The works of artist Frank Gerritz are characterized by a special materiality and highly precise surface design. The artist, who studied sculpture, creates (wall) sculptures of clear geometric forms with graphite on MDF panels, with paintstick on aluminium and makes (large format) drawings. These are abstract, strictly conceptual works, which nevertheless start from and refer back to the human being.
From the beginning the artist has defined his parameters, which he derives from an average physicality. Gerritz’s art is primarily concerned with centres and edges, lines and corporeal surfaces, the definition of volume and space. In doing so, he virtuously plays the contrasting pairs of light and dark, horizontal and vertical direction, fleeing and centring forces.
Yet he always adheres to a thought-out geometric grid as well as to square and rectangle. His works may initially remind us of works of Minimalism, but they are exactly the opposite. Their quality, for all their precision, is based on the sensuality of life.
Frank Gerritz was awarded the Edwin Scharff Prize Hamburg in 2010. His work has been shown in numerous international museum and gallery exhibitions since the late 1980s.
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Galerie Michael Haas
Niebuhrstraße 5
10629 Berlin
Galerie Michael Haas
Niebuhrstraße 5
10629 Berlin
Kunst Lager Haas
Lise-Meitner-Straße 7-9
10589 Berlin
Kunst Lager Haas
Lise-Meitner-Straße 7-9
10589 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 88 92 91 0
Mail: contact@galeriemichaelhaas.de
Phone: +49 (0) 30 88 92 91 0
Mail: contact@galeriemichaelhaas.de
2024
Seraphic Light, Galerie Haas AG, Zurich
Minimalist Transcendence. Werke aus den Jahren 1989 bis heute, T.HE Collection, Zurich
Then and There, Casal Solleric, Centre d’Art Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca
Dark.Light.Space, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
2023
Back to Back, XF Proyectos, Galería Xavier Fiol, Madrid
2022
Sculptural Light, Kunststation Sankt Peter, Cologne
2021
Temporary Ground, Museum Wiesbaden
Kompass, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
Bartha Contemporary, London
2020
Gemini Royal Flush, Bartha Contemporary, London
Mulholland Drive, Bjorn & Gundorph Gallery, Århus
2019
Skulptur – Standfläche, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
Titanium Light, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
First Born Second, Bartha Contemporary, London
Sonic Reducer, Galerie Haas, Zurich
2018
Kiyoshi’s Dream, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Four Center Connection, XF Proyectos, Galería Xavier Fiol, Madrid
Between The Lines, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
2017
Duett (with Winston Roeth), Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Minimal Pop, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
To Drop A Line, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt a. M.
2016
Spread My Wings, Bartha Contemporary, London
Temporary Ground. Territory, Sleeper Art Space, Edinburgh
Transit, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
Further Down the Line, Zimmermann & Grunert, New York
In the Clear, XF Proyectos, Galería Xavier Fiol, Madrid
2015
Perfect Example, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
The Definition of Space, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
Galerie Christian Lethert (with Winston Roeth), Cologne
Minimal, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt a.M.
2014
The Definition of Space, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt a.M.
Razorblade Suitcase, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
Drip Drawings and Dark | Light | Spaces, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
2013
On A Cloudy Day, Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
Hudson Dream, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Sea of Light, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2012
Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Iced Honey, Pablo’s Birthday (Tribeca), New York
Some Early Drawings, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Dark Spaces | Light Spaces, Bartha Contemporary, London
Icons, Starlets and Disasters, Pablo’s Birthday (Soho), New York
2011
Time Code, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
Breeze of Light, Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
Musée Tavet-Delacour, Pontoise
Great American Nude, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2010
Auctions, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Invitationals | Auctions, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
2009
Coded Language, Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Two Lines Horizont, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2008
Coded Connection, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Further Down the Line, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
2007
Then and There, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Breaking the Ice, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2006
Reflex. Invitational Invitations, Gallery Niklas von Bartha, London
We ship worldwide – credit cards accepted, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
2005
Galerie Peter Zimmermann (with Winston Roeth), Mannheim
Invitational Invitations, Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, Munich
Lovers and Sidewinders, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
2004
Early Sculptures, Gallery Niklas von Bartha, London
2003
Last Minute Dream, Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, Munich
2002
Stark Gallery (with Winston Roeth), New York
2001
Coded Language, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
2000
Parallel Universe, Galerie von Lintel & Nusser, Munich
Stark Gallery, New York
1999
Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich
1998
Galerie Thomas von Lintel, Munich
Between the Lines, Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover
1997
Seraphic Light, Stark Gallery, New York
Territory, Brandstetter & Wyss, Zürich
1995
Headline (wall drawing), Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover
Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich
Galerie Hajo Müller, Cologne
1994
Some More Drawings, Stark Gallery, New York
The Center (wall drawing), Wynn Kramarsky, New York
1992
The Column Drawing, Stark Gallery, New York
1991
Sculpture Installation, Stark Gallery, New York
Skulpturen, Schloss Reinbek, Reinbek
1990
Skulpturen, Stormarnhaus, Bad Oldesloe
1989
Blockformation I, Kunst-Büro-Berlin, Berlin
1988
Skulptur-Standfläche, Kunst-Büro-Berlin, Berlin
Anonyme Portraits, Galerie Hirsch-Fischer, Hamburg
2024
Strata, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Cabinet, Pablo’s Birthday, Verbier
Einblicke, Kunstmuseum Tecklenburg
Early Masterpices, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
2023
Minimalism and its Afterimage, Kasmin Gallery, New York
Black, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
Early Master Pieces, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
Kultur. Kontakt. Konkret, Sammlung Schroth at Palais Dubniczay, Veszprem
Energie/Energy, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
2022
Minimal Art. Körper im Raum, Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg
Zwiegespräche, Kunst Lager Haas, Berlin
Four Times Four, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
2021
Factory of Emotion, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
We are Moving, Bartha Contemporary, London
Art Is Hope, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
On Paper, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
A Quartet For Hope, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Winter, Bjorn & Gundorph Gallery, Århus
2020
A Darker Shade of Black, Kunstmuseum Bochum
Früher war schon immer jetzt, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
Kindred Spirit, Bjorn & Gundorph Gallery, Århus
Abstand, Episode 2. Gegenwart, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
Art is Hope Art is Life, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Hard Edged, Soft Spoken, Bartha Contemporary, London
Abstand, Episode 3. Papier, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
Leidenschaft ist unser Antrieb, Werke aus der Sammlung Kunstraum am Limes, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
Groupshow, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
2019
Connections in Black, Gimpel et Mueller, Paris
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?, Patrick Heide Contemporary, London
30 Years Anniversary Part Two, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
In Guter Gesellschaft, Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg
30 Years Anniversary Part One, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
2018
Double Rotation, Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Lafrenz, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
2017
Twinkle of an Eye, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Painting Black, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
Format, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
Groupshow – Opening Exhibition of the New Space, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
Drawings, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt a. M.
2016
Precise Feelings II, selected works from the Schroth Collection, Kloster Wedinghausen, Arnsberg
Zeichnungsräume, Part II, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
Schwarzarbeit, Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
Konstruktion | Construction, Stiftung Konzeptuelle Kunst, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
Groupshow, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
Works On Paper, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
2015
Precise Feelings, selected works from the Schroth Collection, Kunstmuseum Ahlen
Take Part, Sammlung Schroth, Galerie M Beck im Haus der Unternehmerverbände, Saarbrücken
Time Shift, Bartha Contemporary, London
Groupshow, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2014
Existenzielle Bildwelten, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
Farbe und System, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Sneak Peak, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
25th Anniversary, Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Drawings, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt a.M.
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
Architecture du Silence, Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris
Papier, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
2013
New Acquisitions V. Farben – Colours, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
The Sound Of The Surface, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt a.M.
Salon Sandy, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2012
Expanded Drawing, Casal Solleric, Fundacio Palma Espai D’Art, Palma de Mallorca
Sommerfest, Pablo’s Birthday Soho, New York
New Art At UD, Old College Gallery, University Museums of the University of Delaware, Newark
Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
Works on Paper, Bartha Contemporary, London
Information, Sammlung Schroth, Kloster Wedinghausen, Arnsberg
Papier/ Paper II, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn
le bruit du dessin, Villa du Parc, Centre d’art contemporain, Annemasse
Drawings and Prints from the Schroth Collection, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
Alles Linie. Material und Zeichnung, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
2011
Minimal And Beyond, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
Petersburg, Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
Arbeiten aus dem Bleistiftgebiet, curated by Gregor Hildebrandt, Galerie Van Horn, Düsseldorf
Borderline, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Drawings, Galerie Neumeister, Munich, Germany
Great American Nude, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
Minimal And Beyond, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
2010
2000-2010, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
Drawing Attention, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Innenaussen, 4. Biennale der Zeichnung, Kunstverein Eislingen
Hängungen Mai-Juli, Sammlung Schroth, Kunstraum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest
2009
Noble Gäste, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
arte povera bis minimal, Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Lafrenz, Museum Wiesbaden
Continuous Perspectives #1, Spinnerei Leipzig, Halle 10, Leipzig
Works on Paper, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
Drawings, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Große Arbeiten auf Papier, Mihel Nisi – Aktuelle Malerei, Berlin
2008
Wir nennen es Hamburg, Kunstverein, Hamburg
drawings, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin
Minimal is More, Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Lafrenz im Dialog mit Werken aus dem Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Zeichnung als Prozess, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Private/Corporate V, Minimal Art and Minimalism, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Gegenstandslos, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
2007
Straight Forward, Pablo’s Birthday, New York
Schwarz & Weiss, KSK Rottweil, Rottweil
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2006
Horizontales, Verticales, Seules, Musée du Pontoise
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim
2005
minimal means, Kunstverein Eislingen
2004
Skulptur und Farbe. Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Lafrenz, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
66-03. Ein neuer Dialog der Sammlungen Lafrenz und Reinking, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
6 Positionen aus der Sammlung Falckenberg, Works from Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Hanne Darboven, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Special presentation at Art Cologne 2004, Cologne
2003
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
Landscape. Seascape. Territory (with Winston Roeth, Hiroshi Sugimoto), Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, Munich
2002
Das befreite Nichts, (with John Armleder, Jean-Marie Bustamante, Günter Förg, Clay Ketter, Imi Knoebel, Perry Roberts, Winston Roeth), Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
Choose your Partner. An International Drawing Show, (with Stephen Ellis, Jonathan Lasker, Fabian Marcaccio, Winston Roeth, Sean Scully, Günter Tuzina, among others), Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, Munich
2001
Monets Vermächtnis. Serie – Ordnung und Obsession, (with Tom Bell, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman, among others), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
Patient Process, Faulconer Gallery, Bucksbaum Center for Arts, Grinell, Iowa
Phoenix, (with Andre, Donald Judd, Sherrie Levine, Frank Stella among others) die Sammlungen Falckenberg, Gundlach und Lafrenz, Phoenix-Hallen, Hamburg
Wiedersehen Part II, Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zürich
2000
Galerie Fortlaan 17, (with Heiner Binding, Günter Tuzina), Gent
Stark Gallery (with Gary Lang, Winston Roeth, Steven Rosenthal, Michael Rouillard, Michael Venezia, Joan Waltemath), New York
Brandstetter & Wyss (with Daniel Robert Hunzinger, Rainer Splitt), Zurich
1999
Works on Paper, (with Ernst Caramelle, Helmut Federle, Raimund Girke, Robert Mangold, Rolf Rose, David Row, Günter Tuzina, Steven Willats), Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich
1998
Erster Umbau (with Bernd & Hiller Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Carry Claric, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Johan Grimonprez, Jürgen Klauke, Astrid Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Dennis Oppenheim, Rolf Rose, Jane & Louise Wilson), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
Wahlverwandtschaften II, (with Jill Baroff, Michael Rouillard, Rainer Splitt, Beat Zoderer), Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover
Metore II, (with John Armleder, Robert Barry, Herbert Hamak, Mc Cracken, Julia Mangold, Steven Parrino, Hubert Scheibl, Rudolf Stingl among others), Galerie Windows, Brussels
1997
Wahlverwandtschaften I (with Stephan Balkenhol, Bernhard Prinz, Karin Sander, Rosemarie Trockel), Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover
Brandstetter & Wyss, (with Raimund Girke, Joe Goode, Steven Steinmann, Günter Tuzina), Zurich
1995
Galerie Béla Jarzyk (with Ingo Meller, Günter Tuzina, Alan Uglow), Cologne
1994
Junge Kunst, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
Galerie Hajo Müller (with Sigmar Polke), Cologne
1993
The Second Dimension, 20th century Sculptors’ Drawings, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
1992
New Acquisitions (with Sol Lewitt), Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge
The Sculptural Body, Stark Gallery, New York
1991
Invitational Drawings, Stark Gallery, New York
1990
Raum, Modell & Wirklichkeit, Weltbekannt e.V., Hamburg
1989
Junger Westen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
Das Sammeln der Dinge, Kunst-Büro-Berlin, Berlin
1988
Kopfformen, Große Elbstrasse 88, Hamburg