Selected Exhibitions
Upcoming
PortLand – Anatomie der Zukunft
Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg
June 22 – July 28, 2024
Opening: June 21, 2024, 18.00h
Ongoing
EXH 11
Group Show
Floorr Magazine
Online Gallery | London
Permanent, from October 19, 2023
Arcane Dignity | From the series Beyond PortLand | oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
War and Peace
Group Show. Curated by Thierry Gotteland
Barbagelata Art Foundation | Barbagelata Contemporary Barcelona
Permanent, from September 15, 2023
“Let us engage with history's lessons, and through reflection and dialogue, strive to amplify the echoes of peace while tempering the
drumbeats of war.” Thierry Gotteland
Past
Unfolding in Reminiscence | From the series Beyond PortLand | oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Art Karlsruhe 2024
Showing selected paintings from the work cycle “PortLand”.
Presented by Galerie Tammen, Hall 1,
Booth H1 /A 18
February 22 – 25, 2024
All Together Now
Group Show
With recent works by several artists of the gallery, including 9 paintings from my “PortLand” cycle.
Galerie Tammen | Berlin
December 15, 2023 – February 3, 2024
Installation view of six paintings from the cycle PortLand, shown at Galerie Tammen, Berlin at
Lechbinska Gallery
Viewing Room at Artsy
Showing five paintings from my series “Beyond PortLand”.
Lechbinska Gallery | Zurich
December 11, 2023 – February 12, 2024
Finnwal Affection V | From the series Beyond PortLand | oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm
Totentanz
Solo Exhibition
Kulturkirche St. Jakobi | Stralsund
May 19 – July 30, 2023 & October 10 – October 25,
2023
Arbor Vitae | oil on canvas
Dance of the Dead
| oil on canvas
Questions and Answers
and To Perish and To Connect | oil on canvas
Incognito | oil on canvas | Photo: Janet Lindemann
Famous Last Words
| sculptures (6 out of 12) in acrylic cases
As their main exhibition of 2023, Kulturkirche St. Jakobi, Stralsund, was showing Totentanz, the complete cycle of works, consisting of more than 41
paintings and 14 sculptures. With almost 20,000 visitors, it attracted quite a few art enthusiasts from all over the country – and beyond.
Many thanks to Acryl
Innovations for supporting the production of the acrylic cases.
paper works
Group Show. Curated by Ralph Tepel
Museum Schloss Mitsuko | Thürkow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
September 30 – October 31, 2023
Tayōna Fūkei
| ink and watercolor on Japanese kozo paper
Alongside works of 17 other artists from Japan and Germany, a selection of ten colorized ink drawings from the series Tayōna Fūkei were on display in the group show paper
works, curated by Ralph Tepel, director of Museum Schloss Mitsuko in Thürkow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Many thanks to Philipp Stange's cabinetmaker's workshop for supporting the production of the wooden frames.
The Open and Paths in Different | oil on canvas
Seven artists – seven positions: Portrait I at Berlin's Galerie Tammen showed a plethora of approaches to the classical subject of portrait. Gallery owner Werner Tammen carefully selected eleven paintings (oil on canvas, oil on paper) from my PortLand cycle of works – which stood in interesting contrast to the predominantly figurative works of the other artists in the show.
Warriors of the Future I – III
and Planet B | oil on canvas
For two weeks in October 2022, Musee Dezentral was hosting an exhibition of a curated selection of the series Limits of PortLand – abstract and
multi-layered paintings, depicting imagined landscapes and their future inhabitants. Thus, a momentary, yet timeless glimpse of l'avenir, shown in a place that itself appears to come
from the future.
A Matter of Touch
Group Show. Curated by Jurriaan Benschop
Torstrasse
111 | Berlin
July 17 – August 2, 2020
Closeness and
Musing | oil on canvas | Photo: Eric Tschernow
Paintings from USA and Europe
Touch is an important aspect of painting. The temperaments of the artists in this exhibition can be felt through the way they have worked and touched the
canvas, be it with a firm, decisive brushstroke, a light touch to create transparency, or the sanding off of layers to create flatness or roughness. A whole range of sensibilities can be stored in a painting, speaking to us even before we identify what is actually depicted.
Jurriaan Benschop
Taking Root
Group Show. Curated by Jurriaan Benschop
KIT – Kunst im
Tunnel | Düsseldorf
November 2, 2019 – January 26, 2020
Am I Elefant and Crib Crab | oil on canvas | Photo: Ivo Faber
Am I Elefant, Crib Crab
and Bothered | oil on canvas | Photo: Ivo Faber
In a world full of conflicting interests and beliefs, how do artists root themselves? Where do they find their sense of direction? These questions underlie the exhibition Taking Root. The assumption is that the eleven artists presented here did find some roots. They have developed a focus in their practice and in their interests, and that is what gives their work depth.
For a tree, life without roots is not possible. It needs a stronghold, right underneath, in order to grow and stay firm, to endure storm and thunder. A young tree can bend, has resilience, but it can only do so because it has already grown some roots. One can assume that, similarly, human beings find some “nutrition” in the place where they grow up. Yet, it is not the only place where this happens. Artists can pick their roots, collect them on their way through life, or search for them in places where they are not yet familiar. After all, humans are mobile beings. And for humans, roots are not just a matter of physical circumstances; they can reside in thoughts, memories, and traditions.
Taking Root brings together the work of eleven artists. Some of these artists grew up close to nature; for others, the city has been their natural environment. Some of them are young artists, who in recent years have finished their master’s degrees and have just started their own studio practices. Others have been working for decades already, and have had more options to develop their roots. Together, the participants span two generations of contemporary artists. Most of them come from Europe, but in terms of landscape and cultural climate, their backgrounds are diverse. One is from the USA, which is itself a country with many roots in Europe. In these days of divisive politics, it is good to discover that connections are still tight, even though they might move underground. Jurriaan Benschop
List of Ongoing and Past Exhibitions
2023/2024 | Color – Shape – Space | Cross Currents
Gallery Philadelphia | more
2023/2024 | All Together Now | Galerie
Tammen| more
2023/2024 | Viewing Room Rubica von Streng |
Lechbinska Gallery Zurich | more
2023 | EXH 11 | Floorr Magazine Online Gallery
London | more
2023 | Totentanz | Kulturkirche St. Jakobi Stralsund |
more
2023 | paper works | Museum Schloss Mitsuko | more
2023 | War and Peace | Barbagelata Contemporary Barcelona | more
2023 | Portrait I | Galerie Tammen | more
2022/2023 | außer sich - inner ich II | Inselgalerie Berlin | more
2022 | Limits of PortLand | Musee Dezentral | more
2022 | Offshore Show | Haus der Kunst München | more
2022 | Limits of PortLand | Berlitt Castle, Open Ateliers Brandenburg
2021 | An End to Jealousy | Berlitt Castle, Open Ateliers Brandenburg
2020 | A Room Of Her Own II | Anahita Contemporary | more
2020 | A Matter Of Touch | Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstrasse 111 | more
2020 | PArt | Online Exhibition | Producers Art Platform | more
2020 | Online Exhibition May 2020 | Galerie U 108
2019/2020 | Taking Root | KIT Kunst im Tunnel | Kunsthalle Düsseldorf | more
2018 | Meisterschüler*innen-Ausstellung | Universität der Künste Berlin UDK
2017 | Inside Out | Universität der Künste Berlin UDK
2017 | Blick hinter die Kulissen | Rathausgalerie am Schloss Brühl | Max-Ernst-Stipendium
2016 | Inner Vision | Universität der Künste Berlin UDK
2015 | Young Positions | Galerie Pankow | more
Works in Collections
René Scharf Collection
Spiegelberger Stiftung
Stralsund Museum