1968 born in Halle, East Germany
1987 – 1994 Studies Medicine in Halle and Berlin
1994 – 2002 Studies Fine Arts / Painting at Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee
with Katharina Grosse, Diploma and Honor as Master
2002 – 2004 Studies Art in Context, University of Arts Berlin, Master of Arts
Lives and workes in Portugal and Canada.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, LECTURESHIPS
1994 – 2004 Scholarship of the public Foundation Villigst e.V.
1997 – 1998 One year Artist Fellowship for South America for La Paz / Bolivia
2001 Nomination for the 15. Bundeskunstwettbewerb, Art and Exhibition Hall
of Germany, Bonn, Germany
2005 – 2006 Lectureship for Painting at Art Academy (KHB) Berlin-Weißensee,
Germany
2014 Lectureship for Painting at Art Academy Salzburg / Austria
2016 Artist Lecturer at Painting Dept., NSCAD University Halifax / Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2020 Transitions, Gallery THEARTH, Bowen Island, BC / Canada
2018/ 19 Palimpsest (exhibition & Performance), Philipps-University of Marburg
Palimpsest, Gallery Schmalfuss, Marburg-Berlin/ Germany
2017 Anderwelten, Galerie Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden/ Germany
KRISTINA GIRKE, Vita
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2016 Heroen von Utopia, Matthäikirche am Potsdamer Platz, Foundation St.
Matthäus Berlin / Germany
Geometrie des Unmöglichen, Kunstverein Trier Junge Kunst,
Trier / Germany
2015 Ich bin. Also male ich. 37
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Cabinet Exhibition at Bishop Center
Berlin, Stiftung St. Matthäus Berlin / Germany
2014 TAXUS ROSEN – eine malerische Setzung, Foundation Kloster
Ilsenburg, Ilsenburg / Germany
2013 Sacred Destinations, Kunstverein Salzgitter, Museum Schloss
Salder, Salzgitter / Germany
2012 Geometrie des Himmels, Gallery Wild Zürich / Switzerland
2011 Beim Frühstück hat sich Gott verkrümelt, Michael Schultz Gallery
Berlin / Seoul / Beijing, Berlin / Germany
2010 Running away from Paradise, Michael Schultz Gallery Seoul / Korea
Urknall, CAS – Contemporary Art Space, Salzburg / Austria
2009 Vorsicht Explosiv!, Galerie Schilling Contemporary, Stuttgart / Germany
Das siebente Ornament, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin / Germany
2007 Terpentine Turbulenzen, Galerie Schilling Contemporary,
Stuttgart / Germany
2006 Kulturschäden, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin / Germany
2005 Der Irrgarten, Galerie Schilling Contemporary, Stuttgart / Germany
2004 Laut singen am Wasserfall, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin / Germany
2000 MountainToys, Städtische Galerie Marktschlößchen, Halle
(Saale) / Germany
1999 Fremd, Ethnological Museum, Berlin State Museums / Germany
1998 Galería Salár, Centro de Àrtes y Comunicación, La Paz / Bolivia
GOETHE-Institut La Paz / Bolivia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2016 ProletariArt, CBU Art Gallery Sydney, Nova Scotia / Canada
2015 FULL HOUSE, Kunsthalle Erfurt at Molsdorf Palace, Erfurt / Germany
KRISTINA GIRKE, Vita
Sicher ist, dass nichts sicher ist, Kunstverein Soest / Germany
2014 drawn – gezeichnet – dessiné, Kunstverein Bodenburg, Germany
2013 Winterreise, Gallery Wild, Zürich / Switzerland
2012 Spring Group Show, Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York City / USA
White Box Arts and Humanity Award, White Box Gallery, NYC / USA
2011 Fragments of Indian Sum, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin / Germany
Kleine Welten, Contemporary Art Space Salzburg / Austria
2009 Selection of XV Biennial of Cerveira at LX Factory, Lisbon / Portugal
XV Internacional Biennial of Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira / Portugal
Neo-Anachronism, Por Amor À Arte Galeria, Porto / Portugal
2008 Close-up, Por Amor À Arte Galeria, Porto / Portugal
Mountain View, Michael Schultz Gallery, Seoul / Korea
2007 Salzmond, Kunstraum Klosterkirche, Traunstein / Germany
Gallery Kampl, München / Germany
2006 Der blaue Engel, Gallery Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt (Main) / Germany
RIO, Artnews Projects, Berlin / Germany
2005 Pintura y escultura de la colección Irene Cabez y Ignacio Munoz,
Fundación Antonio Pérez, Cuenca / Spain
back to the line, Kunsthalle Dresden
Vier gewinnt – Kunst aus Berlin, Gallery Peerlings, Krefeld / Germany
2004 Galerie Peter Tedden, Duesseldorf / Germany
Berlin Now, Gallery Jörg Hasenbach, Antwerpen / Belgium
Arena, Kunstverein Talstraße e. V., Halle (Saale) / Germany
Made in Germany, Galleria San Carlo, Milan / Italy
Der Mythos küsst den Alltag, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin / Germany
now…, Galerie Levy Hamburg, Galería Castellana, Madrid / Spain
2001 15. Bundeskunstwettbewerb, Art and Exhibition Hall of Germany,
Bonn / Germany
