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1939
Born Ralf Winkler, October 5th in Dresden
1945
Sees the burning of Dresden as a little boy
1953-54
Painting and drawing course with Jürgen Böttcher
1955
Begins an apprenticeship as a draftsman at VEB DEWAG
(Volkseigener Betreib Deutsche Werbeagentur)
1956
Repeatedly unsuccessful applications to art academies in Dresden
and East Berlin; As an autodidactic artist he begins to work on
painting, sculpture, film writing and music
1957
Starts making figurative sculptures and head studies out of
plaster; Begins friendship with Georg Kern (Baselitz)
1961
First "System-Bilder" and further portraits and auto-portraits
1963
Commission of a wall painting for a cellar in co-operation with
architects; moves into his studio on Lange Strasse
1964
Own studio in Langenstrasse Dresden; Concentrates on working
with cybernetics, other scientific areas and system pictures;
Produces his first "Standart-Arbeiten" and sculptures out of
various materials.
1965
Takes part in an exhibition at the Puschkin-Haus in Dresden;
Begins friendship with Michael Werner
1966
Acceptance as candidate for the Verband Bildender Künstler
Deutschlands (VKBD); Subsequent rejection by the jury due to
expiry of three deadline for candidates.
1967-70
Begins working on signaling, sketching and symbols
1968
Adopts the pseudonym A.R. Penck; Michael Werner displays his
first exhibition at the Galerie Hake, Cologne
1969
Exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1970-71
Various publications in which the term "Standart" is described;
First museum solo exhibition
1971
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich; "A.R. Penck", Galerie Michael
Werner, Cologne; "Zeichen als Verständigung (Sign as
communication) A.R. Penck", Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
1972
Finishing "Standart-Arbeiten." Participation in “Documenta V” in
Kassel; “A.R. Penck: Training mit Standart”, Galerie im Goethe-
Institute/Provisorium, Amsterdam; Galerie Stampa, Basel; Wide
White Space Gallery, Antwerp
1973-74
Spends six-months working as reserve for the People's Army in the
(former) German Democratic Republic; Begins the Mike Hammer
series which then leads to the development of the TM series;
“A.R. Penck: Installation - Paintings, Films, Books, Sound tapes,
and photographic documentation”, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova
Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax; “A.R. Penck”, L’Uomo e
l’Arte, Milan; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; Wide
White Space, Antwerp
1975
First major retrospective at the Bern Kunsthalle; Awarded the
Will Grohmann Prize by the Academy for Art in West Berlin; “A.R.
Penck”, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern; “A.R. Penck”, Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven
1977
First wooden sculpture; Participation in “Documenta VI” in
Kassel; First meeting with Jörg Immendorff in East Berlin
1978
“A.R. Penck. Y. Zeichnungen bis 1975 (Y. Drawings until 1975)”,
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur; Museum
Ludwig, Cologne
1979
Releases the first recording of “Gostritzer 92”; “A.R. Penck. Y.
Zeichnungen bis 1975”, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Haus des
Kunstvereins, Mannheim; “A.R. Penck: Concept of Conceptual
Space”, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
1980
Emigrates from East to West Berlin; Awarded the Rembrandt Prize
by the Goethe Foundation in Basel; Friendship with Markus Lüpertz
and Per Kirkeby. Visits Joseph Beuys; "A.R. Penck. Zeichnungen
und Aquarelle (Drawings and Watercolors)", Städtisches Museum
Leverkusen, Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen
1981
“A.R. Penck”, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; “A.R. Penck: Gemälde und Handzeichnungen“, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle Cologne; “a.Y (A.R. Penck) T. Standart-West”, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern; “A.R. Penck: Paintings“, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1982
“Documenta 7”, Kassel; Starts working with iron and bronze; First
publication of the newspaper "Krater und Wolke," which is edited
by A.R. Penck; "A.R. Penck", Galerie Lucio Amelio, Neapel;
"A.R.Penck. 45 Zeichnungen. Bewußtseinsschichten (45 Drawings.
Layers of Consciousness)", Kunstmuseum Bonn
1983
Extended visit to Israel. Settles in London and later Ireland;
Galeria Lucio Amelio, Neapel
1984
Together with Lothar Baumgarten, participates in the 41st Venice
Biennale. Increased interest in music; Joins work on the
production of numerous Free Jazz Recordings Galerie Watari,
Tokyo; Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Milan; “A.R. Penck: Paintings
and Drawings 1980-1982”, Maeght Lelong, Zürich; Waddington
Galeries, London; Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles; “The Poetry
of Vision”, The Guinness Hop Store, Dublin; “A.R. Penck: Recent
Paintings”, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
1984-85
Creates various miniature sculptures in bronze
1985
Awarded the Artist's Prize by the city of Aachen; “A.R. Penck: Mike Hammer Konsequenzen”, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
1986
First Carrara marble sculptures appear
1987
Receives the NORD/LB prize for art; “A.R. Penck. The Northern
Darkness: Recent Sculpture / New Painting”, Orchard Gallery,
Derry; “A.R. Penck: Zeichnungen und Druckgraphische Werke im
Basler Kupferstichkabinett“, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg,
Mönchengladbach; “A.R. Penck in Cambridge“, Kettie’s Yard
Gallery, Cambridge; “A.R. Penck: Was einem Emigranten durch den
Kopf geht“, Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin; “A.R. Penck“,
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1988
“A.R. Penck”, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Staatliche Museen,
Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; “A.R. Penck: Sculpture and
Drawing“, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover; “Tekeningen: A.R.
Penck”, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
1989
Becomes Professor at the Academie of Art, Düsseldorf; “A.R.
Penck”, Mary Boone Gallery, New York; “A.R. Penck; A Survey of
Prints”, Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Richmond, Australia; “A.R.
Penck”, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
1990
“A.R. Penck: Sculptures and Drawings”, Bielefelder Kunstverein
e.V., Bielefeld; “A.R. Penck: Opere Recenti“, Gallery in Arco,
Turin; Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas
1991
“Krater und Wolke (Crater and Cloud) – an art magazine edited by
A.R. Penck”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; “A.R. Penck:
Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures and Ceramics from the Visser
Collections”, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; “A.R.
Penck”, Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris; The Irish Museum of Modern
Art, Dublin
1992
“Documenta IX”, Kassel ; “A.R. Penck: Lithographien”, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn; “A.R. Penck in Dresden: Analyse einer Situation (Dresden. Analysis of a situation)“, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister im Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden; “A.R. Penck: Standart-Modelle”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1993
“A.R. Penck: Grossskulptur (Big sculptures)”, Deutsche Bank,
Luxemburg
1995
“Couplet 4. A.R. Penck – Sculptures”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; “A.R. Penck”, Galleryism, Seoul; “A.R. Penck: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures – 1962-1990”, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; “A.R. Penck: Zeichnungen der Jahre 1965-1978. Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen (Drawings from the years 1965-1978. Ludwig Collection, Aachen“, Städtisches Museum in der alten Post, Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr
1996
“A.R. Penck”, Galerie Fernando Santos, Porto; “A.R. Penck”, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico; “A.R. Penck”, La mort du temps”, Galerie Jérome de Noirmont, Paris
1997
“A.R. Penck: German Darkness and Contemporary Symbol”, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima; “A.R. Penck”, The Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan
1998
Extensive traveling exhibition throughout Japan
1999
"A.R. Penck. Erinnerung, Modell, Denkmal. Bronzeskulpturen 1984-
1998. (Memory, Model, Memorial. Bronzes 1984 – 1998)", Städtische
Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen; "A.R.
Penck. Bronzeskulpturen (Bronzes)", Galerie Michael Werner,
Cologne; Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen; "Ralf
Winkler, die frühen Jahre in Dresden, 1956-1963", Galerie
Hieronymus; Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., Luxembourg
1999/2000
"A.R. Penck. Dogma and Dialektik (Dogma and Dialectics)", Galerie
Michael Schultz, Berlin
2000
Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin; Foundation for Sculpture, Berlin; Ecke Galerie, Augsburg; Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg; Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg; Cultural Centre of the English Church Bad Homburg; Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden; Galerie Schröder+Dörr, Bergisch-Gladbach; “A.R. Penck. Sur les méthodes de la peinture", Galerie Jérôme de Noirment, Paris
2001
“A.R. Penck. Frühe Bilder. Dauerleihgaben aus Privatbesitz (Early
Paintings. Permanent Loans from Private Collections)”,
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz; “A.R.Penck. Nord-Ort”,
Galerie Terminus, Munich; “A.R. Penck, Roter Mann auf dem Weg”,
Galerie Triebold, Rheinfelden
2002
“A.R. Penck: TM Works on Paper”, Michael Werner Gallery, New
York; "A. R. Penck. Variationen über ein Thema", Galerie Michael
Schultz, Berlin; “A. R. Penck. Neue Bilder", Galerie Michael
Werner, Cologne; “Ralf Winkler. Frühe Arbeiten. Bilder und
Zeichnungen aus einer Dresdener Privatsammlung (Early Works.
Paintings and Drawings from a Private Collection in Dresden)”,
Galerie im Schloss Wiligrad, Kunstverein Wiligrad e.V., Lübstorf;
“A. R. Penck. Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Graphic”, Galerie
Noah im Glaspalast, Augsburg; “A. R. Penck – Druckgraphik aus
eigenem Bestand des MOG Regensburg (Prints from the Collection
MOG Regensburg)”, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
2003
“A.R. Penck: Jenseits der Kriege. Bilder aus dem Jahr 2002. (A.R.
Penck. Beyond the Wars. Paintings of the year 2002)”, Galerie
Michael Werner, Cologne; "A.R. Penck. Weltsicht 1968-2002 (World
Outlook 1968-2002)", Museum Küppersmühle Sammlung Grothe,
Duisburg
2004
"A.R. Penck: Paintings from the Seventies", Michael Werner
Gallery, New York; "Auswahl", Galerie Michael Werner, Köln "A.R.
Penck", Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica; "A.R. Penck:
Constructions", Michael Werner Gallery, New York; "German Art
from an American View", Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt a.M.
2005
“A.R. Penck, Per Kirkeby, Markus Lüpertz", Gallery W52, New York;
"A.R. Penck: Retrospective 1978 – 2002. Paintings and Sculpture",
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki; “Works on Paper”, Michael Werner
Gallery, New York; “A.R. Penck: New Paintings”, Galerie Michael
Werner, Cologne; “A.R. Penck”, Art & Public, Genf; "Private
Corporate III. Sammlung Daimler Chrysler – Sammlung Heliod
Spiekermann", Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Haus Huth, Berlin;
"New acquisitions. Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck.
Paintings and Sculptures", Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz; "The upper
half. The bust since Auguste Rodin", Städtisches Museum
Heilbronn; "Works from the sixties", Galerie Michael Werner,
Köln; "Atlas – Dialog of World Cultures", HBV Kunst Palais,
München; “First Presentation", Akademie-Galerie – Die neue
Sammlung, Düsseldorf
2006
“A.R. Penck“, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; “Georg Baselitz,
Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck”, Shanghai Zendai
Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, “Beautiful Cynicism”, Arario
Beijing, Beijing; “Dereconstruction”, Gladstone Gallery, NY;
“Penck and Baselitz from Beyeler”, Michael Werner Gallery, New
York
2007
„A.R. Penck: Der Begriff Modell“, Neues Museum – Staatliches
Museum für Kunst und Design, Nürnberg; “A.R. Penck:
Retrospective”, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt and Kunsthalle zu
Kiel; “Selection”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “A.R. Penck.
Bilder aus den 60er Jahren“, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne;
“A.R. Penck: Works from the Sixties”, Michael Werner Gallery, New
York; “Scenes and Sequences”, Peter Blum Edition, New York; “A
Selection from 1980 to 2006“, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau; “A.R.
Penck. Paintings and Drawings from the 60s and 70s”, Galerie
Daniel Blau, Münich; “A.R. Penck. Neue Arbeiten”, Galerie
Michael Schultz, Berlin
2008
“Paintings 1963-77”, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Kopenhagen; „A.R.
Penck: Peinture, Système, Monde“, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville
de Paris, Paris; „A:R. Penck: Die Achtziger Jahre (The
Eighties)”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin; “Café Kranzler 1981:
A.R. Penck – Reinhard Stangl, Emmanuel P. G”, Galerie Emmagoss,
Dresden; Penck-Terck-Opitz-Gallasch. Works of Dresden – Artists
from the 1970s”, Kunst in der Villa Eschenbach, „A.R. Penck“,
Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg; “Being and Nature – The Unknown
Penck“, Städtische Galerie Dresden, Dresden; “Serial Works on
Paper”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin; “Series Drawings”,Michael
Werner Gallery, New York; ”A.R. Penck: Paintings from the
Eighties”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; “Black Swan: A
Sculpture Show”, Michael Werner London, London;
2009
“Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures”, LACMA, Los Angeles,
traveling to Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg and Deutsches
Historisches Museum, Berlin; “Paint Made Flesh”, Frist Center for
the Visual Arts, Nashville, traveling to The Phillips Collection,
Wahsington, D.C. and Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
A.R. Penck currently lives and works in Dublin and Düsseldorf.
