Artist's arttributes:
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Object, Installation |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Germany | 23 |
| USA | 18 |
| Austria | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 6 |
| Belgium | 5 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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| Institution |
№ |
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The Greene Naftali Gallery, USA |
6 |
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Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Germany |
6 |
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Vilma Gold, United Kingdom |
5 |
Biography: 
1957 Born in Wien (AT)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 78 
Solo shows 14
2012
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| Joseph Strau - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Josef Strau - Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich |
2010
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| The Balalaika Moment - Dépendance, Brussels |
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| The why does this all happen to me experience - House of Gaga, Mexico City |
2009
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| The Oriental Theapies - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne |
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| Josef Strau - Iniquities Suspend - Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2008
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| Josef Strau - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Josef Strau - Malmö Konsthall, Malmö |
2007
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| Voices - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne |
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| Josef Strau - Dépendance, Brussels |
2006
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| Josef Strau - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
1998
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| Josef Strau "aaaaaaa..." - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
1992
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| Josef Strau - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
1991
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| Josef Strau - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
Group shows 64
2013
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| Pétrone/Pétrole - Air de Paris, Paris |
2012
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| The Castle in the Air. Séance of Imagination - Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan |
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| Keine Zeit - Erschöpftes Selbst / Entgrenztes Können - 21er Haus, Vienna |
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| Counter-Production - Generali Foundation, Vienna |
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| How do it know? - Essex Street, New York City, NY |
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| The Piano Lesson - Vilma Gold, London (England) |
2011
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| Florbelle (after Sade) - Air de Paris, Paris |
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| Quodlibet III - Alphabets and Instruments - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Berlin, Berlin |
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| Dystopia - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| Time Again - SculptureCenter, New York City, NY |
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| Edition / Non Edition - Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna |
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| True Faith - Andersen's Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
2010
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| Public Private Paintings - Mu.ZEE, Oostende |
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| Public Private Paintings. 2000-2010: 10 jaar schilderkunst uit publieke en privécollecties in Vlaanderen en Brussel - Kunstmuseum Aan Zee, Oostende |
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| Milk Drop Coronet - 30 Ausstellungen zur Virtuosität des Dinglichen - Camera Austria, Graz |
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| Today I made nothing - Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The Pursuer - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The Evryali Score - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| Negation, Subtraction, Dissolution - - Kantor Gallery - LA, Los Angeles, CA (closed, 2010) |
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| GNY: Rotating Gallery 1 - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| The Inhabitants - Vilma Gold, London (England) |
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| Josef Strau and Clegg&Guttmann - Pro Choice, Vienna |
2009
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| Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, selected by Primary Information - White Columns, New York City, NY |
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| Berlin - Los Angeles. A Tale of Two (Other) Cities - Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan |
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| Scorpio's Garden - - Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin (closed, 2010) |
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| QuodlibetII - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne |
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| The Space of Words - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
2008
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| R.H. Quaytman and Josef Strau - iamb: Through the Limbo of Vanity - Vilma Gold, London (England) |
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| 27 november - 21 january 2009 - Dépendance, Brussels |
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| Tbilisi 4. Everyday is Saturday - Tbilisi 4, Tbilisi |
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| Works on Paper - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Manifesta 7 - Comitato Manifesta 7, Bolzano |
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| One Season In Hell - MD 72, Berlin |
2007
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| Shandismus - Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden |
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| 100 Tage 100 Videos - Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen |
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| Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
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| Josef Strau and Galerie Meerrettich - Vilma Gold, London (England) |
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| Secret Flix - Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Door Slamming Festival - MD 72, Berlin |
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| Wonderwall - Constructing the Sublime - Tomio Koyama Gallery - Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| Make Your Own Life - Artists in & out of Cologne - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| design by accident, Dover Publications, Inc., NY, 1968 - Croy Nielsen, Berlin |
2006
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| Looking Back - White Columns, New York City, NY |
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| Make Your Own Life - Artists In & Out of Cologne - The Power Plant, Toronto, ON |
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| Every Day ... another artist/work/show - Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg |
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| Next to kin - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne |
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| La maman et la putain - Air de Paris, Paris |
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| Our Marvellous Ambition - Vilma Gold, London (England) |
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| Make Your Own Life - Artists In and Out of Cologne - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers - Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden |
2005
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| Editionen - Pork Salad Press - Wiener Secession, Vienna |
2004
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| Quodlibet - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne |
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| 6. Werkleitz Biennale - Common Property / Allgemeingut - Werkleitz Biennale, Halle (Saale) |
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| Müllberg - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne |
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| The Savoy - Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
2003
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| Prague Biennale 1 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
2002
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| Ökonomien der Zeit - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Tomorrow's Fish & Chips - Autocenter, Berlin |
2000
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| Produktivität und Existenz - Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin |
1999
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| Snowflake Office - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
Dealer Directory 6 |
Belgium
Germany
| | Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Berlin, Berlin
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| | Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln, Cologne
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | Vilma Gold, London (England)
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USA
| | The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY
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Collections 2

Belgium
| | Extra City - Kunsthal Antwerpen, Antwerp
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USA
| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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Catalogs
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