JÖRG IMMENDORFF (Bleckede, 1945 – Düsseldorf, 2007)

1945 Born in Bleckede, near Lüneburg on June 14th

1961	First exhibition at the New Orleans Jazz Club, Bonn
1963/64	Studies stagecraft with Teo Otto at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf for three terms
1964	Admitted to the class of Joseph Beuys at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts
1965/66	Various actions and manifestations at the Academy of Art
1968	“Lidl” activities in Düsseldorf and abroad
1971/80	Art Teacher at the Dumont-Lindemann secondary school in Düsseldorf
1972	Participates in “documenta 5”
1973	Publishes the book “Hier und jetzt: das tun, was zu tun ist”
1976	In autumn first meeting with the artist A. R. Penck (Ralf Winkler) in Berlin (GDR), who is living in Dresden; first united short Manifesto about collective works. Participates in the Venice Biennale
1977	May 1, second meeting with Penck in Berlin (GDR). Forms a pact with Penck for joint actions; subsequently different mutual activities and exhibitions; begins the series “Café Deutschland”
1978	First exhibition of the “Café Deutschland” paintings at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1979	Visits Penck in Dresden; completes collaborations, which began in the early 70’s, with the “Grünen/Bunten” movement, “Initiative Bunte Liste Düsseldorf” (IBL)
1981	Visiting professor at the Konsthoegskolan in Stockholm
1982/83	Participates in “documenta 7” Visiting professor at the Academy of Art in Hamburg, in the “Class F+F” in Zürich and at the Academy of Art in Trondheim
1984	Opening of the Café “La Paloma”, St. Pauli, Hamburg
1984/85	Visiting professor at the Academy for Arts and Crafts, Cologne and at The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1985	Creates the “Hans Albers” sculpture for Hamburg
1986	Stage design and costumes for the opera “Elektra” by Richard Strauß, at the Bremen Stadttheater
1987	Works on the fantastic amusement park “Luna Luna” by André Heller; second prize for the draft of the wall painting in the colonnade in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt
1987/88	Travels in Auckland, New Zealand
1989	Begins professorship at the Staedelschule, Frankfurt
1994	Set and costume design for Stravinsky’s opera “The Rake’s Progress” for the Salzburg Festival
1996	Professor at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1997	Appointed as a member of Europäische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Salzburg; Visiting Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin “Premio Marco 1996: Grand Prize Winner”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey
1998	Receives “Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland” (Order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
1999	Inauguration of the sculpture “Elbquelle” in Riesa
2000	Receives “Kulturpreis der Stadt Dortmund”
2002	Visiting Professor at the Academy of Art, Peking Set and costume design for the opera “Die Nase”, Premiere at the “Staatsoper unter den Linden”, Berlin, 16.11.2002
2005	Publishes the book “15 Affen für Ida”, dedicated to his daughter. Receives the “Goldene Feder” (golden feather) Award
2006	“Kaiserring”, The Goslar Award for Modern Art
2007	Dies on May 28th in Düsseldorf.
Jörg Immendorff (Bleckede, 1945 – Düsseldorf, 2007) Selected Exhibitions
1965	Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
1969	Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1977	Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht
1979	Kunstmuseum Basel
1980	Kunsthalle Bern
1981	Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1982	Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
1983/84	Kunsthaus Zurich
1985	Maison de la Culture et de la Communication de Saint-Etienne
1991	Museum für Moderne Kunst, Vienna
1992	Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
1992/94	National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea; Art Museum, Seoul Art Centre, Korea; Pao Galleries, Hong Kong; Art Gallery of Beijing nternational Art Palace, Peking, VR China; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1993	Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1994	ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; Museo Tamayo, Mexico Abbaye; Saint André Museum, Meymac
1995	Barbican Art Gallery, London
1996	Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Dresdner Kunstverein im Residenzschloß Dresden; Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
1997	Stadtgalerie Sundern; Maximilianverlag, Sabine Knust, Munich
1998	Muzeum Narodowe Warszawie, Warsaw; Kunstmuseum, Bonn
1999	Gl. Holtegaard/Breda-Fonden, Holte, Denmark;  Museum Küppersmühle - Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg
2000	Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
2001	Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Michael Werner Gallery, New York; Galeri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen; “Allen Dingen ist der Wechsel eigen”, Staatliches Russisches Museum, St. Petersburg
2002	“Jörg Immendorff. Wenn das Bild zum Berg kommt”, China Millenium Monument, Beijing
2003	“Immendorff ‘Weltnase’. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen”, Kunstverein Lippstadt; “Jörg Immendorff. Aualand. Teil 1: 1965 – 1984. Teil 2: 1985 – 2003”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2004	“Jörg Immendorff. I Wanted to Become an Artist”, Goldie Paley Gallery, Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2005	“Jörg Immendorff”, White Space Beijing; “Malelago – Unsichtbarer Beitrag – Jörg Immendorff”, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche; Museen zu Berlin; “Jörg Immendorff. Paintings and Sculptures 1972 – 2005”, Arario Gallery, Chungcheongnam, Korea
2006	“Jörg Immendorff. Posters 1969 – 2006”, The Danish Poster Museum, Aarhus; “Jörg Immendorff – Kaiserringträger der Stadt Goslar 2006”, Mönchehausmuseum, Goslar
2007	“Michael Werner. Une saison à Paris 2007: Jörg Immendorff. Nouvelles Peintures”, Galerie de France, Paris; “Jörg Immendorff. Das druckgrafische Werk”, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg; “Immendorff. Skulpturen 1988 – 2005”, KulturBahnhof Kassel; “Immendorff. Das grafische Werk 1968 – 2007”, Rheingoldhalle, Mainz; “Jörg Immendorff. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen”, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; “Akademos: Jörg Immendorff”, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
2008	“Jörg Immendorff: Was uns Malerei bedeuten kann”, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg; “Jörg Immendorff. Graphik und Skulptur”, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren; “Jörg Immendorff – Sein graphisches Lebenswerk und Skulpturen”, Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg
2009	“Jörg Immendorff. Ein Künstler aus Deutschland. Aus dem druckgrafischen Werk”, Kunsthaus Stade; “Jörg Immendorff. Druckgrafik”, Schloss Zichy, Zsámbék/Budapest; “Global Movement”, Galerie Viktor Grray, Düsseldorf; “Jörg Immendorff. Maoist Paintings – The Early Seventies”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York.