Kai Althoff

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Kai Althoff (* 1966 in Cologne ) is a German painter , installation and video artist , photographer and musician .

Life and career

Althoff's work includes artistic activities such as painting, drawing, sculpture, writing, installation, performance, theater, music and film.

From the mid-1990s, Althoff presented his works in various group and solo exhibitions, initially in Germany, later also in Switzerland, the United States and Canada.

In addition to his artistic activity, Althoff is also active as a musician. In addition to solo albums under artist names such as Fanal or Ashley’s , he released together with Justus Köhncke as Subtle Tease and with Christoph Rath, Stefan Mohr and Stephan Abry as a workshop .

Althoff lived and worked in his hometown of Cologne for a long time before moving to New York City .

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994: To the eternal lamp. (with Torsten Slama ), Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
  • 1994: Uwe: Offense follows good advice. Lukas & Hoffmann, Cologne
  • 1995: Do you have time today, but I don't. Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (with Cosima von Bonin )
  • 1995: Modern is paralyzed. Buchholz Gallery , Cologne
  • 1995: cherry-jade block. (with Cosima von Bonin), Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
  • 1996: Hakelhug. Christian Nagel Gallery, Cologne
  • 1997: Help and law of the outer wall (to me). Anton Kern Gallery, New York
  • 1997: In Search of Eulenkippstadt. Robert Prime Gallery, London
  • 1997: Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP, São Paulo
  • 1998: Reflux Lux. Galerie Neu, Berlin
  • 1998: District of contradiction. Buchholz Gallery , Cologne
  • 1999: The Urian-Bündner family was still too soft. Christian Nagel Gallery, Cologne; Gabi Senn Gallery, Vienna
  • 2000: Get out of here you monster. Galerie Neu, Berlin; Ascan Crone Gallery, Hamburg; ACME, Los Angeles
  • 2001: impulses. Anton Kern Gallery, New York
  • 2001: From Dir. Galerie Buchholz , Cologne
  • 2003: Seeing from Monte Scherbelino. Diözesanmuseum Freising, Munich
  • 2004: Kai no respect. MCA, Chicago; ICA Boston, cat.
  • 2004: Immo. Simultanhalle, Cologne
  • 2007: Kai Althoff: I definitely mean it badly with you. Kunsthalle Zurich
  • 2007: Nick Z & Kai Althoff: We Are Better Friends For It. Gladstone Gallery, New York
  • 2008: Kai Althoff. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
  • 2011: Kaiki, an exhibition of artist Kai Althoff's work selected by Saim Demircan . Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK
  • 2011: period, paragraph, Bluemli. Gladstone Gallery, NY
  • 2016/17: and then leave me to the common swifts (and then leave me to the swifts) , MoMA , New York

Discography (selection)

  • 1994: Engelhardt / Seef / Davis Coop. - Untitled (Künstlerhaus Stuttgart)
  • 1996: Ashley's - Cereal Breakfast At Neil’s (Künstlerhaus Stuttgart)
  • 1998: Subtle Tease - The Goings Of An Offer ( Ladomat 2000 )
  • 2004: Fanal - Untitled (Neu Records)
  • 2008: Fanal - Fanal II (Sonig)
  • 2010: Fanal - Fanal III (Sonig)
  • 2014: Fanal - Fanal 4 (Sonig)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kai Althoff in Canada: A community at the loom at taz.de, accessed on March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Kai Althoff: I definitely mean it badly with you ( memento of the original from November 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at kunsthallezurich.ch, accessed on March 17, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunsthallezurich.ch
personal data
SURNAME Althoff, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, installation and video artist, photographer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne , Germany