BEN PATTERSON
Biography
| 1934 | Born in Pittsburgh, USA |
| 1952-56 | Studies at the University of Michigan: |
| contrabass, composition and conductor | |
| 1960 | Concerts in various symphony |
| orchestras in Canada, USA and | |
| Germany, where he meets John Cage | |
| in Cologne | |
| 1961 | in Paris works together with Robert Filliou |
| 1962 | Organisation of the International |
| Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden | |
| together with George Maciunas | |
| 1963 | Emigration to New York |
| 1988 | Emigration to Wiesbaden |
| Ben Patterson lives and works | |
| in Wiesbaden and New York |
Solo exhibitions (Selection)
| 2011 | My Thirteen Presidents and Other |
| Curiosities, Emerson Gallery Berlin | |
| 2009 | performIC Innsbruck Contemporary |
| Gaylard / Brown / Reynolds / | |
| Wendel / Patterson, | |
| Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, | |
| International Collection of Contemporary | |
| Art, 5th Edition Centre for | |
| Contemporary Art, Warsaw, | |
| Benjamin Patterson “ben thinks to learn | |
| chinese“, Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt | |
| 2008 | FLUXUS EAST KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn |
| Fluxus Scores and Instructions, | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde | |
| The Photograph: Fluxus in | |
| Germany from 1962-1994 | |
| National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi | |
| FLUXUS EAST, Ludwig Museum Budapest, | |
| Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, | |
| Barbican Centre, London | |
| FLUXUS EAST, Bunkier Stzuki, Krakow | |
| 2007/08 | FLUXUS EAST, Contemporary |
| Art Center, Vilnius | |
| Feindbilder, Emerson Gallery Berlin | |
| 2007 | FLUXUS EAST, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, |
| Berlin | |
| Vertigo MAMbo, Bologna | |
| Fluxus in Deutschland MALBA – Coleccion | |
| Costantini, Buenos Aires | |
| 2004 | Interrupted fairy Tales…, |
| Gallery 360 Degrees, Tokyo | |
| 2003 | Happenings & Fluxus, |
| Galerie Vostell, Madrid | |
| 2001 | ..Now, Gallery 2211, Los Angeles |
| 1999 | No Poetry, no Concept, |
| Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, | |
| Fluxus in Germany 1962 – 1994, | |
| Helena Rubinstein Museum, Tel Aviv | |
| 1998 | Topologie des Denkens – no poetry.no, |
| Galerie Vostell, Berlin | |
| 1997 | Dadaismo, dadaismi, da Duchamp |
| a Warhol, Galleria d’Arte | |
| moderna e contemporanea, Verona, | |
| One Day of My Life in a Box, | |
| Ultimate Academy, Cologne | |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures; the great American |
| Michael Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, | |
| Museum for the Sub Conscious, | |
| Michelsberg, Okandukaseibe (Namibia) | |
| New Works, Galerie Vostell, Berlin, | |
| Tour Guide Reisebüro Fluxus, | |
| different historic Fluxus-Places, | |
| Paris, Stuttgart, Nice, North Italy | |
| 1994 | Reisebüro Fluxus, PrivArt, Wiesbaden |
| 1992 | Getting Ready for 2000 A.D., |
| Fondazione Mudima, Milano, | |
| Rabbit Concert, 25 Columbia | |
| Place, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1998 | What is on my mind?, |
| Galerie Schuppenhauer, Cologne | |
| 1991 | How Man Makes Sense, |
| Galerie J&J Donguy, Paris, | |
| Fluxus Deluxe, Pittsburgh | |
| Center of the Art, Pittsburgh | |
| 1990 | Cena Rossa, La Mangiatoia, |
| San Gimignano | |
| 1989 | What makes People Laugh?, |
| Emily Harvey Gallery, New York | |
| 1988 | Ordinary Life, Perfomance, Object, |
| Emily Harvey Gallery, New York | |
| 1964 | Fluxus Concert, |
| 365 Canal Street, New York | |
| 1963 | Fluxus Festival of Total Art(Tour), |
| Street of the City, Nice | |
| 1962 | Puzzle Poems, Galerie |
| Legitime-Robert Filliou, Paris |
Performances
| 2007/08 | The Seven Deadly Sins |
| (Die 7 Todsünden) with David Moss | |
| 2007 | Conversations along the wall, |
| Studio D’Arte Fioretti, Bergamo | |
| 2006 | Various performances and exhibitions |
| in Germany, France and England | |
| 2005 | A Simple Opera, |
| Künstlerhaus Dortmund, | |
| Professional Philosophers observing us, | |
| Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt/Main | |
| 2004 | My Grand 70 Birthday Tour, Russia, |
| China, Japan – Moskow to Tokyo | |
| 2003 | Sweet Nothings, |
| Galleria Caterina Gualco, Genova | |
| 2002 | Hello! B.P. Welcomes you to his life in |
| Real Time, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, | |
| Fluxus Classics, | |
| Menagerie de Verne, Paris | |
| 2001 | Explaining Fluxus in Polish, Krakow |
| 2000 | Digging, Artists Museum, |
| Bythgosch (Poland), | |
| The Three Operas, New Plymouth | |
| (New Zealand) | |
| The Creation of the World, Le Lieu | |
| Centre en Art Actuel, Quebec | |
| 1999 | The Evolution of Wisdom, |
| OF Kunstraum, Offenbach | |
| 1998 | Creation of the World, |
| Galerie Schuppenhauer, Cologne, | |
| The Three Operas, Athens | |
| Bolero, Divadle Na Zabradli, Prague | |
| 1996 | Beauty lurks in the chaos of the |
| beholder, Galerie Caterina Gualco, | |
| Genova, | |
| Remembering Al Hansen, Interims | |
| Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin | |
| A la carte & live an ihrem Tisch, | |
| Hotelship on the Rhein, Cologne | |
| 1995 | Bolero, Galerie Am Kleinen Markt, |
| Mannheim, | |
| Three Operas, Konzertsaal der | |
| Stadt Gera, Gera, | |
| Classic 6 Contemporary Fluxus, | |
| Mimar Sinan University, Arts | |
| Academy, Istanbul | |
| 1989 | Taking Fluxus Around, |
| Der Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn | |
| 1985 | Artist/B. Patterson Questionare, |
| 3 Avenue Cinema, New York | |
| 1961 | Paper Piece, Galerie Lahaus |
| (Vostell Exhibition), Cologne | |
| 1960 | trifft John Cage, Performance |
| Contre-Festival zum IGNM, Atelier M. | |
| Bauermeister, Cologne |
Group exhibitions (Selection)
| 2006/07 | Fluxus in Deutschland MALBA, |
| Coleccion Costantini, Buenos Aires | |
| 2006 | Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle |
| Fridericianum, Kassel | |
| Fluxus in Deutschland, Goethe | |
| Institut Sao Paulo | |
| 2005 | Multiple Strategies, Contemporary |
| Arts Center, Cincinnati, | |
| Ben Vautier / Ben Patterson, | |
| Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne | |
| 2004 | Fluxus in Germany 1962-1994, |
| National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik | |
| 2002 | La Fluxus Constellation, Villa Croce |
| Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Genua | |
| Fluxus in Amerika, Galerie Vostell, Berlin | |
| 1990 | 44. Biennale Venice |
| 1983 | Biennale von Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 1969 | Performance Variation |
Bibliography
| 1965 | The Four Suits, Something Else Press, |
| New York |