Cornelius Quabeck
b. 1974, Germany
Lives and works in Dusseldorf
Education
1995-2002 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany
1999-2000 Chelsea College of Art and Design MA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Schottenrock, de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
2012 Honesty Bars, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2012 Crazy from the Heat, Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
2011 Heavy Paper, James Fuentes LLC, New York
2011 Das tun, was zu tun ist, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
2011 Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld
2011 Entourage, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen
2011 Vorsprung durch Technik, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne
2010 'School´s Out', Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
2010 Dr. Rock und die Chewbacca Defense, Galerie Kai Hoelzner, Berlin
2010 Erbengemeinschaft, Galerie Horst Schuler, Dusseldorf
2010 Short Straw, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2009 BIERSTADT, Paul McDevitt/Cornelius Quabeck, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2009 C Monster, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo
2008 Workout!, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2008 Paul McDevitt/Cornelius Quabeck, Galerie Horst Schuler, Dusseldorf.
2008 Capital C, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
2008 Critical Mess, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
2007 Anti-Corny, Galerie Horst Schuler, Dusseldorf.
2007 Anti Hero, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2006 Hellfire Club, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
2006 Disegno, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2005 Cornelius Quabeck-Schilderen for the Revolution, Martin van
Zomeren, Amsterdam,
2005 Alexander Esters, Cornelius Quabeck presentieren: Red motA Der Atom, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 Fratzentango-The Spirit of Linnï, Ausstellungen bei Horst Schuler, Dusseldorf
2004 Surrender to my D'Generation, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
2003 Me sentiments distingus, Projektraum, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne
2002 Marriage a la mode, with William Hogarth, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
2001 The Mote, with Frenk Meeuwsen, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
1999 Die gluhende Horrorhand, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Dusseldorf
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Finisce e Continua, Gesso, Wien
2012 Collaborations & Interventions, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca (curated by Friederike Nymphius)
2011 Kasteel Oud-Rekem, Belgium
2010 'Kiron Khosla Cornelius Quabeck Dominik Sittig', Christian Nagel, Antwerpen
2010 Neues Rheinland - die postironische Generation’, Museum Morsborich, Leverkusen
2010 Paradise Lost. Holidays in Hell, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
2010 Katalog, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg
2009 Strahl Dich Aus - Deutsche Kunst nach 1970”, Galerie Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld
2009 15 Jahre Hammelehle und Ahrens, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Köln.
2009 Any Kind of Cruelty, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam.
2008 1/2 x 11/A4, James Fuentes LLC, NewYork
2008 Self-Portraits, James Fuentes LLC, New York
2008 Brevity´s Rainbow. A Galaxy of Tiny Artworks, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Brevitys Rainbow. A Galaxy of Tiny Artworks, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2007 Hotel Kerberos, Kunst im Tunnel, Dusseldorf
2006 Yankee Doodle Yankee & Flea Market, Tokyo
2005 Sonnenblume Titanic, Kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne
2005 "Erleuchtet uns...und unsere Handlungen das Denken mit derselben
2005 Gleichgultigkeit wie die Sonne...?, centre, Berlin
2005 Matt Calderwood, Bjorn Dahlem, Sophie von Hellermann, Ian Kiaer, Cornelius Quabeck, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin
2004/05 The Festival of Dreams. Songs of Innocence and Experience, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York
2004Hamburg Blues, Hinterconti, Hamburg
2004 Janis Avotins, Cornelius Quabeck, Jan Stieding, Galerie Rudiger Sch"ttle, Munich
2004 Zunge an Zundschnur. Ann-Kristin Hamm, Andreas Plum, Cornelius Quabeck, Helga Schmidhuber, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
Besides, popularity is a rather lumpy concept, no?, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 Raum 500, Munich
2004 Red motA-Lebt und Arbeitet!, Kjubh, Cologne
2004 Red motA-WG-Heft und Bar, Turboplex, Berlin
2003
2003 Bis ans Ende der Welt, Kunstverein, Constance
2003 Uber das Neue Teil III, with Alexander Esters, Dusseldorf
2003 La section d'Or, La Lune en Parachute, �pinal, France
2001
Uptight out of control, with Paul McDevitt, Stuart Purdy, Declan Clarke,
Richard Clegg, Anna Fasshauer, Goshka Macuga, Lucy McKenzie, as part of Freie Wahlen, Kunsthalle Baden, Baden, Germany
Pension Bader, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Dusseldorf, Germany
Rezession, with Jan Schmidt, Boppstrasse 13b, Mainz, Germany
Gurls, Boppstrasse 13b, Mainz, Germany
2000
McDevitt, Purdy, Quabeck- uptight (outta sight), Plus e.V.Galerie,
Dusseldorf
Bigger Monster Lover, with Paul McDevitt and Stuart Purdy, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
Hellseher, with Matt Calderwood, Matt Bryans, Paul McDevitt, Neal Tait, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Dusseldorf
Scholarships
2003 Project scholarship for Red motA v.s. Art endowment NRW (with Alexander Esters)
2002 Project scholarship for Der atom, endowment Art and Culture NRW
(with Alexander Esters)
1999 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
1999 DAAD Scholarship, London
1998 Reisestipendium of the Academy of Arts Dusseldorf
Bibliography (selected)
2012
37 1/2, 2012, published by the artist
2009
Archer, Michael; Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck, Artforum, October 2009
Ward, Ossian; Paul McDevitt & Cornelius Quabeck, Time Out London, 29 July
Gavin, Francesca; Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck: Bierstadt, ELLEuk.com, July
Monopol Magazin, Paul McDevitt und Cornelius Quabeck, Bierstadt, Summer
'art, BON 15, Spring/Summer 09, p.29
2008
�Critical Mess� review, Roberta Smith, New York Times, 09/05/2008
2007
Hussey, Matt, Cornelius Quabeck, Amelia's Magazine, Issue 7, Summer, pp. 68-69
2006
Quabeck, Cornelius, Hood, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Veenman Publishers
2005
Clarke&McDevitt Present, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland, (catalogue)
Beech, Dave, �I Could�ve Been a Contender. Temporary Exhibitions at the Hugh Lane Gallery�, The Internationaler Pilot Issue, October, pp. 11-12
Sennert, Kate, Cornelius Quabeck, Tokion, March/April
2004
Schappert, Roland, Besides, popularity is a rather lumpy concept, Kunstforum, no. 172, pp. 330-331
"New York City is a braveheart!", Red motA Verlag, September 11,
pp. 27-29
Meister, Helga,'Dialog mit dem Biest', Westdeutsche Zeitung, June 14
uber Kronen und Affen�, Berliner Zeitung, no. 132, June 9
2003
"Menniskans Cousiner 21", RM3, Sternstunden planetarischer Folklore, RedMota Verlag
"Mes Sentiments Distingus", Der Atom-Sonderausgabe/Red motA Verlag