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