Dirk Bell
Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | BQ, Berlin |
| 2019 | ‘Lich’, BQ, Berlin |
| 2016 | ‘Café No no’, BQ, Berlin |
| ‘Preparadise’, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 291 Grand Street, New York | |
| 2015 | ‘Delay’, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton |
| 2014 | ‘NOWhere’, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
| ‘Wiederkehrt’, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim | |
| 2013 | ‘Ich habe Zeit’, Fürstenberg Zeitgenössisch, Donaueschingen |
| ‘Peas & Thyme’, CAPRI, Düsseldorf | |
| ‘SCHÖN UND GUT’, BQ, Berlin | |
| 2012 | ‘SOFT IS HARD (Work)’, Sadie Coles HQ, London |
| Helena Papadopoulos/Andreas Melas, Athens (with Frederic Detjens and Marcus Steinweg) | |
| 2011 | ‘Retour’, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
| The Modern Institute, 14–20 Osborne Street, Glasgow (Touring to Sadie Coles HQ, London; and Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead) | |
| 2010 | ‘MADE IN GERMANY’, The Modern Institute, 14–20 Osborne Street, Glasgow, Touring exhibition: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2010 - 2011); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2010); The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2010) (Touring to Sadie Coles HQ, London; and Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead ) |
| ‘Paradise Lost’, Kunstverein Arnsberg (with Juliette Blightman) | |
| ‘PANIKEARTH’, BQ, Berlin | |
| 2009 | ‘Li've is Li've’, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin |
| ‘7 x 14’, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden | |
| 2008 | ‘Openeng’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| 2007 | BQ, Cologne |
| 2006 | The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow |
| Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven | |
| 2005 | BQ, Cologne |
| 2003 | The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow |
| BQ, Cologne | |
| 2002 | Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| 2001 | BQ, Cologne |
| 2000 | ‘One day it will all make sense’, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow (with F. Kunath) |
| 1999 | ‘Seekers at the gate of dawn’, hobbypop museum, Dusseldorf (with A. Reyle) |
| 1998 | ‘Why are my friends such finks’, BQ, Cologne (with F. Kunath) |
| Sadie Coles HQ, London | |
| Sadie Coles HQ, London | |
| The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow | |
| Kunstverein Arnsberg | |
| BQ, Cologne | |
| Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich | |
| 1996 | ‘Migrateurs’, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | ‘Full of Days’, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen |
| 2021 | ‘INTIM/E’, Galerie Wedding, Berlin |
| 2020 | ‘Scalable Skeletal Escalator’, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich |
| ‘Studio Berlin 2020’, Berghain, Berlin | |
| ‘Rohstoff Pouquoi’, BQ, Berlin | |
| 2018 | ‘Sympathie’, Centre d´art, Neuchatel, Switzerland (curated by Martin Jakob) |
| ‘Why are my friends such finks’, BQ, Berlin | |
| 2017 | ‘Aftermieter’, Haus Mödrath |
| 2016 | ‘Passion. Fan Behaviour and Art’, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel |
| ‘Die Geschichte hat einen Fehler, zuviele Erzähler!’, Kunstverein Gütersloh | |
| ‘Passion. Fan Behaviour and Art’, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest | |
| 2014 | ‘Painting, Poetry, Pottery’, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig |
| ‘Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße’, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen | |
| ‘The Crime Was Almost Perfect’, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan | |
| ‘The Crime Was Almost Perfect’, Witte de With, Rotterdam (Touring to Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan ) | |
| 2013 | ‘Zeichen. Sprache. Bilder - Schrift in der Kunst seit den 1960er Jahren’, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe |
| ‘Girls Can Tell’, Gesellschaft Fur Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen | |
| ‘Property of a German’, Svit, Prague | |
| ‘Dirk Bell, Nina Rhode, Markus Wirthmann’, BQ, Berlin (Offsite, Pavillon der Volksbuehne) | |
| ‘Merci Mercy’, 980 Madison Avenue, New York | |
| 2011 | ‘Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany’, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| ‘Melanchotopia’, Witte de With, Rotterdam | |
| 2010 | ‘A moving plan B-Chapter ONE’, The Drawing Room / Tannery Arts, London |
| ‘The Menippean Uprising’, blank projects, Cape Town | |
| ‘Under One Umbrella’, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway | |
| ‘Old Ideas’, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel | |
| ‘Enlightenment’, Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V, Berlin | |
| 2009 | ‘Berlin 2000’, Pace Wildenstein, New York |
| ‘You will miss me when I burn’, St. Mount Gomery, Berlin | |
| ‘freier Fall - Magazin für Befindlichkeit’, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe | |
| ‘modern modern’, Chelsea Art Museum, New York | |
| 2008 | MD 72, Berlin |
| ‘Das zweite Gesicht’, Sammlung Sudhausbau, Munich | |
| ‘Vertrautes Terrain. Aktuelle Kunst in/uber Deutschland. Collectors' Choice’, ZKM Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe | |
| 2007 | ‘Pure Self Expression’, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne |
| ‘Every eye sees differently as the eye’, The Drawing Room / Tannery Arts, London | |
| 2006 | ‘Freier a magazine for sensibilities’, Art:Concept, Paris |
| ‘STARSHIP Magazine shows: Fini Fichte Black Flag’, Future Garden, Vienna | |
| ‘Sommer Photo Ausstellung’, Galerie Meerrettich im Glaspavillon der Volksbühne, Berlin | |
| ‘Dirk Bell, Kitty Kraus, Ulrico Wulff’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York | |
| ‘Bonanza’, Tilton Gallery, New York | |
| 2005 | ‘The Third Peak’, Art:Concept, Paris |
| ‘Starship - Verdunklung/Darkening’, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart | |
| ‘Blake & Sons’, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork | |
| 2004 | ‘Pollenflug. Junge Kunst aus Sammlungen in Cologne und Umgebung auf der Art Cologne’, Art Cologne, Cologne |
| ‘Starship. Space Debris’, Buero DC, Cologne | |
| ‘Is one thing better than another’, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne | |
| ‘Sommer Photo Ausstellung’, Galerie Meerrettich im Glaspavillon der Volksbühne, Berlin | |
| ‘Jetzt und zehn Jahre davor’, Kunst-Werke, Berlin | |
| ‘Der späte Liebhaber’, Neue Dokumente, Berlin | |
| ‘Kunst macht Schule - l’art fait ecole’, Saarland Museum, Saarbruecken; Caves Saint Croix, Metz | |
| ‘Werkleitz Biennale’, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Halle | |
| 2003 | ‘Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei’, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt |
| ‘Vom Horror der Kunst’, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz | |
| ‘Painting on the Roof’, Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach | |
| ‘EU3 - Drawing’, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London | |
| ‘Dirty Pictures’, The Approach, London | |
| ‘Minerals in the Water’, The Changing Room, Stirling | |
| 2002 | ‘Grosse Kunstausstellung Sommer 2002 im Pazifik’, PAZIFIK, Berlin |
| ‘Tiere 2003’, Wohnung der Eheleute Hermann & Elfriede Palme, Immenstadt | |
| ‘Friede, Freiheit, Freude’, Maschenmode Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin | |
| Roma Roma Roma, Rome | |
| 2001 | ‘1995-2001’, BQ, Cologne |
| ‘Viva November’, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg | |
| ‘Circle Nr. 5: Berlin - Montagna Sacra’, ZKM Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe | |
| 2000 | ‘Malerei VI’, Monika Sprueth Galerei, Cologne |
| Parking Meters, Cologne | |
| ‘Make my paper sound’, Studiogalerie Kunstverein Braunschweig | |
| 1997 | ‘Aura’, Ars Futura, Zurich |
| ‘Uberraschung (Surprise II)’, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg | |
| 1995 | ‘Malerei III’, Monika Sprueth Galerei, Cologne |
| 1994 | ‘The easiest thing to grow in a garden is tired’, Galerie Peters-Bahrenbrock, Braunschweig |
Bibliography
Press
| 2013 | Borcherdt, Gesine: ‘Sies + Höke eröffnen den Non-Profit-Space CAPRI‘, Blouin Artinfo, 12/04/2013 |
| 2004 | Higgie, Jennifer: ‘Night for Day’, Frieze, Issue 80 01/2004 |
Exhibition Reviews
| 2013 | ‘Dirk Bell: Schon und Gut’, Art + Auction, 04/2013 |
| Connor, Angela: ‘Dirk Bell: The Devil is in the Details’, Berlin Art Link, 12/02/2013 | |
| Dessau, Ory: ‘Dirk Bell’, Frieze, 08/02/2013 | |
| 2012 | Sherwin, Skye: ‘Artist of the Week: 190’, Guardian.co.uk, 17/05/2012 |
| ‘Dirk Bell “SOFT IS HARD (Work)†at Sadie Coles HQ, London’, Mousse, 04/2012 | |
| 2011 | Clegg, James: ‘Reviews’, Art Review, 04/2011 |
| ‘15 Days To Live - the things to catch this fortnight: Dirk Bell at TMI featured number 3’, The List, Issue 676 03/02/2011 | |
| Kotzé, Talitha: ‘Review, Installation: Dirk Bell’, The List, Issue 676 03/02/2011 | |
| 2010 | Moss, Richard: ‘Made in Germany - Dirk Bell is ephermeral and lyrical at Baltic’, Culture 24, 22/10/2010 |
| ‘German artist at Baltic’, The Evening Chronicle, 13/10/2010 | |
| ‘Berlin artist‘s Baltic display’, The Evening Chronicle, 04/10/2010 | |
| ‘Dirk Bell: Made in Germany BALTIC’, www.kyeo.tv, 10/2010 | |
| 2009 | ‘Pressemitteilung Dirk Bell‘, Schinkel Pavillon, 09/2009 |
| Strau, Josef: ‘Li‘ve im Licht der Allegorischen Partizipationsbuhne’, 7 x 14, 2009 | |
| 2008 | Hudson, Suzanne: ‘Dirk Bell: Gavin Brown‘s Enterprise’, Artforum, 04/2008 |
| 2006 | Hamill, Jasper: ‘Dirk Bell’, The Skinny, Issue 9 06/2006 |
| McDermott, Leon: ‘Art Review: Dirk Bell’, The Metro, 26/05/2006 | |
| Mottram, Jack: ‘Dirk Bell’, The List, 25/05/2006 | |
| 2003 | Mottram, Jack: ‘Dirk Bell’, The List, 06/2003 |
| Lowndes, Sarah: ‘Dirk Bell, Kate Davis, Alan Michael’, Frieze, Issue 75 05/2003 |
Publications
| 2015 | Retour, Koenig Books, London |
| 2011 | -, Pinakothek der Moderne |
| 2007 | 69, (monograph), Kunstverein Bremerhaven, BQ, Bremerhaven, Cologne (Fire and Ice) |
| Family Entertainment – "Tod und Teufel", BQ, Cologne | |
| 2005 | Dirk Bell, (monograph), BQ, Cologne |
| 2003 | Diamond Paper, |
| Vol. one. Dirk Bell, (monograph), BQ, Cologne | |
| 2001 | Darling, BQ, Cologne (Version 2001 by Mo (EMD), 7" vinyl record) |
| Darling, (monograph), BQ, Cologne |
Exhibition Publications
| 2010 | A moving plan B – chapter ONE, The Drawing Room, London |
| 2009 | Being and Nothingness, Light&Sie, Dallas |
| Berlin 2000, PaceWildenstein, Berlin | |
| 2005 | Sodium & Asphalt, Museo de arte Contempoánea de Monterrey, Mexico |
| 2004 | La Partie Continue, Le crédac - Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry, (ed.) |
| 2003 | Minerals in the Water, The Changing Room, Stirling |
| Volume One, BQ, Cologne (Visual Essay) | |
| 1998 | morning star evening star, 200 Gertrude Street & Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne |
| Why are my friends such finks? Dirk Bell / Friedrich Kunath, BQ, Cologne |