About

Grit Richter was born in Dresden in 1977. From 1997-99 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden, before she continued her study at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg. Being mentored by Professor Norbert Schwontkowski, she graduated with a diploma in 2007.
Grit Richter lives and workes in Hamburg/Germany. Her works were shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She’s been awarded scholarships and grants like the Working Grant for Visual Arts of the City of Hamburg, DAAD Travel Grant, Project Grant by the Cultural Office Hamburg and a nomination for the Villa Aurora Fellowship. Between 2015-2018 she held a lectureship for painting at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.

Besides her work as a visual artist, Richter has always been passionate about underground electronic music. As from 2000, she was pursuing her passion by working as a DJ or initiating several underground club events and was actively involved in these activities for more than ten years. Experimental electronic music stays a big influence for her up to today.

Solo Exhibitions

2024	Breathe Out \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2022	Der zweite Blick \| Overbeckgesellschaft Lübeck Coping Strategies \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2020	Mixed Feelings \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2019	Solo presentation at The Armory Show (w/ Galerie Tanja Wagner) \| New York
2018	The Space Between Us \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2017	Danke für Alles \| Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser
2016	My Skin Is Thicker Than Yours \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2015	Solo presentation at abc Art Berlin Contemporary (w/ Galerie Tanja Wagner) \| Berlin
2014	Das große Haus Selbst \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2013	Sometimes It Lasts Forever. And Ever. \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2012	Das schöne Ende \| Galerie Kai Erdmann \| Hamburg (w/ Stefan Sandrock)
2011	Kiss Goodbye Hello \| Elektrohaus \| Hamburg
2010	Wolle was da komme \| Galerie Seiler \| Munich
2009	Pondor \| Westwerk \| Hamburg
2008	Monolith \| Stellwerk \| Kassel
2007	Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht \| Diplomausstellung \| HfbK Hamburg \| Galerie Carolyn Heinz (w/ Astrid Köppe) \| Hamburg

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2024	DISSONANCE. Platform Germany #3 \| Nationalgalerie Bukarest ECHTZEIT. Neue Werke für die Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Dresden \| Städtische Galerie Dresden FRIEZE London w/ Galerie Tanja Wagner Something New, Something Old, Something Desired \| Hamburger Kunsthalle/Hamburg DISSONANCE. Platform Germany #2 \| Stadtgalerie Kiel
2023	5 years Office Impart \| Office Impart \| Berlin 5th Amtsalon \| Berlin Between the Lines \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin FRIEZE London w/ Galerie Tanja Wagner Hallen #4 – Art Festival \| Berlin Present Perfect Progressive \| Hermetika \| Berlin Something New, Something Old, Something Desired \| Hamburger Kunsthalle \| Hamburg
2022	4th Amtsalon \| Berlin MIXED FEELINGS \| G2 Kunsthalle \| Leipzig Dissonance. Platform Germany (1) \| Künstlerhaus Bethanien \| Berlin Something New, Something Old, Something Desired \| Hamburger Kunsthalle \| Hamburg
2021	Club Quarantina \| Grimmmuseum Berlin Club Quarantina \| Wildpalms \| Düsseldorf The Artist Is Online \| König Galerie \| Berlin
2020	HOW TO HUMAN \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin Frieze London (Online Viewing Rooms) with Galerie Tanja Wagner A Matter of Touch \| Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstrasse 111 \| Berlin Spring of 2020 \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin THE LAST UNICORN \| Showroom MTFA \| Munich
2019	Art Cologne with Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Cologne THE LAST UNICORN \| Showroom MTFA \| Munich Art Berlin with Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin CHECK YOUR HEAD \| Rockefeller Center for the Contemporary Arts \| Dresden Salon der Gegenwart \| Hamburg
2018	The Arthouse Vol.01 \| Hamburg Toy Bitches Fuck You \| Galerie Kai Erdmann \| Hamburg
2017	Learning From Big Mistakes \| 53 Orchard Street \| New York
2016	Empires of Dust \| Cultural Centre Vanha Paukku \| Finland Painting is a painting is a painting \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin
2014	Ego Editions \| Galerie Tanja Wagner \| Berlin 53 Portaits of Stefan Sandrock \| Feinkunst Krüger \| Hamburg Hauptstadt \| Galerie Kai Erdmann \| Berlin On Painting \| Frappant \| Hamburg
2013	Objects of my Affection \| Galerie M + R Fricke \| Berlin Hamburger Bahnhof \| Power Galerie \| Hamburg 32th Scholarship for Visual Arts of Hamburg City \| Deichtorhallen / Collection Falckenberg (catalogue)
2012	OUTBACK Girl \| Open Museum at Plateau der Hamburger Kunsthalle \| Hamburg AGORA \| Frappant \| Hamburg Hôtel Particulier \| Galerie Oel-Frueh \| Hamburg
2011	Moraltarantula V \| Zollamt \| Hamburg Candidats for the Scholarship of Hamburg City \| Kunsthaus \| Hamburg
2010	Powerhouse \| Powergallery \| Hamburg Moraltarantula IV \| Elektrohaus \| Hamburg
2009	N.N. \| Doppel De \| Dresden Herpst 9 \| Powergallery in der Sternschanze 1 \| Hamburg
2008	WirnennenesHamburg \| Kunstverein Hamburg (catalogue) Pegnitz rechts Hersbruck \| Westwerk \| Hamburg Junge Kunst im BMU – Acquisitions 2006 & 2007 \| Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conversation, Building and Nuclear Safety \| Bonn
2007	Gestern, Heute, Übermorgen \| Westwerk \| Hamburg Eleven Masters from the Academy of Fine Arts \| German Ambassador’s Residence \| London International Times \| 78 Lyndhurst Way/Spaceplatform \| London Pudelkollektion \| Hamburg INDEX 07 \| Kunsthalle, Hamburg (catalogue)
2006	INDEX 06 \| Kunsthalle, Hamburg (catalogue) Das Haus der Glücksseligkeit und der Blick auf die Nordseite \| HfbK \| Hamburg

Awards and Grants

2023	NEUSTART Plus Grant awarded by Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021	Future Grant awarded by Hamburgische Kulturstiftung
2020	Project Grant awarded by the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung
2016	Project Grant awarded by the cultural office Hamburg
2016	Nominated for the Villa Aurora Fellowship
2012	Working Grant for Visual Arts of the City of Hamburg
2009/10	DAAD Travel Grant

PUBLICATIONS & CATALOGUES

2024	Article on HYPEBEAST
2023	‚Das Leben eben \| Life Just‘, monograph, DISTANZ Verlag Feature in Contralytic Magazine, issue No.2 (print)
2022	Contribution at MONOPOL Magazin, February Issue 2022 (print) Dissonance. Platform Germany \| published by Christoph Tannert & Mark Gisbourne, DCV-Verlag
2021	Article at ART Magazine (Germany) \| print, February Issue 2021
2020	Coverartwork for ZEIT Magazin Hamburg, November 2020, print Review by Oliver Koerner von Gustorf at MONOPOL Magazin, Novemberissue 2020 (print) Article at VAST Magazin (Issue No.01) (print and online) (USA) Interview in: The Art Newspaper for Berlin – Deeds.News (print and online) Feature at www.artificialis.eu , November 2020 Feature at TAGESSPIEGEL (print), 05.09.2020 Review at ZEIT Magazin Newsletter ‚Was für ein Tag‘, 14.09.2020 Feature at Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung (print), 06.09.2020 Feature at Weltkunst Newsletter (online), 18.08.2020
2019	Review at THE NEW YORK TIMES, Print Issue and online Feature at theartnewspaper.com, online Review at i-D & Vice Magazine, online Review at yngspc.com, online Feature at Sueddeutsche Zeitung, print & online
2018	Barry Schwabsky on Grit Richter at ‘ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL’ \| Review at Print Issue, October 2018 Christiane Meixner: Die Welt umarmen – Gemälde von Grit Richter \| Review at Tagesspiegel (article, print issue, 23.07.2018)
2017	‚The Big Easy‘ \| Text by Timotheus Vermeulen (Monograph) Matthias Zwar at ‘Freie Presse Chemnitz’ \| Review (print & online) \| 02.12.2017
2014	‚Grit Richter‘ \| Jurriaan Benschop at artforum.com (online)
2013	‚Grit Richter‘ \| Text by Britta Peters, Hamburg (Monograph)
2013	Alexander Forbes: Grit Richter, in: Modern Painters, Oktober 2013 (article)
2012	‚OUTBACK GIRL‘ \| Galerie Kai Erdmann (Ed.), Hamburg (Monograph)
2008	‚Wir nennen es Hamburg‘ \| Kunstverein Hamburg Candidats for the Scholarship of Hamburg City \| Kunsthaus \| Hamburg
2007	‚INDEX 07‘ \| Kunsthaus, Hamburg
2006	‚INDEX 06‘ \| Kunsthaus, Hamburg