mechanisms of seduction, economies of exposure

Christian Jankowski is a conceptual artist. Much of his work is collaborative, opening up an exchange between the worldof art and other fields. Taking inspiration from mass media formats and popular culture, he draws attention to the lensesthrough which experience is translated, resulting in works primarily in performance, video, and photography, but alsoinstallation, sculpture, and painting. People inscribe themselves in unpredictable situations of the artist’s making, revealingsomething of the relationships and beliefs that shape society. The emphasis is on the process and its potential fortransformation.

Born in 1968 in Göttingen, Germany, he lives in Berlin and works internationally. He studied at the University of Fine Arts,Hamburg, Germany and since 2005, has held a professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.

Solo exhibitions include Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2025), Crone Gallery, Vienna (2025), Contemporary Fine Arts,Basel (2024), Overbeckgesellschaft, Lübeck (2023); Kunsthalle Tübingen (2022); Fluentum, Berlin (2020); SuprainfinitGallery, Bucharest (2020); KCUA, Kyoto (2018); Petzel Gallery, NY (2018); Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2016);Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany (2015); Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2013); Sala de ArtePublico Siqueiros, Mexico City (2012); MACRO, Rome (2012); Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London (2011);Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (2009); BAWAG Foundation, Vienna (2009); Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (2008); MITList Visual Art Center, Cambridge, MA (2005); Swiss Institute, New York, NY (2001); and the Wadsworth Atheneum,Hartford, CT (2000).

Group exhibitions include Maxxi Museum, Rome (2025), Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (2025), MARe Museum of recent Art,Bucharest (2025), Bozar Centre, Brussels (2024); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2024); Villa Schöningen, Potsdam (2024);The Warehouse, Dallas (2024); Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida (2023); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2023); Palazzo delleEsposizioni, Rom (2022); CAC Brétigny - Centre d’art contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orge (2022), Lago Mayor, Mexico City(2022), Kunstmuseum Bonn (2021); ARoS Aarhus Museum of Modern Art, Aarhus, DK (2020); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg(2019); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2019); Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (2018); Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf(2017); Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona, Spain (2016); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (2015); and Project LosAltos/San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2013).

He has participated in numerous international exhibitions and biennials, including the Biennial de Cuenca, Ecuador (2023),the Bangkok Art Biennale (2020); Yokohama Triennale (2017); Taipei Biennial (2010); Sydney Biennial (2010); VeniceBiennale (1999 and 2013); Whitney Biennial (2002); and Berlin Biennale (2001). In 2016, he curated the 11th edition ofManifesta, becoming the first artist to assume this role. His works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum,New York; Tate, London; MOCA, Los Angeles; and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, among others.

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