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exhibitions

Group shows unless indicated as solo.

2024
·       The Breath of a House is the Sound of Voices Within, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

2021
·       In the Pupil of the Panther, Lundskonsthall, Lund

·       LOOK AT THIS! Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

2020
·       You can’t walk unless the word runs. GAK, Bremen (solo)

·      protolexicon in collaboration with Robert Logan, online project

·      tongue-FM in collaboration with Robert Logan, online project

2019
·       Grand Hans Purrmann Award, and nominee exhibition, Kulturhof Flachsgasse, Speyer

2018
·       The Playground Project – Outdoor, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
·       Welcome to the Jungle, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

2017
·       Dixit: RRO, ArteBA, Buenos Aires
·       MALBA, Buenos Aires, activation of permanent collection (June)
·      Urban Lights Ruhr, Marl

2016
·      The Armory Show, NYC
·      BAU Art&Nature, Merano
·      EXECUTION SEMANTICS for a necessary criminal, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (solo)
·      The Animal Mirror, ISCP Gallery, NYC
·      Gastmahl, Museum der Brotkultur, Ulm

2015
·      14th Istanbul Biennial
·      Jungs, hier kommt der Masterplan. Regionale, Kunsthalle Basel
·      Painting in Time, The Tetley, Leeds

2014
·      Kolibri, Kolibri Ballhaus Berlin, Berlin
·      This is not Detroit (PDF), Urbane Künste Ruhr/Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum
·      Outside, Index The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation and Moderna Museet Stockholm
·      untitled (holes), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (solo in the series Austragen/Vortragen)

2013
·      Jahresgabenausstellung Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
·      later, Goliath. And then started humming, at changing unannounced international collections of modern painting
·      Sole Marie Sits, Temporary Gallery, Cologne (solo)
·      Two Monks and A Rabbit, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York (solo)

2012
·      “One of the things that baffles me about you is that you remain unmurdered.” (1), rue du ruisseau 5, Paris (solo)
·      dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel
·      Manifesta9, Parallel Events, Kasteel Oud Rekem, Belgium
·      Art by Animals, The Grant Museum, London

2011
·      Waiting For Suicidal Hares, International video festival, Moon Event Space Organ Haus, Chongquing, China
·      BYOB, Institute of Art History, Bonn
·      Artists Help Japan – Jacobi Haus, Malkasten, Düsseldorf
·      Deepdigdug, Art-Report Showroom, Munich
·      Contribution to ‘Radical Criticism for Radical Future’ by Gia Edzgveradze, Stux Gallery, NYC
·      Making being here enough (after Roni Horn), emptied living room, Zurich (solo)

2010
·      New German Art / Neue Deutsche Kunst, German Embassy London
·      SR10 / Düsseldorf Open
·      Diving for Pearls, Lothringer13, Städtische Kunsthalle München
·      You can leave your hat on, Gallery Hasen at Schmela Haus (Kunstsammlung NRW), Düsseldorf

2009
·      SHOW 1, Royal College of Art, London
·      Impromptu, FRED Gallery, London
·      Come dear art, come. Hockney Gallery, RCA, London (solo)

2008
·      RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
·      Hopeless, The Beznadziejna, Warsaw
·      Spectrum, St. Mary’s Old Church, London

2004
·      Blyth Gallery, London

press

2023

·       Appointed professor at State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Queens‘ College Cambridge, February

·       Appointed professor at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, art-in.de, January

2022
·       Braun, Adrienne: “Mit Gummistiefeln in die Ausstellung“, ART Magazin, July

2021
·       Appointed professor and MFA co-coordinator at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts,  September
·       Akademie der Künste: “Berlin Fellowship”, July
·       Buch, Kristina: “beuys 2021”, May
·      Buch, Kristina: “DIGITAL ART SALON IV: Richtig oder falsch? Von der Bürde der Freiheit”, chaired by Prof. Dr. Bernhart Schwenk, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, March 3

2020
·       Dreyer, Nike: “Tiere in der Kunst – Eine Ästhetik des Lebendigen”, Edition Metzel
·       Walleston, Aimee: “Kristina Buch You can’t walk unless the word runs. at Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen”, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, June
·       Hirsch, Thomas: “Sprache, Natur und das Unaussprechliche: Kristina Buch”, Biograph, March

2019
·       Dreyer, Nike: “Begegnungen mit Kunst und Schmetterlingen: The Lover von Kristina Buch”, Cultural Animal Studies, December
·       Hans Purrmann Foundation “Kristina Buch wins Germany’s Grand Hans Purrmann Award”, e-flux, March
·       Grand Hans Purrmann Award “Kristina Buch wins Germany’s Grand Hans Purrmann Award”, ARTFORUM, February
·       Grand Hans Purrmann Award “Großer Hans Purrmann-Preis für Düsseldorfer Künstlerin”, Monopol, February

2018
·       Walleston, Aimee: “Playing Forward In Reverse (the infinite game): Kristina Buch”, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, October
·       Kothenschulte, Daniel: “Dschungel der Dilemmata”, Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, April
·       Buch, Kristina, Carte Blanche, MOFF #16, April
·       Walleston, Aimee: “The Curve of Fate, the Beginning of A Smile: Kristina Buch”, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, January

2017
·       Demeuse, Sarah & Villa, Javier: later Goliath. And then started humming, MALBA Diario, June 21

2016
·       Hessler, Stefanie: “If meaning is a construct, a zero can turn into a one can turn into a two”, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, August
·       Buesing, Nicole; Klaas, Heiko: Sinn und Sinnlichkeit unter Palmen, Dare Magazine, May

2015
·       Lorch, Catrin; Walrim, Eva; Buch, Kristina: Großformat, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton, Nr. 281,5. / December 6
·       Lorch, Cartin: Salzwasser und Tränen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton, Nr. 206, September 8
·       Bell, Kirsty, 14th Istanbul Biennial, Frieze, October 21
·       Volk, Gregory: Matter That Really Matters: Charolyn Christov-Bakargiev’s Istanbul Biennial, September 28

2014
·       Gallus, Henriette: “Some at times cast light” about Kristina Buch’s work in Bochum, Theater der Zeit, Das Detroit Projekt, Changing Shifts, A Handbook for Changing Cities, p.76-77
·       Edzgveradze, Gia: Kristina Buch „untitled (holes)“ at Kölnischer Kunstverein, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, May 19
·       Hattrick, Alice: “HOLES”, The White Review, July 7

2013
·       Ricciardi, Nicola: Iconoclash by tongue, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, July 6
·       Schlüter, Ralf: Zuckerschock für Museumsbesucher, Art – Das Kunstmagazin, July 5
·       Heymer, Kay: Leck mich! Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben
·       Edzgveradze, Gia: The poetics of invisible, Emily Harvey Foundation, March

2012
·       Stadel, Stefanie: Wenn die Software Liebesbriefe schreibt, Welt am Sonntag, June 17
·       Holtermann, Hannes: Hypernatürlich, art Das Kunstmagazin, July 07
·       Walleston, Aimee: Kristina Buch’s Constant Garden, Art in America, July 01
·       Stadel, Stefanie: Tierisch Technisch, K.West, July/August
·       Sommer, Ulrike: Das Biotop dOCUMENTA (13), Deutsche Welle, August 04
·       Büsing, Nicole & Klass, Heiko: Documenta Endspurt, DARE, Magazin für Kunst und Überdies, September 02
·       Die Kunst kann nun weg, Monopol Magazin für Kunst und Leben, September 19
·       Demos, T.J.: Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13), The Brooklyn Rail, October 4
·       Stallabrass, Julien: Radical Camouflage at Documenta 13, scurvey tunes, October 24

2009
·       Jury, Louise: Chimps run the show after aping artist’s work, London Evening Standard, June 02

SELECTED CATALOGUES/ BOOK ENTRIES

2018
· Merz, Jasmina; Seiser, Anna Lena; Jansen, Gregor: Welcome to the Jungle, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, pp.15–23 and pp.172–182

2018
·       Wolfs, Rein; Kleine, Susanne & Gabriel, Markus: The Playground Project, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, pp.24–27

2017
·       Conte, Kari, The Animal Mirror, The Animal that therefore I am (more to follow) by Jacques Derrida, ISCP New York, pp.40–43

2016
·       Meister, Helga, Neue Düsseldorfer Kunstszene in 70 Porträts, Kristina Buch / Grenzgängerin der Wirklichkeit, Wienand Verlag, pp.36–42

2016
·       Demos, T.J., Decolonising Nature, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology, Sternberg Press, Chapter 7, p. 230, 241

2015
·       Istanbul Biennial, Catalogue, p.213 and p.378
·       Istanbul Biennial, Guidebook, p.34

2014
·       Das Detroit Projekt / This is not Detroit, Schauspielhaus Bochum und Urbane Künste Ruhr, festival programme, pp.60–61

2012
·       Das Begleitbuch / The Guidebook, dOCUMENTA (13), Catalogue 3/3, Hatje Cantz, pp. 50–51

SELECTED AUDIO

2017
·       Batarilo, Patrick : Junge Leute im Gespräch, Gast im Studio: Kristina Buch, SWR2 Tandem, March 29 (German)
2012
·       Batarilo, Patrick: Junge Leute im Gespräch, Gast im Studio: Kristina Buch, Teilnehmerin der Documenta 13 in Kassel, SWR2 Tandem, July 11 (German)
·       Kaufmann, Susanne: Documenta-Künstler im Portrait – Die Düsseldorfer Kunststudentin Kristina Buch, WDR 3 Das Mosaik, June 12
·       Tilmanns, Julika: Ein Garten Eden für Schmetterlinge, Radiofeuilleton: Profil Deutschlandradio Kultur, July 23

SELECTED VIDEO

2016
·       ISCP, NYC Lecture, Kristina Buch
·      It’s normal that reality happens. Interview about work in Merano