Keith Sonnier
Born 1941 in Mamou Louisiana, USA
Post-minimal art, art objects, environments
American, 20th/21st century
 
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1959 – 1963 Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
1965 – 1966 Master of Fine Arts from Douglas College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
1966 Douglas College, Rutgers University: Keith Sonnier, New Brunswick
1968 First works with neon; Galerie Rolf Ricke: Keith Sonnier, Cologne
1969 Kunsthalle Bern: When Attitudes Become Form, Bern
1970 Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Ace Gallery: Keith Sonnier Live Video, Los Angeles; Stedelijk van Abbemuseum: Keith Sonnier, Eindhoven;
Group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972 Leo Castelli Gallery: Keith Sonnier Live and Channel Video, Stereo, Projection, New York; Group exhibitions: Documenta 5, Kassel; Venice Biennal, Venice
1974 Leo Castelli Gallery: Keith Sonnier, Radio Mix, New York City; Ace Gallery: Keith Sonnier, BA-O-BA 1969-1974/Neon and Glass, Los Angeles
1975 Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Ace Gallery: Keith Sonnier in Collaboration with Leo Castelli and Doug Christmas presents: Air to Air, Los Angeles; Galerie Rolf Ricke: Keith Sonnier, Köln
1976 The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Sender/Creigh Gallery: Hand Cast Paper Sculpture and other Work 1969-1976, Coronado
1977 Ace Gallery: Keith Sonnier, Los Angeles; Center for New Art Activity, New York
1979 Musée National d´ Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou: Keith Sonnier, Porte Vue, Paris; Galerie Michele Lachowsky: AM/FM Radio Installation, Brussels; Museum Haus Lange: Keith Sonnier; BA-O-BA Sel Series, Krefeld
1982 Rosamund Felsen Gallery: Keith Sonnier, Rangoli, Aluminum works made in India 1981, Los Angeles; Galerie Eric Fabre: Keith Sonnier, Paris; Leo Castelli Gallery; Keith Sonnier, New York
1983 Institute for Art & Urban Ressources, P.S. 1 (Project Studios One): Keith Sonnier, Long Island City
1984 The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Carol Taylor Art: Keith Sonnier, Dallas; Galerie Rolf Ricke: Keith Sonnier, Ubud Series, Dom Basor, Mata Hari, Cologne
1987 Alexandria Museum of Art: Keith Sonnier, A Ten Year Retrospective 1977-1987, Alexandria; Centre de Art Contemporain du Domaine de Kerguehennec: Keith Sonnier, Rennes
1988 The Chrysler Museum: Keith Sonnier, Neon Sculpture, Norfolk
1989 National Gallery: Keith Sonnier, Neon, Washington; Galerie Jürgen Becker: Keith Sonnier, Expanded File Series, Hamburg
1991 Galerie Schröder: Keith Sonnier, Mönchengladbach
1992 Galerie Carola Mosch: Keith Sonnier, Berlin; Gallery Interform: Keith Sonnier, Osaka
1993 Sprengel Museum: Keith Sonnier, Werke/Works, Hanover; Kunsthalle Nürnberg; Kunstverein St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
1999 Marlborough Gallery: Keith Sonnier, Sculpture 1966-1998, New York; Kunsthaus Bregenz: Keith Sonnier, Environmental Works 1968-1999, Bregenz
2000 Zumtobel Staff Lichtzentrum: Keith Sonnier, La Lumière, Zurich
2002 Rathaus Galerie: Keith Sonnier, Licht und Architektur, Öffentliche Auftragsarbeiten 1990-1991, Munich; Neue Nationalgalerie: BA-O-BA Berlin, Berlin
2003 Sonnabend Gallery: New Installation of the Sel Series 1978/2003, New York
2004 Häusler Contemporary: Keith Sonnier, SEL Neue Lichtobjekte Zeichnungen, Munich
2005 Pace Wildenstein: Keith Sonnier, New York; The Arts Club of Chicago: Keith Sonnier, Transformer, Selected Works 1968-2005, Chicago
2007 Leo Castelli Gallery: Keith Sonnier, Early Works/Late Sixties; Häusler Contemporary: Keith Sonnier, Selected Works 1969/1989/2005, Munich
2008 Gallery JGM: Keith Sonnier, An American in Paris; Texas Gallery, Houston; Pace Wildenstein: Keith Sonnier, Herd Series, New York
2009 Häusler Contemporary: Keith Sonnier, Shelf Works 1975/2008 EL SOURDOG HEX: Keith Sonnier, Light Installations (1969-1970), Berlin
Keith Sonnier lives and works in New York