ALICJA KWADE

b. 1979 in Katowice, Poland

Lives and works in Berlin

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Pretopia, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong 

2024

Blue Days Dust, Mennour, Paris

Die Notwendigkeit der Dinge (The Necessity of Things), Voorlinden, Wassenaar

MatterMoments, Nature Morte, New Delhi 

2023

Beyond Behind w/ Gregory Hildebrandt, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan

In Agnosia, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

In Cerchi, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano

Natural Disposition, Skulpturenpark Heidelberg, Heidelberg

Silent Matter, Galeria OMR, Mexico City

2022

Petrichor, 303 Gallery, New York

In Relation to the Sun, to Sequences of Events, i8 Grandi, Marshall House, Reykjavik

Pretty Pity, ARCA Wynwood, Miami

2021
In Abwesenheit, Berlinische Galerie – Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Berlin

Sometimes I Prefer to Sit on a Chair on the Earth, KÖNIG Galerie, Seoul

Surrounded by Universes, Pace Gallery, Seoul

Kausalkonsequenz, Langen Foundation, Neuss

Day Density, kamel mennour, Paris

2020
Kausalkonsequenz, Langen Foundation, Neuss
Petrichor, KÖNIG Galerie, Tokyo

Hypothetical Reality, Winsing Art Place, Taipei

2019

In Between Glances, MIT List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Moving in Glances, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas

Weltenlinie, Palazzo Biscari, Catania

ParaPivot, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

ParaParticular, 303 Gallery, New York

The Resting Thought, Centre de Création Contemporaine Oliver Debré, Tours

2018

GLANCES, Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona
TRANS-FOR-MEN, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
Out of Ousia, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Entitas, St. Agnes | Nave, KÖNIG Galerie, Berlin
TunnelTeller, Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich
Being..., Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
MATERIA, PER ORA, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
AMBO, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
LinienLand, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich

2017
Sterne, Kosmische Kunst von 1900 bis heute, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
ReReason, YUZ Museum, Shanghai
A Trillionth of a Second, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
Sichtbare Unsichtbare Grenzen, Sigmar Polke – Alicja Kwade, Museum Frieder Burda, Salon Berlin, Berlin 

Phase, König Galerie, St. Agnes, Berlin

Revolution Orbita, Kamel Mennour, London 

2016
In Aporie, Kamel Mennour, Paris
Medium Median, Whitechapel Gallery, London
I Rise Again, Changed But The Same, 303 Gallery, New York
Alicja Kwade, de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam

2015

Nach Osten, TRAFO Centre for Contemporary Art, Szczecin

Monolog aus dem 11ten Stock, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin

Against the Run, Public Art Fund, New York

Hectorpreis, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim

Etwas Abwesendes, dessen Anwesenheit erwartet wurde, König Galerie, Berlin

Warten auf Gegenwart II, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg

Die bewegte Leere des Moments, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main

2014

Warten auf Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum | Kunstverein St. Gallen, St. Gallen

Forecasting Horizon, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

Die Editionen 2008–2014, Edition Block, Berlin

Stillstand, Contemporary Food Lab, Berlin

2013

Solid Stars and other Conditions, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik

Degree of Certainty, Kunstmuseen Krefeld | Haus Esters, Krefeld

Nach Osten, ST. AGNES, Berlin

Gegenwartsdauer, Kamel Mennour, Paris

2012

The Heavy Weight of Light, Harris Lieberman, New York

Die Gesamtheit aller Orte, Kunsthal 44 Møen, Askeby

Future Past, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich

In Circles, König Galerie, Berlin

Alicja Kwade, Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Layers, Loops, Lines, Borås Art Biennale, Borås

Van Gogh and the Stars. A cosmic journey through 165 works by over 78 artists, The Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, Arles

Pace Tokyo: Special Preview, Pace Gallery, Tokyo 

Exposition Habiter le Monde, Le Château Centre d’Art Contemporain et du Patrimoine d’Aubenas, Aubenas

Summer Group Show, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong

Alicja Kwade and Agnes Martin: Space Between the Lines, Pace Gallery, Los Angeles

Alicja Kwade @ Sol LeWitt's Wall. Performed, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz

The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Fourth Edition, Jaipur

2023

Von Genen und Menschen, Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden, Dresden
Monomaterial, Kunstsaele Berlin, Berlin
Le Salon de la Musique, Kamel Mennour, rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris

2022

Ostfriesland Biennale, Menkemaborg, Uithuizen
Summer Sculpture Park, Bechyne Castle w/ König Galerie, Bechyne
Arcadia Triennale, Friesland

3rd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA 3), Riga
Manif d'art 10, La Biennale de Québec, Québec
Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries, 23rd Triennale di Milano, Milan
In Blur, DesertX AlUla, Al-'Ula
Elevation 1049/1822 - Echoes, St. Moritz / Gstaad

2021
Colección Jumex: Ambient Temperature; Museo Jumex, Mexico City

Alicja Kwade & Gregor Hildebrandt: Mucho Más, Galeria Pelaires, Palma, Illes Balears
Alicja Kwade & Gregor Hildebrandt: A secret show for a secret person in Ireland, Kunstraum Konrad, Puchberg am Schneeberg

The Same Sea - Helsinki Biennial 2021, HAM | Helsingin taidemuseo / Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki

The Looking Glass, The Shed, New York
Alicja Kwade, Louise Nevelson: Face-à-face, kamel mennour, r. Saint-André des arts, Paris
Diversity United – Moskau, Berlin, Paris

Spatial Affairs, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
SUPERmARKT – Frische Lieferung, REWE Premium, Munich
Desert X, Coachella Valley

2020
NGV Triennial 2020, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Wiedererwachen, STATION Berlin, Berlin
Mirage: Contemporary Art in Augmented Reality, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Peking
7 Mediations - Biennale Polska by Thomas Zitzwitz, Warsaw
Studio Berlin, Berghain, Berlin
Ascensions, Off Paradise, New York
... aber nur zuschaun tut richtig weh., Edition Block, Berlin
Szene Berlin - Berlin kommt nach Niedersachsen, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg
Down to Earth (AT), Berliner Festspiele Immersion, Gropius Bau, Berlin
ROHKUNSTBAU XXV, Lieberose
Bingen Skulpturen-Triennale 2020, Bingen am Rhein
Zeitlos. Vom Wesen der Zeit, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen
Hypothetical Reality, Winsing Art Place, Taipei
Momentum, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar

2019
The Extreme Present: Presented by Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch, Moore Building, Miami
Setouchi Triennale 2019: Autumn Season, Honjima
Syncopation: Contemporary Encounters with the Modern Masters, Pola Museum of Art, Sengokuhara
Sound on the 4th Floor, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Laufrichtung, SMAC, Berlin
Space is the Place (4/4) – Intergalactic, BNKR, Munich
Blickachsen 12, Bad Homburg
Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
Gorillas in Our Midst, MONA - Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
Negativer Raum, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe
Less is More, Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar

2018

Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery, London
THE MOON – From Inner Worlds to Outer Space, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
Kunst & Kohle. Alicja Kwade mit Dirk Bell, Gregor Hildebrandt und Rinus van de Velde, Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen
Alicja Kwade & Jorinde Voigt - Shift Matters , Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
Into Nature: Out of Darkness, Into Nature, Drenthe
Biennale Gherdëina VI: Writing the Mountains, Ortisei / Val Gardena

2017
Perception is Reality - Über die Abbildung von Wirklichkeit und Virtuellen Welten, Frankfurter Kunstverein

Sterne, Kosmische Kunst von 1900 bis heute, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz

Deutschland 8 - German Art in Beijing, Beijing
Liaisons/Links, with Lara Favaretto and Latifa Exhakhch, Villa Medici, Rome
Corridor 3: Valdemar Daa, Kunsthalle Viborg, Viborg
The Garden - End of Times; Beginning of Times, #3 The Future - coastal site, Aarhus
Viva Arte Viva curated by Christine Macel, La Biennale di Venezia, 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice

2016

Forming in the pupil of an eye, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Various Venues, Kochi
Inhabited by objects, CAB Art Center, Brussels
Die Kerze, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Nuit Blanche, Paris
Food, 13th Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2016, Fellbach

Wahlverwandtschaften. Deutsche Kunst seit den späten 1960er Jahren, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga

EchtZEIT. Die Kunst der Langsamkeit, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn

Gartenschau, König Galerie, Berlin

Alicja Kwade / Tatiana Trouvé / Giorgio Griffa, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin

Gutes böses Geld. Eine Bildgeschichte der Ökonomie, Staatlichen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

ICH, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt/M.

From the collection: NEW, Neuerwerbungen Sammlungspräsentation, SMAK, Ghent

Le précieux pouvoir des pierres, MAMAC, Nice

Künstlerräume, Weserburg, Bremen

Now/Here, Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna

2015

On Curbstone Jewels and Cobblestones, Daimler Contemporary Berlin, Berlin

Night Begins the Day: Rethinking Space, Time, and Beauty, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

Eppur si Muove (And yet it turns), Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Diamonds Always Come in Small Packages, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern

Adam, Eve & the Devil, MARRES House for Comtemporary Culture, Maastricht

Glasstress Gotika, Palazzo Franchetti / Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Venice

2014

Trame. Copper Crossing in contemporary art and technology, Triennale di Milano, Milano

Noumenon, Pilara – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Düsseldorf

Gold, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach

One place next to another, WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art, Moskow

Vanitas - Ewig ist eh nichts, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin

Unendlicher Spaß / Unfinite Jest, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M

Blow-Up, Albertina, Kunst Museum Palais, Vienna

Living In The Material World, Kunstmuseum Krefeld, Krefeld

Der Baum der Erkenntnis. Kunst und Alchemie, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

"Nullpunkt aller Orte" in der Reihe Junge Sammlungen, Museum Weserburg, Bremen

Conceptual & Applied III: Surfaces and Pattern. Contemporary art from the Daimler art collection with design and architecture, Daimler Art Collection, Berlin

Widersprüchliche Konturen, Märkisches Museum Witten, Witten

Propaganda für die Wirklichkeit, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

Far and High, Fahrenheit, Los Angeles

2013

Lightness of Being, Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York City

Back to Earth. Die Wiederentdeckung der Keramik in der Kunst, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster

KölnSkulptur #7, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne

Novecento mai visto. Capolavori dalla Daimler Art Collection. FROM ALBERS TO WARHOL TO (NOW), Museo di Santa Giulia, Brecia

An Idea of Beauty, Palazzo Strozzi Fondazione, Florence

Goldrausch. Gold in der Gegenwartskunst, Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar

When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Zabludowicz Collection, London

2012

When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco

One-on-one, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

Portfolio Berlin 2, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock

Grey peak of the wave, Harris Lieberman, New York

Made in Germany II, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover

Raw Materials, Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design, Ingoldstadt

K21, Düsseldorf

Goldrausch. Gold in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg

Into The Woods, Galerie des Galeries Lafayette, Paris

Karl-Schmidt-Rotluff Stipendium, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

Reisen in unbekannte Welten, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld

Carculture, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz

Gold, Belvedere, Vienna

Dreidimensional! Zeitgenössische Bildhauerei, Sammlung Würth, Kurpark Bad Mergentheim

Status Berlin, Werkschauhalle, Leipzig

Wie kommt das Neue in die Welt? Neun internationale Bildhauer in Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin

Surplus Authors, Witte de With, Rotterdam

A Disagreeable Object, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

New Public, Museion Bolzano, Bolzano

Pommery, 10 ans d'Experiences, Domaine Pommery, Reims

The Garden of Eden, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

COLLECTIONS

About Change, Collection, Berlin, Germany
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Colecci.n Isabel y Agust.n Coppel (CIAC), A. C., Mexico City, Mexico

D.Daskalopoulos Collection, Halandri, Greece
Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart, Germany
DekaBank Kunst aus der Sammlung des 21. Jahrhunderts, Germany
Domus Collection, NYC, NY, USA; Beijing, China
European Patent Office, Munich, Germany
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
GreyChurch Collection and Project Space, Vancouver, Canada

HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, USA

Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey

Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection (CIAC), A. C., Mexico
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany

Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, Czech Republic

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, USA

me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany

MACBA Collection, Barcelona, Spain
MATE - Mario Testino Museum, Barranco, Peru

MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Mudam – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Olbricht Collection, Berlin, Germany
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Riedel Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
SAHA Association, Istanbul, Turkey
Sammlung Andra Lauffs-Wegner, Bad Honnef, Germany
Sammlung Boros, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Fiede, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Sammlung Grässlin, Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald, Germany
Sammlung Haus N, Kiel, Germany; Athen, Greece
Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany

Sammlung Wemhöner, Herford, Germany

Sammlung Würth, Germany
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany

Vehbi Koc Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK