Group exhibitions unless marked (solo).

2024

·       The Breath of a House Is the Sound of Voices Within, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (with Robert Logan)

2021

·       In the Pupil of the Panther, Lunds konsthall, Lund

·       Look at this, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

·       Protolexicon, transmediale, Berlin — performance with Robert Logan

2020

·       You can’t walk unless the word runs., Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst (GAK), Bremen (solo)

·       protolexicon, in collaboration with Robert Logan, online project

·       GAK Bremen, Proto-Lexicon, online, 15–19 July 2020

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

2019

·       Großer Hans-Purrmann-Preis and nominee exhibition, Kulturhof Flachsgasse, Speyer

2018

·       Welcome to the Jungle, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

·       The Playground Project, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn

·       Snailrace, Andquestionmark, Stockholm (solo concept)

2017

·       Urban Lights Ruhr, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Marl

·       later, Goliath. And then started humming, Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (MALBA), activation of the permanent collection (solo intervention)

·       ArteBA, Buenos Aires

2016

·       Gastmahl, Museum der Brotkultur, Ulm

·       The Animal Mirror, ISCP Gallery, New York City

·       EXECUTION SEMANTICS for a necessary criminal, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (solo)

·       Art&Nature, BAU, Meran, Italy

·       The Armory Show, New York City

2015

·       14th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul

·       Regionale, Kunsthalle Basel

·       Painting in Time, The Tetley, Leeds

·       “One of the things that baffles me about you is that you remain unmurdered.” (part 2), Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton (Großformat), no. 281, December 5–6 — publication as a work

2014

·       untitled (holes), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (solo in the series Austragen/Vortragen)

·       Outside, Index—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation and Moderna Museet, Stockholm

·       This is not Detroit, Urbane Künste Ruhr / Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum

·       Kolibri, Kolibri Ballhaus Berlin, Berlin

2013

·       Two Monks and a Rabbit, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York City (solo)

·       Sole Marie Sits, Temporary Gallery, Cologne (solo)

·       later, Goliath. And then started humming, at changing unannounced international collections of modern painting

2012

·       dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel

·       Manifesta9, Parallel Events, Kasteel Oud Rekem, Limburg, Belgium

·       Art by Animals, The Grant Museum, London

·       “One of the things that baffles me about you is that you remain unmurdered.” (part 1), rue du Ruisseau 5, Paris (solo)

2011

·       Making being here enough (after Roni Horn), emptied living room, Zurich (solo)

·       Deepdigdug, Art-Report Showroom, Munich

·       Artists Help Japan, Jacobi Haus, Malkasten, Düsseldorf

·       BYOB, Institute of Art History, Bonn

·       Waiting For Suicidal Hares, international video festival, Moon Event Space Organ Haus, Chongqing, China

2010

·       You can leave your hat on, Gallery Hasen at Schmela Haus (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen), Düsseldorf

·       Diving for Pearls, Lothringer13, Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich

·       SR10 / Düsseldorf Open, 701 e.V., Düsseldorf

·       New German Art / Neue Deutsche Kunst, German Embassy London

2009

·       Come dear art, come., Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London (solo)

·       Impromptu, Fred Gallery, London

·       SHOW 1, Royal College of Art, London

2008

·       Spectrum, St. Mary’s Old Church, London

·       Hopeless, The Beznadziejna, Warsaw

·       RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London

2004

·       Blyth Gallery, London

2023

·       “Kristina Buch appointed first female professor of sculpture at Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts,” Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, February

·       “Kristina Buch als Professorin für Bildhauerei an der Karlsruher Akademie berufen,” art-in.de, January

2022

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

2021

·       Appointed professor and MA co-coordinator at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, September

·       Akademie der Künste, “Berlin Fellowship” (with Robert Logan), July

·       Buch, Kristina, “contribution to beuys 2021, making waves,” May 13

2020

·       Walleston, Aimee, “Kristina Buch ‘You can’t walk unless the word runs.’ at Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen,” Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, June 10

·       Hirsch, Thomas, “Sprache, Natur und das Unaussprechliche: Kristina Buch,” Biograph, March

2019

·       Hans Purrmann Foundation, “Kristina Buch wins Germany’s Grand Hans Purrmann Award,” e-flux, March 22

·       “Kristina Buch wins Germany’s Grand Hans Purrmann Award,” ARTFORUM, February 21

·       “Großer Hans Purrmann-Preis für Düsseldorfer Künstlerin,” Monopol, February 9

2018

·       Walleston, Aimee, “Playing forward in reverse (the infinite game): Kristina Buch,” Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, October 10

·       Buch, Kristina, “Carte Blanche,” MOFF, no. 16, April, pp. 82–93

·       Kothenschulte, Daniel, “Dschungel der Dilemmata,” Monopol, April 15

·       Walleston, Aimee, “The Curve of Fate, the Beginning of a Smile: Kristina Buch,” Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, January 30

2017

·       Demeuse, Sarah, and Javier Villa, “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, July 1

·       Buesing, Nicole, and Heiko Klass, “Sinn und Sinnlichkeit unter Palmen,” DARE, May 14

2015

·       Buch, Kristina, Eva Walrim, and Catrin Lorch, “Drei Jahre verbrachte die Künstlerin Kristina Buch mit einem Huhn. Jetzt zeigt sie erstmals: ‘Eines der Dinge, die mich an dir erstaunen, ist, dass du unermordet bleibst.,’” Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton (Großformat), no. 281, December 5–6

·       Buch, Kristina, Eva Walrim, and Catrin Lorch, “Drei Jahre verbrachte die Künstlerin Kristina Buch mit einem Huhn. Hier zeigt sie erstmals die Dokumentation dieser Langzeitbeobachtung, die nun ein Ende nahm.,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton (Großformat), no. 281, December 5–6

·       Bell, Kirsty, “14th Istanbul Biennial,” Frieze, October 21

·       Volk, Gregory, “Matter That Really Matters: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev’s Istanbul Biennial,” Art in America, September 28

·       Lorch, Catrin, “Salzwasser und Tränen,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton (Großformat), no. 206, September 8

2014

·       Hattrick, Alice, “HOLES,” The White Review, July 7

·       Edzgveradze, Gia, “Kristina Buch ‘untitled (holes)’ at Kölnischer Kunstverein,” Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, May 19

·       Gallus, Henriette, “‘Some at times cast light’ Über Kristina Buchs Arbeit in Bochum,” in Theater der Zeit, Das Detroit Projekt, Changing Shifts, A Handbook for Changing Cities, pp. 76–77

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, July 5

·       Edzgveradze, Gia, “The poetics of invisible,” Emily Harvey Foundation, March

2012

·       Stallabrass, Julian, “Radical Camouflage at Documenta 13,” scurvey tunes, October 24 · also at New Left Review, behind a paywall

·       Demos, T. J., “Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13),” The Brooklyn Rail, October 4 · also online

·       “Die Kunst kann nun weg,” Monopol, September 19

·       Büsing, Nicole, and Heiko Klass, “Documenta Endspurt,” DARE, September 2

·       Sommer, Ulrike, “Das Biotop dOCUMENTA (13),” Deutsche Welle, July 27

·       Stadel, Stefanie, “Tierisch Technisch,” K.West, July/August

·       Holtermann, Hannes, “Hypernatürlich,” art – Das Kunstmagazin, July 7

·       Walleston, Aimee, “Kristina Buch’s Constant Garden,” Art in America, June 26 · also online

·       Stadel, Stefanie, “Wenn die Software Liebesbriefe schreibt,” Welt am Sonntag, June 17

2009

·       Jury, Louise, “Chimps run the show after aping artist’s work,” London Evening Standard, June 2

 

Catalogues and book chapters featuring the work

·       Nike Dreyer, Tiere in der Kunst: Eine Ästhetik des Lebendigen. Munich: Edition Metzel, 2020, pp. 279–297.

·       Nike Dreyer, “Begegnungen mit Kunst und Schmetterlingen: The Lover von Kristina Buch”. In Alexandra Böhm and Jessica Ullrich (eds.), Animal Encounters: Kontakt, Interaktion und Relationalität. Cultural Animal Studies 4. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler / Springer, 2019, pp. 207–222.

·       Gregor Jansen, Anna Lena Seiser and Jasmina Merz (eds.), Welcome to the Jungle: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf 3.3.–21.5.2018. Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2018, pp. 15–23, 172–182.

·       The Playground Project: Outdoor. Bonn: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 2018, pp. 24–27.

·       Kari Conte, “The Animal Mirror: ‘The Animal That Therefore I Am (More to Follow) by Jacques Derrida.’” In Aqueous Earth / The Animal Mirror, edited by Kari Conte. New York: International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), 2016, pp. 40–43.

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

·       T. J. Demos, Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2016, pp. 230, 241.

·       Kristina Buch, “Artist contribution (poem by David Robilliard selected by the artist; notebook sketch).” In Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Istanbul Biennial 2015: SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms, edited by Süreyya Evren. Istanbul: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, 2015, pp. 213, 378.

·       Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, “Such prophecies we write on banana skins. (triangulation of criminal grace).” In Istanbul Biennial 2015: SALTWATER—Guidebook, edited by Süreyya Evren. Istanbul: İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı (İKSV), 2015, p. 34.

·       Das Detroit Projekt / THIS IS NOT DETROIT, festival programme. Bochum: Schauspielhaus Bochum / Urbane Künste Ruhr, 2014, pp. 60–61.

·       Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (ed.), Das Begleitbuch / The Guidebook. dOCUMENTA (13), Catalogue 3/3. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2012, pp. 50–51.

 

Audio and video

·       Kristina Buch & Robert Logan — shared YouTube channel with the spoken-word video pieces

·       Kristina Buch on SoundCloud (radio interviews and audio pieces)

·       Kristina Buch & Robert Logan on SoundCloud

·       Kristina Buch & Robert Logan, Rivers will follow, A war of words and Like Jonah, so is this generation now emerging from the whale — parts 1–3 of the online format that stood in for the cancelled concert/conversation at GAK Bremen, 2020

·       excerpts from “Digital Art Salon IV – Richtig oder falsch? Von der Bürde der Freiheit,” chaired by Prof. Dr. Bernhart Schwenk, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, March 2021

·       Lecture, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, December 6, 2016

·       “It’s normal that reality happens,” interview about the artist’s installation for Art&Nature, BAU in Merano, May 23, 2016

·       Batarilo, Patrick, “Junge Leute im Gespräch, Gast im Studio: Kristina Buch,” SWR2 Tandem, March 29, 2017 (German)

·       Batarilo, Patrick, “Junge Leute im Gespräch, Gast im Studio: Kristina Buch, Teilnehmerin der Documenta 13 in Kassel,” SWR2 Tandem, July 11, 2012 (German)

·       Kaufmann, Susanne, “Documenta-Künstler im Portrait – Die Düsseldorfer Kunststudentin Kristina Buch,” WDR 3 Das Mosaik, June 12, 2012

·       Tilmanns, Julika, “Ein Garten Eden für Schmetterlinge,” Deutschlandradio Kultur, Radiofeuilleton: Profil, July 23, 2012