Josef Strau

Solo Exhibitions

2012

• Exercises, Greene Naftali, New York

2011

• 3 Exercises: anrufen, bekennen, wegwerfen, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich

2010

• The Balalaika Moment, Dependance, Bruxelles,
• The “Why does this all happen to me” Experience, House of Gaga, Mexico City
• Vienna and Jerusalem (with Martin Guttman), Pro Choice, Vienna

2009

• The Space of Words, MUDAM, Luxemburg
•  Iniquities Suspend, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
• The Oriental Therapies, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany

2008

• 18 Inquitites, Greene Naftali, New York
• iamb: the limbo of vanity, Vilma Gold, London (with R.H. Quaytman)
• Malmö Konsthall, Malmö

2007

• Voices, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• Why Doesn’t My Plant Grow Anymore? Vilma Gold, London
• Josef Strau, Dependance, Brussels

2006

• Dont Climb the Pyramids, Greene Naftali, New York
• c/o Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Ziegelstrasse, Berlin invited by Yilmaz Dziewior

2002

• Nazis of Suburbia, Greene Naftali, New York

1998

• a, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne

Group Exhibitions

2010

• The Inhabitants, Vilma Gold, London

2009

• The Oriental Therapies, Daniel Bucholz, Berlin
• Scorpio’s Garden, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin
• Groupshow, Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis
• Galerie Lelong, New York
• Quodlibet II, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln

2008

• Novel, Bibliothekswohnung, Anna-Catharina Gebbers curated by Matt Williams, Berlin
• Galerie Catherine Bastide & Dependance, Brüssel
• Galerie Catherine Bastide and dependence, Brussels
• Manifesta 7, The European Biennal of Contemporary Art, Trentino, South Tyrol, Italy
• One Season in Hell, Mehringdamm 72, Berlin
• It’s Gonna Rain, Maison populaire, Montreuil, France, curated by Christophe Gallois

2007

• Shandyismus, Secession, Vienna, Austria

2006

• …:ICAL KRBBR PRDLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA curated by Michael Krebber, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
• Looking Back, White Columns, New York
• Next to Kin, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
• La maman et la putain curated by Eva Svennung, Air de Paris, Paris
• Our Marvellous Ambition, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin
• Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; curated by Bennett Simpson (Additional Venues: Power Plant, Toronto; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 2007); (catalogue)
• Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers, Kunsthaus Dresden

2005

• The Gone Wai, curated by Tobias Buche Gagosian Gallery Berlin
• Possession, Paul-Linke-Ufer, Berlin curated by Dominique Eichler

2004

• Mg, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
• Zeichnungen, Werkleitzbiennale, Halle curated by Ariane MFligen Arbeitsschutz,Wandbilder, WBD, Berlin, Editionen 4 Jahre WBD, Berlin

2003

• Photo +, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
• Photo +, Prague Biennale 1

2002

• The Nazis of Suburbia, onomien der Zeit, curated by Hans-Christian Dany and Astrid Wege, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
• Pictures, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

2000

• The Inheritage, Video for Coal By Any Other Name, organized by S. Dillemuth, Colin De Land Fine Art, New York
• hey, international competition style, TENT, Rotterdam curated by Amelie von Wulffen und Dirk Schmidt
• ProduktivitÔøΩund Existenz organized by ¬ìDie Beute¬î, Bethanienhaus, Berlin
• Deutsche Kunst in Moskau, Central House of Artists, Moscow
• Snowflake Office organized by C. KrÔøΩ Greene Naftali Gallery, NewYork

1999

• The Castle, (with Amelie von Wulffen), Snowflake Office, Galerie WalbrDorf

1998

• SUUM SUUN AKVY `73, Laden Schillerstr. 32, Berlin
• Kunstb60, Wien with The Nazis of Suburbia

1997

• Die krumme Pranke, Video with A. Creischer, A. Siekmann, A. von Wulffen

1993

• Friesenwall 120, Cologne, co-curated with Stefan Dillemuth 1990-1993
• Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York (with S. Dillemuth)
• Parallax View: New York-Cologne at P.S. 1 Four Walls, New York (with S. Dillemuth)

1991

• Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
• Kunstraum Daxer, MÔøΩ (with S. Dillemuth)

1990