Martin Kippenberger
(1953-1997)
Martin Kippenberger was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1953. An extremely prolific artist, Kippenberger worked in multiple mediums including painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, posters, photography and collage. Kippenberger was influenced early on by the work of Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter. Through the years, he developed a diverse style that did not shy away from caustic political commentary. His harsh criticism of the artistic status quo and daily life issues became evident through provocative imagery and recurring motifs that in many cases represented the artist himself and aimed at shocking and disturbing the viewer. Kippenberger’s caustic and humorous works call into question the artist’s role within society and culture at large, as well as deeper issues of general culture and humanity. His famous Zuerst die Füsse (Feet First) from 1990, a self-mocking sculpture of a crucified frog with an egg and a beer mug, was created in response to harsh criticism that the artist received in an art publication. This unrestrained, bountiful commentary about the world around him is what makes Kippenberger’s oeuvre so powerful and compelling.
Both within his life, and since his passing, Martin Kippenberger’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Recent solo exhibitions have been held in institutions such as the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn in 2019, Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna in 2016, theHamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin in 2013, the Picasso Museum in Málaga, 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 2008-2009, the Tate Modern in London and the K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf in 2006, the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna, the VanAbbe Museum in Eindloven and the Museum für Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe and at the Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen in 2003.Martin Kippenberger died in Vienna in 1997.
Skarstedt Gallery, New York is the official representative of the Estate of Martin Kippenberger in the U.S. in collaboration with Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Martin Kippenberger: Paintings 1984-1996, Skarstedt, New York
Martin Kippenberger: Heavy Mädel, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Martin Kippenberger: Heavy Burschi, Capitain Petzel, Berlin
Martin Kippenberger: heute denken – morgen fertig, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2022
Martin Kippenberger: De Lumière et Sentiments, Skarstedt, Paris
2021
Metro-Net. Subway Around the World,Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2x Kippenberger: The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ at Museum Folkwang,Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany
2020
Kippenberger/Krebber,Galerie Nagel Draxler, Munich, Germany
K. Martin Kippenberger’s “The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika” accompanied by Orson Welles’ film “The Trial” and Tangerine Dream’s album “The Castle,”Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
2019
Martin Kippenberger: Bitteschön Dankeschön. Eine Retrospektive,Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Martin Kippenberger: The Museum of Modern Art Syros, Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Kippenberger/Oehlen,Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Berlin, Germany
2018
Martin Kippenberger & Maria Lassnig: BODY CHECK, Museion — Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy; this traveled to Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
2017
Martin Kippenberger: Hand Painted Pictures,Skarstedt, New York
Martin Kippenberger / Richard Artschwager: Drawings and Objects, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Buying is Fune, Paying Hurts,Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo
Gib mir das Sommerloch,Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin Germany
Das Ende der Avantgarde. 22 Jahre später immer noch einer von uns unter uns für uns,8. Salon, Hamburg, Germany; this traveled to Kunstraum München, Munich, Germany
2016
Martin Kippenberger: XYZ, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
Martin Kippenberger. Das, mit dem alles anfing... Der, mit dem alles anfing,Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
2015
Martin Kippenberger: Posters 1977-1997,Dickinson, London
Kippenberger Privé. Briefe, Lithografien, Fotos, Erinnerungen,KUNSTkammer, Gartow, Germany
Martin Kippenberger in Sydney,Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane, Australia
Sigmar Polke and Martin Kippenberger – Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Nee, Shin Gallery, New York
Martin Kippenberger: Sculptures from 1987 to 1990, Cahiers d’Art, Paris
Martin Kippenberger, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2014
"You too will eventually come into fashion",Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Martin Kippenberger: Window Shopping, Capitain Petzel, Berlin
The Raft of Medusa, Skarstedt, New York
Martin Kippenberger, Neon Parc, Melbourne, Australia
2013
Kippenberger Catwalk – Ein Boden für die Boheme,Kunsthalle HGN, Duderstadt, Germany
Martin Kippenberger: A Cry for Freedom, Museum of Cycladic Art in collaboration with NEON, Athens, Greece
Martin Kippenberger: Posters, Invitation Cards, Music 1976-1997, Adamski Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Marting Kippenberger Published A Lot Of Books, Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sehr gut/Very good, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
2012
The Raft of Medusa, Caroline Nitsch Project Room, New York
2011
Eggman II, Skarstedt, New York
Martin Kippenberger,Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Martin Kiippenberger, Galeriá Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
I Had A Vision, Luhring Augustine, New York
Selected Works form the 80s and 90s, Dickinson, Berlin, Germany
Kippenberger miró a Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga, Spain
Martin Kippenberger – Mut Zum Druck: The Complete Poster Portfolios, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2010
Martin Kippenberger and Mike Kelley, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Kippenberger auf dem Gang. Die Bücher aus der Sammlung Erhard Klein,Bibliothek des Instituts für Germanistik, Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin, Germany
2009
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, Museum of Modern Art, New York
TMB, Capitain Petzel, Berlin
2008
The Problem Perspective, The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Martin Kippenberger: Livres et Ephemeras 1977-1997, Florence Loewy, Paris
Martin Kippenberger : Grässlin Art Space, St. Georgen, Germany
2007
Martin Kippenberger – 25 Jahre Galerie Bleich-Rossi,Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Vienna, Austria
Martin Kippenberger: Invitations and Posters 1977-1997, Dickinson Roundell Inc. New York
Martin Kippenberger: Utopia for everyone, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Martin Kippenberger,Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Preis Bilder, 1018 ART, New York
Plakate,Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Martin Kippenberger, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
In het Paviljoen: publicaties, drukwerk, en affiches,De Hallen Haarlem, The Netherlands
2006
Artbeiten bis alles geklärt ist – Bilder 1984/85, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
The Raft of Medusa, Skarstedt, New York
Martin Kippenberger, Hauser & Wirth, London
Martin Kippenberger,Tate Modern, London; this traveled to K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
‘Ihr Kippy Kippenberger,’Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
2005
Martin Kippenberger – Editions, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lieber Maler, male mir. Dear painter paint for me, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Maria Papdimitriou and Martin Kippenberger: Two or Three Things I Know About Him, Rifelmaker, London
Martin Kippenberger: Eine Boden-Collage für Claudia Skoda,MRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Bermuda Triangle, Syros to Dawson City: The First Connection and 40 Drawings from the Collection of Michel Wurthle, Foundation 20 21, New York
Self-Portraits, Luhring Augustine, New York
2004
Nicht oft gesehen: Martin Kippenberger, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany
Kippenberger: Pinturas, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Forgotten Interior Design Problems in L.A., El Pueblo de la Reina, Los Angeles, California
Brasilian Aktuell The Magical Misery Tour, Gagosian Gallery, London
Sculptures and Objects, Skarstedt, New York
2003
Museum Für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany (catalogue)
Venedig 2003 (with Candida Höfer), Venice Bienalle, German Pavillion, Venice, Italy
Das 2 Sein, Museum fur Neue Kunst / ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Schattenspiel im Zweigwerk, Martin Kippenberger, die Zeichnungen, Museum fur Neue Kunst in der Kunsthalle, Tubingen
Nach Kippenberger / After Kippenberger, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Germany
Multiples, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Die Weissen Bilder von 1991, Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt, Germany
2002
Martin Kippenberger–Hotel Drawings, David Zwirner, New York
Martin Kippenberger–Metro-Net Projects, Beaumont-Public + König-bloc, Luxembourg
Martin Kippenberger–Selected Works, Zwirner & Wirth, New York
2001
Martin Kippenberger- ‘Bilder einer Ausstellung’, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
2000
Martin Kippenberger: Hotel Drawings and The Happy End of Franz Kafka's Amerika', joint exhibition at The Smart Museum and The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Metro Pictures, New York
1999
Martin Kippenberger: Self-portraits, The Happy End of Franz Kafka's 'America', Sozialkistentransport, Lanterns, etc., Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Together Again Like Never Before: The Complete Poster Works of Martin Kippenberger, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
David Nolan Gallery, New York
1998
Martin Kippenberger, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)
Martin Kippenberger, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (catalogue)
Martin Kippenberger, Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland (catalogue)
Martin, steirischer herbst 98, Graz, Austria
Hotel Drawings, Works on Paper, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1997
Respektive, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Der Eiermann und sien Ausleger, Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Germany
Kathe Kollwitz Prize Exhibition, Akademie der Bildendun Kunste, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Metro Pictures, New York
1996
Made in Syros, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
Samia Saouma Gallery, Paris, France
1995
Directions: Martin Kippenberger, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Exit of the Underground Station Dawson City West, Dawson City, Canada
1994
Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Cologne, Germany
The Happy End of Franz Kafka's Amerika, Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
Espace Departemental d'Art Contemporain, Chauvigny, France
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
1993
Candidature á une Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Pictures of an Exhibition, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri (catalogue)
Entrance to the Subway Station Lord Jim, Kthma Canné Hrousa, Syros, Greece
Villa Arson, Nice, France
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Samia Saouma Gallery, Paris, France
1992
Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
1991
Heavy Mädel, Pace/MacGill, New York (catalogue)
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, California
Martin Kippenberger: New Work,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California (catalogue)
Tiefes Kehlchen, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
The Beginning Was a Retrospective, Karsten Schubert Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Heavy Burschi, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
Kunstraum Daxer, Munich (catalogue)
Samia Saouma Gallery, Paris, France
William Holden Company On Tour, Galerie Wewerka & Weiss, Berlin, Germany
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany
1990
Villa Arson, Nice, France (catalogue)
Galleri Nordanstad - Skarstedt, Stockholm, Sweden
American Dreamer in Italy, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Heimweh-Highway 90, Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
1989
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Seville and Madrid, Spain (and 1994)
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Halle Sud, Geneva (catalogue)
New Photographic Works, Galerie F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg, Germany
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (brochure)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Seville, Spain
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
1988
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
1987
Galerie Susan Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Norballe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
Pop In, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
1986
Miete Strom Gas, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany (catalogue)
Galerie Durr, Munich, Germany
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
CCD Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
1985
Galerie van Beveren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany
CCD Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany
Kuhlenschmidt Simon Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
1984
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
1983
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany
1981
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Achim Kubinski, Stuttgart, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Faces & Figures, Skarstedt New York, London, Paris
2022
Sculpture, Skarstedt, Paris
Museum Ludwig Cologne. History of a Collection with Civic Commitments, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Die Nacktheit der Zeichnung. Arbeiten in Schwarz auf Weißvon Beckmann bis Warhol, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst e. V. and H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg, Germany
The Drawing Centre Show, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Blade Memory II, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany, in cooperation with CCA Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Take care: Kunst und Medizin. Schlüsselmomente der Medizin-geschichte, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Masterpieces of Art, Reinisch Top-Up Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
SOL, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo
Schinlder House Los Angeles. Rauma ls Medium der Kunst, MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Bad Manners: On the creative potentials of modifying other artist’s work, Luxembourg & Co., London
Things/Thoughts, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy
2021
Painter/Sculptor, Skarstedt, London
Faces and Figures, Skarstedt, New York
Beat the System! Provocation in Art, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Museum Collection III. Art/Music, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Jetzt oder nie – 50 Jahre Sammlung LBBW, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
The 80s. Anything Goes, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria
Sigmar Polke, Dualismen, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany; this traveled to Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Distance Extended/1979-1997, Part II. Works and Documents from Herbert Foundation, Herbert Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
My Private Passion – Sammlung HGN, Kunsthalle HGN, Duderstadt, Germany
Die relative Vermessung der Welt. Künstlerbücher aus der Sammlung Opitz Hoffmann, Kunstsammlung Jena, Sammlung Opitz-Hoffmann, Jena, Germany
Camouflage, Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Christen Sveaas Art Foundation: This is the Night Mail, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Closer to Life: Drawings and Works on Paper in the Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Lust for Life, Edward Ressle, Shanghai, China
Institutionskritik: Das Museum als Ort der permanenten Konferenz (J.B.), Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Ouverture, Pinault Collection, Bourse de Commerce, Paris
Stop Painting. An exhibition by Peter Fischli, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy
Claudia Skoda: Dressed to Thrill, Kunstbibliothek in cooperation with th eKunstgewerbemuseum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin at the Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany
Ganz anders gleich. Kunst aus Deutschland und Österreich, Crone Side, Berlin, Germany
Before Metro, Metro Pictures, New York
2020
With Wings That Beat, Skarstedt, London
Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800 from the Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Trio Infernal. Büttner & Kippenberger & Oehlen, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich, Switzerland
John Dewey, Who? Neupräsentation der Sammlung für Gegenwartskunst, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Drawing Wow 2, Kunstsaele Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Franz West & Hitparade – Werke aus der Sammlung Räume für Kunst, Sammlung Grässlin, St. Georgen, Germany
And the Forests will echo with laughter…Wald ohne Bäume in Kunst + Wissenschaft, ERES-Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Doppelleben. Bildende Künstler_innen machen Musik, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Was, wenn …? Zum Utopischen in Kunst, Architektur und Design, Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design,, Nuremberg, Germany
Come out!, Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
80er Jahre: Neue und alte Wilde. Eine Dokumentation zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum von Kunstforum Rottweil, Kunstforum Rottweil, Rottweil, Germany
Alles war klar! Die große Wieder-eröffnung, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Voyage Voyages, Mucem, Marseille, France
A Possible Horizon, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida
The System of Objects, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2019
Inaugural Exhibition, Skarstedt 64th Street, New York
Counter Culture. 25 Jahre Sammlung Falckenberg. Objects and Installations, Deichtorhallen/Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Von Menschen und Mauern. 30 Jahre nach dem Fall der Berliner Mauer, Schloos Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
Im Licht der Nacht. Vom Leben im Halbdunkel, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Distance Extended/1979-1997. Part I. Works and Documents from Herbert Foundation, Herbert Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
Ikonen. Was wir Menschen anbeten, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Liebe und Ethnologie. Die koloniale Dialektik der Empfindlichkeit (nach Hubert Fichte), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Jutta Koether. Libertine, Museum Abteiberg, Möchengladbach, Germany
Zwei Alter: Jung, Crone, Berlin, Germany
En Plein Air, Simon Lee Gallery, London
Die Bucklige Verwandtschaft (Hunchbacked Relations), Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne, Germany
The Eighties, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Paintings & Sculptures, Skarstedt, New York
Forever Young – 10 Jahre Museum Brandhorst, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Andachtsbild, Petzel Gallery, New York
Portraits, Skarstedt, New York
Step by Step. Visions of an Art Dealer’s Collection, Villa Sauber, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Freundschaftsspiel. Sammlung Grässlin: Museum für Neue Kunst, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Strategic Vandalism: The Legacy of Asger Jorn’s Modification Paintings, Petzel Gallery, New York
No habrá nunca una Puerta. Estás adentro. Obras de la coleção Teixeira de Freitas, Sala de Arte Santander (Boadilla del Monte), Madrid, Spain
Zu vie list nicht enug! Die Schenkung ‘Sammlung Artelier’, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Ausria
Antipasti, Sauvage, Bonn, Germany
Barbara Hepworth, Martin Kippenberger, Mandia Reuter, Rob Tufnell, Cologne, Germany
2018
True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties: Part II, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties: Highlights, Galerie Max Hetzler, London
True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties: Part I, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Class Reunion: Works from the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Dancing With Myself, Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
Erhard Klein. Zum 80. Geburstag, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Dividuum. Klaus Fritze, Alex Grein, Martin Kippenberger, Labournet.tv, Muyan Lindena, Q18 Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, Germany
Trance by Albert Oehlen, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Peindre la Nuit, Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France
Bild Macht Religion – Kunst zwischen Verehrung, Verbot und Vernichtung, Kunstmuseum Bochum in collaboration with Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES) der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Die Erfindung der Neuen Wilden. Malerei und Subkultur um 1980, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Inaugural Installation, 1943-1989, Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland
The World on Paper. Deutsche Bank Collection, PalaisPopulaire, Berlin, Germany
Komödie des Daseins. Kunst und Humor von der Antike bis heute, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Meuser & Gastspiel. Werke aus den Sammlungen Grässlin und Wiesenauer, Kunstraum Grässlin/Räume für Kunst, Sammlung Grässlin, St. Georgen, Germany
All’estero. Dr. K’s Badereise nach Riva: Version B, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
Painting. Martin Kippenberger, Maria Lassnig, Albert Oehlen, Dana Schutz, Petzel, New York
Entfesselte Natur. Das Bild der Katastrophe seit 1600, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Klassentreffen. Werke aus der Sammlung Gaby und Wilhelm Schürmann, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
BRD. Georg Baselitz, Katharina Grosse, Karl Horst Hödicke, Martin Kippenberger, Imi Knoebel, Michael Krebber, Stefan Müller, Albert Oehlen, Thomas Schütte, Sigmar Polke, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
Soziale Fassaden. Ein Dialog der Sammlungen des MMK und der DekaBank, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Paperwork: Papierarbeiten aus der Sammlung Haubroke, Haubrok Foundation, Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin, Germany
Wohin das Auge reicht. Neue Einblicke Einblicke in die Sammlung Würth, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Sculpture, Luhring Augustine, New York
Melancholia, Fondation Boghossian, La Villa Empain – Centre d’art et de dialogue entre le cultures d’Orient et d’Occident, Brussels, Belgium
Black Box, Kulturbäckerei, Lüneburg, Germany
Pizza is God, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Optik Schröder II. Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Approaching the Figure, Skarstedt, New York
2017
The Everywhere Studio, ICA Miami, Miami, Florida
Unerwartete Begegnugen. Nolde, Kippenberger. Fristsch & Co in der Sammlung der Westfälischen Provinzial, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Germany
Künstlerbücher. Die Sammlung, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
Jump into the Future. Art from the 90’s and 2000’s. The Borgmann donation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Turns. World Turns. Exploring the Collection of The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia
The Anatomy of Disquiet, The Karpidas Collection, Dallas, Texas
German Encounters: Contemporary Masterworks from the Deutsche Bank Collection, Qatar Museums, The Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
Kollwitz neu denken. Käthe-Kollwitz-Preisträger der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne, Germany
Deutschland 8. Deutsche Kunst in China – Paradigm of Art. Contemporary Art from Germany, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, China
Geniale Dilletanten. Subkultur der 1980er Jahre Deutschland, Haus der Kunst, Munich; this traveled to Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; and Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany
A New Ballardian Vision. Chapter 1, Metro Pictures, New York
33 1/3 – Cover Art, Kunstraum Nestroyhof, Vienna, Austria
Red over Yellow. A Selection from a Private Collection, Tel Aviv Musesum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Maija Tabaka un Rietumberlïne, Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Larry Clark. White Trash, Luhring Augustine, Bushwick, New York
Het Afwezige Museum, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
Die Revolution ist tot. Lang lebe die Revolution! Von Malewitsch bis Judd. Von Deineka bis Bartana, Kunst-museum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Selección Natural – This is the Cover of the Book, Centre Cultural-Llibreria Blanquerna, Madrid, Spain
Dunham, Kippenberger, Muñoz, Prince, Sherman, Trockel, Warren, Skarstedt, London
Force and Form, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida
2016
Portraits, Skarstedt, New York
German Paintings: Georg Baselitz, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Skarstedt, New York
Condo, Kippenberger, Oehlen, Salle, Skarstedt, London
Nice Weather, Curated by David Salle, Skarstedt, New York
Condo, de Kooning, Kippenberger, Muños, Salle, Warhol, Skarstedt, London
Skandal Normal?, OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz, Austria
Remastered – Die Kunst der Aneignung, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Germany
The Others, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Un musée imagine. Et si l’art disparaissait? Trois collections européennes: Centre Pompidou, Tate, MMK, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom; this traveled to MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany; and Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France
Olympia, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris in cooperation with Karma, New York
20 – An Exhibition in Three Acts: Museum Revisited 1996-2016, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Sempre arrivava avvolta da una trasparenza impenetrabile, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy
Sammlung Viehof. Internationale Kunst der Gegenwart, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Shapeshifters, Luhring Augustine, New York
Fine Young Cannibals, Petzel, New York
2015
Matters of Pattern, Skarstedt, Chelsea, New York
Prima Facie: Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, The Yolanada and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
The World is Made of Stories. Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Blind Architecture, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact, Museum of the Moving Image, New York
One More Time. L’Exposition de nos expositions, Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Books + Papers, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Picasso.mania, Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, the Centre Pompidou, and the Musée national Picasso, Grand Palais, Galeries nationales, Paris
Dialog der Meisterwerke, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Faux Amis, Simon Lee Gallery, London
Honey, I rearranged the collection…by artist, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
Affordable Bananas III, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York
You’ve Got to Know the Rules…to Break Them, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida
2014
In Homage, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom
Variations in Abstraction, Skarstedt, New York
Cast from Life, Skarstedt, New York
No Problem: Cologne/New York 1984–1989, David Zwirner, New York
Bad Thoughts, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
St. Moritz Art Master, St. Moritz, Switzerland
SKizzen, Entwürfe, Partituren: Zeichnungen, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg, Germany
Cosima von Bonin. Hippies Use Side Door. Das Jahr 2014 hat ein Rad ab, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Wild Heart: An Exhibition of German Neo-Expressionism Since the 1960s, China Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Use Me, Herbert Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
Collective III, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland
Freundliche Übernahme. Künstler zeigen ihre Sammlung, Marta Herford, Germany
Sculptures and Works on Paper, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
(Mis)Understanding Photography. Werke und Manifeste, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
The Immaterial Legacy, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Dazzling Array, Reinisch Contemporary, Graz, Austria
Painting and Sculpture Changes 2014, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Hired Hand, The Art Institute of Chicago and Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, Chicago, Illinois
2013
Formas biográficas. Construcci´øn y mitología individual, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Ausweitung der Kampfzone. Die Sammlung 1968-2000, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Minimal Resistance. Between late modernism and globalization: artistic practices during he 80’s and 90’s, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Minima Resistencia. Entre el tardomodernismo y la globalización: practices artistcas durante las décadas de los 80 y 90, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Europunk. The Visual Culture of Punk in Europe 1976-1980, Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland; this traveled to Villa Medici, Académie de France à Rome, Rome, Itay; and Citée de la Musique, Paris
Not Yet Title. Neu und für immer im Museum Ludwig, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Room to Live: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Sehnsucht Ich, Essl Museum, Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg/Vienna, Austria
Chambres de Luxe. Künstler als Hoteliers und Gäste, Kunstmuseum Thun Saisonbedingt, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany
Sculpture after Artschwager, David Nolan, New York
Here We Go. A Changing Group Exhibition, Karsten Schubert, London
Postwar German Art in the Collection, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
As if it Could. Works and Documents from the Herbert Foundation. Ouverture, Herbert Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
A Space Called Public. Hoffentlich Öffentlich, Munich, Germany
Body Pressure. Skulpture seit den 1960er Jahren, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
2012
Electric Fields: Surrealism and Beyond – La Collection du Centre Pompidou, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Restitution of a Missing Past?, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
The Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts; this traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kosmos Klein. Joseph Beuys, Martin Kippenberger, Imi Knoebel, Albert Oehlen, Blinky Palermo, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Provinz Editionen Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Blues for Smoke, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; this traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Berlin-Klondyke, Kulturhalle Pfaffenhofen, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Self-Portrait, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
The Feverish Library, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Dogma, Metro Pictures, New York
Mix/Remix, Luhring Augustine, New York
Living With Art, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
Circus Wols, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2011
Happy Holidays! Drawings, Alex Zachary, New York
Contemporary Galleries 1980-Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century. Germany, Austria, and France, Neue Galerie, New York
Schrift//bild, Galerie Konzett, Graz, Austria
Junge Kunst, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
The Boy Who Robbed You A Few Minutes Before Arriving At The Ball, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Deutsch, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
2010
James Ensor-Hareng Saur: Ensor et l'art contemporain, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Arts, Ghent, Belgium
“Out Of the Office/ Ruhr 2010, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
Compass in hand, Selección de la Colección de dibujo contemporáneo de la Fundación Judith RSe Não Neste Tempo – Pintura Alemã Contemporânea: 1989-2010 - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Pauloothschild - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Happy End, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Jeder Künstler ist ein Mensch, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Taking Place, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Transzendenz Inc. Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Wahrheit ist Arbeit, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany
FischGrätenMelkStand, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany (closed, 2010)
Mike Kelley / Martin Kippenberger, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Pop Life: Art in a Material World, National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Modèles modèles 2, Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
TWENTY FIVE, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
The Fate of Irony, KAI 10 Raum für Kunst , Dusseldorf, Germany
So Be It: Interventions in Printed Matter,Andrew Roth Gallery, New York
Man Son 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation, Villa Merkel & Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen
Amor Parvi oder Die Liebe zum Kleinen, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen
Pop Life - Warhol, Haring, Koons, Hirst, …, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2009
Just what is it..., ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
CThe Irreverent Object, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NYarte Blanche “IX: Vor heimischer Kulisse, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig
IX: >Vor heimischer Kulisse<, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig, Germany
2008
Artist’s Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Artists As Trouble Maker, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
The Line is a Lonely Hunter: Drawings in New Jerseyy, New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland
XXste eeuw, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Now’s the Time, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom
Kunst im Heim, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
Heroes and Villains, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York
Political Correct, BFAS Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, Switzerland
An Unruly History of the Readymade, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
2007
Eyes wide open – New to the Stedelijk Museum & The Monique Zajfen Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art is uninteresting complete, Galerie Konzett, Vienna, Austria
Multiplex: Directions in Art. 1970 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Ten years, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Exhibitoinism, CCS Bard, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
The Painting of Modern Life, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli/Turin, The Hayward Gallery, London
Sympathy for the Devil. Art and Rock and Roll since 1967, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Fractured Figure: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Spiegel, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Artists’ Books: Transgression/Excess, Space Other, Boston, Massachusetts
Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida; this traveled to The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2006
Group exhibition, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, Florida
The Studio, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom
Defamation of Character, MoMA PS1, New York
Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/1960 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Surprise, Surprise, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Nichts/Nothing, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Watch out, beaumontpublic, Luxembourg
Dada’s Boys: Identity and Play in Contemporary Art, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
2005
Kippenberger, Kooning, Oehlen, Twombly, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Austrian Contemporary Art and Post-War Painting – The Essl Collection, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monerrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Petit Fours, Comme ci Comme ça II, Cologne, Germany
10 Foreign Artists, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway
Drunk vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
No Comments, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Sculpture, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria
Long Playing, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2004
Contemporary: Inaugural Installation, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Painting Group Show, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway
Memorable Memory – The Migros Museum Collection, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Monument ot Now: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Nea Ionia Exhibition Space, Athens, Greece
I Am the Walrus, Cheim & Read, New York
2003
Multiples. Panamarenko. Martin Kippenber. Robert Filiou, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
From the Collection, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Thirty Three Women, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Drawings, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
2002
En Route, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2001
Wechselstrom- Alternating Current, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Televisions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
ABBILD: Recent Portraiture and Depiction, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria (catalogue)
(catalogue)
2000
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Let's Entertain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, (catalogue); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Portland Art Musuem, Oregon; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (catalogue); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (2001); Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida (2001) Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (catalogue)
The Sydney Biennale 2000 (catalogue)
Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Colored Objects, Casino Luxembourg, Belgium (catalogue)
Open Ends, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1999
Double Lives, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
Millennium My Eye! Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Examining Pictures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
1997
Documenta X, Kassel, Germany (catalogue)
Skupturenprojekt, Munster, Germany catalogue)
Display,The Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deep Storage: Arsenale der Erinnerung, Haus der Kunst, Munich; Nationalgalerie SMPK, Berlin; Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf im Ehrenhof; MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington (catalogue)
1996
Everything that's interesting is new: The Dakis Joannou Collection (organized by the DESTE Foundation, in conjunction with The Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen), Athens School of Fine Arts "the factory
Martin Kippenberger's Villa Hugel for the spirit of the times, Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Pulverwiesen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
1994
Steirischer Herbst '94, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
The Century of the Multiple: From Duchamp to the Present, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Temporary Translation(s): Sammlung Schurmann, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (catlaogue)
Cocido y Crudo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
1993
Artist's Books, Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Travelogue, Hochschule fuer Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1992
Ars Pro Domo, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Allegories of Modernism- Contemporary Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, New York (catalogue)
Post Human, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Deste Foundation, Athens; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (catalogue)
Avantgarde & Kampagne, Staedtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Qui, Quoi, Ou? Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Malen ist Wahlen, Kunstverein Munich, Germany (catalogue)
German Photography, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, California
1991
Objects for an Ideal Home, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Buchstaeblich, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
1990
Le Disenchantement du Monde,Villa Arson, Nice, France
Artificial Nature, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art at: The House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece (catalogue)
Pharmacon-90, Nippon Convention Center, Makuhari Fair, Nakase, Japan
1989
Investigations, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Sammlung F.C. Gundlach, Kunstverein in Hamburg (catalogue)
I Triennal de Dibuix Joan Miro, Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
1988
Aperto 88, Venice Biennale (catalogue)
Refigured Painting: The German Image 1960-88, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (catalogue)
1987
Berlinart 1961-1987, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (catalogue)
Buttner Oehlen Oehlen Kippenberger, Villa Arson, Nice, France; Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France (catalogue)
Broken Neon,Steirischer herbst 87-Forum, Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Room Enough -- Sammlung Schurrmann,Suermondt - Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany (catalogue)
Fotografie, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
1985
Das Selbsportrait im Zeitalter der Photographie, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Anniottanta, Gallerie Communale d'Arte, Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (catalogue)
1984
Wahrheit ist Arbeit, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Zwischenbilanz, Neue Galerie am Joanneum, Graz; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Forum fur Aktuelle Kunst/Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck; Rheinisches
Tiefe Blicke, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
Kunstlandschaft Bundesrepublik, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany