BERT THEIS

Born 1952 in Luxembourg
Lives and works in Milan and Luxembourg

BIOGRAPHY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Platforms & Aggregations, Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels

2007
Agglomérations, Mamco, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Genova
La ville agglomérée, Orangerie du Centre artistique et culturel, Domaine départemental Chamarande, Essonne

2006
Le troisième système, Centre artistique et culturel, Domaine départemental de Chamarande, Essonne

2005
European Pentagon (Safe & Sorry Pavilion), BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels

2003
The true artist…, Stained glass window, permanent installation, Musée National du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Urban Transformations, Galerie Erna Hécey, Luxembourg

2002
Warburg spiral, A monument to the living, permanent urban installation, Place de la République, Strasbourg,
Galerie Erna Hécey, Luxembourg
OUT, Office for Urban Transformation, Stecca degli artigiani, Milano
Palma clandestina, urban action, Isola, Milano

2001
Untitled/Untilted, urban intervention, Isola Art Project, Isola, Milano
AQ, Galerie Erna Hécey, Luxembourg / ARCO Madrid

1999
Rien à déclarer/Nothing to declare, Galerie Erna Hécey, Luxembourg
1 2 3 (Public Action), video performance, Stazione centrale di Milano, Milano

1998
Le domaine de Marcel & Joseph, installation, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
Dialectical Leap & Sub Curator Project, Manifesta 2, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg

1997
Broadway Fly, Galerie Erna Hécey / FIAC, Paris
Domestic Zen 1, performance, Link Project, Bologna
Coeur mâle/École de Paris, European Male Choir Festival, Apeldoorn

1996
Thanks, that's enough! , Galerie Heinrich Schmidt, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Art Basel-Liste96, Basel
Return to sender, Galleria Luciano Inga-Pin, Milano
Sandwiches, Algunos mitos, Galeria Espai Lucas, Valencia
Broadway Fly, Galerie Heinrich Schmidt / Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt

1995
La mémoire, Galerie Orfeo, Luxembourg
Potemkin Lock & Potemkin Lock Venice Rap, Venice Biennale
Shadow Fixing, Trois Glands, sito del futuro Museo Pei, Luxembourg
Il terzo giorno, Villa delle Rose, Galleria di Arte Moderna, Bologna

1994
Non partecipare all'inquinamento iconografico, work in situ, Ta Nea, Athens
Rosso, Galleria Rizzardi, Milano
Désenchantement virtuel, Centre Culturel Français, Luxembourg
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Transient City, Urban Landmarks, curated by Hou Hanru, Luxembourg
Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary, Optimism in the Age of Global War, The 10th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Cities from below, Fondazione Teseco per l’Arte, Pisa

2006
Drifters for MUDAM, Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxembourg
Runningwater (W)right House, Busan Biennale, Busan
Ink Painting Biennale Shenzhen, He Xiangning Museum of Art, Shenzhen
Chauffe, Marcel!, Frac Languedoc-Roussillion, Montpellier
La scelta della gente/The People’s Choice, curated by Marco Scotini, Isola Art Center, Milano

2005
Chi/Ich, arte e vita/Kunst & Leben, Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, Refettorio delle Stelline, Milano
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, Milan Stop, Italy / Grozny, Chechnya
Multitudinario, Sala de Arte Pubblica Siqueiros, Mexico D.F.
Art-chitecture of change, curated by Marco Scotini, Isola Art Center, Milano

2004
Growing House, The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of Post-Planning, The Shenzhen International Public Art Exhibition, Shenzhen
Out. Oficina de Transformaciòn Urbana, Galeria Arquitectura, Mexico City

2003
2. Tirana Biennale, Albania, curated by Edi Muka, Gezim Qendro, Tirana
Fragments d'un discours italien, MAMCO, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva
No Art-No City! Urban Utopias in Contemporary Art, Städtische Galerie Bremen
Salon des Refusées, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
Networking, curated by Marco Scotini, Villa Renatico Martini, Monsummano Terme

2002
Russel Prosthesis 01, Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju
Spazi d’arte, Gori Foundation, Celle

2001
Salto Mortale, Museum of Sepulchral Culture, Kassel

2000
Strange Paradises, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
A casa di..., Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella

1999
Domestic Zen, Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne
Skulptur Biennale 1999 im Münsterland, Nordkirchen, Münster

1998
Le dita della mano, Arte all’Arte, Arte Continua, San Giminiano
Le dita della mano, Arte all’Arte, Parco archeologico Fiumi, Volterra
Dialectical Leap, Manifesta 2, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, curated by Robert Fleck, Maria Lind, Barbara Vanderlinden, Luxembourg
Subway, the metropolitan underground, curated by Roberto Pinto, Milano
P.O. Box, MAMCO Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva

1997
Philosophical Platform, Skulptur.Projekte in Münster, Münster
Visual Rave, Società Umanitaria, a cura di Antonio d'Avossa e Centro Arte a Parte, Milano
European male choir festival, Netherlands, Apeldoorn
Arte per tutti, Palazzo Soave, curated by Loredana Parmesani, Cotogno (LO)

1995
Mito, Operat '95, Ex-Fornace Adriatica, a cura di Emilio Fantin, Piero Cattani e Gino Gianuzzi, Russi (RA)
Linea Infinita, Villa Domenica per l'Arte Contemporanea, Lancenigo (TV)
Anni '90. Arte a Milano, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese, Milano

1994
Dva tisìce, Luggage for the Next Millenium, International Art Symposium, Plasy Monastery Repubblica Cecak, Plasy
Tre messaggi chiari, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Paesi Bassi, Leiden
Rendez-vous provoqué, Musée National d'Art et d'Histoire, Luxembourg / CBK, Leiden

1993
Gymnasion, Ex Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi, a cura di Luigi Viola, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC)