Thomas Schütte is one of the most important artists of his generation. His installations, sculptures, models, drawings and watercolours take different and often contradictory forms. Schuette's art looks utilitarian offering sustenance, shelter and companionship yet delivers false promises and alien worlds. He uses a wide spectrum of colours and a range of materials to revision the basic constituents - natural, cultural, political - of everyday life whilst exploring fundamental question about the artist and society.
Thomas Schütte is one of two winners for the Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth project - Schütte's
sculpture, Model for a Hotel is currently on display. Each piece is to remain on the plinth for around 18 months. A show of the artist's early works can be seen at Leeds' Henry
Moore Institute until 6 January 2008. A solo exhibition earlier this year was the inaugural exhibition in Frith Street Gallery's new Golden Square location. Thomas Schütte was included in 2005's Venice Biennale where he was awarded The Golden Lion. He has had numerous exhibitions
in museums worldwide, most recently at
Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal. Others include Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum and ARC, Paris in 1990, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, the Musee d'Art Contemporain,
Nimes in 1994, the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1998 and three exhibitions at New York's DIA Centre for Contemporary Art between 1998 and 1999.
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Fourth Plinth: Thomas Schütte
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1954, Oldenburg
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2007 2006-07 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Jean Bernier Gallery,
Athens 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000-1 2000 1999 1998 1997 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1982 1981 AWARDS 2005 1998 1996 COMMISSIONS 2005 ©
2007 Frith Street Gallery
Fake/Function: Thomas Schütte Early Work, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Last Casts, Some Etchings, New Watercolours, Frith Street Gallery
Zeichnungen, Neues Museum, Nurnberg
Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
Krankenhaus, Kabinett fur aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Works on Paper, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
Faggionato Fine Art, London
One Man Houses, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Political Works, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Serralves
Thomas Schutte, Galerie Friedrich, Basel
Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Musee de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
K21, Düsseldorf, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
'Low Tide Wandering', Frith Street Gallery, London
'New Works', Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Frith Street Gallery, London
Thomas Schütte, Sammlung Goetz, München
Galerie Fischer, Düsseldorf
Kabinet Overholland, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Schlosspark Wendlinghausen, Gemeinde Doerentrup
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Bernier/Eliades, Athens
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
DIA Center for the Arts II + III, New York
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Fundacao Serralves, Oporto
De Pont Foundation, Tilburg
DIA Center for the Arts I, New York
Marian Goodman, New York
Marian Goodman, New York
Gebauer und Günther, Berlin
Lisson Gallery, London
Tucci Russo, Turin Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris
Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Musee d'Art contemporain, Nimes
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Marian Goodman, New York
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Jean Bernier, Athens
Tucci Russo, Turin Frederica Inghilleri, Mailand
Vereeniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris Kunstverein, Kassel
Marian Goodman, New York
Kunsthalle, Bern ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Marian Goodman, New York
Pietro Sparta, Chagney Musee de Calmecy, Calmecy
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris Tucci Russo, Turin
Christian Stein, Milan Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Jean Bernier, Athens
Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Lichthof im Westfälischen Landesmuseum, Münster
Museum Overholland, Amsterdam
Rudiger Schöttle, Munich
Philip Nelson, Lyon,
Paris Crousel-Hussenot, Paris
Tucci Russo, Turin
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris
Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris
Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
Jean Bernier, Athens
The Present: The Monique Zajfen Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
25th Anniversary, Galerie Nelson, Paris
Resonance, Frith Street Gallery, London
ArchiSkulptur/AquiEscultura, Fondation Beyeler, Guggenheim Bilbao & Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Von Mausen und Menschen, 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art
Espai public/Dues audiences - obres I documents de la Colleccoi Herbet,
El Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Print Run: An exhibition of Prints, Frith Street Gallery, London
Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourist's Eye, MCA, Chicago, Illinois then touring to Hayward Gallery, London
51st Venice Biennale
Eccentric Spaces, Frith Street Gallery, London
Fourth Plinth Commission, National Gallery London
'Grotesque!' Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
'A Sculpture Show', Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Startkapital (from the Ackermans Collection), K21 Kunstsammlung
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany, inaugural installation
The Galleries Show 2002, Royal Academy of Arts, London
'Stop Press: Beautiful Productions', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
'A Dialogue Interromptu', Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich
'Many Coloured Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Coloured
Objects: Works from the Collection of Annick and Anton Herbert', Casino
Luxembourg- Forum d'Art, Contemporain
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
'Dream City', Kunstverein München
Frith Street Gallery, London
Sammlung Ackermans, Xanten
'Zeitwenden' Kunstmuseum, Bonn
'Am Horizont', Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
Villa Merkel, Esslingen
'Breaking Ground', Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
'Jardin d'Artiste: de memoire d'arbre', Musee Zadkine, Paris
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel
Grazer Kunstverein
'Slight', Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
'Zuspiel:Thomas Schütte', Henrik Wolff, Kunstverein fur die Rheinande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
'Kunst...Arbeit', Sudwest LB, Stuttgart
Kunsthalle Bern
'Veronica's Revenge', Centre d'art Contemporain, Geneva
Gallery Siri Svetska, Prague
Centre d'art Contemporain Fridericianum, Kassel
Westfalisches Landesmuseum, Munster
Saatchi Gallery, London
Artisti Tedeschi - Castello di Rivara Collection No. 11, Casetllo di Rivara,
Turin
Le domaine du diaphane, Le Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain,
Bignan
France Architecture(s), CAPC Musee d'art contemporain, Bordeaux
Artistes/Architects, Nouveau Musee/Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne
Everything that's interesting is new, Deste Foundation, Athens
Marlene Dumas, Juan Munoz, Thomas Schütte, Frith Street Gallery, London
Nieuwe Beelden, Middelheim Park , Antwerp
Viaggo verso Citera, Casino Municipale, Venedig
The Sublime Void. On The Memory of the Imagination, Koninklijk Museum voor
Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Tisina Silence, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
Documenta IX, Friedrichsplatz, Kassel
El Mundo Imaginado, Casa del Monte, Madrid
Espacio Mental, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia
Possible Worlds, ICA and Serpentine Gallery, London
Weitersehen, Museum Haus Lange and Musem Haus Esters, Krefeld
Le Diaphane, Musee des Beaux Arts, Tourcoing
Bühnenstücke, Kunstverein München
Skulpturen für Krefeld I, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
Blickpunkte, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Schlaf der Vernunft, Fridericianum, Kassel
Förg Kiecol Mucha Schütte, Galerie Lia Rumma, Neapel
Raumbilder, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Juxtapositions, P.S.I., New York
Im Auftrag, Museum Folkwang, Essen
L'epoque ... la passion, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Bildhauerzeichnungen, Kunstverein Graz
Documenta 8, Kassel
Skulptur Projekte, Westfälisches Landesmuseum und Stadt, Munster
Sieben Skulpturen, Kölnisher Kunstverein Jenische-Park Skulptur, Hamburg
Correspondentie Europa, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Sie machen was sie wollen. Junge rheinische Kunst, Galerie Schipka,
Sofia Il Cangiante, Padiglione d'Art Contemporaneo, Mailand
The European Iceberg, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Rheingold, Palazzo della Societa Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin
Sonsbeek '86, Sonsbeek,
Arnheim 30 Jahre durch die Kunst, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
1945-1985 Kunst in der Bundersrepublik Deutschland, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin
Dispositif Sculpture, ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Der versiegelte Brunnen, Rotterdamse Kunsstichting, Rotterdam
c/o Haus Esters, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
von hier aus, Messegelaumlnde Halle 13, Düsseldorf
Ouverture, Castello di Rivoli, Turin 1983 Standort Düsseldorf,
Stadtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
Konstruierte Orte, Kunsthalle Bern
Rekonstruktion, Stadtische Galerie Regensburg
Sculpture from Germany, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
(0211), Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf Halle 6,
Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg
Art Allemagne Aujourd'Hui, ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,
Paris
Westkunst, Messehallen, Cologne
Golden Lion, 51st Venice Biennale
Kurt Schwitters Preis fur Bildende Kunst der Niederschsischen Sparkassenstiftung
Kunstpreis der Stadt Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Hotel for Birds, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London (installed Autumn 2007)
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