The scenes in Philip Grözinger’s work are full of vibrant colors, yet they have a certain ominous aura that cannot go unnoticed. Against a post-apocalyptic backdrop, strange creatures dwell among the relics of bygone civilizations. The elements in his work - mechanical fortresses, burning skylines, and mysterious machines - all allude to the artist’s various interests, from which Grözinger weaves his eclectic narratives Science fiction, Monty Python, retro video games and popular culture. Philip Grözinger’s expansive collection of motifs are brought to life with oil, acrylic, pastel, and spray paint, with an aesthetic that borrows from surrealism, expressionism, and romanticism. Grözinger introduces his own abstract narratives through the unique blend of styles, capturing the unmistakable sense of loneliness and dissociation that we have come to associate with modern times.
필립 그뢰징어의 작품 속 풍경은 현란한 색채로 가득하지만 무시할 수 없는 불길함을 내재한다. 포스트 아포칼립틱한 분위기의 배경을 바탕으로 기이한 형태의 생명체들이 이미 사라진 과거 문명의 유물들 사이를 거느린다. 메카니컬한 요새, 불타는 스카이라인, 그리고 미스터리한 기계 등 작품에 등장하는 여러 요소들은 공상 과학 소설, 몬티 파이튼, 레트로 게임과 팝 컬처를 비롯한 작가의 다양한 관심사를 반영한다. 오일, 아크릴, 파스텔, 스프레이 페인트 등 다양한 재료를 사용하는 작가의 작업은 어느 한 장르에 국한되지 않으며 초현실주의, 표현주의, 낭만주의와 같은 미술사의 여러 스타일을 접목한 면모를 보인다. 필립 그뢰징어는 이러한 집합적인 작업을 통해 자신만의 추상적인 내러티브를 구현하며 현대 사회 속 우리들의 삶, 그 특유의 이질감과 외로움에 대한 이야기를 전달한다.
Born in 1972, Braunschweig, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1989 - 1998 Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig
1998 Meisterschüler bei Prof. Karl Schulz
2015 -.2018 Lectureship for Painting, Art College Berlin-Weissensee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
- Mit Farben ins Universum, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- WHY SO SERIOUS?, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, HORI Artspace, AIF Lounge, Seoul
- Die Schönheit des sinnlosen Scheiterns, Kunstverein Bamberg, Bamberg
2021
- If, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, München
2020
- Lowtouch Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt am Main
- The unraveling, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
2019
- Daisy Bell, Galerie Sexauer, Berlin
2018
- Heldentage, Kemenate, Braunschweig
2017
- The Awakening of the Somnambulist, Galerie Maia Muller, Paris
- Out of the corner of my eye, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
- For a fleeting Moment, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, Copenhagen
2016
- Heroes and other failures, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel
2014
- A sense of delight, Kunstverein Dillingen im Alten Schloss
2013
- Axel Geis / Philip Grözinger: Deception, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
- Philip Grözinger / Sebastiaan Schlicher: I’m rolling down the stairs, Smac Galerie, Berlin
- Sunny Side Up, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
2012
- Why are you so odd?, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Philip Grözinger - Einen intensiven Moment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
2011
- Ebenbein und Elfenholz, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
2010
- You used to have all the answers, Umtrieb Galerie, Kiel
2009
- Wastelands, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin
2007
- Achtung Angeber, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin
2005
- Tainment, NGBK, Berlin
2003
- Preperception, Galerie Engler & Piper, Berlin
2002
- On / Off, Galerie Engler & Piper, Berlin 2000 Galerie Wewerka, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
- ÜberLeben—Fragen an die Zukunft, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
- DISSONANCE. Platform Germany, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- PAUL SCHWER & PHILIP GRÖZINGER: Fractured Memories of Future Now’s, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Cologne
- FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul
2021
- Walk on, Schau Fenster, Berlin Lusus Naturae, BcmA Gallery, Berlin
2020
- come together, Galerie Sexauer, Berlin
- Medusa Touch, Galerie Alte Schule Ahrenshoop, Ahrenshoop
2019
- Birkholms Echo, Faaborg Museum, Faaborg
- Ein Monument für Wolfgang Neuss, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
- EN BLOC, Galerie AG, Schwerin
- SPA & BEAUTY, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin
- GMA XXX AAR, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Kommunizierende Röhren 2, Salon René Holm, Berlin
2018
- Papier, Galerie Nicole Gnesa, München
- Angry Boys, Kunstverein Det Ny Kastet, Thisted
- Frankfurter Applaus, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt
2017
- 1000 Sterne, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Wir nennen es Arbeit, Opere Scelte, Turin
- Kunst bleibt Politik, Galerie Maia Muller, Paris
- Golden Ass, Galerie LFM, Leipzig
- Small, Sexauer Gallery, Berlin
- Nacht, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
- Materie Matters, Marie Kirkegaard, Galerie, Copenhagen
2016
- Your Light is my Darkness, Galerie Hofland, Amsterdam
- MAXIMUM – LIKELIHOOD, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt
- Die Geschichte hat einen Fehler, zuviele Erzähler!, Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh e.V., Gütersloh
- 1+1, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen
- Quattro Formaggi, Jochen Hempel Galerie, Berlin
- Your Light is my Darkness, Galerie Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2015
- Your Light is my Darkness (Part I), Re:Surgo Studio, Berlin
- Color me full, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, Copenhagen
- Gute Kunst? Wollen!, auf AEG, Nuremberg
- Black Bandits, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
- PORN PORN PORN, Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin
- XXI. Rohkunstbau - Apokalypse, Schloss Roskow, Roskow
- The Painting Show, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
2014
- Early this morning, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
- Group Exhibition, salondergegenwart, Hamburg
- Kolibri. Neue Tendenzen an einem aus der Zeit gefallenen Ort, Ballhaus Kolibri, Berlin
- Wahrheiten. Zeitgenössische Kunst im Dialog mit alten Meistern. Works from SØR Rusche Collection, Oelde/Berlin, Bayer Kulturhaus, Leverkusen
- Wonderful Things to Believe in, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
- Sculptures and Works on Paper, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- Mensch und Maschine. Skulpturen-Triennale, Bingen
- Freundschaften, Galerie Møller Witt, Aarhus
- Die halluzinierte Welt - Malerei am Rand der Wirklichkeit, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
2013
- I’m Rolling Down the Stairs, Smac Galerie, Berlin
- Edge and Surface, Leipziger Str.61-65, Berlin
- Blumen / Flowers / Blomster, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- Alles Wasser, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Welten Schöpfer. Richard Wagner, Max Klinger, Karl May, Museum für bildenden Künste, Leipzig
- L’enfer, c’est les autres II, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
- Das allerletzte Prof. Winkler Stipendium, Kunstverein Weiden, Weiden
- Philip Grözinger, Karsten Konrad, Christian Schwarzwald, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
- Ikarier, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin LUXUS LOFT - Berlin
- the pleasure house is about to burn down, Galerie Jaap Sleeper, Utrecht
2012
- APES Presents, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
- Tysk vår, Arnstedt, Oestra Karup
- Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh
- NO. TOWN beyond the wall: berlin artists in detroit, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit
- Kathrine Ærtebjerg - Her stomach is an oven that burns the world & Philip Groezinger - Einen
- intensiven Moment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- ALLES WASSER, SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- reKOLLEKT. A Retrospective of Perspectives from Selected Eclected - 9 Jahre PARTY ARTY: Kunst im
- Leben- Leben in Kunst, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2011
- Donetsk goes Contemporary: Art Point Donetsk, Donetsk
- Parcours, Halle 20, auf AEG, Nuremberg
- Selected by: Philip Groezinger, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
- The Artist as Curator’s Art, Schau Fenster, Berlin
- Backstage Riders, Tagesspiegelgebaeude, Berlin
- Search and Destroy, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- 13, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlim
2010
- Viehl Dolkers, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
- Night of the Pawn, Werkschauhalle 12, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
- Hostile Aestetik Takeover, Appartement Berlin, Berlin
- Gewalten, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
- Radical Adults, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
- Hypernatural, Halle am Wasser, Berlin
- Moloch, Apex Kunstverein, Göttingen
SCHOLARSHIP & RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist in Residence Programm, CCA Andratx, Mallorca 2014 Artist in Residence Programm, CCA Andratx, Mallorca 1998 Working Scholarship (Arbeitsstipendium) Niedersachsen