Harun Farocki lived and worked in Berlin (d. 2014). Recent solo exhibitions include Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (2021); Art Encounters Foundation Timișoara, Romania (2020); Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo (2019); National Museum of Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul (2018); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (2017); Arsenal — Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V., Berlin (2017); Harun Farocki Institut, Berlin (2017); Savvy Contemporary, Berlin (2017); Tàpies Foundation, Barcelona (2016); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2016); CAPC musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux (2015); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2015); Center for Contemporary Art FUTURA, Prague (2015); Museum für Gegenwart, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2014); Greene Naftali, New York (2014); Museum Folkwang, Essen (2014); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City (2014); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2013); ARGOS Center for Art and Media, Brussels (2013); Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (2013); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2012); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011); Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (2011); and Tate Modern, London (2009).
His work is in the collections of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin; Austrian Cultural Forum, Vienna; Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Berlin; Goetz Collection, Munich; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery, London; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Tate Modern, London; Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical Museum), Vienna; and ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe.
Text courtesy Greene Naftali.

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