2006
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland City, Nea Zealand
2005
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
2004
Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
Guangdong Museum of Art, Er-sha Island, Guangzhou, China
Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
Buchmann Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2003
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, Tokyo
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2002
"Wolfgang Laib: Retrospektive," curated by Klaus Ottmann, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
"Drawings and Photographs," Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Goethe-Institut, New York
"Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective," curated by Klaus Ottmann, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2001
"Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective," curated by Klaus Ottmann, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte, Lugano, Switzerland
2000
Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective," curated by Klaus Ottmann, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
"Wolfgang Laib: Une chambre de cire pour la montagne," Roc del Maure (Pyrénées Orientales), Prieuré de Marcevol, France
"Matrix 188," Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
Sara Hildén Kunstmuseum, Tampere, Finland
1999
Galerie Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes, France
Milleventi, Milan, Italy
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
1998
Galleria Artiaco, Naples, Italy
1997
Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sperone Westwater , New York
Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Gallery Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Diözesanmuseum, Cologne, Germany,
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1995
Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Sperone Westwater, New York
1994
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Kabinett fur aktuelle kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
1994
Henry Moore Studio, Dean Clough, Halifax, England
Camden Arts Centre, London, England
1993
Sperone Westwater, New York
Galerie Buchman, Basel, Switzerland
J.H. de Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
1992
Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Galleria Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Ascona, Italy
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
capc Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Sperone Westwater, New York
Gallery Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Kanransha, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris, France
Center For Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1990
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rhona Hoffmann Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Lightseed," Watari-um, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
(with Cy Twombly and Michel Verjux)
1989
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
(with Gerhard Merz and Franz Erhard Walther)
Galerie Buchmann, Base, Switzerland
Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris, France
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Switzerland
Musée Departemental de Rochechouart, Chateau de Rochechouart, France
Fundaçio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
1988
Gallery Lelong, New York
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
1986
ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York
Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
capc Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
1985
Kunstverein St. Gallen, Switzerland
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
1984
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
1983
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1982
Gewad, Gent, Belgium
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Zürich, Switzerland
"La Biennale di Venezia," German Pavilion, Venice, Italy
( with Hanne Darboven and Gotthard Graubner)
1981
Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
1979
Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Jean et Karen Bernier, Athens, Greece
1978
Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstraum München, Munich, Germany
Galerie Rolf Preisig, Basel, Switzerland
1976
Galerie Müller-Roth, Stuttgart, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
SITE Santa Fe Sixth International Biennial, Santa Fe, NM
2005
"seeking TRANSCENDENCE: Edvard Munch, Mark Rothko, Ann Hamilton, Robert Irwin, and Wolfgang Laib," The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Australia
2004
"The Fine Line (Between Something and Nothing)," Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
2003
"20 ans des FRAC. Le cabinet d’Ann Philbin," FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France
Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
"Updated Collection Presentation (IV)," MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
2002
"Des goûts et des couleurs", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lons-le-saunier, France
"Prière(s)," Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire, Saint-Denis, France
2001
"Locating Drawing," Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
"The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"Minimalia," Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
"Before Reflexion Begins," David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
"+ vrai que nature," CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
"The gift, Generous offerings, threatening hospitality," Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, and Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, Italy
"El Instante Eterno," Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Spain
2000
"Cosmologies" Sperone Westwater, New York
"Around 1984, A look at Art in the Eighties," P.S.1, New York
"Fiona Rae, Wolfgang Laib," Buchmann Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
"Shadow of Reason, Exploring the Spiritual in European Identity in the 20th Century", Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"Enclosed and Enchanted," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
"Anselmo, Merz, Penone, Kounellis, Laib," Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany "A Century of Innocence: The Story of the White Monochrome," The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Mälmo, Sweden
1999
"The collection of the 'Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain'," Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
"Powder," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
"In Passing," Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1998
"The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works," Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando,FL.
"Early Forms," Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
"Être nature," Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France
"Ensemble Moderne: The Still Life in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris, France
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life," Hayward Gallery, London, England
1997
"Cittá Natura," Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, Italy
Epicenter Ljubljana, Moderna Galeria, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life," The Museum of Modern Art, New York
"La Biennale di Venezia," Venice, Italy
"4e Biennale de Lyon d’art contemporain," Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
"97 Kwangju Biennale: Unmapping the Earth," Kwangju, South Korea
"Anselmo, Boetti, Laib, Merz, Nauman, Paolini, Pistoletto, Vital, Zorio," Sperone Westwater, New York
"Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall på Arken: Udvalgte værker frasamlingen/Selections from the Collection," Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Sweden
1996
"The House Transformed," Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
"Time Wise," The Swiss Institute, New York
"Luis Barragán: Sitio + Superficie. Su obra y la vanguardia en el arte," Mexico City
"Spirit and Place," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"Wolfgang Laib, Tatsuo Miyajima, Michel Verjux: Entgrenzung," Buchmann Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1995
"Fondation Cartier," Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
"From Nature," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Auf Papier: Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank," Schirn Kunsthalle,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1994
"Figur, Natur," Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
"Entre le ciel et l'eau," Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany; capc Musee d'art contemporain, Bordeaux
"German Art: Aspekte Deutscher Kunst 1964-1994," Der Salzburg Festspiele,1994; Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Austria; Galerie Ropac, Paris, France
"Drawing On Sculpture," Cohen Gallery
1993
"Les Environs," Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York
"A Century of Silence," University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamtom, NY
"The 21st Century," Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron, France
"Azur," Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Jouy-En-Josas, France
"GAS, Grandiose Ambitieux Silencieux," capcMusee d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
1992
"Vorhut aus dem Hinterland," Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
"Exposition Sentimentale," Musée d'Art Moderne, Collioure, France
"Territorium Artis," Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
"Anselmo, Laib, Nauman, Umberg," Miller Nordenhake, Cologne, Germany
"Habeas Corpus," Stux Gallery, New Yorkl
"15th Anniversary Exhibition," Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago,IL
"De Opening," De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg,
The Netherlands
"The Language of Flowers," Paul Kasmin, New York
1991
"5th Anniversary Group Exhibition," Burnett Miller, Los Angeles, CA
"Un Detail immense," Palais de Beaux-Artsa, Charleroi, France
"Das Goldene Zeitalter," Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
"With Nature," Galerie Lelong, New York
"The Lick of the Eye," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
"Threshold," The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
"Signs of Life," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadephia, PA
"Lead and Wax," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
"Hortus Artis," Orto Botanico, Turin, Italy
"Color and/or Monochrome," The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
and Kyoto, Japan
"Glanzlichter," Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
"Einleuchten," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
1988
"Zeitlos," Hamberger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
"Rosc," Dublin, Ireland
"Defacto," Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Carnegie International 88," The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1987
"Wechselströme: Kontemplation, Expression, Konstruktion," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"documenta 8," Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
"Bremer Kunstpreis 1987," Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
"Century 87," Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"New Locations," Wolff Gallery, New York
"True Pictures," curated by Klaus Ottmann, John Good Gallery, New York
1986
"Falls the Shadow, Recent British and European Art," The Hayward Annual,
Hayward Art Gallery, London, England
"The Sixth Biennale of Sydney 1986: Origins, Originality + Beyond," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
"3. Triennale der Kleinplastik," Fellbach, Germany
"De Sculptura," Wiener Festwochen im Messepalast, Vienna, Austria
"SkulpturSein," Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
1985
"1945 bis 1985, Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland," Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
"East West Visual Arts Encounter," Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, India
"Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise," Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
"Ouverture II," Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
1983
"Materie + Form," ETH, Naturwissenschaftliches Gebäude, Zürich, Switzerland
"Ars '83 Helsinke," Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
"Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts," Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, and The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
1982
University Art Museum, Providence, RI
"documenta 7," Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
"Kunst wird Material," Nationalgalerie, Berlin
1981
"Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui," ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
"Annemarie-und-Will Grohmann-Stipendium," Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
1980
"1. Ausstellung der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung," Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Collections de l'Etat Français
De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Diözesanmuseum, Cologne, Germany
Kunsthaus Zürich
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Musée d'art contempoarin, Nîmes, France
Musée départemental de Rochechouart, France
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany
