BIOGRAPHY
1952 Born in Tyrol, Austria.
Lives and works in Frankfurt and New York.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Austrian Cultural Forum, New York. two dots one line
(6 May – 28 September)
2023 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Ernst Caramelle: Ausstellung (Vorbeiziehend)
(2 November 2023 – 6 January 2024)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Ernst Caramelle: actual size
(20 April – 27 May)
2022 Klocker Museum, Tyrol, Austria. Ernst Caramelle
(26 March – 18 September)
2021 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna. M ALLER D / F OHNE B
(16 September – 6 November)
2018 Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria. Ein Résumé
(30 November 2018 – 28 April 2019). Catalogue.
Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle: Almost Untitled
(17 November 2018 – 12 January 2019)
Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, Germany. Professoren-Ausstellung. Ernst Caramelle
(22 May – 2 June)
MARTa Herford, Germany. Very angenehme Konzeptkunst
(13 May – 26 August)
2017 Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria. Ernst Caramelle
(1 July – 5 August)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Ernst Caramelle
(21 April – 3 June)
2016 Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Illusion and Revelation
(24 December 2016 – 27 November 2017). Catalogue.
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. serious candy revisited
(15 September – 29 October)
2014 La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France. Sans Titre
(18 April – 7 June)
2013 Rabalderhaus Schwaz, Austria. Ernst Caramelle: Zeichnungen
(6 September – 26 October)
2012 Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York. Untitled
(4 May – 21 June)
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. Ernst Caramelle
(27 January – 1 July)
2011 Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle: All This Time Abstracts
(14 September – 29 October)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Ernst Caramelle
(15 April – 16 July)
2010 Bloomberg Space, London. Comma 26
(2–25 September)
2009 Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris. Ernst Caramelle
(18 April – 19 June)
Lawrence Markey, San Antonio, Texas. Ernst Caramelle
(2 April – 8 May)
2008 Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York. Double Vision
(6 November – 23 December)
Mary Mary, Glasgow. Ernst Caramelle
(11 April – 17 May)
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria. Ernst Caramelle
(17 February – 30 March)
2006 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle
(18 February – 1 April)
2005 Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. all the printed matter, 1974–2004
(23 July – 9 October). Exhibition travelled: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
(20 January – 3 March 2006). Catalogue.
2004 Ausstellungshalle 1A, Frankfurt. Ernst Caramelle
(11 November – 5 December)
Lawrence Markey, New York. Ernst Caramelle
(4 March – 3 April)
2002 Barbara Wien Wilma Lukatsch, Berlin. New Drawings
(7 September – 16 November)
2001 Bawag Foundation, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle: Image Bank
(7 September – 25 November). Catalogue.
Galerien der Stadt Salzburg, Austria. Ernst Caramelle: from old to new
(3–24 August)
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2000 Lawrence Markey, New York. Ernst Caramelle Recent Works
(14 October – 18 November)
Galerie Nelson, Paris.
1999 Galerie Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland. Ernst Caramelle
(22 October – 27 November)
1998 Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany. Ernst Caramelle
(20 November 1998 – 31 January 1999). Catalogue.
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna.
1997 Lawrence Markey, New York. Ernst Caramelle
(3 April – 17 May)
1996 CulturCentrum Wolkenstein, Stainach, Austria. Fassadenproject
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany.
1994 Galerie Ferdinand Maier, Kitzbühel, Austria.
(29 July – 9 October). Catalogue.
Galerie Erika und Otto Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland.
1993 Portikus, Frankfurt am Main. Ernst Caramelle
(20 November 1993 – 9 January 1994). Catalogue.
Galerie & Edition Artelier, Frankfurt am Main. Ernst Caramelle
(25 April – 9 June)
Lawrence Markey, New York. Ernst Caramelle
(3 April – 14 May)
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna.
Wiener Secession, Austria.
1992 Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris. Ernst Caramelle
(12 September – 20 October)
Christine Burgin Gallery, New York.
1991 University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley. Matrix 145.
(1 July – 15 September)
1990 Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Ernst Caramelle
(18 May – 1 July)
Kunstmuseen Krefled, Germany. Ernst Caramelle
(6 May – 17 June). Catalogue.
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi, Japan.
(4 February – 11 March)
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris.
1989 Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen, Switzerland. Ernst Caramelle
(28 October – 25 November)
Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany. Ernst Caramelle
(21 October – 31 December)
Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, France. Ernst Caramelle
(12 October – 17 December). Catalogue.
Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland.
Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva.
1988 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna.
1987 Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf.
(opened 20 March)
Zeitkunst, Innsbruck, Austria. Ernst Caramelle
(5 February – 10 March)
De Appel, Amsterdam.
Galerie Bama, Paris.
1986 Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland.
(4 August – 14 September). Catalogue.
Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland.
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York.
Catalogue.
Karin Bolz Galerie, Mülheim sur Ruhr, Germany.
1985 Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva.
1984 Parallel Window, New York.
(November)
Galerie Petersen, Berlin. Ernst Caramelle: Marginalien
(21 September – 20 October). Catalogue.
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle
(11 September – 5 October). Catalogue.
1982 Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva. Ernst Caramelle
(opened 21 October)
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle: Blätter
(19 January – 20 February)
Galleria Luigi De Ambrogi, Milan.
Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
Stampa, Basel.
1981 Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria. Ernst Caramelle
(2–24 November)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. Ernst Caramelle: Blätter
(5–30 June). Catalogue.
Dany Keller Galerie, Munich.
1979 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna.
(11 April – 12 May)
Galeria Buades, Madrid.
1978 Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva. Ernst Caramelle: works on paper and video works on.
(26 September – 17 October)
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria.
1977 Galerie Ferdinand Maier, Kitzbühel, Austria.
1976 Zentrum Mozartgasse, Vienna. Ernst Caramelle
(4–18 March)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria. Breaking Free: The Collections
(1 November 2024 – 2 February 2025)
Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(16–26 October)
Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie, Sérignan, France. Fortuna
(6 April – 22 September)
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin. Pictorial Resonance
(27 January – 2 March)
2023 Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland. Time: An Exploration of Some Notions of Time
(22 September 2023 – 14 January 2024)
Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna. Twenty Four
(12 September – 14 October)
Stampa, Basel. Projects #7: Zeichnung / Drawing 1970–2022
(5 May – 12 August)
2022 Bridget Donahue, New York. CATECHISM
(8 June – 31 July)
2021 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. small is beautiful III
(24 December 2021 – 31 January 2022)
Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France. Espace Libéré
(16 October 2021 – 20 February 2022)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Mountain Dreams
(20 January – 27 February)
2020 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Ernst Caramelle – Jorge Méndez Blake – Christoph Rütimann
(20 November 2020 – 16 January 2021)
Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna. Human Theater
(23 October – 7 November)
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany. Wände I Walls,
curated by Anne Vieth (26 September 2020 – 31 January 2021)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. “small is beautiful: (A)rtschwager to (Z)augg”
(12 June – 8 August)
2019 Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt. Visual Semiotics
(7 November 2019 – 1 February 2020)
Neue Galerie Graz, Austria. Too much is not enough! The Donation “Artelier Collection”
(15 February – 25 August)
2018 Wien Museum MUSA, Austria. Die 90er Jahre, 3. Aufzug: Mobile Kunst im Mobilen Markt
(11 October 2018 – 20 January 2019)
SculptureCenter, New York. Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974–1995
(23 September – 17 December)
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Austria. Klassentreffen. Schürmanns Lichtung
(23 June – 11 November)
Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna. Just so. Stories 1978–2018
(18 May – 16 June)
Tilton Gallery, New York. In Tribute to Jack Tilton: A Selection from 35 Years
(22 March – 28 April)
List Art Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1973–1994 (8 February – 15 April)
2017 Kunsthalle Krems, Austria. KremsAbstract Painting Now!
(2 July – 5 November)
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria.
Photo-Kinetics: Movement, Body & Light in the Collections (29 April – 24 September)
Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Germany. Karin Sander: ZEIGEN. An audio tour
through the collection of the GfZK Leipzig (18 March 2017 – 14 January 2018)
Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany. Sun on Paper
(10 February – 21 May)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(13 January – 4 March)
2016 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(14 October – 24 December)
Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany. Sonne auf Papier (Sun on Paper)
(10 September – 13 November)
Kunsthalle Krems, Austria. Abstract – Spatial. Painting in Space
(13 March – 19 June). Catalogue.
2015 Gallery Rosenberg, Zürich. Edition Cestio
(4 December 2015 – 30 January 2016)
Kunsthaus Mürz, Austria. Der Schwierige Raum [The Difficult Space]
(20 November 2015 – 31 January 2016)
Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany. Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
(11 November 2015 – 21 February 2016)
Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany. Show & Tell
(20 September 2015 – 21 February 2016)
Neue Galerie Graz, Austria. Landscape: Transformation of an Idea
(19 June – 6 September)
2014 Fitzroy Gallery and Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York. On the Blue Shore of Silence
(26 June – 3 September)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(2 May – 7 June)
Lower Belvedere, Vienna. Franz Graf: See What Sees You
(29 January – 25 May)
2013 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(8 November – 21 December)
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki. Denys Zacharopoulos
(18 September – 31 December)
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto.
Journey to the End of Colour: Books and Prints (6 July – 27 October)
Generali Foundation, Vienna. The Content of Form
(17 May – 25 August)
Generali Foundation, Vienna. Amazing! Clever! Linguistic! An Adventure in Conceptual Art
(18 January – 21 April)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(18 January – 9 March)
2012 Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg. La ligne passé
(30 June – 16 September)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(9 June – 27 July)
Galleria Luciana Brito, São Paulo. Performing Abstraction
(9 May – 30 June)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(27 April – 26 May)
Sammlung Rheingold, Düsseldorf. Orchesterwechsel
(22 April – 28 October)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(16 March – 21 April)
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(14 January – 10 March)
2011 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. Group Exhibition
(18 November 2011 – 14 January 2012)
Art Basel, Switzerland. Art Unlimited
(15–19 June)
2010 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Es geht voran: Kunst der 80er:
Eine Düsseldorf Perspektive (11 September 2010 – 30 January 2011). Catalogue.
FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France.
Néo Géo & Cie. L’image de l’abstraction a la fin du XXe siècle (25 June – 6 November)
South London Gallery, UK. Nothing is Forever
(25 June – 19 September)
2009 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Compass in Hand:
Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
(22 April 2009 – 4 January 2010)
2007 Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany. Small is beautiful
(9 September – 14 October)
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. Als wäre nichts gesagt. Kunst der 80er Jahre
aus den Sammlungen der Kunstmuseen Krefeld (8 July 2007 – 27 January 2008)
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York. For A Special Place
(21 February – 5 March)
Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris. 25th Anniversary
(13 January – 23 February)
2006 Mary Mary, Glasgow. Planting the Tele
(25 November 2006 – 13 January 2007)
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. The 80's: A Topology
(22 October 2006 – 28 January 2007)
2005 Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Covering the Real
(30 April – 20 August)
Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York. Traces Everywhere
(13 January – 26 February)
Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Cornouaille, Quimper, France. Scène d'Intérieur 2 – Peinture
2004 Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, France.
Le Tableau Contemporain Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria. ex.Position
2003 Sammlung Generali Foundation, Vienna. Occupying Space
2002 Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria. Variable Stücke
Merano Arte, Germany. Schöne Aussicht-Bella Vista
2001 Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland. Gut zum Druck
(6 April – 20 May)
2000 Generali Foundation, Vienna. Re-Play: Beginnings of International Media Art in Austria
(12 May – 6 August)
1999 Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg. Zeichnen
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna.
Der Künstler als Kurator Günter Umberg
Lawrence Markey, New York. Exhibition Posters
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany. Original echt/falsch
1998 Le Creux de l'Enfer, Thiers, France. Glissements progressifs
Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria. Kunst ohne Unikat
Wiener Secession, Austria. 100 Jahre Secession
1997 Jahresmuseum, Mürzzuschlag, Austria.
Museum Moderner Kunst, Bolzano, Italy.
1996 Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Austria im Rosennetz
Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. Die Schrift des Raumes
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria. Zentrum & Peripherie
1995 Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela. Intervenciones
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart. Das Abenteuer der Malerei
1994 Weiner Secession, Austria. Malerei, Film, Architektur, Musik, Feldenkrais
(3–15 May). Catalogue.
Haus der Architektur, Graz, Austria. Translokation
Galerie City Arts, Leeds, UK. Wall to wall
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. Mit Auflage
1993 Château de Mouans-Sartoux, France. Espace libéré
Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna. Das Bild der Ausstellung
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany. Bücher
1992 Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany.
(13 June – 20 September)
Katonah Museum of Art, New York.
1991 Christine Burgin Gallery, New York. Letters
1990 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France. Le diaphane. Une réflexion,
une collection, une exposition, un lieu (24 November 1990 – 2 February 1991)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France. Brandl/Caramelle/West
(2 March – 22 April)
Biennale, Sydney. The Readymade Boomerang
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. Weitersehen (1980–1990)
1989 Kunstverein, Hamburg. Kampnagelfabrik
Mücsarnok, Budapest. Land in Sicht
1988 Freizone Dorotheergasse, Vienna.
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany.
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany. Universal Poesie
Wiener Secession, Austria. In situ
1987 Japanischen Kulturinstitut, Cologne. Caramelle/Takeoka
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. Anderer Leute Kunst
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent.
Stadtmuseumgraz, Graz, Austria. Malerei-Wandmalerei
1986 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. Prospect 86
Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York.
1985 Kunsthaus und Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany. Zugehend auf eine Biennale des Friedens /
Art-of-Peace Biennale (1 December 1985 – 12 January 1986). Catalogue.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. Vom Zeichnen
1984 Galerie Camomille, Brussels.
Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy. Arte Austriaca
Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna. Der Traum vom Raum
1983 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York.
1982 Galerie Camomille, Brussels.
Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland. Junge Künstler aus Österreich
1980 Crown Point Gallery, San Francisco.
1979 Europa 79, Stuttgart.
1978 Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwaedler, Vienna. Multiples
1975 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Food Shows
1974 IV. internationale Malerwochen im Burgenland in der Orangerie des Schlosses Esterhazy,
Eisenstadt, Germany. (20 June – 28 July)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2025 Caramelle, Ernst. Ernst Caramelle: 2025
(Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2025).
2018 Folie, Sabine, ed. Ernst Caramelle: A Résumé (Cologne: Walther König, 2008).
Exhibition catalogue.
2017 Van den Bosch, Paula, and Laura Watkinson. Ernst Caramelle
(Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 2017). Exhibition catalogue.
2016 Gamper, Verena, ed. Abstrakt – Spatial. Malerei im Raum / Abstract – Spatial.
Painting in Space (Vienna: VFMK Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2016). Exhibition catalogue.
2013 Astelbauer, Wolfgang, et al. Ernst Caramelle: Ohne Titel | Untitled
(Vienna: Wiener Linien, 2013). Exhibition catalogue.
2009 Caramelle, Ernst. Ernst Caramelle at Lawrence Markey
(San Antonio: Lawrence Markey, Inc., 2009). Exhibition catalogue.
2005 Schraenen, Guy. Ernst Caramelle: toda a materia impressa / all the printed matter /
toute l'oeuvre imprimee / alle drucksachen, 1974–2004
(Porto: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, 2005). Exhibition catalogue.
2001 Huck, Brigitte. Ernst Caramelle (Vienna: Bawag Foundation, 2001). Exhibition catalogue.
1998 Köttering, Martin. Ernst Caramelle (Nordhorn: Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, 1998).
Exhibition catalogue.
Maier, Ferdinand, and Ernst Caramelle. Die Kataloge vom Caramelle sind keine Kataloge
sondern Publikationen von Abbildungen einer Ausstellung, die entweder schon vorbei der
noch nicht zu sehen ist. (Tyrol: Kulturamtes des Landes Tirol, 1998). Exhibition catalogue.
1993 Portikus. Ernst Caramelle: Quasi die Physiognomie im Augenblick der Wahrnehmung
(Frankfurt: Portikus, 1993). Exhibition catalogue.
1990 Caramelle, Ernst. Ernst Caramelle: Panorama der Retrospektiven (Berlin: Rainer Verlag, 1990).
Heynen, Julian. Ernst Caramelle (Krefeld: Krefelder Kunstmuseen, 1990). Exhibition catalogue.
1989 Tosatto, Guy, and Jonathan Bass. Ernst Caramelle
(Rochechouart: Musee departemental de Rochechouart, 1989). Exhibition catalogue.
1986 Loock, Ulrich. Ernst Caramelle (Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1986). Exhibition catalogue.
Weiermair, Peter, and Christiane Andersson. Ernst Caramelle
(New York: Jack Tilton Gallery, 1986). Exhibition catalogue.
1984 Caramelle, Ernst. Detail einer Totalansicht (Berlin: Rainer Verlag, 1984).
Ernst Caramelle (Vienna: Galerie Hubert Winter, 1984). Exhibition catalogue.
Ernst Caramelle: Marginalien (Berlin: Petersen Galerie, 1984). Exhibition catalogue.
1981 Caramelle, Ernst. Ernst Caramelle: Öch könn jetzt nöt röden. / i cnt tck rght now.
(Hannover: edition copie / Verlag Zweitschrift, 1981).
Weiermair, Peter, et al. Ernst Caramelle: Blätter 1973–1978
(Frankfurt: Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1981). Exhibition catalogue.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Collection Generali Foundation, Vienna
FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France
Fundação de Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
Kontakt Collection, Erste Foundation, Vienna
Kunstmuseum Krefeld, Germany
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Museum Liaunig, Austria
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York