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BIOGRAPHY

Solo Exhibits

2003     Kathe Kollwitzplatz Lightbox Project, Berlin, Germany

2002     Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie 20/21, Essen, Germany

2001     daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany

1998     Wooster Gardens, New York, NY

Windows, Brussels, Belgium

1997     Richard Telles Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California

1996     Art and Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Wooster Gardens, New York, NY
Galerie Moussion, Paris, France

1994     Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1993     Likorfabrik, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

1989     White Room, White Columns, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibits

2006     Exquisite Corpse, (curated by Bob Nickas), Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY

            Screening, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, England

Dark Places, curated by Joshua Dector, Santa Monica Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2005     Alle-Gory, (curated by Laurence Rickels), Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Helden Heute, CentrePasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre d'art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland

Baroque and Neo Baroque, The Hell of the Beautiful, Domus Artium 2000, Salamanca, Spain

The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, curated by Trinie Dalton, Yerba

Buena Center, San Francisco, CA,

Black Noise, A memorial comic book project for Steven Parrino, initiated by John Armleder,

     Amy Granat and Mai-Thu Perret, Ecart Booth, ArtBasel

Blicke au Carmen (Seeing Carmen), Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

Face Value, (curated by Suzanne Anker), New York Academy of Science, New York, NY

2004     Das Wunder Mensch/Parameter of Life- International Photography, Museum of Modern Art,

Passau, Germany

FACE TO FACE The F.C. Gundlach Collection, Langhans Galerie Prague, Czech Republic

Wo liegt Berlin? Fotographische Annherungen an eine Stadt (Where is Berlin? Photographic

Approaches to a City), Brotfabrik Galerie, Berlin, Germany

Made in Berlin, curated by Zdenek Felix, Artforum, Berlin, Germany
Aufruhr der Gefehle. Leidenschaften in der zeitgenessischen Fotografie (Passion in Contemporary Photography), Photo Museum Brauschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; traveled to Kunsthalle Goppingen, Goppingen, Germany
Writing Images Ideas: Walter Benjamin and the Art of the Present Day,
(curated by Prof.

Dr. Detlev Schettler and Barbara Straka), Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (Forthcoming)
I am the Walrus
, (curated by Jan Avgikos), Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY
Maternal Metaphors,
(curated by Meryl Chernick), Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty,
Ogilvy & Mather for Dove,

Toronto, Canada, travels to Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottowa
bb3 (Berlin Biennale 3), Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany

           Fotografie 2, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany

2003     Antonio Cardillo, Varese, Italy

A Clear Vision: Photographic Works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection, Deichtorhalle,

Hamburg Germany
Fast Forward: 20 Years of White Rooms,
White Columns, New York, NY

Afternoon Delight, (curated by Max Henry), Caren Golden Gallery, New York, NY
Double Bind,
(curated by Signe Thiell), Kanstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany,

traveled to Paula Modersohn Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

2002     Geschichten (Histories), Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria

2001     Enduring Love, Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY

2000      Presume innocents, L'art contemporain et l'enfance, Muse d'art contemporain de

Bordeaux, France

Die Verletzte Diva, The Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria

1999     Mugshots, (curated by Saul Ostrow), Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut

Children of Berlin, (curated by Klaus Biesenbach), P.S.1, Long Island City, NY

Stadtluft. Der urbane Raum als Medium von Macht, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg,

                Germany traveled to Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

Dusk, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Full Exposure: Contemporary Photography,
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts
Pink for Boys/Blue for Girls
), NGBK, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Kindheit
, Art Resource Transfer, New York, New York

1998     Pure Essence and Presumed Innocence, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico, Italy

Love and Desire, Musee de l'Elysee Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland

The Body, (curated by Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne), Skopelos, Greece

Private Worlds, Maureen gallace, Aura Rosenberg, Sue Williams, Galerie Tanit,

           Munich, Germany

AIDS WORLDS: Between Resignation and Hope, (curated by Frank Wagner), Center of

                 Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland, traveled to Centro d'ArteContemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Presumed Innocence, (curated by Jean Crutchfield), Anderson Gallery of Virginia Commonwealth University, traveled to the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

1997     Heaven, (curated by Joshua Dector), P.S.1, Long Island City, New York

On the Threshhold of the Visible, (curated by Ralph Rugoff), Johnson Museum of Art,

            Cornell University, traveled to Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore; Art Gallery of

            Ontario, Toronto; Art Gallery of Windsor; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts; Center

            on Contemporary Art, Seattle; Edmonton Art Gallery; Laguna Art Museum

Gothic, (curated by Christoph Grunenberg), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Someone Else With My Fingerprints (curated by Wilhelm Scharmann), David Zwirner

            Gallery, New York, traveled to Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich; August Sander

            Archiv; Stiftung Kultur, Cologne; Kunstverein Munich; Kunsthaus Hamburg

1996     100 Photos, American Fine Arts, New York, New Yorko:p>

Delirium (curated by W.M. Hunt), Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, New Yorko:p>

Interventions (curated by Thomas Busch), Stiftung Starke, Berlino:p>

The Comic Depiction of Sex in American Art, Lisa Ungar Galerie im Haus 19, Munich, Germany

Model Salon (organized by Alanna Heiss), Clocktower Gallery, New York

1995     In Search for a Storehouse (curated by Piotr Nathan), Nurnberger Kunstverein,

                Nurenberg, Germany

Gang Warfare (curated by Michael Corris and Marjorie Myers), The MAC Foundation,

                 Dallas; traveled to The Independent Art Space, London, England
Club Berlin
(organized by Klaus Biesenbach), XLVI Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
The Moderns
(curated by Tony Payne), Feature Gallery, New York, New York
Hetrick-Martin Benefit
, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, New York
Bettenausstellung
(curated by Piotr Nathan), Hotel-Pension Nurnberger Eck, Berlin, Germany

                Pittura/Immedia (curated by Peter Weibel), Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria; traveled to

                Mucsarnoc, Palace of Art, Budapest, Hungary
Mapping
(organized by Peter Fend), American Fine Arts, New York, New York
Verisimilitude and the Utility of Doubt
(curated by Bill Arning and Gregory Crewdson),

                White Columns, New York, NY

Aura Rosenberg/John Miller, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Who Chooses Who, New Museum Benefit Show, New Museum, New York, New York

1994     Sammlung Volkman, Berlin, Germany

Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York

Before the Dawn's Early Light, (basement installation), Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany

The Use of Pleasure (curated by Robert Nickas), Terrain Gallery, San Francisco,

               California

Jet Lag (curated by Gert Rappenecker), Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany

1993     Frauenkunst, Mannerkunst, Kunstverein Kippenberger, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel,

                 Germany
Real
, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Go Down Stairs Diagonally
(curated by Paul McCarthy), Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles,

                California
Martin Kippenberger, "Candidature for a Retrospective" (organized by Roberto Ohrt),

                 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Open Air
(curated by Andreas Wegner), Bremen, Germany

1992      Eileen Cowin, Aura Rosenberg, Nancy Spero, Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles,

                California
Eternal Light
(curated by Jan Riley), In Situ, Cincinnati, Ohio
Getting to kNOw You
(curated by Christoph Tannert and Dean McNeil) Kunstlerhaus Bethanien

  Tatoos, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York

  Nan Goldin, Svetlana Kopystianski, Piotr Nathan, Aura Rosenberg, Werwerka & Weiss

                 Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  The Sexual Self, Galerie Tanja Grunert, Koln, Germany

  Informationdienst, Galerie Schmitz, Kassel, Germany; traveled to Kunstlerhaus

                Stuttgart; Kubinski Galerie, Koln; Unfair, Koln; Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin; Art

                Acker, Berlin; Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich; Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg;

                Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich; Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France; Grazer

                Kunstverein, Graz, Austria; Goethe Haus, New York, New York

  Addressing the Forbidden (curated by Alasdair Foster), Brighton Arts Festival, England

1991      Cannibal Eyes (curated by Ron Platt), MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

             Bruno Brunnett Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany

             Presenting Rearwards (curated by Ralph Rugoff), Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los

                Angeles, California
Gullivers Reisen/Gulliver's Travels
, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Koln, Germany

                 Frederich Naumann Stiftung, Bonn, Germany, Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, New York

1990       The Abortion Project (curated by Chrysanne Stathakos), Simon Watson Gallery, New

                York, New York; Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut

              Viral Infection (curated by Charles Wright, Jr.), Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York

              Heart in Mouth (curated by Nick Taggart), Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
All Quiet on the Western Front
(curated by Antoine Candau & Girard Delsot), Paris, France

             Update, White Columns, New York, NY & Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York, NY

             Sex and Language (curated by Chrysanne Stathakos), Garnett Press, Toronoto, Canada
   Nahan Contemporary Art (curated by Robert Morgan), New York, New York
Tell It Like It Is
, Fiction/Non-fiction, New York, New York

1989       Embracing Mystery (curated by Jude Schwendenwein), Souyun Yi Gallery, New York, NY

                 American Fine Arts, New York, New York
Fiction/Non-fiction, New York, New York

             Erotophobia, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, NY

1988     Reconciling Modes: Painting Between Poesies and Logic (curated by G. Roger Denson),

                 Jayne Baum Gallery, New York, NY

1987      A Distanced Romance (curated by Bill Arning), Jeffrey Neale Gallery, New York,

                 Berkshire Art Association Drawing Invitational (curated by Linda Shearer), Berkshire

                 Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Benefit show, New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Visions in Contemporary Art: The RSM Company Collection
, Cincinnati Art Museum,

                 Cincinnati, Ohio

1984      4 Painters, Baskerville + Watson Gallery, New York, New York
Cable Gallery, New York, NY

              Evolution (curated by Jay Gorney), East 7th Street Gallery, New York, New York

1983       Hallwalls (curated by Claudia Gould), Buffalo, New York
Borrowed Time
(curated by Carole Ann Klonarides), Baskerville-Watson Gallery, New York, NY

1982      The Drawing Center, New York, NY
The Edge of Night (curated by Carole Ann Klonarides), Yves Arman Gallery, New York, NY
7 Painters
(curated by Ronny Cohen), P.S. 122, New York, NY
Moonlighting
(curated by Carole Ann Klonarides), Josef Gallery, New York, NY


 

Bibliography

2006     Alle-Gory,Exhibition Catalog, Mandarin Gallery, Curated and text by Lawrence Rickels, Los

Angeles, CA

Dark Places, Exhibition Catalog, Santa Monica Museum of Art.  Texts by Joshua Dector and

Servo

2005     20 Jahre Kunsthalle St. Gallen 1985-2005, Catalog, Kunsthalle, St. Gallen.

Shrift Bilder Denken: Die Kunst der Gegenwart und Walter Benjamin (Writing, Pictures, Ideas:

Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin, Exhibition Catalog, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany. Edited by Peter Herbstreuth

Helden Heute/Heros a Jamais, Exhibition catalog, CentrePasqueArt, Curated by Dolores Denaro

Barrocos y Neobarrocos: El Infierno de lo Bello (Baroque and Neo Baroque:The Hell of the Beautifu). Exhibition catalog, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain

Werewolf Express, Fanzine, The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werwolves and Sarcastic Hippies", Yerba

Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Blicke auf Carmen (Seeing Carmen), Exhibition Catalog, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz,

Austria. Curated and edited by Peter Pakesch and Verena Formanek. Texts by Peter Pakesh, Verena Formanek, Thomas Macho, Elisabeth Bronfen, Anne Baldassari, Dominique Lobstein, Anton Holzer.  Landesmuseum Joanneum and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, Koln

Esther Leslie, Radical Philosophy, "Crevices and footholds", review p.59/60, May/June

Maria Brendel, ETC, "Walter Benjamin and Art of the Present Day", review pp.72-78

Claudia Schwartz, Neue Zarcher Zeitung, "Auratransfer, Walter Benjamin als Ikone der

Gegenwartskunst", January 6

2004   Wer Bietet Mehr?, Fifteen Years Deichtorhallen, Benefit auction exhibition catalog,

          Internationales Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, p.53

          Can Photography Capture our Time in Images, 25 years Bielefeld Symposia about

              Photography and Media 1979-2004, Essay by Martin Roman Deppner: Looking

              Into the Picture, pp. 90-96, Illustration p.93, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld

          Aufruhr der Gefuhle, Exhibition Catalog, Museum for Photography, Braunschweig,

             Kunsthalle, Goppingen, Curated by Barbara Lauterbach with texts by Carina Herring,

             Wiebbke Ratzeburg and Annett Reckert.  Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig

          The New Yorker, Photograph p. 90, June 28

          Robert Nickas, Influence Magazine,

          Maternal Metaphors, Exhibition Catalog, Edited by Meryl Chernick

2003    Fast Forward: 20 Years of White Rooms, Exhibition catalog, White Columns, New York,

             curated by Lauren Ross

Into the Abyss, Edited by Adam Putnam, Spring 2003, photos on pp. 27 and 45

Permanent Food #10, photographs from "Berlin Childhood"

Hedwig Saxenhuber, Hildegund Amanshauser, magazin 7 Geschichte(n)-(Hi)story, p.62-69

Raimar Stange, Texte Zur Kunst, Heft 49, March, "Auszeiten, Die Austellung "Geschichten"

             im Salzburger Kunstverein, pp.194-196

Ruth Noack, Camera Austria, 81/2003, "Geschichten, Salzburger Kunstverein", review p.71-72

Memory (working title), Edited by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Janet Cardiff, Thames and

             Hudson Ltd. (forthcoming)

Cabinet, Winter 2002/03, Issue 9, Artist Project: Praxis Dr. Kassendrup, p. 102

Tema Celeste, Issue 95, January/February, "Berliner Kindheit", book review, p.28

2002    Christopher Phillips, Art in America, "Aura Rosenberg at Gasser & Grunert", November,

             No. 11, p.158, Gerhard Frommel, Camera Austria No. 79, "Aura Rosenberg: Berliner Kindheit": p.91

             Berliner Kindheit, Steidl/D.A.A.D., photos by the artist with texts by Friedrich Meschede, Esther

             Leslie, Aura Rosenberg, Nancy Princenthal, Reflections on the mutability of memories and dreams, Art on Paper, Volume 7, No. 1, September/October, Page 112, _____. Zitty, "Fotoband"

2001    Claudia Wahjudi, Brutale Idylle, Zitty Zeitschrift, 5/2001
Matthias Reichelt, Berliner Kindheit,
Kunstforum International, Volume 154, April/May
Ronald Berg, Berliner Kindheit in Bildern,
Tagesspiegel, January
Berliner Kindheit um zweitausend,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 19, Page BS3
 Kindheits Muster,
TIP, January
Aids hat viele Gesichter,
edited by Frank Wagner, Bundeszentrale fur gesundheitliche

             Aufklorung, photo porfolio

2000    Presume innocents, L'art contemporain et l'enfance, Exhibition catalog, capcMus?e d'art

             contemporain de Bordeaux, curated by Marie-Laure Bernadac and Ste?phanie Moisdon,

             With texts by Marie-Laure Bernadac, St?phanie Moisdon, Bernard Marcad?, Jean-

             Charles Mass?ra, Eric Troncy, Joshua Decter, Mignon Nixon and Elisabeth Lebovici

             Eva Ekselius, "Jag ar den ar jag", Bang, Feministisk Kulturtidskrift, Photo p.40
Die Verletzte Diva
: Hysterie, Korper, Technik in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhundert, Exhibition

             catalog, Kunstverein Manchen, Siemens Kulturprogramm, Manchen, Stedtische Galerie im

             Lenbachhaus, Manchen, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden,

             curated by Silvia Eiblmayr, Dirk Snauwaert, Ulrich Wilmes and Matthias Winzen, with texts by

             Christina von Braun, Elisabeth Bronfen, Silvia Eiblmayr, Gilles Deleuze, Georges Didi-

             Hubermann, Peter Gorsen, Thomas Lischeid, Kate Meyer-Drawe, Irit Rogoff, Karen Sagner

             Dahting, Klaus Theweleit, Matthias Winzen and Slavoj'iek
New Observations,
Winter issue, photo inside cove

1999    Grand Street, Volume 69 "Berlin"
Michelle Grabner, "Test Family", New Art Examiner,
Vol.27, No.2, Ill.cover, p.20
Claudia Wahjudi, "Rosa fur Jungs/Hellblau fur Madchen", Kunstforum,
July/August pp.344-45
Gabriele Werner, "Die Sexualisierung des Madchens als Frau" ,Jungle World,
April 18/2

Marius Babias, "Das Dreieck des Begehrens", Eikon, Heft 26/27, p.22-30, Ill.cover
Christian Haye (photo portfolio with text), Dutch, #20
Spring,

             Lynne Tillman, "Nude Notes", Art on Paper, Vol.3, No.3

1998    Stuart Shave, "Fusion", I-D, The Forward Issue No. 180
"MAN" (portfolio), ETC,
Nr.6, p.12-21
Marius Babias, "Dossier, Porn Rocks", Jungle World,
Nr. 32, August 5  

             Aids Worlds: Between Hope and Resignation, Exhibition Catalog, Centre D'Art Contemporain,

             Colors Magazine 28, p.91
Presumed Innocence.
Jean Crutchfield with essays by Kathryn Hixon and Robert Hobbs Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Washington Press Nr.16 "StadtRomantik" Photoessay with text by Claudia Wahjudi, Zitty Nr.17

1996    Marina Rosenfeld, "Johnny Came Lately", LA Weekly, May 24-30
Artist project, Guggenheim Magazine
, Summer Issue
Headshots
(New York: Stop Over Press), photos by the artist with introduction by John Miller and stories by Lynne Tillman and Gary Indiana

1995    "The Dialectical Porn Rock," (a photo portfolio), Grand Street, No. 53

            Pittura/Immedia, exhibition catalog with essays by Peter Weibel and Thomas Dreher

1994    Interview with Roberto Ohrt, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, July
Timothy Martin, "To Build a Fire," BE Magazin,
Vol. 1, No. 1
Yvonne Volkart, "Medusa and Co.," Flash Art
, No. 176, May/June
"Double Exposure," organized by Robert Nickas, Bomb
, June
Christine Tresch, "Betrug und Selbsbetrug," WoZ
, Zurich, May 28
Marius Babias, "Zerstuckelte Liebesakte," Zitty Stadtzeitung
, No. 8

1992   Cannibal Eyes, exhibition catalog, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Aura Rosenberg and Cary S. Leibowitz/Candyass
, exhibition catalog, I.D. Galerie

             Addressing the Forbidden, exhibition catalog, Brighton Arts Festival

           Jean Baudrillard, "Transsexuell," Rogue, No. 16: 16-7.

1991   "Skin" (interview with Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe), Artscribe, No. 86, March/April
Presenting Rearwards,
exhibition catalog, Rosamund Felsen Gallery

1990   Ralph Rugoff, "Body Doubles", LA Weekly, December 13
Nancy Spector, Artscribe,
June Roger Denson, Flash Art, May, review
Joshua Decter, Arts Magazine,
April, review

 
 

Grants

2003      Warhol Foundation, New York, NY
Betlach Foundation, New York, NY

2000      DAAD, Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst, Berliner Kuenstler Program, Berlin, Germany
Faculty Development Grant, Pratt Institute, New York, New York

1995      Art Matters Fellowship, New York, New York

1993      Studio Program, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Germany

1990      Fellowship in Photography, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York
Art Matters Fellowship, New York, New York

 

Teaching

1995-Present Undergraduate Faculty, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

1996-Present Associate Professor, Undergraduate Faculty, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

2004         Visiting artist lecture, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York

2003         Visiting artist lecture, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

2002         Invited speaker, ÒMatters of Mind: The Archive as Memory BankÓ:, 16th Annual National

                Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, Hosted by the School of Visual Arts

1997         Visiting Artist, Akademie der Kunst, Munich, Germany

1996         Gender and Art (seminar), Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Visiting artist lecture, Institute for Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Visiting artist lecture, Kunst Akademie, Nurnberg, Germany

1994         Visiting artist lecture, Art Center, Pasadena, California

1990         Visiting artist lecture, Barnard College, New York, NY

1989         Visiting artist lecture, Art Center, Pasadena, California
Visiting artist lecture, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

1978         Visiting artist, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota