WWW.DENNIS-OPPENHEIM.COM
BORN 1938 Electric City, Washington
EDUCATION
1965 BFA, California College of Arts & Craft, Oakland, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS - since 1985
2010
“Dennis Oppenheim: Early Works,” Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Material Interchange,” Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italy
“Splash Buildings,” Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA
“Trees: From Alternative Landscape Components,” Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, UK
2009
“Attempt to Raise Hell,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
“The Garden of Evidence,” Eaton Fine Art, Inc, West Palm Beach, FL
2007
"Alternative Land Art," Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
Montrasio Arte, Milano, Italy
2006
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Volume!, Rome, Italy
Galerie Piece Unique, Paris, France
MOT, London, England
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
The Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
"Garden for the Accused," from Alternative Components, Thomas Paine Park, Foley Square, New York, NY
“Salutations To The Sky,” Eaton Fine Art, Inc., W. Palm Beach, FL
2005
“Dennis Oppenheim: Indoors, Outdoors,” Price Tower Art Center, Bartlesville, OK
Museu Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
MAM Maro Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Centre Cultural Bancaixa, Valencia, Spain
Kogart, Budapest, Hungary
Chiesa di San Paulo, Modena, Italy
Gallerie Arco, Torino, Italy
2004
Kenny Schachter, ROVE, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Galleries de Lycee, Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens, France
“Architectural Drawings,” Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California, U.S.A.
Museo Fundacion Cristobal Gabarron, Valladolid, Spain
Galerie Heufelder Koos, Munich, Germany
Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
“Dennis Oppenheim,” Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Museo Fundacion Cristobal Gabarron, Valladolid
Curculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Casa de la Provinicia, Sevilla
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Dennis Oppenheim Armatures for Projection – The Early Factory Projects, White Box, New York, NY
2003
"Dennis Oppenheim,” Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, U.S.A.
“Sa Nostra”, Centre de Cultura, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Ierimonti Gallery, Milan, Italy
Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
2002
Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY
“Land Art 1968 - 1978”, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
John Gibson Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2001
Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Dorfman Projects, New York, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, U.S.A.
Joan Guaita, Palma, Spain
Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Musee des Beaux-Arts d’Arras, Arras, France
2000
Piece Unique, Paris, France
Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S.A.
ICAR Foundation, Paris, France
Ace Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Joan Guaita, Palma, Spain
1999
“Land Art” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, New York, U.S.A
1998
XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museo de Arte Alvar, Mexico City, Mexico
Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria
“New Work and Proposals,” Eaton Fine Art, Inc. West Palm Beach, Florida
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Velan per l’arte contemporanea, Carignano, Italy
Artcore, Toronto, Canada
Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Galapogos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn, New York
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1997
Joseph Helman, New York, NY
Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, Germany
Stadt Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
Venice Biennale, Pilkington SIV, Marghera/Venice, Italy
2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tusccaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.
1996
Centre International d'Arts Visuel, Marseille, France
Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Soro, Denmark
Galerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, TX
Galerie Pro Arte, Freiburg, Germany
Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris, France
Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
Tween Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Masataka Hayakawa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1995
Galerie de la Tour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, Germany
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Ierimonti Gallery, Milan, Italy
Kunstsammlung Tumulka, Munich, Germany
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
1994
Museee D'Art Moderne de la Communaute Urbaine de Lille, France (retrospective)
Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
Joseloff Art Gallery, Hartford, CT
Greca Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Aele, Madrid, Spain
Jermonti Gallery, Milan, Italy
Hoyt Institute of Art, New Castle, PA
1993
Progretto, Rome, Italy
University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, CA
Galerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Sala D'Exposicions, Principality of Andorra, Andorra, Spain
Blum Helman Gallery, New York, NY
Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland (retrospective)
Oulun Taidemuseo, Oulu, Finland (retrospective)
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (retrospective)
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Framartstudio, Naples, Italy
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
Galerie Renee Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland
The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
University Galleries, State University of Illinois, Normal, IL
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva, Switzerland
Galeria Greca, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Tobias Hirschmann, Frankfurt, Germany
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1991
Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto, Portugal
Landfall Press, New York, NY
Galerie Friebe, Ludenscheid, Germany
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Galerie Thierry Salvador, Paris, France
Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NY (retrospective)
1990
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galerie Berndt & Krips, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Joachim Becker, Cannes, France
Galerie Lohrl, Monchengladbach, Germany
Galerie Tobias Hirschmann, Frankfurt, Germany
John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Le Chanjour, Nice, France
Liverpool Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Pierides Museum, Athens, Greece
1989
Elisabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Paris Art Center, Paris, France
Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
Willoughby Sharp, New York, NY
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1986
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Tolarno Galleries, South Yarra, Australia
1985
Elisabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, ID
Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Sander Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS - since 1985
2012
“Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;
Haus der Kunst, Munich.
2011
“How to Philosophize With a Hammer,” White Box, New York, NY
“Interventions in the Landscape,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Land Art,” Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2010
“Off the Wall Part 1 – Thirty Performative Actions,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2009
“Attempt to Raise Hell,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
“Pop to Present,” Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
“The Puppet Show,” Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX, FRYE Art Museum, Seattle, WA
“LandMark”, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The First Stop on the Super Highway,” Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2008
"The Puppet Show", Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
2007
“Landscape & Memory II,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Not for Sale," PS 1 Museum, Long Island City, New York
Long House Reserve, East Hampton, New York
Le College des Bourgmestre “Optical Sound” Paris, France
2006
Irish Museum of Modern Art. "Fire and Celebration, " Dublin, Ireland
"Leinzell Open 2", Karlsruhe, Germany
Musee d'art Contemporain [MAC], "La Collection en Trois Temps et Quatre Actes.” Marseille, France.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, "Collection of the Fondation Cartier Pour l'art Contemporain,”
Tokyo, Japan
Centre national d’art Georges Pompidou, "Le Mouvement des Images,” Paris, France.
Milwaukee Art Museum, "Crisis of Modernism,” Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Harvard University Art Museum, “Nominally Figured: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
Sculpture Grande, Prague, Czech Republic
NTT InterCommunication Center, “ Connecting Worlds,” Tokyo, Japan
2005
“Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape & Place,”
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Contemporary Museum, “Honolulu to New York,” Honolulu, Hawaii
Baltimore Museum of Art, “Slideshow: Projected images in Contemporary Art,” Baltimore, Maryland
White Columns, “Odd Lots: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark’s Fake Estates.” New York, New York
Kunsthalle Wien, “Superstars: Warhol to Madonna,” Vienna, Austria
Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Metropole, “ Domicile: prive/public,” Saint-Etienne, France
Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, “The Giving Person,” Naples, Italy
MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, “Auf Wiedersehen,” Vienna, Austria
Eaton Fine Art Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, Florida
Centre national d’art Georges Pompidou, “Comme le leve, le dessin,” Paris, France
Centre national d’art Georges Pompidou, “Big Bang:Creation and Destruction in the 20th Century,”
Paris, France.
Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, “The Discovery of the Electronic Body: Art and Video in the 70s,”
Turin, Italy
Whitney Museum of American Art, “Overhead/Underfoot: The Topographical Perspective in Photography,”
New York, New York.
Sculpture Biennale Vancouver, "Somethings Happening Here", Vancouver, B.C.
Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, “Critics Choice,” Liverpool, England.
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, “X-Screen,” Vienna, Austria
Chiaopanshan International Sculpture Park, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
2004
“temporalscape,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Palazzo Ducale, “Arti & Architettura, 1900-2000,” Genoa, Italy
Fundacio Joan Miro, “Behind the Facts (interfunktionen 1968-75),” Barcelona, Spain
Tecomah, “Les Environmentales #3,” Jouy-en-Josas, France
Tate Liverpool, “Art, Lies and Videotape,” Liverpool, UK
LA County Museum, “Beyond Geometry,” Los Angeles, CA
Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New, York, U.S.A.
Fundacio Joan Miro, “Behind the Facts (Interfunktionen 1968-75),”Barcelona, Spain.
Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Metropole, “Object versus Design,” Saint-Etienne, France
Fabian + Walter Gallery, “Inside Out- Land Art and it’s Evolution,” Zurich, Switzerland.
Middleton-McMillian Gallery, “My Place, My Choice, My Ride, My Story,” Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Neue Gesellscharft fur Bildende Kunst, “Legal/Illegal,” Berlin, Germany
QCC Art Gallery, “An American Odyssey: 1945-1980,” Bayside, New York, U.S.A.
Le Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, “Ready to shoot, “ Paris, France
The Lab Gallery, “Stereognost & Propriocept,” New York, New York, U.S.A
Irish Museum of Art, “Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection,” Dublin, Ireland
FRAC Aquitaine, “Des images qui ne seraient pas du semblant,” Bordeaux, France
FRAC Aquitaine, “Art, Nature, Land Art,” Bordeaux, France
2003
“Works on Paper,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tate Liverpool, “Art, Lies and Videotape: Exposing Performance, “ Liverpool, England
Eaton Fine Art, “Metal & Paper,” West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Fonds Regional D’art Contemporain de Picardie, “Paysages,” Amiens, France
Fonds Regional D’art Contemporain de Picardie, “Sculptures et Dessins,” Picardie, France
Varart, “Mitologie del Presente,” Firenze, Italy
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, “X-Screen,” Vienna, Austria
Paco das Artes, “MetaCorpos,” Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Wall Street Journal Building, “Polarities”, New York, U.S.A.
The Long Island Museum, “Face to Face” 200 Years of Figurative Art on Long Island”, Stony Brook,
New York, U.S.A.
Museo Nazionale di Architettura, “Together”, Ferrera, Italy
Valencia Biennal, “The Ideal City”, Valencia, Spain.
Walker Art Center, “The Last Picture Show; Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982,” Minneapolis,
Minnesota, U.S.A.
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, “Ready to Shoot- Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum,” Dusseldorf, Germany.
Art and Gallery, “Blind,” Milan, Italy.
Vancouver International Sculpture Exhibition, “Open Spaces,” Vancouver, Canada
2002
“Fifteen – 15th Anniversary Exhibition,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Cultural Desert: Inside Contemporary Sculpture,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art,
Scottsdale, AZ
Les Abattoirs, “La Conquete de l’Air - Les Colonies de l’Espace”, Toulouse, France.
Station, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Chelsea Studio Gallery, “Unforgettable,” New York, U.S.A.
Tecomah, “Les Environmentales,” Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Hausler Contemporary, “Concepts on Nature,” Munich, Germany.
Framart Studio, “Masterpieces at Capodimonte,” Naples, Italy.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, “The Unblinking Eye”, Ireland.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, “II Buenos Aires International Art Biennial”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Musee d’Art Moderne Lille Metropole, “Les Chemins de l’Art Brut”, Lille, France.
Whitney Museum of American Art, “Visions from America: Photographs from the
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001”, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Musee d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, “ Les Annes 70: l’art en cause,” Bordeaux, France
Bunker, “Unloaded-Coming Up for Air”, Oberschan, Switzerland
2001
Stadtische Museen Heilbronn, “Maschinen Theater,” Heilbronn, Germany
Tate Modern, “Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis,” London, England
Castle Gallery, “Science and Science Fiction,” New Rochelle, New York, U.S.A.
Norton Museum of Art, “Burn: Artist’s Play with Fire,” West Palm Beach, Florida
Lawrence/ Feuer/La Montagne, “Altered Landscape,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
The Aldrich Museum, “Art at the Edge of the Law,” Ridgefield, New York, U.S.A.
Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth Museum, “Music in my Soul,” Portsmouth, Virginia
Whitney Museum of American Art, “Into the Light: the Projected Image in American Art 1964-77,”
New York, New York U.S.A.
Tel Aviv Museum, “The Return of the Real,” Tel Aviv, Israel. Espace Henri Matisse Creil, “Paysages,”
Amiens, France
Venice Biennale, “Markers,” Venice, Italy
The Box Associati, “Ian Davenport, Dennis Oppenheim,” Torino, Italy
Arsenal ancienne abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Vignes “Grand papiers,” Soissons, France
Bass Museum, “Inside and Out: Contemporary Sculpture, Video and Installations,” Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
The Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, “Come to your Senses, “ Napa, California, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, “Cultural Desert,” Scottsdale, Arizona
Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Photographs: A Decade of Collecting”, New York, New York
Galeries Contemporaines des Musees de Marseille, “Living in the Exhibition”, Marseille, France
2000
"Critic as Grist," curated by Michael Portnoy, White Box, New York, NY
Arnolfini, “Lie of the Land,” Bristol, England.
Joseph Helman Gallery, “Andoe, Oppenheim, Simonds,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
“La Sculpture Americaine Contemporaine dans le Cadre Festival International de Sculpture Contemporaine de
Monte-Carlo,” Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Parc de la Courneuve, “Art Grandeur Nature,” Bobigny, France.
Framart Studio, “Masterpieces of the Last Millennium at Capodimonte, Second Act,” Naples, Italy.
Willoughby Sharp Gallery, “Double Debut,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
Galleria Martano, “L’Elemento verbale nell’ Arte Contemporaine,” Torino, Italy.
Fonds Regional d’art Contemporaine de Picarde, “Zig-Zag,” Picardie, France.
Bayly Art Museum, ”Hindsight/Fore-site,” Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, “Tempus Fugit,” Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Museum fur Neue Kunst, “Totale 02,” Freiburg, Germany.
Grand Arts, “Fast,” Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Long House Reserve, “Rites of Spring 2000,” East Hampton, New York, U.S.A.
Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Vancouver, Canada.
Collection Lambert, Musee d’Art Contemporain, “Rendez-vous No. 2,” Avignon, France.
The Jewish Museum, “Pairings,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
The Museum of Fine Arts, “Conceptual Photography from the Permanent Collection,” Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
The Museum of Fine Arts, “Contemporary Art and Photography from the Permanent Collection,” Houston,
Texas, U.S.A.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Now! Modern Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” New York,
New York, U.S.A.
Grand Arts, “Fast,” Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Orlando Museum of Art, “Collector’s Choice II: Contemporary Art from Central Florida Collections,”
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, “The Self is Something Else: Art at the End of the 20th Century,”
Dusseldorf, Germany.
Generali Foundation, “Re-Play,” Vienna, Austria
1999
“Drip, Blow, Burn”, The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Yonkers, NY
“1999 Biennial of Public Art”, Neuberger Museum, New York, NY
“Afterimage: Drawing Through Process,” Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, “The Museum as Muse,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
Esso Gallery, “Scripta Manent,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
Rupertinum Salzburg, “Clapping,” Salzburg, Germany.
Museau de Arte Contemporanea, “Circa 1968,” Porto, Portugal.
Museum of Contemporary Art, “Perspectives on Terrain,” Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Neuberger Museum of Art, “1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art,” Purchase, New York
Howland Art Center, “Heroines & Heroes II,” Beacon, New York, U.S.A.
Center Galleries, “ Dysfunctional Sculpture,” Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
The Whitney Museum of American Art, “The American Century 1950-2000, Part II,” New York
Palma de Mallorca, “Universiada ‘99,” Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Fonds Regional d’art Contemporain de Picardie, “Grands Papiers,” Amiens, France.
LL Gallery, “Spatial Complexities,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
Musee d’art Moderne Lille Metropole, “Changement d’air,” Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
University Gallery Fine Arts Center, “Head to Toe: Impressing the Body,” Amherst, MA
Arthouse, “Freeze II,” Dublin, Ireland.
Galerie Baro Senna, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Central Hall of the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1998
"Landscape and Memory", Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
XXIV Biennal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Melbourne International Festival, “Remanence,” Melbourne, Australia.
Yale University Art Gallery, “Now and Later,” New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne, “Lieu personne temps,” Chateaugiron, France.
l’Espace Jean Legendre, “Entre quatre ciels,” Compiegne, France.
Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, “Pollution,” Milano, Italy.
Fuori-Uso ‘98, “Shown,” Pescara, Italy.
The Chicago Athenaeum, “The City as a Memory,” Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Abraham Lubelski Gallery, “Acts of Faith,” New York, New York, U.S.A.
Museum fur Moderne Kunst, “Artists,” Frankfurt, Germany.
Galerie Tobias Hirschman, “lick auf die Zeichung,” Frankfurt, Germany.
Elaine Benson Gallery, “Artists Against Abuse,” Bridgehampton, New York, U.S.A.
Ota Fine Arts, “Tracin’,” Tokyo, Japan.
Palais Lichtenstein, “Sarajevo 2000,” Vienna, Austria.
Museum of Modern Art, “Arcadia in Celle,” Kamakura, Japan.
Museum of Contemporary Art, “Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, “ Highlights from the Collection,” Honolulu, Hawaii,
Museum of Contemporary Art, “Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection,” San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Museum of Fine Arts, “Photo Image: Printmaking 60s to 90s,” Boston, Massachusetts
Norton Museum of Art, “Animal as Muse,” West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Port Art Museum,“Animal.Anima.Animus,” Pori, Finland.
Art Gallery of South Australia, ‘Pure,” Adelaide, Australia.
Museum of Art and History, “Altered: The Animal in Contemporary Art,” Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.
1997
"L'empreinte", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
"Discrimination, Cruelty and Hope", Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
"Private Visions in Public Places", LaSalle Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Videonale Bonn, Bonn, Germany
"Allegory", Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY Institute for Contemporary Art, PS1. Museum,
Long Island City, NY
"Maps, Graphs and Plans: A Seventies Approach", Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
"The Power of Words and Signs", Index Gallery, Osaka, Japan
"Works from the Seventies", Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996
"Matters of the Heart", Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves", California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
"Chimeriques Polymeres", Musee d'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
"Selections from the Collection", Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
"Outlook on Contemporary Sculpture", Espace Belleville, Paris, France
"The Art Embodied", MAC Galeries Contemporaines des Musees de Marseille, Marseille, France
"Machine", Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
"Landfall Press, Twenty Five Years of Printmaking", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
"Selection from the Whitney Museum of American Art", Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece
“Sensory Overdrive", William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey
"Trilogy-Art, Nature, Science", Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
“Sculptor's Drawings", Pardo View Gallery, New York, NY
"Landvermesser", Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
1995
"Forces", Humphrey Gallery, New York, NY
"Mapping", American Fine Arts, New York, NY
"Endurance", Exit Art, New York, NY
"Reconsidering the Object of Art 1965-1975", Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
Biennale d'Lyon, Lyon, France
"Construction in Process", Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
"It's Only Rock n' Roll: Currents in Contemporary Art", Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
"Popular Culture", Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
"Sound Sculpture", Ludwig Museum, Konblenz, Germany
"Happening", The Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
"Machine", Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
“Action/Performance", Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
"Modernism", Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
"Altered and Irrational", The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Foundations", Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont, PA
"Death and the Family", Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"20 Years of Hallwalls", Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
"Food in Art", Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
"Better Living through Chemistry", Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994
"Zuge, Zuge," Stadtische Galerie Goppingen, Goppingen, Germany
The Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
"Transparency + Metaphor," California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lorient, Lorient, France
inSITE '94, San Diego, California; Tijuana, Mexico
Festival Iberioamericano de Teatro Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
"East of Eden," Museum Schlod Mosigkau, Dessau, Germany
"Personal Heroes", Galerie de la Tour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"From Minimalism to Conceptual Art", National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
"Wildlife", California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
"Popular Culture", Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Hartman & Company, La Jolla, CA
1993
"Presenze," Centro Espoitivo della Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy
"It's A Beautiful Thing," Savage Fine Art, Portland, OR
"The Bestiary," Blum Helman Gallery, New York, NY
"Action, Performance and the Photograph," Turner/Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Gemeentemuseum Arnheim, Sonsbeek '93, Arnhem, Netherlands
"The Second Dimension: Twentieth Century Sculptor's Drawings," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Heads," Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
"The Pet Show," Helander Gallery, New York, NY
"The Nature of the Machine," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
"Art/Functional Art," Turbulence, New York, NY
"Portraits d'Objects," Fonds Relgional d'Art Contemporain de Paicardie, Picarde, France
"Homage to Miro," Galeria Greca, Barcelona, Spain
"Differentes Natures," Espaces Art-Defense Paris, France
"Fall From Fashion," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
"Body Parts," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Photoplay: The Chase Manhattan Collection," Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
"Leading Edge," Arts and Projects, Salzburg, Austria
"Recent Acquisitions: Prints," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"La Donation Vicky Remy," Musee d'Art Moderne Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
1992
"Nauman, Oppenheim, Serra," Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
"America Mundo 1992," Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
"The Endowed Chair," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
"Inauguration," Galerie Senda, Barcelona, Spain
"The Figure," Blue Helman, New York, NY
"Cercles," Musee Abbaye Saint-Leger, Soissons, France
"Dessins d' Ameriques," Fond Regional d'ArtContemporain de Picardie, France
"Yvon Lambert Collectione", Musee d'Art Moderne de la Communaute Urbainede Lille, Villeneuve D'Ascq,
Lille, France
"Brain:Internal Affairs," Beatrixhospital,Gorinchem, Netherlands
"Paolo Uccello: Battles in the Art of XXth Century," Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
"Paesaggio con Rovine," Comune di Gibellina, Gibellina, Italy
"de-persona," Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
"Carmina Urbana," Musei de Sploeto, Cortona, Italy
1991
"Trains: Burden, Kessler, Oppenheim," Michael Klein Inc, New York, NY
"Merchanika," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Simposio Internacional de Escultura al Aire Libre, Madrid, Spain
IIIme Biennale de Sculpture, Monte Carlo, Monaco
"Outside America: going into the 90's," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Persona, "The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
"Word as Image," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"Long, Heizer, Oppenheim," Gallery 360, Tokyo, Japan
"After Duchamp," Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
"Singolarita, L'Orizzonte Degil Enventi," Framartstudio, Milan, Italy
Le Conseil Regional de Picardie, Amiens, France
"Wild Things," Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
1990
"American Express," John Gibons Gallery, New York, NY
"Art Conceptuel Formes Conceptual," Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
"Casino Fantasma," Casino Municipale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
"Improbable Machines" Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
"Les Quatre Elements," Usine de Meru, Meru, France
"The Technological Muse," Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1989
"Immaterial Objects," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
"Intuition," John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
"Une Collection Pour La Grande Arche," La Defense, Paris, France
"Art in Safe," Mai 36 Galerie, Ruine, Geneva, Switzerland
"Project: Installation," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1988
"Contemporary Art and Criticism," Minos Beach, Crete
"Lost &Found in California," James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Second International Sculpture Symposium," Olympic Park, Seoul, Korea
1988
"Turning Point: Art and Politics in 1968," Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1987
"American Masters: Works on Paper," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"Art That Moves," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Laguna, TX
"This is not a Photograph," John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
1986
"Fireworks," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
"Television's Impact on Contemporary Art," Queens Museum, New York, NY
Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, New York, NY
1985
"Installations," Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
"The Maximal Implications of the Minimal Line," Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-
Hudson, NY
"Modern Machines," Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
Symposium National de Sculpture Monumental Metallique, Thiers, France
"Time: The Fourth Dimension in Art," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
PERMANENT OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
2011
“Paintbrush Gateway,” Las Vegas, NV
2010
“Light Chamber,” Denver Justice Center, Denver, CO
2007
"Wave Form," Philadelphia, PA
2002
“Bus Home,” City of Buenaventura, California
2001
“Monument to Escape,” Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999
“Snowman Factory,” Copenhagen, Denmark
“Set Stage for a Film,” City of Valladolid, Spain
“Jump and Twist,” University of Freiburg, Germany
1998
“Drinking Structure with Exposed Kidney Structure,”Europos Parkas, Vilniaus, Lithuania
1997
“Device to Root Out Evil,” Venice Biennale, Italy
“Engagement,” City of Leoben, Austria
1988
"Impersonation Station," Olympic Park, Korea
1985
"Levitation, Celebration, Separation," Ville de Thiers, France
1984-85
"Basket and Weave," Heide Park and Sculpture Garden, Victoria, Australia
1984
"Image Intervention," University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
1983-84
"Rolling Explosion," Laumier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MI
1983
"Roots in Cubism, Hearts in the Stars, Forest for Cezanne.", Bundesgarten, Berlin
"Woven Explosion (Mondrian Under Pressure)," Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
"Dreams and Nightmare. Journey of a Broken Weave (Mondrian Under Pressure)," Tel-Hai, Upper-Galilee, Israel
1982-86
"Scan," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1982-83
"Formula Compound, A Combustion Chamber. An Exorcism (From the Fireworks Series)," State
University of New York at Potsdam, NY
"Formula Compound, A Combustion Chamber. An Exorcism (From the Fireworks Series),"
Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy
1981-86
"Dream and Nightmares. Journey of a Broken Weave (Mondrian Under Pressure)," University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1980-82
"Station for Sustaining and Blinding Radioactive Horses, " Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
1980
"An Operation for Mining, Elevating, and Converting Underground Memories of a Fifth Season," Elevation Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
SELECTED REVIEWS
2011
Aycock, Alice, “Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011),” Artforum, May 2011.
Biller, Steven, “Art in the City,” Palm Springs Life, April, 2011.
Crockett, Tobey, “Preparing the Ground for a Shift in Thinking: Dennis Oppenheim, 1938-2011,” Artcritical,
March 4, 2011.
Saltz, Jerry, “Goodbye, Dear Dennis,” New York Magazine, February 2011.
McNay, Michael, “Dennis Oppenheim obituary,” Guardian, February 2, 2011.
Tully, Judd, “Dennis Oppenheim: An Appreciation of Sorts,” Artinfo, February 1, 2011.
“Passings: Dennis Oppenheim,” Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2011.
Gleason, Mat, “Art Passing: Mark Kostabi Remembers Dennis Oppenheim,” The Huffington Post,
January 26, 2011.
Smith, Roberta, “Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72,” The New
York Times, January 26, 2011.
2010
Rosenberg, Karen, “Photographs That Tell Unsettling Tales,” The New York Times, July 8, 2010.
Thomson, Steven, “Art takeoff: Dennis Oppenheim’s giant towers take shape at the airport,” Culture Map Houston, June 5, 2010.
Valdez, Jenny, “Gateway Brushes Soon To Light Up Sky,” Las Vegas Examiner, July 22, 2010.
Pagel, David, “Art Review: Dennis Oppenheim at Thomas Solomon Gallery”, Los Angeles Times,
March 26, 2010.
Biller, Steven, A ‘Splash’ of Imagination, Palm Springs Life, March 2010.
2009
Oppenheim, Dennis, 500 Words: Dennis Oppenheim, ArtForum, October 26, 2009.
2008
Sterns, Robert, “Dennis Oppenheim: Public Action.” Sculpture, October 2008, Vol. 27, No. 8, p. 38-43.
Lynch, Elizabeth, “Dennis Oppenheim: Wave Forms.” Sculpture, January/February 2008, Vol. 27, No. 1.
2003
“Oppenheim’s Blues,” Sculpture, June, Vol. 22, No. 5, p. 12.
2002
Porges, Maria, “Dennis Oppenheim,” Shift 15, Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 52-55
1999
Baker, Kenneth “Sculptures With Delayed Punch Lines”, San Francisco Chronicle, February 5.
1998
“Dennis Oppenheim”, Sculpture, December, 1998
1997
Heartney, Elenor, "Dark Daughter", Art in America, April, p. 102-107
Vetrocq, Marcia, "The 1997 Venice Biennale", Art in America, September, p. 66-77
"Recent Acquisitions", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, At the Museum July/August, p. 5
"Oppenheim - Ausstellung", Grafsch Wochenblatt, June 7, p. 16
Dorfles, Gillo, "Biennale, una signora cosi cosi", Corriere dell Sera, July 14, p. 30
"D.O. Enters Collection", Des Moines Art Center News, January - February, p. 3
Treier, Heie, "Veneetsia biennaal-kaasaja kunstielu Votmesundmus", Eesti Ekspress, June 20, p. 3
"US-Star und Fantasy Artist", Grafsch Nachriechen, April 4, p. 3
Kern, Thomas, "Schneller Abgang aus dem Delirium", Grafsch Nachriechen, April 29, p. 9
"D.O. Ausstellung", Grafsch Wochenblatt, May 1, p.7
Von Dirk Schwarze, "Eine Kirche auf dem Kopf", Hessische Allgemeine, February 27, p. 10
"Oppenheim si rivela", Il Gazzettino, June 13, p. 1
"E in fabbrica spunta l'arte", Il Gazzettino, June 14, p 13.
Specchia, Francesco, "Il rottamaio dell'avanguardia", Il Giornale, June 21, p. 21
"Kiefer e Oppenheim, folla per l'arte", Il Mattino, June 13, p. 17
Pasini, Francessca, "Ira ticca ak oybbkuci", Il Secolo XIX, June 6, p.13
"Fantasy-Artists und Visionar", KultuRegional, April 25, p. 8
Mammi, Alessandra, "Il bello del 900", L'Espresso, June 3, p. 2
Fornasier, Claudia, "Lo sbarco della Cultura dai Giardini a Marghera", La Nuova, June 11, p. 26
"Made in Styria", Lokales, October 27, p. 18
"Ideenreicher Fantasy-Artist", Lingener Tagespost, May 15, p. 12
McEvilley, Thomas, "The Millennial Body", Sculpture, October, p. 24-29
Thea, Carole, "D.O. A Mysterious Point of Entry", Sculpture, December, p. 28-31
Braff, Phyllis, "A Slice of Long Island Art Makes it to Venice", The New York Times, July 27, p. 33
1996
Jaunin, Francoise, "A Geneve, Dennis Oppenheim fait planer ses menaces sur le MAMCO", 24 Heures, May 7, p. 16
"D.O. Interview", Art Press, Collins and Milazzo, No. 17, p. 93-96
Klefsted, Ann, "Sculptures push viewers to demand more from Art", Art Review, April 28, p. 9
Irvine, Madeline, "Still provocative after all this time", Austin American Statesman, February 21, p. E11
Niegelhell, Franz, "D.O. Gelerie Lendl, Graz", Artis, October, p. 17
Gurtler, Carole, "Die Maschine Mensch", Basler Zeitung, June 3, p. 4
Imbach, Jost Martin, "Die Kunst am Puls der Zeit", Der Bund, July 20, p. 2
Krumpl, Doris, "Opferkerzen fur gierige Sammler", Der Standard, November 21, p. A8
"Bruckenschlag: Neues in Berliner Kupferstichkabinett", Feuilleton, August, p. C4
Del Guericio, Andrea B., "Da Dennis Oppenheim", Interni, July / August, p. 141-144
Von Simon Maurer, "Schach! - Kunst fur die Galle", Tages Anzeiger, April 9, p. 7
Wiittwer, Jean-Pierre, "Dennis Oppenheim, artiste paysagiste de la pensee humaine", Journal de Geneve,
April 11, p. 12
Kleine Zeitung, "Witz & Schrecken", June 30, p. 105
Bratschi, Isabelle, "Le MAMCO fete le printemps avec une foule d'artistes", Le Courrier, April 13, p. 11
Gauville, Herve, "Oppenheim a la poursuite de lui-meme", Liberation, April 25, p. 5
Ercoli, Emma, "Interview with Dennis Oppenheim", Next, Autumn, p. 100-104
Jan Garden Castro, "Laumeier Sculpture Park", Sculpture, November, p. 12-15
Smith, Roberta, The New York Times, January 12, p. C23
Wolf, Laurent, "Avec Dennis Oppenheim, les gens se sentent normaux et la monde parait tres bizarre",
The Nouveau Quotidien, p. 6
Pincus, Robert L., "Dreaming of Me", The San Diego Union Tribune, February 11, p. 9
Dumont, Etienne, "Geneve rend curieusement hommage a Dennis Oppenheim", Tribune des Arts, May, p. 4
Bavier, Lionel, "Dennis Oppenheim opere un double retour a la casa zero", Tribune de Geneve, March 30, p. 12
1995
Roes, Els, "Voor harde beelden ben id de geremd", Amsterdams Nieuws, May 16, p. CO4
Maite Lopez and Carme Zaera, "Entorno A Dennis Oppenheim: 1967 - 1994", Arte, January, p. 47-49
Bradley, Kim, "Dennis Oppenheim: El Significado Vertigianoso", Arte, April - June, p. 19-24
Morgan, Robert C., Cover, Winter, p. 38
Kuhn, Nicola, "Knockout fur die Utopie", Die Tagesspiegel, July 8, p. 21
Jose Hernan Aguilar, "Proyectos, viajes y vacios artisticos", El Tiempo, October 1, p. 11
Hoffman, Justin, "Light for the Bunker", Kunstforum International, August, p. 39
Barille, Renato, "Metti l'Arte in Cuffia", L'Espresso, March 24, p. 195
Curtis, Cathy, "Going Through the Motions", Los Angeles Times, November 7, p. F12
McKenna, Kristin, "It's Art because they say it's Art", Los Angeles Times, October 8, p. 6-7
Teibler, Claudia, "Durchs Mundtunnel fahrt die Eisenbahn", Munchener Merkur, October 9, p. 6
Ercoli, Emma, "Interview with Dennis Oppenheim", Next, Spring, p. 12-17
Dunlap, Doree, "Machine", OC Weekly, November 23, p. 9
Penders, Anne-Francoise, Recherches Poetiques, Spring, No. 2, p. 96-113
Perera, Marga, "Dennis Oppenheim", Rekarte, March, p. 16Hoffman, Justin, "Der Horro lauert uberall", SZ, October 6, p. 8
Schjedahl, Peter, "The Age of Ouch", The Village Voice, March 28, p. 10
1994
Miralles, Francesc, "Dennis Oppenheim: Recent Works", Arte, December, p. 32-33
Gardner, Paul, "When Artists go to the Movies", ArtNews, December, p. 124
di Matteo, Franco, "Dennis Oppenheim", Casting, March, p. 42-44
Aho, Paul, "Just add Water", Culture, March-May, p. 2-4
Ferri, Paticia, "The Black Humor of Oppenheim", Da Giovedi, January
Cherubini, Laura, Flash Art International, March, p. 76
Morson, J.W., "An Interview with Artist Dennis Oppenheim", Kiosk, Spring, p. 8-12
Bufill, Juan, La Vangardia, November, p. 36
Spiegel, Olga, La Vanguardia, November, p. 48
Basso, Mercedes, "Suite Olympic Centennial: Oppenheim", Olympic, November, p. 26
Gache, Sherry, Parachute, November, p. 45
Mavridorakis, Valerie, Sculpture, October / December, p. 44-45
McClurg, Jocelyn, "Artist Sees Beauty in the Bothersome", The Hartford Courant, August, p. E1
Zimmer, William, The New York Times, October 2, p. 18
Perrin, Frank, "Dennis Oppenheim: Musee d'Art Moderne de Villeneuve d'Ascq", Flash Art International, November, p. 103
1993
Crockett, Tobey, "Looking for Love Gas", Artspace, March / April, p. 46-49
Heartney, Elenor, Art Press, January, p. 12-19
Plath, James, "The Storm at the End of the Rainbow", Clockwatch Review, Vol. 8, p. 113-123
Porges, Maria, Shift Fifteen, Vol. 7, p. 52-55
Alison de Lima Greene, "Dennis Oppenheim: No Photography", SPOT, Spring, p. 3
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & CATALOGS
2012
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974, MOCA and DelMonico/Prestel
2010
Isole Mai Trovate- Island Never Found, L.Hegyi, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, Italy
Serralves 2009: The Collection, Joao Fernando, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
1969-1999 Neo- avant-gardes, Postmodern and Global Art, F.Tammarazio, Skira Editore, Milan, Italy
Robert & Ethel Scull, Judith Goldman, Acquavella Galleries, New York, New York
2009
“Dennis Oppenheim: Public Projects,” Charta, Milano, Italy
Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor, Alicia Longwell, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Colossal, Jan Hoet, The City of Osnabruck, Germany
Lifting, G. Morrison, Atopia Projects,
Regal Press, Hong Kong
Essential Experiences, Lorand Hegyi, Riso Museum d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Italy
D.O.Splashbuilding, Alberto Fiz, Electa, Milan, Italy
Encuentros de Pamplona 1972, Jose Diaz Cuyas, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2008
The American Tornado, Germano Celant, Skira, Torino, Italy
Video: The Reflexive Medium, Yvonne Spielmann, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussets
560
Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991-2006, Amy Eshoo, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
My Mind is My House, Glenn O'Brien, Edelman Arts, New York, New York
Learning to See: An Artist's View on Contemporary Artists from Artschwager to Zakanitch, Bruce Helander, Stygian Publishing, Los Angeles, California
En Perspective, Giacometti, Patrick Ramade, Musee de Beaux-Arts de Caen, France
This is Not to Be Looked At, Jane Hyun, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Artemar, Camara Municipal de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal
Arts Plastiques, Institut de Rennes, Rennes, France
2007
Les Cahiers, du musee national d'art moderne, Printemps 99, Sophie Dpleux, Center Pompidou, Paris, France
Opere D'arte a Parole, Dialoghi sulle'arte contemporanea, Angelo Capasso, Rome, Italy
Quadernos del IVAM, 09 Consuelo Ciscar Casaban, Institute Valencia d'Art Modern
The Sound of Music, Hilde Teerlinck, Collections Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain [FRAC],
Kortrijk, Belgium
Intercommunication, NTT Publicshing Co., No. 59 Winter
GNAM: Gastronomica nell'arte Moderna, Federico Molta, 24 Ore, Motta Cultura, Milano
A History of Photography Seen Through the Collections of Centre Pompidou, Musee National d'art Modern,
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
"Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA," California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
"Conversations on Sculpture," G. Harper, T. Moyer, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey
"Marks from the Matrix", R. Finch, V. Rivers, Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University College of
Fine Arts, Normal, Illinois
"Art Works: The Progressive Collection", D. Cameron, T. Devan Lewis, P. Lewis, M. Schwartz, T. Morrison,
Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, New York
2006
Connecting Worlds, Shikata Yukiko, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
Escritos de Artistas, Jorge Zahar, Jorge Zahar Editor Ltda., Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Ethics and the Visual Arts, E.A. King and G. Levin, Eds, Allworth Press, New York
Art Metropole: the Top 100, K. Scott and J. Shaughnesy, National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Art and Video in the 70s, Silvana Editoriale Spa, Milan, Italy
Collection of the Fondation Cartier at MOT, Foil Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
2005
Slideshow: Projected images in Contemporary Art, Darcie Alexander, Baltimore Museum of Art, American University Presses, Pennsylvania
Odd Lots: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark’s Fake Estates, Jeffrey Kastner, Sina Najafi and Frances Richard, Eds. Cabinet Books, New York
40 years at the ICA, Johanna Plummer, Ed. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Superstars: Warhol to Madonna, Sigrid Mittersteiner, Ed., Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany
Comme le reve, le dessin, Centre Pompidou , Paris, France
Dennis Oppenheim: Project Drawings, Demetrio Paparoni, In Arco Books, Torino, Italy
La Poetica de lo Neutro, Victoria Combalia, Debolsillo, Barcelona, Spain
Domicile: prive/public, Lorand Hegyi, Somogy Editions d’Art, Paris
2004
The Context of Art/ The Art of Context, Seth Siegelaub, Marion Fricke and Roswitha Fricke, Navado Press,
Trieste, Italy
Ana Mendieta Earth Body, Olga M. Vison, Hirshhorn Museum and Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany
Ready to Shoot Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum, Ulrike Groos, Snoek Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne, Germany
Art in Transit, Pallas Lombardi, Charlotte Area Transit System, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
The Museum: Conditions and Spaces, Andrea Douglas, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
One Hour Ahead, Dean Sobel, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.
Prototypes: 1990-2003, Maurice Vatin, Fonds Regional D’art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens, France
Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s, Lynn Zelevansky, The Mit Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Parque de la Memoria, Comision pro Monumento a las Victimas del Terrorismo de Estado, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Behind the Facts (Interfunktionen 1968-75), Gloria Moure, Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain
Un Sociologue sur les terres du Land Art, Jean-Paul Brun, L'Harmattan, Paris, France
The Visual Experience, Jack Hobb, Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts
Contemporary Color, Steven Bleicher, Thomson/Delmar Learning, Clifton Park, New York
Contre-Images, Regis Durand, Musee d’art contemporain de Nimes, Nimes, France
Video: Un Art Contemporain, Francoise Parfait, Editions du Regard, Paris, France
Ed Ruscha and Photography, Sylvia Wolf, Whitney Museum of American Art and Stedl Verlag,
Gottingen, Germany
Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Marguerite O’Molloy, Irish
Museum of Modern Art
Architecture & Arts: A Century of Creative Projects in Building, Design, Cinema, Painting, Photography,
Sculpture, Germano Celant, Ed., Skira, Milan, Italy
legal/illegal: Art beyond Law, Corinna Weidner, Ed., NGBK, Berlin
2003
Dennis Oppenheim: Galloping through the West, Diane Deming, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno,
Nevada, U.S.A.
Dennis Oppenheim De l'art a camp obert a l'art urba, Maria Lluisa Borras, Fundacio "Sa Nostra," Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Valencia Biennial: The Ideal City, Luigi Settembrini, Charta, Milano, Italy
X-Screen Film Installations and Actions in the 1960s and 1970s, Matthias Michalka, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Koln, Germany
Metacorpos, Vitoria Daniela Bousso, Paco das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Siting Jefferson, Jill Hartz, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Art, Lies and Videotape: Exposing Performance, Adrian George, Tate Publishing, Liverpool, England
Open Spaces, Barrie Mowatt, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery,Vancouver, Canada
The Last Picture Show: Artists
Using Photography, 1960-1982, Douglas Fogle, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
American Art at the Flint Institute, John B. Henry III, Hudson Hills Press, New York
La Collection, Musee d'Art Moderne, Jacques Beauffet, Musee d'Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Paris
Unloaded-Coming Up for Air, Catherine Hug, Edizioni Periferia Oberschan, Switzerland
The Castle-The Collection, Castello di Rivoli, Ida Gianelli, Desktop Publishing Editoday, Turin, Italy
2002
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001, Sylvia Wolf,
Prestel, New York, U.S.A.
La Conquete de l’Air - Les Colonies de l’Espace, Alain Mousseigne, les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Les Annees 70: l’art en cause, Maurice Frechuret, Musee d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, France
New Materials as New Media, Marion Boulton Stroud, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Le Livre du Frac-Collection Aquitaine, Alain Rousset, Le festin/FRAC Aquitaine, France
Earthworks Art and the Landscape, Suzaan Boettger, University of California Press, Berkeley,
California, U.S.A.
An American Odyssey 1945/1980, Stephen Foster, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Le peuple des images, Philippe-Alain Michaud, Desclee de Brouwer, Paris
2001
“Explorations,”, Germano Celant, Charta, Milano Italy
1997
"Dennis Oppenheim", Germano Celant, Charta, Milano, Italy
"Dennis Oppenheim", Fundacao De Serralves, Porto, Portugal
"The Private Eye in Public Art", LaSalle Partners, Charlotte, NC
"Blurring the Boundaries: Installation Art 1969-1996", Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
"L'Empreinte", Georges Didi-huberman, Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
"Trade Routes", 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Esthetique du livre d'artiste", Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Bibliotheque Nationale de France,Paris, France
"The 47th Biennale International, Electra, Venice, Italy
"Dennis Oppenheim: Land Art 1968-78", Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Storgade, Denmark
"Dennis Oppenheim: Recent Sculpture and Large Scale Project Proposals, Art into Theater", Nick Kaye, Harwood Academice Publishers, United Kingdom
"Landvermesser", Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim Germany
"Chimeriques polymeres Le plastique dans l'Art du XXeme siecle", Musee D'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
"Aus der klassischen und spaten Moderne", Alexander Duckers, Staatliche Museen zu, Berlin, Germany
"l'arte au corps", Musees de Marseille, France
"Artists Narcissism Reflect Themselves", California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
"Regards sur la sculpture contemporaine", Espace Belkleville, Confederation Francaise Democratique Du Travail, Paris, France
"Art at the end of the 20th Century", National Gallery, Athens, Greece
1996
"Trilogy Art-Nature-Science", Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
"Reel Work: Artist's Film and Video of the 1970's", Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
1995
"Dennis Oppenheim Obra 1967-1994", Ajuntament de Barcelona, Spain
"Dennis Oppenheim: The Old in and Out", Galerie de la Tour, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Dennis Oppenheim", Kim Bradley, Ierimonti Gallery, Milan, Italy
"It's Only Rock n Roll: Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art", Prestel-Verlag, Munich, Germany
"Reconsidering the Object of Art 1965-1975", Anne Goldstein and Anne Rorimer, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Biennale de Lyon: d'art contempoain installation, cinema, video, informatique", Reunion des Musees Nationaux, France
"inSITE 94", Sally Yard, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Department of Culture of the City of Tijuana, CA
1994
"Dennis Oppenheim", Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
"Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 19067-1991", Alanna Heiss and Thomas McEvilley, Musee D'Art Moderne de la Communaute Urbaine de Lille, France
"Zuge Zuge", Stadtische Galeie Goppingen, Goppingen, Germany
"Drawings", Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lorient, Lorient, France
"in SITE '94", San Diego / Tijuana, California / Mexico
"East of Eden", Museum Schlob Mosigkau, Mosigkau-Dessau, Germany
"From Minimal to Conceptual Art", Ruth Fine, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
"Wildlife", Reesey Shaw, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, California
"Dennis Oppenheim: Recent Works", Ministre d'Educacio, Cultura del Govern d'Andorra, D'Andorra
"Art and Application", A.C. Danto, Turbulence, New York
"Dolls in Contemporary Art: A Metaphor of Person Identity", Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"La Donation Vicky Remy", Editions du Musee d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
"The Nature of the Machine", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1992
"Dennis Oppenheim: Drawings", Barbara Rose, La Difference, Paris, France
"Dennis Oppenheim: Drawings and Selected Sculpture", Kim Levin and Peter Spooner, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
"De-Persona", Paul Tomidy, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
"Collections", The Macedonian Center for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
"De Bonnard a Baselitz, Estampes et Livres d'Artistes", Bibliotheque, Paris, France
"Carmina Urbana", Editrice Grafica L'Etruria, Cortina, Italy
"Art in the Age of Aquarius 1955-1970", William C. Seitz and Maria Orice (ed), Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington
"Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-1990", Thomas McEvilley and Alanna Heiss, Harry N.
Abrams Inc. and the Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
"Dennis Oppenheim: Between Drinks", Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
"Trains: Burden, Kessler, Oppenheim", Michael Klein Inc., New York
"Mechanika", The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
"Persona", The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
"Words As Image", Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
"After Duchamp", Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
"There is a Minute of a Fleeting World", Fuindacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
1990
"Dennis Oppenheim", Liverpool Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
"Dennis Oppenheim Retrospective 1970 - 1990", Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
"Dennis Oppenheim", Galerie Lohrl, Monchengladbach, West Germany
"Ladon: Monsters of Mythology", Bernard Evslin, Chelsea House Publishers, New York
"Word as Image", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"The Technology Muse", S. Fiollin-yeh, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
"Casino Fantasma", The Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
"Mondo Materials", G Beylerian and J. Osbourne, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York
"The Faces of an Era", Carlo Prosperie, Edition Sine Invest, Paris, France
"Art Conceptual Formes Conceptuelles", M. Fleiss and C. Schlatter, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
"Une Collection pur la Grande Arche", l'Arche de la Fraternite, Paris, France
1975
"Proposals 1967-1974," Lebeer-Hossman, Brussels and Hamburg
1974
"Indentations," Galerie Yaki Komblit, Amsterdam, Holland (catalogue)
"Flower Arrangement for Bruce Nauman," Multiples, Inc., New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam, NY
CATS, Charlotte
Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MN
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MN
DFW Airport, Dallas
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
Emmanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy
Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
F.R.A.C. Nord Pas-de-Calais, France
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MN
Haags Germeentemuseum, Den Haag, Holland
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
The Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Laumier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
MTA, New York
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidiou, Paris, France
Musee de Toulon, Toulon, France
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Denmark
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
National Gallery of Art, Ottowa, Canada
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland
Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, CA
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Stadtischer Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Germany
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Tate Gallery, London, England
Tel Aviv Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
University of Alaska, Anchorage, AL
Ville De Thiers, Thiers, France
Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA