Alexandra Bircken

Alexandra Bircken (born 1967) is an artist based in Cologne.

Biography

Bircken creates assemblages featuring everyday ephemera like wood, knitted fragments and twigs.^[1] Her work has strong references to traditional craft practices and to the natural world, from which she sources her materials.^[2]

She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

Exhibitions

• 2013 BQ Berlin: Inside out, Gallery Weekend (Solo Show)
• 2013 David Zwirner London: Days in Lieu (Group Show)
• 2012 Herald St, London: Recent works (Solo Show)
• 2012 Bonner Kunstverein: U knit (Bonn)
• 2012 Hamburger Kunstverein: Hausrat (Solo Show)
• 2012 Sprengel Museum Hannover (Group Show)
• 2011 Haus der Kunst, Muenchen: "Skulpturales Handeln" (Group Show)
• 2011 Studio Voltaire, London (Solo Show)
• 2011 Kimmerich, New York: Think of me (Solo Show)
• 2011 Hohenlockstedt Bosskamp Stiftung: 1+1 (Solo Show)
• 2010 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln: Alexandra Bircken (Solo Show)
• 2009 BQ, Berlin: "Alles muss raus" (Solo Show)
• 2009 Herald St, London: "Crossings" (Solo Show)
• 2008 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen: Now you see it
• 2008 Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf: Vom Gehen in viele Richtungen (Group Show)
• 2008 Biennale Brüssel, Brüssel (Group Show)
• 2008 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam: Borders (Group Show)
• 2008 Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim: Alex Bircken / Simon Denny (Solo Show)
• 2008 Schloss Dyck, Jüchen: Paradies und zurück - Sammlung Rheingold (Group Show)
• 2008 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam: UNITS ^[3]
• 2008 Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Centre, London (Group Show)
• 2007 Barbara Gladstone
• 2007 New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York: Unmonumental: The Object In The 21st Century
• 2007 Project Space, London: Hope and Despair
• 2007 Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown: Common Threads
• 2007 Kunstverein Braunschweig: Um-Kehrungen (Group Show)
• 2007 Maison populaire - Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Montreal: L’homme nu - Volume 2/3 : Paysages visités (Group Show)
• 2007 Maison populaire - Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Montreal: L’homme nu - chapitre 1 : Allures anthropomorphes (Group Show)
• 2006 Öffentlicher Raum Nürnberg: Das Große Rasenstück (Group Show)
• 2005 Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster: fünfmalskulptur (Group Show)
• 2005 Maureen Paley, London: Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman, Maaike Schoorel (Group Show)

References

External links

• Alexandra Bircken Official Website
• Further information from Herald Street Gallery
• Images, biography, texts from the Saatchi Gallery
• Alexandra Bircken on ArtFacts.net
• Karen Rosenberg on Alexandra Bircken, New York Times online