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Rosemarie Trockel

Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Jede Köchin muss den Staat regieren</i>, 1987
Silkscreen on canvas
35.5 x 45 inches (90.2 x 114.3 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Jede Köchin muss den Staat regieren, 1987
Silkscreen on canvas
35.5 x 45 inches (90.2 x 114.3 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Untitled</i>, 1994
Brown pencil on paper
9 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches  (23.2 x 17.1 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Untitled, 1994
Brown pencil on paper
9 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches (23.2 x 17.1 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Strickbild mit Hakenkreuzen</i>, 1987
Wool on canvas
19.29 x 20.87 inches  (49 x 53 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Strickbild mit Hakenkreuzen, 1987
Wool on canvas
19.29 x 20.87 inches (49 x 53 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Untitled (Hammer & Sickle)</i>, 1986
Knitted Wool
51 x 59 inches (129.5 x 149.9 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Untitled (Hammer & Sickle), 1986
Knitted Wool
51 x 59 inches (129.5 x 149.9 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Used Face II</i>, 2001
Acrylic on paper
25 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (Framed) (64.1 x 64.1 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Used Face II, 2001
Acrylic on paper
25 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (Framed) (64.1 x 64.1 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Nobody Will Survive 2</i>, 2008
Mixed Media
26 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 2 inches (67.9 x 57.8 x 5.1 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Nobody Will Survive 2, 2008
Mixed Media
26 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 2 inches (67.9 x 57.8 x 5.1 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Untitled (Homage to Bridget Riley)</i>, 1988
woven wool on tapestry
63 1/4 x 158 inches (160.7 x 401.3 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Untitled (Homage to Bridget Riley), 1988
woven wool on tapestry
63 1/4 x 158 inches (160.7 x 401.3 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, <i>Divided We Laugh</i>, 2006
Mixed Media collage
26 5/8 x 22 1/2 inches (67.6 x 57.2 cm)
Rosemarie Trockel, Divided We Laugh, 2006
Mixed Media collage
26 5/8 x 22 1/2 inches (67.6 x 57.2 cm)

Biography

Rosemarie Trockel
(Born 1952)

Rosemarie Trockel was born in Schwerte, Germany in 1952. She studied in the Werkkunstschule in Cologne until 1978. Trockel’s oeuvre is diverse in themes and mediums, which include works on paper, ‘knitted paintings’ and sculptures. Though it is difficult to associate a particular style with her work, several concurrent themes can be identified within her oeuvre, such as the female role in society, the trademarks and symbols as social signifiers and decorations and finally, her fascination with ethnographic and scientific studies, which are often expressed through her sculptures. Trockel has become best known for her machine-generated ‘knitted paintings’–knitted woolen material placed on a stretcher–in which she challenges traditional notions of painting, feminine roles in society and culture at large, as well as art making itself. Additionally, her incorporation of references to popular culture through logos or symbols and sometimes text is yet another way to comment on the commodification of art and on the subjectivity of language and visual representation.

Rosemarie Trockel has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Recent solo exhibitions of her work have been held in institutions such as MAXXI – Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, in Rome in 2006, The Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt in 2004, and the Dia Foundation for the Arts in New York in 2002. She has also participated in exhibitions in major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Fondation Beyeler in Rien and the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg. Trockel has also participated in several international biennials, and her work has been featured in multiple publications. Rosemarie Trockel lives and works in Cologne.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003
"L’Imitation d’Anne", Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (with Carol Rama)
“Opening Children Space”, Museum Moderner Kunst, Frankfurt

2002
"She never promised you", Galerie Stampa , Basel
Sammlung Goetz, Munchen
Dia Center for the Arts, New York

2001
“Manus Spleen,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
“Metamorphoses and Mutations,” The Drawing Center, New York
"Rosemarie Trockel: Drawings", De Pont Stichting, Tilburg
Modern Museet, Stockholm

2000
“Dessins” Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
“Pause”, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece
Kunstbau am Lenbachhaus, Munich
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kunstbau, Munchen
"Fernweh", Kunst auf der Zugspitze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (in Zusammenarbeit mit
dem Neuen Museum, Staatliches Museum for Kunst and Design, Nurembourf),
Expo 2000, Hanover (with Carsten Höller)
Sammlung Hauser and Wirth, Saint-gall
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg (with Marcel Odenbach)
Viafarini, Mailand

1999
German Pavillion, Venice Biennale
"Kinderspielplatz”, De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg
“Rosemarie Trockel: Bodies of Work: 1986-1998”, MAC, Galeries Contemporaines des
Musées de Marseille, Marseille, France
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (with Carsten Höller)
BQ, Köln (with Carsten Höller)
Literaturhaus Köln, Cologne (with Carsten Höller)

1998
“Rosemarie Trockel: Bodies of Work 1986-1998”, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
“Werkgruppen 1986 - 1998”, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
"Rosemarie Trockel:Werkgruppen 1986-1998", M.A.C. Galeries Contemporaines des
Musees de Marseille
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle (with Carsten Höller)
“Addina” (with Carsten Höller), Galleria Bianca, Palermo, Italy
“Rosemarie Trockel - Paare”, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
Galerie Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg
“Rosemarie Trockel: Arbeiten auf Papier 1980-1997”, Kupferstichkabinett Basel "Rosemarie Trockel: Arbeiten auf Papier 1980 - 1997", Kunsthalle Tubingen

1997
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Köln
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle
" Rosemarie Trockel: Gudrun", Kunstverein Schwerte e. V.
"Rosemarie Trockel: Yvonne", Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
“Addina”, Galleria Bianca, Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa di Palermo (with Carsten Holler)

1996
Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowki Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Regina Gallery, Moscow
Centre Genèvois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Sidney Biennale, Australia
Gallerie Stampa, Basel
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokio
"Muckenbus" (mit Carsten Höller), Wissenschaftsmuseum Bonn

1995
"Rosemarie Trockel: Loffel und Mirabelle", Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France, catalogue
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Galerie Feuerle & Ruiz de Villa, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany
"Rosemarie Trockel: Familion - Modelle", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
"Rosemarie Trockel: Gipsmodelle & Entwurfe", Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria
Museum in Progress, Vienna, Austria

1994
Galeria Lucio Amelio, Naples
Monika Sprüth Gallery, Köln
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Biennale Sao Paulo, Brasil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York

1993
Galerie Tanit, Munich
Andres Tornberg Galleri, Lund, Schweden
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
DePont Stichting, Tilburg
Kunst-Station St. Peter, Cologne
City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Gallerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Le Casa de Arte, Milano
Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte
Galleri Anders Tornberg, Lund

1992
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Nykytaiteen Museo, Helsinki
"Rosemarie Trockel: Die Rorschach-Bilder," Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Catalogue
"The Mystery of Malpica”, Le Case d'Arte, Milan
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe
“Rosemarie Trockel, Papierarbeiten”, Statens Museum for Kunst, Kopenhagen,
Travels to: Museum Ludwig, Cologne

1991
"Rosemarie Trockel", Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, Catalogue, Travels to: University Art Museum, Berkeley; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Power Plant, Toronto; and Reina Sofia, Madrid
"Rosemarie Trockel: Works on Paper”, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel
"Rosemarie Trockel", Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Rosemarie Trockel", Gallery Mario Diacono, Boston, MA
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris
Galerie Brachot-Amelio, Paris
Galerie Erika und Otto Friedrich, Bem
Mari o Diacono, Boston
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Kunstraum Muchen

1990
"Rosemarie Trockel - Neue Arbeiten", Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Catalogue
"Rosemarie Trockel und A.R. Penck", Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne-Monika Spruth
Galerie, Cologne
Galerie Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen (with Kirsten Ortwed)
Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne
Kunstverein Schwerte

1989
Galerie Erika and Otto Friedrich, Bern
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

1988
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
"Projects: Rosemarie Trockel," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Brochure
Kunsthalle, Basel, Two-person exhibition with Katarina Fritsch,
Travel to: Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England, Catalogue
Galerie Erika & Otto Friedrich, Bern
Galerie Stampa, Basel
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art, London

1987
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg

1986
Galerie Erika & Otto Friedrich, Bern
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
Galerie Tanit, Munchen

1985
"Rosemarie Trockel: Bilder - Skulpturen - Zeichnungen", Rheinisches Landesmuseum,
Bonn, Catalogue
Galerie Skulima, Berlin

1984
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
"Rosemarie Trockel: Skulpturen and Bilder", Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Catalogue
Galerie Stampa, Basel, Switzerland

1983
"Rosemarie Trockel: Plastiken 1982-1983", Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
Galerie Philomene Magers, Bonn

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003
Shaun Regen Gallery, Los Angeles

2002
"Art & Economy", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
"My Marylin", Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
"Four Artistae", Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Mailand
"Klopfzeichen. Kunst + Kultur der 80er-Jahre in Deutschland"
"Wahnzimmer", Museum der bildenden Kunste Leipzig, 3.8-27.10.2002
"Material Matters", Norrkopings Konstmuseum, Norrkoping
"Premio Biella per l"Incisione", Biella
"Comer o no comer", New Art Cente of Salamanca, CASA, Salamanca
“Agnes Martin, Bridget Riley, Rosemarie Trockel,” Karsten Schubert, London

2001
"Uniform: Order and Disorder", May 20, 2001 - September 2001, P.S.1 Contemporary Art
Center, New York
“Parkett, Colaborations and Editions since 1984,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
“Affecting Invention,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"In Between," Crestet Centre d'Art, Chemin de la Verriere/Crestet
"8. Triennale der Kleinplastik," Fellbach
"Unreal time video," The Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea
"De Opkomst," Festival, Ulrecht
"Solos for video," Videoreihe, K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein - Westfalen im
Standehaus, Dusseldorf
"Frontside", Ausstellung im Stadtraum von Basel, Basel
"Work on Paper from Acconci to Zittei", Victoria Miro Gallers, London
"Untragbar - Mode als Skulpture", Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Koln
"An Empty Space", Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York
"Szenenwechsel XIX", Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
"The Beauty of Intimacy - Lens and Paper", Haags Cemeentemusuem, Den Haag,
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

2000
“Hitzefrei.Rosemarie Trockel, Marcel Odenbach”, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
“Around 1984 : a Look at the Art of the Eighties”, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
“Presumed Innocent”, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux
“Hers”, Steirischer Herbst, Graz
“Drehmomente”, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, St. Gallen

1999
“Collected Rooms – Collected Dreams: German Art from 1960 to 2000. The Hans
Grothe Collection”, Martin Gropius Building, Berlin
“Biennale”, Venice
`“Geschichten des Augenblicks - Uber Narration und Langsamkeit,” Städt. Galerie im
Lenbachhaus, München
“Face to Face,” Fondation Beyeler, Rien
“Originale ehct/falsch,” Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
“Weaving the World,” Yokohama Museum of Art
“Presumed Innocent,” Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux
“Beauty Now”, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington; Haus der Kunst, Munchen
“Rewind to the Future”, Bonner Kunstverein/Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Biennale Istanbul
“Ich ist etwas anderes”, Kunstsammlung NRW, Dusseldorf

1998
“Projected Allegories”, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
“Die Rache der Veronika”, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Die Fotosammlung Lambert
“ethno-antics”, The Nordiska Museum, Stockholm,
“The King is not the Queen”, Arkipelag, Stockholm
“Mai 98”, Kunsthalle Koln
“h:min:sec”, Kolnischer Kunstverein

1997
“Notfalls leben wir auch ohne Herz”, Kunsthalle Wien, Sammlung Speck
"Documenta X", Kassel, Germany, (together with Carsten Höller)
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Artisti per Sarajevo, Venice
“Becoming”, Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea, Catalogue
“Painting Machines”, Boston University Art Gallery, Catalogue
“Deutschlandbilder”, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Catalogue
“Kunst…Arbeit”, Südwest LB forum, From the Collection Südwest LB, Stuttgart
“Spiders and Webs”, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
“Art/Fashion”, Guggenheim Museum, New York
“Aura”, Ars Futura, Zurich

1996
Tenth Biennale, Sydney
"More Than Real", Palazzo Reale, Caserta, Italy
"Thinking Print: Books to Billboards 1980-85", MOMA, New York
"Mückenbus" (together with Carsten Höller), Deutsches Museum, Bonn
Galerie Stampa, Basel
"New Art on Paper", Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA,
"Dites-le avec le fleurs", Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
"From Figure to Object", Firth Street Gallery, London, England Sammlung Garnatz, Städtisches Museum, Karlsruhe
Stiftung Froehlich, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Sammlung Speck, Museum Ludwig, Köln
“Arte & Moda 1900-2000”, Venice Biennale
“Manifesta”, Rotterdam
“Berechenbarkeit der Welt”, Bonner Kunsterein
“fremdkörper”, Museum fur Gegenwartskunde, Basel
Galerie Hubner & Thiel, Dresden
“Fondo, Figura y Lluvia” Galerie Estrani, Barcelona
“Arte & Moda 1900-2000”, Biennale di Firenze
Galerie Bluher, Koln
“von Beuys bis Trockel”, Centre Pompidou, Paris
(Sgl. Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum Basel)
Höhepunkte zeitgenossischer Kunst aus der Sammlung Garnatz,
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe

1995
ARS 95 Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland, Catalogue
"Pittura / Immedia", Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum und Künstlerhaus Graz, Germany, Catalogue
"Trust", Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Galerie Blüher, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Navarra, Paris
Istanbul Biennale
“Feminin-Masculin: La sexe de l”art”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, catalogue
“More than Real”, Lucio Amelio, Naples
“Images in Perspective”, Fondazione Cerynthia, Rome
“Pittura/Immedia”, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria

1994
"Drawings", Frith Street Gallery, London, England
"Dialogue with the Other", Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark,
Catalogue
"Critiques of Pure Abstraction", Travelling exhibition by ICI, New York, Catalogue
“Le Modele, Le Double, L’Identique” Amiens, France
“Das Jahrhundert des Multiple”, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

1993
"Works on Paper", Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris
"Photoplay: Works from the Chase Manhattan Collection", Center for the Fine Arts,
Miami, Florida
“Mind the Gap", Gimpel Fils, London, England
"Sculpture & Multiples", Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
“Widerstand”, Haus der Kunst, München

1992
"Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing", Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Catalogue
"Ars Pro Domo", Sponsored by Museum Ludwig and curated by W. Dickhoff, Cologne,
Catalogue
"The Question of Image", Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre
"Animals", Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
"Works on Paper", Baron/Boisanté, New York
Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
"The Language of Flowers", Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
"Refusing to Surface", John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, England

1991
"Metropolis", Walter Gropius Bau, Berlin
"A' la Bibliothek", Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
Travelled to StädtischeS Museum, Mülheim
"Objects for the Ideal Home: The Legacy of Pop Art", Serpentine Gallery, London,
England,
"Plastic Fantastic Lover (object A)", Blum Helman Warehouse, Catalogue
"Sculptor's Drawings", Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
"Devices", Josh Baer Gallery, New York
“The Picture After the Last Picture", Galerie Metropol, Vienna
"Annette Messager - Lydia Schouten - Cindy Sherman - Rosemarie Trockel", Galerie
Wanda Reiff, Maastricht,

1990
"Pharmakon '90", Makuhari Messe, Japan, Catalogue
"Life-Size: A Sense of the Real in Recent Art", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Catalogue
"Half-Truths", Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, New York, Catalogue
The Biennale of Sydney, Australia, Catalogue
“Jardins de Bagatelle", Galerie Tanit, Munich, Catalogue
"Works on Paper - Levine, Trockel, Dahn, Rollins and KOS, Bloom"Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy
"Artistes de Colonia", Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
"Liz Larner, Rosemarie Trockel, Meg Webster", Stuart Regen Gallery,
Los Angeles, California
"Twenty Minutes Outside Paris", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona,

1989
"Prospect '89" , Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
"Art from Cologne", Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England
"Das Verhaltnis der Geschlechter", Bonner Kunstverein
"Bilderstreit", Messehallen Cologne, Germany
"Objet/Objectif", Galerie Templon, Paris, France
"Psychological Abstraction", House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
"Psychological Abstraction", 1st Triennial de Dibuix Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
"2000 Jahre Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit", Bonner Kunstverein
"Vom Kriege", Grazer Kunstverein
"Einleuchten: Will, Vorstel, & Simul in HH", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Catalogue
"Blickpunkte", Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada, Catalogue
"Genetics", Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany
"Works on Paper", David Nolan Gallery, New York
"Mondi Possibili", Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Catalogue
"A Good Read: The Book as Metaphor", Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
"Scripta Manent - Verba Volant", Monika Spruth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
"Repetition", Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, Catalogue
"Abstraction in Question", John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL,
travelled to Center for Fine Arts, Miami, FL, Stadtische Kunsthalle,
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, and ICA/Museum of Fine Art, Boston

1988
"Refigured Painting: The German Image 1960-88", Guggenheim Museum, New York,
NY, travelled to Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Catalogue
"Cinquiemes Ateliers Internationaux des Pays de la Loire", La Garenne Lemot, Fonds
Regional d'Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Clisson, France
"Kolner Kunst", Kunstforenigen, Copenhagen, travelled to Horsens Kunstmuseum,
Lunden & Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, Ohio
"Made in Cologne", DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany, Catalogue
"Arbeit in Geschichte - Geschichte in Arbeit"Kunstverein und Kunsthaus,
Hamburg, Germany,
"Kunst der Gegenwart aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland", Dublin,
travelled to Belfast, Limerick, and Cork
"Camouflage" , The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, Scotland,
travelled to Third Eye Center, Glasgow
"Fischli/Weiss, Leccia, Ruff, Trockel", Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve, Switzerland
"Walter Dahn/Rosemarie Trockel", Galerie Philomene Magers, Bonn
"1988 Carnegie International", Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Catalogue
Brooke Alexander, New York
"A Thick Layer Underfoot", Galerie Hukfens-Noirhomme, Brussels, Catalogue
"The Figure Speaks", Edith C. Blum Art Institute of Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
"The Multiple Object", Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Catalogue
"Walk Out to Winter", Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, Brochure
"Works on Paper"Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
"Media Post Media", Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, Catalogue
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1987
"Hacen lo que Quieren", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla, Sevilla
"Cosmic Iconoclasm", Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England, Catalogue "Wechselstrome", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
"Art from Europe", Tate Gallery, London, England
"Denkpause: Pause for Thought", Karsten Schubert Ltd./Interim Art, London, England, Catalogue
"Jutta Koether-Bettina Semmer-Rosemarie Trockel", Galeria La Maquina Espanola,
Seville, Catalogue
Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne, Germany
"Room Enough", Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Catalogue
Kunst RAI 87, Amsterdam
Städische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
"Similia/Dissimilia", Leo Castelli & Sonnabend Gallery, New York, Catalogue
"Invitation Exhibition", Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
"New Renaissance Voices", Rastovski Gallery, New York
"Einblicke", Bundeskanzleramt, Bonn

1986
"Primer Salon Irrealista", Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
"Sonsbeek '86", Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Catalogue
"The Origins of Originality and Beyond", The Sixth Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Catalogue
"Memento Mori", Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico
"What It Is", Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, Catalogue
"Sie Machen was Sie Wollen", Galerie Schipka, Sofia

1985
"Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn", Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Vienna, Catalogue
"Trockel-Semmer-Koether", La Grande Serre, Rouen, Catalogue
"Kolner Herbstsalon", Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
"Synonyme fur Skulptur", Trigon 85, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
"Ars Viva 85/86", Bauhaus-Archiv Museum fur Gestaltung, Berlin,
travelled to Erholungshaus der Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Catalogue
"Perspective 85", Art 85, Basel, Switzerland
"PHASE II", Palais Attems, Graz, Catalogue
"Eau de Cologne", Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany, Catalogue
"Primer Salon Irrealista," Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Catalogue

1984
"Kunstlandschaft BRD", Kunstverein Lübeck, Catalogue
"Bella Figura", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg,
travelled to Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Catalogue
"Arbeiten auf Paper", Galerie Jandrig, Krefeld, Germany
"Une Selection de la collection Particuliere de J. Gessel", Halle Sud, Geneva, Switzerland, Catalogue

1983
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany

1982
Ausstellung Maria-Hilf, Cologne, Germany
"Licht Bricht sich in den Oberen Fenstern", Im Klapperhof 33, Cologne, Germany,Catalogue
"La Linea D'Ombra", Copparo, Italy, Catalogue