biografía de Cosima VON BONIN (1962)
Personal data
Birth : 1962 - Mombasa, Kenya
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - Kenya
Address
Cologne, GermanyRepresentatives
Friedrich Petzel Gallery – 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Professional data
Work and Life
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Has collaborated with Kai ALTHOFF.
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video 
Performing Art : Performance Movements and styles
Cologne GroupWorks
| Little Door slides back | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Installation Materials : plastic-wood-synthetic lacquer-paper Size : 230 x 255 x 550 cm | |
| Robbing Peter to pay Paul | |
| Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Sculpture Materials : felt-wood Size : 150 cm | |
| Lion dans la forêt de bonsaï | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Installation | |
| Löwe im Bonsaiwald | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Installation | |
| Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Performance | |
| Hast du heute Zeit - ich aber nicht | |
| Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Relax, it’s only a ghost
Friedrich Petzel Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/02/2006 – 06/30/2006
2001
Bruder Poul sticht in See
Kunstverein in Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany
2001
2000
Galerie Christian Nagel – Cologne, Germany
05/2000 – 06/2000
Rabbit at Rest
Ursula Blickle Stiftung – Kraichtal, Germany
09/17/2000 – 10/15/2000
The Cousins
Kunstverein Braunschweig – Brunswick, Germany
02/05/2000 – 03/26/2000
1999
Verein Kunsthalle – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
09/1999 – 10/1999
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 Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Texte zur Kunst – Berlin, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Gabriele Senn Galerie – Vienna, Austria
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
2001
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ascan Crone – Kochstr.60 – Hamburg, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Ascan Crone – Kochstr.60 – Hamburg, Germany
1998
Art Moscow – III International Art Fair
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
03/05/1998 – 03/09/1998
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Festivals
1998
Steirischer Herbst
Sackstrasse 17 – Graz, Austria
09/26/1998 – 10/26/1998
Group exhibitions
2001
Free Port
Magasin 3 – Stockholm, Sweden
09/15/2001 – 12/09/2001
1999
German Open
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
11/13/1999 – 03/26/2000
1998
Stefan Banz, Cosima von Bonin, Matti Braun
Kunstraum – Kreuzlingen TG, Switzerland
1998
1997
Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger
Museu de Arte Contemporanea da USP – São Paulo, Brazil
1997
La Côte d’Azur et la Modernité
Villa Arson – Nice, France
06/27/1997 – 10/05/1997
1996
Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg – Mönchengladbach, Germany
1996
NowHere : Work in Progress
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/15/1996 – 09/08/1996
1995
Hast du heute Zeit – ich aber nicht
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany
1995
It’s not a picture
Galleria Marabini – Bologna BO, Italy
05/09/1995 – 06/15/1995
1991
Eine Ausstellung mit Fareed Armaly, Cosima von Bonin, Michael Krebber und Christian Philipp Müller
K-Raum Daxer – Munich, Germany
1991
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
2001
Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544
Exhibition catalogues
2000
German Open, Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Porschestrasse 53 – Wolfsburg, Germany
2000
ISBN : 3775709045
Cosima von Bonin. The Cousins.
Publisher: Kunstverein Braunschweig – Haus Salve Hospes Lessingplatz 12 – Brunswick, Germany
2000
1996
Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger
Publisher: Museum Abteiberg – Abteistrasse 27 – Mönchengladbach, Germany
1996
Periodicals
2002
MENIN Samuele & POLITI Gea – Focus Germany
in: Flash Art n° 224 p. 114 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
05/2002-06/2002