Born 1980 in Berlin, Germany
Education
2004-2010 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,
Weltmeisterschüler with Prof. Peter Doig, 2010
2009 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
2002 Diploma, Media Design
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany (forthcoming)
Kate MacGarry, London (forthcoming)
Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (forthcoming)
Electric Forest (Bowery), (with Anna K.E.), Simone Subal Gallery, New York
2019
Deep Tissue, Berlinskej Model, curated by Monika Cejkova, Prague, Czech Republic
VR360, curated by Matreyi Maheshwari, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Complimentary Blue (with Anna K.E.), Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany
Florian Meisenberg and David Renggli, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
2018
In Flames Leaving Las Vegas, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
The Taste of Metal in Water, Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Late Checkout (West Berlin), in collaboration with Anna K.E., WNTRP, Berlin, Germany
Acting and Aging (Odorless Journey), Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Um, nice guy, good hospitality, but.. y’know.. I-I- I don’t think he knows how to turn on a computer. (brief pause) So… but th-the good thing is he’s lling the void.. uh, with coverage in Manhasset at the moment so y’know they’re-they’re not drowning, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Current Upcoming Past, Murias Centeno, Lisbon, Portugal
Countdown Belladonna, with Anna K.E., Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt
Late Checkout II, with Anna K.E., Signal, Brooklyn, NY
2015
battery life, Planthouse, New York
Furthermore, all the windows looked onto the courtyard and – from scarcely any distance – onto other windows of the same style, behind which could be glimpsed the stately outline of new windows opening onto a second courtyard, (performance), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently, Simone Subal Gallery, New York
2014
Being blonde with insufficient funds, Mendes Wood, São Paulo
The New World Hotel, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel (cat.)
Somewhere sideways, down, at an angle, but very close, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
Den højdesyge af Marquis de Lessert, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen
2013
“What did the green grape say to the purple grape? Breathe!” (It is always forthcoming and already past), PROVINZ Editionen, Bochum, Germany
Delays During Transit (Tales of Early Prematurity), Kate MacGarry, London
Faith so certain shall never be shaken by heaviest sorrow, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Magic Moments Of Homeopathy VOL1 (The Trauma Of Creative Man), Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
Magic Moments Of Homeopathy VOL2 (The Drama Of Creative Man), Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
NRW Förderpreisträgerausstellung, Kunst aus NRW Alte Reichsabtei, Aachen (cat.)
2011
Writing Shit About New Snow For The Rich Is Not Art!, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (cat.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90RM07vHQiw, Kate MacGarry, London
Despite Ourselves, Art Since The Summer Of ‘69, New York, NY
2010
what art? what mushroom? a club for dehydrated people, with C. Lohmann, The Shelter, Cologne
Finally! scientists found out that art is just another hobby!, Tanzschule Projects, with C. Lohmann, Munich
2009
Turn your bedroom life into a volcano of pleasure!, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
“the artist as a model of change”, “the artist as a young clown”, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
2008
turn your bedroom life into a vulcano of pleasure, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (cat.)
2006
Disadvantage Agassi, Villa de Bank, Enschede (cat.)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Holbaek Art, invited by Milena Hoegsberg, Holbaek, Denmark (forthcoming)
Julia Stoschek Collection, Duesseldorf/Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)
2019
Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland, exhibition in four locations in Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz Museum Gunzenhauser, and Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Tender Buttons, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany
11 Comrades of Time, Hardspace, Basel, Switzerland
Link in Bio, Museum der Bildenden Kuenste Leipzig, curated by Anika Meier
Copines – Copains – Berlin, WENTRUP, Berlin, Germany
Tender Button, curated by Nadja Quante & Anna Vohswinckel, Kuenstlerhaus Bremen
CONDO with Edouard Malingue Gallery, Kate MacGarry, London
Inland Empire, curated by Jonathan Ehrenberg, Essex Flowers, New York
2018
I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists, curated by Jen DeNike, LX Arts, NY
Ten Marginal Years, curated by Brad Ewing, Foxy Productions NY
Berlin-Sofia. A shortcut, Structura Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
IAM, Garage, curated by Vika Dushkina, Moscow
Ashtray Show, Belmacz, London
Touch (AT), curated by Nadja Quante, Anna Voswinckel, Bakri Bakhit, nGBK, Berlin, Germany
Last Dance, Autocenter, KINDL Zentrum fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Berlin, curated by Joep von Liefland & Maik Schierloh
Ten Marginal Years, Foxy Productions, NYC curated by Brad Ewing
A Fleshly School of Poetry, curated by Daniela Brunand & Kristian Falsnaes
I left my dog in the car, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, curated by Phillip Bollmann
360: NAUSEA, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2017
Schöne Neue Welten. Virtuelle Realitäten in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Zeppelin
Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Elastic Hours (with Anna K.E.), Sequences VIII, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hybrid Layers (as part of „Metaphysics“), ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und
Medien, Karlsruhe, Germany
Der Kuss, Broehan Museum, Berlin, Germany
Shared Spaces, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg. Aschaffenburg, Germany
Myths of the Marble, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
ARS 17. Hello World!, Kiasma Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Myths of the Marble, ICA, Philadelphia, curated by Milena Hoegsberg & Alex Klein, (Cat.)
Small, curated by Juliet Kothe & Annika von Taube, Sexauer Galerie, Berlin,
Germany
2016
Frieze New York, Simone Subal Gallery, NY
ICH, Neue Formen des Selbstportraits, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, curated by Martina Weinhart, (Cat.)
Nuit Blanche, with Anna K.E. Monaco, curated by Joerg Heiser
Provinz Editionen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany, (Cat.)
Night Transmissions // Natuervarp II, nightly videoart program on Icelands National TV, curated by Margot Norton
Watermark, Signal, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Save the Data!, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany
The Casual Gesture, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn
The Casual Gesture, Standpoint Gallery, London
Verena Dengler, Florian Meisenberg, David Renggli, Gabriele de Santis, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
Statements 2, Goethe-Insititut Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2014
Geometries of Intimacy, Abrons Arts Center, New York
House Party with Dzek, Kate MacGarry, London
Friendly Takeover: Artists show their collection , Marta Herford (Gehry galleries), Herford
Transgression, Philara e. V., Düsseldorf
Sie und ihre Ausstellungen, Ausstellung in der Sammlung Kunst aus NRW in der ehemaligen Reichsabtei Aachen-Kornelimünster, Aachen
Relative Wirklichkeiten, TS-Artprojects, Berlin
Jiří David, Andy Hope 1930, Florian Meisenberg Galerie Václava Špály, Prag
Dreamland, Museum Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, New York
2013
Kunstpreis junger Westen 2013, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno, Parrotta Gallery, Stuttgart
Es gibt keine meisterwerke mehr, Tanja Pol Gallery, Munich
Accrochage, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, KW Kunstwerke Berlin, Berlin
Revised Abstraction, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
2012
Boros Collection No.2, Boros Collection, Berlin (cat.)
Other voices – other rooms, Wentrup Avlskarl Projects, Copenhagen
Cleaning a bed from morning dust, Boutique, Cologne
Language is the house we live in, Kunstfilmtag 2012, Malkasten, Düsseldorf
2011
Endless summer, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
Eyes wide shut, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings and films, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf
Aviskarl Gallery, Copenhagen
Solingen Kunstmuseum, Solingen, Germany
think german/new german art, Residency of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, London
Winter in America, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
2010
SELF CONSCIOUSNESS, VW Veneklasen & Werner Gallery, Berlin (cat.)
Think german//neue deutsche Kunst, Deutsche Botschaft London
Halbjahresgaben 2010, Tanzschule Projects Munich
You can leave your hat on, Gallery Hasen Performance at Schmela Haus K20/K21, Düsseldorf
What art? what mushroom? a club for dehydrated people, The Shelter, Cologne
22×4, amor parvi oder die Liebe zum kleinen, Kunstverein Langenhagen
Enovos Förderpreis Junge Kunst, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (cat.)
2009
Hunger, Columbia University, New York
Paintings in the sky, Kate MacGarry, London
Me, myself and I (Vol II), Weltraum, Munich
2008
Life is a funny old dog, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
Untertag/11min., Gloriahalle, Düsseldorf
Wahrheit ist was uns verbindet, Jaspersjahr Universität, Oldenburg (cat.)
Pilot Projekt_1, Pilotprojekt für Kunst, Düsseldorf
Mischanlage von Dr.Urlaub, Alte Kokerei, Zeche Zollverein Essen (cat.)
Wenn nicht für Gott, dann für wen?, Villa Daniel Richter, Hamburg
Permanent Vacation, with Anna K.E. EY Artforum, Düsseldorf
2007
The Great Show, Sistig & Ostrowski, Cologne
Regarding Düsseldorf 2, Kunstverein 701, Düsseldorf (Kat.)
Being Spielberg, presented by Gallery Hasen, with Anna K.E. Schaufenster des Kunstvereins für die Rheinlande und Westphalen, Düsseldorf
The birth of Gallery Hasen, at Sommer M.O.G.G., Düsseldorf
Anna K.E. und Florian Meisenberg, citta di bologna, Cologne
Museum for…., Die Vitrine mit Anna K.E., Düsseldorf
Healthy children for a wealthy future, Kunstcodex with Anna K.E., Codex Partners, Munich
2006
Special Effects, American Apparel, Frankfurt
The Courtesy of Thorsten Eyer, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
Aus der Mitte entspringt ein Fluss, Sistig & Ostrowski Open Studios
2005
Copy your Idol, Kunsthalle Berlin Pankow (cat.)
Kleines Affektchen 3, Performance/Video-Event,Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Curatorial Projects & Lectures
2019
Artist talk, Hope Recycling Station, Prague
Open Critique UMPRUM, Prague
2018
Open Critique & Colloqium, Kunstakademie Duesseldorf
Open Critique & Colloqium, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
2017
Artist talk, HFG, Offenbach
2016
On Material Digital, ICA Philadelphia
VR-workshop with Tommy Martinez, ICA Philadelphia
Virtual Enterprises, ICA Philadelphia
NYU visiting artist lecture, and round table, Artist talk & critique
Cafe Sparta Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2015
Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden, Contemporary Painting Symposium, The New Museum, New York
Aus & Vortragen, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln
Cafe Sparta, Critique with Anna K.E., Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2014
Nachtfoyer, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Lecture, Pratt University, New York
Lecture & Workshop, Prague Art Academy
2013
Performative Minute, KW Kunstwerke, Berlin
2012
New York Studio Residency Program lecture & critique, New York, NY
2010
Concept and organization of “Exkurse” student lecture series at Düsseldorf Kunstakademie
Concept and organization of “Sommerrundgang 2010” at Düsseldorf Kunstakademie,
2009
“A lecture to the cows”, part of a lecture series given at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
2008
Concept and organization of “Sommerrundgang 2008” at Düsseldorf Kunstakademie
Concept and organization together with Anna K.E. of “the vision of tomorrow, today”, part of a lecture series given at Düsseldorf Kunstakademie
2007
Organization of the group exhibition “The courtesy of Thorsten Eyer”, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
Publications
2018
Somewhere sideways, down, at an angle, but very close, (artist book), editor Uta Grosenick, Distanz Verlag
Myths of the Marble, editors Milena Hoegsberg & Alex Klein, Sternberg Press
2017
Dolby 307 UMPRUM 2010-2017, Prague
Shared Spaces, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
2016
ICH, ed. by Martina Weinhart and Max Hollein, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, p.113–114.
2015
Deiss, Amely and Kunstpalais Erlangen, Save the Data! Von Kunst und Datenträgern, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen
Painting Now, Editor Suzanne Hudson, Thames & Hudson, London
2013
HTTP:WWW.LIVELEAK.COM/VIEW?!=366_1344438832, (monograph), editor Uta Grosenick, Distanz Verlag
LUBOK Solo, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig
2012
“Rising, young artists to keep an eye on”, editor Olaf Salié with a Preface by Prof. Dr. Harald Falckenberg,
2011
Writing shit about new snow for the rich is not art!, ed. Reinhard Spieler, Wilhelm-Hack Museum Ludwigshafen am Rhein, text: Florian Meisenberg. Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung, Walther König.
2009
If you stare on this painting for 72 hours you will loose 4.5 pounds, ed. Tanja Pol. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen, texts: Oliver Tepel, Gia Edzgveradze, Kathrin Luz, Kettler Verlag.
2007
Obviously small misunderstandings, Villa de Bank, Enschede NL. Text: Catrin Lorch.
Awards and Scholarships
2013
Kunstpreis Junger Westen
2012
Arbeitsstipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds in Bonn
2010
NRW Förderpreis für junge Künstlerinnen & Künstler
NRW Travelscholarship
DAAD Annual Scholarship for North America
2009
Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Maine
Grant Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bonn
2008
“Young Artists on the Road” prize of the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
“Audi Art Award” for progressive performance for a project titled Gallery Hasen with Anna K.E.
2006
Travel Scholarship, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen
Bibliography
2019
Paterson, Claudia. “Anna K.E. and Florian Meisenberg – Open Source,” King Kong, Vol. 7, February, 2019.
2018
Rostovsky, Peter. “Florian Meisenberg”, Bomb Magazine, Summer 2018. Print.
Catherine Cross, “Review on Beautiful New Worlds”, Flash Art, January 2018
2017
Wiley, Chris : “Different Pace”, frieze.com, 25 October 2017.
Schons, Donna: “Virtuelle Realität im Museum. Gespür im Sitzsack”, taz.de, 15 October 2017.
2016
Smolik, Noemi, Review in Artforum, December 2016
Rosengarten, Sarah, “Conversation with Florian Meisenberg”, kubaparis, October 2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
Coomer, Martin, “Florian Meisenberg”, Time Out London
Nanny, Mallory, “The Absence of External Frames: Florian Meisenberg, Kate MacGarry, London”, Aesthetica Magazine, June 8
Stipanovich, Alexandre, “Florian Meisenberg at Art Since the Summer of ’69”, Opening Ceremony New News, posted Monday, February 28, 2011
2010
Rathgeber, Pirrko, “Florian Meisenberg”, FlashArt, number 270, January/February