Born 1967 in Münster, Germany
Lives and works in Allerup, Denmark
EDUCATION
1991-97 Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK), Hamburg, MFA
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2021 Houses of Content, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Deep Blue, Curated by Katherine Bradford, Hall Ar Foundation, Vermont, VT
Inaugural Exhibition, Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, BE
2020 Reversed Evolution – How it feels to be Mamon, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Kein Mensch – Kein Tier – Frau Grenadier (No Human – No Animal – Mrs. Grenadier), Salon Nino Mier, Cologne, DE
2018 Bendix Harms: SANKT RUFUS, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bendix Harms: Deathless Rufus: Defend Østerfælden, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, CA, US
2017 Bendix Harms: ÄMEN, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl, Hall Art Collection, Reading, VT, US
2016 Implosion 20, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
Don't call me when you are rich or famous. Call me only if you are in the gutter., Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA, US
The Great Figure Two, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
Shout for Tomorrow, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY, US
Colliding Alien Bodies, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY, US
Bendix Harms, Independent Art Fair, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
2015 Love: The First of the 7 Virtues, Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, US
SELF: Portraits of Artists in their Absence, curated by Filippo Fossati, National Academy Museum & School, New York, NY, US
2014 Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY, US
2012 The Killer Rabbit Ranch Rodeo, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, DE
2010 Drawing group Exhibition, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich, DE
2009 Bendix Harms: Sog, Sabine Knust, Munich, DE
Until the End of the World, Andres Melas Presents, Athens, GR
2008 Bendix Harms: Lebenslieben, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
Friends and Family, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bendix Harms, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, ES
2007 Bendix Harms: Burg Uns, Sabine Knust Gallery, Munich, DE
Size Matters: XXL, HVCCA – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, US
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Late Picasso & Contemporary Painters, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Bendix Harms: Solid As A Rock, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bold Moves, Scenic, New York, NY, US
2005 Prague Biennial, Prague, CZ
2004 Which Feeder?, two-person show with John Bock, Anton Kern Gallery, NY, US
2001 Musterkarte, Modelos de pintura en Alemania, Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, ES
Tirana Biennale 1, National Gallery + Chinese Pavillion, Tirana, AL
Major Sponsen – ahead, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, ES
2000 Bendix Harms, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, DE
1998 Bendix Harms: Harms Hirsig Jung, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, DE
Salon 98, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin bei Tishman+Speyer Properties Messeturm, Frankfurt, DE
Bendix Harms, Hirsig Harms Jung, Galerie Heinrich Erhardt, Madrid, ES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 SUMMER OF LOVE, Freight+Volume, New York, NY
2016 Bendix Harms: Chosen Ones. New York: Karma, Anton Kern Gallery, and Galerie Sabine Knust.
2006 Against mush-death [in:] Bendix Harms Solid As a Rock (cat.), interview by Mari Susanne Kollerup.
“Bendix Harms,” The New Yorker, February 13 & 20, 2006.
"Embracing His Emotion With Open Harms," Julia Butareva, Colombia Daily Spectator, February 21.
Henry, Max. “Bendix Harms,” Time Out New York, February 2-8, 2006.
Cohen, David. “Bendix Harms,” The New York Sun, February 2, 2006.
2005 Vincent, Steven. “Bendix Harms and John Bock at Anton Kern Gallery,” Art in America, May, 2005.
2004 “John Bock / Bendix Harms,” The New Yorker, December 6, 2004.
Smith, Roberta. “John Bock / Bendix Harms,” The New York Times, December 3, 2004.
Henry, Max. “John Bock and Bendix Harms,” Time Out New York, November 25-December 1, 2004.
Stillman, Nick. “John Bock and Bendix Harms,” Artforum, 2004.
“John Bock,” Village Voice, November 2004.
COLLECTIONS
Deutsche Bank Collection, DE
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, US