Philip Modersohn

Bio | selected works

Philipp Modersohn's (DE, 1986) artistic practice examines the relationship between nature, art and society. He uses various materials, including sand and several recyclable materials, to produce sculptures and installations of original beauty and grace: objects for both indoor and outdoor spaces, characterised by references to land art, architecture and design. Modersohn questions the future of art making during the late Anthropocene with a contemporary twist on motifs from the baroque era;

Philipp Modersohn
Born 1986, Bremen, lives and works in Berlin, Germany

2006/07 Philosophy, Universität Potsdam
2007-13 Visual Arts, Universität der Künste, Berlin 2009/10 Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2020 Attitudes of heat, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2017 SiO2go, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2016 Cement & weather, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany Loose container, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany

2015 Turbulenzen im Teich, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2020 Etwas mehr als Arbeit, Kunstverein Göttingen Welt in Teilen, Kunstverein St. Pauli, Hamburg Broken - lights shine through, Callie’s, Berlin

2019 Bright light, Gussglashalle, Berlin June in the Jungle, plural feels, Berlin

2018 Ich bin ein Riss, ich will durch Wände gehen, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin Manifestations, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
In media res, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Ausstellen des Ausstellens, Staatlichen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Foutain of Youth, ESPE Academy De Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France Urban Entertainment Center, Ku-damm Karree, Berlin

2017 Fountain of Youth, Reiter Galerie, Leipzig

2014 die Punktierung der Sphärenarena, Correction Lines, Tiergarten, Berlin Spacerologia, Ego Gallery, Poznan, Poland
Object and Environment, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

Stipendships

2020 EHF 2010 work grant
2014 Stiftung für futuristische Forschungen, studio stipendship Neuruppin 2009 NICA stipendship/New York City

Exchange

2020 Lectureship in public art, Muthesius school of arts, Kiel
2018 IIIAA - the Intensive Independent International Amateur Academy, Berlin

(together with Kasia Fudakowski), since then annually