Thomas Behling

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  • CV

    • 1979

      born in Hanover

    • 1999-2001

      Studied fine arts at the Ottersberg University of Applied Sciences, class of Hermanus Westendorp

    • 2001-2006

      Studies Fine Arts, University of the Arts Bremen, Class Yuji Takeoka

    • 2006

      Master’s degree with Yuji Takeoka

  • Residencies

    • 2022

      six-month working grant “NEUSTART KULTUR” from the Stiftung Kunstfonds

    • 2021

      four-month working grant “NEUSTART KULTUR” from VG Bild-Kunst

    • 2013

      Bremerhaven, two-month scholarship, Paul-Ernst-Wilke-Haus

    • 2010

      Leipzig, four-month studio grant “Pilotenküche”, Spinnerei

    • 2009

      Lauenburg, six-month scholarship, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg

    • Bad Münster am Stein, two-month scholarship, Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg

    • 2008

      Berlin, three-month working grant from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

  • Solo exhibitions (selection)

    • 2024

      Berlin, Spor Klübü, Uff - Well-being through aggressive pseudo-solution of cognitive dissonance as hegemonic dominant culture

    • 2023

      Austria, Salzburg, periscope, Fast Decay and Future Archeologies (with Anna Lerchbaumer)

    • Worpswede, nwwk - Neuer Worpsweder Kunstverein, I do not understand the moral of the story

    • 2022

      Dachau, Dachau Artists’ Association, Pictures in colour with taste

    • Hanover, konnektor - Forum für Künste e.V., Mockumentaries with Frans van Tartwijk

    • Friedberg, Kunstverein Friedberg, First warning of a context (K)

    • 2021

      Dresden, Kabinett im Zentralwerk, Encyclopaedia from free ambushes

    • Schwäbisch Gmünd, Gemünder Kunstverein, The title is half the battle with Ruppe Koselleck

    • 2020

      Bremen, GaDeWe, This might also interest you

    • Mainz, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Unfremd

    • 2019

      Paderborn, Kunstverein Paderborn, Behling, Pictures, Sensations

    • Unna, Kunstverein Unna, A touch of vision

    • 2018

      Erlangen, Kunstverein Erlangen, There’s something behind the clouds too

    • 2017

      Bayreuth, Kunstverein Bayreuth, Drilling thin holes on thick ice

    • Hanover, Rode and Lanfer, Creamy ideal art with fine splashes of culture

    • Leipzig, Kulturny Dom Lipsk / Salon Similde, The swollen cavity

    • 2016

      Switzerland, Basel, Galerie Eulenspiegel, Rahmenbedingungen (K)

    • Berlin, Rosalux, displayced, with Christian Haake

    • 2015

      Lehrte, Städtische Galerie Lehrte, Pathos is fun again (K)

  • Group exhibitions (selection)

    • 2024

      Bremen, GaDeWe - Gallery of the West, Anthroposcene Landscapes

    • Berlin, STRouX, The Lodges

    • 2023

      Austria, Linz, MAERZ, Cope not Perish

    • Netherlands, Eindhoven, Gallery Nasty Alice, Mockumentaries

    • Cuxhavener Kunstverein, 70 YEARS - 70 ARTISTS - Insight into the Kern Collection

    • 2022

      Worpswede, Große Kunstschau Worpswede, The New Man. The dawn of a new era?

    • Berlin, Treptow Ateliers, BLIND VISION

    • Unna, Unna art association, Wetterleuchten

    • 2021

      Japan, Matsunoyama, Connecting the World - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale

    • Germersheim, Germersheim Art Association, RAUMBetrachter

    • Worms, Kunstverein Worms, Where is God? Christian iconography in contemporary art

    • 2020

      Switzerland, Lucerne, Hans Erni Museum, Kunst-Stoff Plastik (K)

    • Switzerland, Basel, Galerie Eulenspiegel, The frame and its artist

    • Bissendorf, imago - Kunstverein Wedemark, Leap in time

    • 2019

      Berlin, Schoeler.Berlin, Mask

    • Syke, Syker Vorwerk - Centre for Contemporary Art, Bildersprachen (K)

    • Great Britain, Kendal, Cross Lane Projects, Miniscule, curated by Vanya Balogh

    • 2018

      Hanover, Kunstverein Hannover, 88th Autumn Exhibition (K)

    • Australia, Sydney, ES74 Gallery, Echoes 2 : Transpositions SYD - BER

    • Berlin, Galerie im Körnerpark, An Encyclopaedia of the Delicate (K)

    • 2017

      Weimar, Schlosskapelle Weimar, The chapel and the specific weight of time

    • Buchholz, Buchholz Art Association, Luther: Idol & Fetish

    • Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, corporate art gallery, documenta ulaanbaatar kassel

    • 2016

      Bremen, GaDeWe - Gallery of the West Raumprothese

    • Italy, Rome, Galleria Gallerati, Pezzi Unici

    • Eppingen, Museum Alte Universität, Otto and the Others

    • 2015

      Berlin, Haus am Lützowplatz, Black Bandits (K)

    • Latvia, Cesis, Cesis Art Vestival, Distant moods on a blue evening

    • Austria, Linz, Upper Austrian Art Association, heim