Philip Grözinger
The scenes in Philip Grözinger’s work are full of vibrant colors, yet they have a certain ominous aura that cannot be missed. Against a post-apocalyptic backdrop, strange creatures dwell among the relics of bygone civilizations. The elements in his work, such as machine-like fortresses, burning skylines, and mysterious machines, all allude to the artist’s various interests - including science fiction, Monty Python, and characters and monsters from popular culture. The artist uses a number of mediums such as oil, acrylic, pastel, and spray paint, and does not limit his paintings to one specific genre; his oeuvre borrows from a variety of aesthetics such as surrealism, expressionism, and romanticism. Philip Grözinger introduces his own abstract narratives through his unique blend of styles, and captures the peculiarities of modern times - the unmistakable sense of loneliness and dissociation.
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. 기계와 같은 요새, 불타는 스카이라인, 그리고 미스터리한 기계 등 작품에 등장하는 여러 요소들은 공상 과학 소설, 몬티 파이튼, 대중문화의 여러 캐릭터와 몬스터들을 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 현대사회 속 우리들의 삶, 그 특유의 이질감과 외로움에 대한 이야기를 전달한다.
1972 born in Germany.
EDUCATION
1989 - 1998 Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig
1998 Master Scholar («Meisterschüler») of Prof. Karl Schulz
2015 - 2018 Lectureship for Painting, Art College Berlin-Weissensee
SOLO EXHIBITION (SELECTED)
2022
- 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 Unravelling, Gallery Marie Kirkegaard, Copenhagen, DK
2019
- Daisy Bell, Galerie Sexauer, Berlin, DE
2018
- Heldentage. Dekaden voller Mythen und Mysterien, Kemenate Hagenbrücke (with Wolfgang Sieving), Braunschweig, DE
2017
- The Awakening of the Somnambuist, Galerie maia muller, Paris, FR
- Out of the corner of my eye, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, München, DE
- For a fleeting Moment, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, Kopenhagen, DK
2016
- Heroes and other failures, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, DE
- From here to now and back again, Galerie SEXAUER, Berlin, DE
2014
- A sense of delight, Kunstverein Dillingen im Alten Schloss, DE
2013
- Axel Geis / Philip Gr zinger: Deception, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig, DE
- Philip Gr zinger / Sebastiaan Schlicher: I’m rolling down the stairs, Smac, Berlin, DE
- Sunny Side Up, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, DE
2012
- Why are you so odd?, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Kopenhagen, DK
- Philip Gr zinger – Einen intensiven Moment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
2011
- Ebenbein und Elfenholz, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, DE
2010
- You used to have all the answers, Umtrieb Galerie, Kiel, DE
2009
- Wastelands, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, DE
2007
- Achtung Angeber, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, DE
2005
- Tainment, NGBK, Berlin
2003
- Preperception, Galerie Engler & Piper, Berlin, DE
2002
- On / Off, Galerie Engler & Piper, Berlin, DE
2000
- Galerie Wewerka, Berlin, DE
1999
- Confiserie CPLY, Galerie Venus / Confiserie Schiesser, Basel, CH Finally We Laugh, Galerie Linn Lühn, Düsseldorf, DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2022
- 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, Kopenhagen, DK
- Wir nennen es Arbeit, Galerie Opere scelte, Turin, IT
- Kunst bleibt Politik, Galerie Maia Muller, Paris, FR
- Golden Ass, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig, DE
- Nacht, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, München, DE
- Materie Matters, Marie Kirkegaard Galerie, Kopenhagen, DK
- PLAYLIST, Erratum Galerie, Berlin, DE
- SMALL – an exploration of miniature, SEXAUER, Berlin, DE
2016
- Quattro Formaggi, Jochen Hempel, Berlin, DE
- Les Miniatures, Galerie Nicole Gnesa, München, DE
- Your Light is my Darkness (Part III), Galerie Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, NL
2015
- Your Light is my Darkness (Part I), Re:Surgo Studio, Berlin, DE
- Colour me full, Marie Kirkegaard Galerie, Kopenhagen, DK
- Gute Kunst? Wollen!, auf AEG, Nürnberg, DE
- Black Bandits, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, DE
2014
- Booster Art.Sound.Machine., Museum Marta Herford, Herford, DE
- Early this morning, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, DE
- Salondergegenwart, Hamburg, DE
- Neue Tendenzen an einem aus der Zeit gefallenen Ort, Ballhaus Kolibri, Berlin, DE
- Wahrheiten. Zeitgenössische Kunst im Dialog mit alten Meistern. Werke aus der SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde / Berlin, Bayer Kulturhaus, Leverkusen, DE
- Wonderful Things to Believe in, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, DE
- Sculptures and Works on Paper, Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
- Mensch und Maschine, Skulpturen-Triennale, Bingen, DE
- Freundschaften, Galerie MØller Witt, Aarhus, DK
- Die halluzinierte Welt – Malerei am Rand der Wirklichkeit, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, DE
2013
- Nietenblätter, kjubh Kunstverein, Käln, DE
- I’m Rolling Down the Stairs, SMAC, Berlin, DE
- Edge and Surface, Leipziger Str. 61–65, Berlin, DE
- Blumen / Flowers / Blomster, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
- Alles Wasser, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Kopenhagen, DK
- Welten Schöpfer. Richard Wagner, Max Klinger, Karl May, Museum für bildenden Künste, Leipzig, DE
- Das allerletzte Prof. Winkler Stipendium, Kunstverein Weiden, DE
- Philip Grözinger, Karsten Konrad, Christian Schwarzwald, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin, DE
- Ikarier, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
- LUXUS LOFT – Berlin the pleasure house is about to burn down, Galerie Jaap Sleeper, Utrecht, NL
2012
- Neuzugänge zeitgenössischer Kunst im Kunstfonds, Vertretung des Freistaates Sachsen, Berlin, DE
- WinWin, Halle 14, Leipzig, DE
- APES Presents, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, DE
- Tysk vär, Arnstedt, Oestra Karup, DK
- Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, DE
- US, NO.TOWN beyond the wall: berlin artists in detroit, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, US
- Kathrine rtebjerg – Her stomach is an oven that burns the world & Philip Groezinger – Einen intensiven Moment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
- ALLES WASSER, SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde / Berlin, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
2011
- Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Grassimesse, DE
- Apokalypse, XII. Rohkunstbau, Schloss Roskow, DE
- The Painting Show, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin, DE
- Donetsk goes Contemporary, Art Point Donetsk, UA
- Parcours, Halle 20 auf AEG Nürnberg, DE
- Selected by: Philip Groezinger, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin, DE
- Backstage Riders, Tagesspiegelgebaeude, Berlin, DE
- Search and Destroy, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
- 13, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, DE
2010
- Viehl Dolkers, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, DE
- Night of the Pawn, Werkschauhalle 12, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, DE
- Hostile Aestetik Takeover, Appartement, Berlin, DE
- Gewalten, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig, DE
- Radical Adults, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE
- Moloch, Apex Kunstverein, Göttingen, DE
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2014
- artist in residence program, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
1998
- scholarship by the state of Lower Saxony
If i had known it then i would have done it now | 2021, Oil on linen, 145x160 cm
Loneliness or solitude | 2016, Oil on linen, 180×200 cm
Afternoon | 2022, Oil on linen, 80x100 cm
Dawn | 2022, Oil on linen, 80x100 cm
Evening | 2022, Oil on linen, 80x100 cm
Midday | 2022, Oil on linen, 80x100 cm
Shackelton | 2022, Oil on linen, 145x160 cm
Manntje, Manntje, Timpe Te, Buttje, Buttje inne See I 2022 Oil on canvas 145 x 160 cm
Loop quantum gravity I 2022 Oil on canvas 145 x 160 cm
I dont always know the answers I 2021 Oil on canvas 90 x 110 cm
Loop quantum gravity 2 I 2022 Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Sir David Lindsay I 2016 Oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm
Returning to elephant island I 2022 Oil on canvas 145 x 160 cm
Dorfdisco für Profis I 2022 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 60 x 50 cm
spectral analysis I 2022 Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm