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Amélie Esterházy (*1982 Regensburg), lives and works in Berlin. Her work examines and questions universal notions of science and philosophy through symmetrical structures and their underlying algorithms. Esterházy's diverse practice includes sculptures, installations, works on paper, videos and drawing. In 2023, she participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. Including in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Art Biesenthal with a large-scale outdoor sculpture. In collaboration with the German-Israeli architect Zvi Hecker (1931-2023), she created her first 'Land Art' installation.
In February 2024, she will open her first solo presentation in Munich at behncke gallery.
Photo ©Dirk Ossig
Amélie Esterházy has been working as a visual artist since 2008. She has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions, including: Rohkunstbau, Kolbe Museum Berlin, Alegra Ravizza Gallery Lugano, Jecza Gallery Timisoara, Gallery Volker Diehl Berlin, Porthmeor Studios St. Ives, CCA Andratx, OPHEIM Wroclaw and others.
In addition to participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Berlin and internationally, she has received a scholarship from the Wilhelmina Barns Graham Trust at Porthmeore Studios/ St. Ives, England, UK with the Turner Prize winner Veronica Ryan, as well as the Al Balad Residency of the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia.
In Berlin, she runs the project space "OPEN Berlin" (www.open-berlin.net) and has curated numerous exhibitions there with artists such as Alicja Kwade, Katharina Sieverding, Gregor Hildebrandt and many more.
Education:
2002-2004 Fashion Design Lette-Verein, Berlin
2004-2007 Philosophy and Cultural studies, Humboldt Universität, Berlin
Solo exhibitions (selection):
2020 “Smells like Apophenia” KanyaKage, Berlin
2019 „Moor Way “, Porthmeorstudios, St Ives
2018 „Speculum Maius“ Thomas von Aquin, Erzbistum Berlin
2017 „Solid Matter 2.0“ Diehl Galerie, Berlin
2017 „Noble Surface“, C1 Galerie, Berlin
2017 „Traces“ with Christiane Möbus, Allegra Ravizza Galerie, Lugano
2015 „Amelie Esterhazy & Molnar Zoltan“ Jecza Gallery, Timisoara
2014/15 “Imprints of Solid Matter“, Diehl Cube, Berlin
2014 „Interchangeable Templates“, Smac, Berlin
2013 „Elapsed Utopia“, Wendt & Friedmann Gallery, Berlin
2010 „Default Values“, Wendt & Friedmann Gallery, Berlin
Group exhibitions (selection):
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2023 “Din A 4” Schaufenster, Berlin
2023 “Let life be beautiful like summer flowers” Wehrmühle, Biesenthal
2023 “The Exhibition, art residency program” Al Balad 2022, Jeddah
2022 “Departure” at former Airport Tegel, Berlin
2022 „Blanc de Bland“ Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
2021 „Schnee der hinterm Berge fällt“, Avlskarl Galerie, Kopenhagen
2021 „Cosmoscow“, Diehl Gallery, Moscow
2021 „ Every truth has four corners“, OpEnheim, Wroclaw
2020 “2 Jahre Kanya & Kage” KanyaKage, Berlin
2020 “Future Forms and Fiction”, Schau Fenster, Berlin
2019 “AOTD” CCA Kunsthalle, Andratx
2018 „The Art House“ Office Impart, Hamburg
2018 „Works on paper“ Gussglasshalle, Berlin
2017 „Unavailable Works“ Gallery Benoni, Kopenhagen
2017 „Rohkunstbau XXIII“ Heinrich-Böll-StiftungSchloss Lieberose, Berlin
2017 „Picha“ Me Collectors Room, Berlin
2017 „Small“ Sexauer Gallery, Berlin
2016 „Physical Fiction“ Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2016 „New Adventures in Vexology“ Kunstverein Amrum, Amrum
2016 „Triangularities“ Centrum Berlin, Berlin
2016 „Maximum Likelyhood“ Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt
2016 „In Formation“ Gallery Sexauer, Berlin
2015 „BERLIN ROMA, ROMA BERLIN“ Galerie Ebensperger, Berlin
2015 “Arcadia Unbound”, Funkhaus Berlin, Berlin
2015 „Porn, Porn, Porn“, EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin
2015 „Ngorongoro“, Artist Weekend, Berlin
2015 „Starting Grid“, Display Gallery, London
2015 „Alles was ich mag fast“, Schaufenster, Berlin
2014 „rip, cut – grow“, l`oiseau presente, Artweek, Berlin
2014 „Kolibri“, Ballhaus-Gartenstrasse, Berlin
2014 „Mensch Maschine“, Skulpturen-Triennale, Bingen
2014 „Rekollekt“, Gallery Borchart, Hamburg
2014 „black market“, Berlin
2014 „Schwarz weiß ich“, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
2013 „Mixed Signals“ Part 2, Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm
2013 „Alles Wasser“, Gallery Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
2013 „Bogota“, Hotel Bogota, Berlin
2013 „Luxus Loft“, Schaufenster, Berlin
2012 „APES presents“, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
2012 „Appartement reinstalled“, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
2012 „Alles Wasser“, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin/Kopenhagen
2011 „Die Linie Überschreiten“, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gatow
2011 „Backstage Riders“, Tagesspiegelgebäude, Berlin
2011 „Skulptur Abstrakt“, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Curated Exhibitions:
2023 “I can´t translate myself into language anymore” Natalie Czech und Jean Pascal Flavien, OPEN Berlin
2023 “I can see your voice” Donia Alchetairy und ahmed Katlesh, OPEN Berlin
2023 “Vara Vision” Simon Mullan, OPEN Berlin
2023 “Why cant I hold all these projections”, Nora Heinisch, OPEN Berlin
2023” Contact Zone“ Pola Sieverding, OPEN Berlin
2022” Delivery Hero”, Isa Melsheimer und Oliver Mark, OPEN Berlin
2022 “Oblivion, abundance and Aquarius (the age of), Groupexhibition, Open Berlin
2022 „Leaky Lines“, Katja Aufleger and !Mediengruppe Bitnik, OPEN, Berlin
2021 „Home Run“ Gerd Rohling, O P E N, Berlin
2021 „Endogenous Error Terms“, Mischa Leinkauf,O P E N, Berlin
2021 „Refuse to be human“,!Mediengruppe Bitnik, O P E N, Berlin
2021 „Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen“, Katharina Sieverding, O P E N, Berlin
2020 “Play Date”, Lisa Tiemann und Max Rödel, O P E N, Berlin
2020 “We are O P E N” group exhibition, O P E N, Berlin
2020 “Future Forms Fiction” Schaufenster, Berlin
Stipends/ Residencies:
2022 Al Balad Artist Residency, Ministry of Culture run by Hafez Projects, Saudi Arabia
2022 Stipendium für Projektraumbetreiber*innen der Senatsverwaltung, Berlin
2022 X Keramika Majolika, Karlsruhe, Egerland Stiftung, Karlsruhe
2021 Stipendium für Projektraumbertreiber*innen der Senatsverwaltung Berlin
2018 Porthmeore Studios Residency in St.Ives gestiftet von Borlase Smart John Wells Trust und Wilhelmina Barns-Graham-Trust
2014 CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Artist talks:
2019 “Glowing core” panel discussion at Stiftung Brandenburgertor, Berlin
2018 „Lunch Time Talk“ at the Porthmeor-Studios as part of the residency in St Ives
2017 Rohkunstbau XXIII, with Jeni Fulton, Andrew Gilbert and Amélie Esterhazy
2017 Artisttalk „Solid Matter 2.0“ Galerie Diehl at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee
2017 Artisttalk at the exhibition „Noble Surface“ C1 Galerie for Picture Berlin
Workshops:
2017 Artist Workshops at the Me-Collectors Room children´s art program, Berlin
2016 Artist Workshop for Ceep-Seminar of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin
2015/16 Artist Workshops for Children with the „One Fine Day“ e.V. in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
2011 Artist Workshop for Children as part of the exhibition „Skulptur Abstrakt“ at Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Amélie Esterházy⎥A calculus of the nervous system
February 24th - April 11th 2024
In her exhibition A calculus of the nervous system at behncke gallery, Amélie Esterházy (born 1982, lives in Berlin) presents a series of new works that explore the connection between art and science. Esterházy combines the mathematical and biological with the ephemeral and poetic, thus arriving at (un)scientific findings that she translates into sculptures and reliefs - as the title quote from Ada Lovelace A calculus of the nervous system expresses.
ALGORITHMIC DRAWING #3, Series 2, 2019
Tinte auf Millimeterpapier
42 x 30 cmEnquiry
Burning #8, 2024
Zeitschriften auf Leinwand gebrannt
50 x 40 x 5 cmEnquiry
Megagon the white series #3, 2020
Tipp-ex auf Magazinpapier, bemalter Rahmen
29 x 21 cm Enquiry
Momentum #7, Series 2, 2024
Posterdruck auf Leinwand
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Spectrum #7, 2023
Lula Magazin Papier auf Leinwand
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Speculum series 2 #15, 2021
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ALGORITHMIC DRAWING #2, Series 2, 2019
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ALGORITHMIC DRAWING #6, Series 2, 2019
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Megagon the white series #2, 2020
Tipp-ex auf Magazinpapier, bemalter Rahmen
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Momentum #5, series #2, 2019
Papier, Heftklammern und Fliesen
51 x 41 cmEnquiry
Spectrum #6, 2023
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Speculum angulus #2, 2022
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Tender Alliance #4, #5, #6, 2024
Seil, Salz, Metallring
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ALGORITHMIC DRAWING #1, Series 2, 2019
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ALGORITHMIC DRAWING #5, Series 2, 2019
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Burning #9, 2024
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Megagon the white series #4, 2020
Tipp-ex auf Magazinpapier, bemalter Rahmen
29 x 21 cmEnquiry
Spectrum #2, 2020
Vogues 2000-2004 und Heftklammern
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Speculum #27, 2024
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Speculum series 2 #16, 2021
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