Jonathan Meese

(German, born 1970)

zacktarzanillé (funktion schmorgurke) by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

ZACKTARZANILLÉ (FUNKTION SCHMORGURKE), 2012

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"krokodill's blubbgrill..." by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"KROKODILL'S BLUBBGRILL...", 2017

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"area 55: mein flying "baguettea" spricht dich ufoartig an! (stumpf)" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"AREA 55: MEIN FLYING "BAGUETTEA" SPRICHT DICH UFOARTIG AN! (STUMPF)", 2022

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"for your eyes "don-only", aber mit alaska-kid don de saucen-ufo" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"FOR YOUR EYES "DON-ONLY", ABER MIT ALASKA-KID DON DE SAUCEN-UFO", 2022

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"oh früh' frühling geborenest!" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"OH FRÜH' FRÜHLING GEBORENEST!", 2022

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"hot winnie the pooh; willie the artkid! (in las vegas)" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"HOT WINNIE THE POOH; WILLIE THE ARTKID! (IN LAS VEGAS)", 2022

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"mythin in schnuten! (yeah)" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"MYTHIN IN SCHNUTEN! (YEAH)", 2022

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"area "50⁵⁰": ufo-tyrann-baby "e.k.p.o.p" (yeah, entenkleberzpastete ohn politik), ohne politstuss in sicht!" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"AREA "50⁵⁰": UFO-TYRANN-BABY "E.K.P.O.P" (YEAH, ENTENKLEBERZPASTETE OHN POLITIK), OHNE POLITSTUSS IN SICHT!", 2022

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"ich bin's: yeah, knackig und a bisserl' hexenschissig!" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"ICH BIN'S: YEAH, KNACKIG UND A BISSERL' HEXENSCHISSIG!", 2023

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"there is a party here today "schnickschnack"!" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"THERE IS A PARTY HERE TODAY "SCHNICKSCHNACK"!", 2022–2023

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"nero im quadrat! (pomejirr)" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"NERO IM QUADRAT! (POMEJIRR)", 2022

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"brat "relikt"!" by jonathan meese

Jonathan Meese

"BRAT "RELIKT"!", 2022

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Biography

Timeline

1970
Born in Tokyo
Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Hamburg
Lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg

Exhibitions

2019
Jonathan Meese Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
DR. ZUHAUSE: K.U.N.S.T. (Erzleibe), Grandfather & Grandmother, Günter Grass-Haus, Lübeck, Germany; DR. ZUHAUSE: K.U.N.S.T. (Erzleibe), Mother, Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany; DR. ZUHAUSE: K.U.N.S.T. (Erzleibe), Father, Overbeckgesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany (solo exhibition)
Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo exhibition)
Joanthan Meese, Albert Oehlen, Daniel Richter: Works from the Hall Collection, Hall Art Foundation | Schloss Derneburg Museum, Holle, Germany
Ticket to the moon, Kunsthalle krems, Krems, Germany
Kunst, Kunst, Kunst: Adrian Ghenie, Jonathan Meese, Rinus van de Velde, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Jonathan Meese, Tal R, Daniel Richter: The Man Who Fell from Earth, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
2018
Jonathan Meese Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Meese’s Odyssey, Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo exhibition)
DIE NACKTESTE FREIHEIT DER KUNST, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo exhibition)
Jonathan Meese, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (solo exhibition)
Dr. SPACE-KINGKONG de LARGE (Love-Animalism), Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway (solo exhibition)
5 x Berlin, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
2017
Jonathan Meese Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Jonathan Meese, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
JONATHAN MEESE: “E.T.” VS. “DR. IDEOLOGY” (JOHNNY FUZZY M. SINCLAIR), Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo exhibition)
ERZGRÜNER TOTALSTHÜGEL DE LARGE (EVOLUTIONSPARSIFAL'S MONDRAUM), Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
DE PAKT MIT RICHARD WAGNERZ (Gestattns': Die Hügeljanerz hebens' ab...), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
PARSIFAL'S TRAUM: CHEFSACHE 'K.U.N.S.T.', Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
Dr. Merlin de Large (Marquis Zed de Baby-Excalibur), Carré Sainte-Anne, Montpellier, France (solo exhibition)
BLITZPHOTOÜBERMALEREI (Evolution statt Revolution), Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo exhibition)
Jonathan Meese, Tal R, Daniel Richter: The Man Who Fell from Earth, Holstebro, Denmark
Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
Luther und die Avantgarde, Ehemaliges Gefängnis Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Germany
Berlin Klondyke, UGM Studio, Maribor, Slovenia
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
Horses – A Group Exhibition, VI Gallery, Copenhagen V
2016
Jonathan Meese Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
DR. TRANS-FORM-ERZ, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Museum = K(x+y)/D, ikob, Eupen, Belgium
Nollpunkt, Växjö Konsthall, Växjö, Sweden
Wahlverwandtschaften, Deutsche Kunst seit den späten 1960er Jahren, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2015
Jonathan Meese Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Jonathan Meese. DR. NO SPORTARZAHN (EVOLUTIONSSCHRITT DE FIT), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
Jonathan Meese DR. NO ZEICHNET DEINE KRIEGSANLEIHEN (privat), DR. SPOCK evolutioniert..., Salon 8, Hamburg, Germany (solo exhibition)
Jonathan Meese: My Über Daddys, National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (solo exhibition)
Chefsache Richard Wagner, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany (solo exhibition)
Spitzenmeesige Women (Schniddeldiddelson), Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo exhibition)
PARSIFAL de LARGE, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
Rabenmütter. Zwischen Kraft und Krise. Mütterbilder von 1900 bis heute, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
Revolutionäres Jahr, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Drawings, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerpen, the Netherlands
DEMONSTRATING MINDS - Disagreements in Contemporary Art, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Avatar und Atavismus. Outside der Avantgarde, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Summer Group Show, Mallorca Landings, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Working Drawings And Other Visible Things On Paper Not Necessarily Meant To Be Viewed As Art, CAC Bukovje/ Kilometre of Sculpture, Võru/Estonia
Paperworlds, Buchheim Museum, Starnberger, Germany
Black Bandits - Das Lützowsche Freikorps und die Napoleonischen Kriege als Resonanzraum zeitgenössischer Kunst., Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
Picasso in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
All the World’s a Stage. Works from the Goetz Collection, Fundaciòn Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain
Small faces, Large Sizes, Proje4L/Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
GERMAN COOL, Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2014
Dr. Prost Bratwurscht - Shoot Your Dr. No-Shot! (Erz-Magical Mystery Pork Shoulder Sausage Bello-Roll De Large), Modern Art, London, UK (solo)
Pump Up The Vampire, Pump Up The Vampire, Pump Up The Vampire, Smell !!!, Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK (solo)
Countdown „K.U.N.S.T.“ (Die Geilstinvasion), Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
Zoo(M) De Large (Jail D'art), Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Jameese Bondaddy (Moon of Gold), Galerija TR3, Ljubljana; sLOWENIA (solo)

Public Collections

About Change Collection, Berlin, Germany
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
SMAK, Ghent, the Netherlands
Sammlung Schaufler, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany
Sammlung Rheingold, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, München, Germany
Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL

Literature

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Chefsache Richard Wagner, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany (solo)
2015
PARSIFAL de LARGE, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
Dr. No Sportazahn (Evolutionsschritt de Fit), Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Dr. No zeichnet deine Kriegsanleihen (privat), DR.Spock evolutioniert..., 8. Salon, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2014
Dr. Prost Bratwurscht - Shoot your Dr. No-Shit! (ERZ-Magical Mystery Pork Shoulder Sausage Bello-roll de Large), Modern Art, London, UK (solo)
Pumo up the Vampire, Pump up the Vampire, Pump up the Vampire, Smell !!!, Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK (solo)
Countdown „K.U.N.S.T.“ (Die Geilstinvasion), Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
ZOO(M) De Large (Jail D'Art) Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2013
Jameese Bondaddy (Moon of Gold), Galerija TR3, Ljubljana, Slowenia (solo)
Malermeese - Meesermaler, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Germany (solo)