Bernd Behr
Encyclopedia
Bernd Behr is a Taiwanese
/German
artist
based in London
.
Born in Hamburg
and raised in Malaysia, Behr studied at San José State University
, California
and Goldsmiths College
, London
.
Behr was shortlisted for the 2003 Beck's Futures
prize. His work can be seen as a cultural archaeology of sites and events which share confluent histories of art, cinema and the built environment. He works across video, photography and sculpture to explore a dialogue between documentary and constructed approaches to his subjects and the associative, sometimes fictional, histories that emerge from them.
COMMA 17, Bloomberg Space, London
UR-NOW: The Ruins of the Contemporary, Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable
America Deserta, Parc Saint Léger Centre d'Art Contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
Territories of the In/Human, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
2009
Gets Under the Skin, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
2008
House Without a Door, High Desert Test Sites, California
Bernd Behr & Mie Olise Kjaergaard, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London
2007
House without a Door, E-raum, Cologne
Overtake, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Ice Trade, Chelsea Space, London
2006
House without a Door, Chisenhale Gallery, London
Decline and Vision, European Kunsthalle/Art Cologne, Cologne
Fordham, Netwerk Centre for Contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium
2005
we live in this concrete basin, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
2004
Bernd Behr / Charles Ellis, Rachmaninoff's, London
Things to Come, Flaca, London
2003
Beck's Futures
, Institute of Contemporary Arts
, London
Charlie's Place, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Someplace Unreachable, Ibid Projects, London
2002
We Want Out, Citylights Gallery, Melbourne
The Way to Happiness, VTO Gallery, London
2001
Cargo Fever, Fordham Gallery, London
Taiwanese people
Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or Taiwan Area which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945...
/German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
artist
Artist
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based in London
London
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.
Born in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and raised in Malaysia, Behr studied at San José State University
San José State University
San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom which specialises in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Behr was shortlisted for the 2003 Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures was a British art prize founded by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and sponsored by Beck's beer given to contemporary artists....
prize. His work can be seen as a cultural archaeology of sites and events which share confluent histories of art, cinema and the built environment. He works across video, photography and sculpture to explore a dialogue between documentary and constructed approaches to his subjects and the associative, sometimes fictional, histories that emerge from them.
Selected Exhibitions
2010COMMA 17, Bloomberg Space, London
UR-NOW: The Ruins of the Contemporary, Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable
America Deserta, Parc Saint Léger Centre d'Art Contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
Territories of the In/Human, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
2009
Gets Under the Skin, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
2008
House Without a Door, High Desert Test Sites, California
Bernd Behr & Mie Olise Kjaergaard, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London
2007
House without a Door, E-raum, Cologne
Overtake, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Ice Trade, Chelsea Space, London
2006
House without a Door, Chisenhale Gallery, London
Decline and Vision, European Kunsthalle/Art Cologne, Cologne
Fordham, Netwerk Centre for Contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium
2005
we live in this concrete basin, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
2004
Bernd Behr / Charles Ellis, Rachmaninoff's, London
Things to Come, Flaca, London
2003
Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures was a British art prize founded by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and sponsored by Beck's beer given to contemporary artists....
, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
, London
Charlie's Place, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Someplace Unreachable, Ibid Projects, London
2002
We Want Out, Citylights Gallery, Melbourne
The Way to Happiness, VTO Gallery, London
2001
Cargo Fever, Fordham Gallery, London