Susan Philipsz

Susan Philipsz’s audio projects refer directly or indirectly to the location of their installations. She works primarily with sound, film and space. 

Susan has recently undertaken a major commission for the Guggenheim Gallery in New York in March 2010 and for Modern Art oxford in October 2009. Previous highlights include Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Appear to Me, Silo Monastery, Burgos, Spain, curated by Lynn Cooke and commissioned by Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, The Quick and the Dead, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis and Revolutions- Forms That Turn, Sydney Biennale, Sydney.

2009 Long Gone CoCA, Torun, Poland
Appear to Me, Silo Monastery, Burgos, Spain, curated by Lynn Cooke and commissioned by Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofia
Lowlands, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germnay
Public Project for Governor’s Island produced in conjunction with Creative Time, New York, NY
2008-2009 Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
Here Comes Everybody, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Susan Philipsz, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin
More Than This- Juan Miro Foundation Gardens, Palma de Majorca, Spain
Yale Art Gallery Commission, New Haven, CT
Imperial War Museum Commission, Duxford
Out of Bounds: Susan Philipsz, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, London
2007
Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me, Mitzuma Gallery, Tokyo
Susan Philipsz, Art Statements Basel, Basel
2006
Special project, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid
Reception 3 (with Robert Barry) Buro Friedrich, Berlin
Stay With Me, Malmö Konstall, Malmö
2004
Susan Philipsz Kunstverein Arnsberg. E.V, Arnsberg *
Let Us Take You There, (with Paul Rooney) Site Gallery, Sheffield*
2003
Susan Philipsz, 38 Langham St, London
2002
Susan Philipsz Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Pledge, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2001
Tomorrow Belongs To Me, Stadtlabor, Lüneburg
2000
I Remember You, The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast
Some Place Else, (with Mary McIntyre), Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam
1999
Red Standard, (with Eoghan McTigue), The New Works Gallery, Chicago
1998
Strip Tease, The Annual Programme, Manchester

Group Exhibitions
2009
The Quick and the Dead, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Le sang d’un poèt, Estuaire Nantes/Saint Nazaire Biennale, France
The Past in the Present, LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Spain
2008
Sound of Music, Marrs Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
Tales of Time and Space, Folkstone Triennial, Folkstone
Revolutions- Forms That Turn, Sydney Biennale, Sydney
Unknown Pleasures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen U Turn, Copenhagen Triennale, Copenhagen
2007
Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster
Madrid Abierto, Madrid
Unmonumental, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York
Busan Biennale, Busan
2006
Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki
2005
Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China
Our Surroundings, New Commission, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2004
Platform, Istanbul
Space to Face, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Muenster
Beck’s Futures 2004, ICA Galleries, London
2003
The Echo Show, Tramway, Glasgow
Days Like These, The Triennial of British Art, Tate Britain, London
2001
The Glen Dimplex Awards, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
Total Object Complete with Missing Parts, Tramway, Glasgow
Loop, Kunsthalle The Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
New York New Sounds, Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon
2000
Manifesta 3, Ljubljana
The Internationale, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
1999
Melbourne International Biennial

Monographs and Group Exhibition Catalogues
2006
Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
2005
Susan Philipsz, Malmo Konsthall. Texts by Carolyn Christov Biekargiev, Francis McKee, Jacob Fabricius, Will Bradley, Andrew Renton
Pantagruel Syndrome, Turin Triennial
2004
Pass The Time of Day, Gasworks Gallery, London
Files, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon
Becks Futures, Institute of Contemporary Arts London
2003
Susan Philipsz, 2003. Art Pace Foundation. Text by Carolyn Christov Biekargiev
Days Like These, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain. Text by Ben Tufnell,
The Glen Dimplex Artists Award Exhibition. The Irish Museum of Modern Art. Text by Caoimhin MacGiollaLeith

The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art has created a series of free downloadable resources for teachers, in response to four of the commissions at the 2010 Festival. One of these resources investigated the work of Susan Philipsz, each resource includes suggested activities, discussion questions, images and art term glossary as well as background info on the artist’s practice.  These resources have been aimed at S2 students, though much of the content could be adapted to apply to P7, S1, S3, S4 and S5. Click here for further details.