Olaf Nicolai

Born in Halle/Saale in 1962 • Lives and works in Berlin • Studied German language and literature, obtained a doctorate, and attended evening classes at the Schneeberg College of Applied Arts • Solo exhibitions (selection): 1997 “Projektor” together with Carsten Nicolai, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen (K) • 1998 “landschaft. metaphysisch + konkret”, Kunstverein Ulm; “Ambiente”, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/Oder • 1999 “Labyrinth”, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig • 2000 Kunstverein Bonn • Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster • Group exhibitions (selection): 1997 documenta X, Kassel (curated); “Aufriß – Artistic Positions on the Industrial Landscape in the Heart of Europe”, Grassimuseum, Leipzig (solo) • 1998 “Landscape. The Trace of the Sublime”, Kunsthalle zu Kiel (solo); “grandeur nature”, Parc La Courneuve, Saint-Denis (solo); “Made in Berlin”, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Greece (C); “berlin biennale”, Berlin (C) • 1999 “1999”, PS1 Museum New York; “Empty Gardens” Watari-Um Museum Tokyo; Kunst_Sachsenanhalt, Museum Moritzburg, Halle/Saale (K) • Sculpture Biennale 1999, Münster (K); “After the wall”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (K); “PEACE”, Migros Museum, Zurich (K); “Children of Berlin”, PS1 Museum, New York (K); 2000 ne travaillez jamais, studio project, Munich