Exhibitions
- von hier aus, Düsseldorf, 1984
- A.R. Penck, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, 1987
- Made in Cologne, DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne, 1988
- Penck & Visser, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1991
- A. R. Penck. Graphiken 1988-92, Galerie Wolfgang Böhler, Bensheim, 1993
- Deutschlandbilder, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 1997
- HIMMELFAHRTEN, Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek, 2001
- El Regreso de los Gigantes, Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, Buenos Aires, 2003
- A. R. Penck Retrospektive, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2007
- A. R. Penck. Zwischen Licht und Schatten, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, 2014
Public Collections
- Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), New York
- Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt am Main
- Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen
- Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Museumsquartier St. Annen, Lübeck
| 1939 | Born in Dresden |
| 1980 | Expatriation from the GDR |
| 1982 | Participation in the documenta in Kassel |
| 1988 | Retrospectives at the Nationalgalerie Berlin and at the Kunsthaus Zurich |
| since 1989 | Professorship for graphics at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1992 | Participation in the documenta in Kassel |
| 1999 | Exhibition of bronze sculptures in the museums of Heilbronn, Bremen, Recklinghausen and Luxemburg. |
| 2003 | Weltsicht - Retrospective at the Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg. |
| 2017 | Deceased in Zurich |