Jårg Geismar

1986-88 Studies at the The New School of Social Research/Parson School of Design,
New York/USA , Degree - MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
1980-86 Studies at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf/Germany
Degree – Meisterschüler
1978-80 Studies at Justus Liebig University Gießen
and Ruhr-University Bochum (both Germany)

2000 AIAV, Akiyoshidai /Japan scholarship / Artist in residence (c)
1997-98 IASPIS, Stockholm/Sweden, scholarship / Artist in residence
1993+95 Stiftung Kunst und Kultur des Landes NRW, Düsseldorf. scholarship
1993 Foundation Cartier, Jouy-en Josas/France, scholarship
1990 Kunstfonds.e.V., Bonn/Germany, scholarship
1986/87 DAAD scholarship for New York/USA

2015 "Delights" Galleri Fagerstedt, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 "once upon a dream" TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Dusseldorf
"feeling my own blood" Jiri Svestka Berlin
"tongue in face", C&H art space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 “unpredictable”, Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj Gradec,Slovenia
2010 “accidental meeting“, GEMAK, Den Haag, Holland
“Chaussures du Monde” Freemen Gallery, Aardenburg, NL
2009 “AQARIUM” Deutsch Japanisches Institut Berlin, (c)
2009 “COME CLOSER”, AUDI FORUM TOKYO, Tokyo (c)
2008 "with love from..." Gallery HAM, Nagoya, Japan
2007 "nothing fits, everything goes" Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
"Follow me or don t" PM Galeria Zagreb/Croatia (c)
“Phantasy”, TZR Gallery, Duesseldorf/Germany (c)
"Private Viewer", Gallery GEN, Tokyo
2006 "lost in berlin/lost in tokyo", A.R.T., Tokyo
2005 "by feet”, 7hours/Haus 19, Humbold Un./Berlin (c)
2004 "DAYDREAMING" Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
"Unwissen ist die phantasie des Wissens" GalleryRivet,Cologne
2003 "THE OPTIMISTS" Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm/Sweden (c)
2002 "Stille", 7hoursTURM/Märkisches Museum, Berlin/Germany
"Jarg är född här och min far dog här" BAC, Visby/Sweden (c)
" Without you", L.A.Gallery Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt/Germany
2000 "WE MEET IN:::" The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art and AIAV,
Yamaguchi/Japan (c)

2014 "Observations" Elisabeth Fagerstedt Gallery,Stockholm
"20 years Collection MAC" MAC Contemporary Art Museum Marseille and City Marseille, France curated by Thierry Ollat
"are we having fun", Lowdown Magazin, Berlin (c)
"Japonism in Contemporary Art" Nippon Gallery, New York, curated by Kyoko Sato Ono and Emil Memon
2013 “Le Pont” Cultural Capital Europe Marseille 2013, MAC Contemporary Art Museum Marseille and City Marseille, France curated by Thierry Ollat (c)
2012 “The Collector”, Uppsala Museum, Sweden, curated by Elisabeth Fagersted and Åsa Thornlund
2010 "Coup de Ville", Sint Niklaas, Belgium, curated by Jan Hoet and Stef van Bellingen, (c)
2008 "Triennale Prag", National Gallery Prague/Czech Republic (catalogue)
2007 "Attitude 2007", Kumamoto Museum, Kumamoto/Japan (catalogue)
"Die Kunst zu Sammeln", Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf /Germany, (c)
2006 "Flipbook", Foto Museum Provincie Antwerp/Belgium (catalogue)
"Klasse Kamp", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf/Germany (c)
2005 "without borders", IKG/ Museum of Modern Art Tallin/Estonia
"Daumen Kino" Kunsthalle Düsseldorf /Germany (c)
"on conceptual clothing" Kirishima Museum, Kagoshima Prefecture/Japan (c)
2004 “UNtitled”, Vienna International Center, Vienna/Austria
"on conceptual clothing",Musashino Library Museum,Tokyo
"Black and White" Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln/Germany
2002 "Formen der Gewalt", Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Köln/Germany
2001 1. Biennale Tirana, "Escape", Tirana/Albania (c)
"Hotelit", Fort Asperen, Acquoy/Holland (c)
"Transfer" Bildmuseet Umeå/Sweden
2000/01 "Kabinett der Zeichnungen", Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen,
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle/ Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz,
Kunstverein Stuttgart/ all Germany (c)
2000 "You never live twice",Elzeveld, Antwerpen/Belgium (c)
7. Biennale di Venezia/ architecture, Swiss Pavillon, Venice/Italy

The Prefectural Yamaguchi Museum of Art, Yamaguchi/Japan
The Musashino Library Museum, Tokyo/Japan
Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto/Japan
AIAV, Akiyoshidai/Japan
MAC Museum of Contemporary Art Marseille, France,
City Gävle/Sweden
Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf/Germany
The Artists Museum Lodz, Poland

And private Collections in Japan
USA and Europe.

2015 Müller, Bertram. "In Düsseldorf ist alles ein bischen zu brav",
Rheinische Post, Cultural section C3, Düsseldorf
2014 Nitulescu, Maria. "Interview with Jårg Geismar" in Positive Berlin, Berlin
2013 Haase, Amine. "Blickpunkt: Frankreich" Kunstforum International Bd. 223 , Bonn
Schachter, Kenny and Smolik, Noemi in THE RED LINE; Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart
2012 Rönnau, Jens. "Jårg Geismar" Kunstforum International Bd. 216, Germany
2011 Quaroni, Grazia. "ESSENCE" cat. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2008 Galloway, David. "Jårg Geismar" ARTnews, New York,
2007 Minamishima, Hiroshi. "House of Human Beings", Visual Production,
Vol.4/07, Shanghai/China
Birmingham, Lucy "State of Art” Metropolis, Tokyo/Japan
Mance, Ivana. "Jarg Geismar", Zarez no.204, Zagreb/Croatia
Perica, Blazenka. . "Follow me or don t", Text for exhibition, Zagreb/Croatia
Di Pietro, Monty. "Breaking into a drinkers tea club", The Japanese Times, Tokyo
2006 Neumaier, Otto. "Kommunikation über Nicht-Kommunikation",
frame no. 18/19, Vienna/Austria
Hirano, Itaro. "Lost in Berlin/Lost in Tokyo", Museum News No 25, Saitama/Japan
Thornlund, Åsa. "Betraktarpositioner och det teatralika",Text about the Positions of the viewer and the theatrical production as performative in artworks by Rafael Lozano Hemmer, Jårg Geismar and Yoko Ono, Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden
Rönnau, Jens. "by feet", Kunstforum International, Bonn/Germany
2005 Vogel, Sabiene. "Daydreaming" Artforum International, New York/USA
2004 Neumaier, Otto. frame, Vienna/Austria
2003 Paolo Bianchi. "Garbage Cans"s Kunstforum International Bd. 167,/Germany
Raap, Jürgen. "Jårg Geismar" Kunstforum International Bd. 165,/Germany
Karlstam, Christina. "I Jårg Geismar underbara värld" Uppsala Nya Tidning, Sweden
Poellinger, Clemens."Hela konsthallen blir ett konstverk",Svenska Dagblad, Stockholm
Olofsson, Anders. "Jårg Geismar", Konsten.net, Stockholm/Sweden
Bergbom, Kalle. "Jårg Geismar vill få Stockholm ..." Situation, Stockholm/Sweden
Olofsson, Anders. "Jårg Geismar The Optimists på Liljevalchs konsthall"
Konstperspektiv, Stockholm/Sweden
Rubin, Brigitta, "Optimist som vill öppna staden", Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm
Nilsson, John Peter. "Titta, en optimist! Eller...?", Aftonbladet, Stockholm/Sweden
Ericsson , Lars O. "Krönika" Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm/Sweden
2002 Nord, Malin. "Jårg är tillbaka vid sitt minnes rötter", GT/Visby/Sweden
Leino, Per. "Jårg Geismar hittar sin plats i tid och rum", GA /Visby/Sweden
Raap, Jürgen. "Essen un Trinken I+II", Kunstforum International
bd 159+160/Germany
Haase, Armine. "Traurige Aktualität" Kölnischer Stadtanzeiger/Germany
Deschka, Katharina. "Signalrote Erinnerungen",
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/Germany
2001 Neumaier, Otto. "Querweltein", frame, Vienna/Austria
Casadio, Mariuccia. "Elsewhere.1a biennale di tirana sett.01"Vogue Italia
Kempe, Jessica. "Nomadiska erfarenheter" Dagens Nyheter /Sweden
2000 Raap, Jürgen. "Jårg Geismar" Kunstforum International, Köln/Germany
Kobayashi, Kiyoto. „Dualität der Kabel“, Yomiuri Shinbun Newspaper, Fukuoka

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