Curriculum Vitae
- 1970 born in Leipzig, Germany
- 1994-1999 Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), Germany, class of Georg Baselitz
- 1994 and 1995 Salzburg Summer Academy, Austria, class of Jim Dine
- 1995 spends one year in Spain; Erasmus Scholarship, Faculdad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 1999 Master student of Georg Baselitz, Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), Germany
- 2000 Scholarship at Foundation Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
- 2008-2010 visiting professor at the Haute École d’Art et de Design, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2013 stage design „Masse“ for Staatsballett Berlin/Halle am Berghain, Berlin, Germany
- 2015 until April lives and works in Tel Aviv, studio swap
- 2016-2018 visiting professor at HBK Braunschweig
Solo Exhibitions
2023
- Im Freien, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst, Zwickau, Germany
- Navot Miller & Norbert Bisky: Swing State, Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany
2022
- UTOPIANISTAS, Galerie Templon, Paris, France
- Artissima Turin, Solo Booth with König Galerie, Italy
- Taumel, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Kurpark, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Walküren-Basislager, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Intervention at Klett-Passage Stuttgart, Germany
- Mirror Society, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2021
- DISINFOTAINMENT, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
2020
- Unrest, Fabienne Levy, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Metrocake, KÖNIG TOKIO, Tokio, Japan
- Berlin Sunday, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
- Desmadre Berlin, Galerie Templon, Paris, France
2019
- Pompa, St. Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
- Rant, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany
2018
- BOEZEMVRIEND together with Grit Hachmeister, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Fernwärme, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
- Anomie, KÖNIG London, United Kingdom
2017
- Trilemma, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2016
- Dies Irae, Crone Wien, Vienna, Austria
- A FUGA, Galeria Baró, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
- Hérésie, Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels, Belgium
- Levinsky Street, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Balagan, Bötzow Berlin, Germany
2014
- Works on Paper, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Riots, Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
- Zentrifuge, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
2013
- Paraisópolis, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
- Special Report, Kunsthalle Memmingen, Memmingen, Germany
- Muster, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2012
- Stampede, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA
2011
- A Retrospective. Ten Years Of Painting, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland
- Decompression, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2010
- befall, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
- Maudit, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
2009
- crossing jordaan, Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Mandelkern, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany
- Norbert Bisky: Paintings, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel; curated by Tami Katz-Freiman
- Nefasto Máximo, Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
2008
- cloud cuckoo land, Gallery Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
- privat, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
- minimental, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2007
- what’s wrong with me, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA
- ich war’s nicht, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
- ne man show, Galerie Crone, ART FORUM BERLIN, Germany
- Behind Innocence – Norbert Bisky, Anthony Goicolea, Martin Maloney, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
2006
- Total Care, CAC, Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Norbert Bisky, Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- es tut mir so leid, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
2005
- tudio d´Arte Cannaviello, Milan, Italy
- Déluge, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France
- Malerei, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
- Leider defekt, Kunstverein Gütersloh, Germany
2004
- The proud, the Few, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA
- Abgesagt, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
- opkomst en verval, Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2003
- Schlachteplatte, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- Alles muss raus, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002
- Essig und Blut, Brandenburger Kunstverein Potsdam e.V. with Cornelia Scheime, Germany
- einer muß das sagen haben, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt Oder, Germany
2001
- Wir werden siegen, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- Zeig uns den Weg, Centro Cultural Sao Lourenco, Portugal
- Vorkämpfer, Chelsea Kunstraum, Cologne, Germany
Group Exhibitions
Selection
2023
- „Fancy Some Friction, Honey?“, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- AXIS Festival, September 15+16, 2023
- unputdownable, Mountains Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- Unsere Sammlung 1891 – 2022, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
- Die Zukunft der SPD 3, Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Germany
- Schlossmuseum Murnau: new presentation of the collection, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
- Menschenbild – der expressionistische Blick, Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Germany
2022
- 3SPACIO MÍNIM0, Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
- Jürgen Wittdorf (1932 – 2018), with Veneta Androva, Norbert Bisky, Harry Hachmeister und Bettina Semmer, Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
- Heroic Bodies, Rudolph Tegners Museum & Statuepark, Dronningmølle, Denmark
- All You Need Is Love, curated by Birte Bosse & Thomas Rentmeister, Schau Fenster, Raum der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
- Collaborations I, Guardini Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Between the Lines, Gallery Fabienne Levy, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mixed Feelings, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
- Liebe Grüsse, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
2021
- Perspektivwechsel. Kunst nach 1945 aus den Sammlungen der Kunsthalle Lübeck und Rostock, Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany
- My Private Passion, Kunsthalle HGN, Duderstadt, Germany
- Kunst & Hallen. Kunstsinn über Mauern hinweg. Die Kunsthalle Rostock in den Reinbeckhallen, Stiftung Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Global, Humboldt Forum, Kulturprojekte Berlin & Stadtmuseum Berlin, Germany
- facing B, Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
- Inaugural Exhibition, KÖNIG SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
- Deep Blue, curated by Katherine Bradford, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont, USA
- WasserLust… Badende in der Kunst!, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, Germany
- Ever Seen Never Seen, AKKURAT Labs, Berlin, Germany
- Studio Berlin, Boros Collection & Berghain, Berlin, Germany
- Die Zukunft der SPD #2, Provinz Editionen, Bochum, Germany
- Pilevneli x König, Kaplankaya Clubhouse – SalonCuma Bozbük, Milas/Muğla, Turkey
2020
- Liebe, Hass, Einsamkeit, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Cottbus, Germany
- ZUSAMMEN. 30 Jahre Wiedervereinigung aus künstlerischer Perspektive, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
- Features – 10 Sichten auf Berlin, Museum Nikolaikirche, Berlin, Germany
- Szene Berlin, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg, Germany
- Vase or Face, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Mixed Pickles 7 – The Ghost Edition, Ruttkowski 68, Köln, Germany
- How beautiful you are, KINDL Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin – there must be something in the water, Collaborations, Copenhagen, Denmark
- WHO AM I, Tang Contemporary Art, Bejing, China
2019
- Die Zukunft der SPD, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Szene Berlin Okt. 19, König Galerie at Ketterer Kunst, München, Germany
- From the Paper to the Wall, Templon Brussels, Belgium
- 30 Years of Dutch Courage. A jubilee exhibition, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- I will be Dead, KÖNIG LONDON, United Kingdom
- TAINTED LOVE / CLUB EDIT, Villa Arson, Nice, France
- Das Geheimnis der Dinge, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
2018
- natura naturans / The Nature of Art, structura Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Geheimnis der Dinge. Malstücke, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
- It smells like… flowers & fragrances, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- G2 #9 – The Art of Recollecting, G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig, Germany
- Eros & Thanatos, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh, Germany
- HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA
2017
- G2 #7 Hildebrand Collection, G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig, Germany
- ICH BIN NICHT MEINE ZIELGRUPPE, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
- DIE REVOLUTION IST TOT. LANG LEBE DIE REVOLUTION!, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
- MISSING: Der Turm der blauen Pferde by Franz Marc – Contemporary artists in search of a lost masterpiece, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
- HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA
2016
- L E C O M M E N C E M E N T !, LISTRIK, Montreux, Switzerland
- As If, At Home – Artists In Europe, Box Freiraum, Berlin, Germany
- Zeitgeist. Arte da Nova Berlim, Goethe-Institut + CCBB, Brasilia, Brazil
- Elective Affinities – German Art Since The Late 1960s, The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
- Bittersüsse Zeiten, Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, Germany
- New Adventures in Vexillology #2, Kunstverein Amrum, Germany
- Zeitgeist – Arte da Nova Berlim, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- UTOPIE PICTURALE 3, FORMA Art contemporain & cabinet d’expertise, Lausanne, Switzerland
2015
- Wahrheiten. Zeitgenössische Kunst im Dialog mit Alten Meistern, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn, Germany
- Zeitgeist: A Arte da Nova Berlim, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Gute Kunst? Wollen!, Auf AEG, Nürnberg, Germany
- Paperworlds, Museum Buchheim, Bernried, Germany
- Bittersüße Zeiten, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg, Germany
- Black Bandits, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
- A man walks into a bar, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- Bittersüße Zeiten, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda, Germany
2014
- Paperworlds, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- Utopie Picturale 2, Fonderie Kugler, Geneva, Switzerland
- Lieber Künstler, zeichne mir! – Part 2, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
- 10, Berghain, Berlin, Germany
- Truths, Bayer Arts & Culture, Leverkusen, Germany
- Painting III, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
2013
- Utopie Picturale, Villa Dutoit, Geneva, Switzerland
- ça grimpe!?, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
- As Tears Go By”, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- The Legend of the Shelves”, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
- Babylon, Wendt + Friedmann, Berlin, Germany
- Freestyle, FundacionCajamurcia, Cartagena, Spain
2012
- Visage et Portrait, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
- Flying, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
- Coletiva, Baró Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Convoy Berlin, Biksady Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
- Laboratories of the Senses, MARTa Herford, Germany
- Eros & Thanatos, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Germany
- I am a Berliner, Universitá degli Studi di Sassari, Italy
- Door de bril van Hans, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- I am a Berliner, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2011
- I am a Berliner, Croation Association of Artists, Zagreb, Croatia
- Paperwork, U37-Raum für Kunst, Berlin, Germany
- Halleluhwah! Hommage à CAN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
- Ars Apocalipsis, Kunstverein Gütersloh, Germany
- Alles Kannibalen, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- ausgeträumt, Kunstverein Markdorf, Germany
- deutsch, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
- Apocalypse Now, Hugo & Carla Brown Collection, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- tous cannibales, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
- Verschwende deine Jugend, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- 863 km, Scheublein Fine Art, Zurich, Switzerland
- Blicke und Gesten, Museum Junge Kunst Frankfurt Oder, Germany
2010
- PORTFOLIO BERLIN 01, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
- Blickkontakte, Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie,
- Dessau, Germany
- À vos papiers, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
- High Drama: Works from the Collection of Hugo & Carla Brown, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK, London, UK
- Night Of The Pawn, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
- 100th Exhibition, autocenter, Berlin, Germany
- Young Collectors #2: Johan Delcour & Monia Warnez, Sign, Groningen, The Netherlands
2009
- Zeigen. An Audio Tour through Berlin by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
- Schickeria – High Society, BDA-Ausstellungsraum, Braunschweig, Germany
- Accrochage, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
- Conflicting Tales, Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany
- Avant-Goût, Live In Your Head, Geneva, Switzerland
- cargo, autocenter, Berlin, Germany
- Giving Face. Portraits for a New Generation, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, USA
- Reliquaries of Empires Dust, Bereznitsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- cargo manifest, Bayrische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany
- Standpunkte II, Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany
- Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn, Germany
2008
- Friktion och Konflikt, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
- Inkonstruktion III, Art Biesenthal, Germany
- Standpunkte II, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt Oder, Germany
- wasistdas08, Loft 19, Paris, France
- Menschen und Orte, Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany
2007
- 25 Jahre GALERIE CRONE, GALERIE CRONE, Berlin Inkonstruktion II, Art Biesenthal, Germany
- 15 Años Tiene Mi Amor, Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
2006
- URP! – Cagliari/ Sardinia, Italy
- Eine Frage der Geste; Oper Leipzig, Germany
- RIO, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
- Wer reinkommt ist drin, Schickeria, Berlin, Germany
- Kunst und Fussball im Deutschen Bundestag, Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, Berlin, Germany
- Null Problemo, Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Faces of a collection, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
- Spac Buttrio, Udine, Italy
- Anstoß Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
- Frissiras Museum Athens, Greece
- paraisos artificiales with Hernan Bas, Jörg Lozek, Galeria Pilar Parra, Madrid, Spain
- Schwarz auf weiß, Schickeria, Berlin, Germany
- Liverpool Biennial Independents 2006, UK
- What would I be without you…, City Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
- Multiple Box Sydney, Australia
- Dick aufgetragen, Galerie Helmut Leger, Munich, Germany
- Stilelibero, Studio d´Arte Cannaviello, Milan, Italy
2005
- Bejing Biennial, China
- Prague Biennial, Czech Republic
- Self Preservation Society, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA
- El papel del papel, Galeria Carmen de la Calle, Madrid, Spain
- Kir Royal, Schickeria, Berlin (Carlos Depot), Germany
- Kunsthalle Dresden, Germany
- Fundacion Antonio Perez, Cuenca, Spain
- European Painting Award, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
2004
- decomplexes, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
- National Museum, Seoul, South Korea
- Busan Biennial, South Korea
- Klasse Baselitz, Kunstverein Uelzen e.V., Uelzen, Germany
- Narrative from Germany, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Dorf in die Metropole, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Germany
- New German Painting, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2003
- Seascapes in confrontation, PMMK – Museum for Modern Art , Ostend, Belgium
- Berlin-Moscow, Moscow-Berlin 1950 – 2000, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
- Man in the Middle, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
- Künstler sehen rot, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
- Tanz am Ufer der Berge, Kunstverein Talstrasse, Halle, Germany
- Rückblende Hochsommer, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Germany
- Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- X. Rohkunstbau, Gross Leuthen, Germany
- Changing Channels, London Biennial Pollinations, UK
- Fackelherz & Falkenrot, Georg-Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
- Anthropography (The Human Figure at the Dawn of the 21st Century), Frissiras Museum Athens, Greece
2002
- History Revisited, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Sodaliten Schneeberger Drückehalter, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
- Deutsches Sport und Olympia Museum, Cologne, Germany
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Museum Walter/Glaspalast, Augsburg, Germany
- Positionen I, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Leipzig, Galerie im Alten Bau, Kunstverein Geislingen, Germany
2001
- Almauftrieb, Kulturbauerei Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
2000
- works on paper, Galerie Major, Pollenca-Mallorca, Spain
- Richtfest (Klasse Baselitz), Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- Intermezzo, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- Westfalen muss zahlen, Galerie Rathert, Minden, Germany
1999
- Klasse Baselitz, Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), Germany
- Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
- Schaustelle HdK 4, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
1998
- Nuovo Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
- Schaustelle HdK 3, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
- juxtapositions, Galerie Busche, Berlin, Germany
Public Collections
- Hall Art Foundation, USA
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA
- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Burger Collection, Hong Kong
- Le FNAC Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France
- Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
- Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
- Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
- Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
- Schlossmuseum Murnau, Germany
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
- Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
- Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Germany
- Ellipse Foundation, Portugal
- The MER Collection, Segovia, Spain
Teaching
- Visiting professor at HBK Braunschweig, Germany, 2016 – 2018
- Pentiment – Internationale Sommerakademie für Kunst und Design, Hamburg, Germany, 2016 (together with Herlinde Koelbl)
- ACSA Autocenter Summer Academy, Berlin, Germany, 2015
- Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, 2013 – 2014
- Haute École d’Art et de Design, Geneve, Switzerland, 2008 – 2010
Guest Lectures
- The Royal Drawing School, London, UK
- Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- The Offenbach University of Art and Design, Germany
- Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, Germany
- ECAL – École cantonale d’art de Lausanne, Switzerland