DOMINIQUE GONZALEZ-FOERSTER
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, was born 1965 in
Strasbourg. She studied at École des Beaux Arts,
Grenoble, L’École du Magasin, Centre National d’Art
Contemporain de Grenoble and Institut des Hautes
Études en Arts Plastiques, Paris. The artist lives and
works in Paris and Rio de Janeiro.
Gonzalez-Foerster participated in Documenta11
in 2002, and participated five times in the Venice
Bienniale (in 1990, 1993, 1999, 2003 and 2010). In
2008 Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster created TH.2058
as part of The Unilever Series in The Turbine Hall at Tate
Modern, London. She received the prestigious Marcel
Duchamp Award in 2002.
One of the most important and influential artists of her
generation, Gonzalez-Foerster’s practice was one of
the first to focus on the exhibition itself as an artistic
medium. Her particular interest in space, alongside
a preoccupation with literature, cinema, media, and
technology has resulted in a uniquely cross-disciplinary
practice, though her work primarily takes the form of
installation, film, and most recently, performance.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. 1887 – 2058, K20, Kunstsammlung
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf (April 23, 2016 – August 7, 2016) and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2015);
Temporama, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (2015); SPLENDIDE—HOTEL, Palacio de Cristal, Museo
Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2014); M.2062 (Scarlett), The Museum of Kyoto, Japan (2013);
chronotopes & dioramas, Dia Art Foundation, New York (2009), and TH.2058 The Unilever Series, The Turbine
Hall, Tate Modern, London (2008).
Recent group exhibitions include: 1984 – 1999 The Decade, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz (2015); Parasophia,
Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture, Kyoto (2015); Manifesta 10, State Hermitage Museum,
St. Petersburg (2014); Solaris Chronicles, Parc Des Ateliers, Luma Foundation, Arles (2014); 10. Gwangju
Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea (2014); M.2062 (Edgar Allan Poe), Promenade dans la salle des marquees,
Palais de Tokyo, Paris (as part of her contribution to Phillipe Parreno’s solo exhibition) (2013); Stage it!
(Part II), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2013); To the moon via the beach, organized by Liam Gillick and
Philippe Parreno, LUMA Foundation, Arles (2012) and Performa 09, New York (2009).
The artist’s work is represented in the collections of Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Museum of Modern Art,
New York; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Tate Modern, London; Modern Museet, Stockholm; Museum of
Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; M+ Museum, Hong Kong, and Van
Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
The artist’s major Centre Pompidou retrospective exhibition Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster 1887 – 2058
recently opened at the K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, running until August 7, 2016.