FRANK NITSCHE Born 1964 in Görlitz, Germany Lives and works in Berlin

EDUCATION 1988–1993 Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste (HfBK), , Diploma 1993–1995 HfBK Dresden, MFA (under Professor Kerbach) 1996 Vattenfall Kunstpreis Energie, Berlin 1998 Scholarship of the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf 1998–1999 Studio in San Francisco, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 NN, Kunstsammlung Neubrandenburg, Germany World Gym For Life, SOX, Berlin, Germany

2015 HAPPY DAYS IN MEXICO, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Bagage Europa, Nanzuka, Tokyo, Japan

2014 Frank’s Boutique, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany

2013 General Inn, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY Professional Smile, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany

2012 Disko, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgium

2011 Hello China, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany FRANK NITSCHE: G-SPOT-TORNADOS, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany I am single, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan Spannungsbogen. Figur und Raum, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, Germany

2010 COCKTAILHYBRIDCONCEPT feat. Yves Netzhammer, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany

2009 Chloé Top, Versace pants, oeuvres récentes, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France Artiste Maudit, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels, Belgium

2008 Drops, Galerie Maz Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Reich aber sexy, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal

2007 Musée de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Discipline (with E. Havekost), Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Jazz, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden, Germany FRAC Auverge – Ecuries de Chazerat, Clermont Ferrand, France Frank Nitsche International, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg, France International 2, FRAC Auvergne-Ecurles de Chazerat, Clermont-Ferrand, France International, Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Strasbourg, France

2006 Ultravisitor, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

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2005 Very Friendly Fire, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY Green, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany The Hardest Part, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden, Germany don’t panic, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany

2004 Recent Paintings, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland Die Unvereinbarkeit von Newtons Gravitationstheorie und der speziellen Relativitaetstheorie, Galerie Max Hezler, Berlin, Germany

2003 Face Me, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Construction Time Again, Galerie Gebr. Lehman, Dresden, Germany New Abstract Painting, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany Nanorobs, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

2002 Winterorbit, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY New Paintings, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Recent paintings, Galerie Onrus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2001 J.F.B.-Hobby Industries (with Eberhardt Havekost), Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2000 Goldener, Der Springer, Das kalte Herz, White Cube 2, London, United Kingdom

1999 Sauerstoff, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Flugplatz Reinsdorf, California (with Eberhardt Havekost), Kunsthalle Luckenwalde, Germany

1998 Waldgang, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Geiz, Luxus, Kunstwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen, Germany

1997 Splatter, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, (temporary space), Berlin, Germany

1996 Block Hilmar-Machtgrau, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany

1994 J.D. Bilder, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 Abstract Painting Now!, curated by Florian Steininger, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria Late Breakfast, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria I am not my target group: The Stefan Heinemann Collection, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany

2016 PAINTING IS DEAD. Long Live Painting, CCA, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain The lines of life are various, like roads and the contours of the mountains…., Ceysson & Bénétière, Koerich, Luxemburg Elective Affinities, German Art Since the Late 1960s, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2015 DISEGNO - The art of drawing for the 21st century, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany A Man Walks Into A Bar, me Collectors Room Berlin, Germany

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Komposition, Galerie MollerWitt, Aarhus, Denmark Berlin Artists´ Statement, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, Poland La Colleción, Centro Cibeles, Madrid, Spain

2014 Architect. Bus driver. Two bridges, Lipsiusbau, Dresden, Germany Lieber Künstler zeichne mir, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2013 Ortsbestimmung. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Sachsen, Kulturhistorisches Museum Görlitz, Germany REMEMBER EVERYTHING, 40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany Sign, Symbol, Image, Egeran Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey Die Heimsuchung, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin, Germany The legend of the shelves, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany jetzt hier. Gegenwartskunst aus dem Kunstfonds, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, Germany Cultural Freedom in Europe, Sint Lukas, Brussels, Belgium 25, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, Germany

2012 Abstract Confusion – Malerei, Skulptur, Video, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany Verlangsamte Performance, Galerie Van Horn, Düsseldorf, Germany HELLO CHINA, Brandenburgerischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany Berlin zeichnet, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany Death Can Dance, Townhouse, Zurich, Switzerland Face/OFF, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, Germany I am a Berliner, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

2011 La Colección (The Collection), Fundación Barrié, A Coruña, Spain Halleluhwah! Hommage à CAN, Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany On whiteness, collection presentation, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany I am a Berliner, HDLU / Croatian Biennale, Zagreb; traveled to Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; Museo dell'Arte del Novecento e del Contemporaneo - Convento del Carmelo, Sassari, Italy XVIII.Rohkunstbau, Rohkunstbau, Berlin, Germany Abstract Confusion, b-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Montabaur; traveled to Kunstverein Ulm, Neue Galerie im Rathauspark Gladbeck, Kunsthalle Erfurt Collection presentation. On whiteness, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany Prague Biennale 5, Prague, Czech Republic verlorene form, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, Germany German Art, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway Spannungsbogen. Figur und Raum – Aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, Germany

2010 Welt und System Zeitgenössische Kunst zwischen Analyse, Verständnissuche und Dilemma, Städtische Galerie, Dresden, Geramny Berlin zeichnet! Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, travels to Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany; Kunstfoyer Versicherungskammer Bayern, Munich; Stadtgalerie Kiel; Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010, Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom

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Babel, Frac Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France SCHWARZ, Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany PARALLELE SCHNITTSTELLE, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Abstraction and Structure, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, , Germany

2009 Full of Emptiness, Bel etage, Berlin, Germany BERLIN2000, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY

2008 Summer Group Show, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Always There, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Out of Storage I, MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Group show, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgium B-Seite, Galerie Gebr., Lehmann, Berlin, Germany Living Landscapes. A Journey through German Art, National Art Museum, Beijing, China Disciplin, mit Eberhard Havekost, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2007 and Western Antiquities – Section III: Department of Pigments on Surface: Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, United Kingdom Imagination Becomes Reality. Eine Ausstellung zum erweiterten Malereibegriff. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany

2006 Figures in the Field: Figurative Sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago Collections, curated by Francesco Bonami and Julie Rodriguez Windholm, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France Carbonic Anhydride, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Vous êtes ici, FRAC Auvergne – Ecuries de Chazerat, Clermont Ferrand, France Painting as Presence: This is not a Love Song, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany Anstoß Berlin: Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee – Ort internationaler Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, Germany Opening Up Art: The View from Here. Rehanging of the permanent collection, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom Deutsche Wandstücke, Museion - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bozen, Italy Steiler Konter, Magazin4 – Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria Painting S(e)oul, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Start, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht bei Zurich, Switzerland

2005 Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic Do it yourself, Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany Works on paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany

2004 Was Malerei heute ist, Stiftung Opelvillen, Zentrum für Kunst, Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany RealityREAL, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Galerie Johnen+Schöttle, Cologne, Germany Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany

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Art Contemporain de 1960 à nos jours, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Painting in dialogue with other media, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

2003 deutsche malerie zweitausanddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany New abstract painting, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany Oeuvres Récentes, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France Hands up baby hands up! Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany

2002 Five Years, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France mirror, mirror…, Galerie Mark Muller, Zürich, Switzerland Leo Koenig Inc., Las Vegas, NV Lila, Weiss und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Galerie Michael Neff featuring Galerie Gebr. Lehman, Frankfurt am Main, Germany ICI Berlin, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland 1000und86, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany

2001 Musterkarte-Modelos de Pintura, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain Erworben, Kunstfonds des Freistaates Sachsen, Dresdener Schloss, Georgenbau, Dresden, Germany Das Gute Leben, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Viel Spass, Espace Paul Ricard, Daniel Templon, Paris, France Start, Centro Cultural, Andrax, Mallorca, Spain

2000 Satellit, Z 2000, Loop-Raum fur Aktuelle Kunst, Adk Berlin, Germany Goldener, Der Springer, Das kalte Herz, White Cube 2, London, United Kingdom

1999 In Augenhöhe, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany Mietfrei, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany UMZUG, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany

1998 Not Strictly Private, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld Kunstverein, Arnsberg, Germany Zwei Stufen, Künstlerhaus Schloß Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, Germany Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany

1997 FOTOGELB, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany ABSTECHER, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany

1992 Vier 2, Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden, Germany Villa Oppenheim, Berlin, Germany

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2013 “Frank Nitsche. ‘General Inn’.” Time Out New York, 4–10 July 2013: 34.

2012 Neumann, Victor. “Frank Nitsche and Katharina Grosse: What is Our Life?" Flash Art, issue 281, November–December 2012. [online] “Watchlist Artist: Frank Nitsche.” Artslant Brussels, 12 June 2012. [online] Lorent, Claude. “Une non figuration évocatrice.” Arts Libre, 7 June 2012: 4–5.

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“Warped World.” Berlin Art Parasites, 2 April 2012. [online]

2011 Buchmaier, Barbara. “Lost Form.” Artforum, 20 April 2011. [online]

2008 “Frank Nitsche: Drops/Gallery Max Hetzler/Gallery Weekend Berlin.” Vernissage TV, 2008. [online]

2006 Tannert, Christoph. “Based in Berlin.” Tema Celeste, July–August 2006: 34–41.

2005 Asthoff, Jens. “Frank Nitsche.” Artforum, 15 November 2005. [online] Paumgarten, Nick. "Salesman." The New Yorker, 17 October 2005: 144–151; 153–155.

2004 Bell, Kirsty. “Frank Nitsche.” Frieze, Issue 82, April 2004. Miebach, Ulrike. “Aber Laut Muss Es Sein.” Deutsch Magazine, March 2004: 180–183.

2002 “Focus Painting Part II.” Flash Art, November/December 2002: 84. Worth, Alexi. “Frank Nitsche.” Artforum, Summer 2002: 176. Kuntz, Melissa. “Frank Nitsche at Leo Koenig.” Art in America, July 2002: 96. Prince, Mark. “Avant-garde and Kitsch.” Art Monthly, June 2002: 257. Daniels, Corinna. “Neue Bilder von Frank Nitsche in der Galerie Max Hetzler.” Die Welt, 10 May 2002. “Playing Among the Ruins.” Flash Art, vol. XXXIV, no. 224, May/June 2002: 78. Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review: Frank Nitsche – ‘Winterorbit.’” The New York Times, 19 April 2002. [online] Johnson, Ken. “Winterorbit.” The New York Times, 19 April 2002: E35.

2001 Grisbourne, Mark. “, Frank Nitsche, Eberhard Havekost.” Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 32, 2001: 69.

2000 Von Planta, Regina. “Dresden goes London.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 November 2000. Wilsher, Mark. “Havekost, Nitsche, & Scheibitz/White Cube².” What’s On, November 8, 2000: 25. “Frank Nitsche-Art & Photography.” Zoo, London, November 2000: 207. “Pick of the Galleries: Unified art of German Painting.” The Independent on Sunday, 29 October 2000: 5. Werner, Lisa. “Perspektiven aus der Achterbahn.” DNN, 5–6 February 2000. Mocci, Grit. “Frischluft für die Wahrnehmung.” PLuSZ Magazin, January 2000. Sommer, Tim. “Die Drei Aus Dresden.” art, September 2000: 9-10; 18–22.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2014 Sylvester, Julie, and Jean-Marie Gallais. REMEMBER EVERYTHING. Jean- Marie Gallais, ed. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, Holzwarth Publications, Ridinghouse, 2014.

2013 Nitsche, Frank. A IV–X. Berlin: artist's book, 2013.

2008 Inboden, Gudrun. Always There. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, 2008. Gohlke, Gerrit, and Kirsty Bell. Frank Nitsche. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2008.

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2005 Bell, Kirsty. Works on Paper. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, 2005. Asthoff, Jens. Frank Nitsche: GREEN. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, 2015.

COLLECTIONS Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom Museum of Modern Art Pompidou, Paris, France Fondation Musee d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für gegenwart, Berlin, Germany Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

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