BIOGRAPHY   1925 born in Mailand, Italy 2003 died in Turin, Italy   SOLO EXHIBITIONS   2012 Mario Merz: Major works from the 1980s, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York What is to be done? Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden 2011 What is to be done? Henry Moore Institute, Leeds 2010 Che cos’é una casa? Fondazione Merz, Turin Pageantry of painting. Corteo della pittura, Fondazione Merz 2009 L’asocialitá é coscienza. La socialitá é strutta, Galleria Oredaria Arti Contemporanee, Rome 2008 Gladstone Gallery, New York Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, New York Sprovieri, London Motiv 1-10-1993, Fibonacci, tables and igloos, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York Arts Club of Chicago Isola della frutta aspetta settembre Hallen für neue Kunst, Schaffhausen Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal 2007 THE MAGNOLIA TABLE, Sperone Westwater, New York, USA Buchmann Galerie, Berlin The Magnolia Table, Spersone Westwater Gallery, New York Drawings, Fondazione Merz, Turin La pittura è lunga e veloce, salvatore + caroline ala galleria, Milano Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur 2006 Gagosian Gallery, London 2005 Mario Merz - retrospettiva, Castello Di Rivoli Museo D’arte contemporanea, Turin Galleria civica d’arte moderna e contemporanea, GAM, Turin 2004 Dispositioning the Earth and Moon Along an Axis, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo Mario Merz - In Memoriam, Kewenig Galerie, Köln 2003 Galerie Tschudi, Zouz Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf Chiesa di San Paolo, Modena Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin 2002 Obra histórica, Instalaciones, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires 2001 Die Ketze, die durch den Garten geht ist mein Arzt, Museum Kurhaus Kleve 2000 Galleria civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin Carré d’art, Musée d’art contemporain de Nimes 1999 Arte Povera, Galeria M+R Fricke, Berlin 1998 MoMA PS1, New York 1995 Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento 1993 Fundacion Antoni Tápies, Barcelona Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London 1992 Master works, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York 1991 Master Works, Sperone Westwater Gallery 1990 Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato Terra elevata o la storia del disegno, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin 1989 Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York 1988 Galleria in Arco, Turin Anthony D’Offay Gallery, London 1987 Triplo igloo: Mario Merz, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal 1985 Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York Kunsthaus Zürich 1984 Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York Mario Merz: paintings and constructions – Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo 1983 Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien Works from 1966 to 1983 Moderna Museet 1982 Museum Folkwang Essen Sperone Westwater Gallery 1980 Sperone Westwater Gallery Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart Whitechapel Art Gallery 1979 The Wind My Home, Ima institute of Modern Art, Brisbane Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York 1975 Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart 1972 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1969 Che fare? Galleria l’Attico, Rome   GROUP EXHIBITIONS   2012 Oltre il muro, Castello di Rivoli Museo d‘arte contemporanea, Turin The great Awakening, Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Basel Arte Povera, neues Museum Weimar Arte povera, der grosse Aufbruch, Kunstmuseum Basel To the Museum of Modern Dreams, Staatgalerie Stuttgart Group exhibition, Galleria Cardi, Mailand An Accumulation of Information taken from here to there, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York Arte povera in cittá, Galleria d’arte moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo Artandpress, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin Néon, who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue? La Maison Rouge, Paris Panta Rei, Galleria Biasutti Giampiero, Turin L’aeuvre et ses archives, CAPC, Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux A battle for narrative, Bonnenfantenmuseum, Mario 2011 Wiedereröffnung der Neuen Galerie Kassel The Inaccessible poem, Fondazione Merz, Turin Arte Povera 1967- 2011, La triennale di Milano, Design Museum, Mailand Manifold, Annemarie Verna Gallery, Zurich Ileana Sonnabend: An Italian portrait, Sonnabend Gallery, New York Silence and time, Dallas museum Of Art Gran Torino, Italian Contemporary Art, Frost Art Museum, Miami Sculpture in so many words: text Pieces 1960-75, Zieher Smith, New York 2009 Gegen den Strich! 15 Jahre Sammlung des Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Gipfeltreffen der Moderne Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York Silences, MAMCS, Strasbourg 1968. Die Große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld cycle rolywholyover 7: JEFFMUTE, Mamco, Genf Spazio Libro d’Artista Palazzo Manganelli, Catania 2008 Interieur/Exterieur: Wohnen in der Kunst Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg sehen ganz nah und sehr fern Städtische Galerie, Erlangen Biennale of Sydney 2008 Biennale Sydney REAL Das Städel, Frankfurt Viaggio in Italia Neue Galerie, Graz Mario Merz Sprovieri Progetti, London Neue Ansichten – Die Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst Museum Kurhaus Kleve Lauffs Collection HAUSER & WIRTH Zürich Carnegie International 2008 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh "Time and Place: Milan/Turin 1958-1968", Moderne Museet Stockholm, Sweden 2007 Kreis, Kugel, Kosmos, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall From the Earth to the Moon, Castello di Rivoli, Turin Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf Revue - Zehn Jahre Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve 100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim Vertigo, MAMbo, Bologna Frammenti dell'Arte Povera, Museum moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt Klio. Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe Numerica, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena Kunst nach 1970, Albertina, Wien 2006 Sol LeWitt - Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Torino Lichtwerke, MUMOK, Wien, Austria Mario Merz: 8-5-3, Gagosian Gallery Britannia, London, UK Metropolitanscape, Pallazo Cavour, Turin Full House, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Where are we going?, Palazzo Grassi, Venedig Italy Made In Art: Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China Kreis, Kugel, Kosmos, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin Transformation, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Inventur. Sammlung Herbert, Kunsthaus Graz Was ist Plastik? 100 Jahre - 100 Köpfe, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg MACBA COLLECTION, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe busy going crazy, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France Wrestle, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA Replacing Mashkov, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL 2005 Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe EXIT_AUSSTIEG AUS DEM BILD, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain Logical Conclusions, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA 2004 material - immaterial,Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003 La Poetica dell' Arte Povera, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg The Last Picture Show, Miami Art Central, Miami (my private) HEROES, MARTa Herford Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Herford BIG BANG, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Sammlung 2005 - Neupräsentation, K21 Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Düsseldorf La scultura italiana del XX secolo, Fondacione Arnoldo Pomodoro, Mailand WAR IS OVER 1945 - 2005, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bergamo La materia dell'Arte, Galeria Cardi, Mailand   PUBLICATIONS   Catalogs/Monographs Amstrong, G.: What is to be done? , Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2011 Schwarz, Dieter, ed., Mario Merz: Disegni, Merz, Turin, 2007 Beccaria, Marcella, and Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, Mario, 2005 Merz, Mario Merz: The Monograph, Fondazione Merz, Turin, 2005 Guglielmino, Giorgio, Fragasso, Lucas, and Petruschansky, Hugo, Mario Merz, Hopefulmonster, Turin, 2003 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Hopefulmonster, Turin, 2003 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: il gatto che attraversa il giardino e il mio dottore, Hopefulmonster/Carre d’Art Musee d’art contemporain, Turin/Nimes, 2000 Todoli, Vincente, Mario Merz, Hopefulmonster/Fundaçao Serralves, Turin/Porto, 1999 Cora, Bruno, Mario Merz: L’Horizon De Lumiere Traverse Notre Verticale Du Jour, Hopefulmonster, Turin, 1996 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz (Exhibition catalogue from Galleria civica d’art contemporanea, Trento), Hopefulmonster, Turin, 1995 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, 1993 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz (Exhibition Catalogue from Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato), Hopefulmonster, Turin, 1990 Celant, Germano, Mario Merz, Rizzoli/Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1989 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz at MOCA, Fabbri editori/Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Milan/Los Angeles, 1989 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: I Want to Write a Book Right Now, Hopefulmonster, Turin, 1989 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Institute of Contemporary Art Nagoya, Nagoya, 1988 Merz, Mario, Parkett No. 15 Mario Merz, March 2,1988 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, 1985 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Pascale Petit/Pietro Sparta, Chagny, 1985 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: Pittore in Africa, Sperone Westwater, New York, 1984 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz (Exhibition Catalogue from the Palazzo Congressi ed Eposizioni), Mazzotta, Milan,1983 Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: Disegni, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster, 1982   Selected Group Exhibition Catalogues/General Publications Christel, S.: my home´s wind, Raussmüller Collection, Basel, 2011 Meneguzzo, M.: The Gallant Apparel: Italian Art and the Modern. Remo Bianco, Alighiero Boetti, Agostino 2010 Bonalumi, Agostino Castellani, Edoarda Maino Dadamaino, Gino de Dominicis, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Mario Merz, Giulio Paolini, Paolo Scheggi, Ettorre Spalletti, Robilant + Voena, London, 2010 Brüdelin, M./ Broeker, H.: Rudolf Steiner und die Kunst der Gegenwart : Mario Merz, Joseph Beuys, Giuseppe Penone, Anish Kapoor, Helmut Federle, Tony Cragg, Olafur Eliasson, Spencer Finch, Katharina Grosse, Carsten Nicolai, Jan Albers, Meris Angioletti, Kalin Lindena, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Claudia Wieser, Manuel Graf, Bernd Ribbeck, dUmONT, Köln, 2010 Sauer, C.: Mario Merz : Architettura fondata dal tempo - architettura sfondata dal tempo, Frauenfeld, Basel, 2010 Tomassoni, I.: Anni Settanta: Artisti italiani fra cronaca e mito, Editori Laterza, Bari, 2007 Sabau, L.: Dialogues and Attitudes, Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart, 2007 De Corral, M./ Lane,J.: Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, Yale University Press, New Haven/London, 2007 Herman Fuchs, R.: Accumulazioni: Jan Dibbets, Mario Merz, Sol Lewitt, Centro d’arte , Zerynthia, Paliano, Italy, 2006 Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2005-06, Frieze Art Fair, London, 2005 Bianchi, D./ Merz, M./, Hopefulmonster, Turin, 2004 L’art du Xxe Siecle: De l’art Moderne a l’art Contemporian 1939- 2002, Citadelles and Mazenod, Paris, 2004 Castaldi, M./Merz, M.: What To Do?, Hopefulmonster, Turin, 2004 Babel 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2002 Botta, M./ Merz, M.: Im Gespräch mit Marlies Grüterich, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 1996 Zwirner, D.: Drawing Room: Zeichnungen & Skulpturen aus der Sammlung Speck, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 1994 Braders, S./ Taylor, C.: Gravity & Grace: The Changing Condition of Sculpture 1965-1975, The South Bank Centre, London, 1993  Mario Merz – Sol Lewitt, Edizioni Pieroni, Rome, 1985 Celant, G.: The Knot: Arte Povera at PS 1, PS 1, New York, 1985  Knight, G./ Ghez, S.: Contemporary Italian Masters: Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Mario Merz, Mimmo Paladino, Chicago Council on Fine Arts, Chicago, 1984 Celant, Germano, Coerenza in coerenza: dall’arte povera al 1984, Arnolo Mondadori Editore, Milan Comi, E.: Archaic Contemporary: with Tony Cragg/Mario Merz/Bill Woodrow in the Land of the Samnities, Museo del Sannio-Benevento/ The British Council, Milan, 1983   Selected Articles and Reviews Ebony, D.: Italy's Northern Lights, Art In America, February 2008, pg. 49 Merz Foundation in Turin, Art In America, September 2006, pg. 41 Forino, I.: Merz Foundation in Turin, Abitare, January 2006, pg. 128-131 Douglas, K.: Richard Flood, Contemporary 21, no. 77 2005, pg. 54 Lumley, R.: Founding Father, Artforum, Summer 2005, pg. 131-134 Verhagen, E.: Mario Merz, Art Press no. 311, pg. 76-77 Mandrini, R.: Fuori dal confine del quarto / Beyond the frame, Domus no. 878, pg. 6 Verlichak, V.: Fundacion Proa, territory for Action: An interview with Adriana Rosenberg,” ARCO Contemporary Art. Spring 2005, pg. 38-43 Celant, G.: Sphere of Influence, Artforum. January 2004, pg. 25-26 Povoledo, E.: Poet of ‘Arte Povera’, ARTnews. January 2004, pg.60 Galloway, D.: Mario Merz: Kewenig, Cologne, ARTnews vol. 103 no. 9, pg. 202, 2003 Kounellis, J.: For Mario Merz, Domus no. 872, pg. 80-83, 2003 Wasserman, S.: Report from Italy: Roma Renovatio, Art in America, June 2003, pg. 55-59 Tansini, L., To Live an Idea: A Conversation with Mario Merz, Sculpture (Washington D.C.), December 2003, pg. 26-31 Boutoux, Thomas. Hans Ulrich Obrist Interviews. Volume 1: Edizioni Charta: Milan, 2003 Vendrame, S.: Harald Szeemann, Tema Celeste, March – April 2001, pg. 48-54 Crow, T.E.: Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972, Tate Modern, London,” Artforum, September 2001, pg. 186-188 Kapoor, A.: Mario Merz, The Whitechapel Art Gallery Centenary Review, pg. 114 Kimmelman, M.: A Temple of Modern Art and Spectacle, The New York Times, 10 May 2000, pg. E1, E2 DeBord, M.: Preview: Mario Mertz, ‘La Casa Fibonacci, Artforum. January 1999, pg. 56 Garcia-Anton, Katya. “Rock of Ages,” Tate, Summer, 1999 Mario Merz, Das Kunstmagazine, April 1999, pg.19 Sussman, E.: Report from Oporto: Sortion Out the ‘60s,” Art in America, March 2000, pg. 58-63 Hilton, T.: Arts: It’s Only Art, You Know, Independent on Sunday,19 October 1997, pg. 29 Lotz. C.: Art & Artists: Still, But Very Real, Socialist, October 1997, pg. 10 Feaver, W.: Art: Meaning What, Exactly?, Observer, 10 December 1997 Meneguzzo, M.: Mario Merz at the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Artforum, September 1995, pg.98 Kohlmeyer, A.: Foreign Artist: Mario Merz: Merz, the Spiral, World-House and the Mountains, Gana Art, November/December 1995, pg. 18, 127-133 Brock, H.: Mario Merz, ARTnews, September 1994, pg. 166-167 Porges, M.: Art of Glass: Looking Through History, Sculpture, January /February 1993, pg. 42 - 47 Existessentialism art and upcoming fashion for a different world, Interview, January 1992, pg. 60 - 68 Greece: New Forms in Athens, FlashArt, January/Febraury 1992, pg. 155 Bass, R.: Mario Merz: Sperone Westwater, ARTnews, April 1992, pg. 116 Goodman, A.: "Madrid's ARCO Joins the Big League Art Fairs," The Journal of Art, February 1991, pg. 83 Decter, J.: Mario Merz, Arts Magazine, March 1991, pg. 97- 98 Munich: Arte Povera Revisited, FlashArt, Summer 1991, pg. 148 Bandini, M.: Turin in the 1970s: Fiat, Arte Povera, and Other Heroes, FlashArt, October 1991, pg. 104-109 Gruterich, M.: The Art of Coexistence, FlashArt, November/December, 1991 pg. 82-85 Moure, C.: Cumulus Aus Eurpopa - Reflections on a Space for Creation, Parkett No. 30, 1991, pg. 169-175 Vetrocq, M. E., Mario Merz, Arts Magazine, January, 1990, pg. 84 Gomez, Edward M., Fumio Nanjo: Man In The Middle, ARTnews, March, pg. 107-8 Drateln, D.: Einleuchten, Contemporanea March 1990 Mahoney, R.: Mario Merz: The Cannibalim of Arte Povera, FlashArt, January/February, pg. 123 Johnson, K.: Mario Merz at the Guggenheim, Art in America, February 1990, pg. 171 Ruhe, B.: Merz' Igloos, Art World, November/December 1990, pg. 3 Blanchard, P.: Mario Merz,Tema Celeste, January-March 1990, pg. 62 Mahoney, R.: Mario Merz: Museum Guggenheim, FlashArt, April/May 1990, pg. 144 MacAdam, B. A., Kournellis, Fabro, Merz, Paolini: Salvatore Ala, ARTnews, May, pg. 220 Galloway, D, Report from Germany: Happening in Hamburg, Art in America, May 1990, pg. 77-89 Baum, S.: Konrad Fischer, Galeries Magazine, April/May 1990, pg. 142-149 Bourel, M.: La Collection Herbert, Galeries Magazine, April/May 1990, pg. 3, 150-169 Dagen, P.: Bordeaux Warehouse Musuem Reopens, The Journal of Art, October 1990, pg. 24 Verzotti, G.: Doppel Jeopardy, Artforum, November 1990, pg. 124-130 Pasini, F.: Mario Merz: Museo Comunale D'Arte Moderna, Artforum, December 1990, pg. 151-152 Ponton Temse: Citiwide Exhibtion Curated by Jan Hoet, FlashArt, November/December 1990, pg. 171 Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, 24 December 1990, pg.16 Heartney, E.: Mario Merz Makes an Igloo (and a Crocodile) Art News, January 1990, pg. 107, 108, 110 De Sanna, J.: Mario Merz, Galleria Christian Stein, Artforum, February 1989, pg. 143 Atkins, R.: Mario Merz, Contemporanea. December 1989, pp. 89 Vetrocq, M. E.: Utopias, Nomads, Critics, Arts Magazine, April 1989, pg. 49-54 Feaver, W.: Italian Art in the 20th Century: Chauvinism and Chic, Artnews, May 1989, pg. 137-145 Exhibitions: Los Angeles, The Journal of Art, May 1989, pg. 9 Baker, K.: Mario Merz: Museum of Contemporary Art, Artforum, Summer 1989 , pg. 150-51 Parent, B.: Mario Merz: le souffle de la liberte, Artstudio, Summer 1989, pg. 52-63 Mario Merz in the Guggenheim, Lapiz, no. 61, October 1989, pg. 84 Conte, G.: The Garden of Myth, Tema Celeste, no. 20, April-June 1989, pg. 48-53 Larson, K.: Fall Previews: Museums, New York Magazine, September 11, 1989, pg. 66 Turner, J.: Italy: Trash and Treasure: The Essence of Alchemy, ARTnews, September 1989, pg. 143-147 Cueff, A.: Mario Merz: Nouveau Musee, Artscribe, International, November-December 1989, pg. 90-91 Smith, Roberta, "Mario Merz Works Complement the Guggenheim," The New York Times, Friday, September 29 1989, pg. C25 Los Angeles: Igloos, alligators, neon, and numbers, The Journal of Art, May 1989, pg. 9 Clio,M./ West, T.:Paris: Preparing for 1992," Art International 9, Winter 1989, pg. 20-21