Works

Installation view Europe Divided Into Its Kingdoms
2021
Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels

The consistency of the geography doesn‘t seem to be the point. The inaccurate pieces delineate borders, mainly to suggest that certain nations form states or kingdoms. In this manner, the printed map is dissected and named “Europe Divided Into Its Kingdoms“. The preciously crafted board game is marketed as an educational tool for the children of the wealthy. It is used to prepare for the expansion of the Empire. (Fig. 1)
2021
Gelatine silver print, custom made steel frame
100 x 66 cm (print)
107,5 x 74 cm (framed)

The consistency of the geography doesn‘t seem to be the point. The inaccurate pieces delineate borders, mainly to suggest that certain nations form states or kingdoms. In this manner, the printed map is dissected and named “Europe Divided Into Its Kingdoms“. The preciously crafted board game is marketed as an educational tool for the children of the wealthy. It is used to prepare for the expansion of the Empire. (Fig. 3)
2021
Gelatine silver print, custom made steel frame
50 x 33,5 cm (print)
55,5 x 40 cm (framed)

France tries to control the market and use of goods within its colonies through trading routes. The Douk-Douk is created in the city of Thiers for the Oceanic market, but is instead shipped to the North and Sub-Saharan regions of Africa. In Algeria, the knife is used by the National Liberation Front against those who run afoul. The noses and ears of French colonialists are removed by the knife’s razor-sharp blade. Originally, it is inspired by a French encyclopedia found lying around in a knife workshop containing information about the Douk-Douk society.
2021
Gelatine silver print, custom made steel frame
50 x 33,5 cm (print)
55,5 x 40 cm (framed)

Okapis are essentially solitary animals, coming together only to breed. They are native to a territory in Central Africa that was taken by Belgium at the Berlin Conference. The nature and habits of the Okapis are best known by the Pygmy population around the Congo River area. The animal is unknown to Western science until it is encountered by a British colonial administrator. He is one of the central figures in the European administration of the continent and his side hobby is scientific practice. While searching for unicorns, he instead encounters the Okapi through the Pygmy people.
2021
Gelatine silver print, custom made steel frame
50 x 33,5 cm (print)
55,5 x 40 cm (framed)

Installation view Gift
2020
Galerie Wedding, Berlin

Installation view Gift
2020
Galerie Wedding, Berlin

Installation view Gift
2020
Galerie Wedding, Berlin

EXPIRATION: 3 / 31 / 1922
2018
Pigmentprint
160 x 196 cm / 63 x 77 in

Kite
2018
Discarded banknotes, twine
Dimension variable
Installation view Public event
artists space, New York

Untitled
2019
20 playmobil houses
Dimension variable
Installation view Fragments of a Crisis 2019
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen

props
2016
Lenticular print
180 x 112.5 cm / 70.8 x 44 in
Metal dimensions variable
Installation view HxBxT 2018
Nassauischer-Kunstverein-Wiesbaden

props
2017
Installation view props
Kunsthalle Darmstadt

props
2016
Installation view You don’t need a weatherman
Galerie Thomas Schulte

Subjects of Emergency
2018
Installation view
Galerie Thomas Schulte

Expiration: no information
2018
Pigmentprint
160 x 173 cm / 63 x 68 in

Fragments of a crisis: Ressources
2018
Pigmentprint and plexiglas
70 x 257 cm / 27.5 x 101 in

Fragments of a crisis: Ressources (detail)

Statement

In his practice Julian Irlinger approaches past events in sight of future conflicts. Using a variety of media, he combines research with selected material from historical, public and personal contexts. His presentations focus on institutions and images that are related to the writing of history.

CV

Education


  • Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, 2017 – 18, New York, US
  • Graduation Fine Arts, Städelschule, 2017, Frankfurt, DE
  • Fine Arts, Städelschule, 2014 – 17, Frankfurt, DE
  • Fine Arts, HGB Leipzig, 2011 – 14, DE
  • BA Art History, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, 2011, Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE

Solo Exhibitions


  • Galleria Campari, 2021, Milan, IT (upcoming)
  • Sangt Hypolit, 2021, Berlin, DE (with Asha Sheshadri) (upcoming)
  • Gift, Wende Museum of the Cold War, 2021, Los Angeles, USA (upcoming)

  • Europe Divided Into Its Kingdoms, Damien & The Love Guru, 2021, Brussels, BE
  • Gift, Galerie Wedding, 2020, Berlin, DE
  • Fragmenst of a Crisis, Wilhelm Hack Museum, 2019, Ludwigshafen, DE
  • Subjects of Emergency, Galerie Thomas Schulte, 2018, Berlin, DE
  • props, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017, Darmstadt, DE

Group Exhibitions (selection)


  • Shapes Of Time, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, 2021, Frankfurt am Main, DE
  • living as, Loggia Loggia, 2020, Munich, DE
  • The Academy, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, 2019, Los Angeles, USA
  • Copines-Copains, Wentrup Galerie, 2019, Berlin, DE
  • Public Event, artists space, 2018, New York, USA
  • H × B × T, Nassauischer Kunstverein, 2018, Wiesbaden, DE
  • Field of Codes, Pik Deutz, 2018, Cologne, DE
  • Ausstellen des Ausstellens, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2018, DE
  • Home of the brave, MMK Frankfurt, 2017, Frankfurt, DE
  • You Don‘t Need a Weatherman, Galerie Thomas Schulte, 2016, Berlin, DE
  • l’Exposition Imaginaire, Kunsthalle Wien, 2016, Vienna, AT
  • Kunst fur die Kunst, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2015, Darmstadt, DE
  • On View, Kunstverein Leipzig, 2015, Leipzig, DE
  • Klasse Klein, Wiesowski und Habord, 2015, Berlin, DE
  • 11.04.2014 – 10.05.2014, Antikenmuseum & Ägyptisches Museum Leipzig, 2014, Leipzig, DE
  • Studienpreis der HGB, Galerie der HGB, 2014, Leipzig, DE
  • kh 46, Raumlabor, 2014, Braunschweig, DE
  • Imaginäres Museum, Galerie der HGB, Leipzig, Germany thought machines, Heiligenkreuzerhof, 2013, Vienna, AT
  • Dies ist kein Offspace!, Eberhardshofstr. 11, 2012, Nurnberg, DE

Related activities


  • Shelter in Place, online screening program, curated together with David Hartt, 2020
  • Projections, screening program, curated together with Juliane Duft for Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017
  • Co-founder of exhibition space JOHAN, Städelschule, 2015, Frankfurt, DE

Grants and awards


  • Kunstfonds Bonn, 2020, DE
  • Hessische Kulturstiftung, Travel Grant, 2019, DE
  • Campari Art Prize, Artissima, 2019, Turino, IT
    (Jury: Manuela Moscoso, Sam Thorne, Philippe van Cauteren)
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, 2017, New York, US
  • Kulturstiftung Erlangen, 2016, DE
  • Förderpreis Kunsthalle Darmstadt/Lionsclub, 2015, DE
  • Kunstfonds Bonn (with Spector Books), 2015, DE
  • Student Award HGB Leipzig, 2014, DE
  • Thought machines, Austria Publications, 2013, Vienna, AT

Publications

2021

  • Gift, Spector Books
    Text: Julian Irlinger, Kerstin Stakemeier, Jan Tappe
    Editor: Julian Irlinger, Jan Tappe

    2019

  • Fragments of a Crisis, Spector Books
    Text: Nora M. Alter, Nora Jäger, Rene Zechlin
    Editor: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, DE
  • props, Spector Books
    Text: Joseph Henry
    Editor: Julian Irlinger

    2016

  • Byproducts / Matters (double volume), Spector Books
    Text: Tess Edmonson, Clemens Jahn
    Editor: Julian Irlinger