Damien & The Love Guru

Installation view
Liste Art Fair Basel, 2024
Installation view
Liste Art Fair Basel, 2024
Terminalia
2023
Zinc rain pipes, textile, resin
236 × 171 × 30 cm
Unclosed
2024
Encaustic, photocopy and fly-screen on wood
30 × 25 × 3 cm
Terminalia
2023
Zinc rain pipes, textile, resin, wax, pigment
Installation view
Publiek Park 2023, Edition Antwerp
Installation view
A New Balance
Mauer, Cologne, 2023
Installation view
A New Balance
Mauer, Cologne, 2023
Installation view
A New Balance
Mauer, Cologne, 2023
Installation view
A New Balance
Mauer, Cologne, 2023
The Wasps
2023
Encaustic on jesmonite, cotton, archival cardboard
87 × 30 × 29 cm
Untitled (Net I)
2022
Cast silicone, pigment, latex, dyed silk, aluminum stretcher
60 × 45 × 5 cm
Untitled (Net II)
2022
Cast silicone, pigment, dyed silk, aluminum stretcher
85 × 45 × 5 cm
Untitled (Net III)
2022
Cast silicone, pigment, dyed silk, aluminum stretcher
100 × 45 × 5 cm
Vampires in the Concrete Factory
2022
Bronze and marble
36 × 58 × 35 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
Under the Spell of Law
2022
Cast silicone on dyed jute, pigment and aluminium stretcher
90 × 62 × 6 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
A Chained Chain
2022
Cast silicone on dyed jute and pigment
60 × 120 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
Sad Lake
2022
Cast silicone on cheesecloth, pigment and aluminium stretcher
40 × 60 × 5 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
Installation view
Sour Well
Nir Altman, Munich, 2022
Documentation by Kristien Daem
Installation view
Sour Well
Nir Altman, Munich, 2022
Documentation by Kristien Daem
Installation view
Diananess
Le Berceau, Marseille, 2021
Installation view
Diananess
Le Berceau, Marseille, 2021
Birdstrike
2020
Bronze
41 × 51 × 41cm
Documentation by GRAYSC
La Bonne Excuse
2020
Cast silicone and pigment on jute
78 x 33 cm
Documentation by GRAYSC
The Constant Glitch
2020
Stainless steel, bronze, oven, jesmonite, jute, oil color
105 x 103 cm x 84 cm
The Bug
2020
Cast silicone, pigment, silk color on cheese cloth
120 × 80 cm
Scattering Light, Scattering Words
2020
Cast silicone, pigment, silk color on jute
193 x 120 cm
Scattering Light, Scattering Words (detail)
La Chute Enchantee
Installation view 2017
Forever Tickled
2017
Silicone, pigment, cotton gauze
207 x 120 cm
Forever Tickled (detail)
Untitled
2017
Latex, pigement, resin
114 x 33 x 24 cm
Untitled
2017
Latex, pigement, cheese cloth
74 x 52 cm
Installation View
Un-Break My Walls
Kunsthalle Münster
2019
Münster, DE
Installation View
Un-Break My Walls
Kunsthalle Münster
2019
Münster, DE
Installation View
Un-Break My Walls
Kunsthalle Münster
2019
Münster, DE
They Have Broken with the Tradition of Inside and Outside (detail)
2019
Rattan, steel, silicone, pigment

Often departing from everyday environments, Christiane Blattmann's sculptural practice aims to dissolve clear disciplines of creation and to question the autonomy of these domains. Sculpture appears as a spatial strategy to suspend oppositions between concepts of the inside and the outside. Her works are not so much hybrids of art and quotidian life, but rather a body of thinking figures that are designated as art objects.

Education

  • Diploma in Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2013
  • Exchange Program, Goldsmiths University, London, 2011
  • Fine Arts and Architecture, Universität der Künste, Berlin, 2006

Solo & duo exhibitions

  • Watersheds, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, 2024
  • Publiek Park, group exhibition, Antwerp, 2023
  • A New Balance, mauer, Cologne, 2023
  • The Law, Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2022
  • Diananess, with Jannis Marwitz, Le Berceau, Marseille, 2021
  • Amou Four, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
  • Un-Break My Walls, Kunsthalle Münster, Muenster, 2019
  • Die Gehaltene Hand, Marwan, Amsterdam, 2018
  • Autour De Ma Chambre, The Community, Paris, 2018
  • La Chute Enchantée, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
  • where is everybody?, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2016
  • Tamina Amadayar und Christiane Blattmann, Agnes Maybach, Cologne, 2015
  • Fittings & Divings, Oracle, Berlin, 2015
  • Baby Birds, with Jannis Marwitz, Dorothea Schlueter, Hamburg, 2015
  • The City Dressed As A Lake, Galerie Conradi, Hamburg, 2014
  • Sessions 1–8, with Than Hussein Clark, Amstel 41, Amsterdam, 2014

Selected group exhibitions

  • Sibyl, curated by Laurence Dujardyn, Place de la Justice, Brussels, 2024
  • An Account of The Luck and Misfortunes of ______, organised by Provence, Etablissement d’en face, 2024
  • First Impressions, KRONE COURONNE, Biel, 2024
  • Extrême Collection, Frac Grand Large — Hauts-de-France, 2024
  • Publiek Park, Antwerp, 2023
  • Circuit City Showroom, MRZB, Amsterdam, 2023
  • Le Voeu du Faisan, msimons, Amsterdam, 2023
  • Look, lightning has struck the flowers!, SUNDY, London, 2022
  • Design of the Times, FRAC Grand Large - Hautes-de-France, 2022
  • Sour Well, Nir Altman, Munich, 2022
  • Sculpture Factory, Imprimerie, Brussels, 2022
  • Carrozzone, Arcade, Brussels, 2022
  • Bread & Salt, The Community, Paris, 2021
  • Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
  • The Fountain Show II, Sundy, London, 2021
  • Corps, MAMOTH, London, 2021
  • The Constant Glitch, Museum Leuven, 2021
  • Friend of a Friend, Piktogram, Warsaw, 2021
  • She cut that as the spoons know (egg), Marwan, Amsterdam, 2020
  • Squish, Ephremidis, Berlin, 2020
  • Commission Roundabout, HKW, Berlin, 2020
  • Where Do Streams Run To?, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2019
  • Primary Functions, Rue de la Victoire 111, Brussels, 2019
  • Oui Oui Non Non, 24 Beaubourg, Paris, 2019
  • Jahresgaben, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, 2019
  • Prati bagnati del monte Analogo, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, 2018
  • B-Sides, Saloon, Brussels, 2018
  • Crib, Duflon-Racz, Brussels, 2018
  • Salon Vogue, New Bretagne Belle Air, Essen, 2017
  • 6 of Cups / Pleasure, La Pétanque, Paris, 2017
  • Rest in the Furrows of my Skin, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, 2017
  • B-sides & Rarities, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
  • If You Intend to be a Movie Theatre, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2017
  • Greener Grass, KS room, Steiermark, 2016
  • Incertitudes, Goethe Institut, Marseille, 2016
  • Micro Celebrities, Just Married, Brussels, 2016
  • Commission Roundabout, Editionen Klosterfelde, Berlin, 2016
  • Grand Café, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2016
  • Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2016
  • Hundstage, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, 2015
  • My, My. A Body Does Go Around, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, 2015
  • Incertitudes, Goethe Institut, Lyon, 2015
  • Transatlantic Transparency, Mathew Gallery, New York City, 2014
  • Transatlantic Transparency, Mathew Gallery, Berlin, 2014
  • The Tenant, VI,VII, Oslo, 2014
  • Im Frühling, Darling, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, 2014
  • Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, Rennes, 2013
  • Cold Candy Crush Saga – Ruhe im Olymp, Hinterconti, Hamburg, 2013
  • Auflauf der Fassaden, Bundeskunsthalle, 2013, Bonn, 2013
  • Lord Byron 2021, Mavili Collective, Athens, 2013
  • Regard Benin Biennale, Cotonou, 2012
  • Villa I: This House is a Triadic Fascist and Made of Industry Glass, George & Dragon, London, 2012
  • Central Horizon Ltd, Penny Temporary, Neumuenster, 2012

Art fairs

Grants and awards

  • Special Research Fund: starting grant, (BOF), 2024
  • Flanders State of the Arts: emerging talent, (stipend), 2023
  • Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, (stipend), 2022
  • Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, (stipend), 2020
  • Hamburger Arbeitsstipendum, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Development Grant, 2015
  • Kunstbeutel, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, (prize), 2013
  • Hamburger Reisetipendium, Neue Kunst in Hamburg e.V, Travel Grant, 2012
  • Karl H. Dietze Stiftung, Development Grant, 2012

Residencies

  • Fonderia Battaglia, Milan, 2021
  • Triangle France, Marseille, 2019
  • Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2017
  • Hamburger Reisestipendium, Mexico City, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, e.V., 2012

Public collections

  • Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Cera collection at Museum M Leuven
  • FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France

Related activities

  • Lecture, conference Rethinking Crisis, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Academy of Arts and Culture, Osijek, 2024
  • Co-curator of Look, Lightning Has Struck the Flowers, with Jannis Marwitz, Sundy, London, 2022
  • Artist talk, Liverpool School of Art and Design, 2022
  • Artist Talk, KASK, Ghent, 2021
  • Artist talk, HFBK, Hamburg, 2021
  • Trinkwasserbrunnen, commission for art in public space, Hamburg, 2020
  • Montez Press, artist run publishing house (funding member and editorial advisor), London, New York, Hamburg, since 2012
  • DER PFEIL, magazine with Anja Dietmann and Janina Krepart, 2012–2016
  • Betongalerie – Türme der Hoffnung, a sculpture as exhibition venue in public space, with Jannis Marwitz, Hamburg, 2011–2013
  • Die Reliktion, artist-run space in Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, 2009–2011
  • Un-Break My Walls, edited by Merle Radtke, with contributions by Merle Radtke, Huw Lemmey, Chloe Stead, Christiane Blattmann and Than Hussein Clark, published by Mousse Publishing, Milan, 2020
  • Where Is Everybody?, published by Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2016
  • Let’s All Become Me!, with Jannis Martwitz, edition Kunstwegen, 2015
  • Sessions 1–8, with Than Hussein Clark, with a contribution by Bärbel Trautwein, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2015
  • The City Is Dressed As A Lake, edited by Jakob Schillinger für Neue Kunst in Hamburg e.V., with contributions by Christiane Blattmann, Valérie Knoll and Than Hussein Clark, published by Textem Verlag, Hamburg, 2014
  • Metis in Space, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2013
  • Emperor! Emperor! Emperor!, with Than Hussein Clark and William Joys, Montez Press, Hamburg, 2012

Published work

  • “Towers of Hope,” Pfeil Magazine, London/Hamburg, 2023
  • “Tenants Turning Into Trees, or: The Leaves Are on Fire,” KIOSK, Gent, 2021 (online)
  • “In Absence of Spirit,” Taming the Horror Vacui #2, Modelling Nothingness, Rib, Rotterdam, 2020 (online)
  • “Christiane Blattmann on Zaha Hadid’s Belgian Legacy,” Conceptual Fine Arts, 2017 (online)