Born in 1976 in Ansbach, Germany. Lives and works in Great Britain and Germany.

EDUCATION

2001- 2006 Staatliche  Akademie der  Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Prof. Harald Klingelhoeller 
2006-07 Guest student of Andreas Slominski, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Hamburg 
2007-08  MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 

• Anatomy of Words II, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Cologne

2019 

• The Imprint of the Space Someone Used 2, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe
• Landscape Metaphor 2, Humboldt-Universität, Geographical Institute, Berlin
• Reverse Metaphysik 2, Sotheby´s Munich, Artist Quarterly, Munich

2018 

• ANDREAS BLANK & HELENA PARADA KIM, Choi&Lager, Seoul

2017

• Reverse Metaphysik, Schlicht Barock Fine Art, Feldbach, Austria

2014

• The Imprint of the Space Someone Used, Galerie Christan Ehrentraut, Berlin
• Hors-Champ, Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg

2013

• Landscape Metaphor, Benrimon Contemporary, New York
• Anatomy of Words, Choi & Lager Galerie, Cologne
• The Scene changes to an empty room, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, curated by Laurie Cluitmans and Wijnand de Jonge

2012

• Shadows of Words Spoken, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 

• Points of Resistance, Zionskirche, Berlin
• A Rose is a Rose, Artists against FGM, Online Exhibition

2020 

• Werke von und um Michael Buthe, Galerie Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin
• Werk im Werk X, Artspring, Berlin
• Elysium, Galerie Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin

2019 

• Bonum et Malum, Villa Erxleben, Berlin
• The Coke Side of Art, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen
• Water(Proof), Momentum, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
• (curated by Rachel Rits-Volloch & Taniá Guedes)
• In Living Memory (Contemporary Still Life), Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
• Small, Schaufenster, Berlin, curated by Oliver Mark

2018 

• Für immer Blau, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg
• Ansbach Biennale, Ansbach Contemporary 2018, Ansbach
• Beauty is Everywhere, Salon Waldorf Astoria, Berlin, curated by Ingrid Manthe
• Die Nächte des Heliogabalus – Hommage to Otto Piene, Schlachthaus.fresh&fine art, Berlin
• NGORONGORO II, Artistweekend, Berlin
• SEGRETE, Palazzo Ducale, Genova

2017

• Fünfklang, Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, curated by Andreas Blank and Stefan von Wiese
• Material Boys & Girls Part 2, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
• We all love Art, Schlachthaus Fresh & Fine Art, Berlin, curated by Ryszard Wasko
• Mixed Realities, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
• People Places Things, AT Kearney, Berlin, curated by Ingrid Manthe

2016

• The pleasure of love, 56th October Salon, City Museum, Belgrad, curated by David Elliot
• Why?, Secret Garden, Berlin
• Plastic Obsession, Umweltbundesamt, Dessau
• Umweltfestival, Gasometer, Berlin
• What would I die for?, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
• KIK EIGHT, Kino International, Berlin

2015

• Looking forward looking backwards, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
• Works on Paper III, Momentum Berlin, Berlin
• NGORONGORO, Artistweekend, Berlin
• CREDITS, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2014

• Objects in a Room, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
• Kolibri. Neue Tendenzen an einem aus der Zeit gefallenen Ort, Ballhaus Kolibri, Berlin
• Aus dem Fundus der botanischen Semantik, Cruise & Callas, Berlin
• Always Crashing in the Same Car, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe

2013

• Tresholds, Trafo Kunsthalle, Stettin
  The Scene Changes To An Empty Room, De
• Fabriek, Eindhoven
• Oh Plastiksack!, Musee de Design et d´art appliqués contemporains, Lausanne

2012

• Carving in Britain from 1910 to Now, The Fine Art Society, London
• Recasting the Gods, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London, curated by Will Lunn
• Ein weißes Feld, Aschaffenburg, curated by Gregor Hildebrandt, Collection Fiede
• Dividing Line, High House Gallery, Oxfordshire, curated by Vishal Sumarria
• Shadows of Words Spoken, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
• Memory, International Contemporary Sculpture, Palazzo Arti Napoli,Naples
• Oh, Plastiksack!, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, curated by Ida-Marie Corell, Switzerland
• Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SOR Rusche, Museum Abtei, Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn

2011

• Stressing Spiritual Needs Even When Selling
• Ice Cream,curated by Salome Ghazanfari, Berlin
• Art Martket Budapest, Anna Grundberg @ Brody House
• Memory, Rosenfeld/ Porcini, London
• Art Cologne, New Contemporaries, Galerie Ehrentraut

2010

• New German Art, German Embassy, London  
• Transcending, LARM Galleri, Copenhagen
  Posted, London
• Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
• Cocktail, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen
• Land Securities, Studio Award, London
• The Catlin Prize, London

2009

• New Sensations, Saatchi Gallery, London
• Embassy of Afghanistan, Berlin
• Dt. Bahn Museum, Nürnberg
• We Can Understand The Meaning Better
• Without, St. Pancras Crypt, London
• Volta Show, Basel

2008

•  Projectspace M54, Basel
• Optimism, Hannah Barry Gallery, London
• Basement Project, Fred Gallery, London
• Allen & Overy, London
• Lichtfeld 8, Basel

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 
2009               
The Saatchi Gallery, New Sensations, London
Land Securities Studio Award, London                      
Conran Foundation Award, Royal College of Art, London
2008              
Scholarship for Great Britain “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”                                        
2007              
Residency Foundation Vorwerk, Hamburg   
2005              
Scholarship,Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Hamburg

 
ARTICLES, MAGAZINES, CATALOGUES
2012             
The Quiet Theatre: An Exhibition in Print, Published in partnership with Sistermag Press
Featuring interviews by Rosanna Mclaughlin with Andreas Blank, Kaye
Donachie, Seth Pick Gedi Sibony and Phoebe Unwin

Andreas Blank, «Shadows of Words Spoken» @ Christian Ehrentraut Review
Tue, 2012-05-22 11:02 — by Rachel Simkover
http://www.bpigs.com/diaries/andreas-blank-shadows-words-spoken-christian-ehrentraut
2011
Rosenfeld, Ian, ed.  Memory: Contemporary International Sculpture, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London
Double Interview, Imju Projects, London- Seoul
2010        
Corrieri, Claudia: Andreas Blank. In: Land Securities Studio Awards 2010, London, 2010, S.10-11.
Land Securities (Hg.): Land Securities Studio Awards 2010, London, 2010. (Katalog anlässlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der SW1 Gallery, London, 10.06.2010 – 26.06.2010).
2009              
Lentati, Alex: Saatchi makes case for young art; New Sensations prize highlights most striking talent in Britain, The Evening Standard, www.standard.co.uk, 9. October 2009, S.26.
Butler, Thomas: Artist’s Statement, Salon Contemporary, 2009.
Dorment, Richard: Venice Biennale 2009: prize collector’s leap of faith, Telegraph, www.telegraph.co.uk, Venedig, 8. Juni 2009.
College students selected for Saatchi, ECA News, www.eca.ac.uk, 15. September 2009.
Miller, Phil: Scottish art school graduates among Saatchi’s sensations, The Herald, www.theheraldscotland.com, 17. Sept 2009.
Der Steinbildhauer aus der Oxford Street, Westmittel-franken, 25.-26. Juli 2009.
New Work, Artworld Magazine, www.artworldmagazine.com, Oktober / November 2009.
2008
Look on the bright side: Optimistic Art, The Independant, www.independant.co.uk, 20. Oktober 2008, S. 16–17.