SHORT INFO
Thorsten Brinkmann (*1971 in Herne, lives in Hamburg)has been working for many years with the objet trouvé, which is the starting point for all his works. He questions the supposedly fixed meanings of things and the much-discussed life of things themselves. Brinkmann seeks contact with the objects, or rather, the objects find him. Because this approach is often playful and subordinate to a certain principle of chance. The artist does not specifically search for the objects for his artworks, he encounters them, tests out what happens when he makes contact with them and then experiments with the possibilities of appropriation, reorganization, playful use and transformation.
Brinkmann's work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad (ICP /New York, Andy Wahrhol Museum /Pittsburgh, Museum of Arts Stockholm, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Kunsthalle Bremen...) and is represented in numerous institutions, including the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Sammlung Falckenberg, Museo de San Carlos/Mexcio City, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der BRD.
Brinkmann's works can currently be seen in the exhibitions "Dix and the Present" (Deichtorhallen Hamburg) and "Cindy Sherman: Anti-Fashion" (Falckenberg Collection/Deichtorhallen).
VITA
1971 born in Herne, lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
1994 - 1997 Study of Visual Communication, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Prof. Floris Neusüss
1997 - 2002 Fine Arts, Hamburg University of Fine Arts, Prof. Bernhard Johannes Blume
2002 Diploma in Fine Arts, Hamburg University of Fine Arts
2002 - 2004 Postgraduate studies in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Prof. Franz Erhard Walther
www.thorstenbrinkmann.com
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
| 2023 | Thorsten Brinkmann: Many wastes to go, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Berlin, Germany |
| 2022 | Thorsten Brinkmann: Kastell Inn, Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim, Germany |
| 2021 | Thorsten Brinkmann - STRAPONSKY, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2020 | Trasher Island, Herbert-Gerisch Foundation, Neumünster, Germany |
| 2019 | ART Berlin - Solo presentation with Gallery Mathias Guentner, Hamburg | Berlin La Vie en RoseRock, Otterndorf, Municipal Gallery |
| 2018 | Farce Satrape, Center Photographique Rouen Normandie, Rouen, France Life is funny, my deer, GEM - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands Der Gaukler, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst |
| 2017 | Life is funny, my deer, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Volta NY, New York PARADIECLIPSE, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2016 | Paradieclipse, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium La Vie en RoseRock, Gemeente Museum, Helmond, NL The Great Cape Rinderhorn, BePart, platform for contemporary art, Waregem, Belgium The Great Cape Rinderhorn, Art Gallery of Rice University, Houston, Texas |
| 2015 | Lautes Schweigen, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen SUPRA Novali, Pablo's Birthday Gallery, New York |
| 2014 | Junk de Luxe & the Canaries, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Warfare Canaries, Flanders Field Museum, Ypres, Belgium Palais für zeitgenössische Kunst, Glückstadt La Vie en RoseRock, JaLiMa Collection, Düsseldorf |
| 2013 | Kaffee dü Welt, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven ViLLaRia, house installation, Pittsburgh, USA Mexican Style, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg La vie en RoseRock, Pablos Birthday Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2012 | Amanacer, Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico Grand Duc im Säuls, Galerie Feldbuschwiesner, Berlin |
| 2011 | Extradosis, Kunsthalle zu Kiel Fingers, Dogs & Dents, Finkenwerder Art Prize, Kunsthaus Hamburg Sammel Coal Bucket Helmet Replacement, Kunstverein Augsburg ERNIE & SE KING, Griffelkunst Hamburg, 5th Triennial of Photography, Hamburg |
| 2010 | Studiomove, Kolbe Museum, Berlin Milchmädchen im Obergeschoss, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2009 | Studioblüten, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin |
| 2008 | Entree, Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland GEM Museum voor Actuelle Kunst, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 2007 | Palais d'Edelwall, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland Table zi bäng, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin Casa Rotti, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg Good things take time, Autostadt Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg 2006 Alles hat kein Ende, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin Salon, Galerie White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg |
| 2005 | True Romans, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg Zwischenstand, Künstlerhaus Frise, Hamburg |
| 2003 | Suchen Sammeln Bewerben, Galerie KX, Hamburg |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
| 2023 | CINDY SHERMAN - ANTI-FASHION, Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Falckenberg Collection, Germany Dix and the Present, Deichtorhallen, Halle für aktuelle Kunst, Hamburg, Germany Private Views, Museum La Boverie, Liege, Belgium A PRO POT, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek MUDEL, Belgium Faces Cachées, La Manufacture Musée de la mémoire et de la création textile, Roubaix, France Vermeer and the Present, Europäischer Kunstverein e.V. , Quartier 205, Berlin, Germany Paris Photo 2023, with Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France Summer in the City 2023, Martin Asbaeck Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Unseen, with Gallery Hopstreet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Positions Berlin Art Fair, with Mathias Güntner Gallery, Aiport Tempelhof , Berlin, Germany Pablo's 21st Birthday: The Anniversary Exhibition, Pablo's Birthday Gallery, NYC, USA Les Marcel - Collection R.PATT, Museum Botanique, Brussels, Belgium Moon Forest and the Impossible May - 50 years Roosen-Trinks Collection, Im WITTKIELHOF, Angeln, Germany The Phair, Photo Art Fair Turin, Solo presentation with Anita Beckers Gallery, Italy Showroom 05, FeldbuschwiesnerRudolph Gallery, Berlin, Germany Art Brussels, with Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium LE BATEAU IVRE, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany RATP`s Invite, 10 Years Fisheye Magazine, Paris, France |
| 2022 | Le Parti pris des choses, Centre photographique Rouen Normandie, Rouen, France Sunset. A Celebration of the Sinking Sun, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany Paris Photo 2022, with Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France In Between, Gallery Feldbuschwiesnerrudolph, Berlin, Germany Winter Presentation, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark "CITY - COUNTRY - CONNECTIVITY" Collection ROOSEN-TRINKS, Im WITTKIELHOF, Angeln, Germany Hypnopomp, HilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany 211 km, Maxus 101, Augustenborg Project, Denmark Breathe a sigh of relief, Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, Germany Maxus 101, Augustenborg Project, Augustenborg, Denmark Rohkunstbau 2022, Altdoebern Castle, Germany Summer in the City 2022, , Martin Asbaeck Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Overdose, Design Museum Holon, Israel Who let the dogs out, Gerisch-Stiftung Neumünster, Cafe, Germany 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2022, CHARLOTTE MARCH and Positions of the Falckenberg Collection, Deichtorhallen, Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg / Harburg, Germany Art for Peace, Galerie Schimming, Hamburg, Germany AMBIGUITY OF THE OBJECTS, Galleria Fumagalli, Milano, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Milano, Italy Expo Chicago, with Pablo's Birthday Gallery, NY, at Navy Pier, Chicago, USA Art Karlsruhe 2022, with Anita Beckers Gallery, Germany Mixed Tape, Feldbuschwiesnerrudolph Gallery, Berlin, Germany L'ÉTÉ Photo de Lectoure, Center d'art et de photographie de Lectoure, France Art Brussels, with Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium PORTRAITS/MASKS/COVERINGS, Roosen-Trinks Collection, Im WITTKIELHOF, Angeln, Germany Blue Jeans - KULT. KOMMERZ. KUNST, Museum of Cultural History Osnabrück, Germany Photographic Collection, , Schloss Kummerow, Kummerow, Germany |
| 2021 | Miart, Galleria Fumagalli, Milan, Italy Irony - Temporality - Deplacement, Galleria Fumagalli, Dennis Oppenheim , Anne & Patrick Poirier, Thorsten Brinkmann, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Milano, Italy Cast in Eternity, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Unseen, with Gallery Hopstreet, Photofair, Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer in the City, Martin Asbaeck Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Awakening, Pablos Birthday Gallery, New York Crisis Poetry, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Berlin, Germany "OUTSIDEINSIDE - 20 Years Herbert Gerisch-Foundation", Neumünster, Germany Bicycle body, Haus Coburg, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany Thorsten Brinkmann - Anton Corbijn, ARCO 2021 / May, E-xhibitions, Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany - Spain broken Romantik, Kunstforum51, Hamburg, Germany I - Between image and reinvention, Gallery Stihl, Waiblingen, Germany "LIVING TOGETHER- CROSSING BORDERS", THE 4th MEDITERRANEAN BIENNALE, HAIFA and SAKHNIN, Israel Artists Packages - the art of unwrapping & using -, Noroomgallery, Hamburg, Germany Kummerow Castle Photographic Collection, Kummerow, Germany KLEUREYCK - Van Eyck's Colors in Design, Le Tripostal, Lille, France conditio humana, Heinrich W.Risken Foundation, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany "Fliegen and friends", Goldene Pforte, Dresden, Germany |
| 2020 | Kleureyck - Van Eyck's Colors in Design, Design Museum Gent, Belgium |
| 2019 | Der HOODIE, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands Salondergegenwart, Hamburg Postcard Reloaded, Kunstraum Potsdam Der naive Krieg, Zitadelle Berlin Club Solo, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag at Club Solo, Breda, Club Solo, Netherlands Faszination Gesicht, Vögele Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon, Schweitz MASK- Art of Transformation, Kunstmuseum Bonn |
| 2018 | Lustwarande - Brief Encounters 2018, platform for contemporary sculpture, Tilburg, Netherlands Zwischen Jetzt und Damals, Norwood Club, New York, USA Uncovered - Sinneswandel im Portrait, Stiftung Schloss Eutin Collection, 1-3-5, Place des Deportes, Liège, Belgium Gesichtslos - Privatsphäre. Verführung. Suveillance, Gallery of the Austrian Kulturforum Berlin Humor und Subversion, Forum Künstlernachlässe, Sootbörn, Hamburg |
| 2017 | Portrait. Jonas Burgert and Thorsten Brinkmann in dialog, Galerie W, Osnabrück Twinkle Of An Eye, Pablo's Birthday, New York City, NY USA Artist's Books. The Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Das Gesicht. Eine Spurensuche, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden Beckett war hier!, Westwerk Hamburg Künstlerbücher für alles, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Museum Weserburg, Bremen Unbeschreiblich surreal - Meret Oppenheim und Gefährten, Kunstsammlung Neubrandenburg Tu sais ce qu'elle a dit...ma concierge?!, Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, France Innenraum. Die Außenwelt der Innenwelt, Schloss Agathenburg Warum bin ich eigentlich deutsch?, Kunstverein Wiesen, Schloss Wiesen BRICOLAGE. Bastler und Mustertücher, wildes Denken und Kunst, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt News from the collection. Donations and new acquisitions, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven |
| 2016 | Zodiaco, Marsèlleria, Milan, Italy Kyoto International Film and Arts Festival, Kyoto, Japan BIP - Biennale de l'image possible, Liège, Belgium Collection presentation "Gebrochen Deutsch", Kunsthalle zu Kiel Month of Photography 2016, Minsk, Belarus Art Brussels 2016, Brussels, Belgium Besser Scheitern, Internationale Tage Ingelheim, Museum bei der Kaiserpfalz, Ingelheim am Rhein #1 Magie der Dinge. Von der Tücke des Objekts, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Unbekannte Porträts, Hopstreet Gallery, Brüssel, Belgien ICH, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main I. North German self-portraits from 100 years, Stade Museums |
| 2015 | Wild.Animals in Contemporary Photography, Plaza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gute Kunst? Want!", Open at AEG, Nuremberg Month of Photography in Minsk 2015, Minsk, Belarus Interieur. Fremde Dinge in vertrauten Räumen, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg Vom Großen und Ganzen - Teil 2, Sammlung Haus N der Herbert-Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster De Burgermeester van Veurne, EMERGENTgalerie, Veuerne, Netherlands Bittersüße Zeiten. Barock und Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg Cover, Selekta Studio 1 / Ingo Shepper, Hamburg HIWAR, Arab Museum of Contemporary Art in Sakhnin, Israel Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland Beyond Borders, Beaufort Triennale 2015, Belgium Black Bandits, #lützow #liberation wars #napoleon #waterloo, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin Of the Big Picture Part 1, Collection House N of the Herbert-Gerisch-Foundation, Neumünster SELF-JUSTICE THROUGH FEELINGS - New acquisitions from the FALCKENBERG Collection |
| 2011- 2014 | Falckenberg Collection/Deichtorhallen Hamburg Plötzliche Änderung der Idee. Eine Ausstellung zur vergleichenden Studie zwischen chinesischer und deutscher Konzeptkunst, United Art Museum Wuhan, China Mao Se Dun Kai (Plötzlich erleuchtet) - Chinesisch-Deutsche Konzeptkunst Vergleichende Studienausstellung, United Art Museum Wuhan, China Art Rotterdam 2015, Rotterdam, Netherlands ZONA MACO 2015, Mexico City Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico Gesichtslos, De Markten, Brüssel, Belgien Against Nature - Photo 50, London Art Fair 2015, Business Design Centre, London, UK |
| 2014 | Subreal Worlds, Port Gallery, Osaka, Japan Casino World Gear Village, Hamburg_Shanghai, Hall 4, Hamburg/Oberhafen Statement 1: Neue Fotografie aus Deutschland, Goethe Galerie, Hongkong, China Bittersüße Zeiten. Barock und Gegenwart in der Sammlung SØR Rusche Oelde, Berlin The 4th Biennial of Meditations, Poznan, Poland Wild - Tiere in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Alfred Erhardt Stiftung, Berlin Capita Selecta, Broelmusem, Kortrijk, Belgium Happy Warriors, Part IV, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg Gesichtslos, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Niederlande KIK One, Kino International, Berlin Waar het allemaal begon..., Villa Mondrian, the Netherlands |
| 2013 | Re-Orientation, Mediterranean Biennale in Sakhin, Israel Mythos Wagner, Klinger Forum, Leipzig Present Tense Future Perfect, Feldbuschwiesner Gallery, Berlin Gesichtslos, Quartier 21, Wien, Österreich L`Ile de Montmajour, Abbaye de Montmajour, France 1.pers.sing./ Künstlerkörper zwischen Selbstporträt und Performance, b-05, Montabour Museum Villa Mondrian, Niederlande Kunst uit Prive-Bezit, City Museum Schippershof Menen, Belgium Salon Sandy, Pablo's Birthday Gallery, New York City, USA |
| 2012 | Factory Direct, The Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA Alice im Wunderland der Kunst, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg To Begin Is To Be Half Done, Busanstation, Busan, South Korea Annual gifts, Kunstverein Schwerin Wild - Tiere in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Old Omaha Association / The Moving Gallery, Omaha, USA CONVOY BERLIN, Veszprém Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary CONVOY BERLIN, Biksady Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Fassade, Middelburg, the Netherlands Ironic, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim Bissingen Alice im Wunderland, Fotomuseum Helsinki im ESPACIO DE CREACIÓN, Finnland CONTEMPORANEA (ECCO), Cádiz, Spanien Still Standing Things, from the SøR Rusche Collection, Museum Abtei Liesborn (dis)Placements, Hamburger Kunstwoche Gästeliste, Galerie Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst Common Ground, Gloria Berlin, Berlin |
| 2011 | SCHNITTE IM RAUM.Skulpturale Collagen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen Alice im Wunderland, Fotomuseum Helsinki im Kulturzentrum Locomo, Turku, Finnland Zero Portrait, Zink Gallery, Berlin Panoramic, Feldbuschwiesner Gallery, Berlin Starving artist super star, Archive Books, Berlin Ironic, Kunstpalais Erlangen Aus dem Sinn, Museum Wlokiennictwa, Lodz, Polen Shadows of the Bright, Berlin Art Project/Showroom, Berlin Annual editions 2011, Kunsthalle zu Kiel Happy Warriors, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg Redefine Readymade, Kunstverein Schwerin Velden Art Prize, Leimen Art Association Das Ohr von Giacometti, Galerie Levy, Hamburg .tmp, Phonix -BB , Berlin |
| 2010 | Wechselnde Zeiten - Neue Welten, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Niederlande Annual Editions 2010, Kunstverein Hamburg Das Fundament in der Kunst", Hans Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck Fernsicht: Neue Videokunst aus Europa, das Beste von Loop, Museum of Arts Santa Monica Barcelona, Spain Fernbetrachtung: Neue Videokunst aus Europa, das Beste von Loop, Pazific Design Center, Los Angeles, USA Fernbetrachtung: Neue Videokunst aus Europa, das Beste von Loop, Museum der Künste, Stockholm, Schweden walking the borderline, sculpture exhibition of the Kunstverein Erfurt, Peterskirche Erfurt Opening, Elisa Plateau Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Cover Up, ModernTape, Berlin Art Biesenthal, Berlin Jumble, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Calling Beauty, Columbia University, Ohio, USA Außer Kontrolle, 7. Int. Biennale of Photography and Fine Arts in Liège, Grand Curtius Museum, Belgium Collection presentation, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Netherlands Karaoke-Plattform 2010, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Schweiz Milchmädchen im Obergeschoss, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg Sterne und Modelle", Internationales Fotofestival Knokke, Belgien Lost in Summer", White Trash Gallery, Hamburg International Meeting for Contemporary Art, Santa Lucia, Venezuela Die Stiftung in der Kunst, Gustav Marcks Museum Bremen Index, nomination for the Index Artprice, Kunsthaus Hamburg |
| 2009 | Dresscode, ICP New York, International Video and Photo Festival in NYC, USA On Portrait 01, Gallery Kunstagenten Berlin Stillife, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Netherlands Das Fundament in der Kunst, Städtische Museen Heilbronn National Museum Sana ́a, Sana ́a, Yemen Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA Art Biesenthal, Berlin Twinism, AD & D Gallery, Osaka, Japan XXth Century, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Netherlands Spotlight , Museum of Modern Art Mönchsberg, Austria Acquired & Admired: Collectables 3 - Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 2008 | System Mensch, Museum of Modern Art Salzburg, Austria We call it Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg Seven, Gallery Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium People, Spirits & Ghosts: Portraits, Gallery Nouvelle Image, The Hague, Netherlands Who are you ?, Gallery Adler, New York, USA Ding Nova, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium |
| 2007 | DLD Collection, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Netherlands Schering Stiftung Award for Fine Arts, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin Hamburg Stipendiaten, Kunsthaus Hamburg Schöne Grüße aus Hohenlockstedt, Kunsthaus Hohenlockstedt The Last Blue Sky, Gallery Mother's Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland |
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS
| 2014 | Artist in Residence, Field Museum, Ypres, Belgium |
| 2012 | Artist Resident, Andy Warhol Museum, Pitsburgh, USA |
| 2012 | Lecture at the International Center of Photography ICP, New York, USA |
| 2011 | Artprice Finkenwerder 2011 Lecture at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel |
| 2010 | Lecture at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel |
| 2009 | Artist Residents, German House Sanaa & Aden, Goethe-Institut in Yemen |
| 2009 | Lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland |
| 2006 | Scholarship, City of Hamburg |
| 2005 | Project grant for PILOT:2, London, Cultural Office Germany |
| 2001 | 2nd prize, art in architecture competition LVA, Hamburg |
| 2000 | Project scholarship, Friends of the University of Fine Arts Hamburg |
COLLECTIONS
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Collection of the Bundeskunsthalle Germany, Falkenberg Collection, Collection Museo de San Carlos, Mexcio City, Collection Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Collection Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Rusche Collection, Collection of the Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Mont Blanc Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands, Pieter and Marieke Sanders Collection, Aerdenhout, Netherlands, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, Roosen-Trinks Collection, Caron Collection, France