Biography

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.

Works

Documents

Publications

Solo exhibition (selection)

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

Group exhibition (selection)

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

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