Thomas Behling
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CV
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1979
born in Hanover
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1999-2001
Studied fine arts at the Ottersberg University of Applied Sciences, class of Hermanus Westendorp
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2001-2006
Studies Fine Arts, University of the Arts Bremen, Class Yuji Takeoka
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2006
Master’s degree with Yuji Takeoka
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1979
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Residencies
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2022
six-month working grant “NEUSTART KULTUR” from the Stiftung Kunstfonds
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2021
four-month working grant “NEUSTART KULTUR” from VG Bild-Kunst
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2013
Bremerhaven, two-month scholarship, Paul-Ernst-Wilke-Haus
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2010
Leipzig, four-month studio grant “Pilotenküche”, Spinnerei
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2009
Lauenburg, six-month scholarship, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
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Bad Münster am Stein, two-month scholarship, Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg
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2008
Berlin, three-month working grant from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
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2022
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Solo exhibitions (selection)
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2024
Berlin, Spor Klübü, Uff - Well-being through aggressive pseudo-solution of cognitive dissonance as hegemonic dominant culture
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2023
Austria, Salzburg, periscope, Fast Decay and Future Archeologies (with Anna Lerchbaumer)
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Worpswede, nwwk - Neuer Worpsweder Kunstverein, I do not understand the moral of the story
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2022
Dachau, Dachau Artists’ Association, Pictures in colour with taste
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Hanover, konnektor - Forum für Künste e.V., Mockumentaries with Frans van Tartwijk
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Friedberg, Kunstverein Friedberg, First warning of a context (K)
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2021
Dresden, Kabinett im Zentralwerk, Encyclopaedia from free ambushes
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Schwäbisch Gmünd, Gemünder Kunstverein, The title is half the battle with Ruppe Koselleck
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2020
Bremen, GaDeWe, This might also interest you
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Mainz, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Unfremd
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2019
Paderborn, Kunstverein Paderborn, Behling, Pictures, Sensations
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Unna, Kunstverein Unna, A touch of vision
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2018
Erlangen, Kunstverein Erlangen, There’s something behind the clouds too
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2017
Bayreuth, Kunstverein Bayreuth, Drilling thin holes on thick ice
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Hanover, Rode and Lanfer, Creamy ideal art with fine splashes of culture
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Leipzig, Kulturny Dom Lipsk / Salon Similde, The swollen cavity
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2016
Switzerland, Basel, Galerie Eulenspiegel, Rahmenbedingungen (K)
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Berlin, Rosalux, displayced, with Christian Haake
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2015
Lehrte, Städtische Galerie Lehrte, Pathos is fun again (K)
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2024
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Group exhibitions (selection)
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2024
Bremen, GaDeWe - Gallery of the West, Anthroposcene Landscapes
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Berlin, STRouX, The Lodges
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2023
Austria, Linz, MAERZ, Cope not Perish
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Netherlands, Eindhoven, Gallery Nasty Alice, Mockumentaries
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Cuxhavener Kunstverein, 70 YEARS - 70 ARTISTS - Insight into the Kern Collection
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2022
Worpswede, Große Kunstschau Worpswede, The New Man. The dawn of a new era?
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Berlin, Treptow Ateliers, BLIND VISION
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Unna, Unna art association, Wetterleuchten
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2021
Japan, Matsunoyama, Connecting the World - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
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Germersheim, Germersheim Art Association, RAUMBetrachter
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Worms, Kunstverein Worms, Where is God? Christian iconography in contemporary art
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2020
Switzerland, Lucerne, Hans Erni Museum, Kunst-Stoff Plastik (K)
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Switzerland, Basel, Galerie Eulenspiegel, The frame and its artist
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Bissendorf, imago - Kunstverein Wedemark, Leap in time
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2019
Berlin, Schoeler.Berlin, Mask
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Syke, Syker Vorwerk - Centre for Contemporary Art, Bildersprachen (K)
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Great Britain, Kendal, Cross Lane Projects, Miniscule, curated by Vanya Balogh
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2018
Hanover, Kunstverein Hannover, 88th Autumn Exhibition (K)
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Australia, Sydney, ES74 Gallery, Echoes 2 : Transpositions SYD - BER
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Berlin, Galerie im Körnerpark, An Encyclopaedia of the Delicate (K)
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2017
Weimar, Schlosskapelle Weimar, The chapel and the specific weight of time
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Buchholz, Buchholz Art Association, Luther: Idol & Fetish
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Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, corporate art gallery, documenta ulaanbaatar kassel
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2016
Bremen, GaDeWe - Gallery of the West Raumprothese
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Italy, Rome, Galleria Gallerati, Pezzi Unici
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Eppingen, Museum Alte Universität, Otto and the Others
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2015
Berlin, Haus am Lützowplatz, Black Bandits (K)
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Latvia, Cesis, Cesis Art Vestival, Distant moods on a blue evening
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Austria, Linz, Upper Austrian Art Association, heim
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2024