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Carsten Höller — biography

Born in 1961, Brussels, Belgium
Works and lives in Stockholm, Sweden

Solo Exhibitions

2015
Carsten Höller. Hayward Gallery, London, England.

2014
Hormoon / Hormone. Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels, Belgium.
Carsten Höller: Golden Mirror Carousel. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Carsten Höller: LEBEN. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria.
Gartenkinder. Gagosian Gallery, Frieze 2014, London, England.
Vitra Slide Tower. Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany.

2013
Avec. Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Half Past And Half To. Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile.

2012
Carsten Höller & Attilio Maranzano: Memory. Gun Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.

2011
Animals Works. Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy.
Carsten Höller: Experience, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
Carsten Höller: Problemspiel, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung Skulpturenpark, Neumünster, Germany.
Carsten Höller Enel Contemporanea 2011: Double Carousel with Zöllner Stripes. Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Enel Contemporanea 2011. MACRO, Rome, Italy.
Problemspiel, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany.

2010
Carsten Höller: SOMA. Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.
Divided Divided. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The Fly Agaric Show. Monaco Project for the Arts, Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco, Monaco.
Giant Triple Mushroom. Monaco Project for the Arts, Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco, Monaco.
Giant Triple Mushrooms. Garage CCC, Moscow, Russia.
Rentier im Zöllnerstreifenwald. Schering Stiftung, Berlin, Germany.

2009
Double Slide. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia.
Vogel Pilz Mathematik. Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Carsten Höller Carrousel. Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria.
Carsten Höller: Reindeers & Spheres. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.

2008
The Double Club. Fondazione Prada, London, England.
Carrousel. Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria.

2007
Carsten Höller: Double Shadow. Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Carsten Höller and Karsten Hoeller. Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street, London, England.
Carsten Höller: One, Some, Many. Shawinigan Space, Québec, Canada.
Carsten Höller: Neon Circle. Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2006
Amusement Park. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
Carsten Höller: Neue Photogravüren. Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Druck.Künster. Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich, Germany.
The Expanded Eye. Sehen-entgrenzt und verflüssigt Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland.
Into me/Out of me. P. S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
Surprise, Surprise. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England.
The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller : Test Site. Tate Modern, London, England.
Wrong. Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany.

2005
Carsten Höller. SFAN, Iceland.
Die innere konkurrenz. Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
I Always Say the Same of What You Say/I Always Say the Opposite of What You Say. Shugoarts, Tokyo, Japan.
Logic. Gagosian Gallery, London, England.

2004
Karsten Höller. Casey Kaplan, New York, NY.
Carsten K. Höller, Georgi I. Krutikow, David N. Lee. Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy.
Carsten Höller, Gunnar Johansson. Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
Une exposition à Marseille. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France.
7,8 Hz. Le Consortium, Dijon, France.

2003
Carsten Höller. Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany.
Half Fiction. ICA, Boston, MA.
One Day One Day. Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden.

2002
Deux Paris. Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Light Corner. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2001
INSTRUMENTE aus dem Kiruna Psycholabor. Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany.
Carsten Höller. Casey Kaplan, New York, NY.

2000
Liukuratoja—Slides, Tuotanto—Production. Kiasma, Studio K, Helsinki, Finland.
Synchro System. Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy.

1999
Ny Värld (New World). Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sanatorium. Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany.
Schnee. Kunsthalle, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Vehicles. Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy.

1998
Gift (Poison). Camden Arts Centre, London, England.
Neue Welt. Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Switzerland.

1997
Amanita Blue. Goethe House, New York, NY.
Gift. Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany.
Moi-Même Soi-Même. Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Pitsch Park. Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria.
Vertigo. Galerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany.

1996
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy.
Glück. Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany; Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Le Saut Méduse. Espace Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
Skop. Wiener Sezession, Vienna, Austria.

1995
A. J. Florizoone. Theoretical Events, Naples, Italy.

1994
Du You. Schipper & Krome, Cologne, Germany.
Killing Children III. Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden.
Loverfinches. Ars Futura, Zürich, Switzerland.
Secondaire, Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Summergarden. Air de Paris, Paris, France.

1993
Killing Children I and II. Lukas & Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany.
Pest Control. Mosel & Tschechow, Munich, Germany.
Jenny Happy. Buchholz & Buchholz, Cologne, Germany.

1992
Carsten Höller. Galerie Porte Avion, Marseille, France.
Dur Dur d’être un bébé. Air de Paris, Monaco, France.

Group Exhibitions

2015
All The World Futures, Venice Biennial, Italy

2014
1984-1999. La Décennie (1984-1999. The Decade). Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France.
Arche Noah. Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany.
8th Berlin Biennale. Ethnological Museum Dahlem, Berlin, Germany.
Burning Down the House. 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea.
Le Jardin Décomposé / Decomposed Garden. Gagosian Gallery, Le Bourget, Paris, France.
Kunstpark 2014. Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price – A stroll through a fun palace. 14th International Architecture Biennial, Venice, Italy.
Lullaby. McCabe Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden.
Outside. Index — The Contemporary Swedish Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
Melbourne Festival 2014. Melbourne, Australia.

2013
Beyond Sant’Elia: Urban Visions of the XX Century. Como, Italy.
Close, Closer. Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, Portugal.
Do It, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Manchester International Festival, Manchester, England.
Flowers and Mushrooms. Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg, Germany.
L’image pensée. Kamel Mennour, Paris, France.
My Little Paradise. Middelheimmuseum, Anvers, Belgium.
Sharjah Biennal, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Sous Influences: arts pastiques et psychotropes. La Maison Rouge, Paris, France.
Station to Station. New York, NY. Traveled to train stations in Pittsburgh, PA, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN, Santa Fe, NM, Winslow, AZ, Barstow, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Oakland / San Francisco, CA.

2012
The Supersurrealism. Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden.
LiveInYourHead. Musée de l’art extraterrestre, Institut curatorial de la Head, Genève, Switzerland.
Surf + Anarchie + Alchemie: Metaphorik und produktive Mibverstandnisse. Amtstrichterhaus, Schwarzenbek, Germany.
Exhibition, Exhibition. Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, France.
Echigo Tsumari Art Field. Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Japan.
Memory. GunGallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fantastic Attractions. Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille, France.
Glissement de terrain. Musée Lanchelevici, La Louvière, France.
Air de Paris Summer Show. Galerie Art & Rapy, Monaco, France.
Invisible: Art about the Unseen, 1957-2012. Hayward Gallery, London, England.
Aesthetic Transactions. Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France.
L’Art à l’état vif, 20 ans aprés. Institut ACTE, Paris, France.
Systemic. Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York, New York.

2011
AD LIB: Cleijne + Gallagher, Curry, Höller, Huyghe, Kusama, Warhol, Wright. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.
Small Medium Large. Donjon de Vez, Vez, France.
Safari. Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France.
Experimentelle Ästhetik. Kongress der Deutschen Gessellschaft für Ästhetik, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
The Bell Show. Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany.
Nouvelle presentation des collections contemporaines. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Bob and Breakfast: Robert Filliou et ses invités. Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, France.
Plus Ultra: Works from The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Animal Kingdom – There Was an Old Lady Who… . Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany.

2010
The Promises of the Past / Les Promesses du Passé. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Crash: Homage to JG Ballard. Gagosian Gallery, London, England.
Eat Art. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Eating the Universe. Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck, Austria.
On/Off. Cité du Design/ESADSE, Saint-Etienne, France.
21st Century: Art in the First Decade. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia.
Passages. Travels in Hyperspace. LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon, Spain.
Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Projections contemporaines. Le Fort du Bruissin, Francheville, France.
Königstraum und Massenware. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia.
10,000 Lives. 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea.
032x Worshop Report #1. Baibakov art projects, Moscow, Russia.
Dreamlandz. Air de Paris, Paris, France.
Animal politique. Frac Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, Linazay, France.
Ibrido. Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy.

2009
All Creatures Great and Small. Zacheta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland.
Die Kunst ist Super! Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.
Le Nouveau Festival. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Sphères 2. Le Moulin, Boissey-le-Châtel, France.
Emporte-moi / Sweep me off my Feet. Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec, Canada.
Utopics. 11th Switss Sculpture Exhibition, Bienne, Switzerland.
Il Tempo del Postino – A Group Show, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist et Philippe Parreno, Theater Basel, Switzerland.
Public. Massimo de Carlo gallery, Milan, Italy.
Fare Mondi / Making Worlds. 53è Biennale de Venise, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, Venice, Italy.
Unbuilt Roads. e-flux project space, New York, NY.
Puissance & Gloire. Frac Poitou-Charentes, Château de Bressuire, France.

2008
In Living Contact. 28th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, Brazil.
Struggle for life. ERES-Stiftung, Munich, Germany.
An Unruly History of the Readymade. Fundacion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico.
Theanyspacewhatever. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
Cover = Reencencão + Repeticão. Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paolo, Brazil.
The Art of the Real. Oud Vliegveld, Ostende, Belgium.
The Artists’ Playground. Sudeley Castle, Cheltenham, England.
Teleport färgabriken. Färgfabriken Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Wizard of Oz. CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Pasion Privadas, Vision Publicas. MARCO, Vigo, Spain.
<< Regarde de tous tes yeux, regarde >>, l’art contemporain de Georges Perec. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France.
Games, Kunst und Politik der Spiele. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Peripheral Vision and collective body. Museion, Bolzano, Italy.
Why of life. SI Swiss Institute, New York, NY.
Nathan Carter, Liam Gillick, Carsten Höller, Simon Starling, Garth Weiser. Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Show: Carsten Höller, Kodai Nakahara Shugoarts. Tokyo, Japan.
Biennale Cuvée. O.K. Centrum fur Gegenwartdkunst, Linz, Austria.

2007
Extraordinaria/Extraordinary Rendition. Noguerasblanchard, Bacelona, Spain.
This Winter. Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY.
CALL OF THE WILD. Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
Bird Watching. de Vishal—ruimte voor beeldende kunst, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Bare Life. Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel.
True Romance—Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute. Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna, Austria.
Il Futuro del Futurismo. GAMeC—Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.
Cuestion xeracional. CGAC—Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Franz West—Souffle, eine Massenausstellung Kunstraum Innsbruck. Innsbruck, Austria.
Contour 2007—third biennial for video art Biennial for Video Art. Mechelen, Belgium.
Cosmic Dreams. Centro Cultural Andratx—CCA, Andratx, Spain.
Say it isn`t so. Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
I Am A Future Melancholic. go gallery, Milan, Italy.
Airs de Paris. Centre Pompidou—Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France.
Into Me, Out of Me. MACRO Future, Rome, Italy.
Rendición Extraordinaria. Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain.
all about laughter. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Videostampa Stampa. Stampa, Basel, Switzerland.
Kit Bashing. Western Bridge, Seattle, WA

2006
Continuum, Arts, Le Havre Biennal of Contemporary Art, Le Havre
De Stedelijke Conditie – The Urban Condition, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere
Emotional Rescue, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
The Snow Show, Sestriere, Torino
The Party, Casey Kaplan, New York
Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, MOCA, Los Angeles
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
Faites vos Jeux!: Kunst und Spiel seit Dada, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen

2005
EindhovenIstanbul, 9th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul
A Brief History of Invisible Art, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco
24-Hour Incidental (part of PERFORMA), Swiss Institute, New York
The Forest. Politics, Poetics and Practice, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Durham, NC
Slow Art: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus den Niederlanden und Flandern, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
A Kind of Magic: The Art Of Transforming, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
Material Time, Work Time, Life Time, Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik
La Belgique Visionnaire, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Ecstasy, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
Expérience de la durée, Beinnale de Lyon, Lyon
Bidibidobidiboo: works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
First Acquisitions: The Foundation for Contemporary Art Victor Pinchuk Ukraine, Palazzo Papadopoli, Venetia
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander
What’s New, Pussycat?, MMK, Frankfurt a.M.
EN/OF 001-030, Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
Good Titles From Bad Books, Kevin Burk Gallery, Miami
The Myth of Childhood in the 20th century, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome
Goodbye 14th Street, Casey Kaplan, New York
Fondos Regionales de Arte Contemporaneo Ile-de-France y Poitou-Charantes, Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

2004
The Snow Show. outdoor exhibition, Kemi and Rovaniemi, Finland.
What did you expect? Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium.
Berlin/Moskau-Moskau/Berlin. Russian Museum, Moscow, Russia.
Brillant(e) – Schmuck Kunst. kunst Meran, Kunsthaus, Italy.
Before the End (cur. by Stéphane Moisdon-Trembley). Le Consortium, Dijon, France.
“IS ONE THING BETTER THAN ANOTHER???” Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cölogne, Germany.
The Ten Commandments (cur. by Klaus Biesenbach). Deutsches Hygenie-Museum, Dresden, Germany.
A Angles vifs. capcMusée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France.
Emotion Eins. Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany.
Due. Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy.
À fripon, fripon et demi. Pour une école buissonniere. Collection Lambert, Avignon, France.
Ein-leuchten. Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austira.
Hard Light. PS1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
Carnegie International. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
Eyes, Lies & Illusion. Hayward Gallery, London, England.
Les Enfants Terribles 1909-2004. Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland.
Utopia Station. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany.
Rouge Phosphène. Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète, France.
Pillish: Harsh Realities & Gorgeous Destinations. Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO.
WOW (The Work of the Work). Western Bridge, Seattle, WA.

2003
Editions and Multiples 1990-2003. Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany.
The Straight or Crooked Way. Royal College of Art Galleries, London, England.
Spiritus. Magasin 3, Stockholm, Swede.
Delays & Revolution. Venice Biennale, Italy.
Auf Eigene Gefahr. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
EN/OF Editionen. Heeresbäckerei Guestroom, Berlin, Germany.
Prophetic Corners. The 6th Periferic Biennial, Lasi, Romania.
Seethe. Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
C’est arrivé demain. 7e Biennale de Lyon, France.
Berlin/Moskau-Moskau/Berlin. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany.
Common Wealth. Tate Modern, London, England.
The Unhomeley. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, England.
Happiness. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Coollustre. Collection Lambert en Avignon, France.
Spectacular: The Art of Action. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany.
LeereXVision. Körper und Gegenstände, MARTa Herford, Herforder Radewig, Germany.

2002
Ciudades. 25a Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Summer Cinema. Casey Kaplan, New York, NY.
Subréel. Museum of Contemporary Art, Musées de Marseille, France.
Rouge Phosphène. Regianl Center for Contemporary Art, Sète, France.
B. open. Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead/Newcastle, England.
Artists’s Games, Public’s Games. Kunstverein Ulm, Germany.
I promise it’s political. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
Ten Years Ars Futura. Galerie Ars Futura, Zürich, Switzerland.
Loop—Back to the Beginning. Contempoary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Everything Can Be Different. Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. Traveled to: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Memphis, TN; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA.

2001
Il dono. Offerta, ospitalità, insidia. Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy.
The Wedding Show. Casey Kaplan 10-6, New York, NY.
Palomino. Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany.
La vérité est ailleurs. Centre pour l’image cotemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland.
i like theater & theater likes me. 1. Schauspielhauswochenende, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany.
Stadt unter dem Himmel/City under the Sky, Part 3. BüroFriedrich, Berlin, Germany.
MEGA-WAVE—Towards a New Synthesis. International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan.
Loop—Alles auf Anfang. Kunsthalle der Hypokulturstiftung, Munich, Germany.
Kunst und Kur—Ästhetik der Erholung. Kulturverein Kunst Meran, Germany.
Timewave Zero—The Politics of Ecstasy. Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria.
Winter 01. Galerie Schipper & Krome, Berlin.
LOOP. P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY.

2000
Your Private Sky. R. Buckminster Fuller, Kunsthalle Tirol, Austria.
Dream Machines. Dundee Contemporary Arts, England. Traveld to: Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Camden Arts Centre, London; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansen, England.
Micropolitiques. Le Magasin—Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France.
Hausschau. Das Haus in der Kunst, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany.
Vision Machine. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France.
Over the Edges. S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium.
Presumed Innocent. CAPC, Bordeaux, France.
The Vincent. Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Etat des Lieux #2. We come as friends. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Very New Art 2000. 100 Artists of the Year 2000, Bijutsu, Japan.
Biennale d’Art Contemporain. Lyon, France.
AIR-AIR. Celebrating Inflatables! Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
Vicinato 2. Galerie Neugeriemschneider, Berlin, Germany.
The Ars Futura Show. Ars Futura Gallerie, Zürich, Switzerland.
Berühmte Künstler helfen Koch und Kesslau. Koch und Kesslau, Berlin, Germany.
Ein/räumen. Arbeiten im Museum, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany.
Vision and Reality. Conceptions of the 20th Century, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.
An Active Life. Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Wider Bild—Gegen Wart. NICC, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Acquisizioni recenti/Recent acquisitions. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Guarene d’Alba, Turin, Italy.

1999
Konstruktionszeichnungen. Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany.
Rosa für Jungs. Hellblau für Mädchen, NGBK, Berlin, Germany.
Focused. Galerie Tanit, München, Germany.
Laboratorium. Provinciaal Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Tales of the Tip. Stichting Fundament, Breda, Netherlands.
Ain’t Ordinarily So. Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY.
Air de Paris: works by AND/OR informations about. Grazer Kunstverein, Germany.
Rotation. Cologne, Germany.
kant park. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany.
Site Santa Fe, 3rd International Biennial. Santa Fe, NM.
Zoom. Museum Abteiberg, Gladbach, Germany.
Die Macht des Alters. Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Eingeladen. De Paviljoens, Almeers Centrum Hedendaagse Kunst, Almere, Netherlands.
6th International Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey.
Zeitwenden. Rückblick und Ausblick. Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
Children of Berlin. PS1, New York, NY.
With Love. Tensta Konsthal, Stockholm.
Panorama 2000. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Exit. Chisenhale Gallery, London, England.

1998
Vollkommen Gewöhnlich. Kunstverein Freiburg; Germanisches National Museum, Nürnberg; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany.
Hundert Jahre Wiener Secession. Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria.
off-sónic, Installacions multimedia. Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain.
Manifesta 2. European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Luxemburg.
Es grünt so grün…, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
weather everything. Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany.
Die Macht des Alters. DHM Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin.
3. Werkleitz Biennale. Werkleitz, Törnitz, Calbe, Germany.
berlin berlin. 1. Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany.
Propos Mobiles. Projet 10, Paris, France.
Le Procès de Pol Pot. Magasin, Grenoble, France.
Imitating Christmas. Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany.

1997
Belladonna. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England.
Smooth. Air de Paris, Paris, France.
The way things are. Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, England.
Letterandevent. Apex Art C.P., New York, NY.
Standort Deutschland. Schloß Morsbroich, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Germany.
Réseau. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France.
Posities/Positions/Positionen < 40. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.
Was Nun? Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany.
Das Pfeifen im Walde. Kunstmuseum Luzern, Germany.
KünstlerInnen. Kunsthaus Bregenz, Germany.
Check in! Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland.
5th International Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey.
7e Semaine Internationale de la Vidéo. Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland.
Standort Berlin, places to stay. Büro Friedrich, Berlin, Germany.
Kunst..Arbeit. Südwest LB, Stuttgart, Germany.

1996
Traffic. CAPC, Bordeaux, France.
Kingdom of Flora. Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Drei Jahre. Ars Futura, Zürich, Switzerland.
The Norton Collection. Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art, Santa Monica, CA.
March à l’Ombre. Air de Paris. Paris, France.
Les Plaisirs et les Ombres. Fondation pour l‘Architecture, Brussels, Belgium.
Berechenbarkeit der Welt. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
All of a sudden. Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany.
Hermeneutik und die auf dem Wasser Sitzenden. Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany.
Manifesta I. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Doppelt Haut. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany.
Comme un Oiseau. Fondation Cartier pour l‘Art Contemporain, Paris, France.
Fjörjit. The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Köln zur Zeit, zwölf Positionen. Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany.
Diffusion Video. Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland.
Controfigura. Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy.
Paper Works. Busche Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
Hybrids. de Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Maschinen. Andreas Schlüter Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
Kunst im Sozialamt. Sozialamt Hannover, Germany.

1995
Toys. Jousse Seguin, Paris, France.
La Valise du Célibataire. Stichting Clair Obscur, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Soucis de Pensées. Art:Concept, Nice, France.
Take Me (I’m Yours). Serpentine Gallery, London. Traveld to: Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany.
Vital Use. Museum in Progress, Vienna, Austria.
Trust. Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moral Maze. Le Consortium, Dijon, France.
How Is Everything? Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria.
Kwangju Biennial, South Korea.
10. 1. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
Collection, fin XXe. Hotel de Region, Poitiers, France.
Zwei und Zwanzig. Peter Mertes Stipendium 1985-1995, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
Biennale de Lyon. Maison de Lyon, France.
Rewind. City Racing, London, England.

1994
Surface de Réparation I. FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Handmade. Friesenwall 116a, Cologne, Germany.
Please Don’t Hurt Me. Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam and Cabinet Gallery, London, England.
L’Hiver de l’Amour. ARC Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
Winter of Love. PS1, New York, NY.
Übergangsbogen und Überhöhungsrampe. Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany.
Are You Experienced? Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY.
Cocktail II. Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany.
Sonne München. Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany.
Monaco Grand Prix. Air de Paris, Nice, France.
Rue des Marins. Air de Paris, Nice, France.
Les Images du Plaisir. FRAC Pays de la Loire, Clisson/Ste. Suzanne, France.
Cloaca Maxima. Museum für Stadtentwässerung, Zürich, Switzerland.
Naked City. Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy.

1992
Besucherschule. Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany.
Die Aufhebung der Sie-Form. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany.
Tattoo Collection. Air de Paris and Urbi et Orbi, Paris, France.
Primo Vero. Anciens Ets. Sacré, Liège, Belgium.
240 Minuten. Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany.
Ufo-Project. Air de Paris, Monaco.

1991
Le Monde Critique. Hamburg, Germany.
Europe Unknown. Cracow, Poland.
Poliset II. Ferrara, Italy.
X Mas Show. Air de Paris, Nice, France.

1990
RADAR. Kotka, Finland.

1989
D & S. Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany.

Publicactions / Performances

2001
L’expérimentation Baudoin/Boudewjn. Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.
2000
Register prepared on the occasion of “Synchro System.” Fondazion Prada, Milan, Italy.
1999
Kant Park. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Germany.
1995
Wie kann ich sagen, was ich denke, bevor ich höre, was ich sage? (How Can I Say what I Think Before I Hear What I Say?) with Lothar Hempel, Roter Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany.
1994
La Pensée des Animaux (The Thoughts of Animals), performance with 22 children on stilts in a sunflower field, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulème, France.
1993
The German Message to Belgium, a diner at Lukas Hoffmann, Brussels, Belgium with Klaus Baumgartner.
1991
Organisation of a Demonstration of Children for the Future, Berlin, Germany.
Foundation of the Journal Amokkoma, Journal Oriental with Klaus Baumgartner; 5 issues released until August 1995.
1990
Placement of sugar cubes labelled “Future” into birds nests.”
1989
Distribution of matches labelled ‘Future’ is more important than leisure via announcements in art magazines.
Distribution of green-white flaglets labelled “Common Future” to tourists looking at the pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt .

Selected Lectures

2001
Geruch und Gehorsam (Odour and Obedience), Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin; Mosel & Tschechow, Munich, Germany; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Hochschule der Künste, Hamburg, Germany; Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria; Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany; Atelier Sainte Anne, Brussels, Belgium.
1999
Seminar über Spiele, Art Weekend Nr. 14, Castell, Zuoz-Engadin, Switzerland.
1998
Carsten Höller—Produktion, in der Reihe Reden über Kunst.” Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1995
Love, Art Academy, Copenhagen; Art Academy, Umeå, Sweden; Goldsmith College, London, England.
1994
Odour and Obedience, Künstlerhaus, Stuffgart; Hochschule der Künster, Hamburg, Germany; Raum für Aktuelle Kunst, Vienna, Austria; Kunst and Austellunghsalle, Bonn, Germany; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany.
My videos, FRAC Corse, Corte, France.
The computability of the World, Werkstadt & Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
1993
Der Sinn des Lebens (The Sense of Life), Gasteig, Munich, Germany.
Odeur et Obéissance (Odour and Obedience), Air de Paris, Nice, France; Air de Paris, Paris, France; FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France; Bruno Brunnett Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany; Mosel & Tschchow, Munich, Germany.
1991
The Future of Mankind, Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw, Poland.
Why Thousand Aphids Tremble in Face of a Ladybird, with F. Barth, Volkhochscule, Wuppertal, Germany.
1990
The Development of Mankind in the Past and in the Future, Nemo, Eckenförde, Germany.

Videos

2002
The Forest, 6 min 15 sec.
1999
One Minute of Doubt, 1 min.
The Trip, 4 min.
1998
Hofmann, 14 min.
1997
Muscimol, 12 min, Charité, 240 min, Muscimol 3. Versuch, s/w, 14 min.
1996
Gemini, 20 sec, endless loop.
1996
Anna, 16 sec, endless loop.
1995
The Loverfinch, 15 min.
1994
La Pensée des Animaux, 10 min.
1994
Bonobosex, 15 min.
1993
Jenny Happy, 15 min.
1992
Jenny, 12 min.

Film

Fara Fara (collaboration with Måns Månsson), 2–channel video installation, digitized 35 mm film and archival VHS material, color, sound 13 min.
1st projection: Leben. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten, Vienna, Austria, July 2014.

Vicinato II with Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija
1st projection: Art 31 Basel/Film, Basel, Switzerland, June 2000.

Projections

2000
neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany.
Vicinato (collaboration with Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija), 16 mm B&W film.
1st projection: Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy, September 1995.
Projections:
1999 ARC Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
1998 remake, Ecole d’Art de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
1997 Loco-Motion (curated by Francesco Bonami), Venice, Italy.
1996 CAPC, Bordeaux; Air de Paris, Paris, France; Heure Exquise, Mons en Baroeul, France; Schipper & Krome, Cologne, Germany; Magasin, Grenoble, France; Vidéochroniques, Aix-en Provence, France; CCC, Tours, France; Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria.

Bibliography

Books and Catalogues

2014
Abdalian, Z., Gaitán, J. A., Munguía, M., Kunst-Werke Berlin – KW Institute for Contemporary Art., & Berlin-Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst. Excursus: [on the occasion of the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (May 29 – Aug. 3, 2014)]. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.
Gonzalez, Sophie and Laetitia Vivarelli. Un jardin des sculptures: Peyrassol. Brussels: Editions Racine.
Morgan, Jessica. Gwangju Biennale 2014: Burning Down the House. Bologna: Damiani.

2013
Columbus, Nikki, Yuko Hasegawa and Sharjah Art Foundation. Re:emerge: Towards a new cultural cartography = Nuhūḍ : naḥwa khāriṭat thaqāfah jadīdah. Shāriqah: Sharjah Art Foundation.
Cendo, Nicolas. Musée Cantini, Musée d’art contemporain: Guide des collections. Paris: Éditions Art Lys.
De Michelis, Marco. La città nuova oltre Sant’Elia. Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale.
Evans, Cerith Wyn, Eva Wilson, Daniela Zyman, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Foundation). Cerith Wyn Evans: The what if ?…scenario (after LG). Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Grovier, Kelly. 100 works of art that will define our age. New York: Thames & Hudson.
Holzwarth, Hans Werner and John Beeson. Art now: Vol. 4. Koln: London Taschen.
Lemoine, Serge. Dynamo: Un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art, 1913-2013. Paris: RMN-Grand Palais.
Philip. Architecture now! Houses. Vol. 3. Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag.
Pontbriand, Chantal. The contemporary, the common: Art in a globalizing world. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Weyns, Sara, and Hans Op de Beeck. Mijn kleine paradijs = My little paradise. Antwerpen: Middelheimmuseum.
Wilson, Michael. How to read contemporary art: Experiencing the art of the 21st century. Antwerp: Ludion, New York: Abrams.

2012
Shusterman, Richard. Aesthetic transactions: pragmatist philosophy through art and life = Art et philosophie à l’état vif. France: s.n.

2011
Columbus, Nikki and Gary Carrion¬-Murayari. Carsten Höller: Experience. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc. in association with New Museum.

2010
Mak, Barbara-Brigitte. Carsten Höller 2001-2010: 184 Objects, Experiments, Events. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag.

2008
Roitmeister, Carl & Carsten Höller. Carsten Höller : Carrousal. Kunsthaus Bregenz.

2006
Morgan, Jessica. Carsten Höller Test Site. London: Tate Publishing.

2005
Allen, Jennifer & Daniel Birnbaum. Logic. London: Gagosian Gallery.
Heil, Axel & Wolfgang Schoppmann. Most Wanted, The Olbricht Collection. Cologne, Germany: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König.

2004
Biesenbach, Klaus. Die zehn Gebote. Dresden, Germany: Deutsches Hygiene Museum.
Horvath, Barbara. Carsten Höller: ein-leuchten. Salzburg, Germany: Museum der Modern.
Mannoni, Laurent. Eyes, Lies & Illusion. London: Hayward Gallery.

2003
———-. The Straight or Crooked Way. London: Royal College of Art.
Neuman, David. Spiritus. Stockholm: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall.
Starling, Anna. Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2003-2004. London: Frieze.
Tufnell, Rob. the Unhomely. Cambridge, England: University of Cambridge, Kettle’s Yard.
———-. LeereXVision. Herford, Germany: MARTa.

2000
Levin, Kim. Transplant: Living Vegetation in Contemporary Art. Ostfildern/Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz.
———-. Micropolitiques. Grenoble, France: Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain.
Felix, Zdenek. HausSchau. Das Haus in der Kunst. Ostfildern/Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz.
Hiller, Susan. Dream Machines. London: Hayward Gallery.
———-. The Vincent (shortlisted artists). Maastricht, Netherlands: Bonnefanten Museum.
———-. Louisiana Revy: Vision and Reality. Humlebaek, Denmark: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
———-. Vision Machine. Paris: Musée des Beaux-Arts.
———-. Partage d’Exotismes, Lyon, France: Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon.
———-. ein/räumen. Arbeiten im Museum. Ostfildern/Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz.
Celant, Germano. Carsten Höller. Registro. Milan: Fondazione Prada.
Wilfried, Dickhoff & KasperKönig. In Between. Das Kunstprojekt der Expo 2000. Cologne: Dumont Buchverlag.

1999
Grosenick, Uta & Burkhard Riemschneider. Art at the Turn of the Millenium. Cologne: Taschen.
Nemeczek, Alfred. Das Bild der Kunst. 20 Jahre art Das Kunstmagazin. Hamburg: Dumont.
———-. kant park. Duisburg: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum.
———-. zoom—Ansichten zur deutschen Gegenwartskunst. Gladbach: Museum Abteiberg.

1998
Höller, Carsten. Carsten Höller’s Spiele Buch. Cologne: Oktagon.

1994
———-. What is Love? Sunshine. Munich: Jahresring 41, Silke Schreiber.

Articles and Reviews

2013
Flach, Sabine. “Negotiation and Metamorphosis: Carsten Höller’s SOMA and Matthew Barney’s Cremaster”. Embodied Fantasies / Suzanne Anker, Jan. 01, pp. 83-98.
Grima, Joseph. “’Fucking with the future’: La città volante di Carsten Höller”. La Città Nuova Oltre Sant’elia [como, Villa Olmo, Pinacoteca Civica, a Cura Di Marco De Michelis], Mar. 24 – Jul. 14, pp. 179-185.
Polveroni, Adriana. “Ripensare l’arte e l’architettura: La crisi economica e il tramonto del gigantismo”. Discorsi D’attualità / a Cura Di Christoph Riedweg, Jan. 01, pp. 209-219.

2012
Geczy, Adam, Vicki Karaminas, and Nicky Ryan. “Prada and the art of patronage”. Fashion Theory.
Joselit, D. “Carsten Holler”. Artforum, vol. 50, no. 6, Jan., p. 219.
Ottinger, Didier. “Le chaman et l’ingénieur: Carsten Höller et la mycologie sacrée”. Les Cahiers Du Musée National D’art Moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, pp. 64-79.
Yaneva, Albena. “Der Aufbau von Installationen: Eine pragmatische Annäherung an Kunst”. Zeitschrift Für Ästhetik Und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 152-172.
———. “Carsten Höller”. Current biography yearbook, v. 73, pp. 252-255.

2011
Russeth, Andrew. “Carsten Höller, Winning Contemporary Art Award, Plans Double Carousel.”The New York Observer, Sep. 22.
———-. “Carsten Höller wins the Enel Contemporary Award.” Art Review, Jul. 26.
Lacey, Hester. “The Inventory: Carsten Holler.” The Financial Times Weekend, May 13.
Byrt, Anthony. “Critics Picks Berlin: Carsten Höller at Hamburger Bahnhoff.” Artforum online, Jan.

2009
Herbert, Martin. “Double Act: When Carsten Höller met Mrs. Prada.” Art Review, Apr., pp. 56 – 59.
———-. “Carsten Höller exhibition, LA.”Wallpaper online, Jan. 12.
Bishop, Claire. “Think Twice.” Artforum online, Feb. 18.
Cumming, Laura. “Less money to spend, less second rate art. The Observer, Jan. 25.
Ducker, George. “Opening Reindeers and Spheres.” LA Weekly, Jan. 11.
Gayford, Martin, Bugs, Whooshing. “Circular Sleep Stimulate Artist Carsten Holler.” Bloomberg online, Feb. 23.
Kent, Sarah, Review, Carsten Höller. “The Double Club.” Modern Painters, Mar.
Knight, Christopher. “Review_Carsten Höller at Gagosian Gallery.” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 19.

2008
Bishop, Clare. “Think Twice.” Artforum online.
Hoyle, Ben. “Carsten Höller Stretches the Definition of Art with the Double Club.” The Times, Nov. 18.
Nayeri, Farah. “London Night Clubbers Get Into The Groove with Tate Artist Höller. Bloomberg online, Nov. 24.
Saltz, Jerry. “Night At The Museum.” New York Magazine, Nov. 17, pp. 72 – 75.

2007
Daley, Michael. “Tate Modern Knows Just what the Public Wants. The Evening Standard. Feb. 26.
Higgens, Charlotte. “Blair Reminisces about Labour’s “Golden Age” of the Arts; Others Wonder Where It Went.” The Guardian, Mar. 7.
Jones, Jonathan. “Inviting Theatrical and Bombastic Art.” The Guardian, Apr. 6.
Guner, Fisun. “Art to interact with.” Thisislondon online, Aug. 29.
Punj, Rajesh. “Tate is a theme park.” Flash Art, Jan./Feb., p. 55.
Wright, Karen. “Hunter-Gatherer Art, Höller’s Pink Hippo, London Galleries.” Bloomberg online, Sep. 3.

2006
Charlesworth, J.J. “Power 100.” Art Review, Nov., p. 116.
Arendt, Paul. “Proposing a motion: Carsten Holler plans to get MPs sliding to work.” Guardian, Oct. 17.
Cumming, Laura. Reivew: Carsten Holler at the Tate Modern. The Observer, Oct. 10, p. 19.
Rappolt, Mark. “My Idea Of Fun.” Art Review, Oct., cover, pp. 48-53.
Wright, Karen. “Down the Chute at the Tate Modern.” Modern Painters, Oct., pp. 86-89.
Higgens, Charlotte. “Mushroom Trip: Tate Prepares for New Installation.” The Guardian, Jan. 16.
Jury, Louise. “Carsten Höller to fill Tate Modern’s great hall.” The Independent, Jan. 16.
Rattemeyer, Christian. “Cartsen Höller.” Art Papers, May/June.
Reynolds, Nigel. “Giant Task a Tate Modern for Magic Mushroom Man.” Daily Telegraph, Jan. 16.

2005
Oberholzer, Niklaus. “Der Zauber der Verwandlung.” Neue Luzerner Zeitung, p. 9.
Moisdon, Stephanie. Interview with Carsten Höller. Frog, Printemps/Été, pp. 37-38.
Colard, Jean Max. “Carsten Höller at the MAC, Marseille.” Frog, 1, 1, Printemps/Été, pp. 34-36
Seung-duk, Kim. Interview with Carsten Höller. Frog, 1, Printemps/Été, pp. 30-33.
Posthuma, Jente. “Zomaar heel hard schreeuwen.” Mister Motley, Wonen en Wonen, pp. 50-51.
Kimmelman, Michael. “A Mind-Bending, Colorful Head Trip.” The New York Times, Nov. 21.
Williams, Gilda. “Carsten Höller.“ Art Monthly, issue 290, Oct., pp. 24-25.
von Taube, Annika. “A Brilliant Idea.” Sleek Magazine, Autumn, pp. 76-85.
Searle, Adrian. “Fairground distraction.” The Guardian, Sep. 6, pp. 11-12.
Kreis, Elfie. “Skandinavien: Matias Feldbakken, Miriam Bäckström und Carsten Höller.” Kunstzeitung, issue 106, June, p. 9.
Crespo Lopez, Mario. ”Una tomadura de pelo?“ Alerta, Santander, Jun. 5, p. 57.
Wittneven, Karin. ”Carsten Höller.“ Der Tagesspiegel, May 7, p. 26.
Schweighöfer, Kerstin. ”Schwindelerregendes Labyrinth.” Art. Das Kunstmagazin, May 5, p. 102.
Kurzmeyer, Roman. “La Belgique visionnaire im Palais des Beaux-Arts.“ Kunst-Bulletin, May 5, p. 45.
Revuelta, Laura. “Blancanieves Sin Los Siete Enanitos.” ABC ( Madrid), Apr. 30, pp. 32-34.
Kley, Elizabeth. “Goodbye Fourteenth Street.” ARTnews, May, p. 146.
Stroobants, Jean-Pierre, „La Belgique, génie du rêve et de la dérision“, Le Monde, March 7.
Cattini, Sandra. “Carsten Höller: Musee d’Art Contemporain.” Flash Art, Jan./Feb., p. 120.
Kerr, Merrily. “54th Carnegie International.” Flash Art, Jan./Feb., p. 120.

2004
Blomberg, Katja. “Kunstrakete auf Traufhöhe.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, p. 13.
Nittve, Lars & Sune Nordgreen. “Lars Nittve & Sune Nordgreen.” Contemporary, pp. 36-41.
Wullschlager, Jackie, “Magical time out of mind.” Financial Times, Oct. 6.
———-. “World topic: Carsten Höller.” Wolgan Misool, Seoul, Sep., pp. 108-113.
Filipovic, Elena, “Before the End.” Frieze, Jun./Aug., p. 142.
Kuni, Verena. “Wellness, als hohe Kunst betrachtet.” Artforum, May/Jun., pp. 81-99.
Meyer, F.F. “Carsten Höller au MAC.” Journal Official, pp. 1-2.
Lorch, Catrin. “What Did You Expect?” Artforum, May.
Young, Rob. “The Snow Show.” Frieze, May, pp. 100-101.
Jones, Ronald. “Miriam Bäckström and Carsten Höller.” Frieze, Jan./Feb., p. 107.

2003
Suchin, Peter. “Common Wealth.” Art Monthly, Dec./Jan., pp. 21-23.
Jones, Jonathan. “Will ping pong in a gallery change the world?” Guardian Weekly, Nov. 27.
Fielding, Anne. “Oh, the Unhomely.” Varsity, Nov. 14, p. 18.
Morton, Tom. “Turning the Tables.” Tate Magazine, Nov./Dec., pp. 74-78.
Kent, Sarah. “Game over.” Time Out London, Oct. 3.
———-. “Final exhibition in Center’s historic Fifth Street space.” The Cincinnati Herald, Aug. 32, p. 11.
Sommer, Tim. “Biennale Venedig 2003.” The Art Magazine, Aug., pp. 10-29.
Jones, Ronald. “Spiritus.” Frieze, issue 75, May, pp. 92-93.
———-. “Carsten Höller.” Madame Figaro, Apr., p. 102.
Zenakos, Avgoustinos. “Interview with Carsten Höller.” VIMA, Jan. 12.

2002
Koegel, Alice. ”I promise, it’s political.” Frieze, issue 71, Nov./Dec., pp. 110-111.
Lavrador, Judicael. “techno parade.” Les Irrockuptibles, Sep. 17, p. 87.
Pitsch, Hans. “Kunstspeicher mit Ambitionen.” Art, Sep., pp. 26-33.
Falconer, Morgan B. “Open.” Modern Painters, Autumn, p. 142.
Kollros, Petra. “Geld, Bluff und Macht.” Südwestpresse, Aug. 14.
Heese, Ralf. “Identität und Spiel in Phantasie-Welten.” Schwäbische Zeitung, Aug. 12.
Rühle, Alex. “Der Alltag als Versuchsanordnung.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, Aug. 12.
Kollros, Petra. “Beim Memory funkt der Computer rein.” Südwestpresse, Aug. 10.
Möser, Kerstin. “Spielzimmer.” Frankfurter Allgemeine, Aug. 11.
———-. “Artist’s Games. Public’s Games.” Art Bulletin, Aug. 10, p. 59.
Kindermann, Angelika. “Das schiefe Lächeln.” art, Aug. 8, p. 96.
Dennet, Daniel C. “The brain, a bag of tricks.” Janus, Summer, pp. 40-46.
L Jocks, Heinz-Norbert. “Der Geruch, die Vogeljagd, das Essen und die Kunst.” Artforum, Apr./May, pp. 176-187.
Hoffmann, Jens. “Carsten Höller: We Must Doubt!” The Nordic Art Review, Jan./Feb., pp. 130-137.
———-. “The Matrix.” Flash Art, Jan./Feb., p. 63.

2001
Poli, Francesco. “Carsten Höller.” tema celeste, p. 104.
Corbetta, Caroline. “Carsten Höller. Synchro System.” Nu: The Nordic Art Review, vol. III.
Van Versendaal, Dirk. “Lohnt die Mühe überhaupt?” Stern, no. 51, pp. 246-251.
0brist, Hans Ulrich & Barbara Vanderlinde. Laboratorium, pp. 55-59, 336-342.
———-. “Carsten Höller.” The Village Voice, Dec. 11, p. 78.
———-. Review: Carsten Höllerat Schipper & Krome. Artforum (special issue), Dec.
Heiser, Jörg. “Palomino.” Frieze(10th Anniversary Issue), Nov./Dec., p. 116.
Rühle, Alex. “Wir müssen uns Sisyphos als Karussellfahrer vorstellen.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, no. 214, Sep. 17, p. 17.
Lamm, April. “ Carsten Höller.” ARTnews, Sep., pp. 184-185.
Goetz, Joachim. “Utopien von einst und heute.” Landshuter Zeitung, Jul. 20.
Imdahl, Georg. ”Was für ein Typ ist eigentlich der Prototyp?” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jul. 16.
Leisten, Georg, “Die Kulleraugen bleiben geschlossen.” Saarbrücker Zeitung, Jul. 16.
Döbbe, Martina. “Kunst zum Klettern und zum Staunen.” Westfälische Nachrichten, Jun. 5.
Frangenberg, Frank. “Carsten Höller.” Artforum, Jun./Jul., pp. 335-336.
Hoffmann, Jens. “Carsten Höller. The Synchro System and you(s).” Flash Art, vol. 34, issue 218, May/Jun., pp. 130-133.
———-. “Carsten Höller. Het Boudewijn/Baudouin experiment.” De Witte Raaf, issue 91, May/Jun., p. 13.
Ruthe, Ingeborg. “Kunstglück auf eigene Gefahr.” Berliner Zeitung, no. 97, May 26, p. 15.
Stromberg, Tom. “My Favorite Picture, Light Corner.” Stern, no. 22, May 23, p. 222.
Berg, Ronald. “Ist so heiß, die Hölle.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, no. 104, May 5, p. BS8.
Backhaus, Catrin. “Carsten Höller.” artist, May, pp. 26-29.
Kristensen, Pernille. “Kunstens slumstormere.” Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Apr. 19.
Kern, Kristine. “Kritisk kunst.” Politiken, Mar. 31.
———-. “Und ausserdem….” The Art Magazine, Feb., p. 120.
Birnbaum, Daniel, “Mice and Man.” Artforum, Feb., pp. 114-119.
Cuz, Kathrin. “Die physikalischen Gesetze, die würde ich am liebsten abschaffen.” frame, Jan./Feb., pp. 76-80.

2000
Troncy, Eric. “Docteur Höller et Mr Hyde.” Numéro, Dec./Jan., pp. 199-203.
Searle, Adrian. “For a few Euros more.” The Guardian, Jun. 20.
Claudia Herstatt. “Stachel im Fleisch.” Handelsblatt, May 26, p. G2.
Pontbriand, Chantal. Review: Carsten Höller at the 6th Biennale Internationale d’Istanbul. Parachute, no 97, Jan./Mar., pp. 39-40.
Knott, Marie Luise. “Carsten Höller.” Le Monde Diplomatique, Jan., p. 2, Abb. pp.1, 3, 5, 10, 12-13, 17.

1999
Schmerler, Sarah. “Ain’t Ordinarily So.” Time Out New York, issue 197, Jul. 1-8.
Arrhenius, Sara. “New World.” Nu: The Nordic Art Review, p. 87.
Bourriaud, Nicholas, “Laboratoire d’essais.” BeauxArts magazine, qu’est-ce que l’art/what is art (aujourd’hui/today), Dec. 15, cover, pp. 150-153.
Kruse, Maren. “Was hat Kunst mit dem Leben zu tun?” Kieler Nachrichten, Dec., p. 73.
Gohlke, Gerrit. “Shortcuts—Carsten Höller.” Texte zur Kunst, Dec., pp. 160-167.
Rohr-Bongard, Linde. “Kunst Kompass 1999.” Capital, issue 11, Nov., pp. 256-281.
Brown, Neal, “Drugs.” Frieze, issue 49, Nov./Dec., pp. 109-110.
Albig, Jörg-Uwe. “Gewitzter Mechaniker des Glücks.” Art, issue 11, Nov., pp. 44-54.
Scheler, Renate. “Pläne zu einer fliegenden Stadt.” Der Weg, isuue 38, Oct. 19.
Bader, Joerg. “Aktuelle Eintragungen in ein Tagebuch des Zweifels.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, issue 235, Oct. 9, p. 44.
Ruthe, Ingeborg. “Atme tief, die Luft ist selten.” Berliner Zeitung, Oct. 2.
Drühl, Sven. “Lehmbruck Museum—Nachgedacht.” Marabo, issue 10, Oct.
Wendenburg, Christina. ”Höllen-Parcours der Selbstbefragung.” Berliner Morgenpost, Sep. 30, p. 35.
Herbstreuth, Peter. “Im Haifischbecken.” Der Tagesspiegel, Sep. 10.
Daniels, Corinna. “Riten der gestrengen Zuchtmeisterin.” Die Welt, Berlin Feuilleton, Sep. 4.
———-. “Philosophie im Park.” Foyer, Sep.
———-. “Kant Park.” Palette, Aug./Sep.
Kampmann, Matthias. “Zum Golfen ins Museum.” Westfälischer Anzeiger, Aug. 14.
———-. “Der Golfplatz als Sternbild.” Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, issue 188, Aug. 14.
Heidt Heller, Renate & Dirk Luckow. “Kant Park.” Duisburger Journal, Aug.
Ziegler, Ulf Erdmann. ”Speed of Life. Carsten Höller’s installation ‘New World Race’.” Art in America, Jul., pp. 82-85.
Beausse, Pascal. “Carsten Höller & Rosemarie Trockel.” Flash Art, vol. 32, no. 207, Summer, pp. 135-136.
Birnbaum, Daniel. “A Thousand Words: Carsten Höller.” Artforum International, Mar., pp. 102-103.
Herzog, Samuel. “Carsten Höller im Museum für Gegenwartskunst.” Kunst-Bulletin, Jan./Feb., p. 30.

1998
Schmitz, Rolf. “Aus dem Land des Lächelns.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 12, p. 35.
Gohlke, Gerrit. “Genuß und Wahrheit. Pleasure and Truth.” Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Be Magazin, issue 6, Winter, pp. 62-71.
Polaczek, Dietmar. “Palermo grübelnde Hühner.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 13.

1997
Tannert, Christoph. “Das Schwein und die Kunst.” Berliner Zeitung, issue 167, p. 28.
Kontova, Helena. “From Istanbul with Love and Beauty.” Flash Art, Nov./Dec., pp. 47, 55.
Winkelmann, Jan. “De futuroloog. De evolutie volgens Carsten Höller.” Metropolis M, issue 5, Oct., pp. 26-31.
Perreau, David. “Carsten Höller.” Art press, issue 228, Sep.
Mette, Hanns-Ulrich. “Carsten Höller, ein Künstler multipler Dialektik.” Visus, Zeitgenössische Kunst in Schleswig-Holstein, Sep.
Wechsler, Max. “Liebesglück kann man auch herbeipfeifen.” Luzern heute, Aug. 21.
ebovici, Elisabeth. “La méduse et ses rebondissements.” Libération 21, Jun., p. 32. Thiel, Wolf-Günter. “Carsten Höller. Maybe because I can swim, I decided to learn to fly.” Flash Art, vol XXX, issue 194, May/Jun., pp. 80-84.
Karcher, Eva. “Die Biologie des Glücks.” Art, Apr., p. 97.
Dziewior, Yilmaz. “Carsten Höller.” Artforum, Sep., p. 120.
Höller, Carsten. “Geruch und Gehorsam.” Übergangsbogen und Überhöhungsrampe. Naturwissenschaftliche und künstlerische Verfahren, Symposion I und II, hrsg. von Bogomir Ecker und Bettina Sefkow, Hamburg , pp. 103-107.
Volkart, Yvonne. “Carsten Höller.” Flash Art, vol. 28, issue 180, p. 92.
Nicol, Michelle. “Carsten Höller—Getting Real.” Parkett, issue 43, pp. 8-17.
———-. “De l’homme singe et du bourreau d’enfants” (interview), Revue d’Art et de Sciences Humaines, issue 5, pp. 36-43.
Nicol, Michelle. “Carsten Höller—Interview.” Virus, Apr., pp. 56-57.
Troncy, Eric. “Carsten Höller/Philippe Parreno.” Flash Art, vol. 27, issue 178, p. 104.
Corvi-Mora, T. “Carsten Höller—Interview.” Purple Prose 5, 1994, pp. 78-81.
Reindl, Uta M. “Vogelsang & Kinderfang.” Neue Bildende Kunst, pp. 46-49.
Magnani, Gregorio, “Carsten Höller.” Flash Art, vol 16, issue 171, p. 102.
Blase, Christoph. “Kinderkunst.” Art Bulletin, Nov., pp. 24-29.

1996
Fricke, Christiane. “Art & Brain.” Kunstforum, Bd. 135, Oct.—Jan. 1997, p. 351ff.

1994
———-. “The Pealove Room.” Flash Art, vol. 27, no. 174, Jan./Feb., p. 61.
Dennett, Daniel C. “Why We Laugh.” Documents sur l’Art Contemporain, issue 6, pp. 84-85.

1995
——–. “Für die Liebe.” Der Standard, Jun. 20, pp. 6-7.