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Selected Works Exhibitions Biography Press

MIRIAM BÖHM

Born 1971, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

Postgraduate Master Studies, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2000
Academy of Art, Vienna, 1997

Solo Exhibitions

2021
e e e B n n N n, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany

2019
while, weil, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA

2017
The Present Tense, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA (Two-person show)
Miriam Böhm, WNTRP, Berlin, Germany

2016
Wie fast, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
abc Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2015
At On, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
On At, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
Gallery Helga de Alvear in Madrid, Spain (Two-person show with Thomas Demand)

2012
Before In Front, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA 

2011
Display, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany

2010
Inventory, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Agency & Miriam Böhm, The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Group Exhibitions

2022
konkret KONKRET? Das kalkuliert Unvorhergesehene in der konkreten Kunst., gkg Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
 
2021
konkret KONKRET? Das kalkuliert Unvorhergesehene in der konkreten Kunst., gkg Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
 
2020
Höher. Schneller. Weiter., Festival Fotografischer Bilder Regensburg, Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg,e. V., Regensburg, Germany 
local talent, curated by Thomas Demand, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany 
Zoom in Zoom out, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany

2019

Copines – Copains – Berlin, WENTRUP, Berlin, Germany
Entering, Permanent, Welt, Attrape, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany

Nullpunkt der Orientierung. Fotografie als Verortung im Raum, Art Foyer, DZ Bank
Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2018
Control Illusion, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Germany

2016
Das autonome Bild. Fünf Konzepte aktueller Fotografie, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
French_Connection_Perspectives on Support/Surface, Kunstsaele, Berlin, Germany
Vanishing Point, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA

2015
Einknicken oder Kante zeigen? Die Kunst der Faltung, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany

2014
The Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

2013
Dublin Doubles, Voorkamer, Broadcast Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Works on paper, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
Fenster. Fenster, Kunsthaus L6, Fribourg, Switzerland
The Other Space - Miriam Böhm, Charlotte Posenenske, James Turrell, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany

2012
Chambres à Part VI: Trajectoires Poétiques / Trajectories Politiques, LDAC, Paris, France
Coquilles mécaniques, CRAC Alsace, France
At the Edge: Recent Acquisitions, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
State of the Art – New Contemporary Photography, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany

2011
Miriam Böhm, Rosy Keyser, Erin Shirreff, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York, NY
Endless Summer, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
The Anxiety of Photography, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (Traveled: Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX)
The Yarn Beam and The Revolving Stage, Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf, Germany
Beyond, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia

2010
They Knew What They Wanted, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
They Knew What They Wanted, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
White Cube, SOX, Berlin, Germany

2009
Gallery Beta, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA

2008
Out Riding Feet, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY

2007
Un Instant Puis La Nuit, Institut, Berlin, Germany

2006
Merry Go Round, Project room of Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
Gallery Cathleen Cullen, New York, NY

2005
Pale Ramon, Galerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland
Past/Present/Forever, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
Lasst Blumen sprechen/ Laissez parler les fleurs, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France

2004
Projektraum Kastalia, Berlin, Germany
Geen Uitzicht Zo Ver, Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, Netherlands

2003
Tanto por ciento,  Foundation of Contemporary Arts, Zamora, Spain
25hrs, The Video Art Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Projektraum Restitution, Berlin, Germany
Container Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

2002
seeyouatthepremierefair, Kongreßzentrum, Berlin, Germany
Not I, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001
il y a toujours quelqu’un qui veut quelque chose, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Paris, France
ferveur, Les Subsistances, Lyon, France

Publications

Wie Fast, Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie, Wilhelm-Hack-MuseumsLudvigshafen. argobooks, Berlin, 2016.
Das autonome Bild. Fünf Konzepte aktueller Fotografie, ed. by. Hans Günther Golinski and Sepp Hiekisch Picard, Druck Verlag Kettler, Bönen, 2016.
About Painting. Positionen der Sammlung Wemhöner, ed. by Philipp Bollmann, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2016.
Einknicken oder Kante zeigen? Die Kunst der Faltung, ed. by Amely Deiss, Julia Galand Schimpf, Kehrer Vertag, Heidelberg, Berlin, 2014.
Miriam Böhm, Ed. by Ratio 3, San Francisco and Wentrup, Berlin. Distanz Verlag, Berlin, 2012.
State of the Art Photography, in cooperation with NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 2012.
The Anxiety of Photography, Aspen Art Museum, 2011.

Bibliography

"Alte Meister, von neuen gliebt", Monopol - Magazin Für Kunst und Leben, Nov. 2016.
Westin, Monica. "Miriam Böhm" Artforum.com, March 2015.
Frias, Carlos. "Four Photographers vie for Norton's $20,000 prize – while debating the nature of photography itself" International Imagery, Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach County, 18 Oct. 2014.
“Miriam Böhm - The Other Space at Wentrup, Berlin” Mousse Magazine Apr. 2013.
Reber, Simone. “Lichtleere, drei Künstler zu Gast bei der Galerie Wentrup.” Tagesspiegel Apr. 2013.
Wöller, Markus. “Im Zwischenraum der Dimensionen.” Taz Mar. 2013.
Nelson-Teutsch, Hannah. “Endless Shades of Grey.” Berlin-Artparasites, Apr. 2013.
Lange, Christy. “Bilder in Endlosschleife/Prints, papers, scissors.” Frieze d/e Feb./Mar. 2013.
Lange, Christy. “State of the Art Photography - NRW-Forum Dusseldorf.” Frieze Apr. 2012.
McDowell, Tara. “Miriam Böhm’s ‘Before in Front’.” Art Agenda Nov. 2012.
“Miriam Böhm, Rosy Keyser, Erin Shirreff.” The New Yorker Jul. 2011.
Hohmann, Silke. “Eisblumen.” Monopol Dec. 2011.
Fay, Brendan. "Openings: Miriam Böhm." Artforum Jan. 2011.
Tao, Erin. “Miriam Böhm: Portfolio.” Fantom 5 (2010): 10–17.
Feinstein, Lee. "They Knew What They Wanted." Art Practical Jul. 2010.
Melendez, Franklin. "Critics' Pick: Miriam Böhm." Artforum.com Apr. 2010.
Baker, Kenneth. "Odd spatial shifts carefully placed in Ratio 3 space." San Francisco Chronicle 3 Apr. 2010: E2.
Ritchie, Andy. "Böhm at Ratio 3." ArtSlant Mar. 2010.
Wong Yap, Christine. "Inventory." Art Practical Mar. 2010.

Collections

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, California 
E.ON Art Collection, Essen, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York 
Norton Museum of Art, Norton, FL 
Sammlung Wemhöner, Herford, Germany 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 
The Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH 
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany