CORNELIA BALTES
Born 1978 in Mönchengladbach, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
| 2009 – 2011 | MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK |
| 2003 – 2006 | Diploma, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany |
| 2000 – 2003 | Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany |
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
| 2022
2021 |
Lazybones, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Waggle Dance, Rodolphe Jannsen, Brussels, Belgium Eigenbrötler, Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin, Germany Tit For Tat, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2018 | Mingle Mime, BolteLang, Zürich, Switzerland Teamwork, Frutta Gallery, Glasgow, UK Lightbox, Chapter Arts Center, Cardiff, UK |
| 2017 | CAPRI, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2016 | Eclipse, @ung5 (curated by kubaParis), Cologne, Germany |
| Gone Fishing (with Jean-Philipe Dordolo) Centrum, Berlin, Germany Drunk Octopus wants to fight, Limencello, London, UK Liste, Basel (solo presentation with Limencello), Switzerland |
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| 2015 | Turner, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK |
| Tiny Dancer, Kunstverein, Ulm, Germany | |
| 2013 | Theres a light and a whistle for attracting attention, DREI, Cologne, Germany |
| Schnick Schnack Schnuck!, Limencello, London, UK | |
| 2012 | Sunday Art Fair, Limencello, London, UK |
| Hooloovoo, Aspex Galleri Portsmouth, UK | |
| 2010 | The great Loop forward, Tank Gallery, London, UK |
Group Exhibitions (selected)
| 2022
2020 |
Trio Feminin, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria Group Show, Lippische Gesellschaft, Detmold, Germany Girl Meets Girl, Norway, Organised by Jari Lager and Paul Carey- Kent Group Show, Canary Wharf Outdoor Exhibition, London, UK Cadmio Limón, Galería Pelaires, Palma, Mallorca, Spain You Can Do Better – Bad Painting, Elektrohalle Rhomberg, Salzburg, Austria Now! Young Painting in Germany, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany Girl Meets Girl, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway |
| 2019 | Now! Young Painting in Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Germany I Would Love Just One Flower, I Don’t Need the Whole Bouquet, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2018 | Group Show, Frutta Gallery, Rome, Italy |
| The Everyday and Extraordinary, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK | |
| 2017 | 31 Women, BREESE LITTLE, London, UK |
| Jump Ball, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece An eyeful of wry, Government Art Collection, Hull, UK |
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| Cinque Monstre, American Academy in Rome Schau 4, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Austria Home is not a Place, Contemporary Art from Berlin and London, London, UK |
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| Every Line Tells Its Own Story, Galerie Nathalie Halgand, Vienna, Austria JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Jokes on Painting, Schau Fenster, Berlin, Germany You see me like a UFO, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London |
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| 2016 | Catherine Biocca, Cornelia Baltes, Rosalie Schweiker, curated by Louise Hobson, Mission Galleri, Swansea, UK |
| Double Acts, At Home Salon, curated by Marcelle Joseph, London, UK | |
| Alice in Crisis, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece | |
| New Adventures in vexillology 2, curated by Valeska hageney, Kunstverein Amrum, Germany | |
| Life Eraser, curated by Dominco de Chirico, Brand New Galleri, Milan, Italy | |
| Your Swath, My Jab, DREI, Cologne, Germany | |
| True Love Over Physics, Coma Galleri, Sydney, Australia | |
| Gestalt and Werden, Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2015 | Womens Art Society II, MOSTYN, Wales, UK |
| Oh, of course, yor were berry picking, DREI, Cologne, Germany | |
| Feel the discourse (curated by Christina Ramos, Guest Projects, London, UK | |
| 2014 | 100 Painters of tomorrow, Book Launch, Christies/Beers Contemporary, London, UK |
| Off the wall, Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany | |
| East London Painting Prize – shortlist show, Bow Arts, London, UK | |
| VitalArts (Commision), The Royal London Hospital, London, UK | |
| Apples and Pears, DREI, Cologne, Germany | |
| 2013 | Curiosity and Method, Less is More Projects, London, UK |
| Carousel, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK | |
| Nur was nicht ist ist möglich – Malerei im Raum, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany | |
| Zero Gravity, Less is more projects, Paris, France | |
| 2012 | Chimera Q.T.E., Cell Project Space, London, UK |
| P/N/7 The summary show, Project Number, London, UK | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy London, London, UK | |
| Curatorial Spotlight, FordProject, New York, USA | |
| Young British Art II (curated by Ryan Garder and Christina von Rotenhan), Dienstgebäude, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2011 | Crash Open Salon Show, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, UK |
| Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 Site Gallery/ S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK | |
| MA/MFA Show 2011, Slade School of Fine Arts, London, UK | |
| 2010 | John Moores Painting Prize, Jealous Gallery, London, UK |
| Istanbul was Constantinople, Hush Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Slade Interim Show, Woburn Research Center, London, UK | |
| Art in Focus: Black and white Flower painting St. Marys Hospice, London, UK | |
| Threads Tank Gallery, London, UK | |
| Exhibitionism, Eastwing 9, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Sommerset House, London, UK | |
| Pastiche – When a tree falls in the Forest…, Solyst Castle Park, Jyderup, Denmark | |
| 2008 | 3 in 1, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany |
| Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunst Palast Duesseldorf, Germany | |
| 2007 | Love Stories, GAM-Galerie am Museum, Essen, Germany |
| Ches Nouz, Kunsthaus Essen, Germany | |
| 2006 | Enface, diploma exhibition, Forum for Art and Architecture, Essen, Germany |
| Pentiment, Show, Summer Academy, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Ruhrplus Music and Art Festival, Bochum, Germany | |
| Herrengedeck, Gallery Brave Lotte, Duisburg, Germany | |
| 2005 | Schon wieder Winter, Solaris e. V. Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Sichtwerk, University Duisburg – Essen, Germany | |
| Aussenstelle No. 2, Forum for Art and Architecture, Essen, Germany |
Catalogue/Publications (selected)
| 2015 | Cornelia Baltes. Qui!, Marianne-Defet-Malerei-Stipendium,2014 |
| Hrsg. Institut für moderne Kunst, mit einem Text von Harriet Zilch, 64 pages, 2015 | |
| Womens Art Society IIAusstellungskatalog, Mostyn Publishing, S. 11-14 | |
| 2014 | 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, 2014, p36-37 |
| Hrsg. Institut für moderne Kunst, mit einem Text von Harriet Zilch, 64 pages, 2015 | |
| Womens Art Society II, Ausstellungskatalog, Mostyn Publishing, S. 11-14 | |
| 2013 | Nur was nicht ist ist möglich – Malerei im Raum, Edition Folkwang/Steidl, 2013, p 92-101 |
| 2011 | Bloomberg New Contemporaries In the Presence, 2011, p33-34 |
| 2010 | John Moores 26 Contemporary Painting Prize 2010, Walker Art Gallery, 2010, p24 |
| 2008 | Die große Kunstausstellung NRW 2008 – Ausstellungskatalog, 2008 |
Articles/Reviews (selected)
| 2022 | ‘Diagonal Looking: On The Work of Cornelia Baltes’, George Vasey, Lazybones press, 2022 |
| 2021 | ‘Cornelia Baltes Shows Us How to Play Among Paintings’, Martin Herbert, ArtReview, 2021 |
| ‘Cornelia Baltes’, Laura Helena Wurth, Eigenbrötler, 2021 | |
| 2017 | “The All-Female Show Channeling Peggy Guggenheim’s Legacy”, AnOther, June 1, 2017 |
| “Cornelia Baltes makes simply complex works of art”, Bobby Solomon, The fox is black, September 5, 2017 | |
| 2016 | “Cornelia Baltes, the creator of delicious fine art” Lucy Bourton, It’s Nice That, October 18, 2016 |
| Review of Cornelia Baltes’ “Drunk Octopus Wants to Fight”, Louisa Elderton, Flash Art, March/April, 2016 | |
| “Cornelia Baltes: Drunk Octopus Wants to Fight”, Sophie Risner, This is Tomorrow, February 3, 2016 | |
| “Critics’ Picks”, Nicolas John Jones, Art Forum Online, February 29, 2016 | |
| 2015 | “Cornelia Baltes: Turner”, George Vasey, This is Tomorrow, July 15, 2015 |
| “Philip Guston, Cornelia Blates, Stan Douglas: this week’s new exhibitions”, Robert Clarke, Guardian Guide, June 6, 2015 | |
| “16 Emerging Artists to Watch in 2016”, Editorial, Artsy, December 16, 2015 | |
| 2014 | “London Art Fair 2014: 10 highlights” Lowenna Waters, The Telegraph Online, January 11, 2014 |
| “London Art Fair 2014”, Liz Elton, PaintUnion Blog, January 17, 2014 | |
| “London Art Fair 2014: A Metamorphosis of Maturity and Sophistication”, Ben Austin, ArtLyst, January 16, 2014 | |
| 2013 | “Wenn alles aus den Fugen gerät – Cornelia Baltes”, Kunnst, Winter 2013, p. 34-39 |
| “Starter – die neuen Künstler”, ART Das Kunstmagazine, August, 2013 | |
| “Cornelia Baltes”, Denis Bury, Museum Folkwang Catalogue, May, 2013, p. 93 | |
| Review of Cornelia Baltes’ Schnick Schnack Schnuck, Theo Page, The Page, March, 2013 | |
| Review of Cornelia Baltes’ Schnick Schnack Schnuck, Francesca Brooks, Hackney Citizen, February, 2013 | |
| Review of Chiera Q.T.E, Morgan Quaintance, Rhizome, January, 2013 | |
| 2012 | “24 Artists to watch”, Modern Painters, December, 2012, p. 82 |
| “Eine Künstlerin zwischen zwei Welten”, Die Welt, June 6, 2012, p.8 | |
| “Chimera Q. T. E”, Mette Kjaergaard Praest, This is Tomorrow, December 10, 2012, p.8 | |
| 2011 | “Sheffield New Wave”, Sarah Cockburn, The Culture Vulture, September 27, 2011 |
| 2010 | “Cornelia Baltes: The Great Loop Forward”, ArtRabbit, October, 2010 |
| “Artist Set for John Moores Painting Prize”, Julia Houston, BBC News, September 11, 2010 | |
Grants/Scholarships
| 2016 | Working Grant, Kunstfonds Bonn e.V. |
| 2015 | Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW |
| 2014 | Marianne-Defet-Painting fellowship |
| Commision, Royal London Hospital (VitalArts) | |
| 2012 | Finalist, Beers Lamberts Award for Emerging Art |
| 2011 | Graduate Printmaking Prize Winner, Jealous Gallery, London |
| Bloomberg New Contemporaries | |
| 2010 | Finalist, John Moores Painting Prize |
| 2009 – 2011 | Scholarship, Hartmut und Lore Schuler-Stiftung |
| 2007 – 2008 | Start-up Atelier, Kunsthaus Essen e.V. |
| 2006 | Scholarship, Pentiment Sommer Akademie Hamburg |
