Carsten Höller
Carsten Höller was born in Brussels in 1961 to German parents, he now lives and works between Stockholm, Sweden and Biriwa, Ghana.
He uses his training as a scientist in his work as an artist, concentrating particularly on the nature of human relationships.Through his installations, he induces states of confusion and doubt but also excitement and delight in the audience. Despite being elusive in many ways, Höller intentionally fosters a sense of perplexity, often resulting in diverse and even contradictory interpretations of his work.
Höller’s work is in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou di Parigi; Fondazione Prada, Milan; Tate Collection, London; Luma Foundation, Arles.
Artworks
Exhibitions
Museums
Biography
Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2024
ROK, Brutalisten Restaurant, Beizik Studio, Seoul
2023
F, Clocks, Gagosian, Paris
F, Giant Triple Mushroom (Fly Agaric, Bay Bolete, Plums and Custard), MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
2022
P, CARSTEN HÖLLER 'THE ART OF MUSHROOMS’ Curated by Francesca Gavin, Fundação de Serralves, Park of Serralves, Porto
2021
P, Day, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisboa
2020
DK, DAC Slide, Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen
2019
DK, Reproduction, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen
DK, Behaviour, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg
MEX, Sunday, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
2018
I, Mushroom Mathematics, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
I, The Florence Experiment Curated by Arturo Galasino, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
PRC, Method, Galleria Continua, Beijing
2017
USA, Reason, Gagosian, New York
HK, Double, Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong
E, Carsten Höller: Y Curated by Vicente Todolì, Udo Kittelmann, Centro Botìn, Santander
N, Carsten Höller. Henie Ostand Sanatorium, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
2016
B, Video Retrospective with Two Light Machines, Mu.ZEE, Ostend
I, Doubt, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milano
CH, Zoology, Gagosian Gallery, Genève
2015
ROK, 50%, PKM Gallery, Seoul
UK, Decision, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Center, London
2014
A, LEBEN, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Wien
B, Hormoon/Hormone, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Bruxelles
D, Vitra Slide Tower, Vitra Design Museum, Weil Am Rhein
AUS, Carsten Höller: Golden Mirror Carousel, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
UK, Gartenkinder, Gagosian Gallery, Frieze 2014, London
2013
RCH, Half Past And Half To, Die Ecke, Santiago
F, Avec, Air de Paris, Paris
2012
S, Carsten Höller & Attilio Maranzano: Memory, Gun Gallery, Stockholm
2011
USA, Carsten Höller: Experience Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
I, Enel Contemporanea 2011, MACRO, Roma
USA, Cleijne + Gallagher, Curry, Höller, Huyghe, Kusama, Warhol, Wright, Gagosian, Beverly Hills
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2025
F, Copistes, Pompidou-Metz, Metz
2023
D, Interactions, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
F, The Ability to Dream, Galleria Continua, Paris
D, World Framed, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
AUS, Fairy Tales, QAGOMA, Brisbane
KSA, The Bright Side of the Desert Moon, Noor Riyadh Festival, Riyadh
UAE, Manar Abu Dhabi, Corniche Beach, Abu Dhabi
S, Fungi – In Art and Science, Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm
I, EMOTIONS’, SUBODH GUPTA, CARSTEN HÖLLER, EVA JOSPIN, NEDKO SOLAKOV, DART, Chiostro del Bramante, Roma
2022
I, Winter Wunderkammer, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
P, 'PREMEIRA PEDRA 2016 | 2022’, AI WEIWEI, CARSTEN HÖLLER, Museu dos Coches, Lisboa
I, What a Wonderful World, MAXXI, Roma
PRC, The First Beijing Biennial 展览名称: 第一届北京艺术双年展, National Base for International Cultural Trade, Beijing
I, Winter Wunderkammer, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
2021
CDN, An Apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance, rRemai mModern, Saskatoon
KSA, Noor Riyadh, Noor Riyadh, Riyad
I, Villa Chiuminatto, Villa Chiuminatto, Torino
NL, We Are Animals, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2020
DK, Animals in Art, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj
2019
PRC, One if by land, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai
I, Expanded, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia
2018
S, Ten by Ten, CFHILL, Stockholm
S, The Beautiful Escape, CFHILL, Stockholm
D, WELT OHNE AUßEN Curated by Tino Sehgal, Thomas Oberender, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
D, Ecstasy, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
I, Atlas, Fondazione Prada, Milano
I, Urban Forest, Riso Museum, Palermo
I, Take Me (I'm Yours) Curated by Christian Boltanski, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Villa Medici, Roma
2017
IT, Take Me (I'm Yours) Curated by Christian Boltanski, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Roberta Tenconi, Pirelli Hangarbicocca, Milano
LB, The Trick Brain Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Aishti Foundation, Beirut
MY, Exquisite Trust (Blindly Collective Collaborations), STPI, Singapore
CH, FIRE/WORKS FOR PARKETT by Shirana Shahbazi, Parkett, Zurich
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2017
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2016
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Public collections
Country
Location
Albania
The Centre for Openess and Dialogue,Tirana
Austria
Contemporary, Wien
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art, Wien
Belgium
Vanmoerkerke Collection, Brussel
Denmark
ARoR Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
France
Air De Paris, Paris
Centre National d'Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence
Collection Alain et Didier Krzentowski, Paris
Collection Centre national des arts plastiques - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris
Collection musée d'art contemporain, Marseille
Luma Foundation, Arles
Germany
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfürt
Sammlung Bauschke, Berlin
Hong Kong
K11 Foundation
Italy
ArtePollino un altro Sud, Parco Nazionale del Pollino, San Severino
Fondazione Prada Collection, Milano
Japan
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
Norway
Aker House, Oslo
Saudi Arabia
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Dhahran
Sweden
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
Switzerland
Collection Eric and Suzanne Syz, Geneva
The Netherlands
Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam
Ukraine
Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kyiv
United Kingdom
Cranford Collection, London
Tate, London
United States of America
Collection of the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco