INGO GÜNTHER
Born in Dortmund, Germany, 1957. Lives and works in New York
Education:
1977-1978 Studied sculpture at University Kassel, Germany
1977-1978 Studied Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
1978-1982 Received MFA at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
1983 Meisterschueler (post grad year)/Prof Nam June Paik, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
Solo Exhibitions (Selection):
2009
Chiba Science Center, Chiba City, Japan
2008
Expocenter, Tsukuba, Japan
2007
Nagoya Science Center
2006
Tokyo National University for Fine Arts and Music, Japan
IFC, Washington DC
Ingo Günther , Staedtisches Museum Jena, Germany
Kanagawa Prefectural Science Center, Japan
2005
Chia-yi, Taiwan, Republic of China [cat.]
Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen , Germany [cat.]
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
2003
Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
2001
Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York
2000
Autostadt Wolfsburg, Germany (permanent)
Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York
1999
Gallery 57, CAMBRIDGE ARTS COUNCIL Cambridge, Ma, USA [cat.]
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen [cat.] stroom, The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands
1998
Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Germany [cat.]
Gallery Sho, Tokyo, Japan
1997
Sala 1, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
P3 art and environment, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Cisternen under Sondermarken, Copenhagen
P3 ART and Environment, Tokyo
Stadtgalerie Saarbruecken
1995
Wewerka Pavillon, Muenster, Germany
Hawerkamphalle, Muenster, Germany
1994
Galerie Fricke, Dusseldorf, Germany
1993
Galerie am Schwanenteich, Schwerin, Germany
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
1992
P3 ART and Environment, Tokyo
1991
Weisser Raum Gallery, Hamburg
Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
141 Gallery, Sendai, Japan
Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
1990
P3-Museum, Tokyo [cat.]
1989
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg [cat.]
Galerie Magers, Bonn
Galerie Schneider, Frankfurt
1987
New Langton Arts, San Francisco
ELAC, Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon
1986
Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany
1985
Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1983
Anthology Film Archives, New York
1982
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany
Group Exhibitions (Selection):
2009
Triple Candie, Harlem, NY
University Gallery of SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
Iwaki City Museum, Iwaki, Japan
Hakodate Science Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen
2008
Light in Sight, ICC (InterCommunicationCenter) Tokyo, Japan
Everyday Ideologies - Alltag, Kunstmseum Magdeburg, Germany
Visite: Contemporary Art in Germany, Kunst- un Ausstellungshall, Bonn, Germany
Digifest, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
German Months, Gallery Sho, Tokyo, Japan
Science Mapping, Oakridge, Tennessee, Beijing National Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
40jahrevideokunst.de MAMCS, Strasbourg, France
2007
Negatec, Espacio Fundacion Telefonica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Visite: Contemporary Art in Germany, Bozar, (Palais des Beaux-Arts) Brussels, Belgium [cat.]
Global Eyes, SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
24|7 - twentyfour hours seven days a week arteversum, Düsseldorf
2006
The Future of Communication, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
Science Mapping, New York Public Library, New York, NY
Edge Condition, (ISEA, ZERO ONE) San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Museum Doku Malkasten, Düsseldorf
Code Blue, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
40 Years of Video Art. (40jahrevideokunst.de) K21 Kunstsammlung, Nordrhei Westfalen - im Ständehaus, Dusseldorf, Die 60er, Kunsthalle Bremen; update06 Lenbachhaus, München; Revision.zkm ZKM, Karlsruhe; Revision.ddr Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig working world,net, Steyer Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr, Austria
Schattenspiel - Eine Hommage an Hans Christian Andersen, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
2005
Musee de la civilization, Quebec City, Canada
Shadow Game, Odense, Danmark [cat.]
Yokohama Trienniale, Yokohama, Japan [cat.]
KRIEG - MEDIEN - KUNST (War - Media - Art) Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, + Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Atomica, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
2004
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, "Art- Immigration- Utopia"
Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, New York, "Social Capital - Forms of Interaction"
War Media Art, Municipal Gallery (Kiel, Delmenhorst, Bietigheim) Germany
Gigantic Art Space (GAS), New York "Gigatisism"
VIDEO - Bildsprache des 21. Jahrhunderts NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf
science + fiction Forschungszentrum caesar, Bonn
Masterpieces of Media Art from the Collection of the Center for Art and Media, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germamy
Video Sculpture in Germany, National Gallery, Bangkok
2003
Museum of Natural Science, Reutlingen, "Water"
ZKM Center for Arts and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, MediaLab, Madrid, "bankett/banquet 'Metabolism and Communication'"
Sprengel Museum, Hanover; Hygienemuseum, Dresden; Bonn, Germany, Stockholm, Sweden, "Science + Fiction"[cat.]
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen "The Void - Infinity Beyond our Comprehension?" [cat.]
Deaf O3, Data Knitting, V2, Rotterdam, NL [cat.]
re: LEVIATHAN - Visuelle Formierungen von staatlicher Macht, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
2002
First Chinese Soviet Party Headquarters, Long March Foundation, New York and Beijing,"Long March Walking Exhibition"
Jacob Javitz Convention Center, New York [cat.]
"Politk-um", Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, "Demeter" [cat.]
bilder/codes - Internationaler Medienkunstpreis 1992-2002 ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2001
Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York
Jacob Javitz Convention Center, New York (International Aid and Trade/United Nations Office for Project Services; UNOPS)
British Council, Brussels, "Journeys in Between"
2000
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland [cat.]
Video Sculpture in Germany Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev
1999
Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany; 'Sonne Mond und Sterne' [cat.]
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany; 'Connected Cities' [cat.]
Obayashi Gumi, Tokyo (permanent) [cat.]
Rewind to the Future, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany
1998
Kunsthaus Bregenz, "Atlas /Mapping" [cat.]
Werkleitz Biennale - sub fiction Werkleitz Biennale, Halle (Saale)
1997
Hara Museum, Tokyo [cat.]
Kunsthaus Linz, Austria, "Atlas /Mapping" [cat.]
Cartographers, Zagreb, Croatia [cat.]
Singapore Art Museum [cat.]
1996
Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain
Guggenheim Museum, New York [cat.]
1995
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany [cat.]
Neues Mueum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany [cat.]
UN-World Climatic Conference, Berlin [cat.]
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art [cat.]
Visible Museum, NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo [cat.]
1994
Intl. Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany [cat.]
Moderna Musseet, Stockholm "Global Change" [cat.]
Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, "Multiple Dimensions"[cat.]
Fotofest 94, George Brown Cenvention Center, Houston [cat.]
Kronenbourg Ferry,"A Project for Europe", Copenhagen, Denmark [cat.]
MinimaMedia, Leipzig, Germany [cat.]
1993
Kunsthalle Wien, "Binaera" [cat.]
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool [cat.]
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany, "Kunst im Weltmasstab" [cat.]
NGBK Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (public projects), Berlin, "integral" [cat.]
ZKM, Karlsruhe, "Multimediale" [cat.]
Orangerie Charlottenburg Castle, Berlin [cat.]
1992
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Gallery Eigen & Art, Berlin [cat.]
Museum Lueneburg, Germany [cat.]
Kunsthalle Rostock Germany," Baltic Biennal" [cat.]
Sevilla World Expo, Spain,"Tierra de Nadie" [cat.]
Musee d' Issel, Bruessel, "The Binary Era" [cat.]
Fondation Miro, Barcelona, Spain, "Moving Image" [cat.]
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Austr.,"Humpty Dumpty's Kaleidoscope"[cat.]
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, "Global Change/Erdsicht" [cat.]
1991
Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea [cat.]
Sezon Museum of Art, Karuizawa, Japan [cat.]
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria [cat.]
"Europe Unknown" Krakow, Poland [cat.]
Fukui Biennial, Japan [cat.]
Leipzig, Germany, "Zone D" [cat.]
NTT Tel-Net, Kanto Praefektur/Tokyo, "The Museum Inside the Telephone Network" [cat.]
Museum Bolzano Opus 13: [cat.]
Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France, "La Vitesse" [cat.]
1990
Kutscherhaus Gallery, Berlin
Diamanti, Ferrara [cat.]
Budapest/H; Kunsthalle Mucsarnok
1989
Kunstmuseum Duesseldorf
Kunstmuseum Leipzig [cat.]
Akademie der Kuenste Berlin [cat.]
Artec, Nagoya, Japan
1988
"Universalpoesien" Kunstmuseum Duesseldorf, Kunstverein Hamburg, Nationalmuseum Nuernberg, [cat.]
Palast Kulturi, Centrum Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland [cat.]
Kunsthaus/Kunstverein Hamburg, "Arbeit in Geschichte - Geschichte in Arbeit" ("Work on History - History in Work")[cat.]
1987
documenta, Kassel ('d8') [cat.]
1986
Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria [cat.]
Powerplant, Toronto, Canada
1985
National Gallery, "German Art 1945 - 1985" Westberlin [cat.]
Pallazzo Promotrice Delle Belli Arti, Turin, "Rheingold" [cat.]
1984
Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, "Art and Media" [cat.]
Venice Biennial, Intl Pavillion , "Arte, Ambiente, Scena" [cat.]
University Gallery of Quebec, Montreal, "Video 84" [cat.]
1983
Museum of Modern Arts, New York
National Gallery, Westberlin [cat.]
1982
Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Lenbach-Haus,Munich [cat.]
1981
Kunstakademie/Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
Public and Private Commissions:
2009 Tochiji Zen Temple, Tokyo, Japan
2008 CIRC, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007 Town of Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Viet Nam,
2006 IFC, International Finance Corporation (a division of the World Bank), Washington DC
2005 UNDP United Nations Development Program New York. Human Development Report
2003 UNDP United Nations Development Program, 55 Nation Ministerial Conference, Kiev, Ukraine
2000 Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany
1999 Obayashi Intercity, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
1995 Hiroshima City Museum of Art, Hiroshima
1995 hinchosha: 72 Covers for Foresight Monthly Magazine
1995 Intercommunication Center (ICC) Tokyo, Japan
1992 The United Multicultural City States of the World (The Shape of Cities in the Future) ICC Tokyo (http://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic000/gunther/gunther_e.html)
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2006 German representative, Hoi An Sculpture Festival, Vietnam
2003 Sprengel Prize, Hanover, Germany
2000 Fellow, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
1999 Cambridge City Council
1997 ZKM/Siemens Media Art Award
EXTENSION
Hamburger Kunsthalle „Das Netz als Material und Gegenstand" (w/ Spiegel online, Der Spiegel Magazine)
1996 Stankowski Foundation Award
1993 Deutscher Videokunstpreis 1992 Zentrum für Kunst- und Medientechnologie [ZKM], Südwestfunk [SWF]
1991 Fine Arts Award of the State of North-Rhein-Westphalia
1988 Kunstpreis Glockengasse, Cologne
Ars Viva Stipendium" (BDI) German Industrial Association, Hamburg
1987 Research Grant: Kunstfonds [National Endowment for the Arts] Germany
1986 German National Fellowship Foundation
1984 German National Fellowship Foundation
DAAD Grant
1983 Award of the Westphalian Art Society, Muenster
P.S. One Residency, New York
Lectures:
2009 ZKM Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, Germany
2008 Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku)
MEDEAVAC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 Performa, China Institute, New York, NY
Siggraph, San Diego, CA
2006 Indiana University, Bloomington; School of Library and Information Science
Keynote, Code: Blue, Confluence of Currents, China Millennium Monument/Beijing World Art Museum
Keynote, ICC Symposium, InterCommunication Center, Tokyo
Shizuoka Art Festival
2005 Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
PopTech, Camden, ME (October)
The Art Festival of the Tropic of Cancer Chiayi, Taiwan
2004 Yale University, Dept of Architecture New Haven, CT
Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, NL
Gejutsu Daigaku (Tokyo University of the Arts), Tokyo
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
PUSH Conference, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2003 DEAF 03, V2, Rotterdam, NL
2002 Gejutsu Daigaku (National University of Art), Tokyo
Future University, Hakodate, Japan
Sapporo University, Japan
2000 World Economic Forum, Presentations, Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum, Lecture, Davos,
Switzerland
ANYTHING, ANY conference, Guggenheim Museum, New York
mainzer tage der fernseh-kritik: Krieg mit Bildern, German TV, Mainz
Journeys in Between, British Council/Goethe Institute, Brussels
International Walter Benjamin Society, Barcelona, Spain
1998 Keynote, Ars Electronica, "Infowar", Linz, Austria
1996 Gejutsu Daigaku (National University of Art), Tokyo
V2, De Balie, Rotterdam
Next 5 Minutes, Paradiso, Amsterdam
1995 University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1994 Musashino University, Tokyo, Japan;
Spellman College, Atlanta, GA
Fotofest, Houston, TX
Marstall, Munich
1992 ANYWHERE, (Any- conference / Architecture New York) Yufuin, Kyushu, Japan
1991 Ecole des Beaux Ars, Paris
Fukui Video Biennial, Japan
Intl. Short Film Festival, Oberhausen
1990 Free Intl. University, Tokyo
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
The Media is with us - Soros Foundation Fine Arts Documentation Center Budapest, Hungary
Symposium "Interface", Hamburg
1989 Panel "Reality/ Non-Reality Interface: Explosion/
Implosion, Delicate Technology, Tokyo, Japan
1988 University Gesamthochschule Kassel
1986 Lecture at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Publications:
2005
Ingo Günther World Processor, Chiayi County Government, 120 pages (Taiwan,
ROC, 2005) GPN 1009402328 / ISBN 986-00-1907-X [monographic book]
1991
Ingo Günther, World Processor, "56 Faces of the Earth".(Shogakukan, Tokyo) [book] 100 pages [monographic book]
1999
Günther, Ingo, "Refugee Republic" (Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA 1999) [monographic brochure]
1998
Ingo Günther: Republik.com 172 pages with color images and essays by Konrad Becker, Dieter Daniels, Peter Friese, Ingo Günther, Susanne Rennert,
Takashi Serizawa, and Stephan von Wiese Published by Cantz - ISBN 3-89322-948-5 - Distribution in the US :D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers (Stuttgart, Cantz, 1998) [monographic book]