Andreas Blank

Andreas Blank was born in Ansbach in 1976. He attended the Karlsruhe State Academy of Art (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste) and was Meisterschüler under Prof. Klingelhöller. He held a scholarship with the German National Academic Foundation and received his MFA from the Royal College of Art in London. In 2009 he was a finalist for the New Sensations Award by Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery. Blank lives and works in London and Berlin. EDUCATION 2001-2006 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe with Prof. Harald Klingelhoeller 2007 Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, guest student with Andreas Slominksi 2008-2009 Royal College of Art London SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Preis der Wilhelm-Loth-Stiftung, Art Karlsruhe 2022 Relations of Time, Movement and Consolidation, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen 2021 ANATOMY OF WORDS II, CHOI&LAGER, Cologne 2019 The Imprint of the Space Someone Used 2, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe Landscape Metaphor 2, Humboldt-Universität, Geographical Institute, Berlin Reverse Metaphysik 2, Sotheby´s Munich, Artist Quarterly, Munich 2017 Reverse Metaphysik, Schlicht Barock Fine Art, Feldbach, Austria 2014 The Imprint of the Space Someone Used, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin Hors-champ, Junge Kunst e. V., Wolfsburg 2013 Landscape Metaphor, Benrimon Contemporary, New York Anatomy of Words, Galerie Choi&Lager, Cologne 2012 Shadows of Words Spoken, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025 Deep Throat, Valletta Contemporary, Malta Ansbacher Kunstpreis 2025, Kunsthaus Ansbach Roter Salon, Museum Villa Rot 15 Jahre Schaufenster, Berlin Museum neu buchstabiert. Teil 2: M-Z, Museum Ulm, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm Post aus Mikronesien, Kunsthalle Hilsbach 2024 À toi de faire, ma mignonne, Museum Picasso, Paris (curated by Sophie Calle) 9. Roter Kunstsalon, Museum Villa Rot, Ulm NADAN, Showroom, Berlin Alle Wände voll zu tun, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen (curated by Dan Chen) Vienna Contemporary, Wien, (curated by Isabel Bernheimer) Erregung öffentlicher Freude, Hilbertraum Berlin (curated by Sandra Schlipkoeter und Ellen Deelaine) Haus. Kunst. Werk., Kooperation Galerie Kleiner von Wiese und Galerie Brusberg, Berlin 2023 Human, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul Let Life be Beautiful Like Summer Flowers, Museum Biesenthal, (curated by Dan Chen) You can´t always get what you want, Bernheimer Contemporary in cooperation with Bermel van Luxburg Galerie, Berlin Jubiläumsausstellung- 25 Galeriejahre, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen Drei Häuser Kunstpfad, Werke aus der Sammlung Krohne, (curated by Kristian Dubbick) Biennale Le Latitudini Dell Arte`, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin 2022 FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul 2021 Points of Resistance, Zionskirche, Berlin A Rose is a Rose, Artists against FGM, Online Exhibition 2020 Werke von und um Michael Buthe, Galerie Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin Werk im Werk X, Artspring, Berlin Elysium, Galerie Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin 2019 Bonum et Malum, Villa Erxleben, Berlin The Coke Side of Art, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen Water(Proof), Momentum, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Rachel Rits-Volloch & Taniá Guedes In Living Memory (Contemporary Still Life), Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin Small, Schaufenster, Berlin, curated by Oliver Mark 2018 Für immer Blau, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg ANDREAS BLANK & HELENA PARADA KIM, Choi&Lager, Seoul Ansbach Biennale, Ansbach Contemporary 2018, Ansbach Beauty is Everywhere, Salon Waldorf Astoria, Berlin, curated by Ingrid Manthe Die Nächte des Heliogabalus - Hommage to Otto Piene, Schlachthaus.fresh&fine art, Berlin NGORONGORO II, Artistweekend, Berlin SEGRETE, Palazzo Ducale, Genova 2017 Private Choices, Central for Contemporary Art, Brussels Landscapes of Loss, Ministry of Environment, Berlin Fünfklang, Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, curated by Andreas Blank and Stefan von Wiese Material Boys & Girls Part 2, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin We All Love Art, Schlachthaus Fresh & Fine Art, Berlin, curated by Ryszard Wasko Mixed Realities, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin People Places Things, AT Kearney, Berlin, curated by Ingrid Manthe 2016 The Pleasure of Love, 56th October Salon, City Museum, Belgrad, curated by David Elliot Why?, Secret Garden, Berlin Plastic Obsession, Department of Environment, Dessau Umweltfestival, Gasometer, Berlin What would I die for?, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin KIK EIGHT, Kino International, Berlin 2015 Looking Forward Looking Backwards, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin Works on Paper III, Momentum Berlin, Berlin Objects in a Room, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin NGORONGORO, Artistweekend, Berlin CREDITS, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin 2014 Kolibri. Neue Tendenzen an einem aus der Zeit gefallenen Ort, Ballhaus Kolibri, Berlin Aus dem Fundus der botanischen Semantik, Cruise & Callas, Berlin Always Crashing in the Same Car, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe 2013 Tresholds, Trafo Kunsthalle, Stettin The Scene changes to an empty room, De Fabriek, Eindhoven Oh Plastiksack!, Musee de Design et d´art appliqués contemporains, Lausanne 2012 Carving in Britain from 1910 to Now, The Fine Art Society, London Recasting the Gods, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London Ein weißes Feld, Sammlung FIEDE, Aschaffenburg Dividing Line, High House Gallery, Oxfordshire Memory. International Contemporary Sculpture, Palazzo Arti Napoli (PAN), Naples Oh, Plastiksack!, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SOR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn 2011 Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin Stressing Spiritual Needs Even When Selling Ice Cream, DNA-Galerie, Berlin Memory, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London Please Write, Posted Projects, London 2010 Transcending, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen New German Art/Neue Deutsche Kunst, German Embassy, London Cocktail, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen Keep Me Posted, Posted Projects, London The Land Securities Studio Awards 2010, SW1 Gallery, London Christian Achenbach, Andreas Blank, Nicola Samorì, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin 2009 We Can Understand The Meaning Better Without, St. Pancras Parish Church Crypt, London New Sensations, Rochelle School, London Andreas Blank & Ullrich J. Wolff, Galerie Alfred Knecht, Karlsruhe Abschied und Ankunft, DB Museum, Nuremberg Afghanische Botschaft, Berlin 2008 Optimism, Hannah Barry Gallery, London Basement Project, Fred Gallery, London Allen & Overy, London Lichtfeld 8, Basel 2007 Regionale 7, Projectspace 54, Basel Lichtfeld 7, Basel Sculptureproject, Osterburken GRANTS & AWARDS 2009 Finalist, New Sensations 2009, London Land Securities Studio Award, London Conran Foundation Award 2008 Scholarship for Great Britain, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes 2007 Residency, Stiftung Vorwerk, Hamburg 2005 Scholarship Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes