Selected Exhibitions/Concerts/Performances History
Benjamin Patterson - Selected Solo Exhibitions/Concerts/Performances/Events
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2024
- luxus and Beyond: Ursula Burghardt, Benjamin Patterson
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, October 12, 2024 – February 9, 2025
- Benjamin Patterson & Max Pauer: Arbeiten auf Papier und Fotografien
Wolfstaedter, Frankfurt, August 3 – September 27, 2024
- Charles Gaines: Manifestos 6: Ben Patterson Performance , MoMA, New York
2023
- Recording Artists Season Two - Intimate Addresses - A podcast from the Getty, October 10, 2023
2022
- Ben Patterson - Forty flags - Heraldic Banners for Fluxus Heroes and Friends
July 2 - August 22, 2022 at Fondation du doute, Blois, France - Ben Patterson / PatterS*Nday!, Godot und das AdHoc-Kollektiv, Wiesbaden
- Ben Patterson in the Empordà, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
- IN WHAT CENTURY WILL THE EARTH’S NORTH AND SOUTH POLES CHANGE POLARITIES? – ON, OF, FOR, WITH BEN PATTERSON, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin
Video documentation here.
2021
- Fluxus Means Change: Jean Brown's Avant-Garde Archive, Getty Center, Los Angeles
- Concert with: Ann Noël, Voice and Reading; Heiko Maschmann, Double Bass - Birth of FLUXUS mit Ben Patterson, Musikhochschule Basel
- Performance Study: Ben Patterson, Performance Workshop and Lecture by julia elizabeth neal, Zoom event
2019
- Do Not Be Afraid of Long Silences, museum FLUXUS+, Potsdam
- When Elephants Fight, It Is The Frogs That Suffer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
- If Time Begins and Ends With Zero, What Is in Between?, Galerie Wolfstädter, Frankfurt
2018
- No More Pink?, Galerie Eva Vautier, Nice
- How to Be Happy, Gian Marco Casini Gallery, Livorno
2017
- Hello Friends!, Galeria Unimediamodern, Genua
- Hommage, Musik mit Papier, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
- Call Now to Win Big Money, Galerie Wolfstädter, Frankfurt
2016
- In Memoriam, Galerie Clasing, Münster
- Relax, Ben., Brno House of Arts, Brno
- Condemn Me, I’m Only the Double Bass Player, PRAHA Fórum Pro Architekturu a Media, Prague
- Memorial, The Emily Harvey Founation, New York City, NY
- In Memoriam, Galeria Unimediamodern, Genua
- The Ben Patterson Farewell Game, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Casino Wiesbaden, Fluxeum Erbenheim, Wiesbaden
2015
- MO Schaufenster #14: Kunstpreisträger 2015, Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund
- By this River, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati
2014
- Press Here to Turn on Your Muse, Fondation du doute, Blois
- Museum of the Subconscious, Blois
- Fluxus in the Swamps, Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Lecture, Bard College, Bard, NY
- Stop Sitting on the Fence, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels
- 80th birthday Tour - Dr. Ben’s Medicine Show, World Tour
- Museum of the Subconscious, Tokyo
2013
- World Weather, Museum Vostell, Malpartida
- World Weather, Abby Art Space, San Remigio
2012
- Born In The State Of Flux/us - Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- This is How I Remember It, Herman Teirlinckhuis Museum en Galerie, Beersel
- Busking for Profit and Pleasure, Galerie Clasing, Münster
- Event Scores, Stadtgalerie Mannheim, Mannheim
2011
- My Thirteen Presidents and Other Curiosities, Emerson Gallery, Berlin
- Marzipan, Beton und seltene Erde: Musik, Kunst und Dichtung, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
- Born in the State of FLUX/us: Scores, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY
2010
- Born in the State of FLUX/us, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Desasters and Catastrophes, Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt
- Museum of The Subconscious, El Milagro, La Candelaria
2009
- Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice
- Dolphine Statue, Musea del Parca, Portofino
- Ceci N´est Pas Une Barbie, DAC-De Simoni Arte Contemporanea, Genua
- The Golden Age of Fluxus, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
- The Golden Age of Fluxus, Au Passage de Retz, Paris
- World Weather - Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck
- Shoes or No Shoes – Shoes or No Shoes, Kruishoute
2007
- Urbanity: Solutions to Survive Urban Living, Galerie Unimediamodern, Genua
2006
- Deviding/Bridging, Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA
2005
- Omaggio al Fluxus, Fioretto Arte, Padova
2002
- “Hello!” B.P. Welcomes you to his life in “Real Time”, Kunstverein Kassel, Kassel
2001
- “Now…”, Gallery 2211, Los Angeles, CA
1999
- Museum of the Subconscious, Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
1998
- Topologie des Denkens/No Poetry No Concept, Galerie Vostell, Berlin
1997
- World Weather, Princess Palace Garden, Bangkok
- World Weather, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
- Train of Thoughts/ Just in Time, Galerie Fruchtig, Frankfurt
- Blame it on Pittsburgh, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York City, NY
1996
- Extreme Measures; The great American game show, Michael Solway Gallery, Cinicinati, OH
1995
- Museum of the Subconscious, Okandukaseibe
1992
- What Is on My Mind, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
- Getting Ready for 2000 A.D, Fondazione Mudima, Milan
1991
- How Man Makes Sense, Galerie J & J Donguy, Paris
1989
- What Makes People Laugh?, The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York City, NY
- Taking Fluxus Around, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
1988
- Ordinary Life, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York City, NY
1964
- Fluxus Concert, 359 Canal Street, New York City, NY
1963
- YAM Hat Sale, YAM Day, Smolin Gallery, New York City, NY
- New York Audiovisual Group, Douglas College, New Brunswick, NJ
1962
- Kleines Sommerfest - Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal
- Neo Dada Music, Kammerspiele, Düsseldorf
- Puzzle Poems, Galerie Legitime-Robert Filliou, Paris
- Fluxus Sneak Preview, Gallery Girardon, Paris
1961
- Paper Piece, Gallery Lauhus, Cologne
- Lemons, Studio Vostell, Cologne
1959
- Double Bass Player, Ottawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Ottawa
1958
- Double Bass Player, U.S 7th. Army Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
1957
- Double Bass Player, Halifax Symphony Orchestra, Halifax
Benjamin Patterson - Selected Group Exhibitions/Concerts/Performances
2024
- Suoni Per Il Popolo - Festival; BEN PATTERSON:REMIX - Experimental, Show, Workshops, Concert, Curator Talk;Casa del Popolo, Montreal – June 12 -23, 2024
2023
- Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner—Spirit Movers, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
November 18, 2023 – April 07, 2024
- Can't See - Sequences XI festival, Reykjavík at the Nordic House
- We Linked Passages Palazzo Reale, Genoa
- WER WIR SIND Fragen an ein Einwanderungsland, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
- Museum für das Unterbewusstsein, Aktivierung mit Pink Champagne, Wiesbadener Kunstsommer, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
- Does Anybody Here Speak Japanese? - boa basedonart, Düsseldorf
- Broken Music Vol. 2 - Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
- Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books - Center for Book Arts, New York
2022
- Fluxus 1962-2022 - Villa Croce, Genova; Genova Palazzo Ducale, Genova
- Fluxus New York and Elsewhere - Gutshaus Steglitz, Berlin-Steglitz
- Ziiiiuu ennze ziiiiuu nnzkrrmüüüü? KURT SCHWITTERS' URSONATE in der Kunst von heute, Kunsthaslle Wilhelmshaven
- MaerzMusik - Berliner Festspiele: Benjamin Patterson Invocations - On, Of, For, With Ben Patterson
- farO presents Ben Patterson - A Simple Opera; Lisbon
2021
Fluxus Means Change: Jean Brown's Avant-Garde Archive, Getty Center, Los Angeles
Walking from Scores, Brussels
Kronacher Lichtblicke, Kronach
2020
- Ei, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
2019
- Fluxus Eptastellare, Fondation du doute, Blois
2018
- Flux Concert, LA Phil’s Centennial Season Fluxus Festival, LA Phil Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA
- Kronach leuchtet, Garten der Festung, Kronach
- Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen, Berggarten der Herrenhäuser Gärten, Hannover
- Ben Patterson & Mauro Ghiglione - Galerie Eva Vautier, Nice
2017
- Documenta 14, Kassel
- The Artist and the Trace, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Krakow
- Documenta 14, Athens
- Virus Mutante, Galeria Unimediamodern, Genua
- PageArt – ein Sammlerprojekt, Galerie KunstRaum Bernusstrasse, Frankfurt/Main
2016
- La Muga Caula, Les Escaules
- Turning Pages / Modern book culture in the collections of the Olomouc Museum of art, Zapadoceska Galerie, Pilsen
- The Silent Refugee Night, Galerie Kaiser & Cream, Wiesbaden
- Sammlung Hussong – Alle 600 Holzpostkarten, Schloss Corvey, Höxter
- Marcel Duchamp - Dada E Neodada, Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna Ascona, Ascona
2015
- 11 Mozg Festival, Teatr Powszechny, Mala Scena, Warsaw
- FNB Joburg Art Fair, Point of Order Troyeville Hotel, Johannesburg
- Joganda com Ben Patterson, Galerie Bolsa de Arte, Sao Paolo
- Radical Presence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- BBC Tectonics Hockyfrilla, Glasgow City Halls, Glasgow
- What happened on the 29th day of this merry month of May, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berlin
- PageArt - Ein Sammlerprojekt, Kunstraum Neureut e.V., Karlsruhe
- New Frankfurt Internationals: Solid Signs, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main
2014
- Fluxus in Nanjing, Museum for Contemporary Arts, Nanjing
- The Lunatics are on the loose, European Fluxus Festivals 1962-79, Trade Fair Palace, Nardoni Galerie, Prague
- Fluxus in Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Belgrade
- Reines Wasser - Die Kostbarste Ressource Der Welt, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
- Art, Technology and the Natural World, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
- Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- En passant par la Lorraine avec mes sabots, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz
- Die Revolution der Romantiker, Fluxus made in USA, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Schwerin
- Ben Patterson's Wall, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- Connecting Sound Etc. Cable Works, Cable Sounds, Cables Everywhere, Museums Quartier, Vienna
- Benjamin Patterson, Wolfgang Träger / 80th Birthday Tour ‒ Endspiel, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
- Sneak Review, Ackerstadtpalast Schaufenster, Berlin
- Intermedial, 401contemporary, Berlin
- Salon Show 2014 - The Gallery 4, Pittsburgh, PA
- Fluxus in Japan 2014 – Viva Fluxus!, Galerie 360 degrees, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2013
- Radical Presence - Black Performance in Contemporary Art Part II, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY
- Performa 13, New York City, NY
- Domaci Project, Old Town Porec, Contempory Art Museum, Porec
- Art25.Helium, Botanikum, München
- Another Fluxconcert, NASA New Art Space Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- B.A.B.E - The Best Artists Books and Editors, Immanence, espace d'art contemporain, Paris
- move - align - avoid. Vom Schwarm als Prinzip und Phänomen, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
- Universalsprachen, Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin
2012
- The lunatics are on the loose: European Fluxus Festivals 1962-1977, Vilnius
- Fluxus! ›antikunst‹ Ist Auch Kunst, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Radical Presence: Black Performance In Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Fiat flux : la nébuleuse Fluxus, 1962-1978, Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
- The Lunatics Are On The Loose…Fluxus European Festivals 1962-1977, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Krakow
- Fluxus &Fluxus: 1962- 2012, Galleria Paola Verrengia, Salerno
- Disjecta membrane for John Cage, Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Dum umeni, Ostrava
- Die Irren sind los..., Akademie der Künste, Berlin
- Fluxus At 50, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- Membra Disjecta For John Cage: Wanting To Say Something About John – DOX, Centre for contemporary art, Prague
- On The Road To Fluxus, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
- Art = Life = Art | Dada > Fluxus – MUSEION, Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano
- Time-Lapse, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- , Membra Disjecta For John Cage: Wanting to Say Something About John Quartier21, Vienna
- John Cage - A Centennial Celebration with Friends, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011
- Fluxus In Germany 1962 - 1994, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest
- Casa “la Vita” - La Giarina, Arte Contemporanea, Verona
- Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY
- Asli Sungu und Ben Patterson, FLUXUS+, Potsdam
- Life: A User´s Manual, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2010
- Fluxus East, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
- reich sein, Künstlerverein Walkmühle e.V., Wiesbaden
- Works from the Gallery Collection, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2009
- Piccoli Contemporanei, Fioretto Arte, Padova
- 1 Turm – 4 Türmer, Museum Zündorfer Wehrturm, Cologne
- Passing Through, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Berlin
- Hermes’s Ear, House of the Lords of Kunštát, Brno
- Fluxus East, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen
- Editions, Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA
- Editions, Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA
2008
- Flux-folk, FLUXUS+, Potsdam
- Fluxus East. Fluxus networks in central eastern Europe - Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
- Fluxus East, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
- Fluxus partiturer og instruktioner, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
- The Photograph: Fluxus in Germany from 1962 - 1994, National Gallery of Modern Art - New Delhi, New Delhi
- Fluxus East, Fluxus Networks in Central Eastern Europe, Ludwig Museum - Budapest, Budapest
- Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London
- Fluxus East. Fluxus Networks in Central Eastern Europe, Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
2007
- Fluxus East, Vilnius
- 1. Projektions-Biennale Bad Rothenfelde - Gradierwerk, Bad Rothenfelde
- X mal ICH, Städtische Galerie Fruchthalle Rastatt, Rastatt
- Fluxus East, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- Black Light White Noise - Sound and Light in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Fluxus. Una larga historia con muchos nudos. Alemania 1962-1994, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla
- Ear of Hermes, Magyar Muhely Galéria, Budapest
2006
- Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
- Pianofortissiomo, Museo Vostell Malpartida, Malpartida de Cáceres
- Fluxus & Non Fluxus Fluxus, Kulturhuset, Randers
- Fluxus - Alemanha 1962 - 1994, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
- Draw A Line and Follow It, LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
- Objekt und Skulptur, Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh e.V., Gütersloh
- 5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
- Hermes´s Ear, Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra
- Hermes´s Ear, Dum umení, Opava
2005
- Robert F. Kennedy Eine ermordete Hoffnung, Galerie Ruf, Munich
- FLUXUS llega al MAC - una larga historia con muchos nudos - Fluxus en Alemania 1, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Universidad de Chile, Santiago
- Fluxus und Freunde, Kunstmuseum Kloster unserer lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg
- Percussion Music, Solway Jones, Los Ageles, CA
2004
- Multiple Strategies, CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Independents Biennial 2004, Independents Biennial, Liverpool
- Una larga historia con muchos nudos. Fluxus en Alemania: 1962 –1994, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
- Fluxus in Germany 1962 - 1994, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
2003
- Centraal Fluxus Festival - in POST CM, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- Typoxxs Allowed - Typewriting Aloud, Magyar Muhely Galéria, Budapest
- Objekt und Skulptur 2003, Galerie Kunsthaus Oberkassel / Artobes, Düsseldorf
2002
- Typewriting Aloud - Typoxxs Allowed, Gallery of Art Nové Zámky / Galéria umenia v Nových Zámkoch , Nové Zámky
- ZIPP, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
- La Fluxus Constellation, Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
2001
- Minimalismos. Un signo de los tiempos, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
- Le Tribù dell’Arte, MACRO Museo d´Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome
2000
- Sentieri Interrotti. Crisi Della Rappresentazione E Iconoclastia Nelle Arti Dagli Anni Cinquanta Alla Fine Del Secolo, Palazzo Bonaguro, Bassano del Grappa, VI
1999
- Intermedia / Tribute to Dick Higgins, Ernst Museum Budapest, Budapest
- String em up - Rosenberg Museum, V2 - Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam
- WordVolume, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
- "Fluxus in Amerika", Galerie Vostell, Berlin
1998
- The Rosenberg Museum - String ´em up, Podewil, Berlin
1995
- Revolution: Art of the Sixties from Warhol to Beuys, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo
- Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY
1994
- En el espíritu de Fluxus, Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
- The Theater of Refusal: Black Art & Mainstream Criticism, Fine Arts Building, Baltimore, MD
1992
- FLUXUS Da Capo, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
- Sentieri Interrotti. Crisi Della Rappresentazione E Iconoclastia Nelle Arti Dagli Anni Cinquanta Alla Fine Del Secolo, Palazzo Bonaguro, Bassano del Grappa, VI
1991
- Fluxattitudes, Hallwalls at The Church, Buffalo, NY
- Fluxus!, Gertrude contemporary art spaces, Melbourne, VIC
1990
- Fluxus!, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, QLD
- XLIV. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1989
- Fluxus & Co., The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York City, NY
- Wortlaut, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
1988
- Theater of The Object: Reconstructions, Re-Creations, Reconsiderations, 1958-1972, The Alternative Museum (TAM), New York City, NY
- Stationen Der Moderne, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Berlin
- FLUXLUX-G & L Silverman Collection, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA); New York City, NY
1987
- By the Letter, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York City, NY
1985
- Vom Klang der Bilder, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
1985
- Fluxus etc., Walter Philips Gallery, Banff
1984
- Fluxus, etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX,
1983
- Fluxus etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, Neuberger Museum SUNY, Purchase, NY
- Fluxus etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, Baxter Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
- 17th Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo
1982
- Festum Fluxorum, Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden
- Concepta Omnibus Fluxi, 134-6 Spring Street, New York City, NY
1970
- Happening und Fluxus – Materialien 1959-1970, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
1967
- A Paris La Cedile Qui Sourit, Galerie Ranson, Paris
- A Paper Event, Time Life Building, New York City, NY
1966
- 4th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival, Central Park on the Mall, New York City, NY
1965
- 3rd Festival of the Avant Garde, Judson Hall, New York City, NY
- First World Congress: Happenings, St. Mary`s of the Harbor, New York City, NY
1964
- Fluxus Symphony Orchestra Concert, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, NY
1962
- Fluxus Festival, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen
- Fluxus Festival, Das Städtische Museum, Wiesbaden
1960
- Contre-Festival zum IGNM, Atelier Mary Bauermeister, Cologne