Christopher Winter Bio
CHRISTOPHER WINTER (1968)
Channeling the spectral visions of legendary artists such as Durer, Kippenberger, and Picasso, Christopher Winter creates hallucinatory landscapes, peopled by strangely sinister looking children. Winter’s work is as peculiarly particular as it is universal, exploring the complicitious nature of art, creativity, madness, and death.
Currently living in Berlin, Winter co-founded the artist group Special X with fellow artists Shiho Yuki and Eva Hauman to highlight the crisis points in the Art World through subversions of Art World practices. His work has been featured in solo
and group shows throughout Europe and New York.
Winter’s pictures may be as entertaining as a Hollywood movie, but they are also existentially powerful” – Donald Kuspit
CHRISTOPHER WINTER
Born in 1968
Lives and works in Berlin
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 | Weird Science, Lehr ZeitgenŲssische Kunst, Cologne Shooting Artists with Fabien Verschaere, La Pagode, Paris |
| 2010 | Wild Life, Reiss Engelhorn Museum, REM, Mannheim Evolution, In Process Gallery Installation, Traffic Art Space, New York, NY Black Ghosts, Galerie Nord Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin Pablo Picasso Zwischen Arena und Arkadien, Performance Channeling Picasso, Stšdtisches Museum, Albstadt |
| 2009 | Tales of Trust, Lehr ZeitgnŲssische Kunst, Cologne Postcards from The Edge, Malkasten, DŁsseldorf |
| 2008 | Spook-a-rama, Edelman Arts, New York, NY Big Small Works, Edelman Arts, New York, NY |
| 2007 | Hitzefrei, Drive Thru Gallery, Aschersleben Project, Aschersleben Songs of Innocence, Neuhoff Edelman Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Virgin Forest, Salander O’Reilly – Edelman Arts, New York, NY |
| 2005 | If Things Get Real, Galerie Jaspers, Munich |
| 2004 | Passion, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne Things to Come, Basilika von St.Bonifaz, Munich |
| 2003 | Innocent Spaces, Artax, DŁsseldorf Heimat, Forum in Dominikanerkloster, Frankfurt |
| 2002 | Bavarian Heaven, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen Winterwonderland, Oberwelt, Stuttgart |
| 2001 | Amazing Stories, Enders Projects, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2000 | Holiday, Galerie Neue Kunst,Mannheim |
| 1999 | Kindergarten, Enders Projects, Frankfurt Bavarian Bus Tour Massacre, Onomato Video Archiv, DŁsseldorf Alien Sex Invaders, Raum X, DŁsseldorf |
| 1998 | Buzz, Altes Tabakkontor, Mannheim |
| 1995 | Witness, Academia, Mannheim |
| 1994 | Ice Houses, Galerie Sšule, Mannheim |
| 1993 | Illuminations, Stšdtisches Reiss-Museum, Mannheim |
Special Exhibitions
| 2005 | The Manifesto Show, Special X, Fleischzeigt, Berlin Gothic Corner, Special X, Glue, Berlin |
| 2004 | We Love Art, Special X, KŁnstbŁro, DŁsseldorf |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | Peep Show, curated and exhibited, Tape Modern, Berlin On View, Edelman Arts, New York, NY Summer Nights Dream, Roemer9, Frankfurt The Magic Sexy Templeloch of Wonderspirit, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin |
| 2010 | Cover-Up Curated and exhibited, 19 artists (Olaf Breuning, Thosten Brinkmann, Leigh Bowery) Tape Modern, Berlin Drucksachen, Lehr ZeitgenŲssiche Kunst, Cologne Film Winter, Film Festival Mixed-Media, H7 Raumaufzeit, Stuttgart. No.13,Tape Modern, Berlin |
| 2007 | Summer, Neuhoff Edelman Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Surrealism: Then & Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery & Edelman Arts, Inc., New York, NY Winter Show, Galerie Gmurzynska, St. Moritz Trees, Salander O’Reilly, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Origins and Nations, Galerie Nord Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin |
| 2003 | Small Formats, Galerie Neue kunst, Mannheim |
| 2002 | Der Berg, Heidelberg Kunstverein, Heidelberg Saar Ferngas FŲrderpreis, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen Event Horizon, Lothringer13, Munich |
| 2001 | Filmbar, Video Programm, Museum Ludwig, Cologne Sommeraustellung, Galerie Neue Kunst, Mannheim Miscellaneous, Enders Projects, Frankfurt Action Disco, Plus, DŁsseldorf Videoprogram,Projektraum,Berlin |
| 1999 | Videoprogramm, Voges und Deisen, Frankfurt Une L’gende à Suivre…., Le Cr’dac, Centre d’art d’Ivry, Paris Networking, P-House Gallery, Tokyo Fliegen erŲffnet, Stšdtische Galerie, Moers |
| 1998 | Dessins, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris Terminal, Musashino Art University, Tokyo From Here, High Street Project, Christchurch, New Zealand Toi Toi Toi, Die Werkstatt, DŁsseldorf |
| 1997 | Picture Stories, Victoria Miro, London 003 Blondes (Too Young To Die), Gasworks, London Too Young To Die, KJ Galerie, Cologne |
| 1992 | Chlorine, Second show with Bank, Marshall Street Baths, Soho, London |
| 1991 | Bank Show,First show with Bank, The Bank, Lewisham Way, London |
Public Collections
Vassar College, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center , New York, USA
Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Also in many private collections throughout the world including the Rothchilds and the Borghese.
Education
| 1996 – 98 | Kunstakademie DŁsseldorf under Professor Fritz Schwegler |
| 1987 – 90 | Camberwell School of Art, London BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) |
| 1986 – 87 | Hastings College of Arts, Hastings,East Sussex, Pre BA Foundation Course in Art and Design. |
Scholarships
| 1993 – 94 | Stipendiat der Stadt Mannheim, Artist in Residence of the city of Mannheim, Germany |