LARA SCHNITGER

1969           Born in Haarlem, Netherlands
1987-1991   Koninklijke Academie voor beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
1991-1992             Academie Vyvarni Umeni, Prague
1992-1994             Ateliers ´63, Amsterdam
1999-2000             C.C.A., Kitakyushu, Japan
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Amsterdam

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008               Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Holland

                        Museum Het Domein, Sittard

                        Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin

2007               Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

                         Anton Kern Gallery, New York

2005               My Other Car is a Broom , Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
traveling to

                          Stroom den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands (catalog)

                          Anton Kern Gallery, New York (catalog)

                        Blacks on Blondes , Triple Candie, New York  

2004             Air 2 Paris, Paris

2003              Liesje Leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange Lindenlaan , Revalidatie Centum Friesland,

                        Beesterswaag, NL

2002               Civilized Special Zone , Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Chinese European

                        Art Center, Xiamen

                        Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

2001               Statements , Basel Art Fair, Basel

                        Raum Aktuellekunst, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna

                        Project Room , Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

2000               Kunstwerke, Berlin   

                        Gozaimas, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam

1999               Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

                        Up & Co, New York, NY

1998               Hyper Space , Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich

                        Basel Art Fair, Galerie Daniel Blau

                        SpaceInvader , Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands    

1997               University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1996               Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008               Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem  

2007               Read Me! Text In Art , Armory Art, Pasadena

                        Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st century , New Museum, New York Wild West ,

                        Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin

                        USA Today, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

                        To Be Continued…, Magasin 3 Stockolm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

                        Frac des pays de la loire, Carquefou, France

                        Don't Let the Boys Win , Mills College Art Museum, Oakland

                        Fantastic Politics , The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

                        Eight Sculptors from Los Angeles, Sabine Knust, Munich  

                        Uneasy Angel/Imagine Los Angeles , Sprueth Magers, Munich

2006               Lara Schnitger, Lily Van Der Stoker, Sue Williams, Modern Art Inc., London

                        Ridykeulous , Participant Inc., New York, NY

                        La Retour de la Colonne Durutti , Gallery Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin

                        USA Today , The Saatchi Gallery, London

                        Implosion , Anton Kern Gallery, New York

                        Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami

2005               THING New Sculpture from Los Angeles , Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

                        Both Ends Burning , David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles (catalog)

                        Follow Me: A Fantasy , curated by Malik Gaines, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                        Forms after David , Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy

                        My Barbarian , Powerplant, Toronto, Canada

2004           Obsession , Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL

                       M.B. The Mary Blair Story (with My Barbarian), REDCAT Roy and Edna   

                        Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles

                        Sectrets of de ‘90s, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL

2003               To Be Recycled , Six Months, Los Angeles, CA

                        Nice and Easy , Sprengel Museum, Hannover  

                        Social Fabric , lothringer13, Munich  

2002               Building Structures , P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY

                        Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai

2001               Freestanding , Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

                        I Love NY , Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

2000               Trendwande , Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf

                        The Body Between Condition and Construction , EXPO 2000, Hanover

                        Raumkorper, Netze und andere Gebilde , Kunsthalle Basel, Basel  

                        Payijs- Berlijn- Kitakyyushu- 2x New York, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam

1999               10th Fukuoka Art Adventure , IMS – place Fukuoka, Japan

                        artLovers , curated by Marcia Fortes, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK

                        Maeda Exhibitions , C.C.A, Kitakyusha, Japan.

                        Smooth Space , Vlaams Cultureel Centrum de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam

                        Provisorium I , Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands

                        Prix NI , Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Netherlands

1998               Een Keuze , De Grote Kerk, Den Haag, Netherlands

                        Art Sculpture Basel '98, Basel  

                         Neuro-Artonomy , Eramzus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands   

                         Morning Glory , De Ateliers, Amsterdam

                        The Centre Holds , Gmurzynska Gallery, Cologne (curated by Rudi Fuchs)

1997                 Group Show: Painting, Photography, Drawing , Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

                        Basel Art Fair, Galerie Daniel Blau

                        Gramercy Art Fair, Anton Kern Gallery

1996               Sublieme Vormen , Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

                        Tien Jaar Lustrum , Niggerdijker, Groningen

                        Culture Dialogue , Ateliers Höherweg, Düsseldorf

1995               Wild Walls , Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam   

                        Shaking Patterns , W139, Amsterdam

                          Uitgelicht , RAI, Amsterdam

1994               East Award , Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England

1992               "Met Vlag en Wimpel," Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg   

                        Moderni Galerie u Vystavisté, Prague

                        Kulturni Stredisko, Boskovice, Czech Republic

1991               Stalling , Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague

  PUBLICATIONS

2005               Magasin 3. My Other Car Is A Broom. Conversation between Richard Julin and  

                        Lara Schnitger. Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall 2005, 40 pp.  

                        Lara Schnitger: It ain't Gonna Lick Itself. Forward by Lisa   Mark. Anton Kern Gallery.

2004               Schnitger, Lara. Fragile Kingdom . Texts by Klaus Biesenbach and Matthew

                          Monahan. Artimo – Gijs Stork, Amsterdam 2004, 136 pp.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007                Bae, James, What Will the Community Think? , Paper Monument, Issue 1, Fall 2007

                        To be continued…, Tema Celeste, Issue 124, Nov / Dec, p. 105

2006                Allen, Jennifer. Sehnsuchtig gleiten Ballone rund um die Welt , Artforum, February

                        Focus Los Angeles, Laura Lavitt, Flash Art, January-February 2006, vol 39, no 246

2005              Stillman, Nick, Lara Schnitger , The Brooklyn Rail, October

                        Smith, Roberta, Lara Schnitger, NYTimes, October 7

                        George Herms and the Beat Aesthetic , Artkrush online, March 23rd.  

                        Knight, Christopher, The next big ‘Thing' in L.A., Los Angeles Times, February 9.

                        Nys Dambrot, Shana, ‘THING' the UCLA Hammer Museum , Artweek, May.  

                        Forgacs, Eva, ‘THING' , artUS, July/September.  

2004               Von Schweighofer, Kerstin .   Eine Frau Bildet Netzwerke .   Art: Das Kunstmagazin, April.

2003                Auflösung , Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, September 13.

                          Atelier No. 21

                          Nice and easy, PharmaRundschau. October

                           Die Tageszeitung, Kultur, August 30

                           Altmark Zeitung, September 2.

                           Die Superweiber , Straubinger Tagblatt, September 9

                            Stadtmagazine, Nice and Easy. Anna Jermolaewa, Chantal Michel, Pipilotti Rist,

                            Lara Schnitger, Lily van der Stokker . October 9.

                  Auflosung ,Gildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung. September 13.

                              Informationsdienst Kunst No. 283, September 7.

                              Crashtest auf der Pluschpiste , Der Spiegel, August 18

                               Zwei Ausstellungen im Sprengel Museum Hannover , art-in.de. August 20.

                              Nice and Easy- die Enkelinnen , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. August 23/24.

                              Nylons und ein Porno , Neue presse, August 25.

                              Nice and Easy- die Enkelinnen . Gottinger Tageblatt. August 29.

                              Portal Kunstgeschichte, Kunst in Hannover, August  

                              Bild des Monats, das Magazin. September  

                              Die Geburt der Nanas , Top Magazin Hannover  

                        2002                       Eleey, Peter. Lara Schnitger Anton Kern Gallery, Frieze, October 2002, issue # 70, p 97.

                        Smith, Roberta. Lara Schnitger Anton Kern Gallery, The New York Times , Friday, July 19.  

                        Dannatt, Adrian. Lara Schnitger Anton Kern Gallery, The Art Newspaper ,   No.127, July – August.  

                        Mahoney, Robert. Lara Schnitger, Anton Kern Gallery, Time Out New York , Issue 355, July 18-25.  

                        Schnitger, Lara, The New Yorker , July 22.

                        Williams, Gregory. Lara Schnitger: Anton Kern , Artforum International, November, p 187.

2001               Jäger, Susanne. Lara Schniger @ Galerie Martin Janda, Flash Art , Nov – Dec

                        Hall, Michael. Lara Schnitger Galerie Martin Janda, Tema Celeste 2002 p 93.

                              Kunst artmagazine, Galerien, September 19.

                              Self-Supported , Philadelphia Weekly, April18.

                              Galerienrundschau, Schweres Hangen, hungriges Tarnen ,  

                              Der Standard. October 29.

                              Liga Pang, lara Schnitger, “in between”, LA Weekly, August 31- September 6.

2000               Levin, Kim. Lara Schnitger , Village Voice , January 11.

1999               artLovers , catalogue, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK

                        Schnitger, Lara, Ornamental Attention , Lier & Broog , vol. 14.

                        Vergankelijke kunst , Elsevier, March 27.

1998                SpaceInvade r, catalogue, Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands.  

                        Schnitger, Lara and Monahan, Matthew. Brainchild neuro-artonomy , kunstenaars en hersenwetenschappers.  

                        Fuchs, R.H, The Centre Holds: Report from the Dutch art scene catalogue, galerie gmurzynska, Köln, Germany.

                        The Dutch are Coming Mondriaan Foundation, International.

                        Neue Malerei aus den Niederlanden , Kolner Stadt-Anzelger, November 1998.

                        Het parool, Netherlands, September 8.

                        Vlijmscherpe spinsels van Lara Schnitger , de Volkskrant, Netherlands. January 20.

                        Ik zoek de schoonheid van vieze dingen , Hetparool, Netherlands, February 3

                        Lara Schnitger zit vol venijn , Telegraaf, Netherlands, February 3.

1997               Huntington, Richard, A wild, distorted look at the familiar The Buffalo News , November 1.

                        Gilliam, Jimmie Margaret. Come and Play , catalogue, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.   

                        Zimmerman, Mark.   The Century's Shift: Four Media Artists , Performing Arts Journal

                        Heartney, Eleanor. Lara Schnitger at Anton Kern , Art in America, March.

                        Ote zucht naar het , de volkskrant, Netherlands. October 31.

1996               ze lustrumtentooonstelling , Niggendijker, Netherlands, No. 00

                         De verhevenheid van het alledaaagse , Hetparool,Kunst Netherlands, February 6.

                          Ausschnitte aus endlosen Strukturen, Ausblicke auf blaue Himmel, Telegraaf.

                    Netherlands. February 2.

1995           Gibbs, Michael. Wild Walls, Art Monthly, November .

                     Wild Walls , catalogue, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.  

                     Morgan, Ann Lee. The Young and the Restless , Afterimage, November.  

                     Uitgelicht , catalogue, RAI, Amsterdam.

                  Niet voor eeuwig maar intabiel en vergankelijk ,  

                     Handelsbpad. Netherlands, Kunst, September 16.

                  Jonge Kunst voor een Honderd Jarige . Kunstbeeld September.

                  Alles gebeurt in het volle licht, de Volkskrant, Netherlands Kunst & Cultuur. September 15.

                  Eeuwfeest van het Stedelijk gaat van start , Het parool, Netherlands. September 5.

                  Kom maar op, zei Fuchs . Het Parool, Netherlands. September 5.

                   De sixties zijn ook terug in het Stedelijk . Vrij Nederland. September 30.                  

1994                         East Award , catalogue, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England.

GRANTS

2003                       Project-subsidie, stichting Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten en vormgeving,   Amsterdam, NL

2000                         Mondriaan foundation, Amsterdam, NL

1999               Residency in Kitakyushu, Japan

1998               The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York  

1996               Mondriaan Stichtung, Amsterdam  

                        Werkbeurs, Fonds Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam  

1994                 Startstipendium, Fonds Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam

1992                         Individual Mobility Grant for European Community students by EC Tempus, Brussels

1991               STROOM HOC, The Hague