
1972 Born in Johannesburg
Lives and works in Berlin
Education
1998-2002 Doctoral Candidate in Art History, Columbia University, New York
1997 Whitney Independent Studio Program, Whitney Museum, New York
1997 M.Phil. Art History, Columbia University, New York
1995 MA, Art History, University of Chicago
1993 BA, Fine Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Residencies and Stipends
2005 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2003 IASPIS International Artists' Studio Program, Stockholm
2002 Künstlerhaus Bethanien International Artists in Residency Program, Berlin
2002 ArtPace Foundation, San Antonio
2001 OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst Oberösterreich, Linz
2000 Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Candice Breitz, EMMA Museum, Espoo
The Scripted Life, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
Factum, White Cube, London
2009
On View, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Same Same, Power Plant, Toronto
Him + Her, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY
2008
Be My Somebody, MUDAM, Luxembourg
Candice Breitz, Louisiana, Humblebaek, Denmark
Candice Breitz, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Candice Breitz Post Script, Collection Lambert, Avignon
2007
Candice Breitz, White Cube Mason's Yard, London
Working Class Hero, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Candice Breitz, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla León, León
2006
Candice Breitz, Kukje Gallery, SeoulCandice Breitz, Hellenic American Union, AthensGalleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan
2005
Castello di Rivoli, Turin)Palais de Tokyo, ParisSonnabend Gallery, New York Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, OldenburgDas Schiff, Basel
2004
Sonnabend Gallery, New YorkModerna Museet, StockholmFACT / Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, LiverpoolTokyo Wonder Site, TokyoGalleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
2003
Modern Art Oxford, OxfordGalerie Max Hetzler, BerlinAspreyjacques, LondonDe Beeldbank, EindhovenGoethe Institute, Zagreb
2002
ArtPace Foundation, San Antonio INOVA Institute of Visual Arts, MilwaukeeKünstlerhaus Bethanien, BerlinMuseum Folkwang / RWE-Turm, EssenMiami Basel Statements, Miami
2001
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (Candice Breitz / Thomas Demand)O.K Center for Contemporary Art Upper Austria, LinzKunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, St. GallenGalerie Johnen & Schöttle, CologneGalleri Roger Björkholmen, StockholmGaleria João Graça, Lisbongalleria francesca kaufmann, Milan
2000
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, GenevaNew Museum of Contemporary Art, New YorkGalerie Art + Public, GenevaGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munichgalleria francesca kaufmann, MilanChicago Project Room, ChicagoKünstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf
1999
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, MunichGalleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
1998
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, CologneSala Mendoza, CaracasChicago Project Room, ChicagoGalleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
1997
Craig Krull Gallery, Los AngelesGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
1996
‘The Rainbow Show’, The Space Gallery, Johannesburg
1995
Tourist Works, Cochrane Woods Art Center, Chicago
1994
Serial Corpses, Institute of Contemporary Art, Johannesburg
Group Exhibitions
2010
I Love You, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
2009
Performa 09, Visual Art Performance Biennial, New York
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Sweden
Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Polyglottolalia, Tensta Konsthal, Sweden
From Heaven to Hell, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
2008
Starstruck: Contemporary Art and the Cult of Celebrity, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
We Are Stardust We Are Golden Women At Johnen + Schottle Since 1984, Johnen + Schottle, Cologne, Germany
Heavy Metal, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel
2007
An Archaeology, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Star Power: Museum As Body Electric, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Raised by Wolves, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Warhol’s Lesson, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
2006
Candice Breitz + Elfie Semotan, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels
Eine Frage (nach) der Geste, Oper Leipzig, Leipzig
Wonder Woman, Katonah Art Museum, Katonah
Art, Life & Confusion, October Art Salon, Belgrade
Full House: Faces of a Collection, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Sip My Ocean, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
Sonambiente Berlin 2006, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Lifestyle, Kunstmuseum St Gallen, Switzerland
Collection Pierre Huber, Le MAGASIN, Grenoble
Anstoss Berlin, Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Berlin-Tokio, Tokio-Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
This Is America!, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Le paradoxe du comédien, Collcetion Lamvert en Avignon, Avignon
Lifestyle, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
2005
51st Venice Biennale, Venice
CUT: Film as Found Object, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Fair Use, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Circa Berlin, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen
Superstars, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Others, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
Girls on Film, Zwirner + Wirth Gallery, New York
Artists Interrogate: Race and Identity, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Moving On, NGBK, Berlin
Collection Pierre Huber, Le Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne
Aiwa To Zen, Tranzit, Prague
11th Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva
2004
TV Today, Montevideo Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
Africa Screams, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
The Work of the Work, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Video Hits, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Music/Video, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
Why Not Live For Art?, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
Me Myself I, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Shake, Villa Arson, Nice
CUT: Film as Found Object, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Shake Staatsaffäre, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
Aufruhr der Gefühle, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
Aufruhr der Gefühle, Kunsthalle Göppingen
Art Unlimited, Art 35 Basel
Any Place Any, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Videothek, Galerie der Stadt Wels
Strange Planet, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta
Gewalt, Loushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv
Africa Screams, Iwalewa House, Beirut
Visions of Paradise, João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
Through the Looking Glass, Albany History Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa
Open House: Art and the Public Sphere, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
Democracy and Change, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Weiße Nächte Kiel Oben, Kunsthalle Kiel
100 Handlungsanweisungen, Kunsthalle Wien
Cabinet photographique érotique, Galerie Steinek, Vienna
2003
fuckin' trendy - Mode in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Continuity and Transgression, National Museum of Art Osaka
Extended Play: Art Remixing Music (Works from the Collection of the
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation), Govett-Brewster Art Museum, New Zealand
Brightness, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik
Plunder, Dundee Contemporary Arts
2nd International Biennial for Contemporary Art in Göteborg
Striptease: Vom Verschleiern + Enthüllen in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Looks of Complicity, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Some Things We Like, aspreyjacques, London
Pictured, Galleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
Anemic Cinema, Sketch, London
Paradigms, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, New York
Fins des Histoires? Une traversée plurielle, Cité des Arts, Chambéry, France
Gallery Opening Show, ShugoArts, Tokyo
2002
Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop, Tate Liverpool
Arte in Video, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Continuity + Transgression, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Iconoclash: Image-Making in Science, Religion & Art, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Schrägspur, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Vidéo Topiques, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg
Screen Memories, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center, Tokyo
Africaine, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, Caligari FilmBühne, Wiesbaden
Emotional Site, Saga-cho Shokuryo Building, Tokyo
Centre of Attraction, 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius
Superlounge, Gale Gates, Brooklyn, New York
In the Side of Television, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castellon
Candice Breitz, Christian Jankowski, Kenny Macleod, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
Sublimation, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Metropolis, Navy Pier, Chicago Art Fair, Chicago
Total Überzogen, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
Solitudes, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
2001
Tele[Visions], Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Monet’s Legacy. Series: Order and Obsession, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Looking at You, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
Escape, Tirana Biennale 2001
19th World Wide Video Festival 2001, Amsterdam
Su La Testa!, Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena
Sculpture Contemporaine, Collection Frac Rhône-Alpes / Les Subsistances, Lyon
Electronic Maple, NY Center for Media Arts, New York
Post-Production, Galleria Continua, San Gimigniano
18th Kassel Documentary, Film and Video Festival
Hallucinating Love Foundation, aspreyjacques, London
My Generation, Atlantis Gallery, London
En Avant, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Prodigal Prodigy, White Box, New York
Song Poems, Cohan Leslie & Browne, New York
Group Exhibition, galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
2000
The Sky is the Limit!, Taipei Biennale 2000, Taipei
Man + Space, Kwangju Biennale Korea 2000
The Anagrammatical Body, ZKM, Karlsruhe
The Wounded Diva, Kunstverein München, Munich
Das Lied von der Erde, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
Körper, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
Horizons, Galleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
face-à-face, Kunstpanorama Luzern
One-Night Stand, João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
Tomorrow, Rare Art Gallery, New York
30th Anniversary Benefit, White Columns, New York
Translations, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, New York
Day Against Racial Discrimination, Akademie Wien, Vienna
One Film for One Screen, Cinéma Le Pestel, Die
1999
The Passion and the Wave , 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
The Anagrammatical Body, Kunsthaus Mürzzuschlag, Mürzzuschlag
Global Art 2000, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1998
Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, XXIV Bienal de São Paulo
Interferences, Canal de Isabel II, Madrid
Transatlantico, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands
1997
Permutations, Artist’s Space, New York
Heaven: A Private View, P.S.1, New York
Graft, Johannesburg Biennale, Cape Town
Funny Pictures, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago
Me, Clementine Gallery, New York
June Show 1997, Silverstein Gallery, New York
Tran
1996
Romper Room, Thread Waxing Space, New York
Inklusion/Exklusion, Neue Galerie Graz in Reininghaus, Graz
Interzones, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
Group Exhibition, The Space Gallery, Johannesburg
1995
Black Looks/White Myths, Africana Museum, Johannesburg
Taking Liberties/The Body Politic, Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg
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