Günther's early sculptural works with video led him towards more journalistic oriented projects which he pursued in TV, print, and the art field. Based in New York, he played a crucial role in the evaluation and interpretation of satellite data gathered from political and military crisis zones; the results were distributed internationally through print media and TV news. The goal was to make military and ecological information, that was up to this point inaccessible, known to the public in order to have a direct impact on political processes. On an artistic level, the work with satellite data led to Günther's contribution to documenta 8 (1987), the installation K4 (C31) (Command Control Communication and Intelligence). In the same year, Günther received accreditation as a correspondent at the United Nations in NY.
In his
capacity
as artist, correspondent and author, he worked extensively with
Japanese
TV (NHK), covering topics that ranged from media studies to military
technology.
Since 1989, Günther uses
globes as a medium for his artistic
and journalistic interests. In 1989, 9 months before the reunification
of
Germany, he founded the first independent TV station in Eastern Europe
Channel
X, Leipzig in order to contribute to the establishment of a free media
landscape.
Ingo Günther has been teaching at the academy of art in Braunschweig (1985) and Münster (1986/87), and at the San Francisco Art Institute (1987). From 1990 to 1994 he has been a professor at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.
Works by Ingo Günther were shown at: Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1983 and 1985; Venice Biennale, 1984; documenta, Kassel, 1987; P3 Art and Environment, Tokyo, 1990, 1992, 1996 and 1997; Ars Electronica, Linz, 1991; Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, 1995; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 1995; Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1998; and Museum Weserburg, Bremen, 1999.
In 1988, he
was
awarded the Kunstpreis Glockengasse (Cologne) and the Preis des
Kulturkreises
des Bundes der Deutschen Industrie. In 1996, he received the Stankowski
Award and in 1997, the ZKM/Siemens Medienkunstpreis. He was awarded the
Prize of the Sprengel Museum, Hanover in 2003.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1981 Kunstakademie/Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
1982 Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Lenbach-Haus,Munich [cat.]
1983 Museum of Modern Arts, New York
National Gallery, Westberlin [cat.]
1984 Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, "Art and Media" [cat.]
Venice Biennial, Intl Pavillion , "Arte, Ambiente, Scena" [cat.]
University Gallery of Quebec, Montreal, "Video 84" [cat.]
1985 National Gallery, "German Art 1945 - 1985" Westberlin [cat.]
Pallazzo Promotrice Delle Belli Arti, Turin, "Rheingold" [cat.]
1986 Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria [cat.]
1987 documenta, Kassel ('d8') [cat.]
1988 Kunstmuseum Duesseldorf
Kunstverein Hamburg, Nationalmuseum Nuernberg,"Universalpoesien" [cat.]
Palast Kulturi, Centrum Sztuki, Warsaw [cat.]
Kunsthaus/Kunstverein Hamburg, "Arbeit in Geschichte - Geschichte in Arbeit" ("Work on History - History in Work")[cat.]
1989 Kunstmuseum Duesseldorf
Kunstmuseum Leipzig [cat.]
Akademie der Kuenste Berlin [cat.]
1990 Kutscherhaus Gallery, Berlin
Palazzo del Diamanti, Ferrara [cat.]
1991 Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea [cat.]
Sezon Museum of Art, Karuizawa, Japan [cat.]
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria [cat.]
"Europe Unknown" Krakow, Poland [cat.]
Fukui Biennial, Japan [cat.]
Leipzig, Germany, "Zone D" [cat.]
NTT Tel-Net, Kanto Praefektur/Tokyo, "The Museum Inside the Telephone Network" [cat.]
Museum Bolzano [cat.]
Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France, "La Vitesse" [cat.]
1992 Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Gallery Eigen & Art, Berlin [cat.]
Museum Lueneburg, Germany [cat.]
Kunsthalle Rostock Germany," Baltic Biennal" [cat.]
Sevilla World Expo, Spain,"Tierra de Nadie" [cat.]
Musee d' Issel, Bruessel, "The Binary Era" [cat.]
Fondation Miro, Barcelona, Spain, "Moving Image" [cat.]
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Austr.,"Humpty Dumpty's Kaleidoscope"[cat.]
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, ""Global Change/Erdsicht" [cat.]
1993 Kunsthalle Wien, "Binaera" [cat.]
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool [cat.]
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany, "Kunst im Weltmasstab" [cat.]
NGBK (public projects), Berlin, "integral" [cat.]
ZKM, Karlsruhe, "Multimediale" [cat.]
Orangerie Charlottenburg Castle, Berlin [cat.]
1994 Intl. Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany [cat.]
Moderna Musseet, Stockholm "Global Change" [cat.]
Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, "Multiple Dimensions"[cat.]
Fotofest 94, George Brown Cenvention Center, Houston [cat.]
Kronenbourg Ferry,"A Project for Europe", Copenhagen, Denmark [cat.]
MinimaMedia, Leipzig, Germany [cat.]
1995 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany [cat.]
Neues Mueum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany [cat.]
UN-World Climatic Conference, Berlin [cat.]
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art [cat.]
Visible Museum, NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo [cat.]
1996 Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain
Guggenheim Museum, New York [cat.]
1997 Hara Museum, Tokyo [cat.]
Kunsthaus Linz, Austria, "Atlas /Mapping" [cat.]
Cartographers, Zagreb, Croatia [cat.]
Singapore Art Museum [cat.]
1998 Kunsthaus Bregenz, "Atlas /Mapping" [cat.]
1999 Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany; ÒSonne Mond und SterneÓ [cat.]
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany; ÒConnected CitiesÓ [cat.]
Obayashi Gumi, Tokyo (permanent) [cat.]
2000 World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland [cat.]
2001 Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York
Jacob Javitz Convention Center, New York (International Aid and Trade/United
Nations Office for Project Services; UNOPS)
British Council, Brussels, "Journeys in Between"
2002 Chinese Soviet Party Headquarters, Long March Foundation, New York and Beijing,
"Long March Walking Exhibition"
Jacob Javitz Convention Center, New York [cat.]
Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague Castle, Prague, Czeck Republic, "Politk-um"
Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, "Demeter" [cat.]
2003 Museum of Natural Science, Reutlingen, "Water"
ZKM Center for Arts and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany,
Centro Cultural Conde Duque, MediaLab, Madrid, "bankett/banquet 'Metabolism and Communication'" Sprengel Museum, Hanover; Hygienemuseum, Dresden; Bonn, Germany, Stockholm, Sweden, "Science + Fiction"[cat.]
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen "The Void - Infinity Beyond our Comprehension?" [cat.]
2004 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, "Art-Immigration-Utopia"
Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program Exhibition, New York, "Social Capital - Forms of Interaction"
Gigantic Art Space (GAS), New York "Gigatisism"
War Media Art, Municipal Gallery (Kiel, Delmenhorst, Bietigheim) Germany
2005 Musee de la civilization, Quebec City, Canada
Shadow Game, Odense, Danmark
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1982 Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
1983 Anthology Film Archives, New York
1985 Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1986 Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany
1987 New Langton Arts, San Francisco
ELAC, Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon
1989 Produzentengalerie, Hamburg [cat.]
Galerie Magers, Bonn
1990 P3-Museum, Tokyo [cat.]
1991 Weisser Raum Gallery, Hamburg
Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
141 Gallery, Sendai, Japan
Kunstraum, Munich
1992 P3 ART and Environment, Tokyo
1993 Galerie am Schwanenteich, Schwerin, Germany
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
1994 Galerie Fricke, Dusseldorf, Germany
1995 Wewerka Pavillon, Muenster, Germany
Hawerkamphalle, Muenster, Germany
1996 Cisternen under Sondermarken, Copenhagen
P3 ART and Environment, Tokyo
Stadtgalerie Saarbruecken
1997 Sala 1, Rome
P3 art and environment
1998 Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Germany [cat.]
1999 Gallery 57, Cambridge, Ma, USA [cat.]
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen [cat.]
2000 Autostadt Wolfsburg, Germany (permanent)
Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York
Stroom, Den Haag (The Hagie) Netherlands
2001 Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York
2003 Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
2005 Chia-yi, Taiwan, Republic of China [cat.]
Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen , Germany [cat.]