Kerstin Drechsel

Born: 1966, Reinbek, Germany
1988-94 Masters, Painting and Stage Design, UdK Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1987-88 Graphics, FH Hamburg (Technical College), Hamburg, Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany

 

Works

Solo Exhibitions

2024
‘Penatenhimmel’, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2022
‘Dritte Haut’ (Third skin), Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2021
‘Kerstin Drechsel: NEEM’ Zwitschermaschine, Berlin, Germany
‘Dritte Haut’ (Third skin), Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany

2018
‘E-Werk’, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2017
‘Pflegekind 2’, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany

2016
‘surf’, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn, Bregenz, Austria

2014
‘surf’, Les Prochaines Art Truck, Koppenplatz, Berlin, Germany

2013
‘I love FEMINISM’, September, Berlin, Germany

2012
‘I love FEMINISM’, Stellwerk, Hauptbahnhof, Kassel, Germany
‘Wärmespeichersysteme / Heat Storage Systems’, September, Berlin, Germany
‘If you close the door’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2010
‘If you close the door’, September, Berlin, Germany

2008
‘CINÉ’, Galerie 21, Braunschweig, Germany
‘Jan-Holger’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2007
‘Mittelerde’, September, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)

2005
‘Unser Haus’, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany

2004
‘POSTER_BOX Part 1’, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
‘Reserve’, Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig, Berlin, Germany

2003
‘Reserve’, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
‘Reserve’, GEHAG Forum, Berlin, Germany
‘WK8P2’, GEHAG Forum, Berlin, Germany

2001
‘In Wärmeland #2’, Galerie Station in the Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1998
‘Singles’, Focus Mediport, Berlin, Germany

1997
‘Komm’ (with Markus Strieder), dirty windows gallery, Berlin, Germany

1995
‘Raucher, Hair, Nasen, 1 Good Girl & 1 Bad Girl’, Galerie Manfred Giesler, Berlin, Germany

1994
‘Kerstin Dechsel’, Galerie Manfred Giesler, Berlin, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
‘Flags of a Shifted Territory’, Project Space Festival 2023, Goethepark, Berlin Wedding, Germany

2022
‘Utopie Heimat’, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
‘Bodies in trouble’, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, Germany
‘Pferdemädchen’, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany
‘Jubilee’, Vane, Gateshead
‘Scheitere an einem anderen Tag’, Galerie Nord, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

2021
‘Home Work’, SOX, Berlin, Germany
‘Intimacy: New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond’, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany

2020
‘Remember September’, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany
‘Lila Wunder’, Queeres Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany
‘Totentänz’, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany
‘Marianne Werefkin-Preis 2020’ shortlist exhibition, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany
‘Mit Eigenem Blick’ (With my own eyes), Kunsthaus der Achim Freyer Stiftung, Berlin, Germany

2019
‘Just Love’, ZAK (Centre for Contemporary Art), Zitadelle, Berlin-Spandau, Germany
‘INTOTO 7’, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany
‘Love and Steaks’, Basis, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
‘Sense of White’, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany

2018
‘Schrein der Freundschaft’, BVK Potsdam e.V., Potsdam, Germany
‘Pissing in a River. Again!’, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
‘A Strong Desire’, PS120, Berlin, Germany
‘Lesbisches Sehen’, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany

2017
‘DASSOLLKUNSTSEIN Vol 15’, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
‘Vicennial’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘on paper’, ZWINGER Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2016
‘GEGEN WEISS: Peripherien der Zeichnung’, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, Germany
‘No Final Print: silkscreenprints from the last 40 years’, Druckwerkstatt Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

2015
‘Versuch einen Platz in Berlin zu erfassen’, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany
‘Allan Kaprow: Fluids 1967 / 2015’, Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
‘StillLeben / Still Life’, Zwinger, Berlin, Germany
‘Ten’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Wie wenn am Feiertage / If we took a holiday’, Zwinger, Berlin, Germany
‘Trouble in Painting’, BBB centre d´Art, Toulouse, France

2014
‘Was Uns Trend’, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
‘UTA’, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
‘In and out of windows’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Pausenbilder’, OZEAN, Berlin, Germany
‘Achtzig für Achtzig’, Kunsthaus, Achim Freyer Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
‘Hatje Cantz & Du Moulin’, Bikini, Berlin, Germany
‘Between fact and fiction’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2013
‘Winter Show’, September, Berlin, Germany
‘Come Like Shadows’, Zürcher Studio, New York, USA
‘Zusammen’, September, Berlin, Germany
‘Me, Myself and I’, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
‘UHU’, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
‘Painting Forever! Keilrahmen’, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
‘en face: portraits in painting and drawing’, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
‘Images for Images, Artists for Tichy – Tichy for Artists’, Gallery for the Central Bohemian Region (GASK), Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
‘Industrial Witchcraft Studio’, September/Container, Berlin, Germany
‘Luminous Language’, Launch F18, New York, USA
‘****’, Neue Froth Kunsthalle, Brighton

2012
‘Day In, Day Out’, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
‘The Dorian Project’, SecondGuest, New York, USA, touring to Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA
‘Loreley’, IM-PORT//EX-PORT, Kassel, Germany
‘The Nail, the Colours, the Mast’, the Kotti-Shop, Berlin, Germany

2011
‘lieb & teuer’, Galerie Nord, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
‘Espíritu de Época’, Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Lanzarote

2010
‘Thema Frau’, September, Berlin, Germany
‘Diskurshexe’, Are you coming too?, Berlin, Germany

2009
‘Freie Wahl? Die Formkräfte des Kunstlebens’, Nancyhalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
‘A room inside them’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘The New Omega Workshops’, September, Berlin, Germany
‘Rotate’, Contemporary Art Society, London

2008
‘Gewoon Anders!’ (Just Different!), Cobra Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2007
‘Meatdistrict’, MAMA showroom for media and moving art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
‘A Room of One’s Own’, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

2006
‘The Eighth Square: Gender, Life and Desire in Art Since 1960’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
‘berlintendenzen’ (Berlin trends), La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
‘A Room of One’s Own’, de Markten, Brussels, Belgium
‘Stips 06-07’, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
‘Ensembles’, Cité des Arts, Paris, France

2005
‘In Wirklichkeit’ (In reality), Kunsthaus Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany

2004
‘1st Berliner Kunstsalon’, Arena, Berlin, Germany
‘B2B and back again’, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
‘Wintershow’, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany

2003
‘Paradise’, Alexanderplatz Bunker, Berlin, Germany
‘Scarface’, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden, Germany
‘Das Atmen der Stadt’ (The breathing of the city), Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
‘WK8P2 Abbau’, Superumbau, Hoyerswerda, Germany

2002
‘Over the moon’, Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
‘Mahagoni’, Offspace, Vienna, Austria

2001
‘Werkschau 7’, Künstlerförderung, Berlin, Germany

2000
‘Randori 2’, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
‘Satellit’ (Plug-in-Video), Z 2000, Berlin-Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
‘Bungalow’, Z 2000, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1999
‘Visitez ma tente’, Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Bahnhof Westend, Berlin, Germany
‘Pleasure principle (props)’, Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
‘Más y más, Stadt in den Beinen’, La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico

1998
‘Goldrausch 9’, Marstall, Berlin, Germany

1997
‘Pearls Vol. 5’, Kunstamt Treptow, Berlin, Germany
‘Parkhaus, Stadt im Regal’, Parkhaus des Grandhotels, Berlin, Germany

1995
‘Painting’, Galerie Mora, Berlin, Germany

1992
‘New Generation’, Museum of History, Tallinn, Estonia

Awards and Residencies

2022
Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA

2015
Research grant, Berlin Senate of Culture, Berlin Germany

2011
Catalogue funding (‘Heat Storage Systems’), Senate Chancellery-Cultural Affairs, Berlin, Germany

2008
Working grant, Kunstfonds Bonn, Germany

2006
Work scholarship of the Senate Administration for Science, Research and Culture, Berlin, Germany

2005
Scholarship of the Senate Administration for Science, Research and Culture, Berlin, Germany, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1997
Scholarship for women artists, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin, Germany

1990
Critic's Prize, Berliner Zeitung, for ‘La Finta Giardiniera’, WA Mozart, Hebbeltheater, Berlin, Germany

Bibliography

2022
‘Artist Story: Kerstin Drechsel’, Vane, interview, Vane

2021
‘Kerstin Drechsel: Notes for a diary of dissidence’, online article, Marta Mantecón, Drawing Room, (Madrid), , 6 July
‘Papeleo: Drawing Room Notebooks’ magazine, review, Marta Mantecón, pub. Exhibit Art Management (Santander), May

2018
‘Lesbisches Sehen’, review (in German), Johanna Schmeller, Vorwärts (Berlin), 14 August
‘A Strong Desire’, review (in German), Von Gunnar Lützow, die Zeit (Hamburg), 9 August

2014
‘Come like shadows’, review, The New Yorker (New York), January
‘Come like shadows’, review, In Between, William Eckhardt Kohler, The Huffington Post (London), 2 January

2013
‘Gegen und zusammen, Galerie September mischt Mütter und den Kotti auf’, Night Out @ Berlin (Berlin), November

2012
‘If you close the door’, review, The Huffington Post (London), 26 March
‘If you close the door’, review, Robert Meddes, The Crack (Newcastle upon Tyne), March
‘If you close the door’, review, Godfrey Worsdale, Luxe Magazine (Sunderland), February

2011
‘Heat Storage Systems’, catalogue, texts: Birgit Effinger, Jack Halberstam, Angela McRobbie, Jutta von Zitzewitz, foreword by Dieta Sixt, pub. Hatje-Cantz Verlag & Co. (Berlin), December
‘Espíritu de Época’, catalogue, pub. Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo (MIAC), (Lanzarote)

2010
‘Porträt Kerstin Drechsel’, online interview (in German), Monopol (Berlin), June

2009
‘A room inside them’, review, Christopher Collett, Metro Newspaper (London), 16 July

2008
‘Jan Holger’, review, Andrew Fenwick, Metro Newspaper (London), 18 January
‘Jan Holger’, review, The Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne), 15 January
‘Jan Holger’, preview, Amy Rudd, Metro Newspaper (London), 10 January
‘Jan Holger’, preview, Rebecca Hunter, The Crack (Newcastle upon Tyne), January

2007
‘Mittelerde’, catalogue, pub. Vice Versa Publishing (Berlin)

2006
‘New German Painting’, Christoph Tannert, pub. Prestel Publishing (Munich)
‘Das achte Feld’ (The Eighth Square), catalogue, pub. Hatje Cantz Publishing, Ostfildern, Germany
‘Das achte Feld’, review, die Zeit (Hamburg), 31 August
‘Das achte Feld’, review, Art-magazine (Hamburg), August

2005
‘Unordnung ist das halbe Leben’ (Disorder is the half-life), Sebastian Preuss, Berliner Zeitung (Berlin), 28 July

2004
‘Das Leben malen’ (Paint life), Richard Rabensaat, Taz (Berlin), 1 April

1998
‘In Wärmeland’, pub. Vice Versa Publishing (Berlin)