Portrait by Markus Bachmann
ASTRID KÖPPE
1974
Born in Köthen/ Anhalt, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1999
Diploma Fine Art and Meisterschüler degree, Braunschweig School of Arts, Braunschweig, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
ASTRID KÖPPE: PRETTY SHINY STUFF, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Concrete Matters (with Susanne Piotter), Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2022
Pretty Shiny Stuff, Galerie Inga Kondeye, Berlin, Germany
2021
Von Eierschneidern und Fischwimpern (with Miriam Zadil), Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2020
Konfabulasi, Gallery Sekiryu, Tokyo, Japan
Konfabulasi, Gallery Sekiryu, Matsumoto, Japan
Spontaneous Paradise, Galerie Inga Kondeyne, Berlin, Germany
2019
Konfabulasi, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
Untitled (with Lukas Troberg), LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany
Pretty shiny stuff, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
Konfabulasi, LostGens Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Berlin – New York (with Vicki Sher), Galerie Louis Gendre, Chamalières, France
2018
Pretty shiny stuff, Fata Morgana Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2017
Fusiforme, Galerie Louis Gendre, Chamalières, France
2016
Fusiform, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
Fusiform, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
Astrid Köppe – New Work, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
Fusiform, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Berlin, Germany
2014
Pareidolia, Arte Giani, Frankfurt, Germany
2013
Pareidolia, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin, Germany
Shape up, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2012
Drawings, Gallery DAM, Seoul, Korea
Bakemono, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
Solo exhibition, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
Astrid Köppe- Drawings, Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011
100 Drawings, Young Eun Museum for Contemporary Art, Gwangju-si, Korea
Malaysian Species, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
2010
WeiBe Ware, Kunstverein Heppenheim, Germany
Gelerie Friebe, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Malaysian Species, whitebox@MAP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
It’s a flat world, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
I a flachware, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2009
brandneu, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin, Germany
Arte Giani (with Conny Bosch), Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
2008
ein biBchen weniger, (with Gabriele Jerke), frueshsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
Tastschärfe (with Reinhold Engberding), Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2007
Galerie Carolyn Heinz (with Grit Richter), Hamburg, Germany
2006
Schöne Ausstellung, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin, Germany
2004
INTRO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002
Kunstförderverein Schöningen, Germany
Kunstkreis Kloster Brunshausen, Bad Gandersheim, Germany
2001
Künstlerhaus Meinersen, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
ART MIAMI, SEIZAN Gallery booth, Miami, FL
2022
Wall of Sound, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany
Meet us on Jupiter, Galerie Carolyn Heinz/ Jupiter, Hamburg, Germany
Anonymous Drawings 2022, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
Three Tales of Plants, Gallery Sekiryu, Tokyo, Japan
Three Tales of Plants, Gallery Sekiryu, Matsumoto, Japan
In a Dream, the Journey is Within Reach, Centpure l Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Images in Fashion – Clothing in Art, Berlinische Galerie – Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, Germany
2021
Chaosmos 6 – Into the Silent Spring, Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2020
ARTvent, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
Spektrale 9, Luckau, Germany
2019
small matters, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
L’Artiste et les Commissaries, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany
SEER – European Painting and Drawing, Gallery Punto, Tokyo, Japan
Not so a white cube 2, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany
Weltenwechsel oder: wesentlich gewesen, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin, Germany
Sense of White, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2018
Anatomie der Malancholie, Zagreus Projekt, Berlin, Germany
Sehnsucht, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
Anonymous Drawings 2018, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
2017
Ende Neu, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany
Turning Point, Galerie Jens Walther, Berlin, Germany
If this then that (2), LAGE EGAL Off site at Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany
Zeichnung 17, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
Paradigmes indécis, Goethe Institut Paris, France
2016
Papierverliebt #2, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
Papierverliebt, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Berlin, Germany
Zeichnungsräume/ Drawing Rooms, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Extending Ideas, Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, USM, Penang, Malaysia
Extending Ideas, Feeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2015
Die Spur des Anderen, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin, Germany
Anonymous Drawings 2015, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin; ArtQ13, Rome, Italy; Galerie Geyso20, Braunschweig, Germany
Prolog – Heft für Zeichnung und Text, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany
2014
Joy!, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
The Drawer, Paris, France
Lust auf Linie, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
Anonymous Drawings -based in Berlin, Paillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany
Thinking Drawing, Galeri Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2013
Vielleicht sehe ich auch zu tief in die Dinge hinein, Overbeck- Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
Line, Color and Form, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
Itinéraires, espace despalles, Paris, France
Stopover, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
Yong Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangiu-si, Korea
KL Triennial: Barricade, whitebox@MAP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012
at the parkhaus, Parkhaus Projects, Berlin, Germany
FUKT Magazine for Contemporary Drawing, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Berlin Status (I), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Anschlüssel London - Berlin, Center for Recent Drawing, London, UK
WEISS, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
2011
Zwaan Kleef Aan, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, Netherlands
Tekenend voor Diepenheim, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, Netherlands
Terra Incognita, Altana Galerie/ Universitätssammlungen Kunst + Technik, TU Dresden, Germany
Anschlüssel London – Berlin, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
Die Linie überschreiten. Eine Zeichnungsausstellung, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gartow, Germany
Die Linie überschreiten. Eine Zeichnungsausstellung, Schau Fenster. Schauraum Für Kunst, Berlin, Germany
drawn to drawing, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
2010
Generationen II – abstrakt konkret gegenstandslos, Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg, Germany
Zeichnung 10, Galarie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
Hand Joy, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, UK
Facebook, Patrick Heide Gallery, London, UK
2009
junger western 2009, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
2008
In 7 Feldern. Stipendiaten der Akademie der Künste 2007, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2007
Zeichnung – Aktuelle Positionen, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
Gärten – über die Ordnung der Natur, falschgelb* raum für kunst, Berlin, Germany
2005
Zeichnung, falschgelb* raum für kunst, Berlin, Germany
Damenwahl, Galerie Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany
2003
Zeitgenössisch! Kunst in Berlin, KPM-Quartier, Berlin, Germany
2002
Mitten ins Herz, Galerie Tammen & Busch, Berlin, Germany
2000
art prize of Gifhorn county, Objekte zwischen Kunst und Design, Schloss Gifhorn, Germany
1999
art prize of Gifhorn county, Kunst am Wasser, Künstlerhaus Meinersen, Germany
RESIDENCIES
2011
Residency, Lost Generation Space/ Goethe Institut Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (through 2012)
Residency, Young Eun Museum for Contemporary Art, Gwangju-si, Korea
2010
Residency, Lost Generation Space/ Goethe Institut Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007
Stipend Junge Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2000
Residency, Künstlerhaus Meinersen, Germany
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Prints and Drawings, Saatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Prints and Drawings, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Germany
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Berlinische Galerie – Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Prints and Drawings, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Museum Art Plus, Donaueschingen, Germany
Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju-si, Korea
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (G= group show)
2021
Pretty Shiny Stuff exhibition catalog, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg
2016
Zeichnungsräume/ Drawing Rooms, Ausstellungskatalog/exhibition catalog, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (G)
Extending Ideas exhibition catalog, Goethe Institut Kuala Lumpur (G)
2014
Thinking Drawing exhibition catalog, Galerie Serdang/ Goethe Institut Kuala Lumpur (G)
2012
Berlin, Status (I) exhibition catalog, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (G)
2011
Zwaan Kleef Aan exhibition catalog, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (G)
Tekenend voor Diepenheim exhibition catalog, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
Terra Incognita exhibition catalog, Altana Galerie/ Universitätssammlungen Kunst + Technik, TU Dresden (G)
2009
junger westen 2009 exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (G)
Gisbourne, Mark. & Drühl, Sven.
Astrid Köppe: brandneu exhibition catalog, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin
2006
Honnef, Klaus. Astrid Köppe: Emaillen exhibition catalog, galerie weisser elefant, Berlin
2001
Fassbinder, Horant. Astrid Köppe: Zeichnungen exhibition catalog, Künstlerhaus Meinersen
TEXTS IN ENGLISH
Drucks, Achim. “The Beauty of Mold,” 2018
Buhmann, Stephanie. Interview with Astrid Köppe, in: Berlin Studio Conversations, Berlin, 2017, S. 196 ff.
Soyer, Barbara. Interview with Astrid Köppe, in: The Drawer, Volume 7 – Le Rire, Paris, 2014, S. 47
Tannert, Christoph. Interview with Astrid Köppe, in: FUKT drawing magazine, issue #10, Berlin, 2011, S. 11 ff.
Lindenberg, Charlotte. Interview with Astrid Köppe, in: Idealist, issue#1 – Kampfgeist, Berlin, 2011, o.S.
EXHIBITIONS
Pretty Shiny Stuff