1970 born in Osnabrück
1992-97 Degree in Cultural Studies, University of Hildesheim
1995-96 Fine Arts, M.A., Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Currently lives and works in London.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
„Standing anywhere in the space in a relaxed position,“ Banff Art Centre, Canada
„Present Time Exercise,“ Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
„Winterlong,“ Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles

2007
„Quartets,“ Galerie Daniel Buchholz

2006
„Standing Anywhere in the Space in a Relaxed Position,“ Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
„Figures and groups,“ Gavin Brownʻʼs enterprise, New York

2005
„50ft Queenie,“ Art Now, Tate Britain, London

2004
Greengrassi, London

2003
„25th Floor“, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
„Orange View“, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf

2002
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg

2000
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
„Quodlibet II,“ Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
„Modern Modern,“ Chelsea Art Museum, New York, curated by Pati Hertling

2008
„Rendez-vous Nowhere,ʼ“ Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Spain

2007
„Studio Jahresgaben“ Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria

2006
Galerie Daniel Bucholz, Koln at Metro Pictures, Metro Pictures, New York
“Janice Kerbel, Hillary Lloyd, and Silke-Otto Knapp,“ Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
“The Grand Promenade.“ National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
“Galerie Daniel Buchholz at Metro Pictures,“ Metro Pictures, New York
“The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoisie”, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

2005
“René Daniels, Peter Doig, Silke Otto-Knapp”, Gavin Brownʼs enterprise, New York
“Paris-Londres: Le Voyage Interieur”, Espace EDF Electra, Paris
“British Art Show 6”, Baltic, Gateshead
9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
“Andersen Associations”, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen
“Thinking of the Outside - New art and the city of Bristol”, Bristol

2004
“We Disagree”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
“Must I Paint You a Picture?”, Haunch of Venison, London
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
“The Undiscovered Country”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
„Teil 2 Quodlibet“, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
„Étrangement Proche/Seltsam Vertraut“, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
Moon Absinthe, Stichting noname, Rotterdam
Sugar Hiccup, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo

2003
„Creeping revolution 2“, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
„deutschemalereizweitausenddrei“, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
„Creeping Revolution 2“, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö

2002
„The unique phenomenon of a distance“, Magnani, London
„Metropolitan“, Galerie Jürgen Becker, Hamburg, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
“Imagining LA. Ed Ruscha & Silke Otto-Knapp”, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

2001
“The Magic Hour - The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas / Die Konvergenz von Kunst und Las Vegas”, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
„Get out of Here - exhibition on the subject of going away“, Zacheta, Warsaw

2000
songs sung by men from the point of view of a woman, Platform, London

1999
„limit-less“, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
„Where do you want to go today ...?“, Cubitt, London