2008
- "Seven Screens", OSRAM, München/ D
-“Deadly Storms”, Gallery Marina Goncharenko, Moscow/ RUS
-"Captain/ Deadly Storms", Denver Art Museum: FUSEBOX, Denver/ USA

2007
- Bjørn Melhus, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt a. M. / D
- Bjørn Melhus The Castle - The Meadow - The City, Roebling Hall, New York / USA

2006
- Bjørn Melhus, Viafarini, Milano / I
- Bjørn Melhus, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito Dorsoduro, Venice / I

2005
- Bjørn Melhus, Selected Works, Kyoto Art Center / JP
- Shows Auto Center Drive, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela / E
- "No Sunshine 2005", Galeria Senda Espai, Barcelona / E
- "No Sunshine", CAC. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga / E
- "eastern_western_park", Spiral Garden, Tokyo / JP
- "BJOERN MELHUS: EASTERN WESTERN PARK", Honolulu Academy of Art / Hawaii

2004
- "PRIMETIME", FACT, Liverpool / GB
- "Fighting The Forces Of Evil", Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg / D
- Gallery opening from Roebling Hall Gallery in Chelsea, New York / USA
- "Films", Orita. Sinclair Intl Frontroom Gallery, Singapore
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich / CH

2003
- "STILL MEN OUT THERE", Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main / D
- "STILL MEN OUT THERE", Projektraum, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin / D
- MediaScope, Museum of Modern Art, New York / USA (Selected Retrospective Screenings)
- Retrospective, Goethe Institute, Kyoto / JP
- Retrospective, Arsenal, Berlin / D
- "The Magic Glass" at the Metropolis Cinema, Berlin & Hamburg / D

2002
- "Bjørn Melhus - Video", Kunsthalle Bremen / D (catalogue)
- "Early Video Works", Goethe Institute, New York / USA
- "Primetime", Lothringer 13 / halle, Munich / D (catalogue)
- "TWINS" (with Christoph Girardet), The Garage, Stavanger / NO
- "Sometimes", Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY / USA

2001
- "Du bist nicht allein/you are not allone", Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken / D (catalogue)
- "Du bist nicht allein/you are not allone", Kunsthalle Göppingen / D (catalogue)
- "Primetime", Kunstverein Hannover / D (catalogue)
- "Sivercity 1+2", Sprengel-Museum, Hannover / D

2000
- "again & again", Galerie Birner und Wittmann,
Nürnberg / D
- "Gute Freunde", Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert / D
- "Gute Freunde", Art Association Wolfenbüttel / D

1999/2000
- Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt / D

1999
- "ich bin du", Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl / D (catalogue)


Group Shows

2009
- Video Dumbo, D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn New York/ US
- "Rules of the Game", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Barcelona, Barcelona/ ES (Screening)
- "Gemeinsam in die Zukunft", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt / DE
- "DREI.Triptychon in der Moderne.", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart/ DE
- 2. Bienal del Fin del Mundo; Ushuaia, Argentina / AR
- Image Forum Festival Tokyo, Goethe Institut Tokyo, Tokyo/ JP
- "Our Broken American Hearts", Museet för Glömska, Norrköping, Schweden/ SE
- "Berlin 89/98 - Kunst zwischen Spurensuche und Utopie", Berlinische Galerie, Berlin/ DE
- "Organ Mix", Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seol/ Korea
- "Bilderschlachten - 2000 Jahre Nachrichten aus dem Krieg", Ausstellung Osnabrück, Osnabrück/ DE

2008
- "worlds on video - international video art", Palazzo Strozzi, Florenz/ IT
- "(Keine) Angst", Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen/ DE
- "My favorite pastime", Ursula Blickle Video Lounge, Kunsthalle Wien/ AT
- "Checkpoint Berlin", Villa du Parc, Centre d´art Contemporain, Annemasse/ FR
- "Female Trouble", Pinakothek der Moderne, München/ DE
- After the Light: Moving Image displayed at night, Radialsystem V., Berlin/ D
- “SWITCHER SEX: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection”, Slought Foundation, Pennsylvania / USA
- “40jahrevideokunst.de” , MAMCS- Museé d`Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg/ F
- "Contour Specials", Kunsthalle Dominikaner Kirche, Osnabrück/ D
- "Call & Response", Musée d'Art Moderne Grand- Duc Jean, Luxemburg

2007
- „Made in Germany“, Sprengel-Museum, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Hannover / D
- „Abstraction from the world“, Millenium Galleries, Sheffield / UK (curated by David Thorp)
- “My vision. Ideen für die Welt von morgen”, Zephyr / Raum für Fotografie, Mannheim / D
- „Final Cut“, Dominikanerkirche, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück / D
- „art_clips .ch.at.de“, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe / D
- „10018 New York“, 6 laureates of the lower-saxonian ISCP scholarship in New York (International Studio and Curatorial Programm), Kunsthalle Lingen / D
- „DIPLOPIE“ Kunstverein Göttingen / D

2006
- "8 Tage", Leibniz Rechenzentrum, München / D
- "Anstoß Berlin - Kunst macht Welt", Haus am Waldsee, Berlin / D
- "EGOmania, Just When I Think I've Understood...", Palazzina dei Giardini, c.so Canalgrande, Modena / I
- "Urban Creatures", Pori Art Museum, Pori / FI
- "Satellite of Love", Witte de With, Rotterdam / NL
- "›Schattenspiel‹ Licht und Schatten in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Eine Hommage an Hans Christian Andersen", Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz / A
- "what makes you and I different", Tramway 2/ Project Room, Glasgow / GB
- "Das 8.Feld. Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960", Museum Ludwig, Cologne / D
- "play station", Sprengel Museum , Hannover / D
- Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück / D

2005
- Kunsthalle zu Kiel / D, Landesgalerie Linz / A
- "SHADOW PLAY. Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art. A Homage to Hans Christian Andersen", Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense / DK
- "Spiral Garden", Tokyo / JP
- "Angekommen – die Sammlung im eigenen Haus",
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart / D
- "Paisatges Mediátics", Mediascapes Fundció La Caixa, Girona / E
- Kunstmuseum Stuttgart / D
- "Paisatges Mediátics", Mediascapes Fundació La Caixa, Tarragona / E
- "fast forward" Avance rápido Media Art de la Colección Goetz, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid / E
- Landesgalerie Linz / A
- "Alias & Alibi", Fries Museum Leeuwarden / NL
- "Geschichtenerzähler", Hamburger Kunsthalle / D
- "Kinderszenen – Child’s Play", XII. Rohkunstbau, Schloss Groß Leuthen, Spreewald / D
- "Spielträume", Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden / D
- CGAC, Santiago de Compostela / E
- "Rückkehr ins All", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg / D
- "Realit;-)t. 30. Goetz collection Munich", Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon / CH
- "Masculinities", Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin / D
- ".36x27x10.im White Cube Berlin", Palast der Republik, Berlin / D

2004
- "State of Play", Serpentine Gallery, London / GB
- "Medium Medien", Art Association Lingen / D
- "Schizorama", NCCA Moscow / RU
- "25 JAHRE VIDEOÄSTHETIK Kunst | Werbung | Musik", NRW Forum Düsseldorf / D
- European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück / D
- "Depicting Love", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin / D; Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Centro Párraga, Murcia / E
- "Der elektronische Raum. Licht – Klang – Medien", Glaskasten Marl / D
- MIFF, Media Forum, Moscow / RU
- "PREMA cul TURE", Hydra / GR
- THE CINEMA RITROVATO film festival, Bologna / I
- "Bush League", Roebling Hall, New York / USA
- "Paisatges Mediátics", Mediascapes Fundació La Caixa, Lleida / E
- "Sommerfrische. Künstlervideos mit Esprit. Ein Programm für klimatisierte Räume", Hamburger Kunsthalle,
Hamburg / D
- "TV today", Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo / Time Based Arts, Amsterdam / NL
- D.O.C. - Deposito Ontologico Contemporaneo, Change + Partner Contemporary ART, Rome / I
- "Me Myself I". Konstruktionen von Raum und Identität in der Kunst der Gegenwart“, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen / CH
- "Video - 25 Jahre Videoästhetik", Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt am Main / D
- "SCREEN SPIRIT", Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen / D
- "Tainment. Spielform der Bewusstseinsindustrie", NGBK, Berlin / D
- "Match", Kunsthalle Faust-Hannover / D
- "Inner Spaces", Poznan / PL
- "State of play", Serpentine Gallery, London / GB

2003
- "The American Effect", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York / USA (catalogue)
- 8th International Istanbul-Biennial / TR (catalogue)
- "Terror Chic", Galerie Philomene Magers, Munich / D
- "Taktiken des Ego", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg / D (catalogue)
- "American Dream", Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York / USA (catalogue)
- "Herbarium der Blicke", Bundeskunst- und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn / D (catalogue)
- European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück / D
- "über MENSCHEN." Schiller Museum / ACC Galerie Weimar / D (catalogue)
- "fast forward" - Media Art Goetz Collection, ZKM Karlsruhe / D (catalogue)
- Filmkunst Biennial, Cologne / D
- Rencontres Paris / Berlin
- "Game Art. Kunst, Bildschirmspiel und Wirklichkeit", Völklinger Hütte, Völklingen / D
- "Revolving Doors", Telefonica Foundation, Madrid / E

2002
- "T.I.A. (This is America)", Media Center, Adlershof,
Berlin / D
- "German Media Art", Goethe Institute New York / USA
- "Hautnah", (Selection from the Goetz Collection), Museum Villa Stuck, Munich / D (catalogue)
- "Der Freie Blick", Martinskirche, Kassel / D (Documenta side program) (catalogue)
- "Videodrome II", New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York / USA
- "momenta art", Brooklyn, NY / USA

2001
- "Body as Byte", Kunsthalle Lucerne / CH (catalogue)
- Galerie am Park, Bremen / D
- On the Side of the Screen / Video of the 90s, Expopark Exhibition projects, Moscow / RU
- "Patterns of Life", Museum Schloß Ringenberg, Hamminkeln / D
- "Utopien Heute", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen / D (catalogue)
- "I am Someone Else", The Art Connexion, Amsterdam / NL

2000
- "reality checkpoint – körperszenarien", Edith-Ruß-Haus, Oldenburg / D
- "DIVE IN", Kunstpanorama, Lucerne / CH
- "fresh", EMAF, Osnabrück / D (catalogue)
- "Kennen wir uns", Kunsthalle Nürnberg / D
- "Almost Done", Starke Foundation, Berlin / D
- "Times are changing / Auf dem Wege!", Kunsthalle Bremen, selected pieces of the collection / D (catalogue)

1998/99
- "New Visions Video (Doug Aitken, Tran T. Kim-Trang, Bjørn Melhus)", Long Beach Museum of Art, California / USA
- "LA Freewaves", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles / USA
- Award of the ‘Böttcherstraße’ in Bremen 1999, Kunsthalle Bremen / D (catalogue)
- "Lokalzeit / Local Time", Art Association Hannover / D (catalogue)
- "Das Lachen des Ovid", Gallery Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt / D
- "From B to A ...and back", Arti et Amicitiae,
Amsterdam / NL
- "Come in and find out...", Podewil, Berlin / D
- 48th Biennial, Venice / I
- Contribution to the videolounge by Costa Vece & Patrick Huber, Arsenale Corderie Video Virtuale - Foto Fictionale, Museum Ludwig Cologne / D
- "Körperinszenierungen", Opera Frankfurt / D
- "From B to A and further", Artmax, Braunschweig / D


Selected Group Shows 1991 - 1997

- Kölnischer Kunstverein,1991 ("...alles wandelt sich", Videokünstler zur Wiedervereinigung) / D
- Deutsche Video-Kunst 1990 –1992 (travelling exhibition on the occasion of 5th Video Award of Marl) / D
- Deutsche Video-Kunst 1992 - 1994 (travelling exhibition on the occasion of 6th Video Award of Marl) / D
- Kunsthalle Hamburg,1993 (MEDIALE ) / D
- Kunstverein Hannover,1992 /1996 / D
- (77./79.Herbstausstellung – autumn exhibition)
X'94, Akademie der Künste, Berlin 1994 (Videoketten) / D
- Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen 1996 / D (OdEssay)
- Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Photography, Tokyo,1996 (German Video Art) / JP
- Goethe Institute Budapest,1997 („Erdbeergarten“ in collaboration with Julia Neuenhausen) / HR


Film- Video Retrospective (selected venues),
Film Festivals

2008
International Shortfilmfestival Oberhausen, Oberhausen/ D

2004
Retrospective, LUX, London / GB
Retrospective, Goethe Institute Singapore / SG
THE CINEMA RITROVATO film festival, Bologna / I
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, Retrospective / NO
Goethe Institute Buenos Aires (parallel to Sao Paolo Biennial 2004) / AR
Goethe Institute Bogota, October 2004 / CO
INVIDEO (Video and Experimental Film Festival) & Goethe Institute, Milan / I

2003
Filmkunst Biennial, Cologne / D
Shortfilm festival Oberhausen (1. prize) / D
Recontres Paris / Berlin
Retrospective, MediaScope, Museum of Modern Art,
New York / USA
Retrospective, Goethe Institute, Kyoto / JP
Retrospective, Arsenal, Berlin / D
„Das Zauberglas“ at the Metropolis cinema Berlin & Hamburg / D

1998-2001
Goethe Institutes Los Angeles / Goethe Institute Toronto / International Video festival Casablanca / VOID New York /
Aurora Picture Show , Houston TX / Ritz Austin TX / KoKi Freiburg /
KoKi Stuttgart / KoKi Karlsruhe / Cinemayance Mainz /
Babylon Berlin / Caligari Wiesbaden / Lichtmeß Hamburg
/ Koki Hannover, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg


Screenings

2006
"Prospectif cinéma", Centre Pompidou, Paris / F

2005
„Happy Rebirth“, MOMA, New York / USA
„PUSTO“, ARTStrelka, Goethe Institut , Moskau [„America Sells“, „Blue Moon“] / RU

2004
Videoprojektion, Night of San Juan, Sevilla, Juni 2004 [„the oral thing“] / E
„Paradise Views“, Video Art Screening, Vol. 3, Tokyo,
Juli 2004 / JP
„Films of the >Kunstfilmbiennale Köln< on tour in Latin America“, Sao Paolo, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Buenos Aires September-Oktober 2004 [„Auto Center Drive“]
THE CINEMA RITROVATO film festival, Bologna [„weit weit weg“] / I
Schaubühne Berlin [„America sells“] / D
Metropolis, Madrid [„the oral thing“] / E
Antimatter Festival, Victoria [„Auto Center Drive“] /CA
Projektraum des Deutschen Künstlerbundes, Berlin [„still men out there“] / D
LUX Salon, London [„Auto Center Drive“, „Das Zauberglas“, „No Sunshine“] / GB

2003
Recontres Paris / Berlin [„weeping“, „the oral thing“]
Selektion der besten 50, internationalmediaartaward, ZKM Karlsruhe [„No Sunshine“] / D
Medien/kunst/rolle [„No Sunshine“] / D


Festivals (selection) 1992 - 2009

55th International Shortfilmfestival Oberhausen, Oberhausen/ D
54th International Shortfilmfestival Oberhausen, Oberhausen/ D
21. Internationale filmfest Braunschweig 2007 [Artist-Portrait]
Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2003 [“Auto Center Drive”] / SE
London Film Festival 2003 [“the oral thing”] / GB
9°th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2003 [“Auto Center Drive”] / BR
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 1992 / 1998 / 2003 [“Auto Center Drive”]/ 2004 [“Das Zauberglas”] / 2005 [“Happy Rebirth”] / D
VIENNALE, Internationale Filmfestwochen Wien 1996 / A
San Francisco International Filmfestival 1998 / USA
Stuttgarter Filmwinter 1991 / 1993 / 1994 / 1996 / 1998 / 2000 / D
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück 1988 /1992 /1995 /1998 / 2000 / 2004 [“Auto Center Drive”] / D
VIDEOFEST / Transmediale Berlin 1992 / 1998 / D
Videofest Kassel 1990 / 1992 / 1996 / 1997 / 2003 [“weeping”] / D
World Wide Video, Amsterdam 1998 / NL
Pandæmonium, London 1998 / GB
Festival for New Cinema and New Media, Montréal 1998 / CA
Filmkunstbiennale, Köln 2003 [“Auto Center Drive”] / D
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, Retrospektive 2004 / NO
INVIDEO (Video und Experimentelles Film Festival) & Goethe Institut, Mailand, Retrospektive, 2004 / I
9th Split Film Festival, 2004 [“Auto Center Drive”] / HR
25. Festival My Ophüls Preis [“Auto Center Drive”]


Lectures 2005

Matthieu Laurette and Bjørn Melhus: Artists' Talk, Tate Modern, London, 27 January 05