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Thomas KRATZ

Photo: Roman Schramm, 2017

Born in Waiblingen, Germany, in 1972.

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Curriculum

Education

2005     
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2001     
Meisterschüler Prof. Günther Förg, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany

1999     
New Media Art, Hochschule für Gestaltung / ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany


Awards, residences, scholarships

2008     
Artist in Residence, Chongqing, China, invited by Gasworks, London, UK

2007     
Projektstipendium, Steiner Stiftung, Munich, Germany

2001     
Arbeitsstipendium, Kunstfonds Bonn eV, Germany

Solo shows

2020
Lick Gin, KETELEER Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2019
Thomas Kratz and Vincenzo Schillaci - Chapter III – Pampa, Horse stables, La Capanna di Sant'Irma Capalbio, Greece

2018
Giorgio Galotti, Turin, Italy
Jump to First, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2017
Thomas Kratz at Alley – Giorgio Galotti, Torino Art Week, Italy

2016
GRGLT, Giorgio Galotti, Turin, Italy

2015
Ahoi, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Biedermann, München, Germany

2013
Lick Gin (Situations), Collicaligreggi, Catania, Italy

2012
Love, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
No tracks. No traces., Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany

2010
Thomas Kratz, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany

2008
Thomas Kratz, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
Rouge, The Return, Goethe Institut Dublin, Ireland

2007
Licking its Eyeball, Center, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Kratz, Kunstraum / Verein für aktuelle Kunst und Kritik, Munich, Germany

2006
Heute Abend, Szofia, Vera Cortês, Lisbon, Portugal

2004
Fou Tchou Li, Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2002
Neue Arbeiten … N°3 (but its hopeless … N°3), zu Gast bei Parisa Kind, Offenbach, Germany

Group Shows

2019
Looking Forward, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Bye, Bye and Hello - 40 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Collector's Room #20: Just Paintings, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2018
Kaputt, Galerie Ebensperger, Salzburg, Austria
Severity of a salty surge, Barbé Urbain gallery, Gent, Belgium
Collector’s Room #18: Out of Time - In Search of Stillness, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2017
Collector's Room # 15: A Show, Inside Out (Buitensculpturen / Outdoor Sculptures), Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Collector's Room # 14: Black / White, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2016
Modern Talk - Günther Förg / Melissa Gordon, Thomas Kratz & George Little, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Jahn, Landshut, Germany

2015
Intro, GRGLT Giorgio Galotti, Turin, Italy
(to be titled), Horse, Berlin, Germany
Club of Matinée Idolz, CO2, Turin, Italy

2014
Dizionario di Pittura, Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy
Ciao!, Collicaligreggi, Catania, Italy
The Party, Trafo / Center for Contemporary Art, Stettin, Poland
Bielefeld Contemporary_Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Bielefeld, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Germany
Syllabus #1_talking about art and life, Collicaligreggi, Catania, Italy
Die Antwort der Dinge, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich, Germany

2013
Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, KW – Institut for Contemporary Art, Berlin
The only performance that makes it all the way, KM – Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria
AB, Nomas Foundation, Rom, Italy
Re-opening, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, Italy
Biennale Online, ART+

2012
Drawing Quote, Pigna Project Space, Rom, Italy

2011
Portrait of Space, Clonlea Studios, Dublin. Ireland
Bilder, Träger und ein Pfeiler aus Sanssouci, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Frame, Ve.sch, Vienna, Austria

2010
Casa Fantasma, Fluxia, Milan, Italy
Out Of Joint, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Supernature / an Exercise in Loads, AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece
The Happy Interval, presented by Tulips & Roses, Vilnius, at Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany

2009
Zeichnungen, Skulpturen und Originalgrafiken, Margret Biedermann, Munich, Germany
Sniper, Margret Biedermann, Munich, Germany

2008
Experimenta FOLKLORE, Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Günther Förg & Thomas Kratz, behindthewindow, Munich, Germany
Breakfast in Bed (with Anthea Hamilton), Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nought to Sixty, ICA / Institute of Contermporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
After Dark, Louise T Blouin Foundation, London, United Kingdom

2007
Anthea Hamilton & Thomas Kratz, Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland
Na Vidraça Há O Ruído Do Diverso, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal
True Romance, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
Ice Trade, Chelsea Space; London, United Kingdom

2006
The possibility of beeing real, autocenter, Berlin, Germany

2005
I.D.E.A., ICA / Institute of Contermporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
13 Festival International d'Art Video de Casablanca, Goethe Institut de Rabat, Morocco

2004
Und im Winde klirren die Fahnen, Ben Kaufmann, Munich, Germany
Transformers (with Eva Maria Wittmann), Transformers, Munich, Germany

2003
kaufmannheim, Ben Kaufmann, Berlin, Germany
Total motiviert, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany

2002
Event Horizon, lothringer13/halle, Munich, Germany
Internationale Münchener Filmwochen, Munich, Germany

2000
to withdraw (with Peter Welz), Prima Kunst, Kiel, Germany

1999
Homo Ludens, der spielende Mensch, Coopera e.V., Dresden, Germany

Performances

2014
Esc, Trafo / Center for Contemporary Art, Stettin, Poland
Colour Blind, Kunstraum / Verein für aktuelle Kunst und Kritik, Munich, Germany

2013
Colour Blind, KM – Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria

2012
Strawberry Camouflage, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany

2011
Butt, a picnic, Clonlea Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Butt, a picnic, BKV Potsdam e.V., Potsdam, Germany
Star, Ve.sch, Vienna, Austria
Star, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany

2010
Wie ich dem toten Hasen die Bilder erkläre, Schmela Haus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Both, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden

2009
Both, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany

2008
Strawberry Camouflage, Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Strawberry Camouflage, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
Strawberry Camouflage, Organhaus, Chongching, China
Strawberry Camouflage, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Strawberry Camouflage, Louise T Blouin Foundation, London, United Kingdom
Strawberry Camouflage, Nought to Sixty, ICA / Institute of Contermporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
Strawberry Camouflage, Caravan, Berlin, Germany

2006
Wie ich dem toten Hasen die Bilder erkläre, Vera Cortês, Lisbon, Portugal