Martha Rosler

SELECTED ONE-PERSON SHOWS, PROJECTS, PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS

2009
"Power Games", Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln.
Centro José Guerrero, Granada.

2008
"Great Power", Mitchell Innes and Nash, New York.
"Passionate Signals", Langhans Galerie, Prag.
"Martha Rosler Library", Stills, Edinburgh.
"location, location, location", Portikus, Frankfurt am Main.

2007
"Bringing the War Home", Worcester Art Museum, MA.
"Virtual Minefeld"", Location One, New York.

2006
"The Martha Rosler Library", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt.
"Kriegsschauplätze", Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin.

2005
"Martha Rosler Library", 53 Ludlow Street, New York.
"Martha Rosler: London Garage Sale", Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
"Martha Rosler - If not now, when?", Hannover Sprengel Museum.

2004
"Do You Believe in Reality?", Taipei Biennnial, Taiwan.
"Photomontages 1965 - 2004", Gorney Bravin + Lee Gallery, New York.

2003
"Oleanna Space/Ship/Station", at Utopia Station at the 50th Venice Biennale,Venice.

2002
Vin & Sprithistoriska Museet, Stockholm. With Richard Billingham (sched.).
Moderna Museet, Stockholm (sched.).
Maison Européenne de la Photographie Paris (sched.).

2001
Live Performance Art Biennale in re: Live. Video-In Studios, Vancouver, B.C.

2000
“Positions in the Life World,” New Museum in collaboration with the International Center of Photography, New York.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
„Martha Rosler, Positions in the Life World“, The New Museum, New York.
"Romances of the Meal,” Performance, For the project “Indiscipline,” Brussels 2000.
"Martha Rosler: Video", Kiasma Museum Of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.
"Hors Champ: Agenda Caravanes", Two-person screening (with Peter Boggers), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

1999
"In the Place of the Public: Airport Series", Suite of bus cards and subway lightboxes in the exhibition “Ruins in Reverse: Time and Progress in Contemporary Art,” organized by CEPA Gallery, Buffalo.
"OOPS! Or, Nobody Loves a Hegemon", Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln.
„Martha: Positionen in der Lebenswelt“; Generali Foundation, Vienna; MACBA, Museu d’art contemporani, Barcelona; Villeurbanne, France.

1998
„Martha Rosler Positions in the Life World“, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, The New Museum, New York.
„In the Place of the Public“, Frankfurt Airport, organized by the Museum für Moderne Kunst.
„Martha Rosler“, INIT: Kunsthalle, Berlin.

1997
„Transitions and Digressions“, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York.
„Martha Rosler Reads Vogue: Wishing, Dreaming, Winning, Spending“, MNN, BCAT und Bronxnet Cable, New York.
„Rights of Passage“, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris.

1996
„Martha Rosler Reads Vogue“, Paper Tiger Television, Bronxnet, New York.
„Everyday Objects: Videotapes by Martha Rosler“, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
„Born to Be Sold“, Free Speech TV, Boulder, Colorado.

1995
„Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document“, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Center for Contemporary Art - CCA, Glasgow.
„Born to Be Sold“; Free Speech TV, Boulder, Colorado.
„Martha Rosler: Il Bienal del Video“, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.

1994
„In the Place of the Public“, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati.
„Videotapes of Martha Rosler“, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels.
„Korrektur in Stuttgart“, Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart.

1993
„In the Place of the Public“, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York.
„Monográfico de Martha Rosler“, Instiut Valencià de la Dona, Valencia.
„An Empty Space in Ottensen, Contaminated by History, Capital and Asbestos.“, In the series „Stadtfahrt (City Tour)“, Hamburg.

1992
„If You Lived Here: Homelessness and Housing in St. Louis“, Installation in the exhibition „Green Acres: Neo-Colonialism in the U.S“, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis.
„Video Project“, Sandra Gering, New York.

1991
„Focus on Southern Africa: Nancy Buchanan, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Martha Rosler“, Otis/Prasons Art Institute Gallery, in the series „L.A. Freewaves“.
„Born to Be Sold“, Manhattan Cable, New York.
„The Machine Wreckers: The Lady Luddities“. Third Frauen Film Festival, Dortmund.
„Bringing the War Home“, Simon Watson, New York.

1990
„Housing Is a Human Right“, Project on housing and homelessness in the city of Oxford and Oxfordshire. Public sites in the city and at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
„Martha Rosler“, Galerie 7.0.7., Frankfurt, In series: „Politische Diskurse“.

1989
„If you lived here...“, (Six-month project including group shows, screenings, readings, and other activities, and a series of open forums on housing, homelessness, and visions of the city), Dia Art Foundation, New York.
„Housing Is a Human Right“, Times Square Spectacolor animated signboard, New York.

1988
„Martha Rosler: Four Works“, Viewpoints on Video Cable Series, organized by the Long Beach Museum of Art, Broadcast throughout California.
American Film Insitute Video Festival, Los Angeles, „Premiere“ screening, „Born to Be Sold“.

1987
„Focus: Martha Rosler“, Instiute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
„Global Taste: A Meal in Three Courses“, Video Installation at Cornell Cinema, Ithaca.

1986
Los Angeles Center of Photographic Studies and EZTV. Los Angeles.
Camerawork, San Francisco.
Installation Gallery, San Diego.
Electronic Arts Gallery, Minneapolis.

1985
University/Community Video, Minneapolis.
„Fascination with the (Game of the)(Exploding)(Historical) Hollow Leg“, Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder.

1983
ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
„Martha Rosler: Six Videotapes, 1975-1983“, The Office, New York.
„Fascination with the (Game of the)(Exploding)(Historical) Hollow Leg“, University of Colorado, Boulder, in the realm of the group exhibition „Commentaries“, Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts Gallery University of Colorado, Boulder.

1982
„Watchwords of the Eighties“, Documenta 7, Kassel; Oberlin College Art Museum, Ohio; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre School of Fine Art; Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto; Dance Theatre Workshop, New York.

1981
„Two Evenings of Video“, Powerhouse Gallery, Montréal.
„Watchwords of the Eighties“, In „ActingOut: The First Political Performance Series“, Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York, curated by Lucy Lippard.
„Optimism/Pessimism: Constructing a Life“, Los Angeles – London Performance-Exchange, Franklin Furnace – Just Above Midtown/Downtown Gallery, New York.

1980
„Sketch for a Ritual of Mutual Atonement: For Alice“, Interaction Arts, New York.
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax.

1979
Orange Coast College Photography Gallery, Costa Mesa, California.
"Getting the News“, Alberta College of Art, Calgary.
„Women in Focus“, Vancouver.
A-Space, Toronto.
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

1978
„Against the Mythology of Everyday Life“ and/or Gallery, Seattle.
„Martha Rosler“, Véhicule Art, Montréal.
„Martha Rosler“, Video Free America, San Francisco.
„Domination and the Everyday“, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA).
“Getting the News“ In „What’s Cooking II“, University of California, San Diego.

1977
„Martha Rosler“, „New American Filmmakers“ Series, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
„Foul Play in the Chicken House“, Long Beach Museum of Art, California.
„Forced Choice Arizona State University", Tempe.
„What’s Your Name Little Girl?“, CLOSE Artists’ radio, KPFK Los Angeles.
„Traveling Garage Sale“, La Mamelle Gallery garage, San Francisco.

1976
Parachute Center for Cultural Affairs, Calgary.

1975
The Kitchen, New York (with Alan Sekula).
„The Evening News“, Cable-TV screening, College Art Association, Hotel Hilton, Los Angeles (with Alan Sekula).

1974
„A Gourmet Experience“, University of California, San Diego.

1973
„Monumental Garage Sale“, University of California, San Diego.
„Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained“, University of California, San Diego.

2009
"Democracy in America", Creative Time, New York (upcoming).
"EMAF 2009", European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (upcoming).
"El pasado en el presente y lo propio en lo ajeno", Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijon.
"Street Art, Street Life", Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York.
"1968. Die Große Unschuld", Kunsthalle Bielfeld, Bielefeld.
"The Human Stain", CGAC Santiago de Compostela.

2008
"re.act.feminism", Akademie der Kpnste, Berlin.
"versus inversus", Galleria Raffaela Cortes, Mailand.
"Universial Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia", Museu d ́Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona.
"Interieur/Exterieur: Wohnen in der Kunst", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg.
"Bildpolitiken", Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg.

2007
"Body politicx", Witte de With, Rotterdam (upcoming).
documenta 12, Kassel.
"Erblätterte Identitäten. Mode - Kunst - Zeitschriften", Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig.
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 45 Years of Art & Feminism", Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao (upcoming).
"Sculpture Projects Münster", Münster 2007 (upcoming).
"Anachronism", Argos Center for Art & Media, Brüssel.
"WACK! Art and Feminist Revolution", Museum of Contemporary Art/Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles.
"The Evil. Teil 1: Presse & Politik, Teil 2: Pop & Politik ", kuratiert von Raimar Stange, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden.
"For A Special Place. Documents And Works From The Generali Foundation Collection", Austrian Cultural Forum New York, New York.
"United Nations Plaza", Temporäre Kunstakademie, Berlin (gegr.von / founded by Anton Vidokle).
"Mapping the City", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
"Feedback: The Video Data Bank, Video Art, and Artist Interviews", Museum of Modern Art New York, New York.

2006-07
"Piktogramme - Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart.

2006
"Media Burn", Tate Modern, L2 Gallery, London.
"Saigon Open City: Liberation", Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
"Academy. Learning from Art", Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen.
"Terminals, Hotels & Wunderwelten", Stadtmuseum Graz, Graz.
"Martha Rosler ́s Library", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt.
"FALLOUT. Cold War Culture", Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
"Optik Schröder. Werke aus der Sammlung Schröder", Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig.
"The Early Show: Video from 1969-1979" The Berta and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York.

2005
"girls on film", Zwirner & Wirth, New York.

2004
"Election", American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, New York.
"WAR! PROTEST IN AMERICA 1965-2004 and MEMORIALS OF WAR", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
"Recherche - entdeckt! Bildarchive der Unsichtbarkeiten. 6. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 2004", Villa Merkel und Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen.
"American Idyll", Greene Naftali Gallery, New York.
"Die Regierung", mit Harun Farocki, Jean-Luc Godard/Jean-Pierre Gorin, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg.

2003
"The Next Documenta Should be Curated By An Artist", e-flux project, John Miller, Martha Rosler u.a.; kuratiert von Jens Hoffmann, www.e-flux.com.
La Biennale di Venezia (Arsenale), Venedig 2003.
"Attack! Kunst und Krieg in den Zeiten der Medien", Kunsthalle Wien.
"Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion since 1970,” curated by Chris Townsend. Barbican, London (sched.).
"A Short History of Performance - Part II", Whitechapel Gallery, London.

2002
"Spacing the Line: Performativity and Passage Zones", Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig.
"Photo Exhibition", Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York.
"Shopping", SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (sched.), TATE Liverpool, England (sched.).
“/ /IN/welcher/Haltung/arbeiten/Sie/bevorzugt?, Ausstellung zum Verhältnis von Kunst und der Konstruktion von Arbeit”, kuratiert von Andreas Siekmann und / /D/O/C/K-Projektbereich, Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig.
Video Primer. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. In collaboration with V-Tape, Toronto.
"Dritte Sektor", Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig.
"Screening", Consejeria de las Artes, Madrid.
"Outer and Inner Space: A Video Exhibition in Three Parts", Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia.
"Continued Reflections: Walker Art Center Celebrates Black History Month", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
"Art and the Construction of Work", Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig.
"The First Decade: Video From the EAI Archives", Museum of Modern Art, New York.
"Non-Places", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main.
"Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/ California 1950-2000", San Jose Museum of Art (CA).
"Do It", curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, at e-flux.com <www.e-flux.com>.
Festival "Kobieta Z Kameru." Warszaw, Organized by Cinenova.
"Through Women ́s Eye s - Video Art by Women Artists." Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
"Personal and Political: The Women’s Art Movement 1969-75", Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York.

2001
"Spitting Image: Myth and Creation of Feminine Identity", University of Connecticut at Stamford.
"Double Life: Identity and Transformation in Contemporary Art", Generali Foundation, Vienna.
„New York ca. 1975“, David Zwirner, New York.
„The Communications Department“, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London.
"L’Esprit de Famille", Villa du Parc, Cetre d’Art Contemporain, Annemasse, France. Organized by Mamco, Geneva.
"Goteborg Film Festival", Goteborg, Sweden.
"Transposition", London film festival, London.
"Shopping", Generali Foundation, Vienna.
"Playing Amongst the Ruins", Royal College of Art, London.
"The Path of Resistance. MoMA Meets Moderna 1960 - 2000", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
"Beyond Origin", Hellenic American Union, Athens.
"Structure/Statement", in the series “Contingent Cinema”, University of California, Los Angeles.
"Communications Department", Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London.
"Many Moons", Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York.
Neue Galerie für bildende Kunst, Berlin.
"Works from the Collection", Generali Foundation, Vienna.
"Jheronimus Bosch", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
"Tele "Works from the Permanent Collection", International Center of Photography, New York.
"Sculpture Contemporaine: Oeuvres de la Collection Frac Rhône-Alpes de l’Institut d‘art contemporain", Lyon.

2000
"The Wounded Diva: Hysteria, Body, Technology in 20th Century Art", Kunstverein München, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, München; Siemens Kulturprogramm, München; Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
"Quotidiana." Castello Di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli/Torino.
"The Cool World: Film & Video in America 1950-2000. Part II: 1970-2000", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
"The Body--Between Construction and Condition", International Women’s University Open Space Program, Hanover.
"The Psychic Life of Inner Space," in the exhibition series "Living Inside: Subjektive Räume/Private Dimensionen”, Großer Aktzeichensaal, Vienna "Carnival in the Eye of the Storm: War/Art/New Technologies", Curated by Trebor Scholz. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland.
"Odd Bodies", Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ont.; Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alta. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada/Musée des beaux-arts du Canada.
"Insites: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art", Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion. Stamford, Conn.
"real", 4th Werkleitz Biennale, in the section ”gender --Zur Technologie des Geschlechts”, Werkleitz (D).
"Cooked! (Politics, Performance and Kitchen Sink Video)", Video Inn, Vancouver, curated by Sue Ditta, part of the “Invision Project”.
"The Path of Resistance." Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the museum-wide exhibition Open Ends Hypermental, Rampant Reality 1950—2000 Kunsthaus Zürich, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
"Bruit de Fond", Centre national de photographie, Paris.
"Highlights from the Permanent Collection: Pollock to Today", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
„Hausschau, das Haus in der Kunst“, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg.
„Gouvenementalität“, Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover.

1999
„Siting Conflict“, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver.
„Dream City“, Kunstraum München, Munich.
"Poésie et principes." Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva.
"Dream City." Kunstraum München. Group show in 4 venues in Munich, sponsored by Kunstraum, Kunstverein, Villa Stuck and Siemens.
"m o b i l S U P E R S U P E R l a n d. Über Mobilitat und ihre gelegentlichen Behinderungen", Forum Stadtpark, Graz.
"Siting Conflict", Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver.
"Laboratorium", Provinciaal Museum voor Fotografie and other locations in the city of Antwerp, Belgium.
"Private Eye." Haus am Waldsee, Berlin.
"Splice This!" Second Annual Super -8 Film Festival, Toronto.
"The American Century, Part II: 1950-2000", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
"Artissima 99", Torino, Italy.
"Modern Starts: Things", Museum of Modern Art, New York.
"Public Domain", Fototriennale Graz, Austria.

1998
„From the Body: Allegories of the Feminine“, Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela.
„Idea de lugar: Videos sobre Latinoamérica“, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid.
„In Site 98: Mysterious Voyages: Exploring Photography“, Contemproary Mus., Baltimore.
„Fast Forward: Trade Marks“, Kunstverein in Hamburg.

1997
„Airport“, Photographers’ Gallery, London; Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam.
„Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the United States“, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; American Museum of Moving Image, New York.
"Artists’ Videos from the Late 60’s to the Early 70’s“, Kunstverein in Hamburg.
„Multiple Identity, Amerikanische Kunst, 1975-1995, aus dem Whitney Museum“, Kunstmuseum Bonn.
„Luces, Cámara, Acciòn (...) Corten! (Videoacciòn: El Cuerpo y Sus Fronteras)“, IVAM Centro Julio González, Valencia.
„Views from Abroad III“, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Selections from the Whitney Permanent Collection made by the Tate Gallery, London.

1996
„Inside the Visible“, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; National Museum of Women, Washington; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
„Art at the End of the Twentieth Century. Selction of the Whitney Museum of American Art“, National Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens.
„Incandenscent“,Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark.
„System Aesthetics: Works from the Permanent Collection“, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.

1995
„25 Years of Video Art“, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
„Africus Biennale“, Johannesburg, South Africa.
„Division of Labor: Women’s Work in Contemporary Art, 1970-95“, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
„Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document“, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Inaugural exhibition.
„Lesezimmer II. Kustpresse Österreich“, Grazer Kunstverein.
„The Art of Memory, The Loss of History“, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

1984
„New American Video Art: A Historical Survey, 1967-1980“, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
„Content: A Contemporary Focus“, 1974-1984, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
„Difference: On Representation and Sexuality“, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Renaissance Center, Univ. of Chicago; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

1983
„Videotapes from the Whitney Biennial“. 17 North American and European venues„Video of the Seventies - The Greatest Hits“. Institute of Contemp Art, Boston.
„Whitney Biennial“. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
„Festival Andere Avant-Garde“. Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria.
„Video Art: A History, Part II“. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
„Ars ‘83“. Helsinki Atheneum, Finland.

1982
„Documenta 7“, Kassel.
„Seventy-Fourth American Exhibition“, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

1981
„Books by Artists“, Winnipeg; Ottawa; Mus. Contemporary Art, Montréal; Vancouver, etc.
„Libres D’Artista/Artist’s Books“, Centre de Documentaçión D’Art Actual (CDAA), Barcelona.
„Art and Society: Bookworks by Women“, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, Ca.
„Erweiterte Fotografie (Extended Photography)“, Vienna Secession, Vienna.

1980
„A Decade of Women’s Performance Art“, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans.
„Public Disclosure: Secrets from the Street“, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
„National Video Festival“, American film Institute, Kennedy Center; Washington D.C..
„Issue“ curated by Lucy Lippard and Sandy Nairne. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

1979
„Whitney Biennial“, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
„Southern California Photography Invitational ‘79“, Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles.

1978
„Out of the House“, Whitney Museum Downtown Gallery, New York.