1941
Geboren in Ballaghaderreen, Irland | born in Ballaghaderreen, Ireland
Lebt und arbeitet in Dublin | lives and works in Dublin
Preise | Awards
2006
Honorary Doctorate, National University of Ireland, Galway
2002
Kurt-Schwitters-Award of the Niedersächsischen Sparkassenstiftung
Award of the Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse Munich
Einzelausstellungen | Solo Exhibitions
2019
mumok, Vienna
2017
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
2016
Marian Goodman Gallery, London
2012
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
2009
RHA Gallagher Gallery - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Projects Arts Centre, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2007
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2006
INITIALS by James Coleman, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
2005
Part 2: Estreia de um novo trabalho/Premiere of a new work, Museo do Chiado – MNAC, Lissabon
2004
Part 1: Trabalhos de James Coleman/Works by James Coleman, Museo do Chiado – MNAC, Lissabon
2003
Im Rahmen der Ausstellung Leonard de Vinci, dessins et manuscrits, Louvre, Paris
2002
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Lenbachhaus Munich
2001
Neues Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland
2000
Untitled: Philippe VACHER (1990) – Photograph (1998-99), Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1999
Fondació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels
1997
Wiener Secession, Vienna
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
1996
Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1995
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
1994
Projected Images: 1972 – 1994, Dia Center for the Arts, New York
1991
Lisson Gallery, London
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1990
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1989
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Boston
1988
Michael Asher/James Coleman, Artists Space, New York
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1987
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
1986
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
1985
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
Dungaire Castle, Kinvara, Ireland
1984
David Bellman & Art Metropole, Toronto
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
1983
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Ireland
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1982
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Ulster Museum, Belfast
1981
Franklin Furnace, New York
1980
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
1978
Galway Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
Project Arts Centre, Dublin
1975
Studio Marconi, Milano
1974
Cork Arts Society Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Studio Lia Rumma, Naples
Ulster Museum, Belfast
1973
David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin
Studio Marconi, Milano
1972
Galleria Toselli, Milano
1970
Studio Marconi, Milano
Gruppenausstellungen | group exhibitions
2017
Truth: 24 frames-per-second, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
2016
Carte Blanche to Tino Sehgal, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2014
Museu Coleção Berardo (1960-2010), Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon
2012
Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Volume!, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
2011
ATLAS. How to Carry the World on One’s Back?, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2010
29° Bienal de Sao Paulo
Entr´acte, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Bruxelles
2008
Histoire d'une décennie qui n'est pas encore nominee, Biennale de Lyon 2007
Jardin Theatre Bestiarium, Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France
2009
La Force de l’Art 02, Galeries nationals du Grand Palais, Paris1968. Die Große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
2007
Retake with Evidence, Documenta 12, Kassel
What does the jellyfish want? Fotografien von Man Ray bis James Coleman, Museum Ludwig, Köln
Perspektive - Neuerwerbungen, Schenkungen und Wünsche der Sammlung für Gegenwartskunst im Lenbachhaus, Lenbachhaus Munich
30/40, A selection of forty artists from thirty years at Marian Goodman Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
2006
The 80s: A Topology, Museu Serralves. Museu de Arte Contemporanea. Porto, Lissabon
Lapsus Exposure in: Why pictures now. Fotografie, Film, Video heute, MUMOK, Vienna
2005
Die Regierung. Paradiesische Handlungsräume, Wiener Secession, Vienna
SlideShow, Contemporary Arts Center, Cininnati, Baltimore Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA
Flashback. Eine Revision der Kunst der 80er Jahre, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Be what you want but stay where you are, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2004
Partners – eine Ausstellung kuratiert von Ydessa Hendeles, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Art and Utopia – Limited Action Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona
Biennale of Sydney 2004
2002
documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
2001
Museum unserer Wünsche, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Exploding Cinema: Rotterdam Film Festival, Museum Boijmans van Beunigen, Rotterdam
2000
Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Shifting Ground: Selected Works of Irish Art 1950-2000, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Somewhere Near Vada, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Between Cinema and a Hard Place, Tate Modern, London
1999
So Far away, So Close, Engoro, Brussels
Geschichten des Augenblicks, Kunstbau Lenbachhaus, Munich
1997
Biennale de Lyon, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
documenta X, Kassel, Germany
Art and Film since 1945, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
1996
L'informe: mode d'emploi, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Portraits, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto
Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film since 1945, MOCA, Los Angeles
1995
Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975. MOCA, Los Angeles
L'Effet cinéma: art contemporain et cinéma, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris
1993
Aanwinsten/Acquisitions 1989-1993, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
1992
documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
1991
The Projected Image, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, USA
Inheritance and Transformation, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1990
Irish Art: the European Dimension, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
A New Necessity, First Tyne International, Newcastle, UK
Le Diaphane, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France
Lignes de mire, Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Culture and Commentary, An Eighties' Perspective, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
1989
Theater Garden Bestiarium, The Institute of Contemporary Art, P.S.1, New York; Casino des Expositions, Séville, Spain; Entrepôt-Galerie du Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
1987
The Analytical Theatre. New Art from Britain, ICI, New York; Akron Art Museum, Ohio / Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary; University Art Museum, Long Beach CA; Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1986
Install-Video-Slide, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Au Coeur du Maelström/In de Maalstroom, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
The Mirror and the Lamp, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh / Institute of Contemporary Art, London
From the Europe of Old/Uit het Oude Europa, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam