Alexandra Bircken

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Alexandra Bircken (born 1967) is an artist based in Cologne.

Biography

Bircken creates assemblages featuring everyday ephemera like wood, knitted fragments and twigs.[1] Her work has strong references to traditional craft practices and to the natural world, from which she sources her materials.[2]

Exhibitions

  • 2013 BQ Berlin: Inside out, Gallery Weekend (Solo Show)
  • 2013 David Zwirner London: Days in Lieu (Group Show)
  • 2012 Herald St, London: Recent works (Solo Show)
  • 2012 Bonner Kunstverein: U knit (Bonn)
  • 2012 Hamburger Kunstverein: Hausrat (Solo Show)
  • 2012 Sprengel Museum Hannover (Group Show)
  • 2011 Haus der Kunst, Muenchen: "Skulpturales Handeln" (Group Show)
  • 2011 Studio Voltaire, London (Solo Show)
  • 2011 Kimmerich, New York: Think of me (Solo Show)
  • 2011 Hohenlockstedt Bosskamp Stiftung: 1+1 (Solo Show)
  • 2010 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln: Alexandra Bircken (Solo Show)
  • 2009 BQ, Berlin: "Alles muss raus" (Solo Show)
  • 2009 Herald St, London: "Crossings" (Solo Show)
  • 2008 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen: Now you see it
  • 2008 Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf: Vom Gehen in viele Richtungen (Group Show)
  • 2008 Biennale Brüssel, Brüssel (Group Show)
  • 2008 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam: Borders (Group Show)
  • 2008 Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim: Alex Bircken / Simon Denny (Solo Show)
  • 2008 Schloss Dyck, Jüchen: Paradies und zurück – Sammlung Rheingold (Group Show)
  • 2008 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam: UNITS [3]
  • 2008 Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Centre, London (Group Show)
  • 2007 Barbara Gladstone
  • 2007 New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York: Unmonumental: The Object In The 21st Century
  • 2007 Project Space, London: Hope and Despair
  • 2007 Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown: Common Threads
  • 2007 Kunstverein Braunschweig: Um-Kehrungen (Group Show)
  • 2007 Maison populaire – Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Montreal: L’homme nu – Volume 2/3 : Paysages visités (Group Show)
  • 2007 Maison populaire – Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Montreal: L’homme nu – chapitre 1 : Allures anthropomorphes (Group Show)
  • 2006 Öffentlicher Raum Nürnberg: Das Große Rasenstück (Group Show)
  • 2005 Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster: fünfmalskulptur (Group Show)
  • 2005 Maureen Paley, London: Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman, Maaike Schoorel (Group Show)

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