Andrea Grützner
about
general artist statement
Andrea Grützner is a Dresden and Berlin based artist working mainly in the field of photography and lens based media.
She is interested in how we perceive spaces, both contextually and visually. You could say that her work is an emotive anti-architectural photography, hovering between the familiar and unfamiliar; realism, illusion and abstraction. Her pictures sometimes appear as straight photographs, painting or collage and focus on our built environment. They simultaneously reference her personal perception of these spaces and their histories and also speak to a more general sense of the ways in which architecture affects behavior, emotions, and memory and, ultimately, a collective identity.
Andrea Grützner received her Master of Arts degree in photography by the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in 2014. Her pictures have been featured at festivals and in solo and group shows around the world.
She is represtented by Robert Morat Galerie (Berlin) and Galerie Schierke-Seinecke (Frankfurt) and worked together with Julie Saul Gallery (NYC).
cv
grants, awards and residencies
- Stiftung Kunstfonds, working grant, 2024
- Kulturstiftung Sachsen, Publikationsförderung, 2023/2024
- ArsVersa Kunst-Stiftung, Publikationsförderung, 2023/2024
- Projektförderung "Das andere Leben", Berlinische Galerie, 2021
- Stiftungspreis Fotokunst 2020, Sammlung Klein
- Peter S. Reed Grant 2020
- d'mage summer residency 2019, invited artist
- Bauhaus-Residency 2018, invited artist
- Mathilde Planck Stipendium (Lecturing Program), Baden-Württemberg, 2017-2019
- ING UNSEEN Talent Award, Jury Winner, 2017
- Artist Residency RMIT:ART:INTERSECT with support of Goethe Institut Australia, Melbourne, 2017
- FOAM Talent 2016
- Pfalzpreis Kunst, Nachwuchspreis, 2016
- Koblenzer Stadtfotograf 2015
- Lead Awards 2015. architecture and stilllife: Silver
- Source-Cord Prize 2014, second prize with 'Erbgericht'.
- gute aussichten 2014/2015 - junge deutsche fotografie
- Winner of PhotoVision 2014, sponsorship award of Photographie Magazin
solo exhibitions
- Der dunkle, der wunde, der springende Punkt, Werkstatthaus Stuttgart, 2024
- Haus im Taumel, Galerie Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt Main, 2024
- Unreal Estate, Galerie Coucou, Kassel, 2023
- Erbgericht - Neue Räume, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, 2021
- Hive, Schierke Seineke, Frankfurt, 2020
- Falten und Fugen, Schierke Seineke, Frankfurt, 2019
- Erbgericht, Horsham Regional Gallery, Australia, 2018
- Hive at lightscapes, RMIT Intersect, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
- Tanztee and Erbgericht at Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
- Erbgericht, Tanztee, das Eck at Galerie Rundgänger, Frankfurt/Main, 2017
- zu Gast at Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, 2017
- das Eck at Ter Hell Haus, add art, Hamburg, 2016
- Erbgericht at Julie Saul Gallery, New York City, USA, 2016
- Erbgericht, Kunstverein Lüneburg, 2016
- Erbgericht,Galerie Robert Morat, Berlin, 2016
- Das Eck, Koblenzer Stadtfotografin 2015, Galerie Sparkasse Koblenz, Germany, 2016
- Erbgericht, Walzwerk Null, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2016
- Tanztee im Erbgericht, Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany, 2016
- Gastfreund, at Galerie COUCOU, Kassel, Germany, 2015
group exhibitions
2024
- veil and sail, mit Almut Hilf und Sinta Werner, Galerie Rundgaenger, Frankfurt
- Shapeshifting, Projektor der HAWK im Metropolenhaus, Berlin
- Progress in Paradise, Studio Lamoller, Berlin
2023
- Thingstaetten, curated by Katharina Bosse, Deutsches Haus NYU, New York City, USA
- Friends 2022/2023, Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation, FORT Institute of Photography, Warsaw
- Neukladower Netzwerke, Im Prozess, Gutshaus Neukladow, Berlin
- Summer Interlude, curated by Kunzten, am Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
- „Wo gehen wir denn hin?“, Gotisches Haus, Berlin
- Tiny Art Piece Gallery, Sammlung Scheurell, Konstanz
2022
- tagesschau, Mountains Gallery, Berlin
2021
- Trautes Heim. Allein, Sonderausstellung Schloss Kummerow, Germany. Artists: Sibylle Bergemann, Christian Borchert, Andrea Grützner, Andreas Mühe, Henrike Naumann, Peter Piller
- Metamodell, Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin
- Festival Photographique Influences Allemandes, Beaucouzé, France
- ING Talent Award, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
2020
- Erinnerung. Gegenwart, Stiftungspreis Fotokunst 2020, Kunstwerk - Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen-Nußdorf, Germany
- New Vision, The Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New Media, Oslo, Norway
- 5 years, Schierke Seineke, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
2019
- Samowar, Galerie Coucou, Kassel, Germany
- Im Hinterland der Moderne, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum, Cottbus, Germany.
- Die Anderen sind Wir - BIlder einer dissonanten Gesellschaft. Gruppe Apparat (Kevin Fuchs, Jakob Ganslmeier, Andrea Grützner, Miguel Hahn + Jan-Christoph Hartung, Hannes Jung, Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Rebecca Sampson, Daniel Seiffert, Maria Sturm, Cale Garrido) mit Sammlungspositionen des BLMK, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum, Cottbus, Germany.
- KASSEL ZU GAST IN MÖNCHENGLADBACH - Art Exchange
Paul Diestel, Slawomir Elsner, Michael Göbel, Andrea Grützner, René Wagner und Nicola André Wagner, Galerie Loehrl in Kooperation mit Galerie Coucou, Kassel
- Wand Wand. Bilder des Wohnens, Fachbereich Fotografie und Medien, Bielefeld
- 19 Years at 535, Julie Saul Gallery, New York City, USA
- The Space Between, Julie Saul Gallery, New York City, USA
2018
- Bauhaus-Residenz im Haus Gropius, Dessau
- Samowar, Galerie Coucou, Kassel
- Paris Photo, Robert Morat Galerie, France
- Un espace transformé, Goethe Institut Paris, France
- Architecture and Abstraction, Zénith, Strasbourg, France
- ING Unseen Talent Award, Exhibition at Lumiere Center, Moscow, Russia
- A Time for Reflection, curated by Sir Elton John, AIPAD Photography Show, NYC
- Die Räume der Anderen II, Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany.
2017
- New Vision/New Generation: László Moholy-Nagy/Alejandra Laviada, Luigi Ghirri/Andrea Grützner, July Saul Gallery, New York City, USA
- Erinnerungsorte, Pavlovs dog, Berlin
- Samowar, Galerie Coucou, Kassel
- ING Unseen Talent Award, Unseen 2017, Amsterdam
- WIngs of Phantasy, Photography Festival in DaLi, China
- Foam talent group show, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London, UK
- Foam talent group show, Red Hook Labs, New York
- Architecture and Abstraction, 68projects (Galerie Kornfeld), Berlin
- fairs: AIPAD New York City with Julie Saul Gallery; PhotoLondon with Robert Morat Galerie; CollectiveDesignFair New York City with Julie Saul Gallery
2016
- Samowar, Galerie Coucou, Kassel
- Wings of Fantasy - New European Photography, Festival Beijing Photo/ Millennium Monument, curated by Huang Wen and Ruth Eichhorn, Beijing, China
- Foam Talent 2016, Unseen Photo Fair at the Westergasterrein area, Amsterdam
- Gegenspieler, Marta Herford, Germany
- Foam Talent 2016, Gallery Mercatorplein, Amsterdam
- ISSP 2016 Exhibition, Kuldīga, Latvia
- PhotoLondon, Robert Morat Gallery, London
- Pfalzpreis für Bildende Kunst 2016, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany
- How to structure things in space, with Torsten Schumann, project space exp12/exposure twelve, Berlin, Germany
- Erbgericht at Clervaux cité de l'image, Luxembourg
2015
2014
- gute aussichten 2014/2015 - junge deutsche Fotografie, Marta Herford
- Brighton Photo Fringe,
http://www.photofringe.org/bpf14/open14-outdoor-exhibition
- Raum21 stellt aus - №1 Über Erinnerung, Alte Stadtbibliothek Bielefeld, Bielefeld
- Schau-Festival, Dortmunder U, Dortmund
- „Reflexion – Ästhetische Referenzen / Fünf Positionen“, Kunstarchiv Darmstadt
- Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie "Reflexion – Ästhetische Referenzen", Kunstarchiv, 25.-27. April 2014
- The Space Beyond, Camera Club New York (CCNY), New York. Curated by Katharina Bosse. You can order our exhibition catalog The space beyond here!
- Werkschau, Bielefeld
collections
Berlinische Galerie, DZ-Bank Art Collection, ING Collection, Foam Collection, Sammlung Klein, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Landesammlung zur Geschichte der Fotografie in Rheinland-Pfalz, Alison and Peter Klein Collection, Cleveland Clinic (USA)
Included in numerous national and international private collections.
education
2010-2014 MA Photography and Media, HSBI Bielefeld
2005-2009 BA Communication Design, HTWG Konstanz
selected publications
2024
- Erbgericht, monography, artist book, publisher: hartmann books
2023
- Portfolio Hive, Vostok Magazine, South Korea
2022
- MODERN, Bildstrecke, Elbphilharmonie Magazin
2021
- Portfolio; selected images, Le Monde Diplomatique (German issue)
- PICTURES; Re-envisions the photographic PICTURES, book
2020
- New Vision; Henie-Onstad-Kunstcenter Oslo, Exhibition Catalog
- Stiftung Fotokunstpreis; Sammlung Klein, Exhibition Catalog
- Solo-Portfolio; ART, Issue July, Art Magazin
- Thingstätten; Publication, kerber verlag
- Hive; Portfolio, GUP, International Photography Magazin
- Erbgericht; Portfolio, PhotoArt, Korean Photography Magazin
2019
- Haus Gropius; Zeitgenössisch, Bauhaus Residency Program 2016-2018, Publication
- Unbekannte Moderne; Publication
- Die Anderen sind Wir; BLMK, Apparat, Exhibition Catalog
2018
- Das Eck; Portfolio, Urban Books, VOSTOK, Korean Art Magazin
2017
- Der Zauber des Hauses; Schirn Magazin
- blow, Contemporary Photography Magazine
- zu Gast; Pfalzpreis Kunst (talent), Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Solo Exhibition Catalog
- Erbgericht; Portfolio, BLOW, Irish Photography Magazin
- das Eck; Portfolio, New York Times (online)
2016
- Erbgericht; Foam Talent, International Photography Magazin
- The Plantation Journal 5, Sculptural Corners
- das Eck; Solo Publication
- OWL4; Gegenspieler, Exhibition Catalog, Marta Herford
2014
- gute aussichten 2014/2015 – junge deutsche Fotografie; Exhibition Catalog
- SOURCE: Issue 80, Autumn
- The Space Beyond, Camera Club New York, exhibition catalog
selected texts about my work
- KATE WARREN, Tanztee and Erbgericht(english): Memoreview, Melbourne, 2017
- GAVIN MURPHY (english): Andrea Gruetzner 'Erbgericht' (Source Photographic Review, 2014, Issue 80)
- ISA KÖHLER (deutsch):Andrea Grützner 'Erbgericht' (at Walzwerk Null, Düsseldorf, 2016)
- GEO/Peter Hamburger (deutsch):in GEO Magazin Nr. 07/14, Portfolio "der andere Blick"
- ANNICK MEYER, Clervaux - cité de l'image (engl.francais,deutsch): Erbgericht at Clervaux - cité de l'image
- ANJA HORSTMANN (deutsch): Andrea Grützner 'das Eck' (in 'das Eck', book, published by kerber verlag, 2016).
- DANIEL NEUGEBAUER (english): Beyond Irony - A brief inquiry into
contemporary Romanticism (about exhibition 'the space beyond', book, self published by Katharina Bosse, 2014)
- KATHARINA BOSSE (english): the space beyond (about exhibition 'the space beyond', book, self published by Katharina Bosse, 2014)
selected online features
talks (selection)
- Haus im Taumel, Erbgericht, Schierke Seinecke Galerie, Frankfurt, 2024
- Unreal Estate, Ostkreuz-Schule, Berlin, 2023
- Transformierte Räume, Burg Giebichtenstein, Halle, 2021
- Fototreff Berlin, Monat der Fotografie Spezial, Berlin, 2018
- Artisttalk at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
- Extra Fort, Talk at RecyclArt Center, Brussels, 2017
- Walki Talki, Galerie Rundgänger, Frankfurt/Main, 2017
- Talk at Freundeskreis der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, 2017
- Talk at FH Bielefeld, Reihe "Berufsfelder Gestaltung", 2016
- Talk at ITWM, Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik, Reihe "Tellerrand", 2016
- Talk at Lette-Verein Berlin, together with Sara-Lena Maierhofer, 2015
- Talk at 34. Bielefelder Fotosymposium, 28 Nov 2014
- Artist-Talk at Schau-Festival, Dortmund, 2014
- Deutsche Fotografische Akademie presentation of the work "Erbgericht" as one of Katharina Bosses alumnistudents, Stuttgart, 2014
- Group-Artist-Talk with Katharina Bosse, Alexander Gehring and Paula Winkler at Camera Club New York
research and professional experience (selection)
- member of Apparat e.V.
- teaching position at the Art Academy Leipzig (HGB), Winter 2023 and Summer 2024
- Summer School Libken, Photography Workshop, 2022
- teaching position at the Art Academy Leipzig (HGB), Summer 2021
- 6 day workshop at Burg Giebichtenstein, Art Academy Halle, 2021
- teaching position at the Art Academy Leipzig (HGB), Winter 2020/2021
- teaching position at the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Winter 2019/2020
- teaching position at Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Winter 2019/2020
- Workshop at Unseen Amsterdam, 2019
- teaching position at University of Applied Sciences Konstanz, 2017-2019
- since 2010 freelancing visual artist, photographer and educator.
- 2012-2014: scientific assistant at the research project "Structure Images. To the graphical method in art, design, and science", FH Bielefeld; Organizer of the 33th Bielefelder Fotosymposium: "Strukturbilder zur grafischen Methode"
- 2011-2012: scientific assistant, Research Group "Photography and Media", FH Bielefeld; organizer of international photosymposium „The Other Side“, (31. Bielefelder Fotosymposium, 2011) Bielefeld together with Simon Sola Holischka, Prof. Roman Bezjak, Horst Kloever
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