David Lieske

B. 1979, Hamburg, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin

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David Lieske
Direction Artiste (Fig. I Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Shelf, paint, athletic socks
175 × 51 × 36 cm (68 ⅞ × 20 ⅛ × 14 ⅛ inches)

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Direction Artiste (Fig. III Fossilisation Totale), 2018
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David Lieske
Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Shelf, paint, athletic socks
175 × 51 × 36 cm (68 ⅞ × 20 ⅛ × 14 ⅛ inches)

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David Lieske
Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Shelf, paint, athletic socks
175 × 51 × 36 cm (68 ⅞ × 20 ⅛ × 14 ⅛ inches)
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David Lieske
Direction Artiste (Fig. I Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Shelf, paint, athletic socks
175 × 51 × 36 cm (68 ⅞ × 20 ⅛ × 14 ⅛ inches)
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Detail, Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Detail, Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Detail, Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
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David Lieske
Direction Artiste (Fig. III Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Shelf, paint, athletic socks
175 × 100 × 36 cm (68 ⅞ × 39 ⅜ × 14 ⅛ inches)
Detail, Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Exhibition view
David Lieske
Direction Artiste (Fig. II Fossilisation Totale), 2018
Shelf, paint, athletic socks
175 × 51 × 36 cm (68 ⅞ × 20 ⅛ × 14 ⅛ inches)

David Lieske

German artist, gallerist, DJ and musician David Lieske (b. 1979 in Hamburg), lives and works in Berlin and New York. Platoon (RL-X), a 2015 solo exhibition at Mumok, Vienna centered around the artist’s biography, addressed the fluid borders between life and work. Lieske co-founded Dial Records in 1999 and Berlin and New York based Mathew Gallery in 2011.

Previous exhibitions include: “Platoon (RL-X),” Mumok, Vienna; Platitude Normale, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; “Style and Subversion 1979-2012,” Corvi-Mora, London; “A Greater Administration of Lower Interests,” Tobias Naehring, Leipzig; “Imperium in Imperio,” Alex Zachary, New York; “A means to an end – to make ends meet,” Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago; “New Work,” Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; “The Secret Life of Objects,” Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; “Quodlibet II,” Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; “Whole Lotta Love,” Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin; “Atlantis,” Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; “Everything that doesn’t happen today doesn’t happen,” Daniel Buchholz, Berlin.

David Lieske
B. 1979, Hamburg, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin

Solo Exhibitions

2019	La Collectionneuse, Corvi-Mora, London
2018	Direction Artiste II, VI, VII, Oslo Direction Artiste I, Lovaas Projects, Munich
2015	Fantôme Mains Sur, VI, VII, Oslo Platoon (RL-X), mumok, Vienna (Cat)
2013	Deformation Professionelle, VI, VII, Oslo Platitude Normale, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
2012	Style and Subversion 1979-2012, Corvi-Mora, London
2011	A Greater Administration of Lower Interests, Tobias Naehring, Leipzig Adequate, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (with Nick Mauss & Michaela Eichwald)
2010	Imperium in Imperio, Alex Zachary, New York
2009	Der afrikanische Stuhl von Marcel Breuer und Gunta Stoelz aus der Anfangszeit des Bauhauses 80 Jahre verschollen geglaubt nun aufgefunden und erstmals praesentiert, Corvi-Mora, London A Means to an End – To Make Ends Meet, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
2008	New Work, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Everything that doesn’t happen today doesn’t happen, Daniel Buchholz, Berlin
2007	il mio solo idolo é la realtá, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
2006	Atlantis, Galerie Daniel Buchhollz, Köln Standard Gallery, Oslo
2004	Case Arse, Rheinschau, Köln (for Galerie Daniel Buchholz)

Group Exhibitions

2020	Hooks & Claws, curated by Alexis Vaillant, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
2018	And Justice for All…, VI, VII, Oslo Coded Encounters, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon
2017	Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989–2017, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2016	Group Show, Corvi-Mora, London
2012	Crystal Flowers, Mathew, Berlin
2011	No Colour In Your Cheeks Unless The Wind Lashes Your Face, curated by Timothée Chaillou, An Online Exhibition V€RSUS; David Lieske vs Carsten Jost, Deo Records, Frankfurt Another Kind of Vapor, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis
2010	This and That II, Corvi-Mora, London Blood of a Poet, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York More Carpets, Bortolozzi, Berlin This and That, Corvi-Mora, London
2009	The Secret Life of Objects, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Quodlibet II, Daniel Buchholz, Köln Point Vierge, A Summer Exhibition, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago 2nd Herzliya Biennial, Tel Aviv
2008	Whole Lotta Love, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin This is Not a Void, Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo Less, Haubrokshows, Berlin Quién esta?, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin It’s About Sculpture, Naubrokshows, Berlin
2007	Verwendungsnachweis, Stipendiaten der Jüngen Ponto-Stiftung 2003-2006, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main
2006	The Subtlety of and the Fortitude of…, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), Bellwether, New York Spiralen der Erinnerung, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg Nichts weiter als ein Rendezvous, Künstlerhaus Bremen Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln at Metropictures, Metropictures, New York Don Quijote, Witte de With, Rotterdam Mafia/One Unopened Package of Cigarettes, Standard Gallery, Oslo
2005	Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany No Competitive Offers, Artis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands Suspended Narratives, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas, United States Grey Flags, Fredrich Petzel Gallery, New York It Takes Some Time to Open an Oyster, Centre Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain The Berlin School of the Art School, Mark Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
2004	Galerie Meerettich, Berlin Teil 2, Quodlibet, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln Formalismus. Moderne Kunst, heute, Kunstverein in Hamburg blau in der kugel, Der Blauen Kugel, Hamburg
2003	Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg

Curatorial Projects

2011-2016	Mathew Gallery, Berlin – New York
2012	During the Second World War…, Peep-Hole, Milan
2011	Films & Filming, Bischoff Projects, Frankfurt
2010	Ne Vivre Jamais, Elgarafi, Berlin
2005	No Competitive Offers, Artis, Den Bosch

Awards

2005	Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung Award, Frankfurt

Publications

2018	David Lieske, Robert Kulisek, 299 792 458 m/s , The Overworked Body Issue #2, Westreich Wagner, New York
2016	David Lieske, Robert Kulisek, 299 792 458 m/s, The American Issue #1, Westreich Wagner, New York
2015	David Lieske, Platoon (RL-X), Mumok, Vienna
2011	David Lieske, Case Arse II -Appendix- (Sao Paulo) White Flag Projects, Saint Louis
2010	The Art of Tomorrow, Distanz, Berlin, pp.206-209
2009	Massimiliano Gioni (ed.), Younger Than Jesus- Artist Directory, New Museum/Phaidon Press, London
2008	This Is Not A Void, Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo
2007	The Violence of Participation, Sternberg Press, Berlin, pp.118-11 No Competitive Offers, Ik ben Artis, Artis Den Bosch David Lieske Interview, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, March 2007
2006	David Lieske, ZK III. Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Signetwerke der Sammlungen, p.198
2004	Morgan Fisher, David Lieske, Formalismus. Moderne Kunst, Heute, Kunsteverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, pp.94-103

Bibliography

2019	Daniel Culpan, Guarding the Avant-Garde: David Lieske on the Hypocrisy of Collecting, Frieze, July 29, 2019 Elise by Olsen, My Favourite Fashion Publications, AnOthermag.com, July 25, 2019
2018	Timo Feldhaus, Fashion at the Speed of Light with Rob Kulisek and David Lieske, Ssense, September 2018
2015	Exposure and Chromaticity, Camera Austria International 131, October 2015, pp.50- 51 Sabrina Moller, David Lieske. Platoon (RL-X) I Interview mit Barbara Rudiger, ArtandSignature.com, February 16, 2015
2013	Arve Rod, The artist as passepartout, Kunstkritikk, November 8, 2013 Jean Kay, Frieze London 2013 reviewed, atractivoquenobello, October 25, 2013 David Lieske Platitude Normale at CAPC Bordeaux, Mousse, July 30, 2013 Christophe Loubes, Identités brouillées, SudOuest, May 17, 2013 David Lieske: Platitude normale, art limited, June 2, 2013 David Lieske, New York Report, May 2013, Issue 4, pp.154-165
2011	Open Files, Elephant, Issue 9, Winter 2011, p.25
2010	Michael Sanchez, David Lieske, ArtForum, November 2010, pp.266-267 Dan Fox, David Lieske, Frieze, November/December 2010, pp.141-142 Alexis Vaillant, Emerging Artists, Frieze, January/February 2010, pp.90-91 David Reisman, Life At Work; David Lieske at Alex Zachary, New York, Texte Zur Kunst, December 2010 Aimee Walleston, David Lieske, Alex Zachary, New York, The Last Magazine
2009	Joern Ebner, Ueber David Lieske bei Corvi-Mora, London, Texte Zur Kunst, November 23, 2009
2007	Isabelle Graw, David Lieske, The Unseeen, Nichts Weiter als ein Rendezvous, Künstlerhaus Bremen, pp.30-34 Walter Wacht, Texte zur Kunst-Neues Heft, David Lieske-Edition, Äesthetik der Administration, Spex Michelle Grabner, David Lieske, Artforum, Summer 2007, pp.503-504, No Competitive Offers, Ik ben Artis, Artis Den Bosch
2006	David Lieske, ZK III. Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Signetwerke der Sammlungen, p.198 Was Fehlt ihnen Herr Lowtzow?, DieZeit, September 28, 2006 Florian Pumhösl, Kontrollierte Zerstörung, Texte zur Kunst, No.62, June Anne Doran, Dice Thrown, Time Out New York, November 2-8, 2006 Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), The New Yorker, November 6, 2006 Frank Frangenberg, Das Schöne Liegt Lange Hinter Uns, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, No: 52, March 2, 2006 Catrin Lorch, David Lieske bei Daniel Buchholz, Kunst-Bulletin, No.3, p.56
2005	Kathrin Luz, Am Schwarzweissen Faden. Ein Portrait des Kölner Sammlers Thorsten Koch, Spike Art Quarterly, No.4, Summer 2005, pp.86-89 Lisa Zeitz, Werdet Niemals Erwachsen. Gebrauchsanleitung für Einen Spaziergang Durch Chelseas Galerin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No.175, July 30, 2005, p.56 Holland Cotter, Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable, The New York Times, July 8, 2005 pp.E29,E31 Matt Wolf, Summer Group Shows Roundup, New York, Flash Art Online, August Ursula Panhans-Bühler, Don’t Move?, Texte zur Kunst, No.57, March 2005, pp.186-188
2004	Catrin Lorch, Würfeldämmerung, Frankfurter Allgemeine, December 20, 2004, No.304, p.35 Formalism: Modern Art Today, Artforum, September 2004, p.128 David Lieske: Case Arse, Texte zur Kunst, No.53

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