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
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
Gathering Exhibitions
Selected Press
19 Jul 2024
AnOther Magazine features Stefan Brüggemann and Gathering Ibiza
2 Jul 2024
Gathering's presentation at CAN Art and the recent opening of Painting Not Painting at Gathering Ibiza is included in Artsy's round-up of the fair
28 Jun 2024
Emergent Magazine features Gathering Ibiza's current exhibition Painting not Painting including Stefan Brüggemann and Bruce Nauman