biografía de Carsten NICOLAI (1965)
Personal data
Birth : 1965 - Chemnitz, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany
Address
Berlin, GermanyRepresentatives
Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Paolo Curti & Co. – Via Pontaccio, 19 – Milan MI, Italy
Professional data
Work and Life
1999:Label unit raster-noton.de.
1994:Founded Noton.archiv für ton und nichtton.
1992:Cofounder of the project Voxxx.Kultur a communication center in Chemnitz, Germany.
1985 – 1990:Study of landscape design in Dresden, Germany.
Also lives and works in Chemnitz, Germany.
Prizes
2000
10/2000 : Grafikpreis der f6 Cigarettenfabrik Dresden GmbH – Dresden, Germany
2000 : Ars Electronica , section Interactive Art – Linz, Austria
Awarded by : AEC Ars Electronica Center – Hauptstrasse 2 – Linz, Austria
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Print-Multiple : 
Drawing-Watercolor : 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Digital art - Sound installation - Video installation Subject
space/environmentWorks
| Frozen Water | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Anti Reflex
Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
01/20/2005 – 03/28/2005
2001
Galerie Eigen + Art – Berlin, Germany
09/08/2001 – 10/20/2001
Telefunken and prototypes. Audiosignals for television and visual patterns
Paolo Curti & Co. – Milan MI, Italy
01/18/2001 – 03/03/2001
2000
Carsten Nicolai : konstrukt, Telefunken, 20’ to 2000
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Arts – Winnipeg, Canada
10/11/2000 – 11/11/2000
Carsten Nicolai : Protoype 1
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
02/25/2000
Carsten Nicolai, internationell klangkonst Lund
Kabusa Konsthall – Köpingebro, Sweden
2000
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Ferdinand Rhode Strasse 14 – Leipzig, Germany
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Glasgow Art Fair
George Square – Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
04/15/2004 – 04/18/2004
Represented by : DCA Dundee Contemporary Arts – 152 Nethergate – Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom)
2003
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Edition Balance – Brunnenstrasse 12 – Gotha, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
2002
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Ferdinand Rhode Strasse 14 – Leipzig, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Edition Balance – Brunnenstrasse 12 – Gotha, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
2001
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Pinksummer – Via Lomellini 2-3 – Genoa GE, Italy
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Edition Balance – Brunnenstrasse 12 – Gotha, Germany
Art Moscow – V International Art Fair
TSDKH Tsentralny Dom Khudozhnikov / Central House of Artists – Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
04/24/2001 – 04/29/2001
Represented by : Caravan – Gormannstrasse 19 – Berlin, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
2000
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Edition Balance – Brunnenstrasse 12 – Gotha, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Eigen + Art – Auguststrasse 26 – Berlin, Germany
Festivals
2001
Takeover – Ars Electronica
AEC Ars Electronica Center – Linz, Austria
09/01/2001 – 09/06/2001
Group exhibitions
2003
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003
Japan
07/20/2003 – 09/07/2003
Nano
Galerie Fraîch’Attitude – Paris, France
05/22/2003 – 09/30/2003
2002
Rouge Phosphène
CRAC Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain du Languedoc-Roussillon – Sète, France
07/13/2002 – 10/27/2002
P_A_U_S_E – Kwangju Biennale, n°4
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2002 – 06/29/2002
Frequenzen [Hz] -Audiovisuelle Räume
Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
02/09/2002 – 04/28/2002
2001
EGOFUGAL : Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence – 7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/22/2001 – 11/17/2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
2000
Sound aka Space
Sound aka Space Club – Hamburg, Germany
09/22/2000 – 10/08/2000
oacis. optics acoustics calculated in seconds
Taktlos Bern – Kulturhallen Dampfzentrale – Bern BE, Switzerland
09/15/2000 – 09/16/2000
Volume: Bed of Sound
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
07/02/2000 – 01/2001
Sound Art – Sound as Media
NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] – Tokyo, Japan
01/28/2000 – 03/12/2000
Audible Light
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
01/23/2000 – 03/19/2000
ihope
Lunds Konsthalls – Lund, Sweden
2000
1999
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
09/24/1999 – 11/07/1999
1997
Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2003
Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113
Exhibition catalogues
2002
Frequenzen [Hz] / Frequencies [Hz], Audiovisuelle Räume / Audio-visual Spaces
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag – Senefelderstrasse 12 – Ostfildern, Germany
2002
ISBN : 3775711546
2001
Ars Electronica 2001
Publisher: AEC Ars Electronica Center – Hauptstrasse 2 – Linz, Austria
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien New York – Vienna, Austria
2001
ISBN : 3211836292
7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
2001
ISBN : 9757383227
Periodicals
2002
PESCH Martin – Transfert et transformation: stratégies à l’oeuvre chez Carsten Nicolai
in: Parachute n° 107 p. 80
Montréal QC, Canada
07/2002-09/2002
KUNI Verena – Schöner Schwingen – <Freqenzen – Audiovisuelle Räume> in der Kunsthalle Schirn
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 4 p. 42
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
04/2002
MENIN Samuele & POLITI Gea – Focus Germany
in: Flash Art n° 224 p. 114 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
05/2002-06/2002
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