Born in Dessau, Germany, 1940. Education: Staatlichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany, 1964-1971. Lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1968 Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1969 Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, West Germany. 1970 Art & Projekt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1971 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. 1972 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1973 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. 1974 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. 1975 Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany. 1976 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Köln and Munich, West Germany. 1977 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. 1978 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. 1979 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. 1981 Dia Art Foundation, Köln, Germany. 1982 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 1983 Dia Art Foundation, Köln, Germany. Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland. Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, West Germany. 1984 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, West Germany. Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, West Germany. 1985 Musée Municipal, La Roche sur Yon, France. Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands. 1986 Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, West Germany. 1987 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland. Dia Art Foundation, NYC, NY. 1988 Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium. 1989 Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 1991 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC, NY. 1992 Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany. Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 1993 Städtische Galerie, Quakenbrück, Germany. 1994 Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art, Utsunomiya, Japan. Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany. 1995 Goethe-Institut Gallery, London, England. Stadtgalerie Kulturring, Sundern, Germany. 1996 Ludwigforum, Aachen, Germany. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1997 IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland. Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France. Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain. 1998 Galerie am Lindenplatz, Schaan, Lichtenstein. 2001 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria. 2002 Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany. Kunstverein Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany. 2003 Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain. 2004 Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany. 2006 Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England. 2007 Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Luwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain. 2008 Dia: Beacon, Beacon, New York. Dia Art Foundation, The Dan Flavin Art Institute, Bridgehampton, New York. 2009 Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany. 1968 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Projektion. 1969 Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland, Düsseldorfer Szene. 1970 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England. New Multiple Art. 1971 Park Sonsbeek, Arnheim, The Netherlands. Sonsbeek 71. Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Prospect 71. Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France. Biennale des Jeues. 1972 Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany. Documenta 5. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, West Germany. 14 x 14. Museum Folkwang, Essen, West Germany. Szene Rhein-Ruhr ‘72. 1973 Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Prospect 73. 1974 Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, West Germany. 25 Jahre Kunst in der BRD 1949-1974. 1976 Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Prospect Retrospect. 1977 Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany. Documenta 6. 1979 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Video-Galerie Gerry Schum. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Vienna, Austria. Sammlung Ludwig. Museum Folkwang, Essen, West Germany. Videowochen Essen ‘79. 1980 Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium. Kunst in Europana ‘68. Hayward Gallery, London, England; Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller,Otterlo, The Netherlands. Pier and Ocean. 1981 Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France. Art Allemagne Aujourd’hui. 1982 Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany. Documenta 7. 1983 Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Borofsky, Chamberlain, Dahn, Knoebel. 1984 Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Von Hier Aus. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Cosmic Images in the Art of the 20th Century. 1985 Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, West Germany. 1945-1985, Kunst der BRD. 1986 Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy. Ouverture II. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, West Germany. Beuys zu Ehren. 1987 Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany. Documenta 8. Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany; Leo Castelli Gallery, Sonnabend Gallery, and Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, NYC, NY. Similia/Dissimilia. 1988 Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany. Rot Gelb Blau. Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, West Germany; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. The Binational/Die Binationale. 1989 Messe Köln, Köln, West Germany. Bilderstreit. Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Blickpunkte. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, West Germany. Prospect 89. 1990 Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan. Pharmakon ‘90. 1991 Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany. Metropolis. 1992 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Saint Louis Art. Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1969 to the Present. 1993 Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Shapes and Positions. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC, NY; The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, California; Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany. Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1969 to the Present. 1994 Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark. Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1969 to the Present. Hayward Gallery, London, England. Unbound: Possibilities in Painting. 1996 Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany. Monochromie Geometrie. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. Sammlungsblöcke – Stiftung Fröhlich. 1997 Center for Contemporary Art, Mälmö, Sweden. Painting – The Extended Field. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany. Deutschlandbilder. 1998 Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria. Das Jahrhundert der Kunstlerischen Freiheit. 1999 Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany. Geometrie als Gestalt. Fundatio de Serralves, Porto, Portugal. Circa 1968. Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC. Regarding Beauty. 2000 Museo National Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. Arte Alemán, La Colección Grothe. 2001 Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. As Painting: Division and Displacement. 2002 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan. The Unfinished Century: Legacies of 20th Century Art. CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. Les années 70: l’art en cause. 2003 Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany. Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography. 2004 Staatliche Tretjakow-Galerie, Moscow, Russia. Moskau-Berlin/Berlin-Moskau 1950-2000. UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California. The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography. 2005 Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein. Von Gauguin bis Imi Knoebel. 2006 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Gestalt, Magie, Zeichen. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Nichts. Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland. Projektion. 2007 Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany. Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue? Positionen der Farbfeldmalerei. DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany. Minimalism and Applied I. 2008 Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria. Abstrakt/Abstract. 2010 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NYC, NY. Shape Language. Stüttgen, Johannes, Aus ‘Der ganze Riemen’ – Imi & Imi 1964-1969, IMI KNOEBEL (exhibition catalogue), Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1982. Wechsler, Max, Imi Knoebel, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, ARTFORUM, October 1983, p. 86. Rein, Ingrid, Imi Knoebel, FLASH ART, March 1985, p. 51. Schmidt, Katharina, Der Greifweg, IMI KNOEBEL (exhibition catalogue), Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1986. Bürgi, Bernhard, Imi Knoebel, WOLKENKRATZER, February-April 1986, pp. 1-3, 52-61. Pohlen, Annelie, Imi Knoebel, ARTFORUM, Summer 1986, p. 136. Dahlem, Franz, Our Thoughts Reside in Solitude, IMI KNOEBEL (exhibition catalogue), Dia Art Foundation, New York, 1987. Stüttgen, Johannes, Interview with Imi Knoebel, IMI KNOEBEL (exhibition catalogue), Dia Art Foundation, New York, 1987. Kuspit, Donald, Imi Knoebel’s Triangle, ARTFORUM, January 1987, pp. 72-79. Smith, Roberta, Art: Beuys, Palermo and Knoebel at the New Dia, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 19 September 1987. Levin, Kim, The Minimalizer – Blinky Palermo, Imi Knoebel, Joseph Beuys at Dia Art Foundation, THE VILLAGE VOICE, 3 November 1987. Salvioni, Daniela, Beuys, Knoebel, Palermo – Three Artists Who Employ Installation, FLASH ART, January-February 1988, p. 120. Storr, Robert, Beuys’s Boys: Beuys, Knoebel, Palermo, ART IN AMERICA, March 1988, pp. 96-103. Messler, Norbert, Imi Knoebel, ARTFORUM, September 1988, p. 156. Joachimides, Christos M., and Norman Rosenthal, METROPOLIS (exhibition catalogue), Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, 1991. Ono, Masaharu, Geometry of Chaos, IMI KNOEBEL – GRACE KELLY 1989-1990 (exhibition catalogue), Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tuara, Japan, 1991. Schenker, Christoph, Imi Knoebel: The Limits of Communicability, FLASH ART, November-December 1991, pp. 103-107. Smith, Roberta, Imi Knoebel – Barbara Gladstone Gallery, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 6 December 1991. Stüttgen, Johannes, Imi Knoebel and Joseph Beuys, IMI KNOEBEL (exhibition catalogue), Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany, 1992. Bumiller, Rudolf, Arbeit im Erfolg – Arbeit in der Erfolgslosigkeit, PARKETT, Number 32, 1992, pp. 32-45. Crone, Rainer, and David Moos, Imi Knoebel and Grace Kelly: The High Artist, PARKETT, Number 32, 1992, pp. 46-59. Liebmann, Lisa, Imi Knoebel – Erster Eindruck, PARKETT, Number 32, 1992, pp. 60-71. Grout, Catherine, Imi Knoebel – La Peinture en devenir, ART PRESS, March 1992, pp. 17-20. Fuchs, Rudi, Pulling Strings, IMI KNOEBEL RETROSPECTIVE 1968-1996 (exhibition catalogue), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 1996. Gassner, Hubertus, Vierfelderwirtschaft – schwarz-weiss und farbig, IMI KNOEBEL RETROSPECTIVE 1968-1996 (exhibition catalogue), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 1996. Stüttgen, Johannes, Arbeitsbericht 1966-1998 zu Imi Knoebel, IMI KNOEBEL RETROSPECTIVE 1968-1996 (exhibition catalogue), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 1996. Wechsler, Max, Expeditionen in den Raum der Malerei und der Skulptur und darüber hinaus, IMI KNOEBEL RETROSPECTIVE 1968-1996 (exhibition catalogue), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 1996. Wechsler, Max, Malerei als Konstruktion aus Form und Farbe als Gegenstand, IMI KNOEBEL: TAG UND NACHT UND BUNT (exhibition catalogue), Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1997. Wechsler, Max, Color Constructs or The Poetry of Exactitude, IMI KNOEBEL – PURE FREUDE (exhibition catalogue), Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, 2002. Curtis, Penelope, Palindrome: a few observations about beginnings and endings, IMI KNOEBEL – PRIMARY STRUCTURES 1966/2006 (exhibition catalogue), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England, 2006. Hogrebe, Wolfram, Imi Knoebel: ‘Amor Intellectualis’, IMI KNOEBEL – WERKE VON 1966 BIS 2006 (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, 2007. Martin, Dirk, On the exhibition ‘Imi Knoebel – works from 1966 to 2006’ in the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen am Rhein, IMI KNOEBEL – WERKE VON 1966 BIS 2006 (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Hack- Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, 2007. Schulz, Martin, Not I and Yet I!, IMI KNOEBEL – WERKE VON 1966 BIS 2006 (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, 2007. Stüttgen, Johannes, On: Imi Knoebel ‘Batterie’, IMI KNOEBEL – WERKE VON 1966 BIS 2006 (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, 2007. 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