KERSTIN BRÄTSCH
Born 1979 Hamburg, Germany
Lives and works in New York
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Kerstin Brätsch
Education
2007
MFA, Columbia University, New York
MFA, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Meisterschüler Prof. Lothar Baumgarten
MFA, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Meisterschüler Prof. Lothar Baumgarten
Solo Exhibitions
2023
"MIMIKRY," Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
"KAYA: HISTORY_HERSTORY," Deborah Schamoni, Munich
"TBA KAYA," Jubg, Duesseldorf
"KAYA: HISTORY_HERSTORY," Deborah Schamoni, Munich
"TBA KAYA," Jubg, Duesseldorf
2022
“SEIN,” Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany
“Die Sein: Para Psychics,” Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany
”CICCIO KAYA: HOME,” CICCIO Gallery, New York. As KAYA
“Die Sein: Para Physics II,” Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
"Die Sein: Para Psychics I," Gladstone Gallery, New York
“Die Sein: Para Psychics,” Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany
”CICCIO KAYA: HOME,” CICCIO Gallery, New York. As KAYA
“Die Sein: Para Physics II,” Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
"Die Sein: Para Psychics I," Gladstone Gallery, New York
2021
"Memory (Fossil Psychics and Stone Mimicry)," Luma Foundation, Café du Parc, Arles, France
"Sun Swallower," Gavin Brown Enterprise, Rome, Italy
"Kerstin Brätsch and Judith Hopf," ATO arts at Via Della Spiga, Milan, Italy
"Sun Swallower," Gavin Brown Enterprise, Rome, Italy
"Kerstin Brätsch and Judith Hopf," ATO arts at Via Della Spiga, Milan, Italy
2020
"The Juwel Box", SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, United States (as KAYA)
"Bergdorf Goodman," Schwabinggrad München, KAYA and Stephan Dillemuth
"Bergdorf Goodman," Schwabinggrad München, KAYA and Stephan Dillemuth
2019
"Fossil Psychics for Christa," curated by Yasmil Raymond, The Museum of Modern Art, Terrace 6 Café, New York
"Various Others," with Paul Gondry invited by MX Gallery, Deborah Schamoni, Munich,
Germany. As KAYA
"Various Others," with Paul Gondry invited by MX Gallery, Deborah Schamoni, Munich,
Germany. As KAYA
2018
"Aktive Asche_," Bärenzwinger Berlin, Germany, Johannes Paul Raether & Mariechen Danz feat. KAYA with Nicolas An Xedro, curated by Nadia Pilchowski
"Kerstin Brätsch_Ruine / KAYA _KOVO," Fondazione MEMMO, Rome, Including KAYA featuring An, curated by Francesco Stocchi
"Kerstin Brätsch_Ruine / KAYA _KOVO," Fondazione MEMMO, Rome, Including KAYA featuring An, curated by Francesco Stocchi
2017
"Kerstin Brätsch. Innovation," Museum Brandhorst, Munich. With DAS INSTITUT, Full-Fall, Gaylen Gerber, Jane Jo, KAYA, Alexander Kluge, Kathrin Sonntag, and UNITED BROTHERS
2016
"Full-Fall Presents Kerstin Brätsch (Poli‘ahu’s Cure)" Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
"Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder as DAS INSTITUT," Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, As DAS INSTITUT, with Sergei Tcherepnin, Allison Katz, and Alexander Kluge, incl. performance by Ei Arakawa with Hālau Hula O Na Mele ‘Āina O Hawai’i
"Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder as DAS INSTITUT," Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, As DAS INSTITUT, with Sergei Tcherepnin, Allison Katz, and Alexander Kluge, incl. performance by Ei Arakawa with Hālau Hula O Na Mele ‘Āina O Hawai’i
2015
"N.O.Madski presents Klub KAYA", Deborah Schamoni, Munich. As KAYA,
"N.O.MADSKI presents: KAYA V", Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna. As KAYA
"Kerstin Brätsch: Pele’s Curse", Arts Club of Chicago. With Gaylen Gerber and Mariechen Danz
"KAMP KAYA feat. KAYA and Guests", Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria. Summer camp as KAYA, with students of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Sonja Gerdes, Michel Vvolta, and Daniel Chew as Burmamyanmar
"Kerstin Brätsch + Mount Trailer", August Macke Prize Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany.
"N.O.MADSKI presents: KAYA V", Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna. As KAYA
"Kerstin Brätsch: Pele’s Curse", Arts Club of Chicago. With Gaylen Gerber and Mariechen Danz
"KAMP KAYA feat. KAYA and Guests", Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria. Summer camp as KAYA, with students of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Sonja Gerdes, Michel Vvolta, and Daniel Chew as Burmamyanmar
"Kerstin Brätsch + Mount Trailer", August Macke Prize Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany.
2014
"Kerstin Brätsch / DAS INSTITUT," Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany. With DAS INSTITUT
"Unstable Talismanic Rendering," Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. Incl. Clouded in Veins, performance by Mariechen Danz
"KAYA IV," Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As KAYA, incl. KAYA Green, performance by KAYA with Daniel Chew as Burmamyanmar
"Unstable Talismanic Rendering," Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. Incl. Clouded in Veins, performance by Mariechen Danz
"KAYA IV," Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As KAYA, incl. KAYA Green, performance by KAYA with Daniel Chew as Burmamyanmar
2013
"KAYA III," 47 Canal, New York. As KAYA, incl. performance by Daniel Chew as Burmamyanmar
2012
"Maler, den Pinsel prüfend," Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. With DAS INSTITUT, GianCarlo Montebello, and UNITED BROTHERS, incl. "IWAKI ODORI (sunset)", performance by DAS INSTITUT and UNITED BROTHERS with Sergei Tcherepnin
"KAYA II," Various Small Fires, Los Angeles. As KAYA
"Glow Rod Tanning with … / COMCORRÖDER," Gió Marconi, Milan. With DAS INSTITUT, UNITED BROTHERS, and Martino Gamper, incl. Simultaneous Studios, photo shooting by DAS INSTITUT and Lucas Knipscher
"KAYA II," Various Small Fires, Los Angeles. As KAYA
"Glow Rod Tanning with … / COMCORRÖDER," Gió Marconi, Milan. With DAS INSTITUT, UNITED BROTHERS, and Martino Gamper, incl. Simultaneous Studios, photo shooting by DAS INSTITUT and Lucas Knipscher
2011
"BLACKY Blocked Radiants Sunbathed," Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany. As DAS INSTITUT with UNITED BROTHERS, incl. BLACKY Blocked Radiants Sunbathed, performance by DAS INSTITUT and UNITED BROTHERS with Nhu Duong
"Vorahnung [United Brothers and Sisters]," Kunsthalle Zürich / Museum Bärengasse. As Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder, with DAS INSTITUT and UNITED BROTHERS
"Kerstin Brätsch & DAS INSTITUT: Treat Your Own Neck," Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens. With DAS INSTITUT
"Kerstin Brätsch & DAS INSTITUT, (“Nichts, Nichts!”)," Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne. With DAS INSTITUT
"Vorahnung [United Brothers and Sisters]," Kunsthalle Zürich / Museum Bärengasse. As Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder, with DAS INSTITUT and UNITED BROTHERS
"Kerstin Brätsch & DAS INSTITUT: Treat Your Own Neck," Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens. With DAS INSTITUT
"Kerstin Brätsch & DAS INSTITUT, (“Nichts, Nichts!”)," Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne. With DAS INSTITUT
2010
"(“Rien, Rien!”), Kerstin Brätsch & DAS INSTITUT," Centre d’art contemporain, Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France. With DAS INSTITUT
"BroadwayBrätsch / Corporate Abstraction," Balice Hertling, Art 41 Basel – Art Statements, Basel. With DAS INSTITUT
"THUS!, DAS INSTITUT", New Jersey, Basel, Switzerland. As DAS INSTITUT, incl. Bake Your Favourite Artworks As Cakes, baking workshop by DAS INSTITUT
"KAYA," 179 Canal, New York. As KAYA
"BroadwayBrätsch / Corporate Abstraction," Balice Hertling, Art 41 Basel – Art Statements, Basel. With DAS INSTITUT
"THUS!, DAS INSTITUT", New Jersey, Basel, Switzerland. As DAS INSTITUT, incl. Bake Your Favourite Artworks As Cakes, baking workshop by DAS INSTITUT
"KAYA," 179 Canal, New York. As KAYA
2009
"D.I.WHY Successful Apologies," Swiss Institute, New York. As DAS INSTITUT, with Debo Eilers, Nikolas Gambaroff, Allison Katz, and Lucas Knipscher, incl. food performance by DAS INSTITUT
"BUYBRÄTSCHWÖRSTGHOSTS," Hermes und der Pfau, Stuttgart, Germany. With DAS INSTITUT
"BUYBRÄTSCHWÖRST," Balice Hertling, Paris. With DAS INSTITUT and Jane Jo
"BUYBRÄTSCHWÖRSTGHOSTS," Hermes und der Pfau, Stuttgart, Germany. With DAS INSTITUT
"BUYBRÄTSCHWÖRST," Balice Hertling, Paris. With DAS INSTITUT and Jane Jo
2008
“When You See Me Again It Won’t Be Me, Smith Stewart Gallery, New York
2007
“Eva’s Arche und der Feminist,” Passerby, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
“Productive Image Interference: Sigmar Polke and Artistic Perspectives Today," Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
“A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning, A Mezzaning, Meza-9,” Curated by Ei Arakawa, Kerstin Brätsch, Nicole Eisenman, and Laura Owens, David Zwirner, New York
“The Painter’s New Tools,” Nahmad Contemporary, New York
“Future Bodies from a Recent Past Skulptur, Technnologie, Körper seit den 1950er- Jahren,” as KAYA, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
"The Milk of Dreams: 59th International Art Exhibition,” Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning, A Mezzaning, Meza-9,” Curated by Ei Arakawa, Kerstin Brätsch, Nicole Eisenman, and Laura Owens, David Zwirner, New York
“The Painter’s New Tools,” Nahmad Contemporary, New York
“Future Bodies from a Recent Past Skulptur, Technnologie, Körper seit den 1950er- Jahren,” as KAYA, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
"The Milk of Dreams: 59th International Art Exhibition,” Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2021
"Fore-edge Painting," Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, Italy
"The Greek Gift," DESTE Foundation, Athens
THE EYES HAVE IT, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
"Ways of Seeing Abstraction- Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection," PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
"The Greek Gift," DESTE Foundation, Athens
THE EYES HAVE IT, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
"Ways of Seeing Abstraction- Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection," PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
2020
"Winterfest", Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
"Drawing 2020", Gladstone Gallery, New York
"The Botanical Mind," curated by Gina Buenfeld and Martin Clark, Camden Arts Center, London
"Quadro," Deichtorhallen Internationale Kunst und Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany (including KAYA)
"Future Perfect", curated by Angelika Stepken and Phillip Ziegler, Evliyagil Müze, Ankara, Turkey (As DAS INSTITUT)
"YOU", Musee d’Art modern de la Ville de Paris, Lafayette Anticipation Collection, curated by Anne Dressen, France (As KAYA)
Museum Brandhorst’s collection at NEUES MUSEUM Staatliches Museum für Kunst & Design Nürnberg, Germany (As KAYA)
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany
"Radical Passivity", NGBK Berlin / HGB Galerie Leipzig (As KAYA/ with N.O.Madski)
"After Bob Ross. Beauty is everywhere", Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, Switzerland (As KAYA)
"four flags", Amsterdam, Netherlands (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Drawing 2020", Gladstone Gallery, New York
"The Botanical Mind," curated by Gina Buenfeld and Martin Clark, Camden Arts Center, London
"Quadro," Deichtorhallen Internationale Kunst und Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany (including KAYA)
"Future Perfect", curated by Angelika Stepken and Phillip Ziegler, Evliyagil Müze, Ankara, Turkey (As DAS INSTITUT)
"YOU", Musee d’Art modern de la Ville de Paris, Lafayette Anticipation Collection, curated by Anne Dressen, France (As KAYA)
Museum Brandhorst’s collection at NEUES MUSEUM Staatliches Museum für Kunst & Design Nürnberg, Germany (As KAYA)
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany
"Radical Passivity", NGBK Berlin / HGB Galerie Leipzig (As KAYA/ with N.O.Madski)
"After Bob Ross. Beauty is everywhere", Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, Switzerland (As KAYA)
"four flags", Amsterdam, Netherlands (as DAS INSTITUT)
2019
"Jahresgaben", Neuer Aachener Kunstverein NAK, Germany (as KAYA)
“Jahresgaben”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (as KAYA)
"Jubilee Art Auction", Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
“KAYA Giardini Firenze”, feat. Kirsten Kilponen, Grillmaster Holger, Full-Fall, Davide Stucchi,Beatrice Marchi, Effe Minelle and Giorgia Garzilli, Open studios Villa Roman, Florence, as KAYA
“Greater than the sum”, Jahn u Jahn, Munich, with Sarah Ortmeyer
“Helmpflicht”, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, curated by Jonas Mueller and Thomas Georg, Germany, as KAYA
“Groupings”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, as KAYA and as DAS INSTITUT
“40,000, A Museum of Curiosity, Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2019”, curated by Brigitte Franzen, Fellbach, Germany, as KAYA
“groupshow”, CICCIO, Brooklyn, New York, As Kerstin Brätsch and UNITED BROTHERS
“The Magnetic Field”, Gio Marconi, Milan, curated by Cecilia Alemani (IT)
“Forever Young,! 10 years of Museum Brandhorst”, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, including KAYA
“The Art Side of Kartell”, Palazzo Reale, Milan, curated by Ferruccio Laviani and Rita Selvaggio, including KAYA
“Villa Romana Fellows 2019”, KAYA, Marcella Moraga, Christian Naujoks, Rajkamal Kahlon,
Villa Romana Florence, as KAYA with Nicolas An Xedro
“Future Perfect”, curated by Angelika Stepken and Phillip Ziegler, Musée Theodore Monod d'Art Africaine, Dakar/Senegal, as DAS INSTITUT
“Hybrid Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, including KAYA
“AktiveTexturen”, xc, hua gallery, Berlin, Curated by Stephan Klee, including DAS INSTITUT
“Rumeurs et Légendes”, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (MAMVP), as DAS INSTITUT
“Realismus mit Schleife”, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, as KAYA with N.O.Madski
“Green Tea Gallery_United Brothers Fukushima Android Series Franchise:” Worldwide Premiere, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris
“KAYA Giardini Firenze”, feat. Kirsten Kilponen, Grillmaster Holger, Full-Fall, Davide Stucchi,Beatrice Marchi, Effe Minelle and Giorgia Garzilli, Open studios Villa Roman, Florence, as KAYA
“Greater than the sum”, Jahn u Jahn, Munich, with Sarah Ortmeyer
“Helmpflicht”, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, curated by Jonas Mueller and Thomas Georg, Germany, as KAYA
“Groupings”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, as KAYA and as DAS INSTITUT
“40,000, A Museum of Curiosity, Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2019”, curated by Brigitte Franzen, Fellbach, Germany, as KAYA
“groupshow”, CICCIO, Brooklyn, New York, As Kerstin Brätsch and UNITED BROTHERS
“The Magnetic Field”, Gio Marconi, Milan, curated by Cecilia Alemani (IT)
“Forever Young,! 10 years of Museum Brandhorst”, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, including KAYA
“The Art Side of Kartell”, Palazzo Reale, Milan, curated by Ferruccio Laviani and Rita Selvaggio, including KAYA
“Villa Romana Fellows 2019”, KAYA, Marcella Moraga, Christian Naujoks, Rajkamal Kahlon,
Villa Romana Florence, as KAYA with Nicolas An Xedro
“Future Perfect”, curated by Angelika Stepken and Phillip Ziegler, Musée Theodore Monod d'Art Africaine, Dakar/Senegal, as DAS INSTITUT
“Hybrid Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, including KAYA
“AktiveTexturen”, xc, hua gallery, Berlin, Curated by Stephan Klee, including DAS INSTITUT
“Rumeurs et Légendes”, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (MAMVP), as DAS INSTITUT
“Realismus mit Schleife”, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, as KAYA with N.O.Madski
“Jahresgaben”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (as KAYA)
"Jubilee Art Auction", Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
“KAYA Giardini Firenze”, feat. Kirsten Kilponen, Grillmaster Holger, Full-Fall, Davide Stucchi,Beatrice Marchi, Effe Minelle and Giorgia Garzilli, Open studios Villa Roman, Florence, as KAYA
“Greater than the sum”, Jahn u Jahn, Munich, with Sarah Ortmeyer
“Helmpflicht”, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, curated by Jonas Mueller and Thomas Georg, Germany, as KAYA
“Groupings”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, as KAYA and as DAS INSTITUT
“40,000, A Museum of Curiosity, Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2019”, curated by Brigitte Franzen, Fellbach, Germany, as KAYA
“groupshow”, CICCIO, Brooklyn, New York, As Kerstin Brätsch and UNITED BROTHERS
“The Magnetic Field”, Gio Marconi, Milan, curated by Cecilia Alemani (IT)
“Forever Young,! 10 years of Museum Brandhorst”, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, including KAYA
“The Art Side of Kartell”, Palazzo Reale, Milan, curated by Ferruccio Laviani and Rita Selvaggio, including KAYA
“Villa Romana Fellows 2019”, KAYA, Marcella Moraga, Christian Naujoks, Rajkamal Kahlon,
Villa Romana Florence, as KAYA with Nicolas An Xedro
“Future Perfect”, curated by Angelika Stepken and Phillip Ziegler, Musée Theodore Monod d'Art Africaine, Dakar/Senegal, as DAS INSTITUT
“Hybrid Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, including KAYA
“AktiveTexturen”, xc, hua gallery, Berlin, Curated by Stephan Klee, including DAS INSTITUT
“Rumeurs et Légendes”, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (MAMVP), as DAS INSTITUT
“Realismus mit Schleife”, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, as KAYA with N.O.Madski
“Green Tea Gallery_United Brothers Fukushima Android Series Franchise:” Worldwide Premiere, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris
“KAYA Giardini Firenze”, feat. Kirsten Kilponen, Grillmaster Holger, Full-Fall, Davide Stucchi,Beatrice Marchi, Effe Minelle and Giorgia Garzilli, Open studios Villa Roman, Florence, as KAYA
“Greater than the sum”, Jahn u Jahn, Munich, with Sarah Ortmeyer
“Helmpflicht”, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, curated by Jonas Mueller and Thomas Georg, Germany, as KAYA
“Groupings”, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, as KAYA and as DAS INSTITUT
“40,000, A Museum of Curiosity, Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2019”, curated by Brigitte Franzen, Fellbach, Germany, as KAYA
“groupshow”, CICCIO, Brooklyn, New York, As Kerstin Brätsch and UNITED BROTHERS
“The Magnetic Field”, Gio Marconi, Milan, curated by Cecilia Alemani (IT)
“Forever Young,! 10 years of Museum Brandhorst”, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, including KAYA
“The Art Side of Kartell”, Palazzo Reale, Milan, curated by Ferruccio Laviani and Rita Selvaggio, including KAYA
“Villa Romana Fellows 2019”, KAYA, Marcella Moraga, Christian Naujoks, Rajkamal Kahlon,
Villa Romana Florence, as KAYA with Nicolas An Xedro
“Future Perfect”, curated by Angelika Stepken and Phillip Ziegler, Musée Theodore Monod d'Art Africaine, Dakar/Senegal, as DAS INSTITUT
“Hybrid Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, including KAYA
“AktiveTexturen”, xc, hua gallery, Berlin, Curated by Stephan Klee, including DAS INSTITUT
“Rumeurs et Légendes”, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (MAMVP), as DAS INSTITUT
“Realismus mit Schleife”, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, as KAYA with N.O.Madski
2018
"Chthonic Rift", Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
"The Vitalist Economy of Painting", curated by Isabelle Graw, Galerie Neu / MD 72, Berlin (as KAYA)
"Expérience Pommery #14 : L'esprit souterrain", curated by Hugo Vitrani, Pommery caves, Reims, France (as KAYA featuring N.O.MADSKI)
"5 Million Years_Brätsch / Spichtig / Bonvicini", Deborah Schamoni, Munich
"HARSH ASTRAL - The Radiant 2", Green Tea Gallery at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany
"Future Perfect", M. K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Art Kaunas, Litauen, The Model, Sligo, Irland, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhuk, Namibia (as DAS INSTITUT)
"AMORE ATOMICO DI AMORE DI LAVA (atomic love of lava love)", Green Tea Gallery Milan at VAVA, curated by UNITED BROTHERS
"HARSH ASTRAL - The Radiant 2", Green Tea gallery at Francesca Pia, Zurich
"Wendepunkte. Von Nolde bis Oppenheim", ETH Zurich (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Lemurenheim", Meyerkainer, Vienna (including KAYA)
"Blind Faith, Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art", curated by Julienne Lorz, Daniel Milnes and Anna Schneider, Haus der Kunst, Munich (as KAYA)
"The Vitalist Economy of Painting", curated by Isabelle Graw, Galerie Neu / MD 72, Berlin (as KAYA)
"Expérience Pommery #14 : L'esprit souterrain", curated by Hugo Vitrani, Pommery caves, Reims, France (as KAYA featuring N.O.MADSKI)
"5 Million Years_Brätsch / Spichtig / Bonvicini", Deborah Schamoni, Munich
"HARSH ASTRAL - The Radiant 2", Green Tea Gallery at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany
"Future Perfect", M. K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Art Kaunas, Litauen, The Model, Sligo, Irland, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhuk, Namibia (as DAS INSTITUT)
"AMORE ATOMICO DI AMORE DI LAVA (atomic love of lava love)", Green Tea Gallery Milan at VAVA, curated by UNITED BROTHERS
"HARSH ASTRAL - The Radiant 2", Green Tea gallery at Francesca Pia, Zurich
"Wendepunkte. Von Nolde bis Oppenheim", ETH Zurich (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Lemurenheim", Meyerkainer, Vienna (including KAYA)
"Blind Faith, Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art", curated by Julienne Lorz, Daniel Milnes and Anna Schneider, Haus der Kunst, Munich (as KAYA)
2017
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Munich
"The Trick Brain", Aishti foundation, Beirut, curated by Massimiliano Gioni
"Wild West", Austrian Culture Center, New York (as KAYA)
"The Leftovers", Simon Lee, New York (as KAYA)
"Cul-De-Sac", Antenna Art Space Shanghai, China (as KAYA)
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Museo de las Artes MUSA, Guadalajara, Mexico (as DAS INSTITUT)
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (as KAYA)
"L’emozione dei COLORI nell’arte", Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
"The Trick Brain", Aishti foundation, Beirut, curated by Massimiliano Gioni
"Wild West", Austrian Culture Center, New York (as KAYA)
"The Leftovers", Simon Lee, New York (as KAYA)
"Cul-De-Sac", Antenna Art Space Shanghai, China (as KAYA)
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Museo de las Artes MUSA, Guadalajara, Mexico (as DAS INSTITUT)
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (as KAYA)
"L’emozione dei COLORI nell’arte", Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
2016
"The End of the World", Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
"No Man’s Land, Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection", The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Washington
"Blackmail", Svetlana, New York (as KAYA)
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Museo la Tertulia, Cali, Colombia (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan", Aichi Triennale, Japan (with DAS INSTITUT and UNITED BROTHERS)
"Schiff Ahoy – Contemporary Art from the Brandhorst Collection", Museum Brandhorst, Munich
"Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age", mumok, Vienna (as KAYA)
"Die Marmory Show III. Guilty Pleasures", Deborah Schamoni, Munich
"No. 6", Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles
"Made in Germany: Contemporary Art from the Rubell Family Collection", McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Düsseldorf (as KAYA)
"No Man’s Land, Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection", The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Washington
"Blackmail", Svetlana, New York (as KAYA)
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Museo la Tertulia, Cali, Colombia (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan", Aichi Triennale, Japan (with DAS INSTITUT and UNITED BROTHERS)
"Schiff Ahoy – Contemporary Art from the Brandhorst Collection", Museum Brandhorst, Munich
"Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age", mumok, Vienna (as KAYA)
"Die Marmory Show III. Guilty Pleasures", Deborah Schamoni, Munich
"No. 6", Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles
"Made in Germany: Contemporary Art from the Rubell Family Collection", McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Düsseldorf (as KAYA)
2015
"Off Cardinal Points," KrauperTuskanyZeider as DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz, Berlin, Germany
"New Skin", Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Museu de Arte Leopoldo Gotuzzo (MALG) and Casa 6, Pelotas, Brazil (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Maize Mantis", The Kitchen, New York. Play by Sergei Tcherepnin with paintings by Kerstin Brätsch and Lucy Dodd
"Full of Peril and Weirdness: Painting as a Universalism," MWoods Museum as KAYA, Beijing, China
"Painting 2.0: Expression in the information age," Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
"The Pleasure of the Text," Campoli Presti, London
"New Skin", Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
"The Radiants," Bortolami, New York
"Call and Response," Gavin Brown's enterprise, 620 Greenwich Street, New York
"À vue de pied, à vue de nez, une exposition vraiment "underground”," Frac Aquitaine, Bourdeaux, France
"8th Triennial of Contemporary Prints", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland (As DAS INSTITUT)
"Dredgers on the Rail", Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles (as DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz)
"Das unbekannte Meisterwerk", Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
"Yes We’re Open", Gió Marconi, Milan (as KAYA)
"Call and Response", Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
"New Skin", Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Museu de Arte Leopoldo Gotuzzo (MALG) and Casa 6, Pelotas, Brazil (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Maize Mantis", The Kitchen, New York. Play by Sergei Tcherepnin with paintings by Kerstin Brätsch and Lucy Dodd
"Full of Peril and Weirdness: Painting as a Universalism," MWoods Museum as KAYA, Beijing, China
"Painting 2.0: Expression in the information age," Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
"The Pleasure of the Text," Campoli Presti, London
"New Skin", Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
"The Radiants," Bortolami, New York
"Call and Response," Gavin Brown's enterprise, 620 Greenwich Street, New York
"À vue de pied, à vue de nez, une exposition vraiment "underground”," Frac Aquitaine, Bourdeaux, France
"8th Triennial of Contemporary Prints", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland (As DAS INSTITUT)
"Dredgers on the Rail", Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles (as DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz)
"Das unbekannte Meisterwerk", Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
"Yes We’re Open", Gió Marconi, Milan (as KAYA)
"Call and Response", Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2014
"The Forever Now: Painting in the New Millennium," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, curated by Laura Hoptman
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Russia (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Some Artists’ Artists," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
"Hypothesis for an Exhibition," Dominique Levy Gallery, curated by Begum Yasar
"Room Service," Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Baden Baden, Germany, curated by Hans Ulrich-Obrist, in collaboration with Adele Röder as DAS INSTITUT
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Russia (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Future Perfect. Contemporary Art from Germany", Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (as DAS INSTITUT)
"Some Artists’ Artists," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
"Hypothesis for an Exhibition," Dominique Levy Gallery, curated by Begum Yasar
"Room Service," Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Baden Baden, Germany, curated by Hans Ulrich-Obrist, in collaboration with Adele Röder as DAS INSTITUT
2013
"EXPO 1: Rio", Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As DAS INSTITUT with UNITED BROTHERS
"The November Issue", Mathew Gallery, Berlin. As DAS INSTITUT
"Curated by_Ei Arakawa, Why Painting Now?", Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
"Speculations on Anonymous Materials", Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. As KAYA with N.O.Madski, incl. Friedrichsplatz Burial, performance by KAYA
"Risk Society – Individualization in Young Contemporary Art from Germany", Museum for Contemporary Art Taipei, China. As DAS INSTITUT
"Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst 2013", Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin. With DAS INSTITUT
"Futur Perfekt". Vollendete Zukunft, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. As DAS INSTITUT
"The System of Objects", Deste Foundation, Athens. As DAS INSTITUT
"Gaylen Gerber", Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. As DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz
"EXPO 1: New York", MoMA PS1, New York. As DAS INSTITUT with UNITED BROTHERS
"The November Issue", Mathew Gallery, Berlin. As DAS INSTITUT
"Curated by_Ei Arakawa, Why Painting Now?", Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
"Speculations on Anonymous Materials", Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. As KAYA with N.O.Madski, incl. Friedrichsplatz Burial, performance by KAYA
"Risk Society – Individualization in Young Contemporary Art from Germany", Museum for Contemporary Art Taipei, China. As DAS INSTITUT
"Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst 2013", Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin. With DAS INSTITUT
"Futur Perfekt". Vollendete Zukunft, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. As DAS INSTITUT
"The System of Objects", Deste Foundation, Athens. As DAS INSTITUT
"Gaylen Gerber", Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. As DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz
"EXPO 1: New York", MoMA PS1, New York. As DAS INSTITUT with UNITED BROTHERS
2012
"Cleopatra’s Family Jewels", Family Business, New York
"Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2012", Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany. With DAS INSTITUT
"Phantom LIMB: Approaches to Painting Today", Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
"Gaylen Gerber, John Henderson, DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz", Family Business, New York
"The Painting Factory: Abstraction after Warhol", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. As DAS INSTITUT
"All UNITED BROTHERS Videos and Extras Videos by Ei Arakawa (or Not)", The Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Incl. performance by UNITED BROTHERS with Kerstin Brätsch, Jeffrey Rosen, and Sergei Tcherepnin
"Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2012", Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany. With DAS INSTITUT
"Phantom LIMB: Approaches to Painting Today", Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
"Gaylen Gerber, John Henderson, DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz", Family Business, New York
"The Painting Factory: Abstraction after Warhol", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. As DAS INSTITUT
"All UNITED BROTHERS Videos and Extras Videos by Ei Arakawa (or Not)", The Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Incl. performance by UNITED BROTHERS with Kerstin Brätsch, Jeffrey Rosen, and Sergei Tcherepnin
2011
"Group Affinity", Kunstverein Munich. Summer school with artist collective Grand Openings
"Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors", Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany. As DAS INSTITUT
"Hasta Mañana", Greene Naftali, New York. As DAS INSTITUT with UNITED BROTHERS
"ILLUMInations", 54th Venice Biennale. As DAS INSTITUT
"After Images", Musée Juif de Belgique, Brussels
"Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors", Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany. As DAS INSTITUT
"Hasta Mañana", Greene Naftali, New York. As DAS INSTITUT with UNITED BROTHERS
"ILLUMInations", 54th Venice Biennale. As DAS INSTITUT
"After Images", Musée Juif de Belgique, Brussels
2010
"10,000 Lives", 8th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
"Held Up by Columns", Renwick Gallery, New York
"The Pursuer", Greene Naftali, New York
"Greater New York", MoMA PS1, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Behind the Curtain", Gió Marconi, Milan
"The Inhabitants", Vilma Gold, London. As DAS INSTITUT
"AND SO ON, AND SO ON, AND SO ON . . .", Harris Lieberman, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Leopards in the Temple", SculptureCenter, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Vertically Integrated Manufacturing", Murray Guy, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Held Up by Columns", Renwick Gallery, New York
"The Pursuer", Greene Naftali, New York
"Greater New York", MoMA PS1, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Behind the Curtain", Gió Marconi, Milan
"The Inhabitants", Vilma Gold, London. As DAS INSTITUT
"AND SO ON, AND SO ON, AND SO ON . . .", Harris Lieberman, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Leopards in the Temple", SculptureCenter, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
"Vertically Integrated Manufacturing", Murray Guy, New York. As DAS INSTITUT
2009
"Tbilisi 6. Never on Sunday", various venues, Tbilisi, Georgia. With Tobias Madison
"Non-Solo Show, Non-Group Show", Kunsthalle Zürich. With DAS INSTITUT, incl. food performance by DAS INSTITUT
"Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture", The Kitchen, New York
"Solaris", Gió Marconi, Milan
"Modern Modern", Chelsea Art Museum, New York
"The Generational Triennial: Younger Than Jesus", New Museum, New York. With DAS INSTITUT
"Non-Solo Show, Non-Group Show", Kunsthalle Zürich. With DAS INSTITUT, incl. food performance by DAS INSTITUT
"Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture", The Kitchen, New York
"Solaris", Gió Marconi, Milan
"Modern Modern", Chelsea Art Museum, New York
"The Generational Triennial: Younger Than Jesus", New Museum, New York. With DAS INSTITUT
Awards
2020
Peill Preis der Guenther Peill Stiftung
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting
2019
Villa Romana residency Florence, Italy. As KAYA
2018
Tokyo Wonder Site residency (TOKAS), Tokyo, Japan
2017
Edward Munch Award, Oslo, Norway
2014
Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn, Germany
August-Macke-Preis 2014
August-Macke-Preis 2014
2013
Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft. As DAS INSTITUT
Shortlist, Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst Berlin, Germany
Shortlist, Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst Berlin, Germany
2012
Shortlist, Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
2011
Kunstzeitraum residency, Munich. As DAS INSTITUT
2010
Prix du Quartier des Bains, Geneva. As DAS INSTITUT
Emergency Grant Foundation for the Arts NYC. As KAYA
Emergency Grant Foundation for the Arts NYC. As KAYA
2007
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, foreign grant
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York
Gamblin Award, New York
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York
Gamblin Award, New York
2006
Fulbright Fellowship
2004
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Selected Public Collections
DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece
Foundazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
La Caxia Contemporary Art Collection, Spain
Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA), Los Angeles
LUMA Foundation, Arles, France
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Silvie Fleming Collection, London, United Kingdom
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Foundazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
La Caxia Contemporary Art Collection, Spain
Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA), Los Angeles
LUMA Foundation, Arles, France
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Silvie Fleming Collection, London, United Kingdom
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York