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Agan Harahap
AI☆MADONNA
AIDA Makoto
AKAMATSU Nelo
Albert Yonathan Setyawan
AMANO Yoshitaka
ANGKI PURBANDONO
AOYAMA Satoru
Ashley Yeo
Budi Agung Kuswara
DU Kun
Entang Wiharso
Gilang Fradika
HASHIZUME Sai
Heri Dono
HORI Kosai
IKEDA Manabu
indieguerillas
Iwan Effendi
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
KANEKO Tomiyuki
KARIYA Hiroshi
Ken + Julia YONETANI
KONDOH Akino
KUMAZAWA Mikiko
MAJIMA Naoko
MATSUKAGE
MIYANAGA Aiko
MIZUNO Rina
MORI Junichi
Nasirun
O JUN
OKADA Hiroko
OKAMOTO Ellie
ROBERT ZHAO RENHUI
RongRong & inri
Susan Philipsz
TANADA Koji
TSUTSUI Shinsuke
USAMI Masahiro
Wianta, Made
YAMAGUCHI Ai
YAMAGUCHI Akira
YAMAMOTO Masao
YAMAMOTO Ryuki
Yoga Mahendra
Zen Teh

photo by Nick Ash
Susan Philipsz
My work deals with the spatial properties of sound and with the relationships between sound and architecture. I am particularly interested in the emotive and psychological properties of sound and how it can be used as a device to alter individual consciousness. I have used sound as a medium in public spaces to trigger an awareness in the listener, to temporarily alter their perception of themselves in a particular place and time.
Born 1965 Glasgow, Lives and works in Berlin
2010 Won Turner Prize
1999 PT Lecturer at the University of Ulster
1993 – 1994 University of Ulster, Belfast M.A. Fine Art
1989 – 1993 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art BA Fine Art Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2019
“Susan Philipsz”, Pulitzer Art Foundation St Louis
“White Flood”, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand
2018
“I See a Darkness”, The Tanks, Tate Modern, London
“The Yellow Wallpaper”, Belsay Hall, Northumberland, UK
“The Voices, Heldenplatz”, Haus der Geschichte Österreich, Vienna
“Separated Strings”, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
2017
“A Single Voice”, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
“Susan Philipsz”, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
“Lost in Space”, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
2016
“Returning”, Kunstverein Hannover
“Night and Fog”, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
“Part File Score”, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
2015
“War Damaged Musical Instruments”, Duveen Galleries, Tate Britain, London
“Follow Me, various locations Genoa”, Museo de Arte Contemporana Villa Croce, Genoa
“War Damaged Musical Instruments (Pair)”, Theseus Temple, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
“As Many As Will”, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
2014
“The Distant Sound”, various venues, Denmark, Sweden Norway
“Part File Score”, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2013
“The Missing String”, K21 Ständehaus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2012
“The River Cycle”, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo
“Close To Me”, Palazzo Reale, Milan
“It Means Nothing To Me”, Mizuma Gallery, Beijing,
2011
“You Are Not Alone”, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin
“We Shall Be All”, MCA Chicago
Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen
2010
“Surround Me; A Song Cycle for the City of London”, Artangel, London
“When Day Closes”, IHME Project 2010, commission for Pro Arte Foundation, Helsinki
“Lowlands”, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Glasgow
“I See a Darkness”, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
“We Shall Be All”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
“The Nameless”, Donaukanal Project, Vienna, Austria
2009
Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“The Shortest Shadow”, Wexner Centre for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
“Appear to Me”, Silo Monastery, Burgos, Spain, curated by Lynn Cooke and commmissioned by Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofia
“Lowlands”, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
“Long Gone”, CoCA, Torun, Poland
“Carried by the Winds”, Radcliffe Observatory, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
“From a Distance”, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK
2008
“I See a Darkness”, Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, Sweden
“Here Comes Everybody”, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
“Susan Philipsz”, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin
Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin
“Alpine Architecture (with Monica Sosnowska)”, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil
“More Than This”, Juan Miro Foundation Gardens, Palma de Majorca, Spain
Yale Art Gallery Commission, New Haven, CT
“Out of Bounds: Susan Philipsz”, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, London
“Susan Philipsz”, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2007
“Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me”, Mitzuma Gallery, Tokyo
“Susan Philipsz”, Santiago de Compostella, Spain
“Susan Philipsz”, Art Statements Basel, Basel
2006
“There is Nothing Left Here”, Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin
Special Project, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid
“Reception 3 (with Robert Barry)”, Buro Friedrich, Berlin
“Susan Philipsz”, Appendiks, Copenhagen
2005
“The Glass Track (with Robert Barry)”, Bufreidrich, Berlin
“Stay With Me”, Malmo Konsthall, Malmo
2004
“Susan Philipsz”, Kunstverein Arnsberg. E.V, Arnsberg
“Susan Philipsz”, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
“Let Us Take You There (with Paul Rooney)”, Site Gallery, Sheffield
2003
“Susan Philipsz”, 38 Langham St, London
2002
“Wild as the Wind”, Comb of the Winds, DAE, San Sebastian
“Cast Together in ‘C'”, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
“Susan Philipsz”, Womens Library Commission, London Susan Philipsz, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
“Pledge”, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2001
“Tomorrow Belongs To Me”, Stadtlabor, Lueburg
2000
“I Remember You”, The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast
“Some Place Else (with Mary McIntyre)”, Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam
“It Means Nothing To Me”, The New Art Gallery Walsal
1999
“Red Standard (with Eoghan McTigue)”, The New Works Gallery, Chicago
1998
“Strip Tease”, The Annual Programme, Manchester
1997
“Susan”, Barbara, Joan and Sarah: A Song Apart Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland
“Metropola”, commissioned by the Quarter club and HTBA Tesco Metro, Manchester
1995
“Collaborate (with Emma Neilson)”, Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland
Group Exhibitions
2018
“Machines à Penser “, Fondazione Prada, Venice
“Divided We Stand “, Busan Biennial, Busan, Korea
“Revolt and Revolutions “, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
2017
“Moving is in Every Direction “, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
“Soundtracks “, SF MoMA, San Francisco
2016
“The Distant Unknown “, OCAT, Shanghai
“Wanderlust “, The High Line, New York
2015
“Saltwater “, 14th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
“Soundscapes “, The National Gallery London
“Parasophia “, Kyoto
2014
“Manifesta 10 “, St. Petersburg
2013
“Soundings “, A Contemporary Score, MoMA, New York
2012
dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel
2011
“Freeze “, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
“Quiet Attentions: When Attitude Turns into Beauty “, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower, Mito, Japan
Estuaire, Nantes, Saint Nazaire, France, permanent installation
2010
“ESPECTRAL (Spectral) “, Centro Galego de Arte Contempor疣ea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
“Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum “, Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, New York
“Haunted “, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
“Everything is connected: research and investigations into art of the past decade through the collection “, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
“Human Condition: On Empathy and Emancipation “, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
“The Summer Bazaar “, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
“You Are Not Alone “, Museum of Modern Art, Brondo Sculpture Park, Warsaw, Poland
“Woods So Wild “, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
The 29th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Turner Prize “, Tate Britain, London
“RES PUBLICA “, The Modern Art Center of The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2009
“Mirrors “, curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, MARCO-Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Vigo, Spain
“The Quick and the Dead “, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, curated by Peter Eleey
“Le sang d’un poete “, Estuaire Nantes/Saint Nazaire Biennale, France
“The Past in the Present “, LABoral Centro de Arte, Gij, Spain
“The Collection “, Siobhan Davies Dance & Victoria Miro Gallery, London
“PLOT/09: This World & Nearer Ones “, Public Project for Governor’s Island produced in conjunction with Creative Time, New York, NY
“Quizas me puedas contar orta historia “, Caceres, Spain
“1989 “, Ende der Geschichte oder Beginn der Zukunft, Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna
“Een Dijk van een Kunst “, The Netherlands
2008
“Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International “, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
“Sound of Music “, Marrs Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
“God and Goods “, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo
“Tales of Time and Space “, Folkstone Triennial, Folkstone
“Revolutions- Forms That Turn “, Sydney Biennale, Sydney
“Unknown Pleasures “, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen U Turn, Copenhagen Triennale, Copenhagen
2007
“Skulptur Projekte Muenster 07 “, Muenster
“for REE “, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California
“Madrid Abierto “, Madrid
“Unmonumental “, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York
Busan Biennale, Busan
2006
“Of Mice and Men “, 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
“The Gallery Show “, Extra City, Antwerp
“The Grand Promenade “, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
“Ars 06 “, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Special Projects, ARCO, Madrid
“Film Festival “, Argos, Brussels
“Live Radio Project; Radio Waves Goodbye “, Hidden Rythms, Nijmegen
2005
“Migration Project “, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Koln
“A Bridge, a River, and a Dead Zone “, Nicosia, Cyprus
“ADAM “, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
“Hidden Rhythms “, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China
“Our Surroundings “, New Commission, Dundee Contemporary
Turin Triennale, church of Santa Crux, Rivoli Argos Festival, Brussels
“Leaps of Faith New Commission “, Nicosia, Cyprus Arts, Dundee
2004
“The Stars Are So Big “, The Earth is So Small….Stay As You Are, Esther Schipper, Berlin
“I Feel Mysterious Today “, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach
Beck’s Future Prize 2004, CCA, Glasgow
“Pass The Time of Day “, Maryron Park, London
Berlin Art Forum, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Berlin
“Platform “, Istanbul
“Depicting Love “, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
“Space to Face “, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Muenster
“Berlin North “, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
“Beck’s Futures 2004 “, ICA Galleries, London
2003
“Susan Philipsz “, Paul Pfeiffer, Brian Fridge, Art Pace Foundation, San Antonio/Texas
“The Echo Show “, Tramway, Glasgow
“Days Like These “, The Triennial of British Art, Tate Britain, London
“The Moderns “, Museo d’arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
“Smart Projects “, Amsterdam
2002
“FreeSpace “, Z 33 Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
“Groove “, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
“Band Wagon Jumping “, The International 3, Manchester
“Strike “, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
“Islands and Aeroplanes “, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
ArtForum Berlin, Ellen De Breine Projects
“Untitled “, Synagogue of Ostia Antica, Rome
“Loop “, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
“Ziggy Stardust “, The Music In Me, GAK, Bremen
“The Dead “, International Exhibitionist, Curzon cinema, Soho, London
“Ziggy Stardust “, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon
“One Fine Day in Berlin “, K34, Berlin
2001
“The Internationale Loop “, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
“I Remember You “, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bratislava
“Battle of Algieres: Small Steps “, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
“Total Object Complete with Missing Parts “, Tramway, Glasgow
“Tomorrow Belongs To Me “, PS1 Show, The Clocktower, New York
The Glen Dimplex Awards, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
“Victor “y, The International Language, Grassy Knoll Productions, Belfast
“Filter “, Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
“I Remember You (Sloan/ Philipsz/ McTigue) “, The Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg
“The Internationale Loop “, Kunsthalle The Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
“New York New Sounds “, Musee d’art contemporain de Lyon
2000
“The Internationale Manifesta 3 “, Ljubljana, Slovenia
“The Internationale “, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
“Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah “, The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
“It Means Nothing to Me “, The New Gallery, Walsal, England
“Christmas Carol “, Annual Show, Proposition Gallery, Belfast
“It Means Nothing to Me, Girl “, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
“Company “, Small Steps, Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland
“Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah “, The Ellipse Gallery, Arlington Virginia
“Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah “, The Laing Gallery, Newcastle
1999
“Signs Of Life “. Melbourne International Biennial
“Filter “, Infusion multi media festival, Limerick.
“Filter “, Signs Of Life. Melbourne International Biennial, Australia.
“Internationale “, Multiplex 3, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
“Visualisation “, Barbie on The Beach? Proposition Gallery, Belfast.
“Audiophfile “, Nomads Website, sonicart exhibition, Washington.
“Internationale “, 7 Vinyl record for sound installation as part of TOOT (Totally Out of Tune) commissioned by HTBA, Hull.
“Filter “, My Eye Hurts, The Corner House,Manchester
“Alone is not Lonely “, Milieux, Le Lieu, Quebec City,Quebec.
“Filter & I Remember You “, My Eye Hurts, Thread Waxing, New York.
“Lengua De Trapo “, Lae. Sferazul, Internationale, Valencia.
“Filter “, Infusion multi media festival, Limerick.
“Untitled “, Sonic SeaAir, Brighton Bandstand.
“I Remeber You “, Red Standard, The Idaho Gallery, Chicago.
1998
“Alone is Not Lonely “, Perspectives 98, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast.
“Filter, Resonate “, The Laganside Bus Centre, Belfast.
“Audiophfile “, Nomads Website, sonicart exhibition, Washington.
“2 Part Harmony “, Happenstance, The Engine Room, Belfast.
“Red Shift, Ev+A 98 “, St Michael’s Church, Limerick .
“The Dark side of Pleasure “, Radar, Hendersons Warehouse, Dundee.
“Santa Lucia, Reverend Todd’s Full House (in collaboration with Peter McCaughey) ” at the Queens Film Theatre, Belfast.
“Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah “, Belltable Gallery, Limerick.
“I Buried a Sound Deep in the Ground “, Proposition Gallery, Belfast.
1997
“Metropola “, co-commissioned by the W&L International and Hull Time
“Based Arts “, Tesco Metro supermarket, Manchester.
“10pm-2am “, Museum of the Twentieth Century, Catalyst Arts
“European Couples and Others “, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
“Do You Get It? “, New York Art Fair, organised by Catalyst Arts
“Do We Need an Aether at All? “, Fast, BoBo’s Gallery, London.
“Untitled (3-5dB) Waterfront “, Waterfront concert Hall, Belfast.
“Red Shift “, Limits of Silence, The Pierce Institute, Glasgow.
“Day for Night “, The Directors Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast.
“Outstanding In Our Field “, Design Centre, London Art Fair.
“Splatter “, one night event, Crawfordsburn House, Crawfordsburn, Co. Antrim.
“Air on a G String “, Fix 96, multi media Festival, Belfast.
1996
“Only In the Dark “, The Bedroom Gallery, Belfast.
“Baby Talk, House Style “, The Bedroom Gallery, Belfast.
“Two Part Harmony, Ev+A 96 ” , guest curator Guy Tortosa, Limerick.
“Coming Home… Vaguely Unfamiliar “, Imaginaire Irlandais Postcard Project.
“Bluebeards Back Room “, Showing Off, The Zone Gallery, Newcastle.
1995
“Art Rebels! Members Show “, Catalyst Arts.
“Meltdown, Beyond Borders Plus “, The Glass works, Derry.
“Two Part Harmony, Barrage “, Design Centre, Belfast.
1994
“Fix “, sound and performance collaboration with Duncan Campbell, Belfast.
“Hit and Run “, Wilmont House, Lady Dixon Park, Belfast.
“MA Traveling Show “, The Guinness Hop store, Dublin.
Awards
2017 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) University of Dundee, Scotland
2016 Global Fine Art Award winner for War Damaged Musical Instruments at Tate Britain 2015
2015 Villa Aurora Artist Fellowship, Los Angeles
2014 OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to British Art
2010 Turner Prize Winner
2007 Prize Pilar Juncosa I Sotheby’s 2007
Public Collection
Tate, London
Nationalgalerie, Berlin
SF MoMA, San Francisco
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Park, Washington
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis
MCA Chicago
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Ludwig Museum, Köln
Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), Münster
Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Palazzo Reale, Milan
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
MONA, Hobart
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, Kentucky
Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo.
Publications
Susan Philipsz, Lost in Space, Art & Theory Publishing, 2017
Susan Philipsz, Night and Fog, Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2016
Susan Philipsz, Follow Me, Humboldt Books, 2015
Susan Philipsz, The Distant Sound, Art & Theory Publishing, 2014
Susan Philipsz, The Missing String, K21, Verlag Kettler, 2014
Susan Philipsz, You Are Not Alone, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014
Susan Philipsz, Appear to Me, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2009
Susan Philipsz, When Day Closes, Pro Arte Foundation, 2010
Susan Philipsz, I See a Darkness, Jarla Partilager, 2009
Susan Philipsz, Modern Art Oxford, 2009
Susan Philipsz, There Is Nothing Left Here, with 12” vinyl CGAC, 2008
Susan Philipsz, Stay With Me, Malmö Konsthall, 2005
Susan Philipsz Ziggy Stardust, CD, Pork Salad Press, 2004