Jürgen Partenheimer

2021

Presentation of the publication “One Hundred Poets“ at
Lyrik-Kabinett Munich in a conversation between Jürgen Partenheimer and Klaus Schrenk
Golden Luft Publishers, Mainz publishes a selection of Jürgen Partenheimer´ s One Hundred Poets with a postscript by John Burnside
Exhibition JP. 16 of One Hundred Poets, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich
Exhibition JP. Kalliope / Calliope, Max Goelitz Galerie, Munich

2020

A catalogue raisonné for Jürgen Partenheimer is being compiled with a public support from Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation.
The online journal for contemporary art “gallerytalk“ publishes a statement by Jürgen Partenheimer on the importance of cultural activities during the Covid pandemic.
Completion of the body of work One Hundred Poets. A text by Jürgen Partenheimer on the One Hundred Poets is published.
During the Covid-19 pandemic Max Goelitz Gallery Munich create the digital „viewing-rooms“ on sculpture and on the Calliope porcelain vessels by Jürgen Partenheimer.
The Muthesius Kunsthochschule holds a symposium „Zu energetischen Konzepten in den Künsten“ in Kiel. Jürgen Partenheimer gives a lecture with the title „Die Energie des Nichtzeitlichen. Dimensionen der Abstraktion.“

2019

Exhibition JP. Verwandlung-Transformation, Häusler Contemporary, Munich
On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue is published with a text by Bruno Glatt
The Philosophy-Magazine „Hohe Luft“ publishes a feature on Jürgen Partenheimer

2018

Exhibition JP. Unverloren-Unlost, Galerie Peter Dittmar, Berlin
On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue is published by Edition Dittmar.
Exhibition JP. Memoria, Kristof De Klerq Gallery, Ghent
Exhibition JP. 100 Poets. Part 2, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich. On the occasion of the opening Häusler Contemporary present an artist talk between Jürgen Partenheimer and Christina von Rotenhan.
The art magazine „Arte e Critica“ (Rom) publishes a feature on Jürgen Partenheimer by Pietro Tondello

2017

Exhibition JP. Lichtschwarm, White Cube, London. On the occasion
of the exhibition a catalogue is published by White Cube
Exhibition JP. Zeichnungen und Bilder, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne

2016

Exhibition JP. 100 Poets, Häusler Contemporary, Munich
"100 Poets", artist book with 11 linoleum cuts, poems of
different authors and a text by Järgen Partenheimer. Published by
Edition Ennui in cooperation with Häusler Contemporary, Munich / Zurich
Partenheimer takes part in the exhibition Sculpture in the City, London, 2016-2017

2015

Exhibition JP. Metaphysik, Haus BE 2226,
Häusler Contemporary, Lustenau
Exhibition JP. Calliope, Musï¿½e Ariana, Genf. On the occasion
of the exhibition a book entitled 3x7 Vessels
is published by Snoeck, Cologne
Beginn of a new body of work, "100 Poets"

2014

Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich dedicates a comprehensive
exhibition to the work of Järgen Partenheimer with the title
"Das Archiv-The Archive". On the occasion of the exhibition
a book is published by Distanz Verlag, Berlin
Partenheimer is awarded with the Audain Distinguished
Artist-in-Residence Award of Emily Carr University of Art + Design,
Vancouver for a three months´ stay in Vancouver
In Vancouver Partenheimer creates a body of work of drawings and texts,
entitled The Raven Diaries, which will be shown at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Exhibition JP. Raven Diaries, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
Concurrently the Museum of Anthropology,
Vancouver shows porcelain vessels of the artist
Exhibition JP. Raven Diaries, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
Concurrently the Museum of Anthropology,
Vancouver shows porcelain vessels of the artist
Exhibition JP. Het Archief - The Archive, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
At University Dresden Partenheimer gives a lecture entitled Traum und Wagnis.
ï¿½ber das Unausweichliche as part of the lecture series Erfinden
Exhibition JP. Litotes, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne

2013

As part of the series Kienbaum Artists Books, Snoeck Publishers,
Cologne, Partenheimerï¿½s artist book Seeds & Tracks and
Folded Spirits. South African Diary is published
hibition JP. Der Besuch, Guest Appearance of Staatsgemï¿½ldesammlung
Munich at Museum Mobile, Ingolstadt
Move to Munich. The architect and daughter of the artist,
Anna Partenheimer designs and builds a new studio in Munich

2012

Exhibition JP. Calliope, Galerie Hans Strelow, Dï¿½sseldorf
Exhibition JP. Renga, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam.
On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue is published
with the title "Works.Renga" with a text by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
Exhibition JP. Folded Spirits. Südafrikanisches Tagebuch,
Häusler Contemporary, Munich
Art in Print, New York publishes a feature on the artist book
Folded Spirits and shows the book cover on the title page

2011

Invitation by Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, to design and
present an exhibition at the house for the 125th
Aniversary of Mies van der Rohe
As part of the "Contemporary Art" programme, Partenheimer
designs 21 one of a kind porcelain vessels for
Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg in Munichn
Residency Award, Nirox Foundation, Johannesburg,
for a three months´ work residence
"Seeds & Tracks and Folded Spirits", artist book with poems
by Lebogang Mashile. Printed at Artist Press, White River,
SA. David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg / New York
Visiting Artist, WITS School of Art, University of Johannesburg

2010

Invited to "The German Conferece at Harvard"
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
"Mimesis", artist book. Published by Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
"La Fortune", Häusler Contemporary, Munich
"Die fï¿½nfte Himmelrichtung ist die Mitte. Die sechs Kontinente der Kunst"
lecture published by Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel

2009

Guest Professor of Art, Muthesius Hochschule Kiel
Invited to participate at CEPE Conference in Corfu,
together with Laymert Garcia dos Santos und Konstantinos Karachalios
"Mimesis-Return", exhibition at Museum Chasa Jaura, Valchava, Switzerland
Off-Site - The Brearley Project, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
Visiting Artist Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
"Xenia", exhibition at Kunsthalle Kiel

2008

Invited by the Archdiocese Berlin to deliver the anual
„Ash Wednesday Speech Of The Artists“ at Gemï¿½ldegalerie
der Staatlichen Museen in Berlin.
„Discontinuity, Paradox & Precision“,
IKON Gallery, Birmingham.
Kevin Volans composes „The Partenheimer Project“,
a piece for three ensembles dedicarted to the artist.
Premiered by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
at CBSO Centre, Birmingham. CD released by Black
Sheep Edition, Dublin for IKON.
„Artist Talk“ at Goethe Institut London
with Jonathan Watkins and Järgen Partenheimer
on the concept of the IKON exhibition.
Invited by the Rumaniam Institute of Culture to
give a lecture in Madrid in cooperation with Goethe Institute, Madrid.
„Discontinuity, Paradox & Precision“,Kunstmuseum Bonn.
Artist Talk with Christoph Schreier.
Invited as visiting artist to Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.
Invited as visiting artist to Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Literature-Moths, Munich. "Fractal Thinking. Gentle Madness."
Invitation to read from his own texts. Special edition of the
selected texts published by Literature-Moths, Munich.

2007

Presentation of “Copan - São Paulo Diary” and exhibition
of the “Copan Drawings” at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
Nietzsche-Haus, Sils-Maria, panel and exhibition of “Metaphysical Landscape”.

2006

Artist in residence at Nietzsche-Haus in Sils-Maria, Switzerland.
Work on the Sils-Maria cycle “Metaphysical Landscape”, 24 watercolors.
Lecture at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain.
Public panel at Museum Haus der Kunst,
Munich – presentation of the “Copan - São Paulo Diary”.

2005

Artist in residence to the Copan Building in São Paulo.
Cooperation between the Goethe Institute São Paulo and
EXO research studies, São Paulo
Work on the “Diario Paulistano - São Paulo Diary.”

2004

Grand Award for Visual Arts 2004 from Kulturstiftung Dortmund.
Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
for outstanding achievement.
Invited to give a lecture at the 8th “Philosophicum Lech”, Lech, Austria.
Published by Zsolnay, Vienna.
“Suave Loucura”, panel on the Partenheimer exhibition at Pinacoteca do Estado,
São Paulo.

2003

Guest of honor to the German Academy – Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
Work on the “Roman Diary”.

2002

Artist in residence to Ergo Pers, Ghent in reference to a comprehensive
solo exhibition at S.M.A.K. Museum for Cotemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium.

2001

Project-Grant for China from the Alfried Krupp von
Bohlen und Halbach-Foundation, Essen
International Symposium “Crossmapping – Partenheimer in China”
at the Kunstmuseum Bonn in collaboration with Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, honoring Partenheimer´s exhibitions in
Beijing and Nanjing

2000

Project-Grant for China from Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf.
Invited as the first German contemporary artist to install a retrospective exhibition
in China at the National Museum of Fine Arts in
Beijing and Nanjing Museum in Nanjing.
Partenheimer´s sculpture “world axis” is mounted in the “Forbidden City”
in Beijing and floats on the Yangtze River near Nanjing.

1999

Invitation to prepare an exhibition of painting, sculpture and work on paper for
CGAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
The museum publishes a two volume anthology of Partenheimer`s selected texts.
Participates with a lecture at the International Symposium “Science
Technology, Literature and the Arts” at the Universidad de Santiago de
Compostela, Santiago, Spain

1997-1998

Artist in residence, Institute for Research in Art, Graphicstudio
of South Florida, Tampa.
International panel, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, Mexiko.
„news and stories“, DCTP , SAT.1 TV, Conversation with Alexander Kluge.

1995

Art critics’ award for best show of the year, Madrid, Spain.

1991 - 1994

Poetic manifesto “De coloribus-Notes on color”,
published by Limestone Press, San Francisco and Art Book, Amsterdam.
Invited as artist in residence to Arteleku by the
Bask Ministry of Culture, San Sebastian, Spain.
Visiting artist to the Royal College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Professor, Summer Academy, Salzburg Festival, Salzburg, Austria

1987-1990

Professor of Art at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten,
Amsterdam, Holland.
Visiting artist to Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Gives a lecture “Anti Economic Positions” which is published by
Institute for Practical Studies, RvBK in Amsterdam, Holland.
Artist in residence to Hine Editions, Limestone-Press, San Francisco.

1986

Participates at the XLII Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.
Artist in residence to the Glassel School of Art
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.

1983 - 1985

Visiting artist to the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco.
Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California, Davis, USA.
Guest Professor at Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany.

1982

NEA Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, New York for
“Books and Drawings” exhibition at Franklin Furnace, New York.
Canada Council Grant for Foreign Visiting Artists, Montréal.
Invited as visiting professor of art at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
NRW Award for the Visual Arts from the ministry of culture in Düsseldorf.

1981

Participates in “Nucleus I” at the XVI Biennial in São Paulo, Brazil
Artists in residence to Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
shows at SCC Gallery in Belgrade.

1980

Participates in the XI. Biennial exhibition in Paris.
Writes his manifesto “The fantasia of exactitude” published in
Irrawaddy 1, Düsseldorf.

1979

First solo exhibition at the Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh.
Slide installation on a detail of a painting.

1975 - 1976

Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich.
Dissertation Scholarship and Research Scholarship
for Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Graduates magna cum laude with PhD in art history and
philosophy from Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.

1973 - 1974

Teaching assistant at University of Arizona.
Travel Grant to Guadalajara, Mexico
M.F.A. master of fine arts with distinction from
Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

1972

Invited as artist in residence to Museo
de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain

1970 - 1971

Columbus scholarship to study at
Brandeis University, Massachusetts.
Decides to study art and art-history at the
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

1968 - 1970

Studies art history, history, philosophy at the
Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

1947

Born May 14 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.