wolfgang Ganter
ABOUT THE ARTIST
"Nothing is static. Wherever we look, traces of erstwhile existences can be found. Nothing is too far or near, too large or small, for the untiring, inquiring mind of Wolfgang Ganter. His artistic spectrum stretches from the smallest cells to the boundless universe." - Birgit Möckel
Through varied applications of organic compounds, Wolfgang Ganter manipulates 35mm slide emulsion to create photographs cognizant of their ephemeral nature. The investigation into simultaneously generative and disintegrating images was inspired by notions of accumulation, erosion and the abject as encountered by the artist's numerous trips to bulk waste collection sites. There he discovered the debris of daily life in the form of images: thousands of 35mm slides that people had put on the street for disposal. These images played both literal and conceptual witness to the process of organic growth and evolution. The changes that affected the surface of the slides lead to contingent outcomes, inspiring an entire body of work concerned with an amalgam of methodological processes. The results are manifold, presenting ever-new correspondences between an organic "work-in-progress" and contemporary fabrication.
The alliance between the old image and the new painterly effect creates an experimental aesthetic, evoking both fantastic narratives full of allusive sub-texts and deferring the condition of the medium onto a new level of self-reflexivity. Ganter's process of microscopic magnification leaves behind hyper-real presentations of mutable photographic images.
Wolfgang Ganter has been artist in residency at the Cite Internationale des Artes (Paris), and recently received awards from the Kunstfolds Scholarship, Kunststiftung Baden Würrtemberg and Bureau d´Artiste (Zürich). He has been the subject of numerous international exhibitions and is in the collections of Städische Museen Heilbronn, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Silvia und Helmut Wickleder Stiftung Schloss Leinzell, and Museum für aktuelle Kunst, Durbach.
Eli Ridgway Gallery, 2012
RESUME
Born 1978, Stuttgart, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1999 – 2004
Studies of Fine Arts, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe (DE),
Prof. Andreas Slominski and Anselm Reyle
2004 – 2005
Masterclass Prof. Andreas Slominski
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
2018
Residency at the Rockefeller University, New York City, (US)
2016
Residency at the Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC), Lisbon (PT)
Residency at the Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen (DE)
2015
Award of the Positions Artfair, Berlin (DE)
2012
Kunstfonds, scholarship (DE)
Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, scholarship (DE)
Wochenaufenthalter, Bureau d´Artiste, Zürich (CH)
2010
Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR)
Residency at the Silvia und Helmut Wickleder Stiftung, Schloss Leinzell (DE)
2009
Residency at the Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (DE)
2005
Grant for Postgraduate-Studies, Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Award of the Förderkreis Kunst und Kultur Offenburg (DE)
2004
Grant of the Heinrich-Herz-Gesellschaft (DE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Neues Museum, Berlin (DE)
Stoffwechsel, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall (DE)
Bewildering Change, Municipal Gallery Lichtenberg, Berlin (DE)
2020
Tiny Supernova, Kunsthalle Mannheim (DE)
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich (DE)
Stoffwechsel, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall (DE)
Galerie Ravensburg with Julius Weiland (DE)
Einraumhaus, Mannheim (DE)
2019
Afterglow, Galerie Burster, Berlin (DE)
Parvus Miraculum, Olsson Gallery, Stockholm (SE)
Kunstverein Kunsthaus Potsdam with Julius Weiland (DE)
2018
Chef d`Oeuvre Brisé, Ambacher Contemporary, München (DE)
Parvus Miraculum, Galerie Burster, Karlsruhe (DE)
World Microbe Day, Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin (DE)
2017
Gallery of the College of Staten Island, New York City, (US)
Rockefeller University, New York City, (US)
Chef d`Oeuvre Brisé, Ambacher Contemporary, Paris (FR)
2016
Regeneratio, Berlin Hyp, Berlin (DE) BioHazard, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen (DE)
2015
Burster Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2014
Afterglow, Maerzgalerie, Leipzig (DE)
Six Masterpieces, Olsson Gallery, Stockholm (SE)
Bactereality, Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen (DE)
Non Finito, Maerzgalerie, Leipzig (DE)
2013
transPORT, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
Misremember, Cityhall Stuttgart (DE)
Aided Recall, Kunstforum Weil der Stadt (DE)
Decomposizione, Kunststiftung Baden Württemberg (DE)
2012
Bakterialität, Olsson Gallery, Stockholm (SE)
Informel Logic, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco (US)
Misremember, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg (DE)
2011
Inside, Inside, Cultuurwerf, Flushing (NL)
2009
Accidentanalysis, Maud Piquion, Berlin (DE)
Sunscreen, Ferenbalm-Gurbü Station, Karlsruhe (DE)
2008
Seasick, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco (US)
Orbis Tertius, Ferenbalm-Gurbü Station Karlsruhe (DE)
2006
Shake Hands, Artforum, Förderkreis Kunst und Kultur Offenburg (DE)
2005
Der Tod ist kein Beinbruch, Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe (DE)
2002
Latenight, Glashaus, Durlach (DE)
2001
Bo Ta Nik, Poly, Produzentengalerie Karlsruhe (DE)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Eli Ridgway Gallery, Bozeman (US)
(Un) Certainty, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
Manifest, Uferhallen, Berlin (DE)
Valencia Berlin Clash, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia (ES)
Die Landschaft, De Cacao Fabriek, Helmond (NL)
2019
Opening exhibition of the Futurium – museum of futures, Berlin (DE)
From Mist to Massage, King Street Projects, New York City (US)
Finding Affinities, Art-Sci-Nexus, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle (DE)
Rhizome, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
Mit Axel Obiger durch die Nacht, Axel Obiger Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2018
Räume 2, Berlin (DE
Art and Science, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen (DE)
Ansbach Biennale (E)
Landschaft Abstrakt, Kosmetiksalon Babette (DE)
That`s all right mama, XXY – Raum für Kunst, Berlin (DE)
Ufer Open, Uferhallen, Berlin (DE)
Delicious Disarray, Berlin Weekly (DE)
2017
Compose, Recompose, Decompose, Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco (US)
Focus Berlin, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen (DE)
Homecoming, Luis Leu, Karlsruhe (DE)
2016 – 2017
Panorama, Contemporary Art Museum, Collection Hurrle, Durbach (DE)
2016
The End, Let´s start again, Donau83, Berlin (DE)
Liaison, Uferhallen, Berlin (DE)
Erste Botschaft: Frohe Botschaft, Botschaft, Berlin (DE)
2015
Showcase, Maerzgalerie, Leipzig (DE)
Kunsttour 2015, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg (DE)
2014
Zum Zufall, Kunstverein Potsdam (DE)
2013
Anna Ly Sing, performance and exhibition with Gelatin, Schinkel Pavillion, Berlin (DE)
Status 2, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
Sezession, SEZ, Berlin (DE)
2010
My favorite Works, Kinosho Kikaku Fine Arts Modern & Contemporary, Tokyo (JP)
Ein Fest für Boris (1.+2. Akt ), Vittorio Manalese, Berlin (DE)
Making Sense of Waste, Arc Gallery, San Francisco (US)
2009
Das Fundament in der Kunst, Städtische Museen Heilbronn (DE)
Big in Japan, Itatoi (JP)
Boarderline Pleasure, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin (DE)
2008
Ready, Set, Go, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco (US)
Wilde Hasen, Tape Modern, Go Art, Berlin (DE)
Psycho Berlin, Galerie im Waschhaus, Berlin (DE)
1 A, Studio A, Berlin (DE)
2007
Blaue Augen, Showroom Berlin / Inter Berlin (DE)
2006
Leinzell Open again, Silvia und Helmut Wickleder Stiftung Schloss Leinzell (DE)
BoulevArt, Kunstherbst Berlin (DE)
Wir hätten das Land gern weit rund und sie..., Showroom Berlin (DE)
Slices of Life, Ferenbalm-Gurbü Station Karlsruhe (DE)
2005
Leinzell Open, Silvia und Helmut Wickleder Stiftung Schloss Leinzell (DE)
Cabin baggage, Galerie Manuel Garcia, Oaxaca (MX)
WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE / COMMISSIONED WORKS AND COMPETITIONS
2019
Untitled (Sudden Declension) on permanent display in the Futurium – museum of futures, Berlin (DE)
2015
Project for the German Red Cross, Carlo Bossoli, The Battle of Solferino (DE)
Public Project, Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT), Flexio Fantasia a Luminis (DE)
2012
Walter Womacka, Arbeit für das Glück des Menschen, Public Project, Art in Public Space at the Marzahner Promenade, Berlin (DE)
2010
Trash, Contemporary Fine Arts, Sculpture Garden, Frieze Art Fair, London (GB)
Lectures
2021
Artist workshop, One Fine Day, Nairobi (KE)
2020
Work presentation at the Kunsthalle Mannheim (DE)
2019
Bacteriality, work presentation at the Free University Berlin (DE)
2018
Bacteriality, artist workshop, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen (DE)
World Microbe Day, Prinzessinnengärten, Berlin (DE)
2017
Rockefeller University, New York City, (US)
College of Staten Island, New York City, (US)
New Jersey City University, (US)
School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, Barcelona (ES)
Humbold University, Berlin (DE)
2016
Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC), Lisbon (PT)
Art / Sci Nexus, Kunstkraftwerk, KKW, Leipzig (DE)
2010
Eikones, NCCR Iconic Criticism, Basel (CH)
Public Collections
Städtische Museen Heilbronn (DE)
Futurium – museum of futures, Berlin (DE)
Museum der Moderne Salzburg (AT)
Silvia und Helmut Wickleder Stiftung Schloss Leinzell (DE)
Museum für aktuelle Kunst, Durbach (DE)
Koc Foundation, Istanbul (TR)
Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen (DE)
Olbricht Foundation, Berlin (DE)
Martha und Paul Rauert Collection, Hamburg (DE)
Karolinska Institute Collection, Stockholm (SE)