Christian Awe lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he was a student of Georg Baselitz until 2005 and a master student of Daniel Richter in 2006. Awe draws inspiration from urban, vibrant life and people in metropolises such as Berlin, Ouagadougou or New York to create his artworks. Color is life energy and passion for Awe. His filigree handling of light, space, and perspective testifies to a pronounced spirit of exploration, constantly exploring the boundaries of painting anew.
His complex "pattern paintings" consist of up to fifteen superimposed layers. In his series of "Water Pictures," on the other hand, real drops seem to wet the painting surface. Here, the boundaries between imagination and reality blur in a masterful play of light and shadow. Awe's works invite the viewer to embark on a journey of the senses and to behold and sense something new again and again.
The artworks are characterized by a gestural and organic formal language that emerges from a dynamic interplay of spontaneity, experimentation and artistic calculation.
1978
born in Berlin
2005
Graduated from the University of the Arts, Berlin – Professor Georg Baselitz
2006
Master student at the University of the Arts, Berlin – Professor Daniel Richter
2011
Artist in Residence, Princeton University, Princeton
Solo Shows Selection
2021
color and vibes, Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld
I, sea, Kunstverein Coburg
2020
HeartBeat, Kunsthalle Rostock
O' de vie, Kunstverein Hockenheim
2019
chūshō, Anteroom, Kyoto, Japan
Christian Awe – new works, Galerie Noah, Augsburg
Water_color, Sparkasse Gevelsberg-Weather
War of Words, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz
Line, light and shadow, art gluchowe, Kunstverein Glauchau / Schloss Forderglauchau
2018
Perceptions, Thomas Fuchs Gallery, Stuttgart
transcend, Gallery Ludorff, Dusseldorf
2017
UNIKAT XII, Spiegelberger Foundation, Hamburg
INFLUX, Ostendorff Gallery, Munster
Jeux d'eau, Galerie Supper, Baden-Baden
2016
Beyond the Palettes, Sezon Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
liqa', Gallery Ludorff, Düsseldorf
EN VIE, art@sanofi, Berlin
WAZZER, gallery of the Volksbank Weinheim
fluid, Kunstverein Duisburg
2015
OffYourColorChart, Deutsche Bank, Nextower, Frankfurt am Main
Boiling point, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
delizia, Gallery Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt am Main
vitamin sea, Kunstverein Bad Dürkheim
2014
amour fou, Gallery Ludorff, Dusseldorf
embody, Falckenberg Unique Art Concepts, Hamburg
2013
urbanity, Ostliches Sauerland art association / Museum Haus Hövener, Brilon
Painting, Kunstverein Lippe, Detmold Castle
mind spray, Kunstverein Heppenheim
Group Shows Selection
2021
ARTES Art Weekend, Künstlerhaus Hanover
New acquisitions spring 2021, Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf
überBAU – ideological landscapes, Liuba Gallery, Lübbenau
Art Karlsruhe Selection, Thomas Fuchs Gallery, Stuttgart
Contemporary Positions, ARTES Berlin
2020
MADE IN BERLIN, Ostendorff Gallery, Munster
III International Mini Print Cantabria, The Sea and the Lighthouses, Santander, Spain
GARDEN OF THE PRESENT, Hamburg
2019
II International Mini Print Cantabria, Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander, Spain
DIALOG, Tore Suessbier Gallery, Berlin
Capture the Street, Oberhessisches Museum, Giessen
2018
Layers of nature - Beyond the line, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan
26 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
black | sea, 68projects, Berlin
30 Years of the Starke Foundation – Anniversary Exhibition, Berlin
BLACK & WHITE, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz
2017
Away From Home, Artists' Forum Bonn
49 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin
SPLIISHSPLASH, Kunstraum Schaufenster, Berlin
Best of picture+picture, Kunstverein Duisburg
2016
DEEP WATER, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
OPENING, Gallery Tore Suessbier, Berlin
STILL LOST, art space SCHAU FENSTER, Berlin
Abstract Attitudes, Christa Burger Gallery, Munich
35 years Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
30 years – 30 artists, Weinheim Art Promotion Association
2015
GERMAN COOL, Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, U.A.E.
paper works II, TS art projects, Berlin
B[e] 52!, 52 Masterworks, Kunsthaus Maximilian, Munich
40 Years – 40 Masterpieces, Ludorff Gallery, Düsseldorf
Open Water, Ludorff Gallery, Dusseldorf
N°2, Gallery Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt am Main
Forms of Abstraction, Ludorff Gallery, Düsseldorf
In Situ – Art with Architecture, Borchardt Gallery, Hamburg
2014
Urban Heroes, Kooperative K, Hagen
From Europe with Love, OazArts / Wall Street Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Checkpoint Ilgen # 10, Ilgen Collection, Berlin
2013
We cross the Rubicon, Ostrale, Dresden
2012
Escape the Golden Cage 2012, Vienna, Austria
Figuring Abstraction, Gallery Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France
reKOLLEKT, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
2011
salonderpresent, Hamburg
New Abstraction, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
An exchange with Sol Lewitt, Cabinet, New York / MASS MoCA – Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA