Peter Fend
Peter Fend è nato nel 1950 a Columbus in Ohio.
Vive e lavora a New York.
EDUCAZIONE
1973
BA, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Stati Uniti d’America
MOSTRE PERSONALI
2025
Lavoro per Natura Vivente, non solo Capitali, Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli, Italia
2024
AZIONI SULLA TERRA, Pinksummer, Genova, Italia
2021
Peter Fend, Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna, Austria
2020
BIRDS REIGN, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlino, Germania
2019
AFRICA-ARCTIC FLYWAY, Museo Nivola, Orani, Sardegna, Italia
Filling the absence – Peter Fend and Yona Friedman, Pinksummer, Genova, Italia
2018
HACE SENTIDO / MAKES SENSE, Embajada, San Juan, Portorico
Costa Verso Costa, Pinksummer, Palermo, Italia
2017
Forse, Pinksummer, Genova, Italia
Shadow Cabinet: A Loyal Opposition Response, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2015
TO BE BUILT, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlino, Germania
AFRIKA EUROPA BRÜCKE, Oracle, Berlino, Germania
2014
REBELS ARE REASONABLE, ESSEX STREET, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Lomonosov Furthered, with Shane Munro, LISTZ, Berlino, Germania
2012
Über die Grenze: May Not Be Seen Or Read Or Done, ESSEX STREET, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
WHAT TO DO NEXT, Peanut Underground Art Projects, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2011
“Arab Springs”/ Atlantic Wealth: Trading Room, White Box / MA.P.S, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Ricchezza D’Italia, Galeria Cesare Manzo, Pescara, Italia
2010
Situation Room, 391 Victoria Street, Hamilton, Nuova Zelanda
2009
Situation Room: Technology Change Climate Stability, Arnolfini, Bristol, Regno Unito
2007
Elbegas, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg, Germania
BET AND WIN: Way Out Too, Unit 2 Gallery, Londra, Regno Unito
2005
Parallel Projects: Proposals for Condoleezza Rice / Parallelprojekte: Vorschläge für Condoleezza Rice, Christian Nagel, Berlino, Germania
2004
Reverse Global Warming, Spacex, Exeter, Regbo Unito
One to Another (foreign policy proposal), American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Correspondence, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2003
Independence from Big Oil, Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council, Dublino, Irlanda
Proposals for Arabia, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spagna
2002
Global Gas / Super Gas, Ocean Earth vis-à-vis Superflex, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Paesi Bassi
2001
Naval Action, Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Giappone
Big Deal: Revival of the Americas, Nikolai Fine Art, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Sea Change, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Regno Unito
Ocean Earth: Policy Models, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, Stati Uniti d’America
Economic Potential, Roger Smith Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2000
RAPID: Post-Petroleum Gas Stations, Launching a Brand, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
EURAFRICA/AMERICAS/MONDO, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spagna
NEWS ROOM NEW YORK (Chaikin, Fend, Lehman, Lombardi, RR), Roger Smith Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1999
Global Warming: A Rapid Response Remark, at Chelsea Exxon station, Nikolai Fine Art, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Chase Scene, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1998
NEWS ROOM GRAZ, Kunst und Neue Medien, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
1997
Spiral Ramp, Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1996
Chernobyl Solutions, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Art Meets Science, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Danimarca
1995
Landkraft/Swiss Split, Ars Futura, Zurigo, Svizzera
Landkraft, Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Architecture for the 21st Century, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
1994
Eurasian Scenario, Marc Jancou Gallery, Londra, Regno Unito
Startbahn Oesterreich, Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria
Global Spiral, installation at Global Forum, G-Mex Centre, Manchester, Regno Unito
Ocean Earth, Strauss & Adamopolous, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania
NEWS ROOM COPENHAGEN, with Globe, Copenhagen, Danimarca
1993
Strategie Globale: Giant Algae System for France, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angouleme, Francia
Habitus, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Parigi, Francia
OCEAN EARTH: FOR A WORLD WHICH WORKS, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum, Graz, Austria
NEWS ROOM PARIS, Galerie des Archives, Parigi, Francia
1992
Site Simulator, Tivat Bay, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Beach Party Deutschland, Galerie Esther Schipper, Colonia, Germania
Beach Party Yugoslavia, Riverside Studios, Londra, Regno Unito
Documenta Flags, Galerie de Marseille, Marsiglia, Francia
Documenta Flags, Le Case D’Arte, Milano, Italia
Espace Circulant/Spinning Room, Galerie Roger Pailhas, Parigi, Francia
Floriade, The Hague, Paesi Bassi
Corse Divise, Assemblee Nationale, Parigi, Francia
NICAF, Yokohama, Giappone
Means to Wealth/Mittel und Wohlstand, Galerie Tanja Grunert, Colonia, Germania
1991
Europa, Kunstraum Daxer, Monaco, Germania
Beach Party, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
NEWS ROOM STOCKHOLM, Galerie Nordenstad-Skarstedt, Stoccolma, Svezia
Salle du Monde, long-term installation at L’Hôpital éphémère, Parigi, Francia
1990
City of the Dead / Die Totenstadt, Galerie Tanja Grunert, Colonia, Germania
Cities as Bodies / Staedte als Koerper, Esther Schipper, Colonia, Germania
NEWS ROOM FRANKFURT, Institut fuer Neue Medien / Pavilion Varisella, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania
NEWS ROOM NEW YORK/NEWS ROOM AMSTERDAM, American Fine Arts, New York and Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Progetto Adriatico, Le Case D’Arte, Milano, Italia
Einheiten, Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania
Kleine Fragen, Galerie Christian Nagel, Colonia, Germania
1989
Completion of the War, American Fine Arts, New York, Sweden
Global Monitoring and Assessments: Towards the 21st Century, Fondazione Cini, Venezia, Italia
1988
BODY, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Peter Fend, Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Art at the End of the Social, Rooseum, Malmo, Svezia
1985
Bacino Torbido, Museo Santa Barbara, Calabria, Italia
1983
Image/Process, The Kitchen, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1982
Space Force in Action, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germania
Art of the State, The Kitchen, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Global System, Chase Manhattan Plaza, sponsored by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1979
IRON LUNG: A ROOM DEFINED NOT BY ITS WALLS BUT BY A PUMP, Peter Nadin Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
WEALTH OF BASINS, DEATH OF NATIONS, Peter Nadin Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
World Space: Political Economies After Oil, Peter Nadin Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
MOSTRE COLLETTIVE
2022
The State I Am In, Capitain Petzel, Berlino, Germania
Visual Natures: The Politics and Culture of Environmentalism in the 20th and 21st Century, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbona, Portogallo
Conditions and Frameworks: Infrastructure as Form and Medium, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
2020
Politiche della Natura_Masters, MAAB Gallery, Milano, Italia
Critical Zones, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germania
Potential Worlds 2: Eco-Fictions, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurigo, Svizzera
Excerpts: Works from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collections, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Stati Uniti d’America
2019
RESET, Kai Matsumiya, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2018
Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., Stati Uniti d’America
Unthought Environments, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois, Stati Uniti d’America
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery & American Fine Arts, Co. (1983-2004), CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
The Dutch Savannah, De Domijnen Museum, Sittard, Paesi Bassi
We stared at the Moon from the centre of the Sun, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Regno Unito
The Second Yinchuan Biennale: Starting from the Desert, Ecologies on the Edge, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China
2017
EUtopia | 28, Museumcultuur Strombeek/Gent, Strombeek, Belgio
Tomorrow Will Still Be Ours, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Aubades. Land Art for Aliens, Weiss Falk, Basel, Svizzera
Water Worlds #1, Centre international d’art et du paysage, Beaumont-du-Lac, Francia
2016
World Made By Hand, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet, FotoFest Biennial, Houston, Texas, Stati Uniti d’America
History Made By Artists, C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Tomorrow’s Man, Sheppard Contemporary, University Galleries, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, Stati Uniti d’America
You Cannot Do Nothing, Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin, Germania
Oceans After Nature, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, Stati Uniti d’America
Politics of Nature, Fondazione Zimei, Pescara, Italia
Global Terror, Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Berlino, Germania
Mean Machine (Up Jumped the Devil), The Meeting, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2015
Territories: Alighiero e Boetti and Peter Fend, Le Case D’Arte, Milano, Italia
Globale – Exo-Evolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germania
The Fountainhead, Fondazione Zimei, Pescara, Italia
to expose, to show, to demonstrate, to inform, to offer: Artistic Practices around 1990, Mumok, Vienna, Austria
2050. A Brief History of the Future., Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium; travelling to Palazzo Reale Milano, Italia
Dojima River Biennale 2015: Take Me To The River – currents of the contemporary, Dojima River Forum, Osaka, Giapone
Anthems for the Mother Earth Goddess, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Drawings | Fridges, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Stati Uniti d’America
DUMP! Multispecies Making and Unmaking, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Danimarca
Decolonized Skies, organized by High&Low Bureau, ADN Platform, Barcellona, Spagna
For Troedsson Villa, curated by Tam Ochiai and Anne Eastman, Troedsson Villa, Nikko, Giappone
ECO-TAX, Cannonball and Dimensions Variable, Miami, Stati Uniti d’America
Looking Back / The 9th White Columns Annual, selected by Cleopatra’s, White Columns, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Hollywood Hills House, curated by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, Stati Uniti d’America
2014
WORK IT OUT, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Decolonized Skies, organized by High&Low Bureau, Apexart, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
TEDxVaduz redux, T293, Roma, Italia
The Real Estate Show Was Then: 1980, James Fuentes, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2013
Looking Back / The 7th White Columns Annual, selected by Richard Birkett, White Columns, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Scott Burton, curated by Oscar Tuazon, Fondazione Giuliani, Roma, Italia
Yes Naturally: How Art Saves The World, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Paesi Bassi
2012
OilScapes, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Regno Unito
2010
Islands and Ghettos, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberger, Germania
2008
This is the Gallery…, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, Regno Unito
Come Out & Play, apexart, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2007
Green Dreams, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germania
Aussen vor/On The Outside, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germania
Still Life. Art, Ecology & The Politics of Change, Sharjah Biennial 8, Emirate of Sharjah
Arrêt sur Images, FRAC Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marsiglia, Francia
2006
The Drop, Exit Art, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2005
Gotik und Moderne, Fraenkische Galerie, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Kronach, Germania
Temporary Spaces, Ausstellungsraum Glue, Berlin, Germania
Mirage, curated by Martin Beck and Julie Ault, Alexander and Bonin, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Dry Wells that Upwell Groundwater to Revive Margins of Salt Lakes, Harper Dry Lake, CA, Stati Uniti d’America
Waterways, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia
2004
Election, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Hortus, Independent Section, Liverpool Biennial, Regno Unito
Wonderful, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Regno Unito
Le Dessus des Cartes, ISELP, Bruxelles, Belgio
Adaptations, Apexart, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2003
Attack: Art and War, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Banquete/Bankett, Barcelona Cultural Center, Barcelona, Spain; travelling to Zentrum fuer Kunst und
Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany; Medialab, Madrid, Spagna
GNS, Palais de Tokyo, Parigi, Francia
Hardcore, Palais de Tokyo, Parigi, Francia
Utopia Station, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia
Collaborations, Centre d’art Contemporain, Meymac, Francia
2002
Ars Electronica 2002, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria
Oekonomien der Zeit, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; travelling to Akademie der Kunste, Berlino, Germania; and Migros Museum, Zurigo, Svizzera
Ecovention, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, Stati Uniti d’America
Ways Out, Stroom, The Hague, Paesi Bassi
Empire/State: Artists Engaging Globalization, Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
2001
The South Bronx Story, James Fuentes / The Point, The Bronx, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Cartographie des artistes, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Parigi, Francia
Sao Paulo Biennale, Azerbaijan/Armenia/Georgia Pavilion, San Paolo, Brasile
2000
Ecologies, The Smart Museum, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Stati Uniti d’America
Undo, Theater for the New City, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Dystopia, Tribes Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
World Trade, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Carnival in the Eye of the Storm, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, Stati Uniti d’America
1999
Post-War Architecture, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia
Crash, ICA, Londra, Regno Unito
1998
Your Utopia, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Hey, You Never Know, Kenny Schachter / ROVE, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Cartographers, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Varsavia, Polonia
Cartographers, Umnetnosta Galerie, Marburgo, Slovenia. Entrance display
Desert Flood, ROVE, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1997
The Experimenters, curated by Kenny Schachter, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
French Pavilion TV Studio, with Fabrice Hybert, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia
Cartographers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagabria, Croatia
Géographiques: territoires vécus, territoires voulus, territories figures, FRAC Corse, Corsica, Francia
1996
Atopic Site, curated by Yukiko Shikata, Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Tokyo, Giappone
Art Meets Science, in conjunction with “Copenhagen, European City of Culture,” Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Danimarca
1995
Faith, Hope, Love, Death, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Mapping: A Response to MoMA, curated by Peter Fend, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
On Board, Aperto, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia
Photography After Photography, Siemens Kulturprogramm, Munich; travelling to Kunsthalle, Krems, Austria; Städtische Galerie Erlangen, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus, Germania; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Danimarca; Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland; ICA Londra, Regno Unito; ICA Philadelphia, PA, Stati Uniti d’America
Infrasound, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Amburgo, Germania
1994
Cloaca Maxima, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stadtentwasserung, Zurigo, Svizzera
Bifurcations, Centre d’art Contemporain, Meymac, Francia; travelling to Musée des Beaux-arts de Dole, France; Cimaise et portique, espace d’art contemporain, centre culturel de l’Albigeois Albi, Francia
Mission Impossible, Gashouder, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
1993
Aperto, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia
Kunst in Weltmasstab, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germania
Fontanelle, Potsdam, Germania
Kontext Kunst, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
First Europeans, Schloss Charlottenberg, Berlino, Germania
Antwerp Cultural Center, European City of Culture, Anversa, Belgio
The Edge of Chaos: New Ways of Seeing, Louisiana Museum for Modern Art, Humlebaek, Danimarca
Viennese Story, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Tutto Tondo, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Colonia, Germania
1992
Documenta IX, Kassel, Germania
Documatter, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Il Faut Construire Hacienda, curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, CCC, Tours, Francia
Multiplici Culturali, selected by Angela Vettesse, Roma, Italia
Floriade, The Hague, Paesi Bassi
Corse Divise, Assemblée Nationale, Parigi, Francia
Nippon International Contemporary Art Fair, Yokohama, Giappone
Reconnaissance, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1991
Teorici Americani, Ottagano, Milano, Italia
Wiener Festwochen, subway station installations, Vienna, Austria
FRAC Corse, Corsica, Francia
Iberian Current, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Francia
1990
Around the World, PS 1, Long Island City, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
The Köln Show, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Colonia, Germania
California Project, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Stati Uniti d’America
Reconnaissance, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1989
Art at the End of the Social, Rooseum, Malmo, Svezia
Video Works, Galerie Nordenstadt, Stoccolma, Svezia
Competition Diomede, The Clocktower, New York and sites in the USA & USSR
On-Site: Response to Conditions, Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Jet Lag, Turon Travel, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Project DMZ, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Completion of the War, American Fine Arts, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Global Monitoring and Assessments: Towards the 21st Century, two-part presentation in conference sponsored by UN Food & Agriculture Organization and UN Environment Program, Fondazione Cini, Venezia, Italia
1988
The New Poverty II, Meyers-Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Stati Uniti d’America
International Landscape, XPO Gallery, Amburgo, Germania
International Landscape, Galerie Christoph Duerr, Monaco, Germania
Computer Images of Architecture, NY Chapter, American Institute of Architects, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Competition Diomede, The Clocktower, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Kunstrai, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Public Discourse, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, Stati Uniti d’America
The Drawing Show, Cable Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1987
Documenta VIII, Kassel, Germania
The New Poverty, John Gibson Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Corporate Crime, alternative spaces, San Francisco and San Diego, CA, Stati Uniti d’America
1986
Surveillance, LACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Stati Uniti d’America
1985
Deutsche Kunst, 1945-1985, Nationalgalerie, Berlino, Germania
1984
Kunst und Medien, Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlino, Germania
Via Satellite, Amerika Haus, Colonia, Germania
The International Show, curated by Michael Smith, Baskerville & Watson, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1983- 1984
Show, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts/Village Voice, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Image/Process, The Kitchen, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Documenta VII, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germania
1982
Natural History, curated by Scott Cook, Grace de Borgenicht Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1981
New York, New Wave, curated by Diego Cortez, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Forrest Avenue Maze, on-site project, Forest Avenue School, The Bronx, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Jamaica Fish/Bird Port, Urban Animals II, ABC No Rio / Collaborative Projects
1980
The Real Estate Show, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Ruhrgebiet Projects, Duisburg, Germania
The Times Square Show, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Public Policy: Architecture Propositions, organized by Peter Fend, 626 Broadway, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
1979
World Space: Political Economies After Oil, Peter Nadin Gallery, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Manifesto Show, New York, NY and Milano, Italia
Participation in Urban Animals shows, South Bronx and ABC No Rio, New York, Stati Uniti d’America
Participation in Collaborative Projects shows (1978-83, 1979 being the peak year)
1978
Poetry of Systems, Baxter Art Museum, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Stati Uniti d’America