Biography

Born in Munich, Germany, lives / works in London, UK.
1994 – 1996 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1987 – 1990 BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1986 – 1987 Foundation Course, Harrow College of Higher Education, Harrow


Awards/Residencies

2002 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
1994 New Technology Award, Arts Council of Great Britain
1993 Council of Greenwich Art Residency, HMP Belmarsh, London
1993 Film and Video Award, Arts Council of Great Britain


Solo Exhibitions

2004 - 05  Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria. 
2004 Edith-Russ-Haus, Gallery for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany.
2003

Site Gallery,  Sheffield, UK.

1998 Conductors Hallway, London, UK.
1996 LXX Udstillingsstedet, Arhus, Denmark.
1994 Context Gallery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.


Teaching

2001 - to date Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College University of London
1998 - 1999 Lecturer, MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College University of London
1992 - to date Visiting Tutor at various Art Colleges:
Goldsmiths College University of London; University of Northumbria,Newcastle; UWE University of the West of England, Bristol; Royal College of Art, London; University of Reading, Reading; Chelsea College of Art, London Institute; Royal Holloway, University of London;


Commissions

2004 Edith Russ Haus, Media Art Gallery, Oldenburg, Germany.
2004 ‘VideoDictionary’, the VideoArtFoundation, London, UK.
2003

Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK.

2001 Screen and Screen Again, Picture This & Watershed Arts Centre, Bristol, UK.
2000 Remote Sensing: outlook and observation, The South West Media Arts Development Agency, Bristol, UK.
2000 Video Positive 2000, FACT & Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
1998 SELECT, Film and Video Umbrella, London
1994 Beyond Borders, Context Gallery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
1992 Abstract Still Life Portrait, Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge, UK.


Collections

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, UK.
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria.
James Moore Collection, London, UK.
and various private collections.


Monographs

Parallel Worlds, Site Gallery, Sheffield (UK), and Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria, 2005.

Monika Oechsler: At The Far and Farthest Point, Edith Russ Haus, Gallery for Media Art, Germany, 2004.

 

Group Exhibitions (and Festivals)

2006

Happy Believers, Werkleitz Biennale, Halle, Germany.

Krieg der Knöpfe, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany.
Kunsthalle Arhus, Denmark and Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria.
Coolhunters, Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary.
2005

Loop Festival / VideoartFair, Barcelona, Spain.

Videodictionary, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.
Coolhunters, Kunstverein Wien, Austria.
FAIR PLAY, PLAY gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin, Germany.
Transmission Portfolio, Haus am Luetzowplatz, Berlin, Germany.
Sometimes lovers, sometimes friends, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria.
Coolhunters, Staedtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
2004

“TAINMENT”, NGBK Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany.

No Pre No Con, Moriarty Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
In-Between, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada.
Videodictionary, Prenelle Gallery, Premiere at UGC Cinema, London, UK.
2003

Sharjah International  Biennial 6, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UEA.

Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
Videowineart, Budapest, Hungary.
“Platz da”, STRICTLY PUBLIC, Duesseldorf, Germany.
2002 The difference between you & us, FIVE YEARS, London, UK.
Neverland, Cell Project Space, London, UK.
2001-02 Kunstkanaal Amsterdam, Cable TV Screenings in Amsterdam, Rotterdam & The Hague, The Netherlands.
2001 Remote Sensing, Touring exhibition, Prema, Uley, Gloucestershire, UK
Screen and screen again, Touring exhibition, Watershed Arts Centre, Bristol, UK
Please disturb me , Great Eastern Hotel, London, UK
Videonale 9, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany
As far as the eye could see, Stark Gallery, New York, USA
Forever Yours , Woodenheart, London
Gymnasion, Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
Teeth & trousers, Cell, Ideal House, London
Voltti , The Loennstroem Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Break in Theatre 2, Video screening events at Yokohama Trienale, Tonchiki House, Prefectual Hall, Kanagawa & Kobo & Toma, Ginza, Chu-oh ku, Tokyo, Japan
The Inner State, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, Vaduz, Lichtenstein;
2000 The Other Side of Zero, Video Positive 2000, Tate Gallery Liverpool
Blue Screen at Levi’s, Levi’s Store Regent Street, London
Camera con vista, Teatro Valle, Rome, Italy
Docudrama, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
warningShots, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds,
Unit 26.com , the new art democracy, a web based exhibition project
Remote Sensing: outlook and observation, Spacex Gallery, Exeter;
and screening at d-net, LUX Centre, London;
Performing Bodies, Tate Modern, London
<hers> - Video as a Female Terrain, Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Break in theatre, Gallery Le Deco, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan & Kobo & Tomo, Ginza,
Chu-oh Ku, Tokyo, Japan & Tonchiki House of Tsuyoshi Ozawa in Yokohama
Triennale, Kanagawa Prefectual Hall, Kanagawa, Japan
1999 Loved Up , Artesium Gallery, Luton
Sweetie , The British School in Rome, Italy (and other venues)
Video Cult/ures, Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
Fourth Wall, Royal National Theatre, London
M’sieur Tarzan, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
Manufacturers. The Paper Factory, London
MAN, Museo d’Arte Nuoro, Sardinia
This Other World of Ours, Art Media Centre - TV Gallery, Moskow, Russia
Fjar-skyn, Nylistasafnid, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Finland
NY/UK, touring programme, various countries/venues in South America
1998 SELECT , Arnolfini, Bristol: Camden Arts Centre, London, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Greater Manchester
What difference does it make , Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge
East International , Norwich Gallery, Norwich
SORTED , Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Cluster Bomb , Morrison Judd Gallery, London
1997 UKNY, Film and Video Umbrella touring programme
Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
New Video from Great Britain, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1996 Pandaemonium , Institute of Contemporary Art, London
New Contemporaries 96, Tate Gallery, Liverpool and
Camden Arts Centre, London
1995 AVE , Arnhem, The Netherlands
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Multimedia Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Gang Warfare , IAS, London and
The Mc Kiney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
LXX Udstillingsstedet, Arhus Denmark
1994 Potato , Independent Art Space, London
10' Video Brazil: Festival International de Arte Electronica,
SESC San Paolo, Brazil
1992 Abstract Still Life Portrait, Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge and Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool