Stefan Brüggemann

Born in 1975, Stefan Brüggemann is a contemporary Mexican artist known for his multidisciplinary approach, incorporating elements of conceptual art, language, and text-based works into his practice. His works often challenge societal norms and question the influence of mass media and consumer culture on contemporary society.

Throughout his career, Brüggemann has worked across various mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. His works are characterised by their minimalist aesthetics and stark visual impact. He often uses bold typography, neon lights, and high contrast colors to convey his message with precision and clarity.

Brüggemann's work has been exhibited internationally in renowned art institutions and galleries, including the Tate Modern in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Kunsthaus Zurich. His thought-provoking art has garnered recognition and acclaim from the contemporary art world, establishing him as an influential figure in conceptual art.

Lives and works in between Mexico City, Mexico, London, UK and Ibiza, Spain

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Solo and Group Exhibitions

2025

Residual Presence, Gathering, Mexico City, Mexico

Éramos felices y no lo sabíamos, Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain Super Conceptual Pop, Fondation Cab, Saint Paul de Vence, France

Minebane!, Contemporary Art, Taguchi Art Collection, Akita Museum of Art and the Akita Senshu Museum of Art in Japan, Akita, Japan

2024

Dos Líneas (Fe), Fundación Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain; Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico

Inside Out, Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France

Painting Not Painting, Gathering, Ibiza, Spain

Materiality and Language: Explorations in Form and Meaning, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan

Monuments to Air, Monumento a la Revolución, Mexico City, Mexico

2023

Stefan Brüggemann: White Noise, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, USA

NOT BLACK, NOT WHITE, SILVER, Mostyn, Llandudno, UK

OK, Hauser & Wirth, Menorca, Spain

Window Grey, CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Economy and Love, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan

Blank. Raw. Illegible... Artists’ Books as Statements (1960–2022), Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany

El Dorado / Un Territorio (Gold, a territory), Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Your Compass in the “Incredible” Contemporary Art World, Takahashi Nariwa Museum, Takahashi, Japan

2022

Shake Your Body, Lago Algo, Mexico City, Mexico

2021

ALLOW ACTION (GOLD PAINTINGS), Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan

Hyper-Conscious, Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium

Normal Exceptions: Contemporary Art in Mexico, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

Eroded Paintings, Miami, USA

A Place Outside the Law, Nassau, Bahamas

2020

UNTITLED ACTION (GOLD PAINTINGS), Hauser & Wirth, St Moritz, Switzerland

OK (UNTITLED ACTION), HOP Projects, Folkestone, UK

Hyper-Poem, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal

INDEX, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Revert to type, Fabian Lang Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

Tomber en Amour, Collection Veys-Verhaevert, Maison Des Arts, Schaerbeek, Belgium

Colección Jumex: On The Razor’s Edge, Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

UNLEASHED SPEED UNLEASHED SPEECH (MISFITS), Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan

I reflect what you are. From Nan Goldin to Roni Horn: intimacy in the Collection Lambert, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France

2019

Extra!' 'Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies (Guernica), Centre Pompidou, Forum, Paris, France

Pop Minimalism, Centro de las Artes Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

HYPER-PALIMPSEST, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK

Eldorama, Tripostal, Lille, France

2018

Lambert Collection’s master pieces, Lambert Collection, Avignon, France

PLAY, City Circuit for Contemporary Art, Kortrijk, Belgium

Hi-Speed Contrast Paintings, La Cité, Paris, France

Hi-Speed Contrast, Parra & Romero Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain

Ha Ha What Does This Represent? What Do You Represent, Nukaga Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2017

Take and Abandon, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland

The Art Show: Millennium Art in Taguchi Art Collection Takasaki, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan

Them Or Us!, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Portable Art: A Project by Celia Forner, Hauser & Wirth, New York NY

Trap Door (Unconscious), Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, UK

Billboard Project, Hoxton Street, London, UK

2016

Outdoor sculpture project, Parra & Romero, Ibiza, Spain

Accrochage, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

Capitalist Melancholia, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany

Bittersweet… Bitter… Sweet…, Untilthen, Saint-Ouen, France

Word, HVCCA Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY

Trash, Fundació Gaspar, Barcelona, Spain

To Be Political It Has To Look Nice, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Stefan Brüggemann, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA

2015

Timeless, Parra & Romero, Ibiza, Spain

Puddle Paintings, Centro Roberto Garza Sada, Mexico City, Mexico

Headlines & Last Line in the Movies (Protest Pavilion), GAM, Mexico City, Mexico

The Wiles of Intelligence, Centre d'Art du Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France

In girum imus nocte et consumimur, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

Going Public: International Art Collectors in Sheffield, Sheffield Museum, Sheffield, UK

Minimum Production, Maximum Expression, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France

A Book of Burning Matches: Collecting Installation Art Documents, Me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Múltiple: Poligrafa Obra Gráfica, Espacio Monitor, Caracas, Venezuela

Collective Collection, Le BBB Centre d’Art, Toulouse, France

2014

Epicentre: Conversations and Discussions Between Artists, Parra & Romero, Ibiza, Spain

Sed Tantum Dic Verbo (Just Say The Word), Blain|Southern Gallery, Berlin, Germany

First the Pleasure, Then The Thesis, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada

On Reflection, Postbox Gallery, London, UK

Text Massage, Postbox Gallery, London, UK

Stefan Bruggemann: You Keep Out Of This (Puddle Paintings and Text Pieces), Galeria Múrias Centeno, Lisbon, Portugal

Headlines & Last Line in the Movies (fluorescent), Independent Projects, Parra & Romero, New York, USA

Headlines & Last Line in the Movies (protest), Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

1997 – 2014 Text pieces, The Wall, South Kensington, Queens Gate and Harrington Road, London, UK

First the pleasure, then the thesis, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2013

Monuments for the Ceiling I-X, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico

To Be Titled, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK

On Sociology (The Civilization of Speculation), Mendes Wood DM Gallery, Pivo Copan Building, São Paulo, Brazil

THINGS FROM BEFORE / BESIDE / THINGS FROM AFTER / AROUND / THINGS OF THE MOMENT, Parra & Romero, Ibiza, Spain

Writing on the Wall, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK

1:1 Sets, The New Institute, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands

An Exhibition Without Texts, Maison d’Art Bernard Anthonioz, Jeu de Paume, Nogent-sur-Marne, France

Tectonic, The Moving Museum, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

An Exhibition: Stefan Brüggemann, Lawrence Weiner, Carey Young, The Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester UK

Totendrophilia, Pilar Corrias, London, UK

Confusion in the Vault, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

Temporary Commission on Bass Museum Facade, Bass Museum, Miami FL

Now Here is also Nowhere. Part I, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art, CAC Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania; Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA

2012

(THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE), Bass Museum, Miami, USA

Text Pieces, Obliterated Mirrors & Tautological Paintings, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

Untitled (Joke and Definition Paintings), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

Misrepresentation, Mistake and Non-Disclosure, Rove Gallery, London, UK

Neon: La Materia Luminosa dell’Arte, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

Graphology, Drawing Room, London, UK

Port, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal

Now Here Is Also Nowhere, Poitiers, France

Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France

First Act, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

Neon: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France

The FRAC invites itself to the Consortium, FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Now Here is also Nowhere: Part I, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Sad for something that never happened, Toves Galleri, Vesterbro Contemporary Workout Space, Copenhagen, Denmark

In Deed: Certificates Of Authenticity In Art, SALT Galata, Istanbul, Turkey

La Radio Siamo Noi, HEAD Haute école d'art et design, Geneva, Switzerland

2011

Ventajas de Viajar en Tren, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

Incidents of Mirror: Travel in Yucatán and Elsewhere, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

Commercial Break, Garage Project, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Wit, Paddles.com, New York, USA

Lectura de una Realidad, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

Lonely at the Top. Graphology Chapter 2, MHKA Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

L’Insoutenable Légèreté de l´Être, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France, New York USA

In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy; De Vleeshal Centre for Contemporary Art, Middelburg, Netherlands

More Or Less: A Few Pocket Universes, HIAP Project Room, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland

Fig.3 I don’t know what to say, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK

The Half-Shut Door: Artists’ Soundtracks, SE8, London, UK

Off Modern, Association Tripode, Nantes, France

La Part Manquante, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France

Untitled (Definition and Joke Paintings), Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

Project with Philippe Decrauzat, Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA

The world trapped in the self (windows for mirrors), Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain

Speculative Paintings (world isn’t free), Galeria Gam, Mexico City, Mexico

Immaterial, paddle8.com, New York, USA

My Communism, Shangai, China

2010

No time, no return, no title, Villa du Parc Centre d’Art Contemporain, Annemasse, France

Twisted Inside-Out T-Shirt, Acne Studios, White Art/T-Shirt Project, Stockholm, Sweden

Permanent production of excess (Red, Green, Blue), Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

Showtitles (audio), Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal

Headlines & last line in the movies, Yvon Lambert, New York, USA

Reversed Inverted, 1/9 Unosunove arte contemporanea, Rome, Italy

L'exposition Continue (Écho), Association Cneai, Chatou, France

Poem Island, Montblanc, Paris, France

Art Moves, 3rd International Festival of Art on Billboards, Torum, Poland Art Basel Miami Beach, The Island, Miami, USA

Shadowed by the Future, Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo, Brazil

To the Arts, Citizens!, Fundacion Serralves, Porto, Portugal

I’m Not Here: An exhibition without Francis Alÿs, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

I Got A Break Baby………, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

Todo A Nada, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex, CAC Contemporary Art Centre Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

Wish List of a Young Collector, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France

Number Seven, Sébastien Ricou Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2009

Pourquoi Attendre!, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

Where Do We Go From Here: Selections from la Colección Jumex, Bass Museum, Miami, USA

The Impolitical, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy

Locus Solus, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

Making of Art: The Art World and Its Players, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

United Technologies, Lismore Castle, Waterford, Ireland

Nothingness and Being, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

This Is Not an Invitation It’s a Presentation, Galería OMR, Mexico City, Mexico

Espèce d’Espace, Yvon Lambert, New York, USA

Stefan Brüggemann, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

(Signs that become abstractions, abstraction that become signs), NP3, Groningen, Netherlands

Monday, Sies & Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, SAPS, Sala de arte publico, Mexico City, Mexico

Offer & Exchange, Commission N°3 SHIFT, Electra, London, UK

2008

NO PROGRAMME, NO CONTEXT, NO SYSTEM, NO EXPLANATION, NO CONTENT, NO NOTHING, Frac Bourgogne, Dijon, France

The Fall: Stefan Brueggemann with DR ATL, FRAC, Dijon, France Bloomberg Space, London, UK

Black Box, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Soap box (a decorative form of nihilism), Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Occupancy by more than 6,682,685,387 Persons is Dangerous and Unlawful: Part I, Bugada & Cargnel, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, France

La Invención de lo Cotidiano, Museo Nacional de Arte México, Mexico City, Mexico

Term of Use, Centro Cultural Monte Hermoso, Bilbao, Spain

The Other Way Around, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, France

Looks Conceptual, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil

Present, Blow de la Barra, London, UK Galleria Galica,

Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?, Milan, Italy

LatinoLatino, Palazzo della Vicaria, Trapani, Italy

Noleftovers, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2007

Obliteration Series, Blow de la Barra, London, UK

A Production of Nothing, The Lift, Madrid, Spain

Social Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

Exhibitions Ruins / Emotional Landscapes, SAFAN, Reykjavik, Iceland

Clearly Invisible, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain

Vraiment?, Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris, France

Shallow, I-20 Gallery, New York, USA

9 or 10 Works I Used to Like in No Order, Monitor, Rome, Italy

Off Modern, La Station, Nice, France

2006

Stefan Brüggemann, I-20, New York, USA

No, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

Light/Art, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA

No negative, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium

Yes Bruce Nauman, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, USA

Nothing, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Esquiador al Fondo del Pozo, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

The Title as The Curator’s Art Piece, Blow de la Barra, London, UK

Draw a Straight Line And Follow It, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, USA

L’Exposition Qui N’existe Pas, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

The Galleries Show, Blow de la Barra, Antwerp, Belgium

Complexities & Heterogeneity, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

Beck’s Futures 2006, ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

We have the Duchamp, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

2005

Off Key, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

This Peaceful War, Tramway, Glasgow, UK

The Final Floor Show, Objectif Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium

(Misunderstandings), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

Nothingness, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Five Text Pieces, Blow de la Barra Gallery, London, UK

2004

Stefan Brüggemann, I-20 Gallery, New York, USA

Stefan Brüggemann, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

White Noise, The Gallery at Redcat, Los Angeles, USA

Rimbaud, I-20 Gallery, New York, USA

Solo Los Personajes Cambian, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Nothingness, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Palais Wildenstein, Graz, Austria

La Colmena, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

2003

Stefan Brüggemann, Galeria de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

Stefan Brüggemann, I-20 Gallery, New York, USA

To Be Political It Has To Look Nice, Apexart, New York, USA

Me, We, Art in General, New York, USA

Documento Recuperado, Oficina para Proyectos de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico

The Distance Between Me and You, Lisson Gallery, London, UK

Prague Biennial 1, Prague, Czech Republic

PR'02 (En Ruta), M&M Proyectos, Puerto Rico

2002

Capitalism and Schizophrenia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Off-site project, London, UK

Against International Standards, 24/7 Gallery, London, UK

Stefan Brüggemann, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

Demonstration Room, Ideal House, Gallery 400, Chicago, USA

The Art World’s New Darling, Curaduria Express, S.A.I.S.C., Mexico City, Mexico

Zebra Crossing, Haus De Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

Intergalactic Conversations, The Independent, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK

2001

This Is Not Supposed To Be Here, Museum of Installation, London, UK

Unproductive, O.P.A., Guadalajara, Mexico

Thoughts are products, Private Collection, New York, USA

Tendencias, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico

Vanishing City, Programa Art Center, Mexico City, Mexico

Las Molestias Son Temporales, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

La Persistencia de la Imagen, Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea

White Noise, White Silence, Programa Art Center, Mexico City, Mexico

Demonstration Room, Ideal House, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium

2000

Black Building: Wallpaper Site-specific project, Wallpaper, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Box Project, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK

Demonstration Room, Casa Ideal, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela

2do Festival de Arte Sonoro, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico

Promo, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

1999

Parking Lot, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

Bad Photographer, Encamera Studios, Mexico City, Mexico

Blind Spot, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico

Group Show, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico

Myself and My Surroundings, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada

1998

Opening, Museum of Installation, London, UK

Labels, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, Site-specific window installation, London, UK

Texto Regina, 51-3er Piso, Mexico City, Mexico

Made in Mexico / Made in Venezuela, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada

Regina 51-3er piso, Expoarte, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico

Song 2, Zacatecas #89, Mexico City, Mexico

1997

Specific Contextual Actions, Galeria Cruce, Madrid, Spain

Function and Dysfunctions, Reyna #141, Mexico City, Mexico

Opening Titles, Art Deposit, Mexico City, Mexico

Documentos, Art Deposit, Guadalajara, Mexico

Situación Culturalemente Correcta, Museo de Culturas Populares, Mexico City, Mexico

New Texts from Mexico City, Art Deposit, New York NY

1996

Grammar, Art Deposit, Mexico City, Mexico

Enviromex, Art Deposit, Mexico City, Mexico

3rd Monterrey Bienal, Museo de Arte Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Signifiers, Art Deposit, Mexico City, Mexico

1994

I Have To Find Before My Eyes Do, Stefan Haupt Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Selected Press

2 Feb 2025

Gathering is thrilled to announce an off-site exhibition with Stefan Brüggemann in CDMX.

19 Jul 2024

AnOther Magazine features Stefan Brüggemann and Gathering Ibiza

28 Jun 2024

Emergent Magazine features Gathering Ibiza's current exhibition Painting not Painting including Stefan Brüggemann and Bruce Nauman