Born in Berlin 1940, lives in Paris since 1966
Etudes/Studies in Cologne, Basel, London (Literature, sinology, prehistory) 1959/ 63
Works in public space since 1967; photos/texts since 1969; installations, video, performances since 1971.
Recent works in public space:
MAHNMAL GEGEN FASCHISMUS (Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz), Hamburg 1986 (Cantz/Hatje Verlag, Stuttgart 1994)
2146 STEINE - MAHNMAL GEGEN RASSISMUS, Saarbrücken 1990-1993; (Cantz/Hatje Verlag, Stuttgart 1993)
DIE BREMER BEFRAGUNG - SINE SOMNO NIHIL, Bremen 1995 (Cantz/Hatje Verlag, Stuttgart 1995)
THE PLURAL SCULPTURE, Website Internet, Ada Web, New York, 1995
LE MONUMENT VIVANT DE BIRON, Biron 1996 (Actes Sud, Arles 1996)
THE BERKELEY ORACLE, QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, Website Internet, 1997-99, Berkeley Art Museum, ZKM Karlsruhe and Ada Web, NY 1998 (Cantz/Hatje Verlag, Stuttgart 1999)
DIE BERLINER ERMITTLUNG (Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz), 1998, Berliner Ensemble, Hebbel-Theater, Volksbühne.
LES TEMOINS, Cahors, 1998 (Actes Sud, Arles 1998)
WHY DID IT HAPPEN?, Realisierungsvorschlag DENKMAL FÜR DIE ERMORDETEN JUDEN EUROPAS, Berlin 1997/98
KÜNSTLERS TRAUM: GOETHE IN BUCHENWALD, Weimar, 1999 (Cantz, Stuttgart 1999)
MY WORD (Museo Bolzano, Kunsthalle Kiel, Art Gallery Windsor, Kunstmuseum Tøndern) 1999/2000
GELD, LIEBE, TOD, FREIHEIT - WAS ZÄHLT AM ENDE? Bundesministerium für Finanzen, Berlin, Glaux-Verlag, Jena 2000
LE CADEAU / DAS GESCHENK, Le Fresnoy, Dortmund, 2000 (Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing 2000)
LES MOTS DE PARIS, Notre Dame de Paris, 2000 (Actes Sud, Arles 2002)
LE VOTE DE BARBIREY, Barbirey-sur-Ouche, 2000-2005
THE ANTHOLOGY OF ART, Website Internet, 2001-2002
FUTURE MONUMENT, Coventry, 1999-2004
PUBLIC BENCH, Coventry, 1999-2004
DER WETTBEWERB, Sauerland, 2002-2004
PLATZ DER GRUNDRECHTE, Karlsruhe, 2002-2005
A MAP TO CARE, Dublin, 2004-2005
Recent catalogues/ One man shows (* with recent biobibliography):
J.G. LES IMAGES, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg 1994 *
J.G. PEOPLE SPEAK, Vancouver Art Gallery 1994, Newport Harbor Art Museum 1995; Neuberger Art Museum, Purchase NY 1995 *
J.G. THE FRENCH WALL, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg 1996; Städt. Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf 1997; Musée d'art Moderne, Saint-Etienne 1997
J.G. GET OUT OF MY LIES, Museum Wiesbaden, 1997 *
J.G. RES PUBLICA, Museion Bolzano, 1999, Kunsthalle Kiel, Art Gallery of Windsor, Kunstmuseum Tondern 2000 *
J.G. CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ (3 volumes). Ed. Verlag Moderner Kunst Nürnberg/ Museum Wiesbaden 1999/2001 *
J.G. MIAMI ISLET, Kunstmuseum Thurgau Ittingen / Verlag Niggli, Zürich 2000
J.G. IN CASE WE MEET, Centre Pompidou, Editions du Centre Pompidou, Paris 2002
J.G. L’ANTI-MONUMENT. LES MOTS DE PARIS, Actes Sud, Paris 2002
J.G. WENN SIE ALLEINE WAREN, Museum Folkwang, Essen 2002
J.G. DER WETTBEWERB, Wienand-Verlag, Köln, 2004
J.G. ANTHOLOGIE DER KUNST, DuMont, Köln 2004
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