Bio

Critically engaging with the workings of entertainment and commercialised experiences, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann seeks the intersection between early cultural forms and today’s popular performance formats. Fuelled by his interest in natural sciences, the artist uses fossiles, fake mummies or younger but already outdated technology to question our notion and relation to history, time, and the present. Comprising large-scale installations, performances, series of ceramic objects, the usage of odour and prints and drawings, among other forms, Frohne-Brinkmann’s practice is broad in its use of techniques and media. Pervading all the works is a humorous, detailed link of prehistoric and current contexts and cultures.

Exhibitions

2024

The Bird Show ERES Foundation Munich, DE

Prop and Predator (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE

The Park as Lover Lantz’scher Skulpturenpark Düsseldorf, DE

Rayon Jouets Hangar Y Meudon, FR

Die Schönheit der Dinge. Stillleben von 1900 bis heute Kunsthalle Emden Emden, DE

2023

Kunstpreis "junger westen" 2023 Kunsthalle Recklinghausen Recklinghausen, DE

à contretemps LambdaLambdaLambda Prishtina, XK

Appeal to Nature (solo) 14a Hamburg, DE

Love Letters Galerie Gabriele Senn Vienna, AT

Rattlesnake Retreat (solo) Polina Stroganova Projects Mexico City, MX

2022

Manche trugen Federn ERES Foundation Munich, DE

Earmouse (solo) ABC Hamburg, DE

Ready to pair (solo) Oldenburger Kunstverein Oldenburg, DE

2021

wild/schön Kunsthalle Emden Emden, DE

ILOVEYOU (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE

2020

In the unlikely event of fire (solo) Kunstverein Reutlingen Reutlingen, DE

Backdrop (solo) Imagine the City Hamburg, DE

Fragments of Friendship (solo) 14a Hamburg, DE

Eifersucht Parliament Paris, FR

Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann mit John Waters Jürgen Becker Galerie Hamburg, DE

Stipendiaten-Ausstellung Deichtorhallen/Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg, DE

2019

You-Know-Who (solo) Kunstpalais Erlangen Erlangen, DE

Good Service 14a Hamburg, DE

I offer no explanation (solo) Klosterfelde Edition Berlin, DE

Corpse Flowers (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE

2018

Schmutzige Papageien (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE

Cave Art Comeback (solo) Kunsthalle Bremerhaven Bremerhaven, DE

Dr. Perversi Caletta Zurich, CH

Everything has been done 2 Forde Geneva, CH

P-A-N-T-S-D-O-W-N Dortmunder Kunstverein Dortmund, DE

2017

A New Low (solo) Stadtmuseum Oldenburg Oldenburg, DE

WE HAVE A T-REX (solo) artothek - Raum für junge Kunst Cologne, DE

Paleo Quake Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, DE

Dr. Perversi (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE

Noch Schöner Wohnen Jürgen Becker Galerie Hamburg, DE

Corpse Flowers (solo) Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden Wiesbaden, DE

Digesting Notes Skulpturinstitut Vienna, AT

Corpse Flowers Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, DE

2016

What I claim as new (solo) Jürgen Becker Galerie Hamburg, DE

2015

Dazwischentreten Künstlerhaus Bremen Bremen, DE

It's more like an elevator Werkschau Halle 12/Spinnerei Leipzig, DE

Kunststudentinnen und Kunststudenten stellen aus Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, DE

2014

New Address NEW ART CLUB Berlin, DE

Cliffhanger (solo) NEW ART CLUB Berlin, DE

OFF SEASON (solo) Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg, DE

Biennale Regard Benin Cotonou, BN

2012

Am Piano (solo) Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof Hamburg, DE

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