Susan Philipsz
1965
born in Glasgow, Scotland
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1989 - 1993
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art BA Fine Art Sculpture
1993 - 1994
University of Ulster, Belfast M.A. Fine Art
1999
PT Lecturer at the University of Ulster
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2017
Birmingham Big Art Project, Birmingham, England
Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
2015
Residency, Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
2010
Shortlisted for Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award
Winner of The Turner Prize
2003
Art Pace, San Antonio, TX
2002
Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V artist Residency
2000
PS1 Fellowship, New York
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Council of England, UK
Austellungshalle zeitgenössiche Kunst Münster, Germany
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Castello di Rivoli, Italy
Centro Gallego Arte de Contemporaneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Fundacion Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Fundacion Joan Miró, Barcelona
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
The Linda Pace Art Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Sculpture projects Münster, Germany (2007 permanent exhibition) The Tate, London
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Unquiet Grave, Philadelphia Contemporary at Woodlands Mansion, Philadelphia (forthcoming)
2021
The Unquiet Grave, Philadelphia Contemporary at Woodlands Mansion, Philadelphia (forthcoming)
The Wind Rose, Sculpture Park Schwante, Germany
Slow Fresh Fount, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
The Calling, Viktoriabad, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
The Wind Rose, Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands
Rosa, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (long-term commission)
2020
Sleep Close and Fast, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles
War Damaged Musical Instruments, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Muffled Drums, Philadelphia Contemporary, Philadelphia
The Wind Rose, Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands
The Calling, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Viktoriabad, Bonn, Germany
2019
Tomorrow’s Sky, Quetzal Art Center, Vidigueira, Portugal
Seven Tears, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO
Susan Philipsz, Villa Cerutti, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
White Flood, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
The Wind Rose, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
2018
Single Voice, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
I See a Darkness, The Tanks, Tate Modern, London
Susan Philipsz: Separated Strings, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
The Voices, House of Austrian History commission, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz, Vienna
The Yellow Wallpaper, English Heritage commission, Belsay Hall Castle and Gardens, Northumberland, England
Who By Fire, Valletta 2018 Foundation, Valletta
2017
Seven Tears, Sculpture International Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A Single Voice, Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
Part File Score, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
NOW: Susan Philipsz, Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh, Scotland
Lost In Space, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
2016
Susan Philipsz: Returning, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
Susan Philipsz: Night and Fog, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
2015
Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments, Tate Britain, London
Susan Philipsz: Part File Score, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami
Part File Score, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Susan Philipsz, War Damaged Musical Instruments (Pair), Theseus temple, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
As Many as Will, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
Bruce Nauman und Susan Philipsz: Sound Works, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Follow Me, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
Susan Philipsz, Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT
2014
Broken Ensemble, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, England
Weep, O Mine Eyes, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Susan Philipsz: Day is Done, Governors Island, New York (public commission)
The Distant Sound, InSite commission, Norway, Sweden & Denmark
Susan Philipsz: Part File Score, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2013
Susan Philipsz: The Missing String, K21 Ständehaus Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Permanent installation, The Glenorchy Art & Sculpture Park (GASP!) in conjunction with Museum of Old and New Art MONA FOMA Festival, Hobart, Tasmania
One and the same, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Susan Philipsz, Frommannscher Skulpturen- Garten, Friedrich-Schiller- Universitat Jena, Germany
2012
Susan Philipsz: The Distant Sound, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
It means Nothing To Me, Mizuma Gallery, Beijing
Close to Me, City of Milan, Palazzo Reale, Milan (public commission)
Timeline, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Study for Strings, Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany
2011
Seven Tears, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
We Shall Be All, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
FreePort [No. 003]: Susan Philipsz, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
The Cuckoo’s Nest, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
You Are Not Alone, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin
2010
SURROUND ME: A Song Cycle for the City of London (public commission)
Susan Philipsz: White Winter Hymnal, Snowmass Mountain, organized by Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
When Day Closes, IHME Project 2010, commission for Pro Arte Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
Lowlands, commission for Glasgow International, Glasgow
I See a Darkness, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
From the Beginning, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland Mizuma and One Gallery, Beijing
2009
The Two Sisters, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
The Shortest Shadow, Wexner Centre for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Appear to Me, Silo Monastery, curated by Lynn Cooke and commmissioned by Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, Burgos, Spain
Lowlands, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Long Gone, CoCA, Torun, Poland
You Are Not Alone, Radcliffe Observatory, Modern Art Oxford, England From a Distance, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England
2008
I See a Darkness, Jarla Partilager, Stockholm
Here Comes Everybody, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Susan Philipsz: Lowlands, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin
Alpine Architecture (with Monica Sosnowska), Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil- Jona, Switzerland
More Than This- Juan Miro Foundation Gardens, Palma de Majorca, Spain
Out of Bounds: Susan Philipsz, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Susan Philipsz, Imperial War Museum Commission, London
2007
Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me, Mitzuma Gallery, Tokyo
Susan Philipsz, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Susan Philipsz, Art Statements Basel, Basel
2006
There is Nothing Left Here, Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin Special Project, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid
2005
The Glass Track (with Robert Barry), Buro Friedrich, Berlin
Susan Philipsz: Ziggy Stardust Launch, Appendiks, Copenhagen
Stay With Me, Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
2004
Susan Philipsz, Kunstverein Arnsberg. E.V, Arnsberg, Germany
Susan Philipsz, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Let Us Take You There, (with Paul Rooney) Site Gallery, Sheffield, England *
2003
Susan Philipsz, 38 Langham St, London
2002
Wild as the Wind, Comb of the Winds, DAE, San Sebastian, Spain
Cast Together in 'C', Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Susan Philipsz, Womens Library Commission, London
Susan Philipsz, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pledge, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2001
Tomorrow Belongs To Me, Stadtlabor, Lüneburg, Germany
2000
I Remember You, The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Some Place Else, (with Mary McIntyre), Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam
It Means Nothing To Me, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, England
1999
Red Standard, (with Eoghan McTigue), The New Works Gallery, Chicago
1998
Strip Tease, The Annual Programme, Manchester, England
1997
Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah: A Song Apart, Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland
Metropola, commissioned by the Quarter club and HTBA Tesco Metro, Manchester, England
1995
Collaborate (with Emma Neilson), Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Romanticism: Dreams of Freedom, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2020
Field Music Curates the ACC, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Sunderland, UK
The Lion is Hungry, Fondation Beyeler, Basel/Riehen, Switzerland
Art Outside, The Bass Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
Espressioni, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Turin
NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Summer at Louisiana, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Songs in the Dark, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
AGAINandAGAINandAGAINand, Museum of Modern Art, Bologna, Italy
CAD. EX. 2020; Surreale Maßnahmen für surreale Zeiten, Kunsthalle
Oktogon, Hochschule für Bildende Kunst (HfBK), Dresden, Germany
Mourning: On Loss and Change, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Rubble: A Matter Of Time, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Romanticism: Dreams of Freedom, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2019
Flow My Tears, SCAPE Public Art 2019, Christchurch, New Zealand
By Artists: From the Home to the Museum, from the Museum to the Home. Homages by contemporary artists to the works of the Cerruti Collection, Castello di Rivoli and Villa Cerutti, Italy
Inaugural Exhibition, Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
Resonating Spaces, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland Syncopation: Contemporary Encounters with the Modern Masters, Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan
The Aerodrome, An exhibition dedicated to the memory of Michael Stanley, IKON Gallery Birmingham, England
Manif d'Art, La Biennale de Quebec, Canada
2018
Ninth Season, Episode: Berlin, Art in the Twenty-First Century (ART 21), PBS
PHOTOGRAPHY + BOOKS Out of the Retina and Into the Brain: The Art Library of Aaron and Barbara Levine, The Art Institute of Chicago
Divided We Stand, Busan Biennale 2018, Busan, South Korea
Silence, Cappadox 2018 Contemporary Art Programme, Cappadox, Turkey
Into Nature, Out of Darkness, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Machines à penser. Three Philosopher's Huts, Fondazione Prada, Venice
Chaos and Order, RMIT Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Künstlerräume, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen
Revolt & Revolutions: An Arts Council Collection National Partner Exhibition, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
2017
Myth, Music & Electricity a concert with visual artists, Artgeneve, Herkulessaal Munich
Moving is in Every Direction, Narrative Spaces, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
You Are Here, West, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Soundtracks, SFMOMA, San Francisco
War Damaged Musical Instruments, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2016
Aperto Space, Berlin
The Pleasure of Love, The 56th Belgrade October Salon, Belgrade City Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
Ghosts of Other Stories, The British Council Collection, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
The Distant Unknown, OCT, Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai, China
Wolfsburg Unlimited, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany Wanderlust, The High Line, New York
2015
At The Hub of Things: New Views of The Collection, Hirschhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Susan Philipsz, The Three Songs, Parasophia, Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture, Kyoto, Japan
Political Landscapes, Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark / Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Soundscapes, with Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors, The National Gallery, London
14th Istanbul Biennial, SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms, Istanbul
2014
Interval. Sound Actions, Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Bielefeld Contemporary, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
The Bigger Picture: Work from the 1990s, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
The River Cycle (Neva), Manifesta 10, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Cuckoos Nest, Sapporo International Art Festival 2014, Sapporo, Japan
2013
Soundings: A Contemporary Score, organized by Barbara London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sound Bites City: an inaugural exhibition of RMIT University’s new Sound Art Collection, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Voyage, or Three Year at Sea Part VI, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
2012
Decade: Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China
Wide Open School, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
X Sound: On and After John Cage and Nam June Paik, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Mer än Ljud (More Than Sound), curated by Theo Ringborg, More Than Sound, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
I Wish This Was A Song: Music in Contemporary Art, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, Oslo
dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel, Germany
Temporary Contemporary, Bass Art Museum, Miami
2011
Freeze, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Quiet Attentions: When Attitude Turns into Beauty, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower, Mito, Japan
Ostalgia, New Museum, New York
2010
ESPECTRAL (Spectral), Centro Galego de Arte Contempora?nea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Haunted, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Everything is connected: research and investigations into art of the past decade through the collection, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
Human Condition: On Empathy and Emancipation, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
You Are Not Alone, Museum of Modern Art, Brondo Sculpture Park, Warsaw, Poland
Woods So Wild, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
The 29th Bienal de São Paulo
The Turner Prize 2010 Exhibition, Tate Britain, London
RES PUBLICA, The Modern Art Center of The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
2009
Mirrors, curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, MARCO-Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Vigo, Spain
The Quick and the Dead, curated by Peter Eleey, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Le sang d’un poète, Estuaire Nantes/Saint Nazaire Biennale, France
The Past in the Present, LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Spain
The Collection, Siobhan Davies Dance & Victoria Miro Gallery, London
PLOT/09: This World & Nearer Ones, Public Project for Governor's Island produced in conjunction with Creative Time, New York
Quizas me puedas contar orta historia..., Caceres, Spain
1989, Ende der Geschichte oder Beginn der Zukunft, Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna
Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me, Een Dijk van een Kunst, The Netherlands
2008
Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Sound of Music, Marrs Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
God and Goods, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo, Italy
Tales of Time and Space, Folkstone Triennial, Folkstone, England
Revolutions- Forms That Turn, Sydney Biennale, Sydney
Unknown Pleasures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
U Turn, Copenhagen Triennale, Copenhagen
2007
Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Germany
for REE, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Madrid Abierto, Madrid
Unmonumental, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
2006
Of Mice and Men, 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
The Gallery Show, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
The Grand Promenade, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Ars 06, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Special Projects, ARCO, Madrid
Film Festival, Argos, Brussels
Live Radio Project; “Radio Waves Goodbye” Hidden Rythms, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2005
Migration Project, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany A Bridge, a River, and a Dead Zone, Nicosia, Cyprus
ADAM, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hidden Rhythms, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China
Our Surroundings, New Commission, Dundee Contemporary, Dundee, Scotland
Turin Triennale, church of Santa Crux, Rivoli, Italy
Argos Festival, Brussels
Leaps of Faith New Commission, Nicosia, Cyprus Arts, Dundee, Scotland
2004
The Stars Are So Big, The Earth is So Small....Stay As You Are, Esther Schipper, Berlin
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Beck's Future Prize 2004, CCA, Glasgow
Pass The Time of Day, Maryron Park, London
Berlin Art Forum, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Berlin Platform, Istanbul
Depicting Love, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Space to Face, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Munster, Germany Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Beck's Futures 2004, ICA Galleries, London
2003
Susan Philipsz, Paul Pfeiffer, Brian Fridge, Art Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX
The Echo Show, Tramway, Glasgow
Days Like These, The Triennial of British Art, Tate Britain, London
The Moderns, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Smart Projects, Amsterdam
2002
FreeSpace, Z 33 Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
Groove, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, England
Band Wagon Jumping, The International 3, Manchester, England
Strike, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England
Islands and Aeroplanes, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
ArtForum Berlin, Ellen De Breine Projects, Amsterdam
Untitled, Synagogue of Ostia Antica, Rome
Loop, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Ziggy Stardust, The Music In Me, GAK, Bremen, Germany
The Dead, International Exhibitionist, Curzon cinema, Soho, London
Ziggy Stardust, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
One Fine Day...in Berlin, K34, Berlin
2001
The Internationale Loop, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
I Remember You, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bratislava, Slovakia
Battle of Algieres: Small Steps, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Total Object Complete with Missing Parts, Tramway, Glasgow
Tomorrow Belongs To Me, PS1 Show, The Clocktower, New York
The Glen Dimplex Awards, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Victory, The International Language, Grassy Knoll Productions, Belfast, Ireland
Filter, Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
I Remember You (Sloan/ Philipsz/ McTigue), The Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
The Internationale Loop, Kunsthalle The Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
New York New Sounds, Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, France
2000
The Internationale Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Internationale, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah, The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
It Means Nothing to Me, The New Gallery, Walsal, England
Christmas Carol, Annual Show, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
It Means Nothing to Me, Girl, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, England
Company, Small Steps, Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland
Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah, The Ellipse Gallery, Arlington, VA
Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah, The Laing Gallery, Newcastle, England
1999
Susan, Barbara, Joan,and Sarah: A Song Apart
Signs Of Life. Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
Filter, Infusion multi media festival, Limerick, Ireland
Filter, Signs Of Life, Melbourne International Biennial, Australia
Internationale, Multiplex 3, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Visualisation, Barbie on The Beach? Proposition Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Audiophfile, Nomads Website, sonicart exhibition, WA
Internationale, 7”vinyl record for sound installation as part of TOOT (Totally Out of Tune) commissioned by HTBA, Hull
Filter, My Eye Hurts, The Corner House, Manchester, England
Alone is not Lonely, Milieux, Le Lieu, Quebec City
Filter & I Remember You, My Eye Hurts, Thread Waxing, New York
Lengua De Trapo, Lae. Sferazul, ‘Internationale’ Valencia, Spain
Filter, Infusion multi media festival, Limerick, England
Untitled, Sonic SeaAir, Brighton Bandstand, Brighton, England
I Remeber You, Red Standard, The Idaho Gallery, Chicago
1998
Alone is Not Lonely, Perspectives ‘98, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Filter, Resonate, The Laganside Bus Centre, Belfast, Ireland
Audiophfile, Nomads Website, sonicart exhibition, WA
2 Part Harmony, Happenstance, The Engine Room, Belfast, Ireland
Red Shift, Ev+A ‘98, St Michael’s Church, Limerick, Ireland
The Dark side of Pleasure, Radar, Hendersons Warehouse, Dundee, Scotland
Santa Lucia, Reverend Todd’s Full House, (in collaboration with Peter McCaughey) at the Queens Film Theatre, Belfast, Ireland
Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah, Belltable Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
I Buried a Sound Deep in the Ground, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
1997
Metropola, co-commissioned by the W&L International and Hull Time
Based Arts, Tesco Metro supermarket, Manchester, England
10pm-2am, Museum of the Twentieth Century, Catalyst Arts, Milan
European Couples and Others, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Do You Get It? New York Art Fair, organised by Catalyst Arts
Do We Need an Aether at All? Fast, BoBo's Gallery, London
Untitled (3-5dB) Waterfront, Waterfront concert Hall, Belfast, Ireland
Red Shift, Limits of Silence, The Pierce Institute, Glasgow
Day for Night, The Directors Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland
Outstanding In Our Field, Design Centre, London Art Fair, London
Splatter, one night event, Crawfordsburn House, Crawfordsburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland
Air on a G String, Fix ‘96 multi media Festival, Belfast, Ireland
1996
Only In the Dark, The Bedroom Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Baby Talk, House Style, The Bedroom Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Two Part Harmony, Ev+A ‘96, guest curator Guy Tortosa, Limerick, Ireland
Coming Home... Vaguely Unfamiliar, Imaginaire Irlandais Postcard Project. Bluebeards Back Room, Showing Off, The Zone Gallery, Newcastle, England
1995
Art Rebels! Members Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland
Meltdown, Beyond Borders Plus, The Glass works, Derry, Ireland
Two Part Harmony, Barrage, Design Centre, Belfast, Ireland
1994
Fix, sound and performance collaboration with Duncan Campbell, Belfast, Ireland
Hit and Run, Wilmont House, Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, Ireland
MA Traveling Show, The Guinness Hop store, Dublin
MONOGRAPHS AND GROUP EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2017
Philipsz, Susan and Arrheuius, Sara. “Lost in Space: A Single Voice”, Art and Theory and Bonniers Konstall, Stockholm, Sweden
2016
Trummer, Thomas D., Ringborg, Theodor and Schadler, Linda. “Susan Philipsz: Night and Fog”. Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bergenz, Austria
2015
Bazalgette-Staples, Bennet. “Follow Me: Susan Philipsz”. Humboldt Books, Milano, Italy
2014
Franzen, Brigitte and Lingwood, James. “Susan Philipsz: You Are Not Alone”. Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, Germany
2013
Lorenz, Angsar, Florence Thurmes, Marion Ackerman, Martin Herbert and Jan Verwoert. “Susan Philipsz The Missing String,” Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012
van der Ley, Sabrina. Stina Hokvist, Anne Hilde Neset, Sezgin Boynik. “I Wish This Was A Song: Music in Contemporary Art.” Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, Oslo, Norway pp. 134-135
2011
“Art in Unexpected Place,” Art Aspen Museum and The Crown Family, 2011, p. 111-117.
2010
Beccaria, Marcella and Elena Volpato. “Ten Years and Beyond: The Collection of the Fondazione per l’arte Moderna e Contemporanea – CRT for Turin and Piedmont.” Archive Books, 2011, pp. 376-377
Perez, Miguel von Hafe. “Espectral: Obras das coleccions do CGAS.” Xunta de Galicia, Spain
Budak, Adam. “Human Condition: Empathy and Emancipation in Precarious Times,” Kunsthaus Graz and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Cologne, 2010, pp. 2-3
2009
Eleey, Peter. "The Quick and the Dead." Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. 2008. pp. 274-275
2008
Fogle, Douglas. "Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International." Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; 2008. p. 264-269, ilus.
2007
Vorspan, Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Germany
Madrid Abierto, Madrid, Spain
2006
Ars 06, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
A Tale of Two Cities, Busan Biennale, Seoul, South Korea
Of Mice and Men, 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
2005
Susan Philipsz, Malmo Konsthall. Texts by Carolyn Christov Biekargiev, Francis McKee, Jacob Fabricius, Will Bradley, Andrew Renton
Pantagruel Syndrome, Turin Triennial, Turin, Italy
Projekte Migration, Kölnishner Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
2004
Susan Philipsz, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany. Text, Lotte Moeller
Becks Futures Prize 2004, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Pass The Time of Day, Gasworks Gallery, London, England
Files, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon Yugoslav Biennal of Young Artists, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
2003
Susan Philipsz, 2003. Art Pace Foundation, San Antonio. Text by Carolyn Christov Biekargiev
Days Like These, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain. Text by Ben Tufnell, Cream 3, Phaidon Press, Curated by Carolyn Christov Biekargiev
The Moderns, Castello Di Rivoli Museo d'Arte. Text by Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith
2001
Tirana Biennale 1, 2001. Giancarlo Politi Editore. Text by Eoghan McTigue
The Glen Dimplex Artists Award Exhibition. The Irish Museum of Modern Art. Text by Caoimhin MacGiollaLeith
1998
Resonate, 1998. Grassy Knoll Productions.
SELECTED REVIEWS
2020
Perra, Daniele. “Leonor Antunes, Silvia Bachli, Toba Khedoori, Susan Philipsz, Rachel Whiteread Sono Le Protagoniste Di “Resonating Space”, La Mostra, Poco Convincente, Allestita Negli Spazi Dela Fondation Beyeler, A Basilea”, Artribune, October 9, 2020 [online]
“Your Consise Los Angeles Art Guide for Spring 2020”, Hyperallergic, Febrary 12, 2020 [online]
Swedclassical, Mark. “Review: L.A. Phil embraces the Weimar Republic’s disruptive art. Trump protesters do too”, Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2020 [online]
Stromber, Matt. “A Chance to Revisit the Music, Art, and Theater of the Weimar Era”, Hyperallergic, February 5, 2019 [online]
McAnally, James. “Sound and Sculpture: Susan Philipsz Interviewed by James McAnally”, BOMB, January 22, 2020 [online]
2019
Morris, Susan. “Artist take on space and sound at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis”, The Architect’s Newspaper, October 24, 2019 [online]
Vuilleumier, Ruth. “Gesamtkunstwerk for all the senses”,Seniorweb, October 20, 2019 [online]
“Galleries: NOW at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art”, The Herald, October 19, 2019 [online]
Santo, Daniela. “Resonating Spaces”, Stadtanzeiger, October 18, 2019 [online]
Loiseau, Benoit. “Ruby City by David Adjaye is Texas’s newest architectural jewel”, Wallpaper, October 16, 2019 [online]
Valladolid, Culture. “The Herreriano hosts a sample of the sound pieces of the artist Susan Philipsz in the framework of Seminci”, Tribuna Valladolid, October 15, 2019 [online]
Mack, Gerhard. “It makes cities sound – the passer – by stop to wonder and take themselves for granted”, NZZamSonntag, September 28, 2019 [online]
Lange, Henny de. “Van Goghs under two meters of concrete and eight meters of sand”, Trouw, October 8, 2019 [online]
Fronz, Hans-Dieter. “Resonating Spaces” in the Foundation Beyler in Riehen” Badische Zeitung, October 4, 2019 [online]
Hollerbach, Bryan. “Pulitzer Arts Foundation’s New Exhibitions Challenge Visitors’ Senses”, Ladue News, October 3, 2019 [online]
Vogelaar, L. “Shelter Kroller-Muller open to the public”, Reformatorisch Dagblad, September 20, 2019 [online]
Henderson, Tony. “A popular North East Mansion like you’ve never seen it before”, Chronicle Live, September 11, 2019 [online] Kranzberg, Nancy. “Commentary: Sound Art Is Much More Than Experimental Music”, Kbia, September 6, 2019 [online]
Cascone, Sarah. Goldstein, Caroline. “Susan Philipsz: Seven Tears at the Pulitzer Art Foundation, St. Louis”, Artnet News, September 5, 2019 [online]
“Passages” at Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, Blouinartinfo, February 19, 2019 [online]
Morrill, Rebecca. “Great Women Artist”, Phaidon, 2019 [print]
2018 “The Voice: Interview”, Science, September 3, 2018 [online]
2018
“Catch Valetta 2018’s key contemporary art exhibition for free”, Times Malta, May 25, 2018 [online]
“British artists: Ebacc will damage creativity and self-expression”, The Guardian, May 8, 2018 [online]
“Britain’s Leading Artists Protest Against The Decline Of Art in Schools”, Artlyst, May 8, 2018 [online]
Miller, James H. “Artists Olafur Eliasson and Susan Philipsz to start in Art21’s new season, The Art Newspaper, May 2, 2018 [online] Vickers, Rose. “Mother Tongue”, Mousse Magazine, Issue 63, page 62- 71 [ill] [print]
Cilia, Johnathan. “Here’s Why A Construction Site Popped Up In Front Of The Daphne Memorial In Valletta”, Lovin Malta News, March 22, 2018 [online]
Wiesmann, Gerrit. “An Invisable Artwork Reminds Austria of Its Nazi Past”, The New York Times, March 16, 2018 [print] [online] Spiegler, Almuth. “Heldenplatz:Fragile Tone statt Hitler Gebrull”, Die Presse, March 12, 2018 [online]
“Valletta 2018’s biggest visual arts exhibition begins across Malta”, Times Malta, March 12, 2018 [online]
Murphy, James. “A Single Voice / Ziggy Stardust 2001: Review”, Palatinate, February 21, 2018 [online]
2017
2017 Pollock, David. “Now | Susan Philipsz, Michael Armitage, Yto Barrada, Kate Davis, Hiwa K, Sarah Rose”, The List, December 7, 2017 [online]
Jones, Johnathan. “The best shows this Christmas”, The Guardian, December 3, 2017 [online]
“Berlin based Scot’s artist sounds off in exhibition”, The Herald, October 27, 2017 [online]
Buhmann, Stephanie. “In Search of Resonance, A conversation with Susan Philipsz”, Sculpture Magazine, Volume 36, No.9, November 2017 [print]
Jones, Jonathan. “Susan Philipsz: A Single Voice review – sci-fi sound and emotional mystery from a visionary artist”, The Guardian, October 22, 2017 [online]
Carrigan, Margaret. “How Do You Exhibit Sound Art?”, Artsy, October 5, 2017 [online]
Banks, Libby. “Diverse Voices to Start Telling Time in Birmingham, Enland”, The New York Times, September 4, 2017 [online]
“Have you got a voice to tell the time?”, ITV, April 19, 2017 [online] Vermeulen, Timotheus. “Susan Philipsz”, Frieze, March 22, 2017 [online]
Buhmann, Stephanie. “Berlin Studio Conversations”, The Green Box, March 11, 2017 [print]
Buffenstein, Alyssa. “Susan Philipsz Shows Stellar New York at Bonniers Konsthall”, Artnet, February 24, 2017 [online]
“Das Salz der Tranen”, Kreiszeitung, January 11, 2017 [online]
Marc Alexander Schacht, Van Daniel. “Die Instrumente der Kunst”, January 11, 2017 [online]
Imdahl, Georg. “Achtung, Schallwellen, alle in Deckung!”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 28, 2017 [print]
Stoeber, Michael. “Susan Philipsz”, Artist Kunstmagazin, January 3, 2017, page 48-53. [print]
Tieke, Kristina. “Der Sound existenzieller Verlusterfahrungen”, Artline, January 1, 2017, page 5. [print]
2016
2016 Schneider, Anette. “Tonerne Erinnerungen im Kunstverein Hannover”, NDR, December 28, 2016 [online]
Probst, Carsten. “ Klange wie Skulpturen”, Deutschlandfunk, December 26, 2016 [online]
Worat, Jorg. “Klange dominieren Ausstellung “Returning” von Susan Philipsz”, Kultur, December 23, 2016 [print]
Queren, Henning. “Kunst aus purem Klang”, Kultur, December 9, 2016 [print]
Schneider, Anette. “Susan Philipsz im Kunstverein Hannover: Zerstorte Instrumente erzahlen vom Krieg”, Deutschlandradio Kultur, December 9, 2016 [online]
Alexander Schacht, Daniel. “Die Instrumente der Kunst”, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, December 9, 2016 [print] August, Jonathan Jones. “Audio-fail: why is so much sound art so bad?”, The Guardian, August 4, 2016, [online]
Buffenstein, Alyssa. “Artists Changing You Perception of Art”, Artnet News, August 4, 2016, [online]
Black, Paul. “Paul Black Reviews Abraham Cruzvillegas And Susan Philipsz' Tate Installations”, Artlyst, January 8, 2016, [online]
2015
2015 “Susan Philipsz Installation Opens at the Hirshhorn”, Smithsonian, December 22, 2015, [online]
Tschida, Anne. “Marguiles exhibit salutes a powerful German artist”, The Miami Herald, December 16, 2015, [online]
Tan, Scott. “Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments at Tate Britain” The Upcoming. November 24, 2015. [online]
Hutchinson, Jack. “A Q&A with... Susan Philipsz, sound artist” a-n. November 23, 2015. [online]
Battersby, Matilda. “Susan Philipsz Lets War Damaged Instruments Resound Chilling Tunes at Tate Britain” Artnet. November 23, 2015. [online]
Kent, Sarah. “Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments, Tate Britain” The Arts Desk. November 22, 2015. [online]
“Susan Philipsz, War Damaged Musical Instruments, Tate Britain” Aesthetica. Nov. 21, 2015. [online]
SILVA, JOSE? DA. “Echoes of the First World War fill Tate Britain’s galleries” The Art Newspaper. November 21, 2015. [online]
Hudson, Mark. “Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments, Tate Britain, review: 'honest but chilly'” The Telegraph. November 20, 2015. [online]
Judah, Hettie. “An Eerie New Sound Installation, Made From Broken Instruments” The New York Times. Nov. 20, 2015. [online]
Searle, Adrian. “Susan Philipsz' War Damaged Musical Instruments review – as uplifting as it is painful” The Guardian. November 20, 2015. [online]
Clark, Nick. “World War 1: Tate Britain to play war-damaged instruments for months to mark centenary of conflict.” Independent, November 04 2015. [online]
Slattery, Chloe. “Soundscapes: creative or crass?” Varsity. October 10, 2015. [online]
Hudsen, Mark. “Soundscapes, National Gallery, review: Painfully unambitious’.” The Telegraph, July 7, 2015.
Jones, Judith. “Soundscapes at National Gallery review—Jamie XX and friends make pointless soundtracks for paintings.” The Guardian, July 6, 2015.
Wei, Lilly. “Susan Philipsz.” Artnews, April 2015.
Adams, Samuel. “Rehabilitating Silence: Susan Philipsz’s Part File Score.” BR&S, March, 2015.
O’Donoghue, J.J. “Parasophia to take Kyoto into the now”. The Japan Times, March 5, 2015.
Gat, Orit. “Susan Philipsz: Part File Score.” Art Review, March, 2015. Gopnick, Black. “Susan Philipsz and the FBI’s War on the Atonal.” Artnet News, January 21, 2015.
Daniel, Gaus. “Part File Score by Susan Phiipsz at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery” Art Fuse Magazine, January 15, 2015.
10 Art World Events to Attend in New York This Week.” Art News, January 11, 2015.
Savitskaya, Anna. “Sound has always been my primary tool”-Interview with Susan Philipsz about her sound installations and more.” Artdependence, January 9, 2015.
“Portfolio: Around the World.” Modern Painters, January 2015.
2014
Searle, Adrian, “Adrian Searle’s Top 10 Art Shows of 2014,” The Guardian, December 10.
MacDowall, Lillian. “Berlin-based artists inspired by the city’s off-the- Wall energy.” Herald Scotland, November 7, 2014.
Marsden, Rachel. “Review: Susan Philipsz at Eastside Projects, Birmingham.” www.rachelmarsdenwords.wordpress.com, September 24, 2014. [online]
Vogel, Carol. “More Public Art For Governors Island.” The New York Times, April 24, 2014.
Berentsen, Mirth, “Susan Philipsz: Hamburger Banhoff,” Modern Painters, May 2014.
Searle, Adrian, “Sound Artist Susan Philipsz puts the FBI under surveillance,” The Guardian, February 26, 2014, online
“Art News: Susan Philipsz, Hamburger Banhoff, Berlin,” artlyst, February 2, 2014, online www.artlyst.com/articles/turner-prize- winner-susan-philipsz-unveils-her-latest-sound-installation-in berlin.
2013
Vogel, Carol. “The New Sound Of Art at MoMA.” The New York Times, April 5, 2013, p. C26
O’Driscoll, Bill. “An eerie folk song is the focus of Susan Philpsz’ One and the Same.” Pittsburgh City Paper, July 3
Gopnik, Blake. “Did You Hear That? It Was Art.” The New York Times, August 1
Cotter, Holland. “Going to MoMA to See the Sounds.” The New York Times, August 8, p. C21
Joseph, Branden W., “Soundings: A Contemporary Score.” Artforum, November, pp. 282-283.
“Susan Philipsz.” Soundings: A Contemporary Score, 2013. pp. 65
2012
ed. “Susan Philipsz: Turner winner to make new Edinburgh art.” BBC News, March 27
Sutton, Benjamin. “Frieze NY Pop-Up Sculpture Park Will Feature Louise Bourgeois, Christoph Buchel and Some Arty Fireworks.” ARTINFO.com, April 19
Searle, Adrian. “Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud.” The Guardian, June 11
Smith, Roberta. “Art Show as Unruly Organism.” The New York Times, June 14
Mansfield, Susan. “Edinburgh Art Festival: Turner Prize-winning artist Susan Philipsz’s Timeline aims to have its voice heard across Edinburgh.” The Scotsman, August 7
ed. “Susan Philipsz National Anthem Homage to Olympic Humdrum.” Artlyst, August 9
Cooper, Neil. “Susan Philipsz: Timeline.” The List, August 9
Wright, Karen. “Edinburgh Festival: art comes out of the gallery.” The Guardian UK, August 10
Wright, Karen. “In The Studio: Susan Philipsz, artist.” The Independent, August 11
Saltz, Jerry. “Five Shows Jerry Saltz Really Wants to See.” New York Magazine, August 27
Wilson, Michael. “Let the Music Play: Susan Philipsz at Tanya Bonakdar...” GalleristNY.com, September 18
Kopel, Danny. “Susan Philipsz at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.” ARTWRIT, October
Kley, Elisabeth. “Analia Saban and Susan Philipsz.” ARTnews, December, p. 110
Volk, Gergory. “Susan Philipsz.” Art in America, December, pp. 182- 183
2011
Laera, Margherita. “Susan Philipsz: The artist won the Turner Prize,” L’Uomo Vogue (Italia), January, p. 313
Perra, Daniele. “L’artista del suono.” KULT, February, pp. 108-111
Laera, Margherita. “Le Dive Dell’ Arte.” Velvet, April, p. 158
McDowall, Lillian. “Turner Prize winner opens biggest installation ever in Aachen.” Deutsche Welle, July 11
Cotter, Holland. “When Repression Was a Muse,” The New York Times, July 21
2010
Seikkula, Aura. “Susan Philipsz.” Frieze, April 1
Higgins, Charlotte. “Susan Philipsz: Lament for a drowned love.”
Guardian.co.uk, April 4
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. “Wonder Women.” Artforum (online), April 6 Russeth, Andrew. “Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.” Modern Painters, April, p.17
Higgins, Charlotte. “Susan Philipsz pulls out all the stops for the Turner Prize.” The Guardian, September 14
Halsey, Gemma. “An Artist Whose Work ‘Sounds Like Stars’.” New York Times, October 13
Collett-White, Mike. “Lament and mangled canvases at the Turner Prize.” Reuters, October 4
Luke, Ben. “Susan Philipsz’s Silence of the City Speaks Volumes.” The Evening Standard (UK), November 8
Cain, Matthew. “Turner Prize 10: Susan Philipsz.” Channel 4 News Online, November 29
SEARLE, Adrian. “Turner Prize Winner Susan Philipsz: an expert view.” The Guardian, December 6
Higgins, Charlotte. “Turner prize won by Susan Philipsz for a sound installation.” The Guardian, December 6
Collett-White, Mike. “Sound artist favorite to scoop 2010 Turner Prize.” Reuters, December 6
Collett-White, Mike. “UK Turner Prize goes to sound artist for the 1st time.” Reuters, December 6
“Sound artist wins Britain’s Turner Prize.” CBC news, December 6 “Susan Philipsz Wins Turner Prize Amid Student Protests.” Artinfo.com, December 6
Moss, Richard. “’Amazing’ Susan Philipsz work becomes first sound installation piece to win the Turner Prize.” Culture 24, December 6
Higgins, Charlotte. “Susan Philipsz: Sonic boom.” The Guardian, December 7
Stanley, Caroline. “Sound Installation Wins This Year’s Turner Prize.” Flavorwire, December 7
Weinberg, Lauren. “MCA highlights Turner Prize winner Susan Philpsz in spring 2011.” Time Out Chicago, December 7
Smith, Neil. “So how to you install a piece of sound art?” BBC News, December 7
Lowndes, Sarah. “The real Turner prize winner: this one’s for you, Glasgow.” The Guardian, December 8
Lyall, Sarah. “Canvas? Paint? No, Just Sound.” The New York Times, December 10, p. C5
2009
Smith, Roberta. "Island as Inspiration and Canvas." The New York Times, June 26
"Arte sonoro en Silos." El Mundo (online), March 12
de Castilho, Henrique. "'Hazte ver' en Santo Domingo de Silos." hoyesarte.com, February 28
Laster, Paul. "PLOT/09 Presents a Public Art Extravaganza on NYC's Governors Island." Flavorwire, June 30
2008
Churner, Rachel. "55th Carnegie International." Artforum, September, pp. 454-455 (illust.)
Velasco, David. “Susan Philipsz.” Art Forum. Summer 2008; p. 439.
Griffin, Jonathan. "Susan Philipsz," Frieze. June – August, 2008; Issue 116. p. 204-205.
Gopnik, Blake. "Survey Says: Six Is the Magic Number." The Washington Post. Sunday, June 8, 2008; p. M05.
Latimer, Quinn. "Reviews: Susan Philipsz." Modern Painters, June 2008, p. 94.
Monika Sosnowska at Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil." Saatchi Gallery Daily Magazine Blog, June 2008 (illust.)
Meltzer, Burkhard. "The End of the Gesamtkunstwerk." Parkett, no. 83, 2008, pp. 182-184 (illust.)
2007
Crippa, Antonella. "Art and Market: Susan Philipsz." Tema Celeste, November/December, p. 102.
Thorington, Helen. "Susan Philipsz in Skulptur Projekte (Munster)," Networked Music Review, August 22, 2007.
Segade, Manuel. “Interview with Susan Philipsz,” C Magazine. (interview with Susan Philipsz), issue 95, Fall 2007.
2006 Higgie, Jennifer. "The Grand Promenade." Frieze Magazine, November and December, 2006; Issue 103.
2005
“Accapella Architecture,” Pernille Albrethsen, NY ARTS, September/October 2005, Vol. 10
2004
“Cross Platform,” Anne Hilde Neset, The Wire, issue 244,
2003
“Solo Voice,” Niamh Ann Kelly, Art Monthly, Profile, issue 260
2001
“Breathless,” Mike Wilson, Untitled, issue 26, January 2001
1999
“Sounds Teasing,” Annie Fletcher, Circa Magazine, Issue 88 June 1999