Carsten Nicolai

Dates

Born 1965, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Germany

Education

1985–1990, University of Technology, Dresden

2018

Carsten Nicolai: Tele, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, March 23–September 3, 2018.

2017

Carsten Nicolai: Parallax, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Tokyo, March 18–May 14, 2017.

Carsten Nicolai: Unicolor, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, March 2–April 8, 2017.

Carsten Nicolai: Autonomo, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, January 28–April 1, 2017.

2016

Carsten Nicolai: Black Absorb Pol, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, October 4–October 16, 2016.

Carsten Nicolai: Unidisplay, Copenhagen Contemporary, July 1–October 22, 2016.

Carsten Nicolai: Reflektor Distortion, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, April 21–May 28, 2016.

2015

Carsten Nicolai: Unitape, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, September 6–November 8, 2015.

Carsten Nicolai: Unidisplay, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, July 26–October 4, 2015.

Carsten Nicolai: Unicolor, Brewster Street Car Park, London, June 24–August 2, 2015.

Carsten Nicolai: Primal Sound, Kunstverein Braunschweig, June 13–August 23, 2015.

2013

Carsten Nicolai, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome, September–October 2013.

Carsten Nicolai: Empty Garden, The Hole Gallery, Czech Republic, July 3–23, 2013.

CRT MGN: Carsten Nicolai, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, April 11–May 18, 2013.

Carsten Nicolai: Observatory, Ibid Projects, London, February 28–April 19, 2013.

Carsten Nicolai: Unidisplay/Uni(psycho)acoustic, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, January 26–May 5, 2013.

2012

Carsten Nicolai . Schatten Loop, COS Store, Berlin, April 27–May 8, 2012. 

Carsten Nicolai: Unidisplay, HangarBicocca, Milan, September 21–December 2, 2012.

Carsten Nicolai: Projections series, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, May 5–29, 2012.

2011

Carsten Nicolai: filter, House of Art, Budweis, Czech Republic, October 20–November 20, 2011.

Carsten Nicolai: pionier, The Pace Gallery, 545 West 22nd Street, New York, September 23–October 22, 2011.

Carsten Nicolai: pionier, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, April 30–September 3, 2011. 

Carsten Nicolai: interferenz, Gelbe Musik, Berlin, March 25–April 20, 2011.

Carsten Nicolai: Unitxt Mirrored, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome, February 19–March 19, 2011.

Carsten Nicolai: pionier, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, February 5–March 13, 2011. (Catalogue)

2010

Carsten Nicolai: polar m [mirrored], Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Japan, November 14, 2010–February 6, 2011.

Carsten Nicolai, Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, Rome, October 30, 2010–January 9, 2011.

Carsten Nicolai, Museo Arte Gallarate, Italy, October 2–31, 2010.

Carsten Nicolai: moiré, The Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, May 21–June 25, 2010. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: anti reflex, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, April 23–June 6, 2010.

Carsten Nicolai: autoR, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, April 1–August 31. 2010.

Carsten Nicolai: monitor, Siobhan Davies Studios, London, March 18–April 11, 2010.

Carsten Nicolai: rota, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, February 25–May 2, 2010.

2009

Carsten Nicolai: pioneer ii, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, December 23, 2009–January 30, 2010.

Carsten Nicolai: Aoyama Space, Kunstraum Innsbruck, November 7–December 19, 2009. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: Unitxt, Sketch Gallery, London, September 5–October 9, 2009.

Carsten Nicolai: rota, Schering Stiftung, The Ernst Schering Foundation, Berlin, July 3–September 26, 2009.

2008

Carsten Nicolai: Anti Reflex, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Galerie der Gegenwart, Germany, September 11, 2008–December 7, 2008.

Carsten Nicolai: Tired Light, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, May 2–June 28, 2008.

2007

Carsten Nicolai: static balance, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, October 5–November 3, 2007.

Carsten Nicolai: static fades, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, May 31–August 1, 2007. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai, Kunsthalle Hamburg, February–November 2007.

2006

Carsten Nicolai: Polylit, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, May 2006. 

2005

Carsten Nicolai: Audio Visual Spaces, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gent, November 12, 2005–January 15, 2006. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: Inver, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, September 17–December 23, 2005. 

Carsten Nicolai–Sub Vision, Künstler.Archiv: Neue Werke zu historischen Beständen, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, June 19–August 28, 2005. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: Syn Chron, Architectural Body as Interface. Space. Light. Sound, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, February 25–April 3, 2005. Traveled as Carsten Nicolai: Syn Chron to: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Japan, December 17, 2005–February 19, 2006. (Catalogue) 

Carsten Nicolai–Anti Reflex, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Römerberg, January 20–March 28, 2005. (Catalogue)

2003

Carsten Nicolai: Funken, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, November 1–December 20, 2003. 

Carsten Nicolai: Modular Re.Strukt, Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milan, April 9–May 17, 2003.

2002

Carsten Nicola: Visual Rhythm, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, November 30, 2002–January 25, 2003. 

Carsten Nicolai: Auto Pilot, WATARI–UM, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, September 13–November 23, 2002. (Catalogue)

2001

Carsten Nicolai, Milch Gallery, London, 2001.

Carsten Nicolai: Frozen Water, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, November 25, 2001–January 13, 2002.

Carsten Nicolai: Visuelles Feld, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, September 8–October 20, 2001. 

Carsten Nicolai: Snow Noise, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, July1–August 5, 2001. Traveled to: Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, September 22–November 11, 2001.

Carsten Nicolai: Telefunken and Prototypes, Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milan, January 18–March 18, 2001.

2000

Carsten Nicolai, Konstmuseum Ystad, Sweden, October 2000.

Carsten Nicolai, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, October 11–November 11, 2000. (Curated by Wayne Baerwaldt)

Carsten Nicolai: Prototypen–Telefunken, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, April 15–May 20, 2000.

1999

Carsten Nicolai, 1% space, Copenhagen, 1999.

Carsten Nicolai: Produktionen 1999/2000, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Luckenwalde, November 20, 1999–January 3, 2000. (Catalogue)

1998

Carsten Nicolai: Kosmos + Turm, The Singuhr Sound Gallery in Parochial, Berlin, September 18–October 18, 1998. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: POLYFOTO, Galerie für Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Leipzig, July 6–August 23, 1998. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, July 4–August 1, 1998.

1997

Carsten Nicolai, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen, Germany, 1997. 

Carsten Nicolai, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, May 10–June 21, 1997. 

1996

Carsten Nicolai: Light–Stencil–Installation for the Windows of The New York Kunsthalle, The New York Kunsthalle, 1996.

Carsten Nicolai, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, December 5, 1996–January 18, 1997.

Carsten Nicolai: NERV + SPIN, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Neue Galerie im Höhmann-Haus, Augsburg, April 19–June 9, 1996. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: NOTO + SPIN, Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich, April 17–June 26, 1996.

1995

Carsten Nicolai: SPIN & KÄFIG Material, Kunstverein Konstanz e.V., Germany, 1995. Traveled to: Leonhardi-Museum Dresden, 1996. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: Weiss & Salz, Galerie Margrit Gass, Basel, 1995.

Carsten Nicolai: Ein Bild Angucken, Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig, 1995.

Carsten Nicolai: SPIN & KÄFIG, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, May 13–June 17, 1995. Traveled to: Galerie Springer, Berlin, 1995.

1994

Carsten Nicolai: Twin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, August 31–October 30, 1994. (Catalogue) 

Carsten Nicolai: Schwarz Holz, Reutlingen, Germany: Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, May 8–July 31, 1994: (Catalogue)

1993

Carsten Nicolai: Morbus, Galerie Weißer Elefant, Berlin, 1993. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai: Corpus, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, August 22–September 30, 1993. Traveled to: Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, November 23, 1993–January 23, 1994; and Espace des Arts, Chalon–Sur–Saône, France, March 11–April 17, 1994. (Catalogue)

Carsten Nicolai, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, February 20–March 27, 1993.

1992

Carsten Nicolai: Homa, Goethe-Institut, Galerie Condé, Paris, 1992. Traveled to: Goethe-Institut, Centre de la Pierre, Bordeaux, 1993.

Carsten Nicolai: Ananta, Voxxx Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany, 1992.

Carsten Nicolai: Running Sap, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, September 3–October 10, 1992 and Galerie Springer, Berlin, October 9–November 11, 1992. (Catalogue)

1991

Carsten Nicolai, Galerie Dönisch-Seidel, Kleve, Germany, 1991.

Carsten Nicolai: Magica II, Kunst-Werke Berlin, 1991.

Carsten Nicolai: AUG, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, March 9–April 13, 1991.

1990

Carsten Nicolai: Hand, Produzentengalerie “OSCAR”, Chemnitz, Germany, 1990.

1987

Carsten Nicolai, Galerie J. Deloch, Berlin, 1987.

1986

Carsten Nicolai: der Keller, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, 1986.

2019

Mongolian Pavilion, 58th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, May 11–November 24, 2019.

2017

Extended Compositions, Pasquart Art Center, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, April 8–June 11, 2017.

2016

Darumsoria: An Exhibition of Liu Xiaodong, Carsten Nicolai, and Nam June Paik, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, September 18–December 30, 2016.

Resound, Stony Brook Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, New York, September 14–October 28, 2016.

On Surface, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany, July 2–October 23, 2016.

Ghost in the Machine: Reading Room / Materials Selected by Carsten Nicolai, EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin, April 29–June 25, 2016.

MAM Screen 003: Crossing Visions – Japanese Landscapes Seen from Outside, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, March 26–July 10, 2016.

Wrap around the Time: Remembrance Exhibition of Nam June Paik, Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, January 29–July 2, 2016.

OTIC, New Media Gallery, Vancouver, January 21–March 20, 2016.

2015

Quantum of Disorder, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, February 6–May 10, 2015.

2013

Soundings: A Contemporary Score, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 10–November 3, 2013. (Catalogue)

2012

Art & Music—Search for New Synesthesia, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), October 27, 2012–February 3, 2013. (Catalogue)

Beyond Good and Evil, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, August 24–September 30, 2012.

Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Echigo–Tsumari Region, Japan, July 29–September 17, 2012. 

Aus Passion. Zeitgenössiche Kunst aus der Sammlung Hanck, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, May 18–August 12, 2012. (Catalogue)

A House Full of Music: Strategies in Music and Art, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Germany, May 13–September 9, 2012.

Tracing the Grid: The Grid in Art after 1945, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, May 5–October 7, 2012. (Catalogue)

Sound Art. Sound as a Medium of Art, Städtische Galerie im ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 17, 2012–January 6, 2013.

Mal Schauen!, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany, February 16–March 31, 2012.

A Material World, PSM Gallery, Berlin, January 13–February 18, 2012. 

2011

We Would Provide Complete Darkness, Goethe-Institut, New York, December 1–22, 2011.

Halleluwah! Hommage a CAN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, November 24–December 18, 2011.

Our Magic Hour, Yokohama Triennale, Japan, August 6– November 6, 2011.

2010

50 Years at Pace, The Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, September 17–October 16, 2010. (Catalogue)

Festival Seconde Nature #4, Fondation Vasarely, Aix en Provence, France, June 2–12, 2010.

Rudolf Steiner und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, May 13–October 3, 2010. (Catalogue)

Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst, Unna, Germany, March 28–May 27, 2010. (Catalogue)

2009

The Jerusalem Show: The Jerusalem Syndrome, The Sound Project, Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, New Gate, Jerusalem, October 11–20, 2009.

Fourth Digital Art Festival Taipei 2009, Digital Art Center, Taipei City, Taiwan, November 6–15, 2009.

See This Sound: Promises in Sound and Vision, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria, August 28, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Catalogue)

Reduction & Suspense, Magazin 4 - Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Germany, July 4–August 23, 2009.

60 Jahre 60 Werke: Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1949 bis 2009, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, May 1–June 14, 2009. (Catalogue)

Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, April 4–July 5, 2009.

Auftakt—Klang und Ton in der Gegenwartskunst, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany, March 29–June 21, 2009.

Liquid Frontiers, Lille3000: EUROPE XXL, Tri Postal, Lille, France, March 14–July 12, 2009.

Berlin2000, PaceWildenstein, 545 West 22nd Street, New York, March 7–April 18, 2009. (Catalogue)

2nd Biennial of the Canary Islands: Architecture, Art and Landscape, Santa Cruz de Teneriffa and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, March 5–May 4, 2009.

Chapter Two, About Change, Collection Stiftung, Berlin, opened January 17, 2009.

2008

VOLUME: Klang/ Zeit/ Räume, Haus ZwischenZeit, Basel, December 13, 2008–June 6, 2009.

About Snow, Kitzbühel Museum, Austria, November 11, 2008– April 11, 2009.

Life? Biomorphic Forms in Sculpture, Kunsthuas Graz, Austria, September 27, 2008–November 21, 2009.

Summer at EIGEN + Art, EIGEN + Art, Berlin, July 4–August 23, 2008.

Love at First Site, FUTURA/ Goethe-Institut, Prague, May 28–August 31, 2008. (Catalogue)

On the Sensations of Sound, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands, April 27–June 29, 2008.

Open Space 2008, NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, April 19, 2008–March 8, 2009.

Rom Report, Badischer Kunstverien, Karlsruhe, Germany, April 18–June 15, 2008.

Beyond Measure: Conversations Across Art and Science, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 5–June 1, 2008.

KW – Hommage à Klaus Werner, Collection Exhibition 2008, GfZK Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, February 9, 2008–January 11, 2009. (Curated by Heidi Stecker and Barbara Steiner)

Ghost in the Machine, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, February 8–March 16, 2008.

TONSPUR_expanded, Freiraum/ Quartier21 and MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, January 11–February 24, 2008. (Curated by Georg Weckwerth)

2007

Feuerwerk über dem Alexanderplatz Deutsche Malerei seit 1968 aus der Sammlung Berg, Museum Bochum, Germany, November 17, 2007–January 6, 2008.

Space for Your Future, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, October 27, 2007–January 20, 2008.

Post–Laptopia #3 @ Jerusalem, Uganda Shop, Jerusalem, June 18, 2007.

MARTa schweight, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany, June 2–October 7, 2007.

Silence: Listen to the Show, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, June 1–September 23, 2007. (Catalogue)

VIDEOEX: Internationales Experimentalfilm und Video Festival Zurich, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich

, May 17–27, 2007.

Say It Isn’t So: Art Trains Its Sights on the Natural Sciences, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Germany, May 12–September 16, 2007. (Catalogue)

Laptopia (3): Experimental Art Festival, (sponsored by Interval–Recordings), Levontin 7, Tel Aviv, May 9, 2007.

Reiner Kunze Preis 2006 – Ein Kunstprojekt zur Begleitung, Galerie Eberhard Klinger, Görlitz, Germany, May 6–June 29, 2007.

Constellations II, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, April 26–September 23, 2007.

Most of SPOTS, SPOTS Media Installation, Park Kolonnaden at Potsdamer Platz 10, Berlin, March 5–31, 2007.

Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia, Moscow, March 1–April 1, 2007. (Catalogue)

Wahlverwandschaften, Neues Museum Weimar, Germany, February 24–July 29, 2007.

Sound in the Picture–The Phenomenon of Music in the Forming of Art of the Modern Trend and the Present, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany, February 14–April 29, 2007. 

OH!, (as Alva Noto), Entrepôt Galerie, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France, January 22–March 31, 2007.

2006

Kristallisationen, Luitpoldblock, Munich, 2006.

Kosta 3:30, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2006. 

Piani Sospetti: La distanza è una finzione, Via Nuova Arte Contemporanea, Florence, December 22, 2006–March 29, 2007. 

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU: Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen–Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, November 23, 2006–April 29, 2007.

[Grid < > Matrix], Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, October 25–December 31, 2006. (Catalogue)

Frieze Art Fair 2006, Regent’s Park, London, October 12–15, 2006. (Catalogue)

New Space, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, September 16–December 16, 2006. (Catalogue) 

The Singapore Biennale: BELIEF, The National Museum of Singapore, September 4–November 12, 2006. (Catalogue)

Collection II, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, September 1, 2006–April 12, 2007. 

Site Santa Fe Sixth International Biennale: Still Points of the Turning World, Santa Fe, July 9, 2006 –January 7, 2007. (Catalogue; Curated by Klaus Ottmann)

Landschaft, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, July 1–August 26, 2006.

Anstoss! Berlin, Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, June 22–September 17, 2006. 

Luminous Buildings: Architecture of the Night, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, June 9–October 1, 2006. 

Was wäre ich ohne dich..., 40 Jahre deutsche Malerei, City Gallery, Prague, June 4–October 29, 2006.

Sonambiente Berlin 2006, Festival Für Hören und Sehen, Klang Kunst Sound Art, Berlin, June 1–July 17, 2006. (Catalogue)

Official Flash Film Festival (OFFF), Centra de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, May 11–13, 2006.

Constructing New Berlin: Contemporary Art Made in Post–Wall Berlin, Phoenix Art Museum, April 9–September 24, 2006; and The Bass Museum of Art, Miami, November 3, 2006–January 21, 2007. (Catalogue)

Der erste Blick / Die Sammlung GAG, Neues Museum Weimar, Germany, March 19–July 17, 2006.

The 90's–From the Artist Book to the CD–ROM, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Germany, January 8–March 19, 2006.

2005

Transatlantic Impulses – 10 Years of Villa Aurora, Martin–Gropius–Bau, Berlin, December 2, 2005–February 19, 2006. (Catalogue; curated by Ariane Beyn)

Radio Kills the Video Star–Side A, Le Collège, FRAC, Reims, France, November 25–December 30, 2005.

City Gaze, SPOTS Media Installation, Park Kolonnaden at Potsdamer Platz 10, Berlin, November 24, 2005–March 31, 2007. (Catalogue)

Conversations with Snow and Ice. Observation/Imagination in Art and Science, The Natural History Museum of Latvia, Riga, November 10, 2005–January 8, 2006. (Catalogue)

Arbeiten auf Papier, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/ Oder, October 23, 2005–March 12, 2006. (Catalogue)

Sounds like Drawing, The Drawing Room, London, (funded by the The Henry Moore Foundation and The Foyle Foundation), October 13–November 20, 2005. (Catalogue)

Biennale Berne 05, Hochschule der Kunste, Bern, October 7–16, 2005.

Untitled, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California, August 14–September 25, 2005. (Curated by Kristin Chambers)

Körper im elektromagnetischen Feld Resonanzen, Städtische Galerie im ZKM, Karlsruhe, July 28–October 9, 2005. Traveled as Resonancias: Cuerpo electromagnéticos to: Conde Duque Medialab, Madrid, January 27–April 2, 2006; TENT. Center for Visual Art Rotterdam and V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, as Electromagnetic Bodies: Aether, Desire, and Resonance in Art and Technology, May 4–June 4, 2006; Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, as Resonance: Electromagnetic Bodies, June 22–August 27, 2006; Maison Europeen de le Photographie, as @rt Outsiders Festival: Electromagnetic Bodies, Paris, September 20–October 15, 2006. (Catalogue)

Schrift. Zeichen. Geste. Carlfriedrich Claus im Kontext von Klee bis Pollock, Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Germany, July 24–October 9, 2005. (Catalogue)

Artist Archives–New Ones of Works to Historical Existence, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, June 19–August 28, 2005. (Catalogue) 

Sammlungswechsel, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, May 28–June 26, 2005.

Passion des Sammelns–Sammlung Reinking, Sammlung Federkiel, Halle 14, Leipzig/ Berlin, April 30–October 1, 2005. 

Open Nature, NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, April 29–July 3, 2005. (Catalogue)

Künstlerplakate aus der DDR–Siebziger und Achtziger Jahre, Neues Museum –Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Germany, March 15–June 26, 2005.

NOW’S THE TIME: Audio–Visual Montage, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, January 29–March 5, 2005.

Portrait, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, January 21–February 26, 2005.

2004

Modus Operandi, Thyssen–Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, November 24, 2004–February 12, 2005. 

Künstler der Galerie & Freunde–Weihnachtsausstellung, Galerie Grounded, Chemnitz, Germany, November 18, 2004–June 17, 2005.

.ipeg.bild.ton.maschine, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, March 26–April 18, 2004. (Catalogue) 

Densité ±0, École nationale des beaux arts, Paris, February 3–April 11, 2004. (Catalogue)

2003

Berlin Moskow/ Moskow Berlin, 1950–2000, Martin Gropius–Bau, Berlin, September 28, 2003–January 5, 2004. Traveled to: The State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, March 21–July 15, 2004; The State Museum of History, Moscow, April 3–June 15, 2004. (Catalogue)

ABSTRACTION NOW, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, August 29–September 29, 2003. (Catalogue)

Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Echigo–Tsumari Region, Japan, July 20–September 7, 2003. (Catalogue)

Sommer bei EIGEN + ART, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, July 5–August 30, 2003.

50th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia: Dreams and Conflicts, The Dictatorship of the Viewer, Venice, June 15–November 2, 2003. (Catalogue)

Nano, Galerie Fraîch’ Attitude, Paris, May 22–September 20, 2003. (Catalogue)

Actionbutton, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, May 16–August 31, 2003. (Catalogue)

Vectors: Digital Art of Our Time, The New York Digital Salon, World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery and Winter Garden, New York, April 22–May 25, 2003.

The Moderns, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy, April 16–August 3, 2003. (Curated by Carolyn Christov–Bakargiev)

Intervista con la pittura. Colllettiva di artisti internazionali a cura di Gianni Romano, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, March 21–May 21, 2003. (Catalogue)

2002

Second International Biennial of Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 7–December 8, 2002.

…Sogar der Fachmann staunt!, Völcker & Freunde Gallery, Berlin, September 28–November 28, 2002.

Rouge Phosphène, Center of Contemporary Art, Sète, France, July13–October 27, 2002.

Sommer bei EIGEN + ART, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, June 22–August 31, 2002. 

P_A_U_S_E: Gwangju Biennale 2002, Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Korea, March 29–June 29, 2002. (Catalogue)

Frequencies [Hz]: Audio–Visual Spaces, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, February 9–April 28, 2002. (Catalogue)

2001

Acquired II: Acquired 1996–2000. Painting, Diagram, Three–dimensional One Work, Photographies, Videos, Staatliche Kunstammlungen Dresden, Germany, 2001. (Catalogue)

Audible Imagery: Sound and Photography, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, October 26–December 21, 2001.

7th International İstanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, September 22 –November 17, 2001. (Catalogue)

Cyberarts 2001: Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition, O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Austria, September 1–6, 2001. (Catalogue)

Media Connection, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, June 28–September 15, 2001. (Catalogue)

49th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia: Plateau of Humankind, Venice, June 10–November 4, 2001. (Catalogue)

Perspectives: A Sound Show, MicaMoca (former Faema factory), Milan, May 4–June 20, 2001.

Art>Music: Rock, Pop, Techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, March 21–June 24, 2001. (Catalogue)

Let's Entertain: Kunst Macht Spaß, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, March 17–July 15, 2001.

Wild Zone, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, February 25–April 15, 2001. 

Open Systems: New Drawings, T19 Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Vienna, February 23–March 24, 2001.

2000

Johnny, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 2000.

QUOBO: Art Berlin 1989–1999, (Organized by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Center, December 6, 2000–January 10, 2001. Traveled to: Museum National Jarkarta, Jarkarta Pusat, Indonesia, September 22–October 14, 2001; Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, September 28–November 18, 2001; Waikato Museum of Art and History/ Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, December 8, 2001–February 10, 2002; Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, April 16–May 22, 2002; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, September 21–November 24, 2002; Van Ho Exhibition Center, Ha Noi, Vietnam, January 10–26, 2003; Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City, May 14–July 6, 2003; Museuo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, June 9–August 8, 2004; Galerie des bulgarischen Kuenstlerverbandes, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 16–June 4, 2006; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 17, 2006–January 7, 2007; and Eesti Kunstimuuseum Tallinn, Estonia, December 2007–February 2008. (Catalogue) 

Udo Koch und Carsten Nicolai, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Christliche Kunst, Munich, November 27, 2000–February 5, 2001.

Malkunst: Painting Today in Berlin, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, November 2000. (Catalogue: curated by Cristos Joachimedes)

Polar (with Marko Peljhan), Canon ARTLAB, Tokyo, October 28–November 6, 2000.

Sound aka Space/ Aussendienst, Kunstverein Hamburg, September 22–October 29, 2000.

iHOP, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden, September 15–November 5, 2000. (Catalogue) 

Taktlos–Bern.Raster–Noton.Oacis, Bern, Switzerland, September 15–16, 2000. (Catalogue)

Bildwechsel: Aktuelle Malerei aus Sachsen und Thüringen, Städtisches Museum Zwickau and Kunstsammlung Gera–Orangerie, Germany, September 2–November 5, 2000. (Catalogue)

00: Drawings 2000 at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, July 6–August 30, 2000. (Catalogue)

Complementary Space Visions, Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, Munich, July 3–August 10, 2000.

Volume: Bed of Sound, PS1, Long Island City, New York, July 2, 2000–January 2001.

Premio Michetti 2000, Painting in Europe: Different Perspectives, Mumi–Michetti Museum Francavilla al Mare, Italy, July 1–September 23, 2000. (Catalogue)

Aussendienst: Kunstprojekten in öffentlichen Räumen Hamburgs, Hamburg, May 2000–May 2002. (Catalogue)

Sound Art: Sound as Media, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Gallery A, Tokyo, January 28–March 12, 2000. (Catalogue)

Audible Light, The Museum of Modern Art Oxford, United Kingdom, January 23–March 19, 2000.

White Light, University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Norma, January 9–February 11, 2001. (Curated by Barry Blinderman)

1999

Cyclo (with Ryoji Ikeda), WATARI–UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1999.

Kunsthalle und Galerie im Dreikronenhaus, Osnabrück, Germany, 1999.

Querschnitt, Europäische Kunstakademie, Trier, Germany, 1999.

After the Wall: Kunst und Kultur im postkommunistischen Europa, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, October 16, 1999–January 16, 2000. Traveled to: Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, October 1, 2000–February 4, 2001. (Catalogue; curated by Bojana Pejic, David Elliott, and Iris Müller–Westermann)

TRACE: The Liverpool International Exhibition, United Kingdom, September 24–November 7, 1999. (Catalogue; curated by Anthony Bond)

Drawing and Painting, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, September 4–October 9, 1999

Kraftwerk Berlin, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, August 28–September 26, 1999. (Catalogue)

To the People of the City of Euro, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, May 28–July 11, 1999.

Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, May 7–June 27, 1999; Traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, July 24–September 19, 1999; Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, February 6–April 2, 2000. (Catalogue)

Empty Garden, WATARI–UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, April 24–November 7, 1999. (Catalogue)

FORMULE 2, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, January 22–February 21, 1999. (Catalogue)

1998

Group exhibition, AuBase–Art Space, New York, 1998.

Just About Now, Villa Albkmaer, Centrum voor beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998.

Last House on the Left, Archipelago–Newrooms, Stockholm, 1998.

PS1 Re–Opening, PS1, Long Island City, New York, October 27, 1997–Spring 1998.

ODRADEK, The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale–on–Hudson, New York, September 20–December 18, 1998.

Prolongation de TECHNOCULTURE [Computer World], Fri–Art Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland, April 5–June 21, 1998

1997

Documenta X, Kassel, June 21–September 28, 1997. (Catalogue)

Atlas Mapping, Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz, June 6–July 11, 1997; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, February 21–April 5, 1998. (Catalogue)

Cartografia, AR/ GE Kunst, Galerie Museum, Galleria Museo Bozen, Bolzano, Italy, March 22–April 27, 1997. (Catalogue) 

1996

All+Tag: Mikro Makro–Projekt (with Mika Vainio), Industriemuseum, Chemnitz, Germany; Maeltinranta, Tampere, Finland; Wroclaw, Poland, 1996.

In Concerto, Goethe–Institut, Palermo, Italy, 1996. (Catalogue)

Neben den Linden, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, 1996.

Projektor: Olaf Nicolai, Carsten Nicolai, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, 1996–1997. (Catalogue) 

HAPAX, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland, September–October 1996.

1995

6 Aus 49, Galerie Kutschstall–Am neuen Markt, Potsdam, Germany, 1995.

75 Jahre Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, 1995.

Junge Kunst International, Overbeck–Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany, 1995. (Catalogue)

Leipziger Künstler, Galerie Rähnitzgasse, Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, Germany, 1995. (Catalogue)

Nationale der Zeichnung, Tokanische Säulenhalle, Augsburg, Germany, 1995.

Preis der Pfalzgalerie Für Klassische Verfahren der Orginalgrafik, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1995. (Catalogue)

Selections Winter 1995, The Drawing Center, New York, November 18–December 22, 1995. 

Junge Künstler aus Sachsen, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/ Oder, August 10–October 29, 1995. (Catalogue)

Die Neuaufteilung der Welt, Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany, February 24–March 23, 1995. (Catalogue)

1994

Metropole und Peripherie, Museum de Arte Moderna MAM, Rio de Janeiro, 1994. 

Nationale der Zeichnung, Tokanische Säulenhalle, Augsburg, Germany, 1994

The Present Order, Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig, 1994.

Zeitblilck, Kunstlandschaft Sachsen, Schloß Dresden, Germany, 1994. (Catalogue)

Leipzig Kommt, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße, Munich, May 7–June 12, 1994. (Catalogue)

Welt–Moral: Moralvorstellungen in der Kunst heute, Kunsthalle Basel, April 30–July 31, 1994. (Catalogue)

Georgius Agricola. Bergwelten 1494–1994, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, March 27–May 29, 1994. (Catalogue)

1993

VOX Editionen, Voxxx Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany, 1993.

Ein Jahrhundert des Holzschnitts, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, December 11, 1993–January 30, 1994. (Catalogue)

The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, November 6–December 18, 1993. Traveled to: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 5–April 10, 1994; Fundacion para el Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, 1994; The Santa Monica Museum of Art, July 7–September 5, 1994; Forum for Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, September 30–November 12, 1994; American Center, Paris, December, 1994–January, 1995. (Catalogue)

We Are in New York: Rainer Görss, Jörd Herold, Kaesberg, Uwe Kowski, Maix Mayer, Carsten Nicolai, Olaf Nicolai, Cornelia Parker, Annelies Stroba, Gallery EIGEN + ART, New York, March 11–June 26, 1993. (Catalogue)

1992

Experimentelles Atelier Oscar, Voxxx Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany, 1992. 

Group exhibition, Galerie Hilger, Vienna, 1992. 

Krakatao, A.C.R. Galerie, Eltville am Rhein, Germany, 1992.

Ortszeit, Schloß Plüschow, Germany, 1992.

1991

11th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1991.

Der Berg, Ausstellung der Jahresgabe der Produzentengalerie “OSCAR”, Chemnitz, Germany, 1991.

Galerie EIGEN + ART 1983–1991, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany, 1991. (Catalogue)

Leipziger Bildermesse, Leipzig, 1991. (Catalogue)

Vier Wochen Dependance, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin and Galerie EIGEN + ART, Paris, 1991.

1990

Hommage an Carlfriedrich Claus, Galerie Oben, Chemnitz, Germany, 1990.

II Chemnitzer Künstler, Praterinsel, Munich, 1990. (Catalogue)

Tradition + Innovation, Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, Germany, 1990. Traveled to: Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, 1990; Kunstverein Hamburg, 1990. (Catalogue)

ZWEI PLUS EINS, Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany, 1990. (Catalogue)

Botanik im Dezember, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, December 15, 1990–January 19, 1991.

1988

Der Keller, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, September 30–October 13, 1988.

1987

Galerie Hermannstraße, Karl–Marx–Stadt, Germany, 1987.

Rennbahnobjekt, Galerie Fotogen, Villa Marie, Dresden, Germany, 1987. (Catalogue)

1986

Gemeinschaftsarbeiten, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, October 17–November 9, 1986. 

Jörg Herold, Jens Pfuhler, Carsten Nicolai, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, August 29–September 20, 1986.

Gemäldegalerie Neuer Meister, Kunstsammlung Albertinum, Dresden, Germany

Jenoptik AG, Jena, Germany

Kasumigaseki Building Plaza, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Poly Stella)

Klingspor Museum Offenbach, Germany

Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany

Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwork Cottbus, Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus, Germany

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany (Polylit)

Kupferstich–Kabinett, Dresden, Germany

Leipzig Main Train Station, Leipzig, Germany (Frequenz)

Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany

Das Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Museum Schloß Morsbroich e.V., Leverkusen, Germany

Olympic Park, London (Ifo Spectrum)

Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo (Chroma Actor)

Siobhan Davies Studios, London (Monitor)

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Weimar, Germany

Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg, Germany

Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gent, Belgium

Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland

Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine

Zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Collection, Germany

Gemäldegalerie Neuer Meister, Kunstsammlung Albertinum, Dresden, Germany

Jenoptik AG, Jena, Germany

Kasumigaseki Building Plaza, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Poly Stella)

Klingspor Museum Offenbach, Germany

Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany

Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwork Cottbus, Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus, Germany

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany (Polylit)

Kupferstich–Kabinett, Dresden, Germany

Leipzig Main Train Station, Leipzig, Germany (Frequenz)

Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany

Das Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Museum Schloß Morsbroich e.V., Leverkusen, Germany

Olympic Park, London (Ifo Spectrum)

Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo (Chroma Actor)

Siobhan Davies Studios, London (Monitor)

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Weimar, Germany

Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg, Germany

Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gent, Belgium

Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland

Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine

Zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Collection, Germany

2014

Unlimited (exhibition catalogue). Text by Marc Spiegler. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2014: 110–1, illustrated.

2013

Carsten Nicolai: Syn Chron. Texts by Ingrid Buschmann, Gabriele Knapstein, Barbara Barthelmes, Carsten Nicolai, Martin Conrads, Helga de la Motte-Haber, Finn Geipel, and Kazunao Abe. Berlin: Gestalten, 2013.

2012

Art & Music—Search for New Synesthesia (exhibtion catalogue). Tokyo: Filmart-Sha Co., Ltd, 2012.

Aus Passion. Die Sammlung Hanck im Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (exhibition catalogue). Düsseldorf: Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, 2012: 326, illustrated.

Chaton, Anne-James, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) and Andy Moor. Decade. Raster-Noton, 2011.

Groos, Ulrike and Simone Schimpf. Tracing the Grid: The Grid in Art after 1945 (exhibition catalogue). Köln: Wienand Verlag, 2012: illustrated.

Hollein, Max and Martin Engler, eds. Gegenwarts-Kunst 1945–Heute im Städel Museum. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2012: 249, illustrated.

2011

Carsten Nicolai: pionier (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Audroné Žukauskaité and Julija Fomina. Leipzig, Germany: Spector Books, 2011.

Cyclo (Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai) ed. cyclo. id vol. 1. Berlin: Gestalten, 2011.

2010

50 Years at Pace (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Arne Glimcher et al. New York: The Pace Gallery, 2010: illustrated.

Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Revolver, 2010.

Nicolai, Carsten, ed. Moiré Index (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Gestalten, 2010.

Rudolf Steiner und die Kunst der Gegenwart (exhibition catalogue). Köln: DuMont Buchverlag, 2010.

2009

60 Jahre 60 Werke: Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1949 bis 2009 (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Wienand Verlag, 2009: 244–45, 348, 371, illustrated.

Berlin2000 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Marcus Steinweg, Gunter Reski, Ariane Müller et al. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2009: 95, illustrated.

Carsten Nicolai: Aoyama Space (exhibition catalogue). Austria: Kunstraum Innsbruck, 2009. 

Nicolai, Carsten. Grid Index. Berlin: Gestalten Verlag, 2009.

Rattemeyer, Christian, ed. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection. Catalogue Raisonné. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2009: 205–6, illustrated.

See This Sound: Promises in Sound and Vision (exhibition catalogue). Austria: Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, 2009. (Catalogue)

2008

Love at First Site (exhibition catalogue). Prague: FUTURA/ Goethe-Institut, 2008. 

Spots, Light and Media Façade: Exhibitions: City Gaze, Transition, Pop-up (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: HVB-Immobilien AG, Geschaftstelle Berlin, 2008.

2007

Carsten Nicolai: fades. Text by Daniel Klemm. Berlin: Raster-Noton, 2007: illustrated.

Carsten Nicolai: static fades (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Dorothea Strauss, Klaus Ottmann, Christoph Doswald, Britta Schroder. Zürich: Haus Konstruktiv, 2007. 

The History Book: On Moderna Museet 1958–2008. Germany: Steidl, 2008.

Hollein, Max and Nicolas Schafhausen. Kunst/Art. Lufthansa Aviation Center. Ostfildern: Revolver, 2007.

Say It Isn’t So: Art Trains Its Sights on the Natural Sciences (exhibition catalogue). Bremen: Neues Museum Weserburg, 2007.

Schmidt, Hans-Werner, ed. Nullsechsnullsieben. Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig.

Leipzig: 2008.

Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia (exhibition catalogue). Moscow: ArtChronika, 2007.

Silence: Listen to the Show (exhibition catalogue). Text by Francesco Bonami. Turin, Italy: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 2007.

Solo. Italy: Deutsche Akademie Rom, Villa Massimo, 2007. http://www.carstennicolai.de/d/publications/pdf/solo.pdf

Spots. Licht- und Medienfassade (exhibition catalogue). Munich: HVB Immobilien AG, 2007. 

utp_: Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ensemble Modern. Texts by Julian Weber and Elke Buhr. Mannheim: Büro, 2007.

2006

Arbeiten auf Papier (exhibition catalogue). Text by Dr. Brigitte Rieger. Frankfurt: Museum Junge Kunst, 2006. 

Constructing New Berlin: Contemporary Art Made in Post-Wall Berlin (exhibition catalogue). Text by Brady M. Roberts. Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum, 2006.

Daniel, Noel, ed. Broken Screen: 26 Conversations with Doug Aitken: Expanding the Image Breaking the Narrative. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2006

Frieze Art Fair 2006 (exhibition catalogue). London: Frieze, 2006. 

[Grid < > Matrix] (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Sabine Eckmann and Lutz Koepnick. St. Louis, Missouri: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2006.

New Space (exhibition catalogue). Kiev: Pinchuk Art Centre, 2006.

Resonance: Electromagnetic Bodies (exhibition catalogue). Budapest: Ludwig Múzeum, 2006. 

The Singapore Biennale: BELIEF (exhibition catalogue). Singapore: The National Museum of Singapore, 2006.

Site Santa Fe Sixth International Biennale: Still Points of the Turning World (exhibition catalogue). Santa Fe, New Mexico: SITE Santa Fe, 2006.

Sonambiente Berlin 2006, Festival Für Hören und Sehen, Klang Kunst Sound Art (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: 2006. 

Tannert, Christoph. New German Painting. Remix. Munich: Prestel, 2006: 186-191.

Twenty Years of Schirn. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle, 2006. 

2005

Artist Archives–New Ones of Works to Historical Existence (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Akademie der Künste, 2005. 

Carsten Nicolai—Anti Reflex (exhibition catalogue) Texts by Max Hollein, Magnus Haglund, and Yuko Hasegawa. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle, 2005. 

Carsten Nicolai: Audio Visual Spaces (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Philippe Van Cauteren, Ive Stevenheydens, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Antonio Somaini. Gent, Belgium: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), 2005.

Carsten Nicolai: Syn Chron , Architectural Body as Interface. Space. Light. Sound (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Neue Nationalgalerie, 2005. 

Conversations with Snow and Ice. Observation/Imagination in Art and Science (exhibition catalogue). Riga,Latvia: The Natural History Museum of Latvia, 2005.

Künstler.Archiv: Neue Werke zu historischen Beständen. Carsten Nicolai - Sub Vision, Vol. 6 (exhibition catalogue). Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2005: illustrated.

Open Nature (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC], 2005. 

Schmidt, Petra ed. Patterns in Design, Art and Architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2005: 210–213.

Schrift. Zeichen. Geste. Carlfriedrich Claus im Kontext von Klee bis Pollock (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, 2005: 456–457, illustrated.

Sounds like Drawing (exhibition catalogue). Text by Anthony Huberman. London: The Drawing Room, 2005.

Transatlantic Impulses –10 Years of Villa Aurora (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Martin-Gropius-Bau, 2005.

2004

Densité ±0 (exhibition catalogue). Paris: École nationale des beaux arts, 2004. 

.ipeg.bild.ton.maschine (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2004. 

Verdrame, Simona, ed. Carsten Nicolai: Diary # 03. Milan: Tema Celeste Editions, 2004: illustrated.

2003

50th Venice Biennale: Dreams and Conflicts, The Dictatorship of the Viewer (exhibition catalogue). Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, 2003: illustrated.

ABSTRACTION NOW (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Sandro Droschl, Christian Höller, Lev Manovich, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Marc Ries, Marie Röbl. Vienna: Künstlerhaus Wein, 2003.

Actionbutton: Neuerwerbungen zur Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2000–2002 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Stefan Heidenreich and Veit Loers. Bonn: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH, 2003.

Berlin Moskow/ Moskow Berlin, 1950-2000 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Pawl Choroschilow. Berlin: Martin Gropius-Bau, 2003.

Cream 3: Contemporary Art in Culture. London: Phaidon, 2003: illustrated.

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (exhibition catalogue). Echigo-Tsumari Region, Japan: Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers, 2003.

Intervista con la pittura. Colllettiva di artisti internazionali a cura di Gianni Romano (exhibition catalogue). Milan: Postmedia, 2003. 

The Moderns (exhibition catalogue). Turin, Italy: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, 2003.

Nano (exhibition catalogue). Paris: Galerie Fraîch’ Attitude, 2003. 

2002

Aussendienst: Kunstprojekten in öffentlichen Räumen Hamburgs (exhibition catalogue). Freiburg: Modo, 2002. 

Carsten Nicolai: Auto Pilot (exhibition catalogue). Text by Takashi Ikegami, et al. Berlin: Raster–Noton, 2002: illustrated. 

Frequencies [Hz]: Audio–Visual Spaces (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Knut Asdam, et al. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2002: illustrated.

P_A_U_S_E: Gwangju Biennale 2002 (exhibition catalogue). Korea: Gwangju Biennale Foundation, 2002.

2001

7th International İstanbul Biennial (exhibition catalogue). Istanbul: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, 2001.

49th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia: Plateau of Humankind (exhibition catalogue). Venice:La Biennale di Venezia, 2001. 

Acquired II: Acquired 1996-2000. Painting, Diagram, Three-dimensional One Work, Photographies, Videos (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Staatliche Kunstammlungen Dresden, 2001.

Art>Music: Rock, Pop, Techno (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001. 

Cyberarts 2001: Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). Austria: O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, 2001. 

Media Connection (exhibition catalogue). Rome: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 2001.

2000

00: Drawings 2000 at Barbara Gladstone Gallery (exhibition catalogue). Text by Klaus Kertess. New York: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 2000: 65, illustrated.

Bildwechsel: Aktuelle Malerei aus Sachsen und Thüringen, Städtisches (exhibition catalogue). Bonn: Weidle Verlag, 2000.

Frieling, Rudolf, and Daniels, Dieter. Medien Kunst Interaktion – Die 80er und 90er Jahre in Deutschland. New York: Springer, 2000.

iHOP (exhibition catalogue). Lund: Lunds Konsthall, 2000. 

Malkunst: Painting Today in Berlin (exhibition catalogue). Milan: Fondazione Mudima, 2000.

Nicolai, Carsten. Milch: Heft 2. Berlin: Noto/Carsten Nicolai, 2000.

Nicolai, Carsten. Prototypen: Heft 1 (exhibition catalogue). Luckenwalde: Kunsthalle Vierseithof, 2000.

Premio Michetti 2000, Painting in Europe: Different Perspectives (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Gianni Romano, Martin Maloney, Wim Peters, Lane Relyea, and Barbara Casavecchia. Italy: Mumi–Michetti Museum Francavilla al Mare, 2000. 

Raster–Noton.Oacis (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Raster–Noton, 2000. 

QUOBO: Art Berlin 1989–1999 (exhibition catalogue). Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., 2000.

Sound Art: Sound as Media (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], 2000. 

1999

After the Wall: Kunst und Kultur im postkommunistischen Europa (exhibition catalogue). Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1999.

Empty Garden (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: WATARI–UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999.

Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Judith Nesbitt and Francesco Bonami. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1999: illustrated.

FORMULE 2 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Cornel Bierens, Gerrit Gohlke, Iris Dik, Peter Henkens, Christoph Tannert,Susanne Witzgall, Ijsbrand van Veelen. Berlin: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 1999. 

Kraftwerk Berlin (exhibition catalogue). Text by Heike Föll. Denmark: Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1999.

TRACE: The Liverpool International Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). Liverpool: Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art/ Tate Gallery Liverpool, 1999. 

1998

13 Konstellationen mit Holzdrucken un Stanzungen. Gotha/Berlin/Chemnitz: Edition Balance; Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1998.

Carsten Nicolai: Polyfoto (exhibition catalogue). Nürnberg: Verlag fr Moderne Kunst, 1998: illustrated.

Noto. Endless. Berlin: Raster–Noton, 1998: illustrated.

The Singuhr Sound Gallery in Parochial: Sound Art–Exhibitions 1996-1998, Symposium 1998 (exhibition catalogue). Saarbrücken: PFAU-Verlag, 1998.

1997

Atlas Mapping (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Paolo Bianchi and Sabine Folie. Linz: Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, 1997.

Cartografia (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Marion Piffer-Damiani, Sabine Folie, Christoph Doswald. Bolzano: AR/GE Kunst, Galerie Museum, Galleria Museo Bozen, 1997. 

Politics, Poetics : Documenta X (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Catherine David and Jean-François Chevrier. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Cantz, 1997: illustrated.

1996

Carsten Nicolai: Nerv +Spin (exhibition catalogue). Text by Günther Gercken. Augsburg: Städtische Kunstsammlungen, 1996: illustrated.

In Concerto (exhibition catalogue). Palmero, Italy: Goethe-Institut, 1996. 

Projektor: Olaf Nicolai, Carsten Nicolai (exhibition catalogue). Reutlingen: Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, 1996. 

1995

Carsten Nicolai: SPIN & KÄFIG Material (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Kunstverein Konstanz, 1995: illustrated.

Die Neuaufteilung der Welt (exhibition catalogue). Text by Frank Eckart. Germany: Kunstverein Göttingen, 1995. 

Elsen, Thomas. “Weiße Leere.” In Von Baumeister bis Balkenhol–Die Sammlung Lühl. Germany: Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, 1995.

Junge Künstler aus Sachsen (exhibition catalogue). Frankfurt: Museum Junge Kunst, 1995. 

Junge Kunst International (exhibition catalogue). Lübeck, Germany: Overbeck-Gesellschaft, 1995

Leipziger Künstler (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Galerie Rähnitzgasse, Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, 1995.

Preis der Pfalzgalerie Für Klassische Verfahren der Orginalgrafik (exhibition catalogue). Text by D. Höfchen, Germany: Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1995.

1994

Carsten Nicolai: Schwarz Holz (exhibition catalogue). Text by Peter Guth. Reutlingen, Germany: Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, 1994: illustrated. 

Carsten Nicolai: Twin Twin (exhibition catalogue). Text by Manfred Tschirner. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1994. 

Georgius Agricola. Bergwelten 1494–1994 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Thomas Elsen. Germany: Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, 1994. 

Eckart, Frank. Ansichten eines Raumes. Leipzig: Edition EIGEN + ART, 1994.

Leipzig Kommt (exhibition catalogue). Text by Johannes Janssen. Munich: Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße, 1994.

Welt-Moral: Moralvorstellungen in der Kunst heute (exhibition catalogue). Switzerland: Kunsthalle Basel, 1994. 

Zeitblilck (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Kunstlandschaft Sachsen, Schloß Dresden, 1994. 

1993

Carsten Nicolai: Corpus (exhibition catalogue). Text by Heiner Stachelhaus. Stuttgart: DACO-Verlag, 1993. 

Carsten Nicolai: Morbus (exhibition catalogue). Leipzig: Editions Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1993. 

Ein Jahrhundert des Holzschnitts (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Hanna Hohl and Günther Gercken. Germany: Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1993. 

Philbrick, Jane, ed. The Return of the Cadavre Exquis (exhibition catalogue). Text by Ann Philbin. New York: The Drawing Center, 1993: illustrated.

We Are in New York: Rainer Görss, Jörd Herold, Kaesberg, Uwe Kowski, Maix Mayer, Carsten Nicolai, Olaf Nicolai, Cornelia Parker, Annelies Stroba (exhibition catalogue). Leipzig: Editions Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1993. 

1992

Cartsten Nicolai: Aug & Labyrinth (exhibition catalogue). Leipzig: Editions Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1992.

Carsten Nicolai: Running Sap (exhibition catalogue). Leipzig: Editions Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1992. 

Druckgraphische Mappenwerke, 1960–1991. Germany: Museum Schloß Morsbroich Leverkusen, 1992.

Eckart, Frank. Die Weiße Leere. Austria: Edition Galerie Hilger, 1992.

Thomas, Karin. “Utopie und Menetekel des bildnerischen Eigen–Sinns.” In Jenseits der Staatskultur. Munich/ Wien: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1992.

1991

981: Carsten Nicolai, Thomas Schliesser. Leipzig: Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1991.

Galerie EIGEN + ART 1983–1991 (exhibition catalogue). Leverkusen, Germany: Bayer AG, 1991. 

Leipziger Bildermesse (exhibition catalogue). Leipzig: Ed. Lebensretter, 1991. 

1990

Der Block. Leipzig: Edition Galerie EIGEN + ART, 1990.

Ebersbach, Hartwig. “Er ist es–Carsten Nicolai.” In Kunst in der DDR. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Wirth, 1990.

Gross von Trockau, Irma. “Carsten Nicolai.” In Zwölf Chemnitzer Künstler. Munich: A1 Verlag, 1990.

II Chemnitzer Künstler (exhibition catalogue). Munich: Praterinsel, 1990. 

Tradition + Innovation (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, 1990. 

ZWEI PLUS EINS (exhibition catalogue). Germany: Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, 1990. 

1987

Rennbahnobjekt (exhibition catalogue). Dresden, Germany: Galerie Fotogen, 1987.