Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller (1961, Brussels, Belgium) lives between Stockholm, Sweden, and Biriwa, Ghana. Höller holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Kiel (1993, Kiel, Germany) and worked as an entomologist (branch of Zoology that studies insects in their aspects and relationships with man, flora, animals and the environment) until 1994. Without a formal education in art, Höller dedicated himself to the plastic arts from the end of the 1980s and emerged in the 1990s, along with other artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Huyghe, or Rirkrit Tiravanija, who worked towards re-imagining the experience and space of contemporary art.   

Using his scientific knowledge in artistic production, he has undertaken projects that invite the viewer to participate and interact, while questioning the behaviour of the public: the perception and logic related to the nature of human perception.

In his long curriculum of solo and group exhibitions, he participated in the Venice Biennial (2015, 2009, 2005, 2003,1993); Berlin Biennial, Germany (2014, 1998); Gwangjou Biennial, South Korea (2014, 2010, 1995); Triennial of Art Echigo-Tsumari, Niigata, Japan (2012, 2000); at the Lyon Biennial, France (2005, 2003, 2000, 1995); Biennial of Istanbul, Turkey (1999, 1997); Manifesta (Manifesta 2, 1998, Luxembourg and Manifesta 1, 1996, Rotterdam, Netherlands). In Portugal he participated in the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2013) with the theme Close, Closer under the curatorial supervision of Beatrice Galilee.

He has exhibited individually at important institutions such as Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy (2016); Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (2014); New Museum, New York, USA (2011); Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany (2010); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (2008); MASS MoCA, North Adams, USA (2006); Tate Modern, London, UK (2006); Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France (2004); ICA Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2003) and Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy (2000); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg , Germany (1998), among many.

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