MANFRED BISCHOFF
Born November 7th, 1947 – Died March 30th, 2015
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N C A T A L O G S
“Ding Dong”
Manfred Bischoff Monography edited by Rike Bartels , Foreword by Cornelie Holzach, Texts by Liesbeth den Besten, Karl Bollmann, Matthew Drutt, Helen Drutt,arnoldsche art publishers 2021
Manfred Bischoff – Helpless in Gold Texts by Marco Bazzini, Lorand Hegyi, Emanuela Nobile Mino, Nancy Olnick, Mari Myra Shaw, Antonella Villanova MAEC, Museo dell’ Accademia Etrusca, Cortona. Maretti Editore 2016 Manfred Bischoff Text by Emanuela Nobile Mino. Miami/Basel Design, Basel 2012
Personale – Manfred Bischoff Schmuck und Zeichnung Foreword by Cornelie Holzach, Text by Karl Bollmann. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim 2006
Manfred Bischoff Introduction by Anne Hawley, Texts by Pieranna Cavalchini and Cornelia Lauf. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Schlebrügge Editor 200Manfred Bischoff “üb ersetzen“ Foreword by Yvonne G.J.M. Joris. Text by Gert Staal. Museum Het Kruithuis ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon 1993
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N C A T A L O G S
Rings! 1968-2021 Text by Helen Drutt, Elisabeth Essner and Carissa Hussong, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, 2022
Jewelry Stories. Highlights from the Collection 1947-2019 Barbara Paris Gifford (ed), Museum of Arts and Design, New York 2021
The Jewelry of Ideas – The Susan Grant Lewin Collection Texts by Ursula-Ilse Neuman, Thomas Gentille, Susan Lewin, Caroline Baumann. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.
arnoldsche 2017
Medusa – Bijoux et Tabous Anne Dressen, Michele Heuze, Benjamin Lignel. Musee d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Edition Paris Musees 2017
Private Confessions – Zeichnung & Schmuck Foreword by Michael Buhrs and Carin Reinders, Texts by Ellen Maurer Zilioli and Beat Wyss. CODA Museum, Apeldoorn; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich.
arnoldsche 201xy
Schmuck 1970-2015 – Sammlung Bollmann Texts by Karl Bollmann, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein. MAK, Vienna. arnoldsche 2015
Unique by Design – Contemporary Jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection Foreword by Thomas P. Campbell, Texts by Suzanne Ramljak. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014
Salute to Pinton Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer 2013
Schmuck 2011 – Klassiker der Moderne Text by Karl Bollmann, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich; Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer 2011
Triennale Europeenne du Bijou Contemporain World Crafts Council-Belgique francophone, Mons 2011
Just Must – International Jewellery Art Exhibition Kadri Mälk. Estonian History Museum, the Great Guild House, Tallinn. arnoldsche 2008
International Contemporary Jewelry – Channels of Communication Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah 2008
Alchimia – Julia Maria Künnap, Doris Maninger, Lucia Massei. Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau 2008
Ornament as Art – Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection Cindi Strauss; with an Essay by Helen Williams Drutt English and contributions by Keelin M. Burrows, Kirsten Wetzel.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte; Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma. arnoldsche 2007
Maker Wearer Viewer – Contemporary Narrative European Jewellery Introduction by Jack Cunningham. The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2005
Jewellery Schiedam’s Choice Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam 2005
Nomad Room – Contemporary Jewellery, Intimate Space and Public Domain Texts by Monica Gaspar, Delfim Sardo. Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon 2005
Schmuck 2005 Sonderschau der 57.Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich 2005
Twilight – International Jewellery Art Masterclass and Exhibition. Text by Kadri Mälk. A-Gallery, Tallinn; Giardino Sonoro Limonaia del Imperialino, Florence 2005
Danner-Preis ’02 – lebendig & zeitlos Kunstsammlung der Veste Coburg; Museum für angewandte Kunst, Prague. arnoldsche 2002
Nocturnus Preface by Kadri Mälk. Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn 2001
Unterwegs Foreword by Wieland Schmied and Helmut Gebhard, Text by Andres Kühne. Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich 2001
A View by Two – Contemporary Jewelry Preface by Phillp M. Johnston, Text by Louis Mueller. Rhode Island School of Design,
Museum of Art, Providence 2001
Alles Schmuck ( Collection of Inge and Elisabeth Asenbaum ) Texts by Erika Keil, Brigitte Felderer, Herbert Lachmayer, Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Mark Cousins, Michael Lang, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich 2000
The Ego Adorned – 20th Century Artists’ Jewelry Preface by Camile Paulus. Preamble and Introduction by Jan Walgrave.
Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp 2000
Brooching It Dipomatically – a Tribute to Madeleine K. Albright Introduction by Helen W. Drutt English. Essay by Wendy Steiner.
Travelled from 1998 to 2001
Secret de Bijoux Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1999
La Renaissance du Bijou Galerie Piltzer, Paris 1999
Korea – Germany: Koreanisch-Deutsche Zeitgenössische Schmuck und Gerät Ausstellung. Foreword by Ralph Turner and Paul Derrez. Seoul 1996
Jewelry in Europe and America – New Times, New Thinking Ralph Turner, British Crafts Council, London; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Thames & Hudson 1996
Schmuck unserer Zeit (1964-1993) Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt. Foreword by Sigrid Barten, Texts by Helen Williams Drutt and Peter Dormer. Museum Bellerive, Zurich 1994
SOFA Chicago. Helen Williams Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia 1994
Münchner Goldschmiede – Schmuck und Gerät Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich 1993
Der Stamm des Tannenbaumes ist das Herz des Schmuckes (von innen nach aussen)
Text by Karola Grässlin. K-Raum Daxer, Munich 1992
Facet 1 Internationale Sieradenbiennale / International Jewellery Biennale. Preface by Wim van Krimpen, Introduction by Tracy Metz.
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon 1993
Schmuck - Die Sammlung der Danner-Stiftung Bestandskatalog. Foreword by Dr. Herbert Rüth. Texts by Michael Koch, Otto Künzli and Beat Wyss. Galerie für angewandte Kunst, Munich 1993
Joies Indissenyables Escola Massana, Barcelona 1992
Triennale du Bijou Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Editions du May 1992
Neoteric Jewelry Snug Harbour Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY; Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh; Museum of Art- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence 1991
Beauty is a Story Apology by Yvonne G.J.M. Joris. Text by Gert Staal. Museum Het Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch;
Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Bilzen Rijkhoven. Snoek-Ducaju & Zoon 1991
Danner Stiftung Text by Rolf Rüdiger Maschke. Benno and Therese Danner’sche Kunstgewerbestiftung, Munich 1990
Schmuckszene ’90 Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich 1990
Infinite Riches – Jewelry Through the Centuries Text by Cynthia Duval. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida 1989
New Art Forms Chicago International. Navy Pier, Chicago 1989
Zeitgenössische Schmuckkunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Texts by Erika Billeter, Fritz Falk, Jens-Rüdiger Lorenzen, Sabine Strobel. Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart 1989
Ornamenta 1 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim 1989
Tragezeichen Schmuck von Giampaolo Babetto, Manfred Bischoff, Falko Marx, Manfred Nisslmüller, Francesco Pavan, Bernhard Schobinger, Peter Skubic, Robert Smit. Konzeption: Peter Skubic. Foreword by Rolf Wedewer. Essay by Christoph Blase. Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen 1988
Joieria Europea Contemporania Texts by Fritz Falk, Francesc Miralles, Daniel Giralt-Miracle and Peter Dormer. Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona 1987
Schmuck – Zeichen am Körper Concept by Helmuth Gsöllpointner. Landesmuseum Francisco Carolinum, Linz, Falter Verlag 1987
Schmuck Werner Büttner – Manfred Bischoff Texte und Entwürfe Werner Büttner - Umsetzung Manfred Bischoff. Galerie Cada, Munich 1985
Jewelry International – Contemporary Trends Introduction by Paul J. Smith. Text by Helen Williams Drutt. American Craft Museum II, New York, NY 1984
Ando / Babetto / Bischoff / Marx Galerie Mattar, Köln 1984
Cross Currents – Jewellery from Australia, Britain, Germany & Holland Texts by Paul Derrez, Susanna Heron, Helge Larsen, Otto Künzli. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney 1984
Gabriele Dziuba – Manfred Bischoff Galerie V&V, Vienna; Galerie Droschl, Graz; Galerie Cada, Munich 1984
Goethe-Institut Tokyo. Foreword by Wolfgang Längsfeld. Tokyo 1984
Sculpted Jewelry from Germany Goethe-Institut German Cultural Centre, Hong Kong 1982
Schmuck 1982 – Tendenzen? Fritz Falk. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim 1982
Schmuck International (1900-1980) Idee, Gesamtleitung und Gestaltung: Peter Skubic. Künstlerhaus, Vienna 1980
B O O K S
Schmuck. Jewelry Die Neue Sammlung Danner Stiftung, arnoldsche Art Publishers 2020
Metall 3 Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn 2014
Sconfinamenti – Digressions Piano Nobile dello Stabilmento Pedrocchi, Padua 2014
25 000 Jahre Schmuck Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Prestel 2013
Contemporary Jewellers – Interviews with European Artists Roberta Bernabei. Berg Publishers 2011
On Jewellery – A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery Liesbeth den Besten. arnoldsche 2011
Danner Stiftung Tätigkeitsbericht 2005
Camera Oscura Texts by Cornelia Lauf (ed.) and Ken Lum. Revolver Verlag 2004
Schmuck 2000, Rückblick und Visionen Essay about Manfred Bischoff by Johann-Peter Regelmann. Ebner Verlag 2000
Schmuck Der Moderne – 1960-1998 Catalogue of the Modern Collection in the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Preface by Fritz Falk. Introduction by Cornelie Holzach. arnoldsche 1999
Schmuckgestaltung an der Akademie der bldenden Künste München, Ursula Kelz. VDG Weimar 1999
Schmuck Editionen 1996. Ebner Verlag 1996
Jewelry of Our Time – Art, Ornament and Obsession Helen Drutt English, Peter Dormer. Thames & Hudson 1995
Schmücken Jens-Rüdiger Lorenzen. arnoldsche 1995
Noon. Panaroma. Manfred Bischoff für Ehinger-Schwarz. Foreword by Reinhold Ludwig 1993
Akersvika Addenda. Lillehammer 1993
The New Jewelry – Trends and Traditions Text by Peter Dormer. Thames & Hudson 1985
A R T I C L E S
Art Aurea - Ding Dong Text by Reinhold Ludwig, Winter 2022
Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Pure Poesie Text by Ira Mazzoni, 03/09/2017
Art Aurea – Nachruf Text by Petra Hölscher, March 2015
Art Aurea – Florentinische Schule by Federico Cavicchioli, Autumn 2010
Parnass – I represent Art what do you represent? Text by Claudia Lehner Jobst, February 2010
Kunsthandwerk & Design – Personale: Manfred Bischoff Text by Cornelie Holzach, January 2007
Metalsmith 2003 – Metaphors in Metal Texts by Patricia Harris and David Lyon, March 2003
New York Times – A Disturbing Jewelry Artist with the Midas Touch Text by Deborah Weisgall, 07/28/2002
Art Aurea – Der Neue Fromme Schmuck by Eva Vipotnik, March 1996
American Craft– Jewels in Modern Time coll. of Helen Drutt, by Lisa Hammel, March 1994
Art Aurea – Schmuck Szene München by Gudrun Meye, March 1993
Art Aurea – Artists + Concepts Text by Freddy Paul Grünert, April 1990
Ornamenta 1 – Journal September 1989
Crafts – German Jewellery Juxtaposed by Paul Derrez, May 1989
Gold + Silber – Bischoff, Dobler, Frahling text by Anna Frahling, June 1989
Gold + Silber – Manfred Bischoff, Gabi Dziuba September 1984
Gold + Silber – Schmuck 1982 - Tendenzen? March 1983
Gold + Silber – Notizen aus München, Zeichnung + Resultat Text by Hermann Jünger, May 1981
O N L I N E A R T I C L E S
The Exit is at the Entrance
Art Jewellery Forum, Exhibition Review by Liesbeth den Besten, 04/10/2017
https://artjewelryforum.org/tribute-to-manfred-bischoff
Sensibility and a Profound Sense of Humour
Art Aurea, text by Wolfgang Lösche 03/02/2017
http://artaurea.com/2017/manfred-bischoff-sensibility-and-a-profound-sense-of-humor/
In Memory of Manfred Bischoff
Art Jewellery Forum, Text by Karl Bollmann, 04/28/2015
https://artjewelryforum.org/articles-series/in-memory-of-manfred-bischoff
A Disturbing Jewelry Artist with the Midas Touch
New York Times, 07/28/2002
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/arts/art-architecture-a-disturbing-jewelry-artist-with-the-midas-touch.html
Manfred Bischoff-Ding Dong: das Buch-am 09.03.2022 & forever
Craft2eu, text by Schnuppe von Gwinner
https://blog.craft2eu.net/2022/03/07/manfred-bischoff-ding-dong-das-buch-am-09-03-2022-forever/
a Universe in a Book
Ajf, Text by Lieta Marziali, june 2022
https://artjewelryforum.org/reviews/a-universe-in-a-book_review-of-book-manfred-bischoff-ding-dong_artistnatl-germ-and-ital_auth-lieta-marziali_authnatl-ital-and-uk_9-19-2022/
Manfred Bischoff
Hedendaagse Sieraden, 07/04/2018
https://hedendaagsesieraden.nl/2018/04/07/manfred-bischoff/