GEOFFREY HENDRICKS
Born July 30, 1931 Littleton, New Hampshire
Lives and works in New York City
and Cape Breton Island, Nova ScotiaCanada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2006“Between Earth & Sky (in knowing one, one knows the other)”, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario. Canada. February 17–April 9
“Four Hands Examining the Color of a Thought, Collaborations with Brian Buczak,”
UC Santa CruzArtGallery, Santa Cruz, CA. February 22 – March 17.
“Continuing Sky Dialogues”, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY, January 5 – February 4
2005Drury Gallery, MarlboroCollege, Marlboro, VT October 10 – Nov. 4
“Four Hands Examining the Color of a Thought”, 871 Fine Arts & Bookstore, San Francisco, CA April 7 – May 30.
“Between Earth and Sky (in knowing one, one will know the other)” Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada, January 14 – April 10
2003 “Accidental Significance,” Emily Harvey GalleryNew York, NY, Oct. 9 - Nov.
“Between Earth and Sky (in knowing one, one will know the other)” ConfederationCentreArtGallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, June 9-October
2000“Constellations,” Galleria Caterina Gualco, Genoa, Italy, April 8 - May 6.
“Question: A Circle?” Galerie Pro Arte, Hallein, Austria, July 27 - August 26.
1999“Sky Measures”, Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany, Sept.10 - Oct. 30
“Sky Notes: (1-22),” EmilyHarveyGallery, New York, NY, Jan. 29 - Feb. 27.
1997“The Sky is Falling. Il Cielo Sta Cadendo?” Galleria Caterina Gualco, Genoa, Italy,
June 3 - July 2.
“For Brian Buczak: In Memoriam,” Tempo Reale, Brunnenburg, EzraPoundCastle, Merano, Italy, May 23-June 28.
“Rites of Passage,” articule, Montréal, Canada, March 22-April 20.
1995"Anatomy of the Sky/Anatomia del Cielo," Casa Giorgione, Castelfranco, Italy, January 21-March 5.
1994 "Day Into Night," Center of ContemporaryArtUjazdowskiCastle, Warsaw, Poland, May 30-July 30.
"Day Into Night," Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden (Oslo) Norway,
August 20 - September 25.
"Day Into Night", Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland, March 12 - May 1.
"Day Into Night:, Kjarvalsstadir, MunicipalArt Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland,
January 8 - February 13.
1993"Sky Boots," Galeria 56, Budapest, Hungary, September-October.
"Geoffrey Hendricks", ArtpoolArtResourceCenter, Budapest, Hungary,
September-October
"Sky Boots", Galleria 56, Budapest, Hungary, September-October.
"Day into Night", Retrospective Exhibition Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik,
Odense, Denmark, June 25 - September 12.
1992"Himmels Aquarelle", Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria, August 1-30.
1991 Galerie Hundertmark, Cologne, Germany, May-July.
1986 Gallerie Acumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland.
Galerie Baecker, Cologne, Germany.
1984 The LivingArt Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, December.
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, November-December.
Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, September-October.
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Ålborg, Denmark, August.
Henie-OnstadArtCenter, Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, Oslo, Norway, June-July.
Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany, May-June.
New JerseyStateMuseum, Trenton, NJ, March-April.
1983Galerie Baecker, Cologne, Germany.
Galerie Donguy, Paris, France.
DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
1980/81 Studio Morra, Naples, Italy.
1978 Galerie Baecker, Bochum, Germany.
1976/77 Rene Block Gallery, New York, NY.
1975 Kunstverein, Munich, Germany (with performance "Traüme Wälder").
1974 Galerie Baecker, Bochum, Germany.
1972Galerie Baecker, Bochum, Germany.
1971“Relics and Special Events” Apple Gallery, New York, NY.
1968 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1966 Bianchini Gallery, New York, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006The Studio Visit, EXIT Art, New York, NY. January 7-28 and February 21–March 25.
Video by Lydia Grey documents a visit to our Greenwich Street home. [note: closed 1/29 – 2/17]
Discovery of the Electronic Body. Art and Video in the Seventies,at Galleria Civica D’Arte Contemporanea, in Torre Pellice, Torino, Italy. Video: Body/Hair. January 26 – March 26,
Out of the Blue, AbingtonArtCenter, Jenkintown, PA. March 4 –May 6.
Money for Food Press Collection at Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY. April 22 –May. 13.
2005Homomuseum” EXIT Art, New York, NY. May 21 – July 30
‘Collage: Signs & Surfaces” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY. Apr. 21-May 21
“Kreuz und Kreuzifix,”Dombergmuseum, Freising, Germany, February 20 – October 3
2004“Life as Art,”Vlepo Gallery, Staten Island, NY, October 7-28
2003 “Fluxus Continue”, Galerie Contemporaine du Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art Contemporaine, Nice, France, September 13-Novermber 9
“Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers 1958-72, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, Sept 29 - Nov 5
“Living Theatre Labirinti dell Immaginario,” Castel S. Elmo, Naples, Italy, 3 July - September 28
”As Heavy as Heaven: Transformations of Gravity”, Joanneum Museum, Minorite Galleries in the Seminary, Cathedral Romualdkepelle, Friedrichskapelle, Graz, Austria, Apr. 11-June 15
“l’Avventura Fluxus”, Castelvetro di Modena, Italy May 31- July 27
“Skowhegan Faculty”, ICA at MaineCollege Art, Portland, ME
“Critical Mass: Performance, Happenings, Fluxus & Intermedia at Rutgers 1958-72,
“A Happening Place”, Gershwin Y, Philadelphia,. PA, April 29-June 30
MeadArt Museum, Amherst, MA, February 1 -June 1
“We Love Our Customers”, art on hangers organized by Robbin Ami Silverberg & András Böröcz, Budapest, Hungary
2002“Fluxus Constellations”, VillaCroceContemporaryArt Museum, Genoa, Italy, February 14 - June 15
2001 “Rapture & Revision: Collage In America”, Pavel Zoubok Inc., New York, November 29 - January 5, 2002
“Pioneers in Performance Art - Geoffrey Hendricks, Alison Knowles, Raphael Montanez Ortiz”, Mariboe Gallery, PeddieSchool, Hightstown, NJ, October 19 - November 9
“18 Alumni Artists”, MeadArt Museum, Amherst, MA, October 11 - December 16
“Looking for Mr. Fluxus: In the Footsteps of George Maciunas”, Art in General, New York, NY, October 9 -December 22
“Archival Assemblages, Rutgers and the Avant-Garde”, Special Collections and University Archives Gallery, Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, September 12 - December 14
“We Love Our Customers”, art on hangers organized by Robbin Ami Silverberg & András Böröcz at the Hungarian Consulate, June 15 - 29
“537 Broadway in Venice”, EmilyHarveyGallery, Venice, Italy, June 2- August
“Off the Wall”, curated by Kate Somers for The Galley at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princton, NJ, April 25 - June 10
“Leonardo In Azione E Poesia/ Leonardo in Action & Poetry”, Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci, Vinci, Italy, April 15 – 2002 “Blondies and Brownies: Aspects of multiculturalism and racism at the end of the century” curated by Rafael von Uslar,
Praterinsel, Munich, Germany March 16
“Esercizi di stile”, (99 variations on Mlle Rivière of Ingres) curated by Marzia Ratti & Mara Borzone, Palazzina delle Arti, La Spezia, Italy, January 26 to February 25
“Book Unbound”, curated by Kathy Byrd, The Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott Collage of Art, Atlanta, GA, January 25 - March 30
2000 “Surrender”, curated by Rafael von Uslar, AeroplasticsContemporaryArtGalleries, Brussels, Belgium, December 15 –
January 27, 2001
“What’s Fluxus? What’s Not! Why.” Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway,curator: Jon Hendricks, 8 September to March 2001
“Dinge in der Kunst des XX Jahrhunderts”, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany,September 2 to November 19
“2000 New Jersey Fine Arts Annual: Into the Millenium,” NewarkMuseum, Newark, NJ, July 20 to September 17.
“Cig Art 4: Where There’s Smoke,” Art Museum of SouthTexas, Corpus Christi, TXJune 23 to September 3
“Soma, Soma, Soma”, Curated by William Pope.LSculpture Center, New York, 20 June- July 15
“Il Sognatore Sognato: 50 Monumenti per Corrado Costa,” Musei Civici, Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 27 to June 18.
“Himmelfahrt (Ascension)”, Diözesamuseum, Freising, Germany, May 27 - September
“Hortus Conclusus. Berty Skuber” (collaborations),Galerie Etage, Münster, Germany, January 28 to February
“Back East: Artist’s Books from the Northeastern States,” curated by Robbin Silverberg, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, June 16 to September 1
“Soma. Soma. Soma.” Sculpture Center, New York, NY, June 20 to July 15
“SEnTieRinTeRROTTi” Museo, Bassano del Grappa, Italy, June 16 to August
“Unoder” Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark, May 26 to August 28
“Blondies and Brownies: Aspects of multiculturalism and racism at the end of the century” curated by Rafael von Uslar, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, February 19 to March 11
1999 “Hortus Conclusus. Berty Skuber” (collaborations), Galleria Caterina Gualco, Genova, Italy, October 16 to November
“The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000” Part II, WhitneyMuseum of American Art, New York, September 21 to January 2000
“Dada Country,” HunterdonMuseum, Clinton, NJ, February 14 to May 2,
“Off Limits: RutgersUniversity and the Avant Garde, 1957-63” NewarkMuseum, Newark, NJ, February 18 to May 16
1998 “Sarà una Sorpresa!” Galleria Caterina Gualco, Genova, Italy, May 12 to June 13
“Cravatte - Collezione Antonella e Fabrizio Boggiano” Rinaldo Rotta Galleria d’Arte
Contemporanea, Genova, Italy, December 12, 1997 to January 1998
“A Supper with Leonardo” Lorenese Palazzina, Forte da Basso, Firenze (Florence), Italy, September 12, 1998 to January 3, 1999 “Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art,San Diego, CA, June 28 - September 6, and
Museo de las Artres, Guadalajara, Mexico, September 2 - November 7
“Disappearing Act,” Bound & Unbound, New York, May 2 to August
“Peek”, HEREArtGallery, New York, July 15 to September 15, 1998
“Edifying Sappho & Socrates”, Torch, Amsterdam, August 8 to September 3
“Think Pink,” La MaMa Galleria, New York, February 26 to March 26
1997 “Public Notice: Art and Activist Posters 1951-1997, Exit Art, New York, NY Oct 4 - Nov. 30.
“Dadaismo dadaismi, da Duchamp a Warhol,” Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy, July 18 -November 9
“Line,” Ubu Gallery, New York, July 8-30
“George Maciunas Fluxus Cabinet” from the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 17- October 1997
“Art Games: Die Schachteln der Fluxuskünstler,” Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany, June 12 to October 5
“Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),” Haus der Kunst, Brünn (Brno), CzechRepublic, May 20 - June 22
“Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),”
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 27 - March 23
1996 “Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),” Mücsarnok Palace of Art,
Budapest, Hungary, November 26 - January 5, 1997 “Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),” National Gallery of Contemporary Art “Zacheta,” Warsaw, Poland, May 28-July 7 “FLUXUS: Art - Amusement,” Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, Denmark, May 2-
“Fluxus - gestern, heute und morgen. Eine Geschichte ohne Grenzen,” House of theArtists, Moscow, Russia, February 27-March 18. Opening February 27.
“The Gun: Icon of Twentieth Century Art”, Ubu Gallery, New York, NYFebruary - March 9, 1996
“Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),” and “George Maciunas: Fluxus Art - Amusement,” Arts Centre of Lithuania, Museum for Contemporary Art. Vilnius, Lithuania, January 23-February 24.
1995 “Per Hovdenakk Collection,” Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Oslo, Norway,Opening December 11.
“Fluxus from the Collection of Marie and Milan Knizak,” CzechMuseum of Contemporary Art, Prague, November 15-January 28, 1996.
“Fluxus - gestern, heute und morgen. Eine Geschichte ohne Grenzen,” Smolney-Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia, December 8-January 14. Opening December 8.
“In the Spirit of Fluxus” Hessenhuis, Falconrui 53, Antwerp, October 21, 1995-January 28, 1996. Opening October 20 at 7 P.M.
“Erflux A floating history,” Galerie am Fischmarkt Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany, October 8-November 19. Opening October 8.
“25 Jahre Edition Hundertmark 1970-95,” Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Köln, Germany,October - November.
“Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),” AtatürkCulturalCenter, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19 - November 25
“Departures,” Fluxus at 479 Gallery Inc., 594 Broadway #40, New York, NY, August 12 - September 2.
“Fluxus in Deutschland 1962 - 1994,” exhibition organized for The Institute for Foreign Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
“Science and the Artist Book” the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and WashingtonProject for the Arts, WashingtonD.C., May 30 - November 3 (WPA to September 2).
“Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten (Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994),” Orangerie and Bahnpost, Gera, Germany, May 14 - June 25
“Fredsskulptur 1995” (“Peace Sculpture 1995”) Jutland west coast, Denmark, opening May 4.
“Fiat Fluxus” La Giarina, Verona, Italy, April 8-May 2
“Gay Men Love Chairs,” ShoshanaWayneGallery, Santa Monica, CA. March 18-April 29.
“Endurance” Exit Art, New York, NY, March 4 - April 15.
“Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object” NewhouseCenter for Contemporary Art/Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, February 26 - June 18.
“Under the Influence of Fluxus” CrawfordMunicipalArtGallery, Cork, Ireland, February 1 - 25.
“In a Different Light” UniversityMuseum at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. January
1994“Worlds in a Box” WhitechapelArtGallery, London, England,
December 9 - February 12, 1995
“In the Spirit of Fluxus” Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain,November 24 - January 29, 1995.
“In the Spirit of Fluxus" The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA., May-July.
“Worlds in a Box” City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 28 - July 16
“New Acquisitions”, Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland, May
“New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts 1994”, New JerseyStateMuseum, Trenton, NJ, April-July
“Punti di Vista”, Circolo Culturale il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy, March-April
“Outside the Frame; Performance and the Object,”ClevelandCenter for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, February-May.
"In the Spirit of Fluxus", WexnerCenter for the Visual Arts, Columbus, OH, February-April.
"In the Spirit of Fluxus", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL., November-January.
1993"Fluxus: A Conceptual Country," Mary and Leight Block Gallery, Evanston, IL., September-December.
"Tema: AIDS", Karl-ErnstOsthausMuseum, Hagen, Germany, September-October.
"Fluxus Vivus", The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL., November-December.
"In the Spirit of Fluxus" WhitneyMuseum of American Art, New York, NY, July-October
1993"Tema: AIDS", Henie-Onstad, Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Oslo, Norway, May-June.
"Four Dimensions" Tower Schloss Bleckede, Bleckede, Germany, May.
"The Seoul of Fluxus", Hyundai Gallery and Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea, March.
"In The Spirit of Fluxus", WalkerArtCenter, Minneapolis, MN, February-June.1992-"Fluxus aus der Sammlung Andersch", Bielefelder Kunstverein,
Museum Waldhof, Bielefeld, Germany, October-December
"Fluxus Virus", TemporaryMuseum at Kaufhof-Parkhaus and
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, September 1-27.
"Fluxus Da Capo", Kunsthaus, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Fluxeum, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 6-October 15.
"Flux Attitudes", The New Museum, New York, NY, September 27-January
"Fluxus A Conceptual Country", Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
September 18 - November 14. Traveling to the following locations:
MadisonArtCenter, Madison, WI, December-January.
The University of IowaMuseum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa March - May.
MontgomeryMuseum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, July-September.
Mary Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, September-December.
"Ten Years on Broadway: Fluxus 1982-1992, EmilyHarveyGallery, New York, NY, September-November.
1992"Head Through the Wall", Rene Block's Collection, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, May-August.
Nykytaiteen Museo Museet for Nutidskonst, Helsinki, Finland, October-November.
"Outrageous Desire", RutgersUniversity, MasonGrossSchool of the Arts,
DAB Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ, October-November.
"Pop Art Show", MontrealMuseum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada, October.
"Under the Influence of Fluxus", Gallerie M, Montreal, Canada, May 9-30.
"Collection One", Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland, March.
"Fluxers", Museo d'Arte Moderne, Bolzano, Italy, December 11- February
"Yin and Yang", Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany, May 1- September.
"Fluxus and Company", Labyrinth 2 Gallery, Lubin, May 1
BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, June 23-July 2, Arsenal Gallery, Biakystok,
November 2-December and ArtCenter, Warsaw, Poland
1991"Schwerelos" (Weightlessness) Orangerie, Schloss Charlottenberg, Berlin, Germany, November.
"Under the Influence of Fluxus" Plug In, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
October 16-November 9
"Burning in Hell", Franklin Furnace, New York, September-October.
"Religiose Kunst" Galerie Hundertmark, Cologne, Germany, September 6-October31.
"Fluxus", Kjarvalssta∂ir, The MunicipalArt Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, April 22-June 2.
"Flux Attitudes", Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, February 23-March 27
"Fluxartisti", La Glarina, Verona, Italy.
1990"FLUXUS!", Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, June 14-July.
"Fluxus Closing in", Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York.
"Fluxus S.P.Q.R.", Galleria F. Borghese, Rome, Italy.
"Pianofortissimo", Fondazione Mudima, Milano, Italy and Genoa, Italy.
"Von der Natur in der Kunst', Wiener Festwochen, Messepalast, Vienna, Austria.
"Fluxus Subjektiv", Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria.
"Ubi Fluxus ibi Motus", Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
"Fluxus Selections from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman
Fluxus Collection and Exhibition" The Baxter Gallery, Portland, ME, March 26-May 4
1989"Happenings and Fluxus", Gallerie 1900-2000, Paris, France June 7-July 29
"Fluxus, Moment and Continuum", Stux Gallery, New York, NY.
"Fluxus & Co.", EmilyHarveyGallery, New York, NY.
1988"Barkenhoff-Worpswede Artists", Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany.
"Il Sesto Senso della Natura", Castello Carlo V, Lecce, Italy, June.
"Fluxus", Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"Gesammelte Schatze von Kindern, Künstlern und Kunstliebhabern", HistorischesMuseum, Frankfurt, Germany, April 7 to December 31.
1987"Artists Against AIDS", (benefit) Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York.
1987Two-man Show (with Brian Buczak) Art Centre, BanffAlberta, Canada.
"Aspects of Conceptualism" curated by Leah Durner, Avenue B Gallery, New York
"Landscape" curated by Peter Frank, G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY.
"Barkenhoff-Stipendiaten Exhibition", Kunstverein, Hanover, Germany, (also Kunsthaus, Bremen, and Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany).
1987-88 "The Success of Failure" curated by Joel Fisher, Independent Curators Incorporated, exhibition toured museums throughout
U.S.
1986"Meine Kunstgeschichte" Galerie Baecker, Cologne, Germany.
"Maibaum" Festival, Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany, May.
1986-85 "For an Art of Peace Biennale" KunsthausKunstverein, Hamburg, Germany.
1985"Earsight: Sound & Image in Contemporary Art," Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA, October 1-26.
1983"Art Hats" Harlekin Art Galerie, Wiesbaden, Germany, May.
"Fluxus, etc.", NeubergerMuseum, Purchase, New York, March (also BaxterArt Museum, Pasadena, California, June).
1982"1962 Wiesbaden FLUXUS 1982" Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
September-November and Kunstverein Kassel, Germany.
1981/82 "Fluxus-Aspekte eines Phanomens" Kunst und Museumverein Wuppertal, Germany, December-January.
1981"Silverman Collection" CranbrookArt Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, September.
"Alternatives in Retrospect" The New Museum, New York, May-July.
1980"Scores" Factotum Arte, Verona, Italy.
"Fluxus International & Co." Musee St. Georges, Liege, France.
1979-"Fluxus International & Co." Galerie d'Art Contemporain des Musees de Nice, Nice, France, July-Sept., (also at Lyon and
Geneva).
1978"Landscape" SonjaHenie-NielsOnstadMuseum, Oslo, Norway, Summer.
"Artwords and Bookworks" Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, California, February-March.
"Hermetic Images in Contemporary Art" Institute for Art and Urban Resources/P.S. 1, New York, NY, January.
1977"Naturbetrachtung, Naturverfremdung" Wurtembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, April-June.
"Media Practice" Aai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, May.
"Fluxus & C." Cannaviello Studio d'Arte, Rome, Italy.