James Welling

short biography

*1951 in Hartford / Connecticut USA
Studium am CalArts (California Institute of Fine Arts)
bei John Baldessari
Professur am Department of Art, UCLA, Los Angeles
Lebt in Los Angeles
Fotografie

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collection/s

Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque Fotomuseum Winterthur Frac Bourgogne, Dijon Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims Frac Franche-Comte, Besancon ° Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles MoCP Chicago Sammlung Verbund - Vertikale Galerie, Wien Vancouver Art Gallery

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galleries

Barbara Gross Galerie, München (closed) BravinLee programs, New York David Zwirner - London David Zwirner - New York Jürgen Becker, Hamburg Marta Cervera, Madrid Maureen Paley, London nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam Peter Freeman, Paris Regen Projects, Los Angeles Wako Works of Art, Tokyo Xavier Hufkens, Brussels

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23. Apr 15. Aug
Europa: Antike Zukunft HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark

29. Feb 27. Sep
Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

23. Nov 05. Jan 2020
JAMES WELLING - PLANOGRAPH Maureen Paley, London
30. Aug 10. Nov
Wo Kunst geschehen kann. Die frühen Jahre des CalArts Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover

19. Sep 06. Jan 2019
Der Duft der Bilder. Werke der colección olorVISUAL, Barcelona Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim

27. Jan 16. Apr
James Welling - Metamorphosis S.M.A.K. Ghent

07. Oct 08. Jan 2017
The Sun Placed in the Abyss Columbus Museum of Art °
17. Jun 04. Sep
OPEN SPACES - SECRET PLACES BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
27. Apr 12. Feb 2017
Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection Whitney Museum, New York
24. Apr 11. Sep
Wolfsburg Unlimited. Eine Stadt als Weltlabor Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

14. Nov 21. Feb 2016
Another Minimalism: Art After California Light and Space The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
27. Oct 14. Feb 2016
Camera of Wonders Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
29. Jun 18. Sep
Aperture: Photographs Aperture Foundation, New York
24. Jun 07. Aug
The Secret Life MURRAY GUY New York
14. Apr 06. Sep
Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography The Getty, Los Angeles
06. Feb 03. May
RIDEAUX / BLINDS Institut d´art contemporain / Frac Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne
09. Jan 15. Feb
The Noing Uv It Bergen Kunsthall '

01. Oct 25. Mar 2015
my private world Sammlung Verbund - Vertikale Galerie, Wien
02. Jul 08. Aug
A MACHINERY FOR LIVING Petzel Gallery, New York
28. Jun 09. Aug
Back grounds: Impressions Photographiques (2) Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (closed 2017)

16. Oct 05. Jan 2014
Minimal Resistance Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid '
28. Jun 02. Aug
LENS DRAWINGS Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris

22. Sep 27. Oct
Inaugural Exhibition in new Hollywood space Regen Projects, Los Angeles
14. Sep 25. Nov
James Welling. The Mind on Fire Milton Keynes Gallery
23. Jun 26. Aug
Zauberspiegel: Die Sammlung nach 1945 Kunsthalle Bremen
06. Jun 28. Jul
The Permanent Way apexart, New York
03. Jun 13. Jan 2013
Fotografie Total. Werke aus der Sammlung MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
12. May 08. Jul
Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
15. Mar 21. Apr
Last Exit: Pictures Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva
11. Feb 03. Jun
This Will Have Been: Art, Love, & Politics in the 1980s MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

07. Dec 22. Apr 2012
Erschaute Bauten MAK Wien '
13. Apr 22. May
James Welling Maureen Paley, London

25. Sep 09. Jan 2011
Milk Drop Coronet Camera Austria, Graz
02. Sep 02. Oct
Sunless (Journeys in Alta California since 1933) THOMAS DANE GALLERY London
10. Jun 27. Sep
Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid '
15. May 30. Jun
TO A DEGREE, RATIONAL Galleria Gentili, Florence
10. May 25. Jul
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Frankfurter Kunstverein
24. Mar 24. Apr
James Welling: Glass House David Zwirner - New York
04. Mar 10. Apr
Photogenic - Abstract Photography Blanket Gallery, Vancouver
12. Feb 17. Apr
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010 The Photographers´ Gallery, London
05. Feb 12. Mar
How Many Billboards MAK Center, Los Angeles
19. Jan 10. Apr
101 Collection: Route 1 The Wattis Institute, San Francisco

04. Jul 22. Nov
Silence Kunstmuseum Luzern
30. May 20. Sep
Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix Malmö Konsthall
15. May 29. Aug
Quodlibet II Galerie Buchholz, Köln
21. Apr 02. Aug
The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
31. Jan 10. May
Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix Kunsthalle Düsseldorf '
31. Jan 10. May
Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix KIT Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf'

12. Oct 04. Jan 2009
Espèces despace. The 1980s – part one Le Magasin CNAC Grenoble
23. Sep 01. Nov
Untitled (Vicarious) Gagosian Gallery New York
19. Sep 31. Oct
James Welling Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien
11. Sep 02. Nov
FOTOGRAFIS Kunstforum Wien
03. Jul 08. Aug
The Gallery David Zwirner - New York
24. May 21. Sep
Peripherer Blick und kollektiver Körper Museion, Bozen/Bolzano
20. Apr 20. Jul
Kavalierstart - Aufbruch in die Kunst der 80er Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
12. Apr 10. May
Stephen Prina / James Welling / B. Wurtz Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
08. Apr 19. Oct
Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
05. Apr 01. May
James Welling: Works 1980 - 2008 David Zwirner - New York
06. Mar 01. Jun
Whitney Biennial 2008 Whitney Biennial, New York
25. Jan 01. Mar
Group Show 1301PE, Los Angeles

27. Oct 27. Nov
WAKO WORKS OF ART: 15 Years / Part 1 Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
02. Jun 27. Jul
Concrete Works Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York
19. Apr 20. May
James Welling Maureen Paley, London
21. Mar 05. May
James Welling David Zwirner - New York
30. Jan 12. May
REALLIFE 1979-1990 Artists Space, New York

11. Nov 15. Apr 2007
ANOS 80: UMA TOPOLOGIA Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
04. Nov 22. Dec
James Welling Peter Freeman, Paris
29. Oct 08. Jan 2007
THE GOLD STANDARD MoMA PS1, Long Island City
27. Sep 12. Mar 2007
Peintres de la vie moderne Centre Pompidou Paris
08. Sep 14. Oct
The Materialization Of Sensibility: Art And Alchemy LESLIE TONKONOW New York
15. Jul 05. Nov
Shifting Terrain Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
29. Jun 26. Aug
Its Not a Photo Chelsea Art Museum, New York
09. Jun 05. Aug
In Sight MoCP Chicago
21. Apr 27. May
James Welling Donald Young Gallery
08. Apr 20. May
Karin Sander: Audiotour Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien
09. Mar 08. Apr
James Welling Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
08. Mar 17. Jul
LOS ANGELES 1955-1985 Centre Pompidou Paris
21. Jan 22. Apr
DARK PLACES Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles

20. Nov 09. Jan 2006
Recent acquisitions MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
10. Jul 30. Oct
Enchante Chateau Fondation Salomon, Annecy
06. Jul 12. Aug
PAIRS, GROUPS, AND GRIDS LESLIE TONKONOW New York
09. Jun 30. Jul
The photograph in question Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles
09. Jun 04. Sep
100 Artists See God Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach
07. May 18. Jun
Intuition Box Curator´s Office, Washington
05. May 29. Jul
My One And Only Wallspace, New York
07. Apr 07. May
James Welling - New Work David Zwirner - New York
11. Mar 13. Jun
The Last Picture Show Miami Art Central
19. Feb 02. Apr
James Welling Regen Projects, Los Angeles

27. Nov 20. Feb 2005
The Last Picture Show Fotomuseum Winterthur
19. Nov 09. Jan 2005
100 Artists See God ICA London
16. Nov 16. Jan 2005
Dune image qui ne serait pas du semblant Passage de Retz
24. Jun 12. Sep
Eblouissement / Guy Bourdin Jeu de Paume, Paris
05. Jun 27. Jul
Out Of Place Galerie Nordenhake - Berlin
28. May 19. Sep
The Last Picture Show MARCO Vigo
01. May 01. Jun
The Big Nothing ICA Philadelphia
27. Feb 08. May
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists The Wattis Institute, San Francisco
08. Feb 09. May
The Last Picture Show The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
06. Feb 28. Feb
Double Exposure Brigitte March Galerie

12. Oct 04. Jan 2004
The Last Picture Show: Photography Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
20. Sep 12. Oct
RETHINKING PHOTOGRAPHY V Forum Stadtpark, Graz
02. Jul 08. Aug
Photographische Diptychen Edition Schellmann
28. Jun 24. Jul
Spread in Prato 2003 Dryphoto, Prato
22. Jun 03. Aug
Artists Gifts MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
10. Apr 24. May
imaging the abstract KINZ + TILLOU FINE ART, New York
01. Mar 01. Jun
update #6 Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
25. Jan 01. Mar
Inaugural Exhibition Regen Projects, Los Angeles

27. Sep 09. Nov
James Welling Donald Young Gallery
21. Apr 27. Apr 2003
Sie träumt von ihrem Lieblingsstar K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
17. Jan 08. Mar
Beate Gütschow, Ilona Ruegg, James Welling Barbara Gross Galerie, München (closed)
30. Nov 30. Nov 2001
The Trade Show Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University

04. Nov 15. May 2002
Dont do it! 2 Mamco Geneva
06. May 26. Aug
James Welling: Photographs 1974-1999 MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
09. Mar 28. Apr
James Welling Galerie Buchholz, Köln

20. Jun 24. Sep
Mixing Memory and Desire Kunstmuseum Luzern

26. Nov 29. Jan 2000
James Welling Barbara Gross Galerie, München (closed)
12. Jun 10. Oct
Sea Change International Center of Photography, New York
07. Feb 02. May
Insite 98 Contemporary Museum, Baltimore .

18. Oct 20. Oct
Allan Sekula: Fish Story - Symposion Camera Austria, Graz

13. Jun 20. Sep
documenta 9 documenta Kassel

07. May 13. Aug
Forest Of Signs - Art in the Crisis of Representation MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

artist / curator

James Welling

short biography

collection/s

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