KOW, Berlin
Solo show
May 1 – August 30, 2021

MUDAM Luxembourg – Me, Family
w/ Wolfgang Tillmanns, Thomas Hirschorn, Mario Pfeifer, et.al.
curated by Francesco Bonami
October 8, 20200– June 30. 2021

Mario Pfeifer in Conversation with Forensic Architecture's Robert Trafford

Edith Russ Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, Feb 12, 2021 6pm

Artist Talk & Book Launch

Mario Pfeifer in conversation with curator Marcel Schwierin, Feb 19, 6pm

Book Launch moderated by Gaëtane Verna with Nomaduma R. Masilela, Georg Imdahl, Markus Weisbeck and Mario Pfeifer, Feb 19, 7pm

Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art – NEGOTIATING THE LAW
Solo show
curated by Edit Molnar & Marcel Schwierin
October 28, 2020 – March 30, 2021

2020

FIF 2020 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil
curated by Bruno Vilela, Guilherme Cunha and Patricia Azevedo
December 7 – 12, 2020

Kunsthalle Mannheim – Facing new Challenges
Internationale Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
November 20 - 22, 2021

Kunstpalast Düsseldorf – TIME FOR OUTRAGE! ART IN TIMES OF SOCIAL ANGER
w/ Santiago Sierra, Andrea Bowers, Thomas Hirschhorn, Hiwa K, Mario Pfeifer, et.al.
curated by Linda Peitz und Florian Peters-Messe
October 29, 2020 – January 17, 2021

Festival Hibrido – Salvador de Bahia
organised by the Goethe-Institut Salvador de Bahia
October 6 – 9, 2020

Halle für Kunst und Medien – Graz – Image Wars
Kader Attia, Cana Bilir-Meier, Melvin Moti, Rabih Mroué, Mario Pfeifer, Marlies Pöschl
curated by Jana Franze
July 4 – October 10, 2020

Albertinum – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
„Nach meiner Kenntnis ist das sofort…, unverzüglich“
Group Show w/ Via Lewandowsky, Henrike Naumann, Mario Pfeifer
September 10, 2019 – September 6, 2020

KINO SIEMENSSTADT – Das Bild einer Stadt im Raum des Kinos
Weekly screenings curated by Olaf Stüber & Jaro Straub
May 29 – August 28, 2020

Berlinische Galerie – Corpo Fechado
A solo exhibition curated by Nuno de Brito Rocha
July 1 – August 3, 2020

Art Basel Conversations
Mario Pfeifer in conversation with Gaëtane Verna, director The Tower Plant Toronto
June 17, 6pm CET

KOW Berlin – Out of the Dark II
group show
May 23 – July 15, 2020

German Cinema Now – Northwest Filmforum Seattle, USA
Film programm curated by Jasmin Krakenberg
April 22, 2020 [postponed due to COVID-19]

ACT – Human Rights Film Festival Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Screening of AGAIN followed by an Q&A
April 8, 2020 [postponed due to COVID-19]

Museum Folkwang Essen – Black/White/Grey
A solo exhibition curated by Anna Fricke
March 13 – May 24, 2020 [currently closed due to COVID-19]

Innsbruck International 2020 – Biennial of the Arts
w/ Steve McQueen, Basir Mahmood, Mario Pfeifer, Nada Prlja, …
curated by Franziska Heubacher & Chris Clarke
March 7 - 22, 2020
Different Venues, Innsbruck, AT

2019

World Premiere of AGAIN – Live at the 32°IDFA on Stage
Live Experience – commissioned by the 32° International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
starring Katrien van Beurden & Dennis Rudge
November 22, 2019 7:30pm
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam

32° IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam / Dutch Premiere of AGAIN - NOCH EINMAL

November 24, 2019 19:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal

November 26, 2019 15:45 Munt 10

November 29, 2019 19:00 Tuschinski 3

36th Kassel Dok Film Video Fest
Screening of AGAIN, Bali Kinos
November 13, 2019 3:15pm

Volksbühne Berlin – Interfilm l35
Screening of AGAIN followed by a Panel Discussion in cooperation with the UNHCR
November 10, 2019 3pm

DOK Leipzig – Symposium: Who owns the Truth?
Mario Pfeifer & Robert Trafford /Forensic Architecture moderated by Alexander Bauer
Panel Discussion and Film screening of Again
November 1,2019 12:30pm

Para Doks – at the edges of Documentary
Group Show w/ Amel Alzakout & Khaled Abdulwahed, Emerson Culurgioni & Jonas Matauschek, Stefanie Schroeder, Paula Ábalos, Mario Pfeifer
Oktober 26 – November 09, 2019

Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin
Die wir nie gewesen sind
Group Show
October 26 – November 29, 2019

Pinakothek der Moderne München
Denkraum Deutschland – Über Angst und Bildung…
Group Show
September 28 – October 6, 2019
Mario Pfeifer in conversation w. Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schwenk / Head of Collection
October 3, 2019 3pm

The National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. – AGAIN / U.S. Premiere

Screening on September 14, 2019 12:30pm followed

by a round table discussion w/Mario Pfeifer, Lutz Koepnick (Vanderbilt University), and Nora M. Alter (Temple University), moderated by Zach Feldman (Vanderbilt University).

If you end up with the story you started with, then you're not listening along the way
The Power Plant Toronto
A solo exhibition curated by Gaëtane Verna
June 22 – September 2, 2019

June 21,2019 8 – 11pm opening & party

June 22, 2019 1pm Stan Douglas in conversation with Mario Pfeifer

ifa Galerie Berlin
Seeds for future memories – Voicing two ends of migration
Group Show
July 11 – Aug 17, 2019

Pylon Lab Dresden
Rural Technology
Solo Exhibition
April 25 – May 19, 2019

Contact Festival Toronto
A billboard commission by Mario Pfeifer
April 25 - May, 2019
On view until September 2, 2019

CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid (SP)
Works in Film and Video – Screening
February 24, 2019

Double Feature – Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt am Main
Corpo Fechado - Screening
40’’ Color, 5.1 surround sound
February 20, 2019

Kunstpavillion Innsbruck – For Anyone but not for Everyone
Group show w/ Henrike Naumann, Mario Pfeifer, Negin Rezaie, Johanna Tinzl, et al
curated by Ingeborg Erhart
February 22 – April 20, 2019

Albertinum – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Symposium About Education and Fear …
January 10, 2019

2018

Again / Noch einmal – Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
A solo exhibition curated by Frédéric Bussmann
Oktober 3 , 2018 – January 6, 2019

Mario Pfeifer in Conversation with Georg Imdahl
October 2, 2018 7pm

Mario Pfeifer in Conversation with Thomas Heise
November 22, 2018 6 pm

Über Angst und Bildung ... – Albertinum / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Presentation of the Acquisition for the Collection of Contemporary Art
curated by Hilke Wagner & Kathleen Reichelt
Juni 15 , 2018 – January 2019

Context in Art – Kunstakademie Münster
Artists’ Colloquium
December 13 & 14 , 2018

Guest Lecture – Academy of Fine Arts Prague
Guest Lecture – 6pm
December 11, 2018

Guest Lecture – Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Guest Lecture – 6pm
December 10, 2018

Was Euch am Leben hält, ist, was bei uns zu Asche zerfällt
Group show w/ Alice Creischer, Henrike Naumann, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Tobias Zielony
Sep 8 – Nov 10, 2018

Artissima Turin
Alice Creischer, Chto Delat, Chris Martin, Barbara Hammer, Hiwa K, Henrike Naumann, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Oswald Oberhuber, Mario Pfeifer, Dierk Schmidt, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Tobias Zielony
KOW
November 2 - 4, 2018

10. Berlin Biennale – We don’t need another hero
Group exhibition
curated by Gabi Ngcobo, Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, Yvette Mutumba, Serubiri Moses, Thiago de Paula Souza
Different Venues in Berlin
June 9 – September  09, 2018

11th Bienal do Mercosul – O Triângulo Atlântico
Group exhibition
curated by Alfons Hug, co-curated by Paula Borghi
Different Venues in Porto Alegre, Brazil
April 6 – Juni 03, 2018

Welcome to the Jungle – Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Group show w/ Jonathas de Andrade, Kristina Buch, Oto Hudec, Laura Lima, Cinthia Marcelle, Mario Pfeifer, Liu Shiyuan, Kota Takeuchi and Alvaro Urbano
curated by Anna Lena Seiser &  Jasmina Merz
March 2 – May 21, 2018

BEURSSCHOUWBURG, Brussels
Corpo Fechado
Daily screenings on March 21 –24, 2018 organized by Helena Kritis
Opening March 21, 2018

Breaking News – Sammlung von Kelterborn – Museum Mönchehaus Museum Goslar
Group exhibition w/ Korakrit Arunanondchai, Teboho Edkins, Claire Fontaine, Harun Farocki, Francisca Goméz, Harald Hauswald, Gary Hill, Hu Weiyi, Luzia Hürzeler, Sven Johne, Thomas Kilpper, Barbara Klemm, Jaroslaw Koslowski, Clemens Krauss, Renzo Martens, Björn Melhus, Björn Melhus/Yves Netzhammer, Richard Mosse, Marcel Odenbach, Mario Pfeifer, Anke Röhrscheid, Jürgen Schadeberg, Taryn Simon, Hito Steyerl, Mikhael Subotzky, Die Tödliche Doris, Mariana Vassileva
March 17 – June 10, 2018

There Will Come Soft Rains
Group exhibition w/Marcela Armas, Carolina Caycedo, Julian Charrière, Andreas Greiner & Tyler Friedman, Jeronimo Voss, Pinar Yoldas , Hicham Berrada, Galina Leonova, Uriel Orlow, Mario Pfeifer and Superflex
curated by Stefan Vicedom und Bernard Vienat for basis e.V. Frankfurt am Main
February 15, – April 15, 2018

Tension and Conflict – MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Techology, Lisboa
Group exhibition w/ Patrícia Almeida, Halil Altindere, Marilá Dardot, Bofa da Cara, Burak Delier, Melanie Gilligan, Lola Gonzàlez, Hiwa K, Silvia Kolbowski, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, Marc Larré, Jorge Macchi, Paulo Mendes, Mario Pfeifer, Francisco Queirós, Anatoly Shuravlev, Federico Solmi, Pilvi Takala, Maria Trabulo, Dragana Zarevac, Artur Zmijewski, Yorgos Zois
curated by Pedro Gadanho and Luisa Especial
September 13, 2017 – March 19, 2018

Local Spaces, Transnational Connections – Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) Lagos
Group exhibition w/ Okhai Ojeikere, Ayo Akinwande, Tatewaki Nio, Mario Pfeifer
curated by Bisi Silva
February 8 – March 15,  2018

The Vague Space – Collection Christian Schwarm
Group exhibition w/ Fiona Banner, Nina Canell, David Horvitz, Jonathan Monk, Mario Pfeifer, Peter Piller, Slavs and Tatars, Michael E. Smith, Guan Xiao, et al.
Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen
September 23, 2017 – February 19, 2018
Artist Talk February 15, 2018

Buried in the Mix
Group exhibition curated by Bhavisha Panchia
1115, Fatima Al Qadiri, Chino Amobi, Sonia Boyce, Vivian Caccuri, Tony Cokes, Sofía Córdova, Christopher Kirkley, Los Jaichackers, Carlos Monroy, Nástio Mosquito, Andrew Pekler, Mario Pfeifer, Andrew Putter, Thibaut de Ruyter, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Samson Young
MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen
September 23, 2017 – January 15, 2018

2017

B3 Biennial for the Moving Image – On Desire
Group exhibition curated by Bernd Kracke und Anita Beckers
w/ Candice Breitz, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Douglas Gordon, Johan Grimonprez , Jesper Just, Julia Scher, Britta Thie, Fudong Yang , et al. 
November 30 - December 20, 2017

Salzburger Kunstverein – Sunset Kino
VideoArt at Midnight
curated by Olaf Stüber
Screening program w/ Martin Skauen, Agnieszka Polska, Theo Eshetu , Hiwa K, Mario Pfeifer, Lynne Marsh, Katarina Zdjelar
August 23, 2017

MUNDO, IMAGEM, MUNDO – Galeria Hideo Kobayashi, Centro Cultural Usiminas, Ipatinga, Brazil
curated by Bruno Vilela and Guilherme Cunha
Group exhibition w/ Akintunde Akinleye, Alban Lécuyer, Amy Elkins, Boris Eldagsen, Cassio Campos Vasconcellos, Claude Rouyer, Cristina Nuñez, Daesung Lee, Ivar Veermae, Katherine Longly, Léo Delafontaine, Luisa Puterman, Marcela Magno, Mario Pfeifer, Michael Lundgren, Nicola Lo Calzo, Paul Thulin, Ricardo Muñoz Izquierdo
July 7 – August 26, 2017

The Atlantic Triangle
SARACURA, Rio de Janeiro
curated by Alfons Hug
Group exhibition w/ Abdulrazaq Awofeso, George Osodi, Karo Akpokiere, Ndidi Dike, Nigeria Andréas Lang, Mario Pfeifer, Iris Preuß-Buchholz Chocolate, Arjan Martins, Dalton Paula, Vivian Caccuri, Jaime Lauriano
July 1 - 29, 2017

European Media Arts Festival 2017
PUSH | Living in the hyper information age – curated by Franz Reimer and Herrmann Nöring
Group exhibition w/ Thomas Hirschhorn, Stanza, Marco Barotti, Adam Basanta, Nika Oblak, Jon Rafman, Carolin Liebl, Ruben Aubrecht, Mario Pfeifer et al.
April 26 – May 21, 2017

On Fear and Education, Disenchantment and Justice, Protest and Disunion in Saxony / Germany                     KOW, Berlin
December 2016 – April 2017

GEGENkino
True Politics
Group exhibition w/ Larissa Sansour & Sören Lind, Omer Fast,  Harald Hund , Mario Pfeifer, Stephanie Comilang et al.
April 6 - 16,2017
Panel discussion w/ Selma Doborac, Mario Pfeifer, Lars Koch, Angelika Bartl, moderated by Dennis Vetter, April 8, 7:30pm

Occupation
Videoworks from the Kunstfonds Collections / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden – Motorenhalle
Group exhibition w/ Tilo Baumgärtel, Yvon Chabrowski, Mark Hamilton, Lisa Junghanß, Anja Kempe, Mario Pfeifer, Juliane Schmidt, Luise Schröder, Maya Schweizer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Christiane Wittig, Martin Zielfeld, Famed, VIP et. al.
April 7 – July 2, 2017

The Atlantic Triangle
Rele Gallery, Lagos
curated by Alfons Hug
Group exhibition w/ Abdulrazaq Awofeso, George Osodi, Karo Akpokiere, Ndidi Dike, Nigeria Andréas Lang, Mario Pfeifer, Iris Preuß-Buchholz Chocolate, Arjan Martins, Dalton Paula, Vivian Caccuri, Jaime Lauriano
April 1 – 23, 2017

The New Normal
organized by Murat Adash and Hiba Farhat
The Hangar - UMAM D&R & Dawawine, Beirut, Lebanon
March 10 - 12, 2017

Bunkier Sztuki
Trauma & Revival
Screening, Artist Talk
March 7, 2017

L’Autre… De l’image à la réalité’ (‘The Other… From image to reality’)
curated by Blandine Roselle
Group exhibition at Maison Populaire, Montreuil, France
January 18 – March 18, 2017

A Light Shines Through – Art Untiled, San Francisco
curated by Ashley Carr and Suzanne Modica
Screening programm w/William E. Jones, Lars Laumann, Maggie Lee, Kopys / Löffler, Melvin Moti, Mario Pfeifer, Judi Werthein, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie May Weems, and more.
January 13 – 15, 2017

Say It Loud !
curated by Tumelo Mosaka
Group exhibition at The Arts & Recreation Center, Opa-locka, Florida
November 10, 2016 – January 22, 2017

Museum of Contemporary Art – GFZK Leipzig
Explosion – a solo exhibition curated by Kirsa Geiser
Oktober 1 , 2016 – January 8, 2017

2016

3° Montevideo Bienal
curated by Alfons Hug
September 30 – December 4, 2016

Shock Room
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam
w/  Chto Delat?, Sam Durant, General Idea, Renzo Martens, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Tobias Zielony
curated by Gerrit Gohlke
October 14 -  November 13, 2016

ACUD, Berlin
Mario Pfeifer, Willem de Rooij
curated by Elodie Evers
July 7 – 31, 2016

KOW
Out of the Dark
Group exhibition
June 25 –  July 31, 2016

Liste 2016, Basel
KOW
 June 14 – 19, 2016

62. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Blacktivist
Music Video Award
May 5 – 10, 2016

Art Cologne – Related Videos
KOW
 April 14 – 17, 2016

MUNDO, IMAGEM, MUNDO – Espaço Cultural Marcantonio Vilaça, Brazil
Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
March 18– June 18 , 2016

Armory  Show New York
Solo presentation with KOW
March 3 – 6,  2016

Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Fotomuseum Winterthur
Solo exhibition curated by Thomas Seelig
December 4 – January 31, 2016

Designo - The Art of Drawing for the 21st Century
Group exhibition curated Michael Hering
w/  William Forsythe, Hermann Glöckner, Olaf Holzapfel, Korpys/Löffler, Rei Naito, Brian O'Doherty, Mario Pfeifer, Santiago Sierra, Gert und Uwe Tobias, Rikuo Ueda, Franz-Erhard Walther a.o.
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
November 22, 2015 – March 29, 2016

2015

Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Circa Projects, Newcastle, UK
Solo exhibition curated by Adam Phillips and Dawn Bothwell
October 16 – November 21, 2015

Artist Talk w. Amira Gad, October 19, 2015

MUNDO, IMAGEM, MUNDO – International Photography Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
October 1– November 29, 2015

THINK FILM / Misliti Film
curated by Branka Bencic
w/ Rä di Martino, Doplgenger, Tim Etchells, Cameron Gainer, Ellie Krakow, Vladislav Knezevic, Dalibor Martinis, Mario Pfeifer,  Dubravka Sekulic, Sarah Wood
October 22 – November 14, 2015
KCB Cultural Center of Belgrade

#blacktivist, Ludlow38, New York
Solo exhibition curated by Vivien Trommer
September 9 – October 25, 2015

Artist Talk w. Kamran Sadeghi and Wenzel Bilger / Book Launch, September 22, 2015

BEURSSCHOUWBURG , Brussel
Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Daily screenings on October 2 –10, 2015 organized by Helena Kritis
Opening October 2, 2015

15. Seoul New Media Festival, South Korea
Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Gocal Propose International Competition 
August 6 –14, 2015

A Summer of Films
KOW, Berlin 
Group exhibition w. Chto Delat, Alice Creischer, Eugenio Dittborn, Barbara Hammer, Renzo Martens, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Hito Steyerl, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, ...
 June 28 – July 26, 2015

Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
KOW, Berlin 
Solo exhibition
May 1 – June 25, 2015

Liste 2015, Basel
KOW
w. Renzo Martens / Institute for Human Activities, Chris Martin, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Hito Steyerl, Tobias Zielony
 June 16 – 21, 2015

Sunshine Socialist Cinema
Signal, Malmö
A screening program organised by Elena Tzotzi, Carl Lindh, Joel Odebrand / Signal , Kalle Brolin, Kristina Muntzig / Sunshine Socialist Cinema w. films by Kennedy-Browne, Carey Young, Jean Rouch, Bonnie Camplin, Mario Pfeifer, et. al
June 14, 2015

61. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear 
German Festival Premiere
April 30 – May 4, 2015

Art Cologne
Alice Creischer, Heinrich Dunst, Renzo Martens / Institute for Human Activities, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Tobias Zielony
Apr 16 –19, 2015

Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Museo Nacional de Belles Artes - Museo Sin Muros, Concepción, Chile
Solo Exhibition curated by Patricio M. Zárate
December 28, 2014 – January 25, 2015

Textile Works / Taxi Stickers
One Night Only Gallery
January 12, 2015
Solo Exhibition curated by Fadlabi

2014

Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Theatrical Premiere
Migrating Forms, 2014
curated by Kevin McGarry & Nellie Killian
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
December 16, 2014, 8.30pm

Approximation in the digital age to a humanity condemned to disappear  
Museo Nacional de Belles Artes - Museo Sin Muros, Santiago de Chile
Solo Exhibition curated by Patricio M. Zárate
November 15 - December 14, 2014

Textile Works
Solo Exhibition curated by Francisca Garcia & Tomas Riva
Galeria Macchina / Universidad Catholica, Santiago de Chile
November 18, 2014 - December 30, 2014

Working with Allan Sekula
organized by Jochen Becker, Elke Falat, Branka Pavlovic, Renate Wöhrer und Florian Wüst
neue gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin - nGbK
August 16 & 17, 2014

Vorn Magazine: The Face of Morality
edited by Joachim Baldauf and Uta Grosenick
ISBN 978-3-89955-532-5

Give Us The Future
w/ Carsten Fock, Niklas Goldbach, Elin Hansdottir, Bettina Hutschek, Sylbee Kim, Sara Lehn, Achim Lengerer, Pia Linz, Adrian Lohmüller, Marina Naprushkina, Mario Pfeifer, Anatoly Shuravlev, Sabina Maria van der Linden, Ming Wong und Amir Yatziv
curated by Frank Wagner
March 01 – April 20, 2014
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein N.B.K.

A Taste of Ashes Fills the Air
w/ Jean-Francois Guiton, Tamsin Green, Alex Monteith, Mario Pfeifer,
curated by Jan Bryant
February 7th — March 23th 2014
Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

2013

Ortsbestimmung. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Sachsen
w/ Claudia Angelmaier, Georg Baselitz, Tilo Baumgärtel, Annedore Dietze, Benjamin Dittrich, Markus Draper, FAMED, Janet Grau, Eiko Grimberg, Kristof Grunert, Jana Gunstheimer, Grit Hachmeister, Eberhard Havekost, Franzisak Holstein , Olaf Holzapfel, Margret Hoppe, Tilman Hornig, Matthias Kistmacher, Verena Landau, Jürgen Matschie, Oliver Matz, Jana Morgenstern, Frank Nitsche, Mario Pfeifer, Karin Pietschmann, Neo Rauch, Manuel Reinartz, Jenny Rosemeyer, Adrian Sauer, Jörg Scheibe, Thomas Scheibitz, Matthias Schroller, Rosie Steinbach, Matthias Weischer, Rebecca Wilton, Martina Wolf, Hael Yggs, Arthur Zalewski und Tobias Zielony.
Kaisertrutz Görlitz, Kulturhistorisches Museum
November 14, 2013 - March 02, 2014

MoMA PS1, New York
Artist Talk
September 22, 2013

Insert for TEXT:GRAPHIC
edited by Andreas van Dühren
"When you least expect it", 2013

KALEID2013, London
A curated exhibition of fifty artists' books
selected by Sofie Dederen, Elizabeth James and David Senior
July 20, 2013
Private View July 19, 2013

THINK FILM / Cinemaniac 2013
w/ Cameron Gainer, Vladislav Kneževic, David Maljkovic, Dalibor Martinis, Mario Pfeifer, Sarah Wood, curated by Branka Cencic
July 20 - August 5, 2013
MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia

EXPO 1: New York - CINEMA, MoMA PS1
organized by Kevin McGarry
May 12 - September 2, 2013

Motto, Berlin
Mario Pfeifer in Conversation with Markus Weisbeck
Saturday July 13, 7:30pm

Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
Artist Book / Critical Reader / Collaboration
Mario Pfeifer in Conversation with Markus Weisbeck
June 12, 2013, 6pm

Kunsthaus Bregenz KUB arena
On the Move.
European Kunsthalle at the KUB Arena
Lectures, Talks, Films > Appearing and Disappearing.
Commented film screening with works by Matthias Meyer, Charlotte Moth, Mario Pfeifer and others.
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 6pm
Curated by Vanessa Joan Müller & Astrid Wege (European Kunsthalle) and Eva Birkenstock & Yilmaz Dziewior (Kunsthaus Bregenz)

Bauhaus Masters - "On Artbooks"
Uta Grosenick, Mario Pfeifer and Markus Weisbeck in conversation
Bauhaus Universität, Weimar
June 4th, 2013, 7pm

Project 88, Mumbai
Solo Exhibition
April 27 - May 28 ,2013
Opening Reception April 27th, 6-9pm

KHOJ, New Delhi
Solo Exhibition
May 3 - 24, 2013
Opening Reception May 3rd, 6-8pm
Book Launch May 3rd, 8-10pm
w/ panel discussions by Markus Weisbeck, Ragunath V, Kaushik Bhaumik

Studio X Mumbai
Panel Discussions, Workshops, Lectures - Collaborative Bridges
w/ Suprio Bhattacharjee, Anand Tharaney, Kurnal Rawat, Rajeev Thakker, Markus Weisbeck, Martin Seelinger, Christine Störmer, Anatoli Skatchkov, Ragunath V a.o.
April 28th 10am - 6pm

Art Cologne 2013
Arno Brandlhuber, Chto Delat?, Alice Creischer, Barbara Hammer, Mario Pfeifer, Tina Schulz, Santiago Sierra, Michael E. Smith, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Franz Erhard Walther, Tobias Zielony
Apr 19–22, 2013

Artists Space, New York
1-800-SUC-CESS: Cross Cultural Labor and Representation
Mario Pfeifer in dialogue with Radhika Subramaniam
April 11, 7pm

Book Launch MMK
A Formal Film in Nine Episodes, Prologue and Epilogue
- A Critical Reader (Spector Books, 2013)
w. lectures, discussions and screenings
by Markus Weisbeck, Ragunath Vasudevan and Mario Pfeifer
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main
7pm, March 21st, 2013

Book signing and presentation at
It's a Book, It's a Stage, It's a Public Stage
A meeting of independent publishers and publishing projects organized by Spector Books, Centraltheater, Leipzig
March 16, 12-8pm

Independent New York
Alice Creischer, Barbara Hammer, Chris Martin, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Tobias Zielony
Mar 7–10, 2013

now here. Contemporary Art. From the Kunstfond collection
curated by Silke Wagler and Matthias Wagner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
March 01 - May 20, 2013
Opening Reception February 28
 

2012

MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Fotografie Total: Works from the MMK Collection
June 3, 2012 - January 13, 2013
Opening Reception: June 2nd, 2012, 7pm

New York Art Book Fair
September, 28-30, 2012
Artist Talk with Bernhard Cella, Salon für Kunstbuch

Kunsthaus Dresden
w. Ulf Aminde, Martin Skauen, Mathilde Rosier, Chicks on Speed, Mario Pfeifer, amongst others
October 12, 2012

Jahresringe / Schloss Wiesen
curated by Friedrich Gräfling
w/ Rene Gagnon, Constantin Hartenstein, Nathan James, Daniel Lergon, Sarah Maple, Sarah Morris, Mario Pfeifer, Michael Sailstorfer, Siggi Schlee, Hans Schmidt, Stuart Semple, Jorinde Voigt and Dorothy Yoon
September 08 - 30, 2o12

Darklight Festival, Dublin
w. Ulf Aminde, Gitte Villesen, Martin Brand, Mirko Martin, Johanna Domke, amongst others
August 23 - 26, 2012

MADE IN GERMANY ZWEI
Sprengel Museum Hannover
Film-/Videoprogram with Erik Bünger, Ming Wong, Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen, Dani Gal, Mario Pfeifer, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Loretta Fahrenholz, Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani
June 2nd, 2012

LOOP Barcelona 2012
Solo Presentation - KOW Berlin
May 31 - June 2nd, 2012

Artists against Aids 2012
curated by Susanne Gaensheimer
May 22 - 31, 2012
Benefit Auction: May 31st, 2012
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

Circa Projects, Sunderland, UK
Solo Exhibition curated by Sam Watson
April 19 - May 18, 2012
Artist Talk with Rebecca Morrill and Exhibition Preview: April 18, 6-8pm

JETLAG
curated by Peng Feng, co-curated by Li Xiaofei, Ekkehard Kaehne
Hannover Fair, FH Hannover (Fakultät III) & Kunsthalle Faust
April 23 - May 27, 2012
Opening Reception April 22, 2012

The Cultural Centre of Brugge, Belgium
India: Visions from the Outside
curated by Shanay Jhaveri
March 16 - April 15, 2012
with Homi Bhaba, The Otolith Group, Marguerite Duras, James Whitney, Fritz Lang, Michael Powell, Alain Tanner & John Berger, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Leslie Thornton, Camille Henrot, Mark Lapore, Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricchi Lucci, Judith & David MacDougall, Louis Malle, Mario Pfeifer, Jordan Belson, Karen Mirza & Brad Butler, Ute Aurand, Arne Suckdorffs

Schrantz Contemporary
February 5 - March 10, 2012
curated by Eveline Wüthrich
with AUNVEL#, Beni Bischof, Johannes Willi, Mario Pfeifer
Hinterhof Offspace, Basel

UNTITLED - THE IMAGE AS AN INVISIBLE IMAGE
curated by Johanna Domke
with Morten Dysgaard (DK), Mario Pfeifer (DE), Matthias Meyer (DE) Laleh Barzegar (IRAN) & Johanna Domke (DE)
February 15 - 18, 2012
UFO presents, Berlin

9th World Film Festival Bangkok
January 20 – 27, 2012
South East Asia Premiere: »A FORMAL FILM IN NINE EPISODES, PROLOGUE & EPILOGUE«

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CONVERSATIONS, 2011
Book Launch and Panel Discussions on Mario Pfeifer's Reconsidering The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California by Lewis Baltz, 1974
(Sternberg Press, 2011)

Toronto, Goethe Institut, April 5th, 2011, 4:30pm
Tim Saltarelli in conversation with Mario Pfeifer

Los Angeles, LAXART, April 10th, 2011, 4:30pm
Andrew Freeman, Allan Sekula, Catherine Taft

New York, White Columns, May 3rd, 2011, 6:00pm
Lucy Gallun, Alex Kitnick, Andrew Roth

Berlin, KOW, May 22nd, 2011, 6:00pm
Julia Moritz, Vanessa Joan Müller

Salzburg, FOTOHOF, May 31st, 2011, 8:00pm
Martin Hochleitner, Michael Mauracher

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2011

Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
Solo Exhibition
November 6 - December 18, 2011
Opening Reception November 5, 2011, 5 - 8 pm
Artist Talk November 5, 2011 6:30pm

Storey Gallery, Leicester, UK
Memory Awake
17 November – 1 December, 2011
Valentina Ferrandes, Lisa Byrne, Mario Pfeifer, Holly Antrum
curated by Paul Romney

KOW Berlin
Solo Exhibition
September 10 - October 28, 2011
Opening Reception September 9, 2011, 6 - 9pm

International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
Ars Vivendi en el Abismo
November 11 - 18, 2011
»Reconsidering The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California by Lewis Baltz, 1974«

An Assault of Reality - Expansion of Cinema into the 21st Century
Museum of Art and Design, New York City
July 8 - August 4, 2011
Mario Pfeifer & Roberto Rossellini
»Yet Untitled [»Pieces of Nature«] (2008) & Rome, Open City (1945)«
A film program curated by Jake Yuzna

Liste 16 | Art Basel 42
Mario Pfeifer, Tina Schulz, Tobias Zielony
June 15 - 20, 2011

MOCA DETROIT
»Reconsidering The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California by Lewis Baltz, 1974«
Jun 3, 2011

Migratings Forms 2011
Anthology Film Archives, New York
May 20 - 29, 2011
North America Premiere: »A FORMAL FILM IN NINE EPISODES, PROLOGUE ...«

LONDON INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2011
May 13 - 28, 2011
World Premiere: »A FORMAL FILM IN NINE EPISODES, PROLOGUE ...«

The Chrysler Series
The Chrysler Building, New York
curated by Summer Guthery & Robert Snowden
with Thom Andersen & Mario Pfeifer
May 2nd, 2011

Salon Video Art Prize London 2011
selected by Paul Romney & Lisa Panting
MattRobertsArt Project Space, London
with Lisa Byrne, Nicky Coutts Rebecca Davies, Valentina Ferrandes, Lindsay Foster, Johanna Lecklin, Luisa Mota, Mario Pfeifer, Stina Wirfelt
April 7 - 30, 2011

IMAGES FESTIVAL, TORONTO
Cinematheque of Ontario, Toronto
»Reconsidering The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California by Lewis Baltz, 1974«
March 31 - April 9, 2011
 

2010

Stories & Stages
Frankfurter Kunstverein & Zollamt MMK, Frankfurt am Main
curated by Lilian Engelmann & Bernd Reiss
with Katinka Bock, Shannon Bool, Michele Di Menna, Thomas Erdelmeier, Ximena Aburto Felis, Carsten Fock, Dani Gal, Heike Gallmeier, Murray Gaylard, Nathalie Grenzhaeuser, Mauricio Guillén, Janus Hochgesand, Leonard Kahlcke, Daniel Kannenberg, Thomas Kilpper, Dirk Krecker, Maria Loboda, Shane Munro, Marina Naprushkina, Martin Neumaier, Sarah Ortmeyer, Anny und Sibel Öztürk, Mario Pfeifer, red park, Claus Richter, Michael Riedel, Dan Starling, Rebecca Ann Tess, Nina Tobien, Tris Vonna-Michell, Jeronimo Voss, Eva Weingärtner, Adrian Williams, Barbara Wolff, Leo Wörner, Holger Wüst and Naneci Yurdagül
December 11, 2010 – February 13, 2011

Code Unknown [Re_Sync] - Notes on a Film Excerpt
Weserburg Bremen - Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen
curated by Ingo Clauss
December 10, 2010 - January 9, 2011

New Topographics
Landesmuseum Linz
with Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, Henry Wessel, Jr. , Joachim Brohm, Mario Pfeifer und Andrew Phelps

KunstFilmBiennale 2010
KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin
October 7-31, 2010

Video Art at Midnight #16
Lecture / Screening of recent works on film and video
June 25, 2010

SPECKLE IMAGING: VIEWPOINTS ON DOCUMENTARY IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Waseda University, Toyko
curated by MICHIYO MIYAKE
with JOHANNA BILLING, T-YONG CHUNG, JOSEF DABERNIG AND ISABELLA HOLLAUF, GIANLUCA AND MASSIMILIANO DE SERIO, HARUN FAROCKI, ELOISE GHIONI, YUKI ICHIHASHI, MARK LEWIS, MARCO MAZZI, MARIO PFEIFER, RY RUSSO-YOUNG, AMIE SIEGEL, APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL
June 10 -17, 2010

Art 41 Basel | Art Film 2010
curated by Marc Glöde
with Michaela Meise, Guy Ben-Ner, Korpys/Löffler, Sean Snyder, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Ryan Gander, Jeanne Faust, Mario Pfeifer, Cerith Wyn Evans, Gerhard Richter and others.
June 15 - 20, 2010

Mulhouse Biennale 010
June 15 - 20, 2010

Museum Folkwang Essen
"Wenn ich Musik hören will, mache ich das Fenster auf"
curated by Olaf Stüber im in conversation with Sabine Maria Schmidt.
with Ulf Aminde, Martin Brand, Mirko Martin, Mario Pfeifer and Julika Rudelius.
April 9, 2010

Salon Video Art Prize London 2010
selected by Mike Sperlinger & Zineb Sedira
MattRobertsArt,London
4 March - 18 April, 2010

2009

New Topographics, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
curated by Charlotte Cotton and Edward Robinson
with Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, Henry Wessel, Jr, Timothy O’Sullivan, Walker Evans, Ed Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Dan Graham, Mario Pfeifer and a commissioned work by the Center of Land Use Interpretation (CLUI)
October 21, 2009 - January 10, 2010

ANTIREPRESENTATIONALSIM III - Issues of Empathy
KOW Berlin
curated by Alexander Koch and Nikolaus Oberhuber
With Peggy Buth, Jan Caspers/ Anne König/ Jan Wenzel, Chat, Ramon Haze (holmer Feldmann, Andreas Grahl), Oliver Kossack, Andrea Legiehn, Claudia Annette Maier, Mario Pfeifer, Ulrich Polster, Tilo Schulz, Tina Schulz, spector cut+paste, Christoph Weber, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony
November 28, 2009 - January, 15, 2010

ANTIREPRESENTATIONALSIM II - Trouble with Realism
KOW Berlin
curated by Alexander Koch and Nikolaus Oberhuber
With Peggy Buth, Famed, Markus Dressen, Andreas Grahl, Henriette Grahnert, Eiko Grimmberg/ Arthur Zalewski, Mark Hamilton, Ramon Haze (Andreas Grahl, Holmer Feldmann), Oliver Kossack, Claudia Annette Maier, Mario Pfeifer, Ulrich Polster, Julius Popp, schau-vogel-schau (Marcel Bühler, Alexander Koch), Julia Schmidt, Tilo Schulz, Tina Schulz, spector cut+paste, Christoph Weber, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony
October 17 - November 21, 2009

Museum Ludwig /Kunstfilmbiennale Cologne 2009
October 29 - November 1, 2009
»Yet Untitled ["Pieces of Nature"]«

ZEIGEN - An Audio Tour through Berlin by Karin Sander.
Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
curated by Karen Sander
December 05, 2009 - January 10, 2010

ANTIREPRESENTATIONALSIM I - Politics of Redescription
KOW Berlin
curated by Alexander Koch and Nikolaus Oberhuber
With Peggy Buth, Jan Caspers/ Anne König/ Jan Wenzel, Chat, Markus Dressen, Famed, Till Gathmann, Lina Grumm, Andreas Grahl, Henriette Grahnert, Mark Hamilton, Bertram Haude, Ramon Haze, Oliver Kossack, Andrea Legiehn, Thomas Lüer, Claudia Annette Maier, Mario Pfeifer, Ulrich Polster, Julius Popp, schau-vogel-schau, Julia Schmidt, Tilo Schulz, Tina Schulz, spector cut+paste, Christoph Weber, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Arthur Zalewski, Tobias Zielony
September 04 - October 10, 2009

Back to the Future
Center of Opinion in Music and Art, Berlin
curated by Carson Chan
with Paolo Chiasera, Cyprien Gaillard, Michael Kunze, Oliver Laric, Lars Laumann, Ryan McLaughlin, Christian Naujoks / Mario Pfeifer, Warren Neidich, Benjamin Saurer, Jeremy Shaw, Ignacio Uriarte
June 22 - August 29, 2009

*Three Recent Films*
ATA Gallery, San Francisco
organized by Andrew Norman Wilson
June 7, 2009
 

2008

Ende, Städelmuseum Frankfurt am Main, 2008

I AM A MAN, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2008

Thisiscurating1-40, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, 2008

Rundgang, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, 2008

Angst, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, 2007

Reissbrettromantik, Platform, Berin, 2007