Kuckei + Kuckei

Ingo Gerken

Works

Exhibitions

Biography

Ingo Gerken was born in 1971 in Lippetal, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Between 1995 and 2000 he studied at the Muthesius-Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung in Kiel and at the Glasgow School of Art. Ingo Gerken lives and works in Berlin.

Solo Shows

  • 2025

    • The Minimal Input, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin, Germany

    • Gedankengebäude, Hansabibliothek, Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany

  • 2024

    • Appropriationsapparat, Till Richter Museum, Schloss Buggenhagen, Germany

    • Anarchivistics, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

  • 2023

    • Offenes Buch, MZIN Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany

  • 2022

    • Bibliosculptures, Galerie Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany

    • Lesesaal, Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Germany

  • 2021

    • Hyper Ventilation, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg, Germany

    • Public Transport, Mezzaterra Gallery, Belluno, Italy

  • 2020

    • Offenes Buch, Motto Books, Berlin, Germany

    • Offenes Buch, Raum für Zweckfreiheit, Berlin, Germany

    • So oder so, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg, Germany

  • 2018

    • Weltzeituhr, Studio 45, Hamburg, Germany

  • 2017

    • Stein der Weisen, Sport Klübü, Berlin, Germany

    • Mass de Dinge, Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin, Germany

    • Just boiled with water, Neues On, Berlin, Germany

  • 2016

    • Nebenkosten, mit Thomas Rentmeister, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany

    • Handle with care, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Germany

  • 2015

    • A matter of antimatter, mit Annika Hippler, KGF Gallery, Moskau, Russia

    • Re:combine, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany

    • Heart attack, Statsion am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, Germany

  • 2014

    • Photographs on photographs, Raum für Zweckfreiheit, Berlin, Germany

    • Futur I + Futur II, mit Dirk Krecker, Hammerschmidt und Gladigau, Erfurt, Germany

    • Real estatement, Espace Surplus Le Grand, Berlin, Germany

  • 2013

    • Ingo Gerken + Blue Curry, Lobe Art, Berlin, Germany

    • Morgen ist auch noch ein Tag, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany

  • 2012

    • Darum geht es doch gar nicht, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Germany

    • Grosser Stern, Schimmer.ch, Zürich, Switzerland

  • 2011

    • Sehen und gesehen werden, Raum für Zweckfreiheit, Berlin, Germany

    • Solom, mit Dirk Krecker, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin, Germany

    • Born after 1924, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK

    • Elementary, Städtische Galerie, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

  • 2010

    • When attitude becomes norm, Apex Kunstverein, Göttingen, Germany

  • 2009

    • Nekreg ogni, Pianissimo Gallery, Milan, Italy

    • I don't mind, Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy

  • 2008

    • Kurze Momente innerer Ruhe, Gitte Weise Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    • The extension of nothing, Pianissimo Gallery, Milan, Italy

    • One plus one, mit Sarah Ryan, University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  • 2007

    • Jazz, Le9bis, Saint Etienne, France

    • Cityworks, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, Canada

    • Hell, sorry, wow, Pianissimo Gallery, Milan, Italy

  • 2006

    • Ingo Gerken, Gitte Weise Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    • Cooperation & Cooperation, mit Stella Geppert, Hamburg, Germany

  • 2005

    • Pavillon, Neues Problem, Berlin, Germany

  • 2004

    • Feuilleton, Förderverein Aktuelle Kunst, Münster, Germany

  • 2003

    • Work which could be mine, Barbara Holstein Gallery, Paris, France

  • 2002

    • Painted rooms, Bergstübl Projekte, Berlin, Germany

  • 2000

    • Mobilé-Fritze, Galerie Enja Wonneberger, Kiel, Germany

Group Shows

  • 2025

    • OUT OF THE BOX, Akademie der Künste am Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany

    • SUPERHOST, Like A Little Desaster, Cisternino, Apulien, IT DIE GANZE ZEIT, Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz, Berlin, Germany

    • KUNST GEGEN RECHTS, Neue Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Gera, Germany

    • UNSERE KUNST EURE KUNST, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

  • 2024

    • BETWEEN BOOKS, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany

    • BEING WITH OTHERS, Einbuchhaus, Berlin, Germany

    • DAS BUCH IM BILD, Villa Heike, Berlin, Germany

    • SUPPOSE YOU ARE NOT, Arter Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

    • WHY COMPARE?, Künstlerhaus Frise, Hamburg, Germany

  • 2023

    • 100, Kwadrat Galerie, Berlin, Germany

    • X PLUS, Die Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin, Germany

    • PUNCTUM, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany

    • BOOKS & OTHERS, Acre Project Space, Berlin, Germany

    • ILLUMINATIONS OF DISENCHANTMENT, Monat der Fotografie >Off, Berlin, Germany

    • ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, Emami Art, Kolkata, India

  • 2022

    • ANONYME ZEICHNER, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany

    • OVERWHELMING BANALITY, One Minute Space, Athens, Greece

    • KLINGELN BEI ISSEL, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg, Germany

    • MINIMALE POSITIONEN, KW / Randlage, Worpswede, Germany

  • 2021

    • KUNST IM TRAUM, HilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany

    • ÜBER WASSER, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin, Germany

    • PORÖS, Lobe Block, Berlin, Germany

    • KUNST GEGEN RECHTS, Botschaft @ Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany

    • HERZENWERKSTATT, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany

    • HOLD YOUR BREATH, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Brussels, Belgium

  • 2020

    • STADT FINDET KUNST, Public Space, Berlin, Germany

    • NUTSHELL, Spoiler, Berlin, Germany

    • THE TITLE IS IN YOUR POCKET, Tuscan Art Center, Siena, Italy

    • THE IMMENSE VENTRILOQUISM, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany

  • 2019

    • NEUKÖLLNER KUNSTPREIS, Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin, Germany

    • PETROL TURTLES, Cubiculum, Berlin, Germany

    • WERKSTOFF BAUHAUS, Gropiusstadt, Berlin, Germany

    • LICHTCAMPUS, Hochschule Wismar, Germany

    • UNSERE KUNST EURE KUNST, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

  • 2018

    • HOW TO OPEN A COCONUT, 1 Shanthi Road Gallery, Bangalore, India

    • IMAGINE A WORLD..., Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Stettin, Poland

    • BANK BLANK, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

    • MOUCHES VOLANTES, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany

    • PROJEKTRÄUME IM RÜCKBLICK, Stadtgalerie am Vinetaplatz, Kiel, Germany

  • 2017

    • ELASTIC COLLISIONS, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien, Austria

    • MUSCLE MEMORY, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

    • HISTORY ASAP, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    • THE REAL ESTATE SHOW, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  • 2016

    • ALIENATION, A3 Gallery, Moskau, Russia

    • NEVER SHOWN ON PURPOSE, Circle1, Platform for Art & Culture, Berlin, Germany

    • THE BOOKS! THE BOOKS!, Künstlerhaus Hamburg, Germany

    • LIMESTONESTORYS, Museumspark Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany

    • INCEPTION #3, Kunstverein Amrum, Germany

    • VERRAT DER DINGE, Kunsthaus Nürnberg, Germany

    • THE BERLIN CASE, Presidential Yeltsin Center, Jekaterinburg, Russia

  • 2015

    • TOPOGRAPHY OF REALITY, 6. Biennal of Contemporary Art, Moskau, Russia

    • ONE NIGHT STAND, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

    • ARCADIA UNBOUND, Funkhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    • INNEROUTFIT, Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Köln, Germany

    • LA GRANDE JATTE, 12. Havanna-Biennale, Havanna, Cuba

    • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, Kunsthalle M3, Berlin, Germany

  • 2014

    • TALENT BORROWS, GENIUS STEALS, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany

    • CRISS-CROSS, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin ROMANTICA, Emotional Rescue Shows, Berlin, Germany

    • ECHOCHAMBER, Institute of Art & Thought, Berlin, Germany

    • TROCKENE WAHRHEITEN, SchauFenster, Berlin, Germany

  • 2013

    • HOW LONELY DOES IT GET?, Blackbridge, Bejing, China

    • THIS IS NOT DETROIT, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Bochum, Germany

    • SYLT, Kreuzbergpavillon, Berlin, Germany

    • EINBLICKE IN DIE SAMMLUNG, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

    • DIE KUNST DER INTERVENTION, rk-Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany

    • NEW PERSPECTIVES ON FEMINISM, Espace Surplus, Berlin, Germany

  • 2012

    • NOVEMBER REMEMBER SEPTEMBER, Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany

    • LIFE IS BEAUTYFUL, Deadfly Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    • PUBLIC INTERVENTION, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin, Germany

    • TRASH TRANSFORMATION, Vitrine FN, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    • DUST BLOWS FORWARD..., UFOpresents, Berlin, Germany

    • RADIO ARTS SPACE, Transmittal, New York, USA

  • 2011

    • LET THE RYTHM HIT EM, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

    • DIE KRITISCHE MASSE, Oktogon, Dresden, Germany

    • FÜLLEN UND LEEREN, Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany

    • EURE SACHE, Zoete Broodjes Projectspace, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    • IT'S ALL CHINESE TO ME, After The Butcher, Berlin, Germany

    • FLIP, SHIFT, SHOW, SWITCH, Stedefreund, Berlin, Germany

    • FIGURES OF SPEECH, Arts on Main, Johannesburg, South Africa

    • SELECTED ARTISTS, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany

  • 2010

    • I AM THE LANDSCAPE, Morgen Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

    • COLD TURKEY, Death and Dada, Glasgow, UK

    • NEW PANORAMA, Pianissimo Gallery, Mailand, Italy

    • MUSIC STORE, Galeria Neon, Budapest, Hungary

    • FROM A TO B, Gallery Mkg127, Toronto, Canada

    • AYRAN & YOGA, 1. Kreuzberg Biennale, Berlin, Germany

    • DE(C)OBSTRUCTION, MicaMoca, Berlin, Germany

    • LA PART DES CHOSES, Mains d'Oeuvre, Paris, France

    • CITY IS FOREVER, NOT ME, University of Greenwich, London, UK

    • WHITE NIGHT, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany

  • 2009

    • DRUNK TANK, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany

    • BUILDING BERLIN, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada

    • OH-PEN SURFACE, The Art Of The Overhead, Malmö, Sweden

    • ON RAGE, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

    • FOR EXAMPLE, Mountain Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada

    • VIDEOSCREENING, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany

  • 2008

    • CONCEPTUAL ART FROM CALIFORNIA, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany

    • ZWEIMAL HAT IHN NIEMAND GESEHEN, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany

    • IF YOU GIVE ME THE MOUNTAINS, Peter Lav Gallery, Kopenhagen, Denmark

    • AUF UND ZUSTAND, Uovo Open Office, Basel, Switzerland

    • SPIELEND, Arthur-Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany

    • MANUAL CC, Ujazdowski Castle, Warschau, Poland

    • DISTANZEN, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Germany

  • 2007

    • WALK! Spazierengehen als Kunstform, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

    • HOMEMADE, House Projects, Dublin, IE MANUAL CC, Kronika, Bytom, Poland

    • DO LITTLE, ASPN Galerie, Leipzig, Germany

    • DECONSTRUCTING FRANK, Pianissimo Gallery, Mailand, Italy

    • BORDERLINE BEHAVIOUR, Tent - Center for Visual Arts, Rotterdam, Netherlands

  • 2006

    • PAPIERPLUS, Gitte Weise Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    • THIS LAND IS MY LAND, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany

    • HAPPY BELIEVERS, 7. Werkleitz-Biennale, Halle, Germany

    • FRICTION-FREE, Christiansand Kunstforening, Christiansand, Norway

    • UNSERE KUNST EURE KUNST, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

    • FRIENDS & ENEMIES, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, Germany

  • 2005

    • THE ART OF THE OVERHEAD, Basement, Kopenhagen, Denmark

    • AVANTI MELANCHOLIA, Architekturmuseum Tallinn, Estonia

    • MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, TALKS, Kunstverein Unna, Germany

    • REFLECTION, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moskau, Russia

    • REGIONALE, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

  • 2004

    • IMPETUS, Espacio Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    • FINE NEW MEDIA ART, Savremenoj Galeriji, Zrenjanin, Serbia

  • 2003

    • ENFIN, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

    • SCHONER SPORT, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

  • 2002

    • JET SET, Ländervertretung Schleswig-Holstein/Niedersachsen, Berlin, Germany

    • EMPRISE ART AWARD, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • 2001

    • ALL ESEDRA, Villa Manin di Passariano Codroipo Udine, 49. Biennale Venedig, Italy

    • FREUNDSCHAFT, Kuckei + Kuckei, Germany

    • ANSTOSS, Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Germany

Public Collections

    • European Patent Office, Den Haag

    • Landes Schleswig-Holstein

    • Landeshauptstadt, Kiel

    • Kunstkredit Basel

    • Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel

    • Technischen Universität Brandenburg, Cottbus

    • Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin

Sign up for our newsletter