John Isaacs (British, born )

Timeline

1968
Born - Lancaster UK
1987–1988
Exeter University Bsc Biology (incompleted)
1990
Ecole des Beaux Artes Dijon
1988–1991
Cheltenham Art College Ba(hons) Fine Art
1991–1993
University College London Slade School of Art MA Sculpture
1996
Boise Travel Scholarship
1999
Imperial College London Artist in Residence
2005
Guest lecturer at the Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
lives and works in Berlin

Exhibitions

2013
Babel, Botanique, Brussels
2013
Babel, Botanique, Brussels
2013
Signs of the Times, Carré Sainte-Anne, Montpellier, France
2013
Flesh Reality, Point Zero, London
2013
The name is Burroughs − Expanded Media, Sammlung Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2013
Wonderful – Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Die Olbricht Collection, Me Collectors Room, Berlin
2013
Glasstress: White Light/White Heat, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
2013
UndeREALisme, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Perpignan, France
2013
Kaboom!, Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
2013
The architecture of empathy, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid (solo)
2012
The hand that rocks the cradle, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (solo)
2012
Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
2012
Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Being, All Visual Arts, London
2012
Sculptors’ Drawings and Works on Paper, Pangolin London
2012
Alice im Wunderland der Kunst, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2012
The Aspiration Factory, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
2012
Friends & Family, Kenny Schachter, Rove, London
2012
Het Gewichtige Lichaam, Museum Boerhaave, The Netherlands
2012
Documenta 13, The Worldly House, Kassel
2012
Face Off, Gallerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
2012
The name is Burroughs - Expanded Media, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
2012
The End, Jacob's Island Gallery, London, UK
2012
Voyage Voyage, Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Paris
2012
Artist´s Merchandising Art, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, LA
2012
Kunstenfestival Watou, Watou, Belgium
2012
The End of Everything / A New Beginning, Larm Gallery, Copenhagen
2012
Till Rabus, Artiste Invité: John Isaacs, Gallery Une, Auvernier-Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2012
Gromiam - Les 20 ans de Groland, Miam, France
2012
Schriftuur/Scripture, De Bond, Bruges
2012
Babel, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France
2011
The closest I ever came to you, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels (solo)
2011
Wax – Sensation in Contemporary Sculpture, GL Strand, Copenhagen
2011
Verschwende deine Jugend, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
2011
Tous Cannibales!, La Maison Rouge, Paris
2011
La Vallée Patibulaire, kuratiert von C. Bittermann, Berlin
2011
Human + The Future of our Species, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2011
WAX – Sensation in Contemporary Sculpture, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
2011
All Cannibals!, ME Collectors Room, Berlin
2011
Zwei Sammler: Thomas Olbricht und Harald Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2011
Berlin Klondyke, curated by Irmelin and Reinald Nohal, Odd Gallery, Dawson, Canada
2011
Bulbus oculi – my precious, Kunstruimte deWILLEM3, The Netherlands
2011
The Dicks & Bonus Material, Teapot Gallery, Cologne
2011
Sounds like Architecture, Castles of Poeke and Schuurlo, St Maria Aalter, Belgium
2011
Portraits de Collectionneurs – Jocelyne et Fabrice Petignat, Muro, Genf, Switzerland
2011
Dead Lines, Von der Heydt Kunsthalle, Wuppertal
2011
HabiteR / Collection Frac Midi-Pyrénées les Abattoirs, Toulouse
2011
Mémoires du futur, la collection Olbricht, La Maison Rouge, Paris
2011
Paradies, Wendt + Friedmann Gallery, Berlin
2010
Tears welling up inside, Wendt+Friedman Gallery, Berlin (solo)
2010
A perfect soul, OPA, Guadalajara, Mexico (solo)
2010
You are innocent in your dreams, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid (solo)
2010
Melodrama, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
2010
1910 Figur 2010, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
2010
In fifteen minutes everybody will be famous, Tape Modern, Berlin
2010
Rude Britannia, Tate Britain, London
2010
The weighty body, Dr. Guislain Museum, Gent, Belgium
2010
Art Barter, HBC, Berlin
2010
Lebenslust & Totentanz. Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
2010
Alchemy of Delusion, Aeroplastics, Brussels
2010
Vanitas: The Transience of earthly pleasures, All Visual Arts, London, UK
2010
berlinerzimmer #2, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2010
Auf Leben und Tod – Der Mensch in Malerei und Fotografie, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
2010
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
2009
Let the golden age begin, Museum 52, London (solo)
2009
SAABSDPDJIMKRLCPSSSFWMW, Autocenter, Berlin, Innsbruck
2009
Natural Wonders, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia
2009
Works on paper, Museum 52, London
2009
Transzendenz Inc., Hospitalhof, Stuttgart
2009
That’s all Folks!, Stadhallen, Bruges, Belgium
2009
Dream Time, Les Abattoirs, Museum of Modern Art, Toulouse
2009
Lynchmob, HBC, Berlin
2009
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London
2009
Distortion, Venice Biennale, Gervasuti Foundation, Venedig
2009
Wind in Athens/Möhren in Athen, Myllerou 27, Athens
2009
Fool´s Food, CAN, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2009
Eat Me – Drink Me, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas
2009
Borderline Pleasure, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
2009
Luxus - Ruhe - Wollust, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
2009
Projection, Venice Film Festival, Gervasuti Foundation, Venedig
2009
Transzendenz Inc., Forgotten Bar, Berlin
2009
Tier-Werden Mensch-Werden, NGBK, Berlin
2009
Zaunkönig, Wendt+Friedmann Gallerie, Berlin
2009
Can birds fly?, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt
2008
Cathering Dust, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid (solo)
2008
Glass Eye...Glass Soul, Museum 52, New York (solo)
2008
Tell me, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam
2008
Gravity, Artium, Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2008
Deadly Serious, EXPRMNTL Galerie, Toulouse
2008
12 – Works on paper, Gallery Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2008
NéoFutur, Les Abattoirs, Museum of Modern Art, Toulouse
2008
Evolution, Max Lang Gallery, New York
2008
Paul Thek. Werkschau im Kontext zeitgenössischer Kunst, Collection Falckenberg, Hamburg
2008
Holy Smoke, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
2008
Deadly Serious, Exprm´ntl Gallery, Toulouse
2008
Go for it!, Olbricht Collection (a sequel), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
2008
Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, Park de Oude Warande, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2008
Everybody knows this is nowhere, Wendt+Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
2008
When fears become form, CAN, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2008
Nature is a Workshop, Turner Contemporary, Kent, UK
2007
You said you would always be there, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels (solo)
2007
The supernatural world in which I am professionally involved, Invaliden 1, Berlin (solo)
2007
A perfect soul, Museum 52, London (solo)
2007
Mutatis, mutandis - Collection d’Antoine de Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris
2007
Say it isn’t so, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
2007
Rocker’s Island. Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2007
Symbolism and Contemporary Art, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
2007
Wellcome Collection, The Wellcome Trust, London
2007
Sick. Between body and mind, Dr. Guislain Museum, Gent
2007
Fearful Objects, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
2007
Rare Essence, Aeroplastics, Brussels
2007
Paul Thek. Werkschau im Kontext zeitgenössischer Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2006
What is it that there is something and nothing, Museum 52, Basel (solo)
2006
Blessed are the Merciful, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, New York
2006
Assemblage III, Museum 52, London
2006
Global Tour, W139, Amsterdam
2006
L’infinito dentro lo sguardo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona
2006
Absolumental, Les Abattoires, Toulouse
2006
Mankind. Story of a wound, S.M.A.K. Museum of Modern Art, Gent
2006
L’Homme-Paysage, Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille
2006
In the darkest hour there may be light, Serpentine Gallery, London
2005
Are you like me full of hope and full of fear, Museum 52, London (solo)
2005
Are you like me full of hope and full of fear, Feigen Contemporary, New York (solo)
2005
New Sculpture, Museum 52, London
2005
Les Grands Spectacles, Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg
2005
Boost in the Shell, De Bond, Bruges
2005
FRAKTALE IV, Palast der Republik, Berlin
2005
Oracle of Truth, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
2005
Chronic Epoch, Beaconsfield, London
2004
Other peoples lives, 20.21 Gallery, Essen (solo)
2004
Is more than this more than this, de Bond, Bruges (solo)
2004
Are we not the same you an I, Museum 52, London (solo)
2004
If not now then when, Gallery Judin, Zurich (solo)
2004
Without fear or reproach, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
2004
Blickverbindung, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
2004
Mike Kelley – The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool
2004
Liverpool & Museum Moderner Kunst Ludwig, Vienna
2004
Bad Behaviour, Arts Council Collection National touring exhibition
2004
Pretty World, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
2004
Pretty World, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
2004
The Ten Commandments, Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
2004
Terror, Beaconsfield, London
2004
L’intime, Behind closed doors, La Maison Rouge, Paris
2004
Animals, Haunch of Venison, London
2004
De leur temps. Collections privées Francaises, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing
2004
Dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
2003
Melodrma, MARCO, Vigo
2003
STOP!, South Bank, London
2003
Moving Energies # 01, Museum FolkWang, Essen
2003
The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
2003
Entranced, VTO London
2003
Real by Reel, Wouter Van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam
2003
Bad Behaviour, Arts Council Collection National touring-exhibition, various locations
2003
Without fear and reproach, Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium, curated by Jerome Jacobs
2003
OPZIJ VAN HET KIJKEN, Watou, Belgium, curated by Jan Hoet & Michel Dewilde
2003
Female Turbulence, Aeroplastics contemporary , Brussels
2003
Flesh for fantasy, Palazzo delle Papesse Contemporary Art Centre in Siena (Abattoirs of Prato) ITALY
2003
Prime Time , Tri Postal - Lille 2004 , Lille , France
2003
Other peoples lives, 20.21 Gallery, Essen (solo)
2003
Encyclopedia Utopia, De Bond, Cultuur Centrum, Bruges, Belgium (solo)
2002
Voices from the id, Beaconsfield, London (solo)
2002
Dumb planets are round too, VTO, London (solo)
2002
Dumb planets are round too, Feigen Contemporary, New York (solo)
2002
Nausea - encounters with ugliness, Janogly Gallery, Nottingham
2002
Melodrama, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo & Palacio de los Condes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerro, Granada
2002
Palacio de los Condes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerro, Granada
2002
Ebenbilder, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2002
Iconoclash, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2002
Waschsern, George Kolbe Musuem, Berlin
2002
Kunst nach Kunst, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen
2002
Nausea - encounters with ugliness, Janogly Gallery, Nottingham
2002
Magic, VTO London
2001
Sensational - the Saatchi Gift, Shrewsbury Museum
2001
Big Blue - Century City, Tate Modern, London
2001
Ohne Zogern - Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
2001
Interaktionen- Natur & Architektur - SMAK, Stadt Borken, Germany
2001
Minimal Maximal, Chiba City Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto National Museum of Art, Japan
2001
Tattoo Show, Modern Art Inc., London
2001
Are you still mad at me, Reykjavik Museum, Harbour House,Iceland (solo)
2001
Voices from the id, Aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels (solo)
2000
The Turning Point, ArtLab Gallery, Imperial College Residency, London (solo)
2000
The Diary of a Loner, 20.21Gallery, Essen (solo)
2000
Katastrophen und Desaster, Museum FolkWang Essen
2000
See for yourself, Peterborough Museum and Gallery
2000
Include me out, Unit 6, London
2000
Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
2000
Spectacular Bodies, Hayward Gallery, London
2000
The disasters of War, KW, Berlin
1999
The Diary of a Loner, Chapter Arts Center, Cardiff (solo)
1999
News from the Endangered Museum, Wilhelmshoe, Ettlingen
1998
Total 8 Project, Total Musem, Seoul, Korea
1998
The Incomplete History of Unknown Discovery, 20.21 Gallery Essen (solo)
1997
The Matrix of Amnesia, Imperial College, London (solo)
1997
URBANE LEGENDEN - LONDON, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
1996
Sick, 152c Brick Lane, London
1996
Post Script, Lisson Gallery, London
1996
Out of Space, Cole and Cole, Oxford
1996
Young British Artist's 6, Saatchi Gallery, London
1996
Road Works, Camden mix, London
1996
Lost for words, London
1995
Lost Property, W139 Gallery, Amsterdam & Great Western Studios, London
1995
Ideal Standard Summertime, Lisson Gallery, London
1994
Dirty Holes, Modern Art, London
1994
2B&I, Centro Cultural Salmeron, Madrid
1994
Something's Wrong, Tannery, London
1994
Hit and Run, London
1993
Wonderful Life, Lisson Gallery, London
1993
Outpost, multiple sites, Edinburgh
1993
Into the nineties, London
1993
Wish you were here, Kiings Cross, London
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