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)
| 2023
2022 |
Hub Bub, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Lazybones, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2021 | Eigenbrötler, Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin, Germany |
| 2020 | 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)
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| 2023 | Keine illusionen, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany BOTTOM UP, Kühlhaus Berlin, DE 7th Garden Edition, Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, UK BEACH (curated by Danny Moynihan), Nino Mier Gallery, New York, US |
| 2022 | Trio Feminin, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria Girl Meets Girl, Norway, Organised by Jari Lager and Paul Carey- Kent State of Play, Canary Wharf Outdoor Exhibition, London, UK Neun Positionen der Jungen Malerei, Läppische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Landesmuseum Detmold, Germany |
| 2020 | 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 | The Everyday and Extraordinary, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK Group Show, Frutta Gallery, Rome, Italy |
| 2017 | Jokes on Painting, Schau Fenster, Berlin, Germany You see me like a UFO, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London Every Line Tells Its Own Story, Galerie Nathalie Halgand, Vienna, Austria JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Cinque Monstre, American Academy in Rome Schau 4, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Austria Home is not a Place, Contemporary Art from Berlin and London, London, UK Jump Ball, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece An eyeful of wry, Government Art Collection, Hull, UK 31 Women, BREESE LITTLE, London, UK |
| 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 |
| ‘Interview: Cornelia Baltes by Anna-Lena Werner’, artfridge, 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 |
