SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"Dwelling Munich" A citywide Art in Public Space project sponsored by the Municipal Department of Art and Culture of the City of Munich including an exhibition at the Kunstraum. Catalogue edited by Beate Engl, Luise Horn and Stephanie Weber, with an essay by Petra Lange-Berndt and a conversation between Stephanie Weber and Charles Simonds, Kunstraum München, Munich 2017.
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"Charles Simonds, Dwelling" Del Deo and Barzune, December 18, 2015.
"Charles Simonds, Dwelling" Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, New York 2015.
Charles Simonds: Mental Earth, Growths and Smears, Knoedler & Company, New York. Catalogue with text by Arthur C. Danto.
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Landscape/Body/Dwelling: Charles Simonds at Dumbarton Oaks,
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Catalogue (published in 2011)
with texts by John Beardsley, Germano Celant, Linda Lott, Joanne
Pillsbury and Ann Reynolds.
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Charles Simonds: Dwelling, Fundacion Bilbao Arte, Bilbao, Spain. 2005.
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Charles Simonds: Demeures. Les Abattoirs, Art Moderne et
Contemporain, Toulouse, France. Brochure with text by Werner Spies.
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Charles Simonds, lnstitut Valencia d'Art Modern (IVAM), Spain.
Catalogue with text by David Anfam, Kosme de Baranano, Lucy
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Charles Simonds, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France. Catalogue
with text by Enrico Navarra, Jean-Louis Prat and Werner Spies.
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Is Was, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York. Brochure with text by
Donald Kuspit.
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Charles Simonds "Houseplants;' Joseph Helman Gallery, NewYork.
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Charles Simonds, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France.
Catalogue with text by Daniel Abadie, Germano Celant and Jacques
Lambert.
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Charles Simonds, Retrospective, Fondacio "La Caixa;" Barcelona,
Spain.
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Charles Simonds, Leo Castelli Gallery, NewYork.
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Charles Simonds: Walls Smears and Rocks, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. 1989
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Simonds, Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris, France. Publication
accompanying the exhibitition, Reperes, Cahiers d'art contemporain
no. 31, with text by Gilbert Lascault.
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Charles Simonds: The Three Trees, Architekturmuseum, Basel,
Switzerland. Catalogue (published in 1987) with texts by Ulrike and
Werner Jehle-Schulte Strathaus.
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House Plants and Rocks, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Catalogue
with text by Charles Simonds.
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Circles and Towers Growing, Age, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York. Brochure with text by Diane Waldman
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Charles Simonds: Home Making, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff
Centre, Alberta, Canada. Catalogue with text by John Beardsley,
Lorne Falk and Charles Simonds.
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Charles Simonds: Circles and Towers Growing, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, California; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; Contemporary Art
Museum, Houston, Texas; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; Joslyn
Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. Catalogue with texts by Daniel
Abadie, John Beardsley, John Hallmark Neff and Charles Simonds.
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Ice House, University of Iowa, School of Art, Iowa. 1980.
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Charles Simonds: Installation, California State University, Fine Arts Gallery, Art Department, Los Angeles.
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Charles Simonds: Evolution imaginaire d'un paysage, Musee de I'Abbaye Sainte-Croix (MASC), Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. Publication accompanying the exhibitition, Cahiers de I'Abbaye Sainte-Croix no. 32, with text by Gilbert Lascault.
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Floating Cities and Other Architectures, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Circles and Towers Growing, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany;
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.Catalog Text
Dwellings, Samangallery, Genoa, Italy. 1978Announcement
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Schwebende Stadte und andere Architekturen / Floating Cities and Other Architectures, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster, Germany; Bonner Kunstverein, Germany. Catalogue with texts by Daniel Abadie, Lucy R. Lippard, Herbert Molderings and Charles Simonds.
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Charles Simonds: Temenos, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New
York. Catalogue with texts by Daniel Abadie, Linda L. Cathcart and
Charles Simonds.
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Earth Day Festival, 1976, Museum of Natural History, New York. 1976.
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Dwellings, Saman Gallery, Genoa, Italy.
Charles Simonds: Demeures et Mythologies, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France. Publication accompanying the exhibitition, Art Cahier no. 2, with texts by Daniel Abadie and Charles Simonds.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"Golem! Avatars of a legend of clay." Musee d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme. ParisMarch 8, 2017- July 16, 2017.
Lens Based Sculpture, The Transformation of Sculpture Through Photography January 24th — April 21st, 2014. Akademie der Kunst, Berlin. Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974. Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Haus der Kunst Munich. Catalogue.
Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-garde in the 1970's. Albright- Knox Art Gallery Buffalo. Catalogue.
Kindred Spirits: Native American Influences on 20th Century Art. Peter Blum Gallery, New York. Catalogue.
Engaging with Nature: American and Native American Arts (A.D. 1200-2004) Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey. Catalogue.
Artpark: 1974-1984, UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NewYork. Catalogue.
Alternative Spaces, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe. Catalogue.
Miradas Arquitectonicas en la coleccion del IVAM, Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina (MUGBAG), Italy. Catalogue.
Collection Cordier, Les Abattoirs, Art Moderne et Contemporain, Toulouse, France. Catalogue.
Set and Situations, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Catalogue.
Terres d'ici et d'ailleurs, Charles Simonds, Ousmane Sow, Espace d'Art Contemporain, Lycee Agricole Xavier Bernard, Rouille, France. Catalogue. View Image
Miniature Environments, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York. Catalogue.
Gordon Matta-Ciark and Friends, Galerie Lelong, New York. Catalogue.
Sculpture & Architecture Design, The Spectrum Series, Corcoran Gallery of Art,Washington, D.C. Catalogue.
Golem! Danger, Deliverance and Art, The Jewish Museum, New York. Catalogue.
Leo Castelli and His artists: 30 Years of Promoting Contemporary Art, Centro Cultural Art Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico. Catalogue.
Architecture as Image, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York. Catalogue.
Fifty Years of Collecting: An Anniversary Selection. Sculpture of the Modern Era, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Catalogue with text by Thomas Messer.
Transformations in Sculpture, Four Decades of American and
European Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Catalogue.
Cathey Billian, Michael Graves, Charles Simonds: Art for the Park, Liberty State Park Art Projects, New Jersey. Catalogue with text by Tom Moran.
Terres, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Catalogue.
"Artists & Architects Collaboration" The Centennial Project of the Architectural League. Emilo Ambasz & Michael Meritet, James Freed & Alice Aycock, Frank Gehry & Richard Serra, Michael Graves & Lennart Anderson, Hugh Hardy & Jack Beal and Sondra Freckleton, Richard Meier & Frank Stella, Charles Moore & Alice Wingwall, Cesar Pelli & William Bailey, Robert A. M. Stern & Robert Graham, Stanley Tigerman & Richard Haas, Susana Torre & Charles Simonds. The New York Historical Society, New York.
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Pier+Ocean: Construction in the Art of the Seventies, Hayward Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands. Catalogue with text by Gerhard von Graevenitz.
Architectural Sculpture, Institue of Contemporary Art, California State Univ, Los Angeles. Catalogue with text by Debra Burchett.
ROSC-'80, National Gallery of Ireland, University College, School of Architecture, Dublin. Catalogue.
Ten Artists/Artists Space, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Catalogue with text by Helene Winer.
XXXVIII Biennale, Venice, Italy. Catalogue.
Architectural Analogues, Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York. Catalogue with text by Lisa Phillips.
Door Beeldhouwers Gemaakt/Made by Sculptors, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Catalogue.
Dwellings, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Catalogue with Lucy Lippard.
City Project 1977, Four Urban Environmental Sculptures
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Naturbetrachtung-Naturverfremdung,Trilogie I, Wurttembergischer
Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. Catalogue.
Documenta VI, Kassel, Germany. Catalogue with text on CharlesSimonds by Michael Maek Gerard.
Scale and Environment: 10 Sculptors, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Catalogue with text on Charles Simonds by Lisa Lyons.
Subject, Object, Project: Projects for PCA, Philadelphia College of
Art. Catalogue with text by Janet Kardon.
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Rooms, P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York. Catalogue.
International Events 1972-76, special exhibitition at the XXXVII Biennale, Venice, Italy. Catalogue with text by Olle Granath.
Primitive Presence in the 70s, Vassar College Museum of Art, Poughkeepsie, NewYork. Catalogue with text by NadiaTscherni.
9th Biennale de Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne de Ia Ville de Paris, France. Catalogue.
Art in Landscape, traveling exhibitition organized by Independent Curators International, Washington, D.C. Catalogue with text by Susan Sollins.
Small Scale, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Catalogue.
Dwelling Places for Little People, Artpark, Lewiston, New York. Catalogue.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Les Abattoirs-Art Moderne et Contemporain, Toulouse, France.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio.
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NewYork.
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.
Denver Art Museum, Colorado.
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC) Centre, Orleans, France.
Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Fundaci6n "Ia Caixa;' Barcelona, Spain.
Hirsh horn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
lnstitutValencia d'Art Modern (IVAM), Spain.
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland.
Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey.
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe.
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Germany.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
2016-2017
2015
2015
2011-12
2009
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999-2000
The Clay Grows Tall: The World of Charles Simonds, Denver Art
Museum, Colorado.
1999
1994-1955
1994
1993
1992
Stugg, Thebb. The Singing Monkey, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
1991
Charles Simonds, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France .
1989
1989
Spectrum: Charles Simonds, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Catalogue with text by John Beardsley.
1987
Charles Simonds: Installation, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France.
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981-83
1980
Charles Simonds, Dartmouth College Museum, Beaumont-May
Gallery, Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Circles and Towers Growing evolution imaginaire d'un paysage,
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France.
1979
1978
1977
1976-77
Charles Simonds: Picaresque Landscape, "Projects" series,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; New York Public Library, Tompkins Square, New York.
1976
1975-76
1975-76
Artists Space, New York.
2023
2023 Les Portes Du Possible. Art and Science Fiction. Centre Pompidou-Metz
2018-19
"Territories that matter: Gender, Art and Ecology” CDAN, Centro De Arte y Naturaleza, Fundación Beulas, Huesca Spain October 18, 2018 to January 20, 2019
2017
" Regards sur une Collection, Christine Angot invitee au musée Delacroix." Delacroix Museum, Paris. September 15, 2017- January 8, 2018
2016
"Golem" Jewish Museum Berlin. September 23, 2016- January 29, 2017. Catalogue
2015
(im)possible! Artists as Architects February 21st — May 31st, 2015. Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany
2014
Was Modelle können. Eine kleine Geschichte des Architekturmodells in der zeitgenössischen Kunst June 29th — October 12th, 2014. Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen
2012
Come Closer: Art Around the Bowery 1969-1989. The New Museum, New York. Catalogue.
2011
Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities, Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Catalogue with text by David McFadden.
2010-2011
Monolithes ou l'Architecture en Suspens (1950-2010): Artistes et Architectes du FRAC Centre. Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC) Centre, Orleans, France. Catalogue.
2010
Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices, 1970s to the Present, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. Catalogue with texts by Johanna Burton, Lynne Cooke, Douglas Crimp, Glenn Ligon, Emily Roysdon, Lytle Shaw, Shunk-Kender, Juan A. Suarez, Lena Sze and David Wojnarowicz.
2009
La Escultura en Ia Coleccion de IVAM, lnstitut Valencia d'Art Modern
(IVAM), Spain. Catalogue.
2008-09
Conversations in Clay (Part of ten multi-venue exhibition All Fired Up!), Katonah Museum of Art, New York. Catalogue.
2007-08
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Catalogue.
2006
Full House: Views of the Whitney's Collection at 75, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
2004-05
Architecture & Arts: A Century of Creative Projects in Building,
Design, Cinema, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy. Catalogue.
2002
Model World, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Catalogue.
2000
Andoe, Oppenheim, Simonds, Joseph Helman Gallery New York. Catalogue.
1997
1989-90
Donations Daniel Cordier, Le regard d'un amateur, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Catalogue.
1989
Selections from the Permanent Colletion, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Catalogue.
1988
Big Little Sculpture, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown,
Massachusetts. Catalogue.
1987
The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa Oklahoma. Traveling, Catalogue with text edited by Marcia and Tom Manhart.
1986
Steinberg, Simonds, Beuys, Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris, France. Catalogue.
1985-86
Rethinking the Avant-Garde, Katonah Museum of Art, New York.
Catalogue with text by Jonathan Fineberg.
1984
Return of the Narrative, Palm Springs Desert Museum, California. Catalogue.
1983
New Art at the Tate Gallery, 1983, The Tate Gallery, London, England.
Catalogue.
1982
Vergangenheit Gegenwart Zukunft, Trilogie II, Wirtembergischer
Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. Catalogue.
1981
Mythos und Ritual in der Kunst der 70er Jahre, Kunsthaus Zurich,
Switzerland. Catalogue.
1980
Architectural References, Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada. Catalogue with text by Babs Shapiro.
1979-80
Masks Tents Vessels Talismans, Institute of Contemporary Art,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Catalogue with text by
Janet Kardon.
1979
Contemporary Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Catalogue.
1978
Sculpture/Nature, Centre d'Arts Plastiques Contemporains (CAPC),
Bordeaux, France. Catalogue with text by Jean-Louis Froment.
1977-78
Probing the Earth: Contemporary Land Projects, Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden,Smithsonian Institution,Washington, D.C.; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California; Seattle Art Museum, Washington. Catalogue with text on Charles Simonds by John Beardsley.
1977
A Question of Scale, Visual Arts Museum, New York. Catalogue.
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1976
9th Biennale de Paris a Nice, Musees de Nice, France. Catalogue
with text by Gunter Metken.
1975
Biennial exhibitition: Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
1974
Interventions in Landscape, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology,
Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Catalogue.
1973
8th Biennale de Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne de Ia Ville de Paris, France. Catalogue.
1971
112 Greene Street Group, 112 Greene Street, New York. Catalogue.