Born 1968 in Berlin, Germany.
Lives and works in Cologne.
Education |
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| 1989–1996 | Städelschule, Frankfurt and Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig |
Awards |
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| 2004 | Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für Bildende Kunst, Germany |
| 1994 | Peter Mertes Award, Bonner Kunstverein, Germany |
Solo Exhibitions (selection) |
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| 2018 | A Lost Future: Shezad Dawood, The Otolith Group, Matti Braun, Rubin Museum of Art, New York |
| 2016 | Lak Sol, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn |
| 2012 | Gost Log, Arnolfini, Bristol |
| 2010 | Salo, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig and La Galerie, Contemporary Art Center, Noisy-le-Sec |
| 2009 | Kola, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
| 2008 | Özurfa, Museum Ludwig, Cologne and Museion, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano |
Group Exhibitions (selection) |
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| 2019 | 40,000 – A Museum of Curiosity, 14th Fellbach Triennial for Small Sculpture |
| 2018 | Selection of works from the NMNM collection, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco |
| 2016 | Die Kraft der Fotografie, Museion, Bolzano |
| 2014 | Bilder zwischen den Zeilen, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin |
| Wiederholen, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster | |
| KIASMA Hits, KIASMA, Helsinki | |
| Black Sun - Alchemy, Diaspora And Heterotopia, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon | |
| 2012 | Made in Germany Zwei, Sprengel Museum, Hannover |
| 2011 | 20 Jahre Ludwig Forum, Ludwig Forum, Aachen |
| Until It Makes Sense, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris | |
| 2010 | Mental Archeology, Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine and Kunstverein Nürnberg |
| 2009 | Zeichen Setzen: Anschein, Präsenz und Auftreten, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn |
Matti Braun’s work investigates the unexpected, often little-known effects of cross-cultural dynamics, making visible patterns of artistic migrations and cultural misrecognitions. The artist’s exhibitions have often been organized around a specific example of such appropriation, taking, for instance, an elaborate web of interdisciplinary associations spun around the Indian physicist Vikran Sarabhai that include Mahatma Gandhi, Le Corbusier, the development of the Indian space program, the Ulm School of Design and Lynda Benglis as point of departure for displays that included textile works, objects, photographs and large-scale installations.
Matti Braun’s work is characterized by a constant negotiation between concrete references and general allusions, between poetic ephemerality and an uncanny sense of visceral immediacy.
