Born 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Lives and works in Berlin

Selected Solo Shows

• 2019 —Susan Philipsz, The Four Winds, Villa Cerutti, Castello di Rivoli, Italy
• —War Damaged Musical Instrument (Pair), Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
• 2018 —I See A Darkness, The Tanks, Tate Modern, London
• —A Single Voice, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
• —Separated Strings, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden
• 2017/18 —A Single Voice, Baltic, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
• 2017 —Susan Philipsz, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
• —Part File Score, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
• —Seven Tears (Permanent commission), Sculpture International Rotterdam,, Permanent commission, Rotterdam
• 2016/17 —Returning, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover,
• —Night and Fog, Kunthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
• 2015 —War Damaged Musical Instruments, Tate Britain, London
• —Follow Me, Villa Croce, Genoa
• —War Damaged Musical Instruments (Pair), Theseustempel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
• —As Many As Will, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset
• —Bruce Nauman und Susan Philipsz: Sound Works, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
• —Part File Score, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
• 2014 —Broken Ensamble, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
• —Part File Score, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
• —Weep, O Mine Eyes, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Rhode Island
• —The Distant Sound, Grimeton Broadcasting station
• —Day is Done, Governors Island, New York
• 2013 —The Missing String, K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
• —Day Is Done, Permanent Public Art Commission, Governors Island, NewYork
• 2012 —The Distant Sound, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
• —It means Nothing To Me, Mizuma Gallery, Beijing
• —Close To Me, Palazzo Reale
• —Timeline, Edinburgh Art Festival
• —Susan Philipsz, MAXXI Museum, Rome
• 2011 —Seven Tears, Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen
• —The Cuckooʼs Nest, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi
• —We shall be all, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
• —FreePort [No.003], Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
• —You Are Not Alone, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin
• 2010 —Surround Me: A Song Cycle for the City of London, Artangel Commission, London
• —Lowlands, Glasgow International Festival, Glasgow
• —I See a Darkness, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
• —When Day Closes, IHME commission, Helsinki
• —From The Beginning, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen
• 2009 —You Are Not Alone, Modern Art Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory
• —The Two Sisters, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
• —Lowlands, Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
• —Appear to Me, Silos Monastery, commissioned by Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
• —Long gone, CoCA Torun, Poland
• 2008 —Lowlands, Gallery Bortolozzi, Berlin
• —Here Comes Everybody, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
• —Alpine Architecture (with Monica Sosnowska), Alte Fabrik Rapperswil
• —More Than This, Juan Miro Foundation Gardens-Majorca
• —Susan Philipsz, Imperial War museum Commission
• 2007 —Susan Philipsz, Centro Galego DʼAte Contemporena, Santiago de Compostella
• —Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me, Mitzuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
• —Susan Philipsz, Art Statements Basel, Basel
• 2006 —There Is Nothing Left Here, Gallery Bortolozzi, Berlin
• —Special project, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid
• 2005 —Reception 3 (with Robert Barry), Büro Friedrich, Berlin
• —Ziggy Stardust launch, Appendiks, Copenhagen
• —Susan Philipsz, Malmo Konsthall, Malmo
• —Susan Philipsz, Kunstwerein Arnsberg. E.V, Arnsberg
• —Susan Philipsz, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
• —Let Us Take You There (with Paul Rooney), Site Gallery, Sheffield
• 2003 —Susan Philipsz, 38 Langham St, London
• 2002 —Pledge Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
• —Wild As the Wind, Comb of the Winds, DAE, San Sebastian
• —Cast Together in ʻCʼ, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
• —Susan Philipsz, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
• —Susan Philipsz, Womens Library commission, London
• 2001 —Tomorrow Belongs To Me, Stadtlabor, Lüneburg
• 2000 —Some Place Else, Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam
• —I Remember You, The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast
• —It Means Nothing To Me, The New Art Gallery Walsal
• 1999 —Red Standard, The New Works Gallery, Chicago
• 1998 —Strip Tease, The Annual Programme, Manchester
• 1997 —Susan, Barbara, Joan and Sarah: A Song Apart, Context Gallery, Derry
• —Metropola, commissioned by the Quarter club and HTBA, Tesco Metro, Manchester

Selected Group Shows

• 2019 —Si Grands Contre Le Ciel, La Biennale de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• —Florian Hecker, Luke Fowler, Susan Philipsz, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
• 2018 —I See a Darkness, The Thanks, Tate Modern, London
• —Into Nature, Out of Darkness (visual arts route), Drenthe, The Netherlands
• —Divided We Stand, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
• —Machines à Penser, Fondazione Prada, Venice
• 2017 —NOW Susan Philipsz, Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh, Scotland
• —Night and Fog, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
• —Moving is in Every Direction, Narrative Spaces, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
• 2016 —Wanderlust, The High Line, New York
• —Wolfsburg Unlimited, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
• —The Distant Unknown, OCT, Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai
• —Ghosts of Other Stories, The British Council Collection, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
• —The Pleasure of Love, 56th October Salon, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade
• 2015 —At the Hub of Things: New Views of The Collection, Hirschhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
• —Saltwater: A Theory of Thought Forms, 14th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
• —Parasophia, Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture, Kyoto
• 2014 —Interval. Sound Actions, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
• —Bielefeld Contemporary, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld
• —The Bigger Picture: Work from the 1990s, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
• —The River Cycle (Neva), Manifesta 10, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
• —The Cuckoos Nest, Sapporo International Art Festival 2014, Sapporo
• —Political Landscape, Kunst im Offentlichen Raum Steirmark, Ausseerland
• 2013 —Soundings: A Contemporary Score, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
• —Sound Bites City: an inaugural exhibition of RMIT University’s new Sound Art Collection, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
• —The Voyage, or Three Year at Sea Part VI, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
• 2012 —dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany
• —Temporary Contemporary, Bass Art Museum, Miami
• —x_sound: John Cage, Nam June Paik and after, Nam June Paik Art Center, Soeul
• —Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China
• —Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh
• —Decade, Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
• 2011 —Freeze, Bowdin Art Museum, Brunswick, Maine
• —Quiet Attentions: When Attitude Turn into Beauty, Art Tower Mito, Japan
• —Estuaire Biennale, permanent commission, Nantes
• 2010 —The Turner Prize exhibition, Tate Britain
• —Res Publica, Calouste Gulbenikan Foundation, Lisbon
• —Human Condition: On Empathy and Emancipation, Kunsthaus Graz Austria
• —Haunted, Guggenheim Museum, New York
• —You Are Not Alone, Museum of Modern Art, Brondo Sculpture Park, Warsaw
• —The 29th Biennale de São Paulo, São Paulo
• 2009 —By My Side, This World & Nearer Ones, Creative Time, Governors Island, New York
• —Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me, Een Dijk van een Kust, The Netherlands

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