2025
- “Die Entfernung im Stand luftwärts. Artist Books 1970-2023“, edited by Elke Purpus as volume 11 of the publication series by the Art and Museum Library of the City of Cologne and as catalogue raisonné of the artist books, edited by Gabriele Wix. Snoeck Publishers, Cologne, 2025
- Work on a new group of drawings: “Decoherence” (“uncontrolled interactions“ as inspiration from quantum physics)
- Exhibition: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. New installation of the permanent collection of modern art. Presentation of the painting “Nice to meet you,” 1982, on the subject of “work collage - structures of order.”
- Extended stay in Italy.
- Time for reading: Colm Tóíbin, “On Elizabeth Bishop”; Marianne Moore, “New Collected Poems”; Robert Lowell, “New Selected Poems”; Petrarca, ‘Canzioniere’; Thomas Pynchon, “Shadow Ticket”; Arundhati Roy, “The God of Small Things”; Gilles Deleuze, “On Painting”; Annie Ernaux,“The Years.”
2024
- Completion of the “Maze” series, VII, VIII, IX, and X at Friedemann Sander bronze foundry, Bonn
- Invitation to Lisbon and Porto. Installation of a series of new works for a private collection.
- Invitation to a museum tour in the USA to selected collections and museums in New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana.
- Trips to Bonn, Cologne and Berlin. Work on bronze sculptures at Friedemann Sander in Bonn. Meeting in Cologne with Elke Purpus, director of the Art and Museum Library about the planning and realization of the exhibition of artists’ books at the library.
- Realization of the space conversion concept for the exhibition at Max Goelitz in Berlin.
- Trip to Athens, Marathon, and Cape Sounion.
- Trip to Kiel, Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts as regards a doctoral thesis review and public dissertation defense of a former student.
- Three day studio visit by Gabriele Wix in Munich. Overview and discussion about a selection of artist books.
- Exhibition JP, “Spectral Void” (Prelude) in May at Galerie Max Goelitz, Munich. In September during the Berlin Art Week inauguration of the exhibition “Spectral Void [Ma]” at Galerie Max Goelitz, Berlin.
- Exhibition JP, "The Appearance of Things - Artist Books 1970-2023,"
Art and Museum Library of the City of Cologne
- Lecture by German studies professor Ruth Neubauer-Pertzold on the publication “Jürgen Partenheimer. One Hundred Poets” at the symposium “Layers-Fabric-Form” during the 3rd Thesaurus Triennial in Hamburg, November 29-30, 2024
- Invitation by Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts to participate at the symposium “The Arts and Social-Political Change: A Powerful Interplay at the Heart of Democracy” as keynote speaker at the opening of the symposium at the Catholic Academy of Bavaria, Munich.
2023
- Studio visit and conversation with Sylvie Aigner, editor-in-chief of the Austrian art magazine “PARNASS,” for an article on the studio visit, PARNASS 3/23, Vienna.
- Apostasy / Apostasis, poems by John Burnside, Golden Luft Publishers, Mainz.
Cover design with a drawing from the series “Kalliope’s Dream.”
- Completion of the preliminary general catalog raisonné.
- Work on the catalog raisonné of artist’s books at the occasion of the exhibition of artist’s books in the Art and Museum Library of the City of Cologne.
- Conversation with Gabriele Wix about the catalog raisonné of the artist books and about a compilation of a selected bibliography of the artist’s writings as well as the position of editor for the forthcoming publication of the catalog raisonné.
- Completion of four unique artist books “Hiding Pieces of Light,” “Shadow Work”, “Variations,” and “La (Les) Variation (s)”
- Work on bronze sculptures at the Sander bronze foundry in Bonn for an exhibition at Max Goelitz in Berlin. Trip to Berlin for the spatial concept of the exhibition at Max Goelitz.
- Invitation by a collector to a study visit to Tenerife.
- “30 Anos de CGAC,” participation in an exhibition at the CGAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela on the history and overview of the permanent collection.
2022
- Work on bronze sculptures, “District & Charm” and “Maze” IV, V, and VI.
- Friedemann Sander bronze foundry, Bonn
- New sculptures “La Fortune” and “Small Shapes I-V,” Munich
- Trip to Lisbon. Installation of new works for a private collection.
- Work on the general catalog raisonné, generously supported by “Stiftung Kunstfonds“, Federal Government, Bonn.
- Beginn of research for the catalogue raisonné of artist’s books. Trip to Bonn and discussion with Gabriele Wix about the scientific supervision of the catalogue raisonné.
- Review of the book “One Hundred Poets”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 3, 2022 by Angelika Overath.
- Exhibition JP, “Il misterio dell’arrivo,” Max Goelitz Gallery, Munich.
- Speaking performance at Galerie Max Goelitz of German, English, and Spanish texts by the artist, spoken by Julia Cortis, Peter Weiß, and Luis David Dechamps.
- Exhibition JP, “Vasts Apart,” Häusler Contemporary, Zurich. The exhibition shows a collection of drawings and watercolors from 1989, which were exhibited at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1990 and became part of a Swiss private collection in 1991.
- “Caminos III,” exhibition participation at the CGAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, with a series of works entitled “Senderos de Luz” (Homage to Miguel Hernandez)
2021
- Presentation of the publication “One Hundred Poets“ at
Lyrik-Kabinett Munich in a conversation between Jürgen Partenheimer and Klaus Schrenk
- Golden Luft Publishers, Mainz publishes a selection of Jürgen Partenheimer´ s One Hundred Poets with a postscript by John Burnside
- Exhibition JP. 16 of One Hundred Poets, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich
- Exhibition JP. Kalliope / Calliope, Max Goelitz Galerie, Munich
2020
- A catalogue raisonné for Jürgen Partenheimer is being compiled with a public support from Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation.
- The online journal for contemporary art “gallerytalk“ publishes a statement by Jürgen Partenheimer on the importance of cultural activities during the Covid pandemic.
- Completion of the body of work One Hundred Poets. A text by Jürgen Partenheimer on the One Hundred Poets is published.
- During the Covid-19 pandemic Max Goelitz Gallery Munich create the digital „viewing-rooms“ on sculpture and on the Calliope porcelain vessels by Jürgen Partenheimer.
- The Muthesius Kunsthochschule holds a symposium „Zu energetischen Konzepten in den Künsten“ in Kiel. Jürgen Partenheimer gives a lecture with the title „Die Energie des Nichtzeitlichen. Dimensionen der Abstraktion.“
2019
- Exhibition JP. Verwandlung-Transformation, Häusler Contemporary, Munich
On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue is published with a text by Bruno Glatt
- The Philosophy-Magazine „Hohe Luft“ publishes a feature on Jürgen Partenheimer
2018
- Exhibition JP. Unverloren-Unlost, Galerie Peter Dittmar, Berlin
On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue is published by Edition Dittmar.
- Exhibition JP. Memoria, Kristof De Klerq Gallery, Ghent
- Exhibition JP. 100 Poets. Part 2, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich. On the occasion of the
opening Häusler Contemporary present an artist talk between Jürgen Partenheimer and Christina von Rotenhan.
- The art magazine „Arte e Critica“ (Rom) publishes a feature on Jürgen Partenheimer by Pietro Tondello
2017
- Exhibition JP. Lichtschwarm, White Cube, London. On the occasion
of the exhibition a catalogue is published by White Cube
- Exhibition JP. Zeichnungen und Bilder, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
2016
- Exhibition JP. 100 Poets, Häusler Contemporary, Munich
- "100 Poets", artist book with 11 linoleum cuts, poems of
different authors and a text by Järgen Partenheimer. Published by
Edition Ennui in cooperation with Häusler Contemporary, Munich / Zurich
- Partenheimer takes part in the exhibition Sculpture in the City, London, 2016-2017
2015
- Exhibition JP. Metaphysik, Haus BE 2226,
Häusler Contemporary, Lustenau
- Exhibition JP. Calliope, Musée Ariana, Genf. On the occasion
of the exhibition a book entitled 3x7 Vessels
is published by Snoeck, Cologne
- Beginn of a new body of work, "100 Poets"
2014
- Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich dedicates a comprehensive
exhibition to the work of Järgen Partenheimer with the title
"Das Archiv-The Archive". On the occasion of the exhibition
a book is published by Distanz Verlag, Berlin
- Partenheimer is awarded with the Audain Distinguished
Artist-in-Residence Award of Emily Carr University of Art + Design,
Vancouver for a three months´ stay in Vancouver
- In Vancouver Partenheimer creates a body of work of drawings and texts,
entitled The Raven Diaries, which will be shown at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
- Exhibition JP. Raven Diaries, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
Concurrently the Museum of Anthropology,
Vancouver shows porcelain vessels of the artist
- Exhibition JP. Raven Diaries, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
Concurrently the Museum of Anthropology,
Vancouver shows porcelain vessels of the artist
- Exhibition JP. Het Archief - The Archive, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
- At University Dresden Partenheimer gives a lecture entitled Traum und Wagnis.
Über das Unausweichliche as part of the lecture series Erfinden
- Exhibition JP. Litotes, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
2013
- As part of the series Kienbaum Artists Books, Snoeck Publishers,
Cologne, Partenheimer’s artist book Seeds & Tracks and
Folded Spirits. South African Diary is published
- hibition JP. Der Besuch, Guest Appearance of Staatsgemäldesammlung
Munich at Museum Mobile, Ingolstadt
- Move to Munich. The architect and daughter of the artist,
Anna Partenheimer designs and builds a new studio in Munich
2012
- Exhibition JP. Calliope, Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf
- Exhibition JP. Renga, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam.
On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue is published
with the title "Works.Renga" with a text by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
- Exhibition JP. Folded Spirits. Südafrikanisches Tagebuch,
Häusler Contemporary, Munich
- Art in Print, New York publishes a feature on the artist book
Folded Spirits and shows the book cover on the title page
2011
- Invitation by Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, to design and
present an exhibition at the house for the 125th
Aniversary of Mies van der Rohe
- As part of the "Contemporary Art" programme, Partenheimer
designs 21 one of a kind porcelain vessels for
Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg in Munich
- Residency Award, Nirox Foundation, Johannesburg,
for a three months´ work residence
- "Seeds & Tracks and Folded Spirits", artist book with poems
by Lebogang Mashile. Printed at Artist Press, White River,
SA. David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg / New York
- Visiting Artist, WITS School of Art, University of Johannesburg
2010
- Invited to "The German Conferece at Harvard"
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- "Mimesis", artist book. Published by Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
- "La Fortune", Häusler Contemporary, Munich
- "Die fünfte Himmelrichtung ist die Mitte. Die sechs Kontinente der Kunst"
lecture published by Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel
2009
- Guest Professor of Art, Muthesius Hochschule Kiel
- Invited to participate at CEPE Conference in Corfu,
together with Laymert Garcia dos Santos und Konstantinos Karachalios
- "Mimesis-Return", exhibition at Museum Chasa Jaura, Valchava, Switzerland
- Off-Site - The Brearley Project, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
- Visiting Artist Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
- "Xenia", exhibition at Kunsthalle Kiel
2008
- Invited by the Archdiocese Berlin to deliver the anual
„Ash Wednesday Speech Of The Artists“ at Gemäldegalerie
der Staatlichen Museen in Berlin.
- „Discontinuity, Paradox & Precision“,
IKON Gallery, Birmingham.
- Kevin Volans composes „The Partenheimer Project“,
a piece for three ensembles dedicarted to the artist.
Premiered by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
at CBSO Centre, Birmingham. CD released by Black
Sheep Edition, Dublin for IKON.
- „Artist Talk“ at Goethe Institut London
with Jonathan Watkins and Järgen Partenheimer
on the concept of the IKON exhibition.
- Invited by the Rumaniam Institute of Culture to
give a lecture in Madrid in cooperation with Goethe Institute, Madrid.
- „Discontinuity, Paradox & Precision“,Kunstmuseum Bonn.
Artist Talk with Christoph Schreier.
- Invited as visiting artist to Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.
- Invited as visiting artist to Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
- Literature-Moths, Munich. "Fractal Thinking. Gentle Madness."
Invitation to read from his own texts. Special edition of the
selected texts published by Literature-Moths, Munich.
2007
- Presentation of “Copan - São Paulo Diary” and exhibition
of the “Copan Drawings” at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
- Nietzsche-Haus, Sils-Maria, panel and exhibition of “Metaphysical Landscape”.
2006
- Artist in residence at Nietzsche-Haus in Sils-Maria, Switzerland.
Work on the Sils-Maria cycle “Metaphysical Landscape”, 24 watercolors.
- Lecture at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain.
- Public panel at Museum Haus der Kunst,
Munich – presentation of the “Copan - São Paulo Diary”.
2005
- Artist in residence to the Copan Building in São Paulo.
Cooperation between the Goethe Institute São Paulo and
EXO research studies, São Paulo
- Work on the “Diario Paulistano - São Paulo Diary.”
2004
- Grand Award for Visual Arts 2004 from Kulturstiftung Dortmund.
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
for outstanding achievement.
- Invited to give a lecture at the 8th “Philosophicum Lech”, Lech, Austria.
Published by Zsolnay, Vienna.
- “Suave Loucura”, panel on the Partenheimer exhibition at Pinacoteca do Estado,
São Paulo.
2003
- Guest of honor to the German Academy – Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
Work on the “Roman Diary”.
2002
- Artist in residence to Ergo Pers, Ghent in reference to a comprehensive
solo exhibition at S.M.A.K. Museum for Cotemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium.
2001
- Project-Grant for China from the Alfried Krupp von
Bohlen und Halbach-Foundation, Essen
- International Symposium “Crossmapping – Partenheimer in China”
at the Kunstmuseum Bonn in collaboration with Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, honoring Partenheimer´s exhibitions in
Beijing and Nanjing
2000
- Project-Grant for China from Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf.
- Invited as the first German contemporary artist to install a retrospective exhibition
in China at the National Museum of Fine Arts in
Beijing and Nanjing Museum in Nanjing.
- Partenheimer´s sculpture “world axis” is mounted in the “Forbidden City”
in Beijing and floats on the Yangtze River near Nanjing.
1999
- Invitation to prepare an exhibition of painting, sculpture and work on paper for
CGAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
The museum publishes a two volume anthology of Partenheimer`s selected texts.
- Participates with a lecture at the International Symposium “Science
Technology, Literature and the Arts” at the Universidad de Santiago de
Compostela, Santiago, Spain
1997-1998
- Artist in residence, Institute for Research in Art, Graphicstudio
of South Florida, Tampa.
- International panel, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, Mexiko.
- „news and stories“, DCTP , SAT.1 TV, Conversation with Alexander Kluge.
1995
- Art critics’ award for best show of the year, Madrid, Spain.
1991 - 1994
- Poetic manifesto “De coloribus-Notes on color”,
published by Limestone Press, San Francisco and Art Book, Amsterdam.
- Invited as artist in residence to Arteleku by the
Bask Ministry of Culture, San Sebastian, Spain.
- Visiting artist to the Royal College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Professor, Summer Academy, Salzburg Festival, Salzburg, Austria
1987-1990
- Professor of Art at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten,
Amsterdam, Holland.
- Visiting artist to Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Gives a lecture “Anti Economic Positions” which is published by
Institute for Practical Studies, RvBK in Amsterdam, Holland.
- Artist in residence to Hine Editions, Limestone-Press, San Francisco.
1986
- Participates at the XLII Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.
- Artist in residence to the Glassel School of Art
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
1983 - 1985
- Visiting artist to the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco.
- Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California, Davis, USA.
- Guest Professor at Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany.
1982
- NEA Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, New York for
“Books and Drawings” exhibition at Franklin Furnace, New York.
- Canada Council Grant for Foreign Visiting Artists, Montréal.
Invited as visiting professor of art at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
- NRW Award for the Visual Arts from the ministry of culture in Düsseldorf.
1981
- Participates in “Nucleus I” at the
XVI Biennial in São Paulo, Brazil
- Artists in residence to Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
shows at SCC Gallery in Belgrade.
1980
- Participates in the XI. Biennial exhibition in Paris.
- Writes his manifesto “The fantasia of exactitude” published in
Irrawaddy 1, Düsseldorf.
1979
- First solo exhibition at the Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh.
Slide installation on a detail of a painting.
1975 - 1976
- Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich.
- Dissertation Scholarship and Research Scholarship
for Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
- Graduates magna cum laude with PhD in art history and
philosophy from Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
1973 - 1974
- Teaching assistant at University of Arizona.
- Travel Grant to Guadalajara, Mexico
- M.F.A. master of fine arts with distinction from
Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
1972
- Invited as artist in residence to Museo
de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
1970 - 1971
- Columbus scholarship to study at
Brandeis University, Massachusetts.
- Decides to study art and art-history at the
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
1968 - 1970
- Studies art history, history, philosophy at the
Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.
1947
- Born May 14 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.