Franziska Reinbothe

Short Info

Franziska Reinbothe (*1980 in Berlin) experiments with the means of painting. Instead of using the canvas solely for the application of paint, she goes far beyond this. She cuts, folds, sews and perforates the canvas, breaks the stretcher frame and plays with different fabrics. Reinbothe is concerned with the process of finding the image itself, with exploration and the question: What actually happens when...? Reinbothe is represented in numerous collections, including the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden and the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. www.franziska-reinbothe.de





Study

2010/13 Master student at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB Leipzig)
2010 Diploma Painting / Fine Arts
2007 Erasmus semester at the Bergen University of Art and Design/Norway
2005/10 Studied painting/graphics (HGB Leipzig)
2003/05 Studies in the Department of Media Art (HGB Leipzig)

Awards

2024 Residence at CCA Andratx, Mallorca
2021 Work grant Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop
Works purchased by the Foundation of the Hamburg Art Collections
2020 Acquisition of works by the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany
2018 Nomination for the Rostock Art Prize 2018 2016 Wilhelm Morgner Scholarship, Soest
2015 Work scholarship Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow
2014 Works purchased by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, Dresden
2013 Nomination for the Wilhelm Morgner Prize, Soest
Artist in Residence Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025 Bestform, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg (upcoming)
2023 Above the Fold, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Berlin
Unfolding a Line, gr_und, Berlin
2022 Expansion of Possibilities II, Städtische Galerie Paderborn Strategies of Image Finding, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart
2021 zu Bildern kommen, GALERIE ALBER, Cologne
the reason why we, Goldberg Galerie, Munich
setzen, stellen, legen, Flottmanhallen, Herne
Bildräume, Galerie Kim Behm, Mannheim
Formen geben, Neue Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Gera precisely repaired, Galerie Evelyn Drewes, Hamburg
2020 Expanding the possibilities, Paderborn Municipal Gallery
geordnete Verhältnisse, Gallery Alber, Cologne
2019 on closer inspection, Kunstverein Lüneburg 2018 Measuring forces, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025 ...and also the flowers Kunstmuseum im Marstall, Schloss Neuhaus Paderborn
Dear Future Me, Galerie Thomas Rehbein, Cologne
2024 color, surface, form, Basement, Berlin
The Burkhard Brunn Collection, h8h.space, Frankfurt/Main
Through the Veils ARDEN+WHITE Gallery, New Canaan/US
Fatmah, Contemporary Cluster, Rome/IT
Piece of Cake #1, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg
BETWEEN WHITE WALLS..., PEAC Museum, Freiburg
Once In A Blue Moon, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg
2023 in motion, Kunsthalle Leipzig e.V.
rough manners, Galerie Gisela Clement, BonnNot for $ale, Basel/CH
Links - A look into the collection #6, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
the future has an orange background, Not for $ale, Basel/CH
NO ILLUSIONS. PAINTING IN SPACE, Hamburger Kunsthalle
2022 VIERMALVIER, Hamburger Kunsthalle Spielzeit #2, Museum Morsbroich
Where our strength lies - 50 women artists from the GDR, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
START22, GoldbergGalerie, München
in transit, GALERIE ALBER, Köln
Material in the room, Agathenburg Castle
2021 may the soul not be as balloons, Galerie CRONE, Wien/AT
Color that conquers space, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart
2020 from dawn till dusk / update, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover if yesterday was tomorrow what is today, BODE Projects, Berlin nearby – wie Bilder zeigen, PEAC Museum, Freiburg i. Br. Before was always now, Hamburger Kunsthalle
The absurd beauty of space, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Crisis, what crisis?, Port25, Mannheim
holding a self-contained secret, Pavilion Contemporary Art, Watou/BE Jetzt! Young Painting in Germany, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
implicit movement, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerpen/BE
2019 invited by // part two, Galerie Robert Drees, Hanover in the Garden of Colors, PEAC Museum, Freiburg i. Br.
Now! Young Painting in Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/Museum Gunzenhauser
re-define relief, Kunstverein Schwerin
2018 Who loves the Sun, Pictura, Dordrecht/NL
Backstage – The rear Side, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin und Galerie Thomas Rehbein, Köln

Collections

Collection of contemporary art of the Federal Republic of Germany Collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Collection of the PEAC Museum Freiburg i. Br.
Collection of the Kunsthalle Rostock Städtischer Kunstbesitz der Stadt Soest Sammlung Schloss Plüschow, Wismar
and private collections in Germany and abroad

Teaching

2022 Participation in the symposium Acts of Painting, Kunsthalle Gent/BE
2021 Curatorial management of the Kunstverein Lüneburg
since WS 2019 Artistic assistant at the Department of Painting/Graphics (HGB Leipzig)
since 2018 Member of Art Hacking® - Art impulses for innovation and leadership with Prof. Berit Sandberg, Berlin
2016/today Lectures, seminars and workshops (e.g. Burg Giebichenstein, Halle; Hochschule für Künste, Bremen; Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin; Freie Kunstakademie Mannheim)

Publications

2024 Carte Blanche, Salon Verlag Köln (S)
2023 come to pictures, monograph (S)
Here is the present, Hamburger Kunsthalle (G)
Unfolding a Line, Berlin (D)
2022 Expansion of Possibilities, Paderborn (D) Acts of Painting, Grafische Cel, Gent/BE (G)
Ensuite culture magazine (Jan. 22), Bern/CH (G) PARNASS art magazine UP & COMING, Vienna/AT (G)
2019 Now! Young Painting in Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (G)
FOA – Friend of the Artist Volume 9, Dallas/USA (G)
on closer inspection, Kunstverein Lüneburg (S)
ArtMaze Magazine, Winter Issue 11, Curated Selection, London/GB (G)
2018 Kräfte messen, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest (S)