alexandra bircken
1967 Born in Cologne, DE
Lives and works in Cologne, DE
education
1991-1995 BA Fashion, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
1990-1991 Fine Art Foundation, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
solo exhibitions
2013 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2012 “Hausrat”, Der Kunstverein, Hamburg, DE
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE
2011 Studio Voltaire, London, UK
“Think of me”, Kimmerich Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Blondie”, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
2009 “Alles muß raus!”, BQ, Berlin, DE
“Crossings”, Herald St, London, UK
2008 Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, DE
“Units”, Docking Station, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2007 “Holz”, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
2006 BQ, Cologne, DE
2005 Herald St, London. UK
2004 BQ, Cologne, DE
group exhibitions
2012 “A Disagreeable Object”, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
“Everyday Abstract - Abstract Everyday”, James Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
“Made in Germany Zwei”, Sprengel Museum, Kestnergesellschaft, Kunstverein Hannover, DE
“Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art From Germany”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2011 “Skulpturales Handeln”, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
“My beautiful Mongo”, Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, IT
“Eins Plus Eins”, Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, DE curated by Brigitte Kölle
“Suspense. Sculture sospese”, EX3 Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Firenze, Florence, IT
curated by Lorenzo Giusti and Arabella Natalini
2010 “Neues Rheinland. Eine postironische Generation”, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE
CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, FR
“Undone”, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
“Rive droite / Rive gauche”, Paris, FR
“The Long Dark” (con’t), Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK, curated by Michelle Cotton
“SPOT ON 05”, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, DE
“The same sight slighter”, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
“Feint Art”, Kunstverein Freiburg, DE
2009 “The Long Dark”, The International 3, Manchester; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK curated by Michelle Cotton
“Your Gold Teeth II”, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY curated by Todd Levin
“Arrival Inside”, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
2008 “Vom Gehen in viele Richtungen”, 701 e.V. zu Gast im KIT - Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, DE
“Brussels Biennial”, Brüssel, BE
“Borders”, Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam, NL
“View 14: Hooking up”, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
“Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art”, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
“Paradies und zurück”, Sammlung Rheingold in Schloss Dyck, Jüchen, DE
“Anti-Baby Pille”, Aktualisierungsraum, Hamburg, DE
2007 “Unmonumental”, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
“Hope and Despair”, Cell Project Space, London, UK
“Common Threads”, Charlottestown Confederation Center, Charlottestown, und Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, CA
“Um-Kehrungen”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, DE
“L’Homme nu, Volume 2/3: L’Homme et son environnement”, Maison Populaire, Montreuil, FR
“L’Homme nu, Volume 1/3: Allures anthropomorphes“, Maison Popoulaire, Montreuil, FR
2006 “dereconstruction“, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
“Das große Rasenstück. Zeitgenössische Kunst im öffentlichen Raum”, Nuremberg, DE
“Kn’-yan”, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, DE
2005 “Other People`s Projects: Herald St, London“, White Columns, New York, NY
“Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman, Maaike Schoorel“, Maureen Paley Interim Art, London, UK
“Us”, Herald St, London, UK
“fünfmalskulptur”, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE