1939 Ralf Winkler on October 5th in Dresden
2017 Dies on May 2nd in Zürich
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 A.R. Penck, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg
A.R. Penck, White Cube, London
A.R. Penck – Works on Canvas, Achenbach Hagemeier, Düsseldorf
2021 A.R. Penck, Galerie Knoell, Basel
A.R. Penck, Museo d’Arte di Mendrisio, Mendrisio
A.R. Penck - Systems: Felt Works and Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2020 A. R. Penck, Gemeente Museum the Hague, Netherlands
Online: AR Penck: New system Paintings, Opera Gallery, Aspen, France
2019 A. R. Penck: „Ich aber komme aus Dresden (check it out man, check it out)", SKD, Dresden, Germany
A. R. Penck: I Think In Pictures, Ashmolean Museum of Art And Archaeology, Oxfordm UK
2018 A. R. Penck: Paintings from the 1980s and Memorial to an Unknown East German Soldier, Michael Werner, New York, USA
A. R Penck: Ohne Titel, GALERIE MICHAEL SCHULTZ, Berlin, Germany
A. R. Penck: Transformer, Jahn and Jahn Galerie, Munich, Germany
A. R. Penck, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
A. R. Penck, Kewenig Gallery, Mallorca, Spain
A. R. Penck, Daniel Blau Galerie, Munich, Germany
A. R. Penck: Paintings from the 1980s and Memorial to an Unknown East German Soldier ,Michael Werner, London, UK
2017 A. R. Penck, Suzanne Tarasieve, LeMarais, Paris, France
A. R. Penck ,Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich ,Munich, Germany
A. R. Penck ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais, Paris, France
2016 A. R. Penck, Michael Werner, New York, USA
Penck A4, Daniel Blau Galerie, Munich, Germany
2015 A. R. Penck, Michael Werner, London, UK
A. R. Penck. Between Light and Shadow, Michel Werner, New York, USA
A. R. Penck: Felt Works 1972 - 1995, Michel Werner, New York, USA
2013 A. R. Penck, Before the West: Select Works from the 1970s, Koenig & Clinton, New York, USA
A. R. Penck: The 1980's ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais, Paris, France
A. R. Penck ,Michael Werner, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
2011 A. R. Penck: Picture Ballot! Encoding Reality, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Swiss
A. R Penck: Between Fire and Ice, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, France
2009 A.R. Penck: New Paintings, Michael Werner, New York, USA
2008 LEEAHN GALLERY, Daegu, Korea
Michael Schultz Galerie, Berlin, Germany
A. R. Penck, Michael Werner, New York, USA
A. R. Penck: The Eighties, Julius Werner, Kreuzberg, Germany
2007 Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Kunstkabinett, Regensburg, Germany
Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
2006 Kunstverein Kassel, Germany
Museum Liner, Appenzell, Germany
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Neues Museum, Weimar, Germany
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Nertherlands
Leopold Museum, Wien, Austria
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2005 Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
Kunstsammlung, Chemnitz
Kunsthalle, Emden, Germany
Frissaras Art museum, Athens, Greece
Michael Werner Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2004 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Cjile
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Art Convent, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
White Space, Beijing, China
2003 Städtische Galerie, Sonneberg, Germany
Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Frank Hanel Galerie, Wiesbaden, Germany
Michael Werner Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2002 Fermando Santos Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Michael Schultz Galerie, Berlin, Germany
San Carlo Gallery, Milano, Italy
Michael Werner Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Frank Hanel Galerie, Wiesbaden, Germany
2001 Frank Hanel Galerie, Wiesbaden, Germany
2000 Michael Werner Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Scherrel Galerie, Bad Homburg, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Young & Wild? Art in 1980s Germany. Punk, Painting & Prints, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Zwölf herausragende historische Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2021 Van Eyck to Mondrian: 300 Years of Collecting in Dresden, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
2020 About the Human Figure, Michael Werner, London, UK
Galerie Knoell, Basel, Swiss
Accrochage, Doebele Kunst Mannheim, Manheim, Germany
Auf Papier, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart, Germany
2019 The Sonnabend Collection, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada
The Dreamer of the Forest, Zadkine Museum, Paris, France
OneHundred Works, Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Basel, Swiss
Utopia and Demise. Art in the GDR, Museum Kunst Palast, Duesseldorf, Germany
Bye, bye And Hello: 40Years Deweer Gallery, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Summer Rental, Rental Gallery, New York, USA
2018 Uproar in Augsburg: German Painting, since 1960, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Salm Modern #1: Dimensions of Diaogue, Salm Palace, Prague, Czech
Woods, Suzanne Tarasieve, LeMarais, Paris, France
Vile Bodies, Michael Werner, New York, USA
2017 Timeless. Masterpieces, Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
A. R. Penck & Sonia Gomes, Mendes Wood DM, New York, USA
2016 Take Care, Amigo, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Postwar Germanic Expressions: Gifts from Michael Werner, The Phillips Collection, Washinton D.C, USA
2015 I Got Rhythm: Art and Jazz Since 1920, Kunst Museum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Deutsche Kunst Nach 1960, ESSL Museum, Klosterneuburg
Aspects of German Art (Part One), Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
#catcontent, Kunstpalais Erlagen, Erlagen, Germany
2014 Group Exhibition, Borch Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Under Cover 2, Barbara Wie, Berlin, Germany
2012 Eye of Horus, PATRICIA LOW CONTEMPORARY, Gstaad, Germany
Lucerne Art Summer 2012 - International modern & contemporary art, Fischer Auctioneers, Lucerine, Swiss
2010 With Head and Hand: Variations for Subscription ,Akademie Galerie Die Neue Sammlung ,Düsseldorf, Germany
Accrochage: Grands Formats ,Galerie Lelong, Zürich ,Zürich, Swiss
In There, Out Here ,Koenig & Clinton ,Brooklyn, New York, USA
2008 1–2–3: The Collection in Focus ,Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art ,Budapest, Hungary
Serial Works on Paper ,Michael Werner, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
Awards
1975 Will Grohmann Prize
Public Collections
Kunstsammlung Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
Neue Meister Galerie, Dresden, Germany
Kunstmuseum Walter, Augsburg, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany
Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zürich, Switzerland
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Irelands
Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
MoMA, New York, USA
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, USA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
