Thorsten Brinkmann
Born 1971, Herne
Lives and works in Hamburg
EDUCATION
1994–1997
Visual Communications Studies, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Prof. Floris Neusüss
1997–2002
Fine Arts, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Prof. Bernhard Johannes Blume
2002
Diploma in Fine Arts, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
2002–2004
Advanced Studies in Fine Arts, Hochschule für bildende Künste, at the invitation of Prof. Franz Erhard Walther
AWARDS / GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS
2011
Artistresidents, Andy Warhol Museum, Pitsburgh, USA
2010
Lecture at the Muthesius Academie of Fine Arts, Kiel
Nomination Index Kunstpreis Hamburg
2009
Artistresidents, German House Sanaa & Aden, Goethe-Institut in Jeminy
Lecture at the Academie of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland
2007
Nomination, Shering-Kunstpreis
2006
Fellowship, City of Hamburg
2005
Project grant for PILOT:2, London, Department of Culture Germany
2001
2nd Prize, Kunst am Bau Ausschreibung LVA, Hamburg
2000
Project fellowship, Friends of the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
COLLECTIONS
Mont Blanc Collection, Germany
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands
Collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders, Aerdenhout, The Netherlands
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Collection Roosen-Trinks, Germany
Collection Caron, France
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Kolbe Museum , Berlin, Germany
Artfinder Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium
2009
'Studioblüten', Kunstagenten Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008
'Entree', Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
GEM Museum voor Actuelle Kunst, The Hague, The Netherlands
2007
'Palais d’Edelwall', Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
'Tisch zi bäng', Gallery Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
'Casa Rotti', Gallery Artfinder, Hamburg, Germany
'Gut Ding will es so', Autostadt Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2006
'Alles hat kein Ende', Gallery Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
'Salon', Gallery White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg, Germany
2005
'True Romans', Gallery Artfinder, Hamburg, Germany
2003
'Zwischenstand', Künstlerhaus Frise, Hamburg, Germany
'Suchen sammeln anwenden', Gallery KX, Hamburg, Germany
'Volle Ladung / Halbe Halde', Gallery Acht P, Bonn, Germany
'Aussenlager', Gallery Trottoir, Hamburg, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
The Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
Gallery Levy, Albuquerque, USA
2010
'Remote Viewing: New Video Art from Europe, the Best of Loop', Museum of Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
'Remote Viewing: New Video Art from Europe, the Best of Loop', Pazific Design Center, Los Angeles, USA
'walking the borderline', Skulpturenausstellung vom Kunstverein Erfurt in der Peterskirche, Erfurt, Germany
'Changing Times - New Worlds', Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
'Opening', Gallery Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium
'Cover Up', ModernTape, Berlin, Germany
'Jumble', Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
'Remote viewing - The Best of Loop', Museum of Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
'Out of Control', 7th Int. Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts in Liège, Grand-Curtius-Museum, Liège, Belgium
'Calling Beauty', Columbia University, Ohio, USA
'Plattform 2010', Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
'Stars and Models', International Fotofestival Knokke, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
'40 Years levy', Gallery Levy, Hamburg, Germany
International encounter of contemporary art, Santa Lucia, Venezuela
'Das Fundament in der Kunst', Hans Arp Museum, Bremen, Germany
'Das Fundament in der Kunst', Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
'Index', Nomination for the Index Artprice, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2009
'Dresscode', ICP New York, International Video and Fototrienale in NYC, New York, USA
'On Portrait 01', Gallery Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
'Stillife', Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Das Fundament in der Kunst, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
National Museum Sana´a, Sana´a, Jemen
Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
'Art Biesenthal', Berlin, Germany
'Twinism', AD & D Gallery, Osaka, Japan
'XXth Century', Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
'Spotlight', Museum of Modern Art Mönchsberg, Austria
'Acquired & Admired: Collectables 3 - Galerie Nouvelles Images', The Hague, The Netherlands
2008
'System Mensch', Museum of Modern Art Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
'We call it Hamburg', Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
'Seven', Gallery Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium
'People, Spirits & Ghosts: Portraits', Gallery Nouvelle Image, Den Haag, The Netherlands
'Who are you?', Gallery Adler, New York, USA
'Ding Nova', Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
2007
'DLD Collection', Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands
'Förderpreis Bildende Kunst der Schering Stiftung', Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
'Hamburg Stipendiaten', Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
'Schöne Grüße aus Hohenlockstedt', Kunsthaus Hohenlockstedt, Germany
'The Last Blue Sky', Gallery Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Figure it out, Gallery Artfinder, Hamburg, Germany
'Spatial Shift', Museum for Urban Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia
Stile der Stadt, Hamburg, Germany
2005
'PILOT:2', London, UK
2004
'Index 04', Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
'Haustür, Zimmer, Fernseher, Abstellkammer', Gallery 88, Hamburg, Germany
'Am Schlagbaum', Zoll/Douane l, Hamburg, Germany
'Spielfeld', Feld für Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
'Vamos a la Playa', Temporary art space, ZeitBewegungen, Hamburg, Germany
2003
'Mai und Materie', Gallery Taubenstraße, Hamburg, Germany
'4. OG', Alsterhaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2002
'…und er sah das es gut war', St. Katharinenkirche, Hamburg, Germany
'Villa Romana', Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
'Zwischen Schwindel um Raum', Kampnagel KX, Hamburg, Germany
2000
'Problem Malerei', Kunstverein Gütersloh, Gütersloh, Germany