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a good night, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, 2009

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At his first solo exhibition at Christian Ehrentraut Grözinger presents a series of grotesque landscapes. Mutant figures of earlier works are no longer visible on Grözinger’s canvases, but machine-like fortresses, abandoned industrial artefacts, satellites and burning city skylines bear signs of alien, post-apocalyptic civilisations. Grözinger observes the isolated islands of his paintings as if through spy holes. Using acrylic paint with strong brushstrokes, crayons and spray paint, he tilts perspectives and changes horizon lines constantly. Archaic-technoid cultures are introduced with diffuse light conditions and full of dark humour.


Philip Grözinger was born in Braunschweig in 1972. He attended the Braunschweig University of Art and was Meisterschüler of Prof. Karl Schulz. His works have been exhibited in numerous venues.
   

Philip Grözinger

1972 born in Braunschweig, Germany

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1990 - 1998
Hochschule für Bildene Kuenste, Braunschweig

1998
Meisterschueler with Prof. Karl Schulz

Grants

1998
Working Grant of Niedersachsen

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Ebenbein und Elfenholz, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2010
You used to have all the answers, Umtrieb Galerie, Kiel

2009
Wastelands, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin

2007
Achtung Angeber, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin

2005
Tainment, NGBK, Berlin

2003
Preperception, Galerie Engler & Piper, Berlin
Preperception II, Schikaneder-Kunstverein, Vienna

2002
On / Off, Galerie Engler & Piper, Berlin

2001
Erfolgreiche Prachtstuecke, Delicious Artspace, Berlin
Klub N + K, Kampnagel, Hamburg

2000
Galerie Wewerka, Berlin

1999
Galerie LAB, Copenhangen
Aesthetics instead of Styling, C4 Galerie für Internationale Kunst, Berlin

Group Exhibitions

2012
Tysk vår, Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Schweden
NO.TOWN beyond the wall: berlin artists in detroit, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit
Kathrine Ærtebjerg - Her stomach is an oven that burns the world & Philip Grözinger - Einen intensiven Moment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
ALLES WASSER, SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
reKOLLEKT. A Retrospective of Perspectives from Selected Eclected - 9 Jahre PARTY ARTY: Kunst im Leben- Leben in Kunst, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
"Stillstehende Sachen" aus der Sammlung SOR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn

2011
Ohne Gewehr, LADEN FUER NICHTS, Leipzig
Donetsk goes Contemporary, Art Point Donetsk Parcours, Halle 20 AEG Nürnberg
The Artist as Curator's Art, Schau Fenster, Berlin
Backstage Riders, Tagesspiegelgebäude, Berlin
Search and Destroy, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin

2010
Viehl Dolkers, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
Night of the Pawn, Werkschauhalle 12, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
Hostile Aestetik Takeover, Appartement, Berlin
Gewalten, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
Radical Adults, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Hypernatural, Halle am Wasser, Berlin
Moloch, Cheltenham-Haus, Goettingen

2009
Wer von hinten malt hat mehr davon, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
Die Information, die da drinnen steckt, ist grossartig, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Das Unheimliche, Modularhaus, Berlin
On Paper, Galerie Wendt + Friedmann, Berlin
Zwei Dumme ein Gedanke, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig

2007
Something new Pussycat?, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin
Accrochage!!, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin
Grand Opening, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg

2006
Schweben Fliegen, Kunstverein Tuebingen

2005
2. Videonale Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn

2002
Your membership has expired, Pavillion der Volksbuehne, Berlin

2000
Berlininternationale, Schikaneder-Kunstverein, Vienna
Austriaobrazy za 1000 korun, Galerie NO–D, Prague

1999
Galerie Brasilika, Vienna
Niedersaechsische Druckgrafik–Triennale, Schloss Bevern

1998
Playhard!, Galerie imStall, Berlin

   

Philip Grözinger

Christian Ehrentraut
Friedrichstr. 123
10117 Berlin
Germany

+49-30- 44038385
+49-30- 44038385
ce@christianehrentraut.com
www.christianehrentraut.com

   





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