Joachim Koester cv
1962 Born in Copenhagen, Denmark


Solo Exhibitions

2006
The Magic Mirror of John Dee, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Unseen Influences, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
CASM, Center d'Art Sata Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Morning of the Magicians, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

2005
Venice Biennale (The Danish Pavilion)
Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels
Gallery Greene Naftali, New York

2004
De Verbeelding, Museum Zeewolde, Holland

2002
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels

2001
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
Capecete Projects, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2000
Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels
Arnolfini, Bristol, England

1999
AstrupFearnley Museet, Oslo
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York;
Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1998
INOVA, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels

1997
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

1996
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

1994
The agency, London
Ynglingagatan, Stockholm
Traneudstilling, Gentofte kunstbibliotek, Gentofte, Denmark

Group Exhibitions

2006
5 Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Prophets of Deceit, The Wattis Insittute, San Francisco, USA
Strange Powers, curated by Petter Elley & Laura Hoptman, NY, USA
Busan Biennale, Korea
Momentum, Moss, Norway
Les rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
A Secret Service, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom
The Known and the Unknown, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
First the Artist Defines Meaning, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
Invisible Worlds, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
Mission: Reality, Museet for samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
Again for Tomorrow, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom

2005
Some trees, Neue Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
Baby Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Some Trees, Staatlicher Kunstsammlungen Dresden
The Need To Document, Kunstlerhaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Black Market Worlds, 9th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius
Today is just a copy of yesterday, Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels
Skyggen, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø, Denmark
Message from Andrée, Andrée Museet, Granna, Sweden
3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Malmø Konsthal, Malmø
Woods, Kunsthaus Muerzzuschlag, Austria
Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2004
Home Extension, University Art Museum, Albany, New York, USa
3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, CAC, Villnius, Lithuania
Describtions, Iaspis Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Teritories, Malmø Konsthal, Malmø, Sweden
The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania, USA
The Past Recaptured, CCS Museum, Bard College, USA
Rear View Mirror, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, UK

2003
Territories, Witte de With, Rotterdam
To Find a Home, SeARCH, Amsterdam
Cloudless: Bard College, USA
The Portable Artist: Instituto Mexico, Paris
Prophetic Corners: Contemporary Art Biennial, Iasi, Romania.
Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art: Kiel, Germany.
Le beau corps de la memoire. Musee des arts contemporains, Hornu. Belgium
Tomos Somos pecadores, Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterry, Mexico.
De bortbjudna, Rooseum, Malmø
Sound Systems, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria.
The Ten Year Anniversary Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Chp.
Territories, Kunstwerke, Berlin
Fra objektiv til objekt, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen

2002
New Acquisitions. Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, England
New Space: Opening Show. Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels.
Out of Place; Contemporary Art and the Architectural Uncanny Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Pictures, Gallery Greene/Naftali, New York
Eight Nordic Stories". Centro Galego de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Todos somos pecadores, The Museo Tamayo. Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City.
Confiture demain, confiture hier mais jamais, confiture aujourd’hui. Center of Art, Sete - France

2001
Greenland as Image, The National Photomuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Waste Land, Osterreichiscue Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
New Acquisitions, Malmo Konst Museum, Malmo, Sweden
Present compose, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada
Group Show, Gallerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000
Another Place, Tramway Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
North, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria
Dirty Realism, Robert Pearre Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
Trailer, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York1999 Group Show, Nordiske Klassikere, Bergen Kunstforening, Norge
H:MIN:SEC, Kunstraum Inssbruck, Austria
Close-Up, Nikolai Kike, Copenhagen
L.A. International, Blum & Poe Gallery, Los Angeles
You Assume Certain Places Exists, Gallery Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels
Edstrandska Stiftelsens Konstnarsstipendiater 1999, Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
Le Grand Praemiere Opening Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Cinema Cinema - Contemporary Art and the Cinematic Experience, Van AbbeMUSEUM, Holland
Blondes on Bikes, Newsantandrea, Savona, Italy
Public-Private, MonteVideo/TBA, Amsterdam, Holland

1998
Young Danish Artists, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, Belgium Nordic Nomads, White Columns, NY
Lost Paradise, Galeria Presenca, Portugal
H- -MIN- -SEC, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Koln, Germany
Somethings Rotten, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Germany
In Visible Light, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsamlung, Vaduz, Liechetnestein
Contemporary Art from Denmark & Sweden, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
This Side of the Ocean, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Narrative Urge, curated by Catsou Roberts, Uppsala Konstmusem, Sweden
Nuit Blanche, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Exterminating Angel, curated by Joshua Decter, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Twilight, Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997
World Wide Videofestival, Stedelijk Museum and other locations in Amsterdam, Holland
Assorted Confabulations: Fiction and Interference, Consonni cent pratiques artistiques contemporaines, Bilboa, Spain
Nothing But Space - Media Art from Denmark, DASA, Dortmund
Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
The Louisiana Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa
Narrative Urge, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
1 Minute Scenario, Printemps de Cahors, France
Alikeness, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Heaven, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Human Conditions, Helsingfors Konsthall, Finland
Mapping and Instructions, Bricks and Kicks, Vienna
Double Bind, Enkehuset, Stockholm
In Synch, Spot Gallery, New York

1996
Disneyland After Dark, Kunstamt Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Escape Attempts, Curated by Globe, Copenhagen
Brekt Bein, Contemporary Danish Art, Kunstnemes Hus, Oslo
1995
Beyond the Borders, Kwangju Biennale, Korea
Disneyland After Dark, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden

1994
Glassbox, Malmo Konstmuseum, KM2, Sweden
Stain in Reality, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

1992
Baghuset, Arhus Kunstmusum, Denmark


Bibliography

2006
Blind Spots, by Hal Foster, Artforum, April, p. 212-217
New York Tales, by Andrea Bellini, Flash Art, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 243, p. 114-116
Skyggen – The Shadow (exh. Cat., Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Place, by Tacita Dean & Jeremy Millar, Room Four, Myth/History, p. 92-92

2005
Colin Martin, Surface Tensions, Nature – The International Weekly Journal of Science, 4 August 2005
Michael Wilson, review, Artforum, September 2005
Andrea K. Scott, In Between Days, TimeOut New York, May 12, 2000, page 73 - 74
Roberta Smith, Sandra of the Tuliphouse, The New York Times,
June 10, 2005

2004
Mark Wilsher, Rear View Mirror, Art Monthly, Nov.
Elizabeth Fischer, Rear View Mirror cat.
Sabine Russ, Row Housing, Home Extensions cat.

2003
Focus photography, Flash Art No 233, Nov-Dec 2003
Larsen, Lars Bang. “Joachim Koester’s Ice Narratology”, le récit #2, p. 72 – 80.
Royoux, Jean-Christophe, Towards a Post Cinematic Space-Time, Black Box Illuminated, Iaspis, Nifca, Propexus.

2002
Matthew Buckingham and Joachim Koester ”Points of Suspension”
October #100, 2002 p.55-63
Neuburger, Susanne. ”The Waste Land”, Camera Austria International Nr. 77/2002
Metzger, Rainer. The Waste Land”, Kunstforum International, Nr 158, Jan – Mar 2002.

2001
Lequex, Emanuelle, “ Les Aventures Du Capitaine Koester” , Le Monde Aden, March.
Baque, Dominique, Review, Art Press,May.
Michilaux, Olivier, “ Des images en quete de recits; Les Cineastes Straub at Huillet at l’artiste Joachim Koester an CNP”, Le Journal Des Arts, March 16-29, No. 123.
“ Au Mileu De Nulle Part; Joachim Koester se penche sur des extraterrestres”, Technikart, April, 2001.
Aurelle, Cedric, Review, Paris Photo, April – May.
Gaudel, Denis, “Joachim Koester, Jean-Marie Straub et Daniele Huillet”, Art Contemporain, May.

2000
Exley, Roy, “From Here to Betweenity”, Review, Parachute: Para-Para, Oct/Nov/Dec.
Atwell, Wendy Weil, “Joachim Koester: Northwood and Other Places”,
Artlies, Summer, p. 79.
Hegarty, Laurence, Review, Art Papers, September/October, p. 45-46.
Kern, Kristine, “Beyond Recognition: Joachim Koester’s Arctic
explorations”, Katalog, Spring.
Goddard, Dan R., “Mix of lens and light creates what it’s not”, San Antonio
Express-News, July 9.
Grane, Pernille, Review, Art Press, June, No. 258.
Anton, Saul, Review, TimeOut, May 25-June 1, No. 244.
Phillips, Christopher, “Greater New York”, Berlin Tageszeitung, March 15.
Larsen, Lars Bang, “Joachim Koester: Greenwich Meridian”, artext, February-April, p. 72-75.

1999
Roberts, Catsou, “Blue Haze: Images from a Recent Dream”, Camera Austria
Damianovic, Maia, (interview), Camera Austria, No. 66, p. 48-57.
Vest Hansen, Malene, “Denmark: Double Agents”, art journal, Summer.
Gibbs, Michael, Review “Cinema, Cinema”, Art Monthly, April, p. 24-26.
“ The Cinematic Experience in het Van Abbemuseum”, Cursor, February 18, vol. 41, no. 22.
Barragan, Paco, Review, “El Periodico Del Arte”, April, p.18.
de Mol, Paul, Review, “Cinema Cinema in Van Abbemuseum”, Brabant
Cultureel, January/February, vol. 48, no. 1⁄2, p. 31-33.

1998
Brackman, Yvette, “How did we get from Hans Christian Andersen to this?
or A short and discontinuous history of Danish iconoclasm”, New Art
Examiner, July/August, p.38-41.
Psibilskis, Liutauras Review “Twilight”, Siksi, Spring, p.85-86.

1998
Damianovic, Maia “New York: a season of artists in galleries”, Tema
Celeste, September, p.53, 104-105.
Sirmans, Franklin, “Aperto Copenhagen”, Flash Art, Summer, p.105-107.
“A Project for Atlantica with Matthew Buckingham”, Atlantica
International, Number 19, 1998.
“Nothing but Space”, Flash Art, May-June, p.46.
Melo, Alexandre Review “The Louisiana Exhibition 1997”, Artforum, March, p.111-112.
Roberts, Catsou “Between Documentation and Drama,” art press, Number 232, p. 44-48.
Sheikh, Simon “Double Vision,” World Art, Number 15, p.33-35.
Schwabsky, Barry “Documenta X”, World Art, Number 15, p. 68-70.

1997
Decter, Joshua Review, Artforum, December, p.120-121.
Sans, Jerome Review, Siski, Winter, p. 83.
Johnson, Ken Review, The New York Times, October 10, E35.
Schmerler, Sarah Review, TimeOut New York, September 25 - October 2.
Damianovic, Maia “Art’s Summer of Discontent,” Review September 15, p. 29-34.
Birnbaum, Daniel “little d big x Documenta X: The Artforum Questionnaire,” Artforum, September, p.106-111.
Roberts, Catsou “Narrative, Time and Space: Two or three things Joachim Koester knows about,” Siksi, vol. XII no.2 Summer, p.58-61.
Kemp, Von Wolfgang “Aus unserer Franzosenzeit,” Die Zeit, June 27.

1996
Sheikh, Simon "Conditions of the Gaze: An index to the installation of Joachim Koester," Index, number 4, p. 66-71(p.120-123).

Publications
Message from Andrée, monograph, Venice Biennale 2005
Row Housing, Monograph, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, 2002.
differernt stories – different places, monograph, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, 2002
Hunt, David, North, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria, 2000.
Elliot, David, editor, Organising Freedom: Nordic Art of the ‘90s, Moderna Museet, 2000.
Lene Crone and Lars Movin, “How close can you get?”, Close-Ups: Contemporary Art and Carl Th. Dreyer, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, 1999, exhibition catalogue.
Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Taschen, 1999.
Roberts, Catsou, “Narrative, Time and Space: Two or Three Things Joachim Koester Knows About”, an interview with Joachim Koester by Catsou Roberts”,
Cinema Cinema: Contemporary Art and the Cinematic Experience”, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven 1998, exhibition catalogue.
Kroksnes, Andrea, “Nordic Nomads”, White Columns 1998, exhibition catalogue.
Day for Night Christiania 1996, monograph, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen 1998,
Volk, Gregory, “Day for Night, Christiania”, Come Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz 1998, exhibition catalogue.
Roberts, Catsou, “Spatial Drive”, Nothing but Space, Dortmund 1998, exhibition catalogue.
Sheikh, Simon, “Stain of the Real”, Stain in Reality, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen 1994,exhibition catalogue.
de Souza, Bea, “Alternating Realities: Recent works by Joachim Koester”, Alternating Realities, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen 1994, exhibition catalogue.

Public Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, England
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Kobberstiksamlingen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kongelige Biblioteks Fotografiske Samling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Putaux, Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris
Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Soro, Denmark
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Malmo Konstmuseum, Malmo, Sweden
Samlung Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany
The Museum of Fine Arts, Hudson, Texas.
Musee des arts contemporains MAC’s Grand-Hornu, Belgium.
De Verbeelding, Zeewolde, Holland