EVA BERENDES AND ARANTXA ETCHEVERRIAinstallation views selected works curriculum selected text
Gates and Windows (Small Architectures) Jun 22 - Jul 29 | 2022
EVA BERENDES
Born in 1974, Bonn, Germany
Living and working in Berlin
Education
- 2001-2002 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
- 1999-2001 MA Fine Art Hochschule der Künste, Berlin.
- 2000 Central St. Martin ́s College of Art and Design, London (Erasmus)
- 1995 -1998 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
Solo exhibitions
2023
- Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (Upcoming)
2022
- Gates and Windows, Solo duo with Arantxa Etcheverria, Casado Santapau, Madrid
2021
- Window Shopping, Kunstverein Siegen im Haus See, Germany.
2018
- Guards, Galerie Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main
- New architectural commission: Solidarity Screen, 2017/18, Trade Union Congress House, London.
2017
- Plaza, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, DE.
2016
- Galería Caado Santapau, Madrid.
- Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Wandhaff, Luxembourg.
2015
- Kunstraum Düsseldorf, two-person show with Ralf Werner, Dusseldorf.
- Stations, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin.
2014
- CRGGallery New York, NY
- Screens & Reliefs, Etage Projects, Copenhagen.
- Norma (with Andreas Bunte), Ancient & Modern, London
- Spring/Summer, CRGGallery, New York.
2013
- abc art berlin contemporary, solo presentation, Berlin.
- The Near Serendipitous Encounter, Van Horn, Dusseldorf.
- Figures & Routines, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main.
2012
- Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
2011
- ‘People and Events will be the Decoration’, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
- ‘New Reliefs’, Ancient & Modern, London
- Elisa Platteau & Cie, Brussels
2010
- ‘A Veil, A Shadow, A Bloom’, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin
- Eva Berendes & Michael Van den Abeele, Elisa Platteau Galerie, Brussels.
2009
- ‘Silk, Grids & Souvenirs’, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt /Main
- The Armory, New York, solo presentation, Jacky Strenz Galerie 2008 Eva Berendes / Günter Fruhtrunk, Arndt & Partner, Zürich (CH)
- ‘New Schubert Pink’, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin (D) 2008 Sommer & Kohl, Berlin
2007
- Ancient & Modern, London
- ‘Chess’, with Florian Baudrexel, The Reliance, London
2006
- ‘Jasmine and Trellis’, Galerie Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt /Main
- ‘Chess’, with FlorianBaudrexel, Adeline Morlon Art Direction, Düsseldorf.
2005
- ‘Reliefs’, Center, Berlin Goethe Institute, Dublin
Group exhibitions
2022
- Fragile Formationen, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin
- Collaborations, invited by Oliver Mark, Guardini Stiftung, Berlin
2021
- Transitive Objects (Coral What), COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf , Germany
- I saw the sign, Schau Fenster Berlin, Germany
2020
- Smoke a Grid like Grapevine does, Scharaun Project Space, Berlin, Germany
2019
- Color Field Object, Kunsthalle 1A, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Collection Night Berlin, ROCCA Foundation Berlin, Germany
- Journey to Italy, Palazzo Massetti di Cocina, San Daniele, Italy
2018
- Visions of Exchange, Daimler Collection, Berlin
2017
- 31 woman, Breese Little, London, UK .
- Reflecting Space, Kunsthaus Essen, DE.
- MICROSALON #7, Galerie L’Inlassable, Paris, FR.
2016
- French Connection_Perspectives on Support/Surface,KUNSTSAELE
- The transparent tortoise shell and the un-ripe umbrella(curated by Louise Briggs,
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, UK. - Sculptures, matières, matériaux, textures…, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, temporary location Sisa-Foetz, Luxembourg.
2015
- Perpetuum Mobile , Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
- Inside the City.GAK– Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
- Wo ist hier? #2: Raum und Gegenwart, Bildhauerei und Installation seit 2000, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen. Germany
- Bild und Anpassung, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg. Germany
- Neighbours, Whatspace at Studio Grundewald, Gand, Belgium.
- Synekisme/Groove Space stage design in collaboration with choreographer Sebastian Matthias Tanzhaus NRW, Dusseldorf.
- Kampnagel Hamburg.
- “<< <> >> (vol.2)” Super Dakota, Brussels.
2014
- Super Dakota, Brussels
- Grids, Gillmeier Rech, Berlin (DE)
- Le temps de la rentrée, Sommer & Kohl Berlin (DE)
- Size Matters, Current Perspectives on Minimalism, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, curated by Nathalie Zonnenberg (NL)
- Conversations around Marlow Moss, curated by Andrew Bick and Katrina Blannin, & Model, Leeds (GB)
- Bild und Anpassung, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt (DE)
- Screen Play, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow (GB)
- Interrogation Marks in the Blurred Grid, Czech Gallery, Berlin, curated by Matyáš Chochola and Alexandr Puškin (DE)
2013
- One from None, Autocenter, Berlin, DE.
- The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, A.
- Cabinet of Threads, Van Horn, Dusseldorf, DE.
- Nur hier – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
- Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, DE.
2012
- Brot und Salz, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, DE.
- Café des Glaces Salon, curatorial project by L’Éclair, Café des Glaces, Tonnerre, FR.
- Berlin Non Objective, SNOCentre, Sydney, AU.
- Sculpture Summer Show, CRGGallery, New York, US.
- A Stepping Stone, curated by SALTS, Autocenter, Berlin, DE
2011
- ‘Making is thinking’, Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL)
- ‘Madame ealism’, MARRES, Center for Contemporary Culture,Maastricht (NL)
- ‘Der Menschen Klee’, KIT, Düsseldorf (D)
- Eva Berendes, Meiro Koizumi, Hiroe Saeki, Jan Scharrelmann, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (JP)
2010
- Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8QP Tel/Fax +44 (0)20 7253 4550 www.ancientandmodern.org Ancient and Modern Ltd. Registered in England 05936151.
- ‘Construction and its Shadow’, curated by Andrew Bick, Leeds City Arts Gallery
- ‘Between the lines’, works by Eva Berendes and Zoe Paul, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex
- ‘The Long Dark’, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
- Group show, Elisa Platteau Galerie, Brussels
- ‘Amphisbaena’, Forgotton Bar/ Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
- INTER#4, Galerie Zink, München (D)
- ‘The Berlin Box’ (curated by Friederike Nymphius), Kunsthalle Andratx /CCA, Mallorca
- ‘Bilder über Bilder’, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig(Mumok), Wien.
2009
- ‘Objects, Furniture & Patterns’, Art Since the Summer of ’69, NY
- ‘Paper Moon’, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin
- Drawing Sculpture, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
- ‘The Long Dark’, International 3, Manchester & Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (cur. Michelle Cotton)
- ‘Les Formes Féminines’, Galerie de la Friche Belle de Mai Marseille
- ‘All that is solid melts into air, The Thing’, curated by Dieter Roelstraete, MuHKA Antwerp in collaboration with Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen
2008
- ‘rep’e.t’tion’, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
- ‘The Eternal Flame’, cur. Sabine Schaschl and Burkhard Melzer, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
- ‘minimal funktional’, Highlights aus der Daimer Kunst Sammlung zum Verhältnis von Kunst und Design, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
- Foreground 08: ‘Intervention/Decoration’, curated by Simon Morrissey and Tabitha Clayson, Frome, Somerset
- ‘Hase, Krebs und Nachtigall’, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
- ‘Module Play & Box Promenade’, Eva Berendes, Susanne Kohler, Ursula Mayer, Cell Project Space, London
- ‘Pendre la crémaillère’, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin
2007
- ‘Eccentric Growth’, Eva Berendes Aleana Egan, Anja Schwörer, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin.
- ‘Strange Weight’, Martos Gallery, New York (cur. Rob Tufnell)
- ‘Minimalism and Applied I’, Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Berlin
- ‘Die gute Stube’, cur. Wolfgang Stehle, Kuttner Siebert, Berlin
- ‘Back and Forth 1’: Otto Boll, Eva Berendes, Matthew Burbidge, Ali Kaaf, Villa Grisebach Gallery, Berlin.
- ‘Unsere Affekte fliegen aus dem Bereich der menschlichen Wirklichkeit heraus’, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin (cur. Klaus Winichner)
- Eva Berendes, Luke Dowd, Kevin Hutcheson, Anna Kerstin Otto, Galerie Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main
2006
- ‘Friedrich’, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh (cur. Bruce Haines) ‘Stipendiaten’, Konrad– Adenauer- Stiftung, Berlin.
- Team, Arndt & Partner, Berlin.
- ‘Farewell’, Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nürnberg
- 2010, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin
- ‘The Appalachian School’, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2005
- ‘Scotty oder Madeleine?’, Center, Berlin
- ‘Liquid Crystal’, Lothringer Dreizehn Space for Contemporary Art, München.
- Villa in Phoenix. Innen. Dämmerung., Center, Berlin ‘Communism’, The Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland
2004
- ‘Free Energy’, Loop Guestroom, Berlin
- Eva Berendes, Bernd Ribbeck, Claudia Wieser, Bravo, Düsseldorf ‘The Delighted Eye’, Subspace, Berlin
- ‘Im Mai’, Studio Matthias Dornfeld, Berlin
2003
- ‘Put Out More Flags’, Sutton Lane, London (cur, Christabel Stewart)
- ‘Reality Slides’, Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nürnberg
- ‘Goshka Macuga ́s Picture Room’, Gasworks, London
- ‘Flatshare’, Unit 2 Gallery, London
- ‘The Fragile Underground’, Bart Wells Institute, London (cur. David Thorpe)
Collaborations / Architecture commissions
2021
- Collaboration with fashion label Reality Studio , Germany
2020
- Elbe Schule Curtain, Architectural Commission for Elbe Schule Berlin, Germany
2017/18
- Solidarity Screen, Architectural Commission for the Trade Union Congress House, London, with Hugh Broughton Architects, UK
- Wearable Sculpture for Oxydo Capsule Collection, with eyewear designer Marco Nicole, Safilo Group, Padova, Italy
2016/17
- People looking at people…, Sculptural set design for public space in collaboration with choreographer Sebastian Matthias; Sophiensaele Berlin, Gessnerallee Zurich, Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Kampnagel Hamburg
2014/15
- Synekism/Groove Space, sculptural stage set, in collaboration with choreographer Sebastian Matthias; Sophiensaele Berlin, Gessnerallee Zurich, Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Kampnagel Hamburg
Residences and awards
- 2022 Projektförderung, Stiftung Kunstfonds
- 2021 Bonner Kunstpreis
- 2020 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Neustart Kultur
- 2020 Stiftung Zukunft NRW, publication grant
- 2015 CCA Andratx, Spain, residency
- 2014-2015 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- 2014 Stiftung Kunstfonds
- 2011 Henry Moore Foundation, production grant
- 2009-2010 Art Scope Daimler, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008-2009 Pollock Krasner Foundation grant
- 2006-2007 Else- Heiliger- Fonds
- 2001-2002 DAAD- scholarship for postgraduates
Bibliography
- Catalogue: Window Shopping, 2022
- Catalogue: The Long Dark, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 2010
- Exhibition booklet: Between the lines, works by Eva Berendes and Zoe Paul, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex (GB)
- Jacky Strenz Galerie, Elle 06/2010, City Frankfurt, Kunst & Kultur, p. 41
- Riccardo Previdi, Eva Berendes, Ornamento e Delitto, Flash Art, March 2010, p. 68 – 70
- Christoph Schütte, Vasen und Krüge in Kunstlandschaft, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Nr. 302, Seite 39, 30 Dec. 2009
- Martin Vincent, The Long Dark, Art Monthly No 332, Dec- Jan 2009/2010
- Anna Catharina Gebbers, The NADAEmerging Artist Page, L-Magazine, New York, July 22 – August 4 2009
- Catalogue: All that is solid melts into air, Five Reflections on Materialist Spirituality in Contemporary Art, MuHKA Antwerp, CultuurcentrumMechelen, 2009
- Catalogue: Bart Wells Institute. Edited by Luke Gottelier and Francis Uprichard, Dent-de-Leone, 2009
- Christiane Rekade, What do we do with it ?, Mousse Magazine, Feb /March 2009 – Jack Mottram, When exhibitions hang together, The Herald, 12 Dec 2008
- Oliver Tepel, Halb/Zeit Half/Time, Checkpoint#6, Sept – Dec 2008
- Oliver Tepel, Im schönen Nichts ist alles egal, Spex #316, Sept / Okt 2008
- Catalogue: Looking at Display: A Survey of London Exhibitions and Presentations, David Bussel, published by Rachmaninoff’s, Sept 2008
- Dietrich Roeschmann; The Eternal Flame: Eine Reise ins ungewisse Glück, regioartline,17.9.2008
- Ewige Flamme, Die Wochenzeitung, Zürich, 7 August 2008, p.18
- Colin Glen, Intervention / Decoration, Art Monthly, No 317, June 2008
- Catalogue: Intervention/ Decoration, Foreground 08, Simon Morrisey, 2008
- Melissa Gronlund, Eva Berendes, Frieze 111, Review, Nov/ Dec 2007
- Catalogue: Minimalism and Applied I, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, 2007
- Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Florian Baudrexel, Eva Berendes: Chess, Contemporary Magazine #92, June 2007, p 69
- Catalogue: Minimalism and After, Tradition and Tendencies of Minimalism from 1950 to the Present, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Hatje Cantz Verlag
- Peter Abs & Oliver Tepel, Listing Best of 2006, Spex #306, No 01-02/2007
- Catriona Black, Material benefits, Sunday Herald, 7 Jan 2007
- Jack Mottram, Peeking behind the curtain, The Herald, 22 Dec 2006
- Robert Clark, Friedrich Edinburgh, The Guardian Guide, 23 – 29 Dec 2006
- Tim Scott, Communism at Project, CIRCA112
- Robbie O’Halloran, Communism at Project, CIRCA111, Spring 2005, pp110-111
- JJ Charlesworth, Communism, Art Monthly No 284, March 2005
ARANTXA ETCHEVERRIA
Born in 1975 in France
Living and working in Romania
Solo exhibitions
2022
- Gates and Windows (Architectures), solo duo with Eva Berendes, Casado Santapau, Madrid
- Babel, Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca
2020
- Blue Door, Creart Gallery, Bucharest
2018
- Vault, Center of Interest, Baril Gallery, Clij-Napoca
- Red Door, Creart Gallery, Bucharest
2017
- Interiors/Interiorae, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest
2016
- Architectures, Paintbrush Factory, Baril Gallery, CLuj-Napoca
2015
- Comedia, Art On Display Project, Musette Kube, Bucharest
- Given a Random Point, Atelier 35, Bucharest
2014
- Anatomy, Alert Studio, Bucharest
- Corner, Calina Gallery, Timisoara
- Traces, Paintbrush Factory, Baril Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
2013
- Studio/Structures, Anexa MNAC (National Contemporary Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest)
Group exhibitions
2021
- The Art and the Cityt, MARe/Museum for Recevent Art, Buvharest
- Video+Radio+Live, House of Art, Sector1 Gallery, Timisoara
- Art-O-Raama, International Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Sector1 Gallery, Marseilles
- After twelve years, Artictic production in Romania in 180 works, MNCAC (National Contemporary Museum of Art), Bucharest
2020
- Frame, duo show with Carlos Caballero, Sector1 Gallery, Bucharest
- Di Senin/Out of the BLue, MARe/ Museum for recent Art, Bucharest
- Whe the globe is home, Imago Mundi Art Theorema #2, Benetton Foundation, Delle Prigoni Gallery, Trevise
- Mafa 7, SyZyGy, Media Art festival Arad, Arad Museunm of Art, Arad
2019
- Mother Tongue, Sector1 Gallery, Bucharest
- Arta, Galateca Gallery, Bucharest
- Mytologies, Abbey of Neumunster, Luxembourg
- Arta, Maison de lÍnternational, Grenoble
2018
- De Rerum Natura, Media Art Festival Arad, Arad Museum of Natural Sciences, Arad
- Art On Stage, Art Safari, Contemporary Art Fair, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Bucharest
- Imago Mundi/ Art Theorema, Benetton Foundation, Trieste
- Artdoor – Awake Festival, Teleki Palace, Gornesti
2017
- Artissima, International Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Baril Gallery, Torino
- Art Encounters/ La vie mode d’emploi, Biennal for Contemporary Art, Timisoara
- Media Art Festival Arad, Cinema Arad, Arad
- Mobile Biennale: Tour of Moldova, Lasi
- Miart, International Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Baril Gallery, Milan
2016
- Media Art Festival, Art Museum of Arad, Arad
- ReRe. Overriding Design with Art and Vive-Versa, ICR Vienna, Vienna Design-Week, Vienna
- Art Safari, Contemporary Art Fair, Baril Gallery, Bucharest
- Nag Retrospectiv: Memory Leaks, Arcub, Bucharest
- Three versions for something who will come, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest
- A silent dialogue, Club Electro Putere, Craiova
2015
- Video Zoom Romania, Museo di Roma and Sala Uno, Roma
- Art Encounters, Cazerna, Baril Gallery, Timisoara
- Art-O-Rama, International Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Baril Gallery, Marseille
- Object of Desire, Paintbrush Factory, Sabot Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
2014
- Artissima, International Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Guido Carbone Prize for New Entries, Baril Gallery, Torino
- Vienna Art Fair, Baril Gallery, Vienna
- The White Night of Galleries, MNAC Anexa (National Contemporary Museum of Art), Bucharest
2013
- BB6, Bucharest International Biennal for Contemporary Art, Peasant Museum, Bucharest
2012
- Volta Show, BAsel Art Fair for Contemporary Art, H’Art Gallery, Basel
- AvanPremiere, Fashion and Life-Style Festival, The Ark, Bucharest
Other
2021
- Doors, catalog, DCV Edition (Cantz Edition), Berlin
- Paarticipation to the catalog Art Theorema #2 from Benetton Foundation, Trieste
2019
- Artistic direction of The Whistlers of Corneliu Porumboi, Official Compettition, Cannes Film Festival
2015
- Artistic direction of The Treasure of Coreneliu Porumboi, prize Un Certain Talent, section Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival