short biography
Haim Steinbach (b. 1944, Rehovot, Israel) has lived in the United States since 1957. Since the late 1970s, his art has focused on the exploration of the aesthetic and anthropological aspects of objects to each other, primarily of everyday objects. He presents sculptural ready-mades - a selection of his own choice or that of others - often arranged humorously, on narrow shelves or directly on the wall. His work has been included in group exhibitions at La Triennale, Paris (2012); the Biennale de Lyon (2000); the Venice Biennial (1997); Documenta 9 (1992), and the Sydney Biennial (1992). Haim Steinbach studied at Pratt Institute, and at Yale University and currently has a studio at Ridgewood, Queens, New York.
Sculpture, objects, ready-mades, installations
collection/s
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01. Oct 29. Jan 2023Somewhere Downtown: Art in 1980s New York UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
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29. Feb 27. SepDuro Olowu: Seeing Chicago MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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18. May 15. SepHaim Steinbach - every single day Museion, Bozen/Bolzano
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11. May 23. SepThe Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art. Part II Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
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14. Feb 13. MayHirshhorn Presents Largest Exhibition on Art and Commodity in the 1980s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
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10. Feb 22. AprWas vom Kino übrig blieb HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark
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20. Jan 13. JulHaim Steinbach - zerubbabel Magasin III Tel Aviv-Jaffa
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19. May 06. Aug99 Cents or Less MOCAD - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
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14. Mar 23. JulCOLOURS. The emotion of art Castello di Rivoli, Turin °
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14. Mar 23. JulCOLOURS. The emotion of art GAM Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin °
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22. Nov 26. Mar 2017EINE KURZE GESCHICHTE DER MENSCHHEIT BUNDESKUNSTHALLE Bonn
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16. Sep 05. Feb 2017Take Me (I’m Yours) The Jewish Museum, New York
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17. Apr 20. NovAccrochage Punta della Dogana, Venice
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30. Jan 03. AprDisplay Show Stroom, Den Haag
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04. Jun 24. JulOVER & UNDER Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York
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09. Jan 15. FebThe Noing Uv It Bergen Kunsthall '
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09. Feb 18. MayTake It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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18. Jan 30. MarRaw Materials - Vom Baumarkt ins Museum Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen
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29. Nov 02. Feb 2014Freedom not Genius: Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection MAMM - Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
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15. Nov 23. Feb 2014Haim Steinbach. The windows. x-rummet SMK Statens Museum for Kunst / National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
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19. Oct 05. Jan 2014Das Beste vom Besten - Vom riskanten Geschäft der Kunst Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf'
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22. Jun 20. DecHaim Steinbach: once again the world is flat. CCS BARD Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson
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21. Jun 08. SepChamps Elysées Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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19. Jun 18. AugIn Deed. Certificates of Authenticity in Art Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius °
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12. Jan 14. AprIn Deed. Certificates of Authenticity in Art Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro
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10. Nov 10. Mar 2013Damien Hirst. freedom not genius Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin
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31. Aug 26. Jan 2013Haim Steinbach The Artist´s Institute, New York
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26. May 16. SepRaw Materials – Vom Baumarkt ins Museum Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
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13. Apr 08. JunLiving With Art Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
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20. Feb 26. AugLa Triennale 2012 Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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11. Feb 03. JunThis Will Have Been: Art, Love, & Politics in the 1980s MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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09. Nov 23. Apr 2012Volume! MACBA Barcelona '
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14. Oct 06. NovIn Deed. Cerificates of Authenticity in Art Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
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10. Sep 09. OctIn Deed. Certificates of Authenticity in Art The Vleeshal, Middelburg
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12. Mar 22. MayTHINGS ARE QUEER. HIGHLIGHTS AUS DER SAMMLUNG UNICREDIT MARTa Herford
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05. Feb 23. AprTHE WAY IT WASNT Culturgest, Porto
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12. Dec 08. May 2011I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES Collection Lambert, Avignon °
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05. Dec 11. Apr 2010just what is it ZKM | Karlsruhe
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02. Dec 29. May 2010Beg Borrow and Steal RUBELL MUSEUM Miami
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01. Jul 07. AugThe living and the dead Gavin Brown´s Enterprise, New York
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28. Mar 10. MayKunst und Öffentlichkeit n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
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13. Feb 19. AprNimporte quoi macLYON
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29. Nov 01. Mar 2009The Return of Religion and Other Myths Centraal Museum Utrecht
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29. Nov 01. Mar 2009The Return of Religion and Other Myths bak Utrecht
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21. Nov 22. Feb 2009Made in Munich. Haus der Kunst, München '
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12. Oct 04. Jan 2009Espèces despace. The 1980s – part one Le Magasin CNAC Grenoble
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05. Oct 08. NovSpecial Project: Mr. Peanut - Haim Steinbach on Mike Kelley Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles
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27. Jun 06. SepREADY MADE Yvon Lambert - Paris
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14. Jun 21. SepBranded and On Display Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
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03. Jun 08. JunTeam 404 & John Armleder: Clinch/Cross/Cut NEW JERSEYY Basel
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26. Mar 27. JulDie Hände der Kunst MARTa Herford
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06. Mar 18. MayMartian Museum of Terrestrial Art Barbican Centre, London
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25. Jan 29. MarNina in Position Artists Space, New York
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17. Jan 17. FebTHE OBJECT IS THE MIRROR (PART II) Wilkinson Gallery, London
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30. Nov 14. SepPrésence Panchounette CAPC Contemporary Art Museum Bordeaux
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20. Dec 26. Jan 2008Merz / Kramhöller / Reyle / Steinbach / Strunz COMA, Berlin
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02. Oct 12. Jan 2008The Incomplete Chelsea Art Museum, New York
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22. Sep 03. Feb 2008Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice BALLROOM Marfa
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15. Jun 21. OctKlio. Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945 ZKM | Karlsruhe
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14. May 30. DecCollezione La Gaia CeSAC Caraglio
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29. Apr 29. JulThe Happiness of Objects SculptureCenter, Long Island
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26. Jan 01. AprBranded and On Display University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Krannert Art Museum & Krannert Center for the Performing
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25. Nov 28. Jan 2007In the darkest hour there may be light Serpentine Galleries, London
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29. Oct 08. Jan 2007THE GOLD STANDARD MoMA PS1, Long Island City
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29. Oct 14. Jan 2007busy going crazy La Maison Rouge, Paris (closed)
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24. Sep 07. Jan 2007FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER! ZKM | Karlsruhe
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14. Sep 14. OctContemporary Sculpture Zwirner & Wirth - New York [closed]
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08. Sep 28. OctHaim Steinbach Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin
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27. Jul 02. Sep60th Anniversary Show Gimpel Fils, London
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07. Jun 30. Nov 2005OUR MARVELOUS AMBITION Vilma Gold Project Space Berlin (closed)
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25. Apr 08. JulFreud and Contemporary Art Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
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04. Mar 30. Mayonestar stop Galerie Erna Hecey, Brüssel
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02. Nov 31. DecLooking at Words Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (closed 2017)
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30. Oct 12. Feb 2006Flashback Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst
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29. Jul 26. Mar 2006Minimalism and After IV Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
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08. Jul 03. SepThreshold MAX WIGRAM GALLERY London (closed)
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07. May 21. Aug(my private) HEROES MARTa Herford
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01. May 10. JulGenerations of Art Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como
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09. Dec 19. Mar 2005East Village USA New Museum, New York
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23. Nov 15. Jan 2005None of the Above // John Armleder Swiss Institute, New York
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13. Oct 20. NovHaim Steinbach Gimpel Fils, London
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18. Sep 12. DecStedelijk Museum Amsterdam at Usce Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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26. Jun 02. Jan 2005Intra-muros MAMAC Nice °
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22. Jun 31. DecMonument to Now / ATHENS 2004 Deste Foundation
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16. Jun 21. JunArt Basel: Editionen und Multiples Artelier, Graz
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03. Apr 30. Maybrillant(e) Kunst Meran | Merano Arte
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22. Nov 05. Nov 2004Crimes and Misdemeanors Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati
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03. Sep 12. Apr 2004Private / Corporate II Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
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28. Aug 09. NovAccessoiremaximalismus Kunsthalle zu Kiel
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31. May 30. NovLes 20 ans des FRAC Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau Paris
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23. Nov 25. Jan 2003ReProduktion BERNHARD KNAUS FINE ART Frankfurt
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28. Oct 01. DecSHOPPING - 100 JAHRE KUNST UND KONSUM Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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28. May 21. JulPrivate/Corporate I Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
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28. Nov 31. Mar 2002SHORTCUTS Deste Foundation
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18. Oct 06. Jan 2002Televisions - Kunst sieht fern Kunsthalle Wien
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12. Oct 27. Jan 2002New Heimat Frankfurter Kunstverein
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08. Sep 25. NovBrooklyn! Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art
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02. Sep 19. NovDinge in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts Haus der Kunst, München '
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27. Jun 24. Sep5. Biennale de Lyon 2000 La Biennale de Lyon
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21. May 24. SepAround 1984 MoMA PS1, Long Island City
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01. Apr 30. JunOver The Edges S.M.A.K. Ghent
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25. Jul 24. OctOriginale echt/falsch Weserburg Bremen
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11. Jul 20. SepLifestyle Kunsthaus Bregenz '
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08. May 21. Junfast forward 2 trade marks Kunstverein in Hamburg
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15. Jun 09. Nov47. Venice Biennale 1997 "Future, Present, Past" Venice Biennale
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26. Mar 30. AprRefusing to Surface South London Gallery
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15. Dec 14. Mar 1993Biennale of Sydney 1992 Biennale of Sydney
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13. Jun 20. Sepdocumenta 9 documenta Kassel
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07. May 13. AugForest Of Signs - Art in the Crisis of Representation MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles