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain
K 21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin und Udk Berlin, Germany
Henry Moore: Epoche und Echo - Sechs Jahrzehnte englischer Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert,
Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Reflexionen, Art Center Berlin, Berlin
figure/sculpture, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Intersezioni: Cragg Fabre Paladino al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium
Private View 1980/2000: Collection Pierre Huber, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne,
Switzerland
K 21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
La Peau des Murs-l'Art Pariéral Contemporain, E.S.P.A.C.E. Peiresc, Toulon
Summertime, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna
Paisaje Humano. Hogares. Concepto y Sentimiento. Gente. CAC Malaga, Spain
Effervescence, Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers, France
2004 Treasure Island, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
A Secret History of Clay : From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Acquisitions Récents, Œuvres Contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Turning Points, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Teheran, Iran
Diffusion primär zeit, Opel Rüsselsheim
Love/Hate, Villa Manin, Udine
Intra-muros, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice, France
John Chamberlain, Wilhelm Mundt, Tony Cragg, Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel,
Agra/Lugano
ArchiSculpture, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
2003 Vigeland Museum, OsloOICS 2003, Oslo, Norway
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, USA
The 2nd World CeramicBiennale Korea 2003, Korea
2002 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
Thinking Big, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
Blast to Freeze – Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg,
Germany
The Unfinished Century – Legacies of 20th-Century Art, National Museum of Modern
Art, Tokyo, Japan
L’art d’aujourd’hui, Musée de Grenoble, France
Formes et Matières, Centre d’art contemporain de Briançon, France
Metamorphosis in Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
Slip: Artists in the Netherlands and Britain working with ceramic, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts &
Frans Hals Museum, Harleem, The Netherlands
2001 Aller Anfang ist Merz, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
Articité, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Canada
2000 Tate Gallery, London, UK
Passajes de la collección en Málaga, Fondación la Caixa, Malaga, Spain
Aller Anfang ist Merz – Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
Dinge – in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
IMPORT, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Aller Anfang ist Merz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstraum-Deutschland, Goethe Institut, Athen, Greece
1999 das xx. jahrhundert ein jahrhundert kunst in deutschland, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Gesammelte Werke 1, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
At Home with Art, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Skulpturensammlung Viersen, Germany
Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore – Die Kunst der Gegenwart im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Zeitwenden, Stiftung Kunst und Kultur, Bonn, Germany
1998 Tuning up #5, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Arterias, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Faszination Kunststoff, Deutsches Kunststoff Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
1997 Biennale, Venice
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Material Culture: The Object in British Art of the 1980 and ‘90s, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Finders/Keepers, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
Thirty-Five Years at Crown Point Press, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, USA
On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the Werner and Elaine Dannheisser Collection, Museum of
Modern Art, New York
Fundació „La Caixa“, Barcelona, Spain
Skulpturenpark, Köln, Germany
1996 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Britische Skulptur seit Henry Moore, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Art & Fashion, Biennale di Firenze, Florenz, Italy
1995 Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
The Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
1994 Figur Natur, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Entre la presència; la representació, Fundació 'La Caixa', Barcelona, Spain
Prospect / Retrospect, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain
Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Agostino e Patrizia Re Rebaudengo - Massimo Sandretto, Turin, Italy
1993 Biennale, Venice
Binaera, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
Sculpture in the little forest, Raanana, Israel
1992 Fundacao Serralves, Portugal
Fundacaio “La Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain
1991 The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA
Objects for the ideal home, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
1990 Signs of Life, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Culture and Commentary: An '80s Perspective, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, D.C.
The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1989 Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou et Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France
Britse Sculptuur 1960/1988 British Sculpture, Museum van Hedendagse Kunst, Antwerp, The
Netherlands
1988 Starlit Waters: British Sculpture, An International Art, 1968-1988, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Britannica: Vingt-Cinq Ans de Sculpture, Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre, The
Netherlands
Camouflage, Scottish Arts Council, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, UK; travelled
1987 Biennale, Venice
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
L'époque, la mode, la moral, la passion, Musée d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,
France
Anderer Leute Kunst, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Current Affairs: British Painting and Sculpture in the 1980s, British Council; travelled in Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and Poland
The Quiet Revolution: British Sculpture Since 1965, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago;
travelled
Juxtapositions, P.S.1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York
Edinburgh International, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
1986 Biennale, Venice
The Generic Figure, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Echo und Monumente Ihrer Präzision Reise, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Skulptur Sein, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
1985 Turner Prize Exhibition of Shortlisted Artists, Tate Gallery London, UK
7000 Eichen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
Die sich verselbständigenden Möbel - Objekte und Installationen von Künstlern, Von der Heydt
Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
18th Biennale, Antwerp, The Netherlands
Alles und noch viel mehr, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
The British Show, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; travelled
Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1984 An International Survey of recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The British Art Show, British Arts Council, UK; travelled
1983 The Sculpture Show, Hayward and Serpentine Galleries, London, UK
New Art, Tate Gallery, London, UK
Truc et Troc, Leçons des Choses, ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Transformations - New Sculpture from Britain, XVII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil; travelled
Ars '83, Kunstmuseet Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
1982 Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
Aspects of British Art Today, Metropolitan Museum Tokyo; travelled
Indian Triennale; New Delhi, India
Art and Architecture, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Englische Plastik Heute/British Sculpture Now, Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland
Leçons des Choses, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; travelled
Kunst wird Material, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
1981 British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
1980 Nuova Immagine, Triennale, Milano, Italy
Aperto '80, Venice Biennale