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CURRICULUM VITAE |
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| G Roland Biermann was born in Bonn, Germany. He studied at New York University (1990 - 91) and lives and works in London. His practice is based on photography, film, sculpture and installation. |
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GRANTS
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| 2017 |
Trinity Wall Street, New York |
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| 2016 | J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust, London |
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2015 |
King's College, London |
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2015 |
Renmin University of China, Beijing |
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| 2014 | German Embassy London / German Foreign Office, London / Berlin |
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| 2010 | Think German, German Foreign Office, London / Berlin |
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| 2005 | Arts Council England, London |
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| 2004 | Goethe-Institut, London |
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| 2001 | 8. Rohkunstbau, SPI, Berlin-Brandenburg |
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| AWARDS / PRIZES / COMPETITIONS |
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| 2022 | Cape Cod Museum of Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts, All The World's A Stage, Juried Competition, 3rd Prize |
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| 2020 | Shanghai Exposure Award, Shanghai Photofairs, Shanghai, finalist |
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| 2020 | Virus Competition, NIDA International Photography Symposium, Nida, Lithuania, finalist |
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| 2019 | Art + Christianity Award, London, long-listed |
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| 2018 |
Aesthetica Art Prize (longlisted for white cube / white wall) |
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| 2010 | ThyssenKrupp Tinplate Arts Calendar Rasselstein 250th Anniversary Special
Edition (Winner) |
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| 2008 | Artist of the Month, February 2008, German Embassy, London (Winner) |
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| 2006 | ThyssenKrupp Tinplate Arts Calendar Rasselstein (Winner) |
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| 2005 | Imagine, BBC and Wellcome Trust, London (Highly Commended) |
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| RESIDENCIES |
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| 2021 | Belgrade Arts Residency, Belgrade, Serbia |
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| 2017 |
Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana |
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| 2012 | Bayerische Hofglasmalerei Gustav van Treek, Munich |
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| 2009 | Signy + Olaf Willums Art Foundation, Mas des Graviers, Pourrieres, Provence |
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| APPOINTMENTS |
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| 2018 |
Royal Society of Sculptors, London |
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| 2007 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh), Cologne |
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COLLECTIONS
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German Embassy London, ThyssenKrupp, Düsseldorf / Essen, Yellowstone Art Museum, Montana, Signy + Olaf Wíllums Art Foundation, Provence, Private Collections in France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdon and the United States.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2023 |
Happy Place, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts (group) | |
| 2022 | Winter Group Exhibition, Parsonage Gallery, Searsport, Maine (group) |
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| 2022 | Works from the Rosen Collection, Henry Luce Center, Washington, DC (group) |
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| 2022 | Summer Group Exhibition, Parsonage Gallery, Searsport, Maine (group) |
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| 2022 | All the World's A Stage, Cape Cod Museum of Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts (group) |
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| 2021 | Monuments to the Future, Henry Luce Center for the Arts and Religion, Washington (group, online) |
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| 2020 | Shanghai Exposure Awards, Shanghai Photofairs, Shanghai (group, online) |
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| 2020 | Virus, NIDA International Photography Symposium, Nida, Lithuania (group) |
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| 2019 | Embody, with Michael Mueller, Stella Zhang and others, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong (group) |
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| 2019 | Summer Exhibition, curated by Greville Worthington, Royal Society of Sculptors, London (group) |
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| 2019 | 'Stations - Troubled Waters', curated by Marleen Hengelaar and Aniko Ouweneel, De Hoftuin at the Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam (S) |
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| 2018 | 'Aesthetica Art Prize', York Art Gallery, York (G) | |
| 2018 | 'Stations', curated by Dr, Aaron Rosen and Jack Moody, Trinity Wall Street, New York (S) | |
| 2018 | 'Postcards from the Edge', Gallery 524, New York (G) | |
| 2017-18 |
'Bilder, die wir lieben', Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf (G) |
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| 2017 |
'whiteout', Urban Arts Platform, Billings, Montana (S) |
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| 2016-17 |
'white cube / white wall', maestroarts, London (S) |
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| 2016 |
'Visions in the Nunnery', Nunnery Gallery, London (G) |
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| 2016 | 'Transformations', Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong (S) |
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| 2016 |
'Photography is Magic', curated by Charlotte Cotton, Aperture Foundation, New York (G) |
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2016 |
'Stations', curated by Aaron Rosen and Terry Duffy, Barbican, London (S) |
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2015 |
'Journeys', Jewish Museum, London (G) |
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2015 |
'Structure - Texture - Future', curated by Rosamond Murdoch and Dr. Shahida Bari, Nunnery Gallery, London (G) |
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2015 |
'Between Worlds', Gallery of the School of Arts, Renmin University of China, Beijing (G) |
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2014 |
'Jacobigarten' Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf (G) |
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2014 |
'white cube / white wall' (with Thierry Noir), German Embassy London, London (S)
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2013
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'snow+concrete', Goethe Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (S) |
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2013 |
'Ophelia', 12 Star Gallery, Europe House, London (S) |
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2013
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'Ophelia', curated by Marco Izzolino, White Room Capri, Capri (S) | |
| 2012 | 'Objectified', curated by Roy Exley, Charlie Smith London, London (G) 'snow+concrete / new works on glass', Galerie der Bayerischen Hofglasmalerei, Munich (S) |
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| 2011 | 'Ophelia', Goethe-Institut Paris, Paris (S) - 'Seven', Schaltbau AG Headquarters, Munich (S) |
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| 2010/11 | 'metamorphosis', German Embassy London, London (S) |
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| 2010 | 'Das kleine Format', Künstlerverein Malkasten, Duesseldorf (G) - 'Can you hear it?', curated by Franko B, Bow Arts Trust, Nunnery Gallery, London (G) - 'snow+concrete', Quadrum, Dommuseum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (S) |
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| 2009 | 'Fault Line: Art in the Age of Anxiety', curated by Sarah Elson, Bow Arts Trust, Nunnery Gallery, London (G) - 'Postcards from the Edge', Metro Pictures, New York (G) |
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| 2008 | 'Fight Aids Monaco / Vente aux Enchères 2008', by invitation of Princess Stephanie, Salon Méditerranée, Le Méridien, Monte Carlo (G) - 'snow+concrete', The Chapel, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (S) - 'Unnatural Histories', curated by Myriam Blundell, Bow Arts Trust, Nunnery Gallery, London (G) |
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| 2007 | 'Postcards from the Edge', James Cohan Gallery, New York (G) - 'Das kleine Format', Malkasten, Düsseldorf (G) - 'Multicomplexificationalities', curated by Roy Exley, Nunnery Gallery, London (G) - 'Apparition 36', London Bridge Underground Station, Northern Line, London (G) |
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| 2006 | 'arrive, depart', curated by G. Roland Biermann, Nunnery Gallery, London (G) - 'Apparitions' (as part of the international conference 'Sacred Space'), University of Stirling, Stirling (S) - 'The Johnnie Walker Frieze Fringe Show', 3 Tanner Street, London (G) - Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Ateliers SNCF, Arles (G) - 'Panorama' (with Barbara Wolff), Galerie Villa Ruh, Zingst (S) |
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| 2005 | 'Apparitions', Linhof-Galerie, Munich (S) - 'Descubrimientos', Photoespana 2005, Plaza Santa Ana Projections, Madrid (G) - 'Imagine', Wellcome Trust, Royal Albert Festival Hall, London (G) - 'Apparitions - The Triptychs', St. Mary Bow Church, London and Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf (S) |
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| 2004 | 'Fototage Mönchengladbach', BIS, Kulturamt, Mönchengladbach (G) - 'hype gallery', Palais de Tokyo, Paris (G) - 'Open: 04' Bow Arts Trust, London (G) |
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| 2003 | 'Das kleine Format', Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf (G) - 'concerning-mg', BIS, Kulturamt, Mönchengladbach (G) - 'Delight and Possession' (lecture and presentation as part of the J. M. Cameron retrospective), National Portrait Gallery, London (G) |
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| 2002 | 'Meistbietend', Kunstverein Region Heinsberg, Heinsberg (G) - 'Das kleine Format', Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf (G) |
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| 2001 | 'G. Roland Biermann', Kunstverein Cottbus, Cottbus (S) - 'Dimension 4', kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne (S) - '8. Rohkunstbau' curated by Arvid Boellert and Stefan Skowron, photographic installation at the 'Königin-Luise-Zimmer' and the 'Musikzimmer', SPI, Schloss Gross Leuthen, Berlin-Brandenburg (G) - 'Wahrnehmung des Anderen' (with Rosy Beyelschmidt and Carlo Ferraris), Galerie Fellner von Feldegg, Krefeld (S) |
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| 2000 | 'Du sollst nicht töten' (with Jaschi Klein and Harold Koopmans), curated by G. Roland Biermann, kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne (G) - 'Sehstörungen', Altes Museum / BIS and public spaces, Kulturamt Mönchengladbach (G) |
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| 1999 | 'Fine Art Forum', Braunfels (G) |
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| 1995 | 'Deutschland erotisch', Museum für angewandte Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg and Internationale Fototage, Herten (G) |
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| TALKS/LECTURES |
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2019 |
'Recent Works': lecture held by G. Roland Biermann at Henry Luce Center for the Arts and Religion, Washington, DC, 1 October |
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2018 |
'Art, Religion, Politics, Justice', panel discussion at City College New York (CCNY) with Prof. Glen Milstein (chair), Dr. Aaron Rosen, G. Roland Biermann and others, New York, 15 February |
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2017 |
G Roland Biermann in conversation with Dr Aaron Rosen, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana, 5 April |
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2016 |
'Stations', panel discussion at St. Giles' Cripplegate, Barbican, London with Dr. Aaron Rosen (chair), Dr. Giles Waller, Terence Rodrigues and G. Roland Biermann, London, 21 March |
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2016 |
'Stations of the Cross', panel discussion at Cambridge University with Prof. Robin Kirkpatrick (chair), Prof. Eamon Duffy, Dr. Aaron Rosen and G. Roland Biermann, Cambridge, 16 March |
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2015 |
'On Snow': lecture held by G. Roland Biermann at Renmin University of China, Beijing on 20 April |
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2013 |
G. Roland Biermann in conversation with Richard Cork at 12 Star Gallery, Europe House, London on 1 October.
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2012
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G. Roland Biermann at Copenhagen University on 20 October.
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| 2011 | G. Roland Biermann in conversation with Isabelle de Maison Rouge, Goethe-Institut Paris, 9 November. |
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| 2011 | G. Roland Biermann in conversation with Paul Hobson, Contemporary Art Society, German Embassy London, 20 January. |
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| 2008 | snow+concrete, lecture. By invitation of Prof. David Jasper, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 20 November. |
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| 2006 | Apparitions, lecture. As part of the international conference Sacred Space, University of Stirling, Stirling, 21 October. |
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| 2005 | Back from the Void, panel discussion with Colin Ardley, Alan Graham Dick, Neil Milton and Christoph Noebel, chaired by G. Roland Biermann, St. Mary Bow Church, London, 6 April. |
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| Spirituality v Banality, panel discussion with Roy Exley, Cedric Christie, Alan Graham Dick and Matthew Gansallo, chaired by David Jasper, St. Mary Bow Church, London, 23 March. |
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| 2003 | Delight and Possession, lecture by Roger Hargreaves, National Portrait Gallery, London. 10 April. |
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