Irwin Biography

Irwin, founded 1983
Dusan Mandic (Ljubljana 1954)
Miran Mohar (Novo Mesto 1958)
Andrej Savski (Ljubljana 1961)
Roman Uranjek (Trbovlje 1961)
Borut Vogelnik (Kranj 1959)
Irwin is also a cofounder of NSK in 1984.

Selected solo exhibitions and projects

(*) = Catalogue

2003
- Cologne, Galerie Inge Baecker, Icons
- Berlin, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Irwin: Retroprincip 1983-2003 (*)
- Hagen, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Irwin: Retroprincip 1983-2003 (*)

2002
- Regensburg, Mus. Ostdeutsche Galerie, Rekapitulacija (*)
- Zadar, Gradska Galerija, Retroavantgarde (*)
- Pristina, Exit, NSK Garda Pristina
- Prag, Home Gallery, Irwin at Home

2001
- Vienna, Galerie Grita Insam, New works
- Bari, Galeria Bonomo, Self-portraits and Projects, Retroavantgarde
- Sarajevo, Obala Art Centar, Retroavantgarde
- Vienna, Museum in Progress, NSK Garda - Der Standard

2000
- Ljubljana, Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana, Irwin Live
- Ljubljana, Galerija Visconti Fine Arts, Self-portraits and Projects
- Paris, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Retroavantgarde, Interiors of the Planit, Urðula Noordung
- Prag, MXM Gallery, NSK Garda Prague (*)
- Zagreb, Museum of Contemporary Art, Privatization of Time
- Skopje, 359° Gallery, Irwin State (*)

1999
- Budapest, Erika Deak Gallery, Self-portraits and Projects

1998
- Warsaw, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Three Projects (*)
- Vienna, Galerie Grita Insam, Transnacionala Vienna

1997
- Glasgow, Tramway, Interior of the Planit (*)
- Barcelona, Sala Montcada de la Fundacio La Caixa, Transnacionala Barcelona (*)
- Umag, Galerija Dante Marino Cettina, Transnacionala Umag
- Cologne, Galerie Inge Baecker, Transnacionala Koln

1996
- Atlanta, Conversations at the Castle, Transnacionala (*)
- Budapest, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Interior of the Planit (*)
- Madrid, A+A Gallery

1995
- Ljubljana, Anonimus Gallery, The Interiors of the Planit
- Ljubljana, Gospodarsko razstavisce, Sejem elektronike, Propaganda
- Munich, Laden Galerie, The Interiors of the Planit (*)
- Graz, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Project Proposal for the NSK Embassy in Beijing
- Sarajevo, National Theater, NSK Passport Office als Teil des NSK Staates Sarajevo

1994
- Cologne, Galerie Inge Baecker, Project Proposal for the NSK Embassy in Beijing
- Umag, Galerija Dante, NSK Konzulat Umag (*)
- Ljubljana, Visconti Fine Arts, Project Proposal for the NSK Embassy in Beijing (*)

1993
- Seattle, Center on Contemporary Art, Irwin-NSK Embassy Moscow Interior (*)
- Paris, Galerie Le Sous-Sol
- Gent, Opus Operandi, Time Festival, Irwin-NSK Embassy Gent
- Ljubljana, Old Powerplant, Transcentrala, part of the project Kunst Heimat Kunst Mailand
- Galeria Cardi, Irwin-NSK Embassy Moscow-Interior (*)
- Milano, Galeria Cardi, Irwin-NSK Embassy Moscow-Interiors (*)
- Florence, Hotel Ambasciatori, Consulato NSK Firenze

1992
- Florence, Galleria Carini, La Geografia del Tempo (*)
- Moscow, Apt Art and Ridzina Gallery, NSK Embassy . Moscow
- Umag, Galerija Dante Marino Cettina, Laibach Irwin
- Koper, Gallery Loza, Irwin-NSK Embassy Moscow (*)
- Brussels, Beursschouwburg, Kapital (*)
- Pittsburgh, National Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Kapital (*)
- San Francisco, New Langton Arts, Kapital (*)
- Graz, Bleich-Rossi Galerie (*)
- New York, Clocktower Gallery, The Institute for Contemporary Art, Kapital (*)
- Washington D.C., District of Columbia Arts Center, Kapital (*)

1991
- Pittsburgh, National Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Kapital (*)
- San Francisco, New Langton Arts, Kapital (*)
- Graz, Bleich-Rossi Galerie (*)

- New York, Clocktower Gallery, The Institute for Contemporary Art, Kapital (*)
- Washington D.C., District of Columbia Arts Center, Kapital (*)

1990
- Philadelphia, The Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art (*)
- Miami, Helander Gallery
- Boston, Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art (*)
- Cleveland, Art Gallery, Cleveland State University (*)
- Ljubljana, Galerija Equrna

1989
- Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf (*)
- Zurich, Nada Relic Gallery
- New York, Bess Cutler Gallery
- Chicago, Dart Gallery
. Palm Beach, Helander Gallery

1988
- Ljubljana, Galerija Equrna
- Zurich, Nada Relic Gallery
- New York, Bess Cutler Gallery
- Paris, Centre National des Arts Plastiques (*)
- Los Angeles, Maloney Gallery

1987
- Edinburgh, Richard Demarco Gallery
- Amsterdam, Monument Preservation
- London, Riverside Gallery (*)
- London, Air Gallery (*)
- Hamburg, Galerie Mobel Perdu

1986
- Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
- Venice, House of Ms. Eleonora Mantese

1985
- Sarajevo, Klub Collegium Artisticum, Was ist Kunst
- Belgrade, Prostor Pivara Skadarlija, Was ist Kunst
- Ljubljana, Atelje Vipotnik, Was ist Kunst
- Ljubljana, Mala galerija, Rdeci revirji

1984
- Ljubljana, Kapelica, Kersnikova 4
- Ljubljana, Galerija SKUC, Back to the USA
- Ljubljana, Galerija SKUC, Histerija in njeni retro prijateljici

1983
- Ljubljana, Disko FV, Zgornja Siska
- Ljubljana, Kapelica Kersnikova 4

Selected group exhibitions

2003
- Venice, 50. Biennale di Venezia, Individual Systems (*)
- Kyoto, Kyoto Biennial, Slowness (*)
- Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin-Moscow, Moscow-Berlin 1950.2000 (*)
- Ljubljana, Mednarodni graficni center, Biennial of Graphic Art (*)
- Vienna, Sammlung Essl, Blood and Honey (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, 75/85 (*)
- Kassel, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, In den Schluchten des Balkan (*)
- Venice, Gallery A+A, Intermedijsko (*)

2002
- Hagen, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Museutopia (*)
- Vienna, Sammlung Essl, (Un)painted (*), travelled to: * Ljubljana, Moderna galerija (*)
- Cetinje, Cetinje Biennial (*)
- Graz, Galerie Edition Artelier, New Multiples
- Cologne, Galerie Inge Baecker, Vostell and friends
- Graz, Neue Galerie, In Search of Balkania (*)
- Mexico City, Vidarte 2002 (*)
- Frankfurt, Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, !Upwardly Mobile
- Ljubljana, Galerija cKUC, Organisational Forms
- Vienna, Galerie Grita Insam, zeichen><sprache
- Munster, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Die Aufgabe der Zeit (*)
- Celje, Galerija sodobene umetnosti, Intermedijsko (*)
- Vienna, quartier21, MuseumsQuartier, Re: Leviathan/Visual Formations of Social Power

2001
- Valencia, Convento del Carmen, Bienal de Valencia - The Body of Art (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, Zbirka Faktor banke (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, U3, Vulgata (*)
- Ljubljana, Jakopiceva galerija, Akt na slovenskem
- Ljubljana, Galerija P74, Revizija slike 70/90 (*)
- Ljubljana, Galerija Avla NLB, Umetniska zbirka NLB
- Trevi, Flash Art Museum, Artisti Asuonati (*)
- Milano, Palazzo della triennale, Europa 2000 (*)
- Rome, Galeria Moderna e Contemporanea, Le Tribu’ del’arte (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, Oko in njegova resnica
- Berlin, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Vulgata (*)
- Vienna, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, WHW (*)
- Charleston, Charleston University Gallery, NSK Collection
- Budapest, Trafo, Vulgata (*)
- Cologne, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Jahresgaben 2001
- Graz, Forum Stadpark, The Real, the Desperate, the Apsent
- Innsbruck, Kongresscentrum, 2000+ Arteast Collection (*)
- Vienna, Sigmund Freud Museum, Diesseits und Jenseits des Traums (*)
- Portsmouth, Aspex Gallery, Aspects and Positions (*)
- Celje, Galerija sodobne umetnosti, Prostor, iluzija, aelja
- Warsaw, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Collection (*)

2000
- Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Das Funfte Element/Geld oder Kunst (*)
- Ljubljana, Cankarjev Dom, Osmica v horizontali (*)
- Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Aspects and Positions (*)
- Celje, Center za sodobno umetnost, Osmica v horizontali (*)
- Caserta, Installart, Stigma della riproducibilita’/Archeologia e futuro
- Moscow, Regina Gallery, Unhappy New Year
- Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, After the Wall (*)
- Prag, XLX Gallery, NSK Guard Prague (*)
- Umag, Galerija Marino Cettina, Bloody Body Value Nobody (*)
- Ulm, Stadthaus Ulm, Cooperativ-Kunstdialoge Ost-West (*)
- Albi, Viamaise et Portque
- Tarbes, Centre Meridien, L'oeuvre collective (*)
- Zagreb, HDLU, cto, kako i za koga
- Paris, Jeu de Paume, L’autre moitie de l’Europe (*)
- Budapest, Ludwig Museum, After the Wall (*)
- Barcelona, Fundacio Miro, Aspects and Positions (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, U3 (*)
- Zagreb, Moderna Galerija, Iz zbirke Franjevacke galerije (*)

1999
- Stockholm, Moderna Museet, After the Wall (*)
- Sarajevo, Ars Aevi, Collection for the Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo, Skenderija (*)
- Vienna, Kunstakademie in Zusammenarbeit mit MAK, Stop the Violence (*)
- New York, Lombard Fried Gallery, Persuasion
- Vienna, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Aspekte und Positionen, travelled to: * Budapest, Ludwig Museum; * Barcelona, Fundacio Miro; * Southhampton Hansard Gallery/City Gallery

1998
- Ljubljana, Galerija Equrna
- Stockholm, Edsvik konst och kultur, Medialization (the exhibition was part of the programme of the Cultural Capital 1998), travelled to: * Tallinn, The Art Museum of Estonia
- Warsaw, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Cartographers (*)
- Budapest, Kunsthalle, Cartographers (*)
- Maribor, Umetnostna galerija, Cartographers (*)
- Venedig, Galery A+A

1997
- Ljubljana, Mestna Galerija, Mediji v Mediju (*)
- Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Schauplatz Museumsquartier - Zur Transformation eines Ortes (*)
- Vienna, Galerie Grita Insam, Freeze Frame (*)
- Umag, Galerija Dante Marino Cettina, Matrix of Geography
- Istanbul, Istanbul Biennial (*)
- Ljubljana, cKUC, This Art is Recycled (*)
- Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Alpenblicke (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna Galerija, U3 (*)
- St. Petersburg, Russian State Museum, Alternative Museum
- Schwaz, Stadtgalerie, Ruhm und Ehre

1996
- Ljubljana, Museum of Modern Art, For the Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo 2000
- Rotterdam, Boyman Museum, Manifesta (*)
- Bochum, Museum Bochum, The Collection of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum (*)
- Stockholm, Farbfabrik, Institute for Contemporary Art and Architecture, Interpol (*)
- Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg, Discord. Sabotage of Realities (*)
- Moscow, Central House of Artists, The Collection of P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum (*)
- Cologne, Galerie Inge Baecker, Die Welt ist wie ein zerbrochener Spiegel
- Tokyo, NSK Electronic Embassy, Net Art Project

1995
- Zurich, Galerie Tumb, Scatology (*)
- Nicosia (Cyprus) European Cultural Capital, The image of Europe (*)
- Budapest, Kunsthalle, The Collection of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum (*)
- Ljubljana, SCCA, Urbanaria (*)
- Cleveland, Cleveland State University Art Gallery
- Ljubljana, Galerija Anonimus, Interiors of the Planit

1994
- Graz, Kunstlerhaus Kunst Heimat Kunst (*)
- Berlin, Galerie Eigen+Art Private mix 1 (*)
- Different italian cities, Ars Lux (*)
- Trevi, Flash Art Museum, Animals in Art
- Lille, Art Tunnel and ICA New York, Tunnel Vision

1993
- Milano, Spazio Opos, Territorio Italiano (*)
- Ljubljana, Galerija Equrna, Slikarske Metamorfoze (*)
- Moscow, Central House of Artist, Monuments. Transformation for the Future, travelled to: * Ljubljana, Moderna galerija
- Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, New Europe . New Identities (*)
- Suhl, Ubungsgelande der NVA (training ground of the GDR army), Ubungsgelande . Europa der Nacken des Stieres (*)
- Venice, Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione NSK (*)
- Florence, Hotel Ambasciatori, Consolato NSK Firenze/Territorio Italiano
- Kiel, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kunst im Weltma?stab/Art on a Global Scale (*)
- Bonn, Galerie Klein, Editions Becker

1992
- Milano, Galeria Cardi, Good News
- Rom, Convento di S.Egidio, Molteplici Culture (*)
- Moscow, Regina Gallery, First Hand Art
- Graz, Palais Attems, Kunst Heimatkunst (*)
- Graz, Neue Galerie, Identitat: Differenz (*)

1991
- Chicago, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Sowers of the Myth (*)
- Zagreb, Muzej revolucije naroda hrvatske, Znakovi u proticanju (*)
- Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, Slovenske Atene (*)
- Cleveland, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cruciformed: Images of the Cross since 1980 (*), travelled to: * Bellingham, Western Gallery; * Guelph, Macdonald Steward Art Centre
- Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vanderlieder (*)

1990
- Paris, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (*)
- Toulon, Musee d’ Art, Avant-Gardes Yougoslaves (*)
- Vienna, Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, Zeichen im Fluss (*), travelled to: * Prague, Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy; * Pecs, pecsi Galeria; * Zagreb, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti
- Zagreb, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Moskovski portreti (*), travelled to: * Ljubljana, Mestna galerija
- Siroki Brijeg, Fra-Yu-Kult (*)
- New York, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Team Spirit (*), travelled to: * Cleveland, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art; * Miami, The Art Museum of Florida; * Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Museum; * St. Louis, Laumeier Sculpture Park; * Salina, Salina Art Center; * Wichita, Wichita Museum of Art

1989
- New York, Bess Cutler Gallery, American Pie
- Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum, Jugoslovenska dokumenta (*)
- Carcassone, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Avant-gardes Yougoslaves (*), travelled to: * Les Sables d’Olonne, Musee de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix; * Toulon, Musee d’Art
- Split, Suvremeni umjetnici za Dioklecijanovu palatu
- Banja Luka, Umjetnicka galerija, Umjetnost za i protiv (*)

1988
- London, Riverside Studios Gallery, The Maginot Line
- Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Pier 2/3, Australian Biennale 1988 (*), travelled to: *Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria
- Belgrade, Beogradsko sajmiste, 6. trienale jug. umjetnosti (*)
- Graz, Bezugpunkte 38/88 (*)
- Boston, Stavaridis Gallery, Elements

1987
- Kassel, K 18, Gruppenkunstwerk (*)
- Ljubljana, Galerija Equrna, 1. Salon Equrne
- Graz, Neue Galerie, Trigon ‘87 (*)
- New York, Jeffrey Neale Gallery

1986
- Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum, Umjetnost i kritika usred osamdesetih (*)
- Zagreb, Muzejski prostor, U susret muzeju suvremene umjetnosti (*)

1985
- Ljubljana, Galerija SKUC, Nove tendence v umetnosti osemdesetih
- Belgrad, Galerija Cvijete Zuzoric, U me.uvremenu
- Zagreb, Galerija Mali Mimara
- Rijeka, Mali salon, Biennale mladih (*)
- Barcelona, Casa de la Caritat, La Biennal (*)

1984
- Ljubljana, SKUC Galerija