Cornelius Quabeck

Born: Wuppertal, Germany, 1974
Lives and works: Düsseldorf, Germany

Education

1995-20
02 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

1999-2000
Chelsea College of Art and Design MA

Scholarships

2003
Project scholarship for Red motA v.s. Art endowment NRW (with Alexander Esters)

2002
Project scholarship for Der atom, endowment Art and Culture NRW (with Alexander Esters)

1999
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
DAAD Scholarship, London

1998
Reisestipendium of the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf, Germany

One-Person Exhibitions (selected)

2008
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York

2007
Cornelius Quabeck, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2006
Hellfire Club, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Disegno, Gallery, London

2005
Cornelius Quabeck-Schilderen for the Revolution, Galerie Martin van
Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alexander Esters, Cornelius Quabeck präsentieren: Red motA Der Atom, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany

2004
Fratzentango-The Spirit of Linné, Ausstellungen bei Horst Schuler,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Surrender to my D´Generation, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin

2003
Me sentiments distingués, Projektraum, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany

2002
Marriage á la mode, with William Hogarth, Henry Peacock Gallery, London

2001
The Mote, with Frenk Meeuwsen, Henry Peacock Gallery, London

1999
Die glühende Horrorhand, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Düsseldorf, Germany

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2007
Hotel Kerberos – Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany

2006
Yankee Doodle Yankee & Flea Market, Tokyo, Japan

2005
Sonnenblume Titanic, Kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
"Erleuchtet uns...und unsere Handlungen das Denken mit derselben
Gleichgültigkeit wie die Sonne...?, centre, Berlin, Germany
Matt Calderwood, Bj"rn Dahlem, Sophie von Hellermann, Ian Kiaer, Cornelius Quabeck, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland
2004/05 The Festival of Dreams. Songs of Innocence and Experience, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York, USA
Hamburg Blues, Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany

2004
Janis Avotins, Cornelius Quabeck, Jan Stieding, Galerie Rüdiger Sch"ttle, Munich, Germany
Zunge an Zündschnur. Ann-Kristin Hamm, Andreas Plum, Cornelius Quabeck, Helga Schmidhuber, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
Besides, popularity is a rather lumpy concept, no?, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Raum 500, Munich, Germany
Red motA-Lebt und Arbeitet!, Kjubh, Cologne, Germany
Red motA-WG-Heft und Bar, Turboplex, Berlin

2003
Bis ans Ende der Welt, Kunstverein, Constance, Germany
Über das Neue Teil III, with Alexander Esters, Düsseldorf, Germany
La section d´ Or, La Lune en Parachute, Épinal, France

2001
Uptight out of control, with Paul McDevitt, Stuart Purdy, Declan Clarke,
Richard Clegg, Anna Fasshauer, Goshka Macuga, Lucy McKenzie, as part of Freie Wahlen, Kunsthalle Baden, Baden, Germany
Pension Bader, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Düsseldorf, Germany
Rezession, with Jan Schmidt, Boppstrasse 13b, Mainz, Germany
G"rls, Boppstrasse 13b, Mainz, Germany

2000
McDevitt, Purdy, Quabeck- uptight (outta sight), Plus e.V.Galerie,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Bigger Monster Lover, with Paul McDevitt and Stuart Purdy, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow, Scotland
Hellseher, with Matt Calderwood, Matt Bryans, Paul McDevitt, Neal Tait, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Düsseldorf, Germany

Bibliography (selected)

2007
Hussey, Matt, Cornelius Quabeck, Amelia’s Magazine, Issue 7, Summer, pp. 68-69

2006
Quabeck, Cornelius, Hood, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Veenman Publishers

2005
Clarke&McDevitt Present, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland, (catalogue)
Beech, Dave, “I Could’ve Been a Contender. Temporary Exhibitions at the Hugh Lane Gallery”, The Internationaler Pilot Issue, October, pp. 11-12
Sennert, Kate, “Cornelius Quabeck”, Tokion, March/April

2004
Schappert, Roland, “Besides, popularity is a rather lumpy concept, no?”, Kunstforum, no. 172, pp. 330-331
"New York City is a braveheart!", Red motA Verlag, September 11,
pp. 27-29
Meister, Helga, “Dialog mit dem Biest”, Westdeutsche Zeitung, June 14
“Über Kronen und Affen”, Berliner Zeitung, no. 132, June 9

2003
"Menniskans Cousiner 21", RM3, Sternstunden planetarischer Folklore, RedMota Verlag
"Mes Sentiments Distingués", Der Atom-Sonderausgabe/Red motA Verlag