Cosima von Bonin

Cosima von Bonin was born in Mombasa, Kenya and raised in Austria. Von Bonin graduated from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (University of Fine Arts in Hamburg), where she studied art under the tutelage of Martin Kippenberger and assistant Michael Krebber. Von Bonin said that she met many important figures while in college, figures such as Friedrich Petzel, Jutta Koether, and Diedrich Diederischsen. When von Bonin was still a student, her first memorable work was in a collaboration with Josef Strau, in which von Bonin exhibited herself in a window display at a Hamburg showroom in 1990. ==Artist career==

One focus of von Bonin's artistic works is the relationship between works of art and the world of fashion, music and architecture. She often focuses on collective artistic production frequently including collaboration with other artists, artists such as Dirk von Lowtzow, Michael Krebber, Mark von Schlegell, Kai Althoff, and many others. Von Bonin has a large array of works and a vast amount of materials that she uses within her extensive volume of artworks. She has utilized small objects, plush toys, cardboard, sound equipment, short films, photo-based pieces, and even cardboard replicas of previous pieces. Von Bonin has worked in different venues as well, such as parties, DJ sets, music performances and audio and video exhibitions. have brief discussions with her over this topic. Throughout her career, von Bonin has been described as bringing play and fun into her work. ==Exhibitions==

Select solo exhibitions , Vienna • Cosima von Bonin: The Cousins, Braunschweig Art Association, Kunstverein Braunschweig (Feb 5 - Mar 26, 2000) • Cosima von Bonin: Roger and Out, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Sept 16, 2007- Jan 7, 2008) • Cosima von Bonin: The Fatigue Empire, Kunsthaus Bregenz (July 17 - Oct 3, 2010) • Cosima von Bonin: The Lazy Susan, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Oct 10, 2010 - Jan 9, 2011); Arnolfini, Bristol (Feb 19 - Apr 25, 2011); Mamco, Geneva (June 8 - Sept 18, 2011); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (Nov 5, 2011 - May 13, 2012) • Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (May 6 - Aug 1, 2011) • Hippies Use the Side Door The Year 2014 Has Lost the Plot, Mumok, Vienna (Oct 4, 2014 - Jan 18, 2015) • This was also performative piece, she had people enter only from the side doors of the Mumok. • Boy at Work, Lumiar Cité, Lisbon (Apr 15 - July 4, 2023) • Cosima von Bonin: Shit and Chanel, House of Gaga, Mexico City (May 18 - Aug 3, 2019) • Von Bonin's first solo exhibition in Mexico. • The exhibition contained a pink steel-wired cement mixer that held a drove of pink pig stuffed animals, four wooden canvases of Daffy Duck being enclosed and squashed by a black entity, an orange steel-wire cement mixer with dark blue lobster claws dangling and handcuffed to the barrel, and more. • Von Bonin's first solo museum exhibition in New York and Canada. • The Faker, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany (2024) • Feelings, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (Mar 21 - Jun 9, 2024) • Songs for Gay Dogs, MUDAM, Luxembourg (2024 - 2025) Select group exhibitions • Documenta 12 (June 16 - Sept 23, 2007) • Home Sweet Home, Deichtorhallen (1997) • First Graz Fan Fest (1995) • Glockengeschrei nach Deutz - das Beste aller Seiten (The Bell Screams Towards Deutz - the Best of all Sides) (1996) ==Public collections==

Cosima von Bonin's art can be found in a number of public collections, including: • Museum of Modern Art • Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin • Staedelscher Museums-Verein, Frankfurt ==See also==