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 Fuelled by his interest in natural sciences, the artist uses fossiles, fake mummies or younger but already outdated technology to question our notion and relation to history, time, and the present.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
2023
Rattlesnake Retreat (solo) Polina Stroganova Projects Mexico City, MX
Appeal to Nature (solo) 14a Hamburg, DE (forthcoming)
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
I offer no explanation (solo) Klosterfelde Edition Berlin, DE
You-Know-Who (solo) Kunstpalais Erlangen Erlangen, DE
Corpse Flowers (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE
Good Service 14a Hamburg, 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
Corpse Flowers Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, DE
A New Low (solo) Stadtmuseum Oldenburg Oldenburg, DE
WE HAVE A T-REX (solo) artothek - Raum für junge Kunst Cologne, DE
Digesting Notes Skulpturinstitut Vienna, AT
Noch Schöner Wohnen Jürgen Becker Galerie Hamburg, DE
VG Award Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, DE
Dr. Perversi (solo)Galerie Noah Klink Berlin DE
2016
What I claim as new (solo) Jürgen Becker Galerie Hamburg, DE
2015
It's more like an elevator Werkschau Halle 12/Spinnerei Leipzig, DE
Dazwischentreten Künstlerhaus Bremen Bremen, DE
Kunststudentinnen und Kunststudenten stellen aus Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, DE
2014
New Address NEW ART CLUB Berlin, DE
Biennale Regard Benin Cotonou, BN
Cliffhanger (solo) NEW ART CLUB Berlin, DE
OFF SEASON (solo) Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg, DE
2012
Am Piano (solo) Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof Hamburg, DE
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Works
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Crying Tiger 2021 various materials 165 × 136 × 72 cm 65 × 53 1/2 × 28 3/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann ILOVEYOU 2021 vintage computer, malware 42 × 42 × 18 cm 16 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann ILOVEYOU-1 2021 vintage computer, malware 36 × 42 × 18 cm 14 1/8 × 16 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann ILOVEYOU 2021 injet print on paper 46 × 61 cm 18 1/8 × 24 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Laser Therapy 2020 laser engraved Fujifilm Crystal Archive Paper, framed 61 × 45.5 cm 24 × 17 7/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Backdrop 2020 aluminium, steel, paint, clear lacquer, spotlight dimensions variable
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Carnivore-1 2020 glazed ceramics 62 × 52 × 24 cm 24 3/8 × 20 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Carnivore 2017 glazed ceramics 16.5 × 22.5 × 20.5 cm 6 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Corpse Flower 2019 glazed ceramics 26 × 53 × 33 cm 10 1/4 × 20 7/8 × 13 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Corpse Flower 2019 glazed ceramics 25 × 57 × 55 cm 9 7/8 × 22 1/2 × 21 5/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Paleo Quake 2017 various materials 135 × 236 × 116 cm 53 1/8 × 92 7/8 × 45 5/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Dirty Parrots 2018 discarded robotic parrots in three parts each 50 × 324 × 20 cm 19 5/8 × 127 1/2 × 7 7/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann +1-2 2015 UV print on honeycomb board, stainless steel dimensions variable
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann +1 2015 UV print on honeycomb board, stainless steel dimensions variable
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Dark Web 2 2020 16 polaroid photos 32 × 178 cm 12 5/8 × 70 1/8 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Surgical Drawing 5 2014 Faber Castell pitt artist pen on primed linen 65 × 40 cm 25 5/8 × 15 3/4 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Surgical Drawing 18 2014 Faber Castell pitt artist pen on primed linen 65 × 40 cm 25 5/8 × 15 3/4 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Surgical Drawing 10 2014 Faber Castell pitt artist pen on primed linen 65 × 40 cm 25 5/8 × 15 3/4 inches
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Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann Trolleys 2019 cardboard, paper maché, epoxy resin, paint 61 × 49 × 110 cm 24 × 19 1/4 × 43 1/4 inches