JOHN ARMLEDER
John Armleder was born in Geneva in 1948
Lives and works in Geneva
His career spans five decades and synthesises many of the competing aesthetic developments associated with that period. Student of Fluxus in Geneva in the 1960s, and founder of the Ecart group, Armleder was later, in the 1980s, associated with Neo-Geometric Conceptualism. He is known for the variety of his work, which combines Fluxus spirit and abstract painting, readymade and sculpture, performance and room-size installations. As a painter, sculptor and performance artist, Armleder constantly asks questions about what art is, what it can do, and what art is allowed. From room-size installations to abstract paintings, from geometrical constructivist paintings to furniture sculptures and pattern-strewn wallpapers, his art admittedly takes on attributes of Suprematist painting, Minimalist sculpture, Concrete Art and Dada readymades, among other movements.
His work is in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Long Museum, Shanghai, China; Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museion Foundation – Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Bolzano, Italy; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Expositions personnelles (depuis 2000)
2019
2019 – John M Armleder, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, D
2019 – Spoons, moons and masks, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA
2018
2018 – 360°, Museo Madre, Napoli, IT
2018 – Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, Museion, Bolzano, IT
2018 – Sans Titre, Gare Cornavin – passage Montbrillant, Genève, CH
2018 – Hors Sujet, galerie Joy de Rouvre, Genève, CH
2017
2017 – John M Armleder, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, USA
2017 – John Armleder, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2017 – Stockage, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Roma, IT
2017 – RCHX, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2017 – Better, Quasi, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, IT
2017 – Split! (2017), curated by Andrea Viliani, Museo e Real Bosco Di Capodimonte, Napoli, IT
2016
2016 – John M Armleder, Athens School of Fine Arts, Mykonos, GR
2016 – Endless, Museion, Bolzano, IT
2016 – Fish, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Wien, AT
2015
2015 – Charivari, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, IT
2015 – John M Armleder, Académie Conti, Vosne Romanée, FR
2015 – It’s that Time of the Year, Too, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, DE
2015 – John Armleder – OUT!, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH (Catalogue)
2015 – Let it Shine, Let it Shine, Let it Shine. It’s Xmas again!, curated by Cloe Piccoli, La Rinascente,Milano, IT
2014
2014 – John Armleder, Musée National Fernand Léger, Biot, FR
2014 – Scramble, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Wien, AT
2014 – Ring Bell Twice, Galerie l’Elac, Renens, CH
2014 – Où sont les sauces ?, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
2014 – Draws A Crowd, Leaves No One Neutral, Wade Guyton studio, New York, USA
2014 – John M Armleder, Galerie Richard, New York, USA
2014 – La Bruche du Haricot, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, BE
2014 – Installation Mit Frühen Arbeiten, Vera Munro Galerie, Hamburg, DE
2014 – X’mas Show I, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, DE
2014 – Omega Zone, Galerie Graff Mourgue D’Algue, Genève, CH
2013
2013 – John Armleder, Nahmad Contemporary, New York, USA
2013 – John M Armleder, Dairy Art Centre, London, UK
2013 – Overload, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2013 – John Armleder 1987-2012, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2013 – John Armleder 2013, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2013 – Pantan, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, CH
2013 – John M Armleder. XXV, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, DE
2013 – Ailleurs, Galerie Graff Mourgue D’Algue, Genève, CH
2012
2012 – Fungus Emulsion, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, DE
2012 – Selected Furniture Sculptures 1979–2012, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
2012 – Away, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, CH
2012 – 24 Years Ahead, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
2012 – John M Armleder, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK
2012 – Late, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Wien, AT
2012 – Décor, Fondation Tuck, Château de Verz-Mon, Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, FR
2011
2011 – Three Statement in Painting – Francis Alÿs, John Armleder, Valérie Favre, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, CH
2011 – Away, curated by Sandro Rumney, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia, IT (Catalogue)
2011 – John M Armleder – Load, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2011 – I’m Late, I’m Late, I’m Running for a Date, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2011 – Volta, Turnhalle altes Schulhaus, St. Moritz, CH
2011 – late, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Wien, AT
2011 – John M Armleder, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, UK
2011 – Aztlan, Galerie Collet Park, Paris, FR
2011 – All of the above, Carte blanche à John M Armleder, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2011 – Boule de Feu Volcanique, 18 Sculptures, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, FR
2011 – About Nothing & Early Drawings, Art View, Paris, FR
2010
2010 – John M Armleder leuchtet ein, Kunstmuseum, Sankt-Gallen, CH
2009
2009 – Sunny-side up, over easy and soft boiled, Galerie Elisabebeth & Klaus Thomas, Innsbruck, AT
2009 – Oliver Mosset New Paintings, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2009 – Bijoux de Famille, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, FR
2009 – John M Armleder – EXTRA CONTENT Elad Lassry, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2008
2008 – Paint Happens, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2008 – Scrambled and Poached, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2008 – Again, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2008 – Over, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, CH
2008 – John Armleder, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, IT
2008 – Par Ailleurs, Château des Adhémar, Centre d’art contemporain, Montélimar et Caserne Saint Martin, Montélimar, FR
2008 – Kurfürstendam, Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin, DE
2008 – Reality Bag, Trois Pommes, Zürich, CH
2008 – John M Armleder, Laboratorio Kunsthalle, Lugano, CH
2008 – Design: Carte Blanche à John Armleder, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Saint Etienne, FR
2008 – John Armleder, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2008 – John Armleder, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, AUS
2008 – John Armleder, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, AUS
2008 – John Armleder (with Michel Aubry), Parvis, Centre d’art contemporain, Ibos / Pau, FR
2008 – Just Next (with Gerwald Rockenschaub), Vera Munro Galerie, Hamburg, DE
2008 – John Armleder/Jaques Garcia, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris, FR
2008 – John Armleder (with Olivier Mosset), Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
2007
2007 – Onamatterpoetic, Mamco, Genève, CH
2007 – Too much is not Enough, curated by Raphaela Platow, The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, USA (Catalogue)
2007 – I’m OK, you are OK – John M Armleder: Recent Paintings, Furniture Sculptures and Wallpaintings, Mongin Art Center, Jongno-gu, Seoul, ROK
2007 – Pourtant, elle tourne !, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, DE
2007 – Plain Sideral, Galerie ColletPark, Paris, FR
2007 – About Nothing, Works on Paper 1962 – 2007, South London Gallery, London, UK
2007 – John Armleder, Villa Arson, Nice, FR
2006
2006 – Encore, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Galeries du Cloitre, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, FR
2006 – Amor Vacui, Horror Vacui, curated by John Armleder, MAMCO – Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Genève, CH
2006 – Too much is not Enough, curated by Martin Engler, Kunst Verein Hannover, Hannover, DE (Catalogue)
2006 – Tate08 Series: John Armleder, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2006 – About Nothing, Works on paper 1962-2007, Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylania, Philadelphia, USA
2006 – 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536, Y8, Sivananda Yoga Center, Hamburg, DE
2006 – Furniture Sculptures, Mehdi Chouakri Galerie, Berlin, DE
2006 – Puddle Paintings, Art & Public, Genève, CH
2006 – Match. John Armleder (with Claus Jensen), Kunstmuseum, Esjberg, DK
2005
2005 – John M Armleder/Everything, Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, CH
2005 – XXX, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, IT
2005 – Anything, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, DE
2005 – John Armleder. Art & Design, Saint Saphorin, Lavaux, CH
2005 – John Armleder, Le Spot, Le Havre, FR
2004
2004 – Triplo evento, curated by Alessandro Rabottini, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, IT (Catalogue)
2004 – Voltes IV, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, IT
2004 – About Nothing. Works On Paper 1964-2004, curated by Parker Williams, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, CH (Catalogue)
2004 – Super Nova, Edition Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK
2004 – John Armleder, Incognito, Paris, FR
2004 – John Armleder, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, DE
2004 – Riverside Wall, Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin, DE
2004 – Instant Replay, Kunstraum HBK, Braunschweig, DE
2004 – Nothing, Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin, DE
2004 – John M Armleder, Collaboration Galleries Mehdi Chouakri & Jochum and Tissi, Berlin, DE
2004 – John Armleder, Ace Gallery, New York, USA
2004 – John Armleder, Rocket Gallery, London, UK
2004 – John Armleder, 360° Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2004 – John Armleder, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, FR
2003
2003 – Ion, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, DE
2003 – Voltes, New Neons and Mirrors, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, CH
2003 – John Armleder, Peintures, Serigraphies, Eric Linard Editions Galerie, La Garde Adhemar, FR
2003 – John Armleder, Anselm Dreher Galerie, Berlin, DE
2003 – John Armleder, Gallery 360º, Tokyo, JP
2003 – John Armleder, Gallery Javier Lopez, Madrid, ES
2003 – John Armleder, Ace Gallery, New York, USA
2003 – John Armleder, Art of this Century, New York, USA
2003 – John Armleder (with Sylvie Fleury), Sketch Gallery, London, UK
2002
2002 – John Armleder, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, IT
2002 – John Armleder, Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, FR
2002 – Seven – New Wallpaintings, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, CH
2002 – No Pain, Just Gain, Chouakri Brahms Gallery, Berlin, DE
2002 – Recent Works, Galerie Specta, Copenhagen, DK
2002 – Waugh! Waugh! Waugh! Waugh! Waugh! Mondo Fantasio, Supplement, Pirhana, Galerie Edition Mäderì, Basel, CH
2002 – John Armleder, 360° Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2001
2001 – John Armleder, Galerie Issert, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FR
2001 – John Armleder, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, AT
2001 – John Armleder, Galerie Edition Kunsthandel GMBH, Essen, DE
2001 – Seven. New Wall Paintings, De Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, CH
2001 – John Armleder, Edition Franz Mäder Galerie, Basel, CH
2001 – No Pain, Just Gain, Chouakri Brahms Berlin, Berlin, DE
2001 – Waugh! Waugh! Waugh! Waugh! Waugh! Mondo Fantasio, Supplement, Pirhana, Galerie Edition Mäder, Basel, CH
2001 – Peinture Murale, Magasin – CNAC, Grenoble, FR
2001 – Enter at your own Risk II, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AT
2001 – John Armleder, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2001 – John Armleder, 360° Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2001 – Modulor 105624-0, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, DE
2001 – John Armleder, Galerie 20.21, Essen, DE
2001 – John Armleder (with Georg Miller), Galerie Trabant, Wien, AT
2001 – Disco (with Alicia Larocha), Design Lab, Miami, USA
2000
2000 – John Armleder, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
2000 – John Armleder, Chateau de Fraissé, Fraissé des Corbières, FR
2000 – Enter At Your Own Risk I, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, DE