Dennis OppenHeim
Lives andworks in New York since 1967
BORN
1938 ElectricCity, Washington
EDUCATION
1996 M.F.A.Stanford University, Stanford, California
1997 B.F.A.School of Arts and Crafts, Oakland California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 ROVE, Kenny Schachter, New York
White Box, New York
Fond Regional dÕArt Contemporain de Picardie, Galleries de Lycee, Amiens,France
2003 WhitneyMuseum of Art, New York
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
Sa Nostra, Centre de Cultura, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Ieritmonti Gallery, Milan, Italy
Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
2002 MichaelH. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
John Gibson Gallery, New York
Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Joseph Helman Gallery, New York
2001 GuildHall, East Hampton, USA
Joan Guaita, Palma, Spain
Musee des Beaux-Arts dÕArras, Arras, France
Dorfman Projects, New York
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1999 CorcoranGallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1998 StefanStux Gallery, New York
Museo de Arte Alvar, Mexico City, Mexico
1997 VeniceMarghera,Pilkington SIV, Venice, Italy
1996 RijksmuseumKroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Sotrgade, Denmark
Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris, France
Galerie Pro Arte, Freiburg, Germany
Mannheimer Kunstberein, Mannheim, Germany
Palazzo Delle Exposizioni, Rome, Italy
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
1995 KunstsammlungTumulka, Munich, Germany
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
California Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
Tweed Art Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
1994 MuseedÕArt Moderne Villeneuve dÕAscq, France
Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona,Spain
Musee dÕArt Moderne de laCommunaute Urbaine de Lille, France
1993 SalaDÕExposicions, Principality of Andorra, Andorra
Retrospective, Porin Taidesmuseio, Pori, Finland
Retrospective, Oulu Taidesmuseo, Oulu, Finland
Retrospective, Ujazdoski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
1991 P.S.1,Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Island, New York
1990 PieridesMuseum, Athens, Greece
1984 SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
1982 VancouverArt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Riksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
1980 MuseedÕArt et dÕHistoire, Geneva, Switzerland
1979 KunstvereinStuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany
ARC2, Musee dÕArtModerne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
KunsthalleBasel, Basel, Switzerland
TheIsrael Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1978 Retrospective, Musee dÕArt Contemporain,Montreal, Canada
Retrospective,Art Gallery ofOntario, Toronto, Canada
1976 MuseumBoymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland
1975 Palaisdes Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
1974 StedelijkMuseum, Amsterdam, Holland
1972 TateGallery, London, England
1969 Museumof Modern Art, Ocean Project, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 LesEnvironmentales #3,Tecomah, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Art,Lies, and Videotape,Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
2003 TheIdeal City,Valencia Biennal, Valencia, Spain
Readyto Shoot – Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
2002 IIBuenos Aires International Art Biennial, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 TheAmerican Centuty 1950-2000, Part II, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1998 XXIVBiennale Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997 LÕempreinte, Contre Georges Pompidou, Pairs,France
1996 Museumof Modern and Contemporary Art, Nice, France
Museumof Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
MacGaleries Contemporaines des Musees de Marsaille, France
MuseedÕArt Moderne et dÕArt Contemporain, Nice, France
BallerupKommune, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 Universityof Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts
PhoenixArt Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Reconsideringthe Object of Art, 1965-1975, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
BiennaledÕArt, Lyon, France
1993 TheBrooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
1991 Wordas Image,Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
1982 Metaphor, The Hirshhorn Museum, WasingtonD.C.
1981 WhitneyBiennale, WhitneyMuseum of American Art, New York
1980 VeniceBiennale, Venice, Italy
1977 DocumentaVI, Kassel, West Germany
WhitneyBiennale, WhitneyMuseum of American Art, New York
1976 VeniceBiennale, Venice, Italy
1975 VideoArt, Institute ofContemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 Films/Sonsbeek, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller,Otterlo, Holland
ProjectionCE71, KunsthalleDusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
1970 Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Body, Museum of Contemporary Art, SanFrancisco, California
1969 EarthArt, AndrewDickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
SELECTEDCOMMISSIONS
2003 CrystalGarden,University of Cincinnatti, Ohio
2001 StageSet for a Film (and Event Sculpture), Commission by the Regional Arts and Culture Council forthe Expo Center in Portland, Oregon
2000 PerformancePiece, Collectionof the Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
1999 Monumentto Escape,Commissioned by the Committee for Monuments to Victims of State Terrorism,Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina.
BusHome,Commissioned by the City of Beunaventura, California
Jumpand Twist,Collection of the Albert-Luwigs University of Freiburg, Germany
1998 DrinkingStructure with Exposed Kidney Pool, Collection of Europos Parkas, Vilniaus, Lithuania
StageSet for a Film,Collection of the City of Valladolid, Spain
1997 Engagement, Collection of the City ofLeoben, Austria, and the Collection of the Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki,Finland.
Deviceto Root out Evil,Collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver Colorado, and the city of Palma deMallorca, Spain
1996 TarRoses, PrivateCollection, U.S.
1995 RabbitFactory, Collectionof the Ballerup Kommune, Copenhagen, Denmark
Chair/Pool, Collection of Europos Parkas,Vilniaus, Lithuania
1992 Tempestin a Teacup, Collectionof the Principality of Andorra
1988 ImpersonationStation,Collection of the Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
1985 LevitationCelebration, Separation, Collection of the City of Theirs, France
1984 ImageIntervention,Collection of the University of Alaska at Anchorage, Alaska
Dreamsand Nightmares. Journey of an exploded weave (Mondrianunder pressure), Collectionof the Tel-Hai College Art Institute, Upper Galilee, Israel
Dreamsand Nightmares. Journey of Broken weave, Collection of the University ofNew Mexico Art Museum, Albequerque, New Mexico
Basketand Wave,Collection of the Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria, Australia
RollingExplosion,Collection of the Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri
1983 Rootsin Cubism. Hearts Starts in the Stars. Forest for Cezanne, Collection of BundesgartenschauBerlin, Germany
1982 Stationfor Detaining and Blinding Radio-Active Horses, Collection of the Kroller MullerMuseum, Otterlo, Netherlands
FormulaCompound. A Combustion Chamber. AnExorcism (From the Fireworks Series), Gori Collection, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy
Scan.(A Detection Device),Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio
Albright-Knox Art Gallery,Buffalo, New York
Art Gallery of New South Wales,Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto,Canada
Art Gallery of South Australia,Adelaide, Australia
Art Gallery of Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,Illinois
ArtPark, Lewsiton, New York
Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) Centerfor Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
BallState University, Muncie, Indiana
BardCollege, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
BonnerKunstverein, Artithek, Bonn, Germany
Boymans-van-Beuningen,Rotterdam, Holland
BrainerdArt Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, New York
BrooklynMuseum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Bundesgarten,Berlin, Germany
CargoCentre International dÕArts Visuels, Marseille, France
CedarhurstSculpture Park Mount Vernon, Illinois
Centred-Art Plastique Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
ChibaCity Museum, Chiba City, Japan
CorcoranGallery of Art, Washington D.C.
CranbrookAcademy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
DanforthMuseum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
DenisonUnversity, Granville, Ohio
DenverArt Institute, Denver, Colorado
DesMoines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
DetroitArt Institute, Detroit, Michigan
EdmontonArt Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
EmanuelHoffman-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
EversonMuseum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fattoriadi Celle, Pistoia, Italy
FloridaAtlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
FloridaInternational University, Miami, Florida
FondsNational d-Art Contemporain, La Defense, France
FortLauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
FortWayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Texas
F.R.A.C.Nord Pas-de-Calais, Lille, France
F.R.A.C.Picardie, Amiens, France
F.R.A.C.Aquitaine, Aquitaine, France
Fundacaoder Serralves, Porto, Portugal
GrandRapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
GroningerMuseum, Groningen, Holland
GuildHall, East Hampton, New York
HagsGemeenstemuseum, Den Haag, Holland
HallwallsContemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
HelsinkiCity Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
HelsinkiMuseum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
HerbertF. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
HighMuseum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
HiroshimaCity Museum, Hiroshima City, Japan
HoustonContemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas
IndianapolisMuseum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Institutefor Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York
IsraelMuseum, Jerusalem, Israel
JewishMuseum of Art, New York, New York
KunsthausZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
LannanFoundation, Los Angeles, California
LÕartContemporain au Musee Departmental des Vosges, Epinal, France
LaumeirSculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Le MuseedÕArt Moderne de St-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
ListVisual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,Massachusetts
LosAngeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
LouisianaMuseum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
LudwigForum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
LudwigMuseum, Koln, Germany
MetropolitanMuseum of Art, New York, New York
MilwaukeeArt Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
MintMuseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
MississippiMuseum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi
MontclairMuseum of Art, Montclair, New Jersey
Mot, TheMuseum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Munson-Williams-ProctorInstitute, Utica, New York
MuseedÕArt Contemporain Entrepot, Bordeaux, France
MuseedÕArt et dÕHistoire, Geneva, Switzerland
MuseedÕArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Musee dÕArtModerne et dÕArt Contemporain, Nice, France
Musee deToulon, Toulon, France
Musee deGrenoble, Grenoble, France
MuseeNational dÕArt Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, France
MuseeRoyaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussles, Belgium
MuseumLudwig, Koln, Germany
Museum ofArt, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Museum ofFine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum ofContemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum ofContemporary Art, Miami, Florida
Museum ofContemporary Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Museum ofContemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum ofModern Art, Heide Park, Melbourne, Australia
Museum ofModern Art, New York, New York
Museumvan Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
NationalGallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
NationalGallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
NationalGallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
NationalMuseum of Contemporary Art, Kyungkido, Korea
NeubergerMuseum, Purchase, New York
NewarkMuseum, Newark, New Jersey
NewportHarbor Art Museum, Nweport Beach, California
NiagaraUniversity, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, New York
NortonGallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
OaklandMuseum, Oakland, California
OberlinCollege, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
OhioState University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
OlympicPark, Seoul, South Korea
OrlandoMuseum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Oulu ArtMuseum, Oulu, Finland
PennsylvaniaAcadamy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PhiladelphiaArt Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PhoenixArt Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
PoriTaidemuso, Pori, Finland
P.S.1Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York
QueenslandArt Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
ReinaSofia, Madrid, Spain
RijksmuseumKroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
Rose ArtMuseum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
SamsungFoundation of Art and Culture, Korea
San DiegoMuseum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
San JoseMuseum of Art, San Jose, California
SeattleArt Museum, Seattle, Washington
SkulpturenMuseum der Stadt Marl, Marl, Germany
SohioDevelopment Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
SpencerMuseum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
SprengelMuseum, Hannover, Germany
StaatsgalerieStuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany
StadtischerMuseum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, West Germany
StadtischesKunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
StedelijkMuseum, Amsterdam, Holland
TateGallery, London, England
Tel AvivMuseum, Jerusalem, Israel
Tel Hai,Upper Galilee, Israel
Total ArtMuseum, Korea
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
University of California Art Museum, Berkeley, California
University of Illinois Art Museum, Normal, Illinois
University of Massachusetts University Gallery, Massachusetts
University of Minnesota, Tweed Art Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
University of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Art Galleries, Lincoln, Nebraska
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ville deThiers, Thiers, France
WadsworthAthenuem, Hartford, Connecticut
WalkerHill Art Center, Korea
WhitneyMuseum of America Art, New York, New York
WeismanFoundation, Los Angeles, California
WorcesterArt Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
AWARDS
1981 NationalEndowment for the Arts Fellowship
1974 NationalEndowment for the Arts Fellowship
1971 GuggenheimFoundation Fellowship