Born in 1966 in Cologne, Germany. Lives and works in New York City.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Kai Althoff: di costole, Nervi delle Volpi, Genoa
2020
Kai Althoff goes with Bernard Leach, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2018
Kai Althoff: Häuptling Klapperndes Geschirr, TRAMPS, New York
2016
Kai Althoff: And then leave me to common swifts (und dann überlasst mich den Mauerseglern), Museum of Modern Art, New York
2014
Kai Althoff, Michael Werner, London
2011
Kaiki, Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Punkt, Absatz, Bluemli (period, paragraph, Bluemli), Gladstone Gallery, New York
2008
Kai Althoff, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2007
Kai Althoff: Ich meine es auf jeden fall schlecht mit ihnen, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich
Nick Z & Kai Althoff: We Are Better Friends For It, Gladstone Gallery, New York
2005
Kai Althoff/Lutz Braun: Solo fur eine befallene trompete, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Kai kein Respekt, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Immo, Simultanhalle, Cologne
2003
Vom Monte Scherbelino Sehen, Diözesanmuseum Freising, Munich
2002
Kai Althoff and Armin Kraemer, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
2001
Impulse, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Aus Dir, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
2000
Hau ab, Du Scheusal, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Stigmata aus Grossmanssucht, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
Kai Althoff, ACME, Los Angeles
1999
Ein noch zu weiches Gewese der Urian-Bundner, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
Kai Althoff, Galerie Gabi Senn, Vienna
1998
Reflux Lux, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Bezirk der Widerrede, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
1997
Hilfen und Recht der äußeren Wand (an mich), Anton Kern Gallery, New York
In Search of Eulenkippstadt, Robert Prime Gallery, London
Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger, Museo de Arte Contemporanea ca USP, São Paulo
1996
Hakelhug, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
1995
Hast du heute Zeit, Ich aber nicht, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Modern wird lahmgelegt, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Kirsche-Jade-Block, Galerie Christian Nagel (with Cosima von Bonin), Cologne
1994
Zur ewigen Lampe, Galleri Nicolai Wallner (with Torsten Slama), Copenhagen
Uwe: Auf guten Rat folgt Missetat, Lukas & Hoffmann, Cologne
1993
Kai Althoff, Galerie Lukas & Hoffmann, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
THIS MIGHT BE IT, Galerie Hussenot & Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Paris
The Sleep of Reason, Craig Robins Collection, Miami
2023
Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries, Fondazione Prada, Milan
The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, Simo Bacar, Lisbon
HEATWAVE: a screening, Galerie Neu, Berlin
BEHOLD, Hypha Studios, London
2022
Interior, Michael Werner Gallery, London
Immer feste druff, Haus Mödrath Räume für Kunst, Kerpen
IMAGES FOR SOUNDS: Artist Covers for Music Records, Villa Lotana, Rome
2021
Portraits, Tilton Gallery, New York
Closer to Life: Drawings and Works on Paper in the Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
2020
No Dandy, No Fun, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
00s. Cranford Collection: the 2000s, Mo.Co. Hôtel des Collections, Montpellier
The Sewers of Mars, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Everything is Personal, TRAMPS, New York
Psychic Wounds: On Art & Trauma, The Warehouse, Dallas
2018
Film screening: Nocturnal Creatures, Whitechapel, London
Optik Schröder II, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
2017
Eternal Youth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Cosmic Communities: Coming Out Into Outer Space, Galerie Buchholz, New York
Aftermieter (Lodgers), Haus Mödrath Räume für Kunst, Kerpen
2016
Invisible Adversaries: the Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center for Curatorial Studies, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
Identity Revisited, The Warehouse, Dallas
2015
Avatar and Atavism: Outside the Avant-Garde, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Painting 2.0: Expression in The Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
Body Shop, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2014
A Place Like This, Klöntal Triennale 2014, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus
2013
Not Yet Titled, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2012
The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Sgl. Wilhelm Otto Nachf. Werkräume von / Work Spaces from Kai Althoff bis / to Thomas Zip, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren, Düren
A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance, Tate, London
2011
Germany Is Your America, Broadway 1602, New York
The Perfect Man, White Columns, New York
Weekend in Valmouth, Ancient and Modern, London
Works of Paper, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles
The Phantasm, Foxy Production, New York
2010
At Home/Not At Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, New York
Beyond | In WNY, Alternating Currents, Albright Knox Triennial, New York
The Summer Bazaar, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2009
Between Art and Life: The Painting and Sculpture Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Kai Althoff & Erin Allen, Justin Beal and Lisa Williamson, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles
Mapping the Studio: Artists from the Francois Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Brandon Stosuy and Kai Althoff: Mirror Me, DISPATCH Projects, New York
Video Journeys, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Painting: Now and Forever, Part II, Greene Naftali and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Life on Mars, Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
2007
Makers and Modelers, Gladstone Gallery, New York
Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
Genesis I'm Sorry, Greene Naftali, New York
2006
Heart of Darkness: Kai Althoff, Ellen Gallagher and Edgar Cleijne, Thomas Hirschhorn, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Painting in Tongues, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2005
Nolens volens, Galerie neu, Berlin
Important, Modern and Contemporary Art, Gary Nader, Miami
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London
2004
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Armin Krämer, Abel Auer, Robert Elfgen, Kai Althoff, Corvi-Mora, London
Sans Soleil, Galerie neu, Berlin
She’s Come Undone, Artemis-Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
From Aural Sculpture to Sound by Ink, Galerie Art: Concept, Paris
The Pattern Playback, The Moore Space, Miami
2003
Malerei II Ausstellung Nulldrei, Christian Nagel, Cologne
Venice Biennale, Museo Correr, Venice
EU3, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Nature Boy, Elizabeth Dee, New York
A Perilous Space, Magnani, London
2002
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Dear Painter, paint me...Painting the Figure since late Picabia, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle, Vienna; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
2001
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Musterkarte. Modern Painting in Germany 2001, Galeria Heinrich Erhardt, Madrid
Vom Eindruck zum Ausdruck, Grasslin Collection, Deichtorhallen,Hamburg
I Love NY, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
2000
Drawings 2000, Gladstone Gallery, New York
Deutsche Kunst in Moskau, Central House of Artist, Moscow
Europa differenti prospettive nella pittura, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare Chieti
1999
German Open. Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
The School of Athens - German Art Today, Hellenic Art Galleries Association, Athens
How Will We Behave, Robert Prime, London
On Paper, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
Oldnewtown, Casey Kaplan, New York
1998
Ars Viva 98/99, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig; Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus; Portikus, Frankfurt
Wrapped, Sorø Kunstmuseum, Sorø
1997
Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger, Museo Contemporaneo, São Paulo
Time Out, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg
Home Sweet Home, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Symposion, Icebox / Venetia Kapernekas, Athens
1996
Glockengeschrei nach Deutz. Das Beste aller Seiten, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Wunderbar, Kunstverein, Hamburg
Heetz, Nowak, Rehberger, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
1995
Fächerfest, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Wild Walls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994
Stonewall, White Columns, New York
Sonne München, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Stockholm Smart Show, Lukas & Hoffmann, Cologne
1993
Unfair, Galerie Lukas & Hoffman, Cologne
Aperto 93, Venice Biennale, Stand Schafhausen, Venice
E, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
6 Wochen Brüssel, Lukas & Hoffmann, Brussels