Born in Wiesbaden in 1965.
Lives and works in Köln, Germany and Prato, Italy.
| Education | |
| 1985 | Egyptology, Archeology, Classics and History at the University of Bonn |
| 1986 | Art Education and German studies at the University of Mainz |
| 1994 | – 1997 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1996 | Master student with Jannis Kounellis |
| Grants and Awards | |
| 2020 | Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts | 2018 | The Shifting Foundation / California, grant award | 2016 | Pino Pascali Award, Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare XXV edizione Premio Nazionale Arti Visive Città di Gallarate Arte: Sostantivo Femminile, GNAM Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma |
| 2009 | Residency CCA Andratx, Mallorca |
| 2006 | Kunststiftung NRW scholarship recipient |
| 2002 | Warhol Grant, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco |
| 2001 | Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Foundation prize recipient, Rockenhausen |
| 2000 | DAAD grant recipient for travel in India Cité Internationale des Arts grant and studio recipient, Paris |
| 1997 | Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation grant recipient, Museum Wiesbaden |
| 1996 | University of Mainz grant recipient Rhineland-Palatinate federal grant recipient |
| 1995 | Heinrich Böll Foundation study grant recipient |
| 1993 | City of Mainz study grant for the Summer Academy in Salzburg |
| Solo Exhibitions (selection) | |
| 2023 |
Raum sein, Base Progetti per l'Arte, Florence Symmetrien des Sachten, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck π· r2 werden, Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste, Düsseldorf |
| 2022 |
Das Gewicht der Linie, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne Fastening oneself in the moment, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo House of Art, Contemporary Art and Architecture Gallery, České Budějovice new works, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Brussels Chateau Chaumont-sur-Loire, Domaine Régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire |
| 2021 |
Arbeiten von Christiane Löhr und Louis Soutter, Galerie Dierking, Zurich Ordnung der Wildnis, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin |
| 2020 |
Incontri sensibili, Museo Capodimonte, Naples Studio Trisorio, Naples movimenti circolari, Galleria San Fedele, Milan |
| 2019 |
Nicoletta Rusconi Art Projects, Agrate Conturbia im Raum, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln in Folge, Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/Turin Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens 12 prints, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo |
| 2018 | diffuse, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York attrazione, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden / Cragg Foundation, Wuppertal |
| 2017 | nodi e snodi, Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Chambres d’Art, Turin opus, Wooson Gallery, Daegu, Korea crescendo, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo |
| 2016 | Premio Pino Pascali 2016, Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare Densen - Disperse, Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens, Spilsby, Lincolnshire UK Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Brussels (with Mario Airò) |
| 2015 | displuvio, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York lined, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo encircling the orbit, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan Galerie Werner Klein, Köln |
2014 | Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/Turin permeabile, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens línies contínues, Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona |
| 2013 | Jason McCoy Gallery, New York Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo |
| 2012 | Jason McCoy Gallery, New York |
| 2011 | vertikal, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln HerderRaum für Kunst, Köln |
| 2010 | dilatare lo spazio, Galleria Oredaria, Rome dividere il vuoto, Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese |
| 2009 | sortint de l'embull, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca |
| 2008 | Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan |
| 2007 | CDAN Centro di Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca Gallery A-quad, Takenaka Corporation, Tokyo |
| 2006 | sculture, PIAC Piattaforma Internazionale Arte Contemporanea, Ragusa |
| 2005 | Heidelberger Kunstverein Kunstverein Ludwigshafen Kunstverein Arnsberg Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan |
| 2004 | Galerie Werner Klein, Köln Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome Tendersi dentro – stretching towards the inside, Fattoria di Celle Gori Collection, Pistoia |
| 2003 | Salone Villa Romana, Florence Hancock Museum, Newcastle, project by Locus+ Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan Wie die Dinge den Raum berühren, Kunstmuseum Bonn Christiane Löhr | Sofi Zezmer, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
| 2002 | Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld |
| 2001 | Un lavoro: un'opera, un'istallazione di Christiane Löhr una poesia di Nico Orengo, già VIA NUOVA per l'Arte contemporanea, Florence |
| 2000 | artothek, Köln Camera Oscura, San Casciano dei Bagni |
| 1999 | Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden Forum Kunst, Rottweil |
| 1998 | Objekte, Studentisches Kulturzentrum, Belgrad |
| 1997 | Das Übergewicht des Kleinen, Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz Objekt und Zeichnung, Kunstverein Trier |
| 1996 | Objekte und Installationen, Galerie Brückenturm, Mainz |
| Group Exhibitions (selection) | |
| 2024 |
Colorescenze. Artiste, Toscana, Futuro, Centro Pecci Prato Diorama, MAN Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro Der direkte Blick, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne |
2022 |
Ex natura, Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese Ganesha and his heavenly friends, Galerie Dierking, Zurigo Open book, Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/Torino Reggia di Caserta Weeds & spores, Alexandre Gallery, New York Edith Stein. Losing by Winning, Museum Stift Stams, Tirol Medium Zeichnung, Kunstsammlung Gera & Kunstverein Gera e.V Studio Trisorio, Capri |
2021 |
Map and Territory. Environmental Art from the Panza Collection, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, St. Moritz
Inventing Nature. Pflanzen in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe La face autre de l'autre face, Fondazione Mudima, Milan |
2020 |
Erodet Landscape, Musée d'art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne / Chateau de Rochechouart, Rochechouarth freshtest, Kunstverein-Koelnberg e.V., Köln 2000 – 2020, 20 Jahre Galerie Werner Klein, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln La face autre de l'autre face, MUC Musée Municipal Urbain Cabrol, Villefranche-de-Rouerge Sense of wonders: into another garden, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Milli Reasürans Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul |
2019 |
Kunst als Argument, Kunstverein Bamberg, Bamberg The ground we have in common, Gallerie delle Prigioni /Fondazione Benetton, Treviso Gallerie delle Prigioni - Imago Mundi I Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso Rudolph-Scharpf-Galerie, Ludwigshafen Vetrine di Libertà - la libreria delle donne di Milano, ieri, oggi, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan |
2018 |
rainbow, Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice/Turin Sexy & Cool. Minimal goes emotional, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen Formen der Natur: Pure Nature Art, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot artist books by EDIZIONI CANOPO, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York |
2017 |
Pure Nature Art. Naturmaterialien in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr Ausstellungshaus Daniel Spoerri, Hadersdorf, Austria Zwischen den Orten, Andernach-Kell, Weibern De Nature en Sculpture, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la Sorge Metamorfosi. Uno sguardo alla scultura contemporanea, Museo d’arte Mendrisio, Mendrisio CH Collezione Panza di Biumo. La materia della forma. MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto Linie Line Linea, Contemporary drawing, ifa/Institut for foreign affairs in coorperation with the German Embassy Hanoi, Vietnam Chaosmos 5: To View a World within a Grain of Sand, Sakura City Museum of Art, Sakura Naturen, Neuer Kunstverein Giessen Entangled. Threads and Making. Turner Contemporary, Margate |
2016 | altri tempi, altri miti - 16a Quadriennale d'arte, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome hopes of paradise, Galerie m, Bochum urban mining / rigenerazioni urbane, XXV. Edition National Award Visual Arts, Museo MAGA, Gallarate Linie Line Linea, Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand works on paper, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo |
| 2015 | The Human Condition, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow Au rendez-vous des amis, Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri, Città di Castello Ich bin eine Pflanze, Naturprozesse in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg in situ, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York SpaceLiner, ARTER Sanat için Alan-Space for Art, Istanbul |
| 2014 | Biennale der Zeichnung, Kunstverein Eislingen lifescape, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo First International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia About Sculpture #2, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin |
| 2013 | Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice Autoritratti, MAMbo Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna La magnifica ossessione, MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto Linie Line Linea, Dibujo contemporáneo alemán, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Quito, Ecuador / Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogota / Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia |
| 2012 | RegardBenin, Biennale Benin, Imprimerie Nationale, Porto Novo/West Africa Drawing, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas Tra natura e spirito, Panza Collection, Centro San Fedele, Milan Paper Space, Drawings by Sculptors, Inman Gallery, Houston Paper band, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York Die Eroberung der Wand. Nazarenerfresken im Blick der Gegenwart, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen Alles Linie | Material und Zeichnung, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln |
| 2011 | Schnittstelle | Muster, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn Spaceship earth, Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun, Poland Linie Line Linea, Dibujo contemporáneo alemán, Centro Cultural Caja Real de Universidad Autonoma, San Luis Potosì, Mexico / Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico / Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
| 2010 | Galaxy & Cosmos, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York Raum der Stille, Shi Fang Fine Art, Düsseldorf Terre vulnerabili, HangarBicocca, Milan Trasparenze, MACRO Future, Rome, MADRE, Naples paperwork, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design, New York State of Mind, Panza Collection, Lucca Center of Contemporary Art The Environment and the Future, Women and Art Biennal, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Linie Line Linea, Contemporary Drawing, Kunstmuseum Bonn Miradas singulares. Voces plurales, Palacio Provincial de le Diputacion de Cadiz Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Stiftung, Rockenhausen |
| 2009 | Ferne Nähe, Kunstmuseum Bonn green platform, CCCS Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Patterns in Nature, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt Patterns in Nature, Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen |
| 2008 | Incantamenti, il MAN all’isola delle storie, Gavoi pay attention please, 26cc, Rome micro-narratives, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne |
| 2007 | Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten der Stiftung Vordemberge-Gildewart, Museum Wiesbaden statement, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt Sommer, Sonne, Mond und Sterne, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Mannheim Arte in Memoria 4, Ostia Antica/Rome |
| 2006 | Einblicke IV, Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Witzel, Wiesbaden Uscita Pistoia, Pistoia XII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura, Carrara Polemos. The work of Art: conflict and resolution, Forte di Gavi, Gavi |
| 2005 | Petits Fours, Comme ci Comme ça II, Köln scultura leggera/light sculpture, 503 mulino, Vicenza |
| 2004 | Settlements, Cabinet des Dessins, Museé d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Schöne Aussicht, Stiftung Schloss und Park Benrath Ins Licht gerückt - Aus der Grafischen Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| 2003 | Grande segno cantato, Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio Il racconto del filo. Cucito e ricamo nell’arte contemporanea, MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto |
| 2002 | Illumination, Marvelli Gallery, New York Basics, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern Continuità. Magnete/Magnet. Foreign artists in Tuscany in the second half of the twentieth century, Fattoria di Celle, Gori Collection, Pistoia Paradiso perduto / Paradise lost, Palazzo dell’Arengo, Rimini 40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
| 2001 | 49° Biennale di Venezia, Arsenale L’Immagine, la parola, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato Real Presence, Belgrade Camp, Leire, Denmark |
| 1999 | Fondazione Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Seggiano, Italy Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris The Secret Life of Plants, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf |
| 1998 | Eingemacht, students of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Frauenmuseum Bonn |
| 1997 | Galerie S, Aachen
15 + 15, Cultural Capital of Europe 1997, Thessaloniki BASIS, Museum Insel Hombroich Raketenstation, Neuss Klasse Kounellis, Museum der Modernen Kunst, Belgrade Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan |
| 1996 | FIELD, Künstlerforum, Bonn Klasse Kounellis, Königliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Den Haag Junge Rheinland-pfälzer Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Europäische Akademie Trier und Galerie Mennonitenkirche, Neuwied |