Timeline

1941
Born in Weert, Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Exhibitions

2013
Jan Dibbets, New Colorstudies 1979-2012, Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, France (solo)
2013
Colorstudies, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2013
Jan Dibbets, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2013
Correspondances, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2013
A Stone left unturned, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
2013
Editions & Aquisitions, Alan Cristea Gallery, London , UK
2012
Works from 1969-today, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düseldorf, Germany (solo)
2012
Tour d’Horizon, Werke aus der Sammlung migros museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
2012
Espèces d’espaces, Christophe Daviet Thery, Paris, France
2012
Stadt und Land, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012
Ends of the Earth-Land Art to 1974, MOCA, LA, US
2012
An accumulation of information taken from here to here, Gallery Seperone Westwater, New York, US
2012
Verlangen naar Volmaaktheid, 21 jaar verzamelen door het Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
2012
Naar zee, de zee in de Nederlandse kunst snds 1850, De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands
2012
Art by Telephone, Cneai, Paris, FR, San Francisco Art Institute, Columbia Unervisity, US
2012
A Battle for Narrative, Bonnefanten Hedge House, Maastricht, Netherlands
2012
A Window on the World. From Durer to Mondrian and beyond, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
2012
Minimal and Beyond, Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2012
The Present is a Point Just Passed, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, UK
2012
Drop me a Line, Laure Genillard, London, UK
2012
Mythos Atelier, Von Spitzewg bis Picasso, Von Giacometti bis Nauman, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
2011
3 x Jan Dibbets, Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen / Cultuurcentrum Strombeek / White-Out Studio, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (solo)
2011
Studio Toscane, Karel Appel en Roberto Barni, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, Netherlands
2011
Arte Povera International, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
2011
Zo Hollands, ons landschap in de kunst sinds 1850, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, Netherlands
2011
Light Years, Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964-1977, The Art Institute, Chicago, US
2011
Weg van Weeert, De Tiendschuur, Weert, Netherlands
2011
Anuit Heir – Out Of Here, – The City as Muse, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011
Paradigm Shift Serralves Collection 60’s 70’s, MUSAC, Léon, Spain
2011
Site and Insight: Jan Dibbets, Richard Long, and Mary Miss, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, US
2011
Van Abbe 75 years, Out of Here, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011
Alice in Wonderland, Tate Liverpool, UK
2011
Why Patterns, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Aktionsraum 1, Mumok, Vienne, Austria
2011
Van Abbe 75 years, The Collectors Show, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011
Retrospective; Umwelt-Akzente 1970-2011, Aukloster, Monschau, Germany
2011
Temporary Stedelijk 2, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Recollections, Op Losse Schroeven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Museums, Galleries, Homes and other stories, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna,Italy
2011
Zeit zu handeln, Kunsthalle Krems, Germany
2011
Die Empfindung der Wirklichkeit – Photograpie an der Kunstakademie Dusseldorf von 1970 bis heute, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
2011
Horizons, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz / Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany (solo)
2010–2011
Die Natur der Kunst“, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2010–2011
Taking Place, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherland
2010–2011
Von Carl Andre bis Gregor Schneider. Dorothee und Konrad Fischer: Archiv einer Haltung, Museum Kurhaus Kleve
2010
Portscapes, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010
Weniger ist mehr, Haus der Kunst , München, Germany
2010
From Karl Andre to Gregor Shneider. Dorothee and Konrad Fisher: Archives of an Attitude, Museum Kurhauss Kleve, Germany
2010
Galeria Giacomo Guidi, Rome , Italy
2010
Positionings- The Questions of Space in Contemporary Art, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
2010
New Horizons, Gladstone Gallery, New York, US (solo)
2010
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands (solo)
2010
Horizons, MAM - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (solo)
2009
The Gallerja exhibition, Gallerja, Rome, Italy (solo)
2009
Jan Dibbets, Konrad Fisher Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2009
Earth Works: Land Art Horizons, Galleria Repetto, Milan
2009
In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2009
1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany (group)
2009
Gegen den Strich. 15 Jahre Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (group)
2008–2009
Made in Munich, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2007
Perspective Collections, Miami Art Museum, Miami, US (solo)
2007
Colours Studies, Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2007
Homage to Sol Lewitt, Giorgio Persano, Torino, Italy (solo)
2007
Paintings and Prints, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2007
Perspective Collections, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2007
Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy (solo)
2006
Galerie Mit Bleistift Fischer, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf
2006
Mapping the Studio, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam
2006
Neue Arbeiten, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf (solo)
2004
Musée Zadkine, Paris
2004
Treasure Island: 10 Years Collection Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2004
Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; traveled to Miami Art Museum
2004
The Last Painting Show, Swiss Institute, New York
2003
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered, Migros Museum fur Gegenwarstkunst, Zurich
2003
Projection, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf
2003
Panorama Amsterdam, FOAM, Amsterdam
2003
Einbildung- DasWahrnehmen in der Kunst, Das Landesmuseum, Joanneum, Kunsthaus, Graz
2003
The Last Picture Show: Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2003
Imagination: On Perception in Art, Kunsthaus Grqaz, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
2003
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
2002
De Grote Hoop, Fries Museum, Leewarden, Netherlands
2002
Hofvijver in Poezie en Beeld, Kunstpassage in Rijksmonument, Den Haag
2002
Art or Nature? Orangerie and Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
2002
Van Cyphers to Dibbets, 100 Jaar Kunst in Limburg, Bonnefanrenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
2001
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
De Pont Stichting, Tilburg
2000
Bawag Foundation, Wien
"Quelques Fenetres," Galerie Lelong, Paris
“Senredam-Senanque,” Galerie St. Severin, Paris
Cathédrale Saint-Louis, Blois
1999
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
1998
Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin
1997
Städlische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz-G
1996
Witte de With, Rotterdam-NL
1996
Galerie Lelong, Paris
1995
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht-NL
1995
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
1991
FRAC, Le Grand Jardin, Reims
1990
Fundacion Espai Poblenau, Barcelona
1990
Leo Castelli Gallery
1989
Galerie Lelong, Paris
1988
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
1988
Galerie Eward Thordon, Göteborg
1988
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1987
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
1986
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1985
GalerieMaeght-Lelong, Paris
1980
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1972
XXXVI Biennale de Venise, Pavillon Hollandais, Venice
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
1971
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland

Literature

2007
"Newl Formare 2," Maria Grazia Del Prete
2007
"Jan Dibbets: Perspective Collections," Miami Art Museum, Miami
2007
“Jan Dibbets: Colours Studies,” Galeria Estiarte, Madrid
2007
"Jan Dibbets: Homage to Sol Lewitt," Giorgio Persano, Torino
2007
"Jan Dibbets: Paintings and Prints," Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2007
"Jan Dibbets: Perspective Collections," Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2007
Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy
2006
"Neue Arbeiten," Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2006
"Mapping the Studio," Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam
2006
"Galerie Mit Bleistift Fischer", Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf
2005
Lange, Christy, “Bound to Fail,” Tate Etc., Summer 2005, pp.35.
2004
Sholis, Brian, “Before the End,” ArtForum, Sept. 2004, online.
2003
Jan Dibbets. Blind Spot Magazine. Issue 24.
2003
"Art Listings." Time Out New York, January 9-16, 2003
2003
“Jan Dibbets: Shortest Day at my House in Amsterdam,” 1970, Blind Spot, Issue 24.
2002
Paul Stimson: “Jan Dibbets at castelli downtown”, Art in America, Jan. – Feb.
2002
Ann Sargent Wooster, Artforum, January
2001
Wite de With, Cahier #5, Richter Verlag
2001
Gilmore, Jonathan, “JanDibbets at Barbara Gladstone,” Art in America, May 2001
2001
Israel, Nico, “Jan Dibbets,” Art Forum, April
2000
Cathédrale de Blois, Vitraux de Jan Dibbets - Editions du Regard, Paris, 2000
1990
Rudi Fuchs, Jan Dibbets - Editions Cercle d'Art, 1990
1989
Jan Dibbets, Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1989 (text by Rudi Fuchs)
1987
Jan Dibbets, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1987 (texts by Martin Friedman, R. H. Fuchs, and M.M.M. Vos.)
1985
Jan Dibbets, Muzej Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade, 1985. (Texts by Jesa Denegri, and M.M.M. Vos.)
1984
Jan Dibbets, Waddington Galleries, London, 1984
1982
Jan Dibbets, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, 1982. (Text by Toshiaki Minemura.)
1980
Saenredam Sénanque Jan Dibbets 1980-81, Renault recherches Art et Industrie, Centre Internationale de Création Artistique, Abbaye de Sénanque, Gordes, 1980. (Texts by M.M.M. Vos., Micheline Renard and George Duby).
1980
Jan Dibbets, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, 1980. (Texts by R.H. Fuchs)
1978
Jan Dibbets, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 1978. (Texts by Alexander van
1976
Jan Dibbets, Scottisch Arts Council, Edinburgh, 1976. (Texts by Barbara Reise and M.M.M. Vos).
1975
Jan Dibbets: Autumn Melody, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, 1975. (Text by J Jean-Christophe Amman).