Warren Neidich
Born 1958 in New York, US
Lives and works in Los Angeles, US and Berlin, DE
EDUCATION
TU Delft, School of Architecture, Delft School of Design, Research fellow and PhD candidate, Advisor, Arie Graafland | New York Medical College, NYC, NY, MD | California Institute of Technology, Research Fellow, Neurobiology in the laboratory of Roger Sperry, Nobel Prize Awardee | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, BA, Magna Cum Laude, Psychology and Photography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2020
Warren Neidich, Artist Are Essential Workers, Art Is An Essential Service, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, US
2019
Noise and the Possibility of a Future, Venice Conservatory of Music, Venice, IT
Rumor to Delusion, Zuecca Project Space, La Biennale di Venezia, in Venice, IT
2018
Neuromacht, Pirska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne, DE
2017
The Politics of Color, Kunstverein Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V., Berlin, DE
2016
The Statisticon, Miami Contemporary Projects, Bogota, Colombia
Infinite Spectres and the Anarchy of Time Plus 1, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zurich, CH
The Palinopsic Field, LACE, Los Angeles, CA, US
The Artists’ Library LAXART, Los Angeles, CA, US
2015
Equal not Equal, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA, US
Hollywood Blacklist, Printed Matter Los Angeles Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA, US
2013
How do you translate a text that is not a text? How do you perform a score that is not
a score? Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG
2012
Resistance is Futile/Resistance is Fertile, SKOR, Public Sculpture, Amsterdam, NL
The Noologist’s Handbook, Gallery P74, Lujbjiana, SI
The Noologists Handbook, Cabinet, Archive Books, Berlin, DE
2011
Horizon Swell, Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Emancipating the Archive, Galería Moriarty, Madrid, ES
Acceptable Difference, Pluripotentiality and Painting, Belgrade Cultural Center, curated by Maja Ciric, Belgrade RS
2010
Book Exchange, Glenn Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton, NY, US
Re-enacting Unknown Artist at the Paris Bar, Berlin, DE (originally installed with Martin Kippenberger at the Paris Bar, 1994)
In the Mind’s I, curated by Linus Elmes, UKS-Unge Kunstneres, Samfund/Young Artist Society, Oslo, NO
2009
In the Mind’s I, curated by Emmanuel Lambion, Maison Gregoire, Brussels, BE
2008
Each Rainbow Must Retain the Chromatic Signature, Magnus Müller Gallery, Berlin, DE
2006
Earthling 2, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK
2005
Earthling, Michael Steinberg Fine Arts, New York, NY, US
2002
Warren Neidich: The Mutated Observer, Part 2. California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA, US
Remapping, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, US
Remapping, Edward Mitterrand Gallery, Geneva, CH
2001
Warren Neidich: The Mutated Observer, Part 1, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA, US
The Camp O.J. Installation, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, US
2000
Beyond the Vanishing Point: Media and Myth in America, University of Virginia Bayle Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia, US
1997
Re-cognition, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY, US
1996
Pollock: Holding a Crow With Alchemy, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York City, NY, US
1994
Cultural Residue, Villa Arson, Nice, FR
1993
Perspectif Space, Rotterdam, NL
1991
Historical Interventions, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, US
The Battle of Chickamauga, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, US
1989
American History Reinvented, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, US
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2021
The World: REGLITTERIZED, Haus Der Kunst, Munich, DE
The Brain Without Organs, Kunstverein Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, DE
Sonsbeek 20-24:Force Times Distance, curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Arnheim, NL
Macht Licht, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE
Something Between Us, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, DE
2020
Recontres International Film Festival, Fake, Haus de Kulture der Welt, Berlin, DE
Fireplace Projects, Three-Day Weekend, East Hampton NY, USA
Leiber Collection, Garden of Friends, East Hampton, NY, USA
Something Between Us, KAI 10 Foundation, Dusseldorf, DE
Something Between Us, KAI10 Foundation, Dusseldorf, DE
2019
Show Me Your Selfie, Aram Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Listen to the Image, Look at the Sound, KAI 10 I Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, DE
Import Projects, Scoring the Tweets and Pizzagate: From Rumor to Delusion, Berlin, DE
2016
The Phylogenesis of Possession, 44 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Aun, Colombia, Sept 2016, Pereira, CO
The Right to Be Unhappy, Bar Projects and the Antonio Tapies Foundation, curated by Juan Canela, Barcelona, ES
In the Mind’s We, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Manifesta 11
2015
The Search Drive, “Globale: Infosphäre,” Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, curated by Peter Weibel, Daria Mille and Giulia Bini, Karlsruhe, DE
Theorem, Mana Contemporary, curated by Octavio Zaya, Jersey City, NJ, US
2014
Sleuthing the Mind, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, curated by Ellen K. Levy, New York, NY, US
/seconds, Sharjah Art Foundation, curated by Peter Lewis, Sharjah, AE
Cartography of the Mind’s Eye, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zurich, CH
NSA-USA: Sound as Prophecy, REDCAT Winter Studio, Los Angeles, CA, US
Freeway Studies #2, Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Arts and Design, curated by Meg Linton, Los Angeles, CA, US
Connecting Sound Etc. Cable Works, Cable Sounds, Cables Everywhere, freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL, curated by Georg Weckwerth, Vienna, AT
NSA:USA, Manifesta 10 Parallel Program, Saint Petersburg, RU
2012
Oh Crisis, Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
2011
Studies for a Catalogue, Flat Time House, curated by Mathieu Copeland, London, UK
Uncommon Places, Extra City, curated by Pieter Vermuelen, Antwerp, BE
Neue Welt: View over Autocenter, SALT Foundation, Basel, CH
Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenberg, Copenhagen, DK
Love Letters to a Surrogate, MuKHA, Antwerp, BE
Envisioning Buildings: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography, MAK Center, curated by Simon Rees, Vienna, AT
2010
100 Exhibition, Autocenter, curated by Joep van Liefland and Maik Schierloh, Berlin, DE
Perform, Now! In the Mind’s I, curated by Laurie Firstenberg and Amanda Hunt, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
Bringing Up Knowledge, MUSAC, Curated by Octavio Zaya, León, ES
2009
Back to the Future, Coma Gallery, Curated by Carson Chan, Berlin, DE
2009 Scorpio’s Garden, Temporary Kunsthalle, curated by Kristin Roepstorff, Berlin, DE
The Fax Show, The Drawing Center, curated by João Ribas, New York, NY, US
Some cursory comments concerning my wall drawing, curated by Joao Ribas, The Drawing Center, NY, US
2007
Multitasking, NGBK, curated by Barbara Lauterbach, Berlin, DE. Continued to: Stedelijk Museum, NL; Overbeck Gesellschaft, Lübeck, DE; La Filature, Mulhouse, FR
Saloon, Special Projects, Moscow Biennial, Curated by Adina Popescu, Moscow, RU
House Trip, Art Forum Berlin, Curated by Ami Barak, Berlin, DE
2006
The Expanded Eye, Kunsthaus Zurich, Curated by Bice Curiger, Zurich, CH
Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Curated by Adam Budak and Christine Peters, Graz, AT
Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, curated by Johanna Drucker, Charlottesville, Virginia, US
Masquerade, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curated by Deborah Irmas, Los Angeles, CA, US
2005
Go-Between, Magazin4/ Bregenzer Kunstverein, Curated by Dr. Wolfgang Fetz and Peter Lewis, Bregenz, AT
Library, Librarie, Institute of Contemporary Art, Curated by IDEA London, UK
New Economy, Columbia University Art Gallery, Curated by Eric Angles, New York, NY, US
CAC TV, Contemporary Arts Center, Curated by Raimundas Malašauskas, Vilnius, LT
2004
Synesthesia, a Neuroaesthetics Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Curated by Chloe Vaitsou, London, UK
Everything is Connected, He, He, He, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Curated by Gunnar Kvaran, Oslo, NO
Silent: A State of Being, Madrid Abierto Public Sculpture Competition,Curated by Jorge Diaz, Madrid, ES
2003
Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Curated by Christine Kim, New York, NY, US
Fröhliche Wissenschaft, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Curated by Wilfried Dickoff, Potsdam, DE
2001
Bitstreams, Whitney Museum of American Art, Curated by Larry Rinder, New York, NY, US
Urban Pornography: Project Room, Artists Space, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg, New York, NY, US
Optical Verve, Ottawa Art Gallery, Curated by Sylvie Fortin, Ottawa, CA
1997
Making It Real, Aldrich Museum of Art, Curated by Vik Muniz, Ridgefield, Colorado, US. Continued to: Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS; University of Virginia Bayly Art Museum, Virginia, US; Portland Museum of Art, Maine, US; Bakalar Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts, US; Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College, New York, US
1996
Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Curated by Robert Sobieszek,
Los Angeles, CA, US. Continued to: Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, US
1995
Mapping a Response to MOMA, American Fine Arts, Curated by Peter Fend, New York, US
Photography After Photography, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Curated by Hubertus von Amelunxen, Stefan Iglhaut and Florian Rotzer, Munich, DE. Continued to: Kunsthalle Krems, AT; Städtische Galerie Erlangen, DE; Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus, DE; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, DK; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH; The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FN; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US
1993
Fontanelle, Kunstpeicher, Curated by Christoph Tannert, Potsdam, DE
1992
Salvage Utopia, AC Project Room, Curated by Paul Bloodgood and Alissa Friedman, New York, US
Summer Show, Blum Helman Warehouse, Curated by Max Lang, New York, NY, US
1991
New York Stories, P.S.1. Institute for Contemporary Art, Curated by Richard Wasko, New York, US
Des Vessies et des Lanternes, Palais de Tokyo, Curated by Allain D’hooge, Paris, FR
1989
Photography of Invention, National Museum of American Art, Curated by Joshua Smith, Washington DC, US. Continued to: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Illinois, US; Walker Museum of Art, Minnesota; US
Vom Landschaftsbild zur Spurensicherung, Museum Ludwig, Curated by Reinhold Misselbeck, Cologne, DE
Television and Art, Queens Museum, Curated by Mark Miller, Queens, NY, US
The Nature of the Real, White Columns, Curated by Renee Ricardo and Paul Laster, New York, US
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2019
Glossary of Cognitive Activism (For a Not So Distant Future), Warren Neidich, Archive Books, Berlin, DE
2018
Color of Politics, Hubertus von Amelunxen, Mathieu Copeland, Stefan Heidenreich, Warren Neidich, Susanne Prinz Bom Dia Books, Berlin, DE
2017
Neuromacht, Neidich, Warren, Merve Verlag, Berlin, DE
The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism, Part 3, Neidich, Warren, ed. Archive Books, Berlin, DE
2014
The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism, Part 2, Neidich, Warren, ed. Archive Books, Berlin, DE
2013
The Berlin Works: The Noologists Handbook and Other Art Experiments, Milevska, Sizana, ed. Franco “Bifo” Berardi, John Roberts, Claudia Slaner, Julia Wirxel, John C. Welchman, Bruce Wexler Archive Books, Berlin, DE
Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism Part 1, Neidich, Warren, Archive Books, DE
Animal Shelter, Ed. Heid El Kholti, Semitotext(e)
2010
The Sarah Palin Memorial Library. Neidich, Warren. Glenn Horowitz Books, East Hampton, NY, US
2010 Cognitive Architecture: From Biopolitics to Noo-Power, Neidich, Warren and Deborah Hauptman eds. 010 Press, Rotterdam, NL
Me, Myself and I: Conversation with Oneself, Neidich, Warren and Elena Bajo eds. Input #2, New York, US
Pluri-potentiality, Neidich, Warren guest ed. With Sreshta Rit Premnath Shifter Magazine #16, New York, US
2009
Lost between the Extensivity / Intensivity Exchange Neidich, Warren ed. with essays by Lia Gangitano, Sven-Olaf Wallenstein, forward by Freek Lomme. ,Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
2005
Earthling, Neidich, Warren ed. with essays by Barry Schwabsky and interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Pointed Leaf Press, New York, US
2004
Silent Happenings, Ellegood, Anne. Public Execution, Exit Art, Exhibition catalogue
2003
Digital Art, Paul, Christiane. Thames and Hudson, New York, US
Blow-up: Photography, Cinema and the Brain, Neidich, Warren with an introduction by Norman Bryson Distributed Art Publishing, Inc. and the University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, US
2001
Art in the Digital Age. BitStreams, Rinder, Larry, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition catalogue
2000
Warren Neidich: Camp O.J. Steinback, Charles, Stephen Marguiles and David Hunt. Distributed Art Publishing, Inc. and Bayly Art Museum. Charlottesville, VA, US
1997
Oxford History of Art: The Photograph Clark, Graham Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
1996
Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts. Sobieszek, Robert. Los Angeles Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue
1994
Warren Neidich/Cultural Residue: Contamination – Decontamination, Bernard, Christian ed. with introduction by Philip Pocock. Villa Arson, Nice, FR
1993
Unknown Artist, Pedjick, Bodjana, Fricke & Schmid, Berlin, DE
1991
Warren Neidich: Historical In(ter)vention. Joselit, David, Ron Platt and Anita Douthad, M.I.T. List Center, Cambridge, MA, US
1989
Photography of Invention. Smith, Joshua. Smithsonian Museum Press
1989
American History Reinvented, Dietz, Steve ed. with essays by Linda Day, Reinhold Misselbeck, Christopher Philips, Lew Thomas and John Welchman Aperture, New York, NY, US
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS and RESIDENCIES (selection)
2020
Hauptstadtkulturfonds for Activist Neuroaesthetics, DE
Siftung Kunstfond Neustart Kulture, DE
2017
Berliner Senat, Katalogförderung, DE
Berliner Senat, Katalogförderung, DE
2013
Fulbright Scholar Program, American University Cairo, EG
2012
Studio Grant, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG
2011
Fulbright Scholar Program, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje, MK
MacDowell Foundation Studio Grant, Peterborough, New Hampshire, US
2010
Vilém Flusser Theory Award, Transmediale, Berlin, DE
2008
International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS), Stockholm, SE
2006
Fellow, The Center for Cognition, Computation and Culture, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2005
Finalist, Creative Capital Artist Grant, New York, NY, US
British Academy Fellowship (in collaboration with Jules Davidoff), London, UK
2004
Arts Council of England Research Fellowship (in collaboration with Scott Lash), London, UK
AHRB/ACE Arts and Science Research Fellowship, Bristol, UK
Madrid Abierto Public Sculpture Competition, Madrid, ES
1998
MacDowell Foundation, Petersborough, New Hampshire, US
1994
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Villa Arson, Nice, FR
1993
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE