Dirk Stewen

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Born: 1972 in Dortmund
Lives: and works in Hamburg

Education
1992-1995
Art History at Ruhr-Universit�t Bochum

1995-2001
Hochschule f�r bildende K�nste Hamburg

Solo Exhibitions
2009
c/o � Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin (November 2009)
Dirk Stewen: Paper Eye Collection, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
droplets, c/o � Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin (January 2009)
Galleri MGM, Oslo
Overbeck Gesellschaft, L�beck

2008
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

2007
Pictures not lovers, c/o � Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Pictures, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, D�sseldorf

2006
Even in its blackness, the sky did not rest, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Sugar, Lump, Sugar, K�nstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart

2005
Bo�te AC, Wohnungsausstellung bei Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Berlin

2002
Le M�pris, Galerie Nomadenoase Hamburg

2001
I like it, a-ha a-ha, Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse 13, Hamburg (with Susanne Luptovits)


Group Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
privat � Wuppertaler Sammler der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal

2008
Invention/Tradition, Crown Point Press, San Francisco
Bookish, curated by Matt Packer, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
Galerie Eva Winkeler, Frankfurt/Main
Wir nennen es Hamburg, Hamburg Kunstverein, Hamburg

2007
Passengers, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Ballet M�canique, curated by Emma Dexter, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
The Three Cities - Exhibition in Print: Tank magazine, Volume 4 Issue 8, London
Pale carnage, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Very abstract and hyper figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Pale carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol
Galleri MGM, Oslo

2006
The Three Cities � Milan: The Factory, Milan
partoftheprocess2, Galleria Zero, Milan
Das Stipendium, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg
The Glass Bead Game, curated by Alun Rowlands and Matt Williams, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin

2005
Alles.In einer Nacht, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
It takes some time to open an Oyster, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Centro Cultural Andratx, Andratx-Mallorca
Bo�te � Conserves, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Suburbia, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen

2004
Formalismus, Moderne Kunst, heute, Kunstverein in Hamburg
Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse 13

2003
Feine Ware, Plattform Taubenstrasse im Kunstverein Hamburger Bahnhof

2000
The Color of Friendship, curated by Elke aus dem Moore, Shedhalle, Z�rich


Bibliography
reviews

2009
Meade, Fionn: Dirk Stewen, Artforum International, April, pp. 188-189
N.N.: Kartoffelpapier, Neues Deutschland, January 7
N.N.: Dirk Stewen: droplets, Berlin.unlike.net, January

2008
Karich, Swantje: Blo� keine Panik, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 5
Ward, Ossian: Gothic art revival, TimeOut London (TimeOut.com), January 2

2007
Danielsen, Guro: Vestkant p� �stkanten, Dagbladet, September 16, pp. 8-16
Haugen, Nina Marie: Tysk samtid, Dagsavisen, May 9
Kastner, Jeffrey: Openings: Dirk Stewen, Artforum, September, pp. 450-451
Steeds, Lucy: Pale Carnage, Art Monthly, No. 305, April
Wittneven, Katrin: Die Watchlist de luxe f�r 2007, Dirk Stewen, Monopol Magazin, No. 1, January, p. 90
N.N.: Arnolfini, Bristol Magazine, April 1, p. 32

2006
Gebbers, Anna-Catharina: �ber Dirk Stewens, Artist � Kunstmagazin, No. 66, January/February, S. 4-7
Jahn, Wolf: Sechs K�nstler auf Reisen. Kunstverein Stipendiaten stellen aus, Hamburger Abendblatt, April 10
N.N. Sugar Lump, Sugar, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, June 20

2005
Diedrichsen, Diedrich: Formalism, Artforum International, March, S. 231
Smith, Roberta: Art in Review: Alles. In einer Nacht, The New York Times, July 15

Publications
exhibition catalogues

2009
privat � Wuppertaler Sammler der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal

2008
The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers 2.3: Dirk Stewen, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (booklet)

2007
Pale Carnage, exhibition catalogue Arnolfini, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Bristol/Dundee

2006
Das Stipendium, exhibition catalogue Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg

2005
Suburbia, exhibition catalogue Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen

2004
Formalismus, Moderne Kunst, heute, exhibition catalogue Kunstverein in Hamburg