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#key processes

2021residency stay Lichtenberg, Berlin
2020First poems. First mise-en scène photography
2018First mircrostories. First sculpture- and object concepts
since 2017Change of perspective. Intensive intellectual-philosophical research on individual and collective consciousness, its framework conditions and possibilities.
2017German-Japanese TV production about my discovery of Picasso's early work and my artistic work. Aired in Japan in 2017.
First digital drawings and digital photo drawings
2016Publication of the essay A VIEW OF THE SELF: WINDOWS AND PICTORIAL SPACE. A DISCOVERY IN PABLO PICASSO’S EARLY WORK in the exhibition catalague of the exhibition PICASSO. WINDOW TO THE WORLD, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-7774-2484-2
2015Symposium Lecture A VIEW OF THE SELF: WINDOWS AND PICTORIAL SPACE. A DISCOVERY IN PABLO PICASSO'S EARLY WORK, Symposium "Picasso. Window to the World", Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg
2014Symposium Lecture THE ARTIST ESTHER HORN ABOUT HER VIEW OF PICASSO'S EARLY WORK, ACC gallery + Bauhaus university, Weimar, Germany
2011-2016Art historical discovery in the early work of Pablo Picasso. Writing the essayistic treatise A VIEW OF THE SELF: WINDOWS AND PICTORIAL SPACE. A DISCOVERY IN PABLO PICASSO’S EARLY WORK. The text initiates the exhibition PICASSO. WINDOW TO THE WORLD. Symposium lecture as part of the exhibition. Publication of the treatise in the exhibition catalog, Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, 2016
2010Residency Stay, Lost Gen Space / Goethe Institut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008Presentation of montanaberlin at ART SWAP EUROPE, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2006Co-Foundation (together with Christian Heilig) and Co-Curation of the Off Space and Art Project montanaberlin, Brunnenstraße, Berlin
2003-2005Lecturer for painting, Academy of Fine Art Münster
1992M.A.
1986Academy of Fine art Münster
1984University of Münster / Studies in philosopy / German language and literature

#support | scholarships funds awards

2021ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY Lichtenberg Studios Berlin
2013Exhibition funding by the Cultural Office Mitte of Berlin and the Tiergarten Art Association for the exhibition project "Twilight Zone - Return of Shadows", Tiergarten Art Association, Berlin
2011Sponsorship / Federal State Government Berlin for the Exhibition Project 'B/W_Borderline', montanaberlin, Helsinki, Finland
2010Grant of the Käthe-Dorsch- und Agnes-Straub-Foundation, Berlin
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY, Lost Gen Space, Goethe Institut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008Sponsorship / Federal State Government Berlin for the Exhibition Project 'Light Strike', montanaberlin, Stockholm, Sweden
2007Sponsorship / Federal State Government Berlin for the Gallery Project montanaberlin
2002ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY & Project Grant Foundation 'Künstlerdorf Schöppingen', Germany
1997ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY & Exhibition Project City de Monastir, Tunisia Funded by the City of Münster and UNESCO
1996Studio Grant / City of Münster
1994ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY / Federal State NRW, 'Cité Internationales des Arts', Paris

#solo [selected]

2014WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU DON'T - Eine Reise, Kunstverein Würzburg
Let's call it nature, Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen
2010SPLENDID ISOLATION, Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen
2009mean shadow of a god (mit Christian Heilig), Galerie DAC [De Simoni Arte Contemporanea], Genua
2008The dark way, Projektraum Spor Klübü, Berlin
INCIDENT AT A CORNER, Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen
BLIND DATE, Galerie Margalef & Gipponi Contemporary Art, Antwerpen
2007esther horn. malerei, Galerie David, Bielefeld
2006Wir, zwei Hunde schlürfen das Licht aus den Pfützen einer verlassenen Tankstelle. Gelb fiebert die Nacht den Highways entgegen, den schnellen Geschichten wir pinkeln sie blau, Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen 1)
In the still of the night, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin
light rider, montanaberlin, Berlin
2005zwischen.welt, Galerie im Kunsthaus, Erfurt
2004esther horn - paradies, Galerie ArtForum, Palma de Mallorca
2003malerei, Kunstverein Unna
2002point of view, Städt. Bühnen Münster
2001esther horn. neue bilder, Galerie für Zeitkunst Annelie Grimm-Beickert, Bamberg
1997strange mission, Stadthalle Monastir, Tunesien, Förderprogramm der UNESCO / Stadt Münster
1995Fondation C.I.A., Paris
In westfälischen Schlössern, Schloss Opherdicke, Unna (K)
1) Titel der Ausstellung nach einem Gedicht von Andrea Heuser, München

#in group [auswahl]

2024URBANITY MEETS NATURE. Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
ACTUALLY THE MOON LOOKED LIKE THIS... BUT WAS HERE, glue, Berlin
2023ZERO TOLERANCE, one night group show, Spor Klübü, Berlin
MONDAY ART SALON, Kapitel 50: “Jedes Bild ist eine Projektion”, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
DAS UNIKAT IM ZEITALTER DER TECHNISCHEN REPRODUZIERBARKEIT, Teil 2_Das Unikat als Buch, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin
2022*Kabinett solo* in einer Ausstellung mit Juha Sääski, Kenneth Pils, Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa, Galerie TOOLBOX, Berlin
2021Pink-Panik, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin
2020#roomwithaview, Leespai_cm, Barcelona
#roomwithaview, design without borders, Museum Kiscell, Budapest
2018100, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2017HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA, OFFLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING, NYC
2016HOW TO FIND TRUE LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN THE PRESENT DAY, kuratiert von Sebastian Nebe, co-kuratiert von Esther Horn, Bikini Berlin, Berlin
CROSSWORDS 3, Projektgalerie Lage Egal//Galeire Jordan Seydoux, Berlin
"Rausch", Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen
2015DIE LICHTENBEG NORM A4 quer, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin
201423 von 23, Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen
Satellit #4 PORTRÄT ZEICHNUNG IN SERIE, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
Falscher Hase. Zu Dürers 543. Geburtstag, zum Beispiel, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten (K)
2013„weit draußen und tief drinnen“ Bilder der Nacht, Städtische Galerie, Fürth
TWILIGHT ZONE - WIEDERKEHR DER SCHATTEN, montanaberlin @ Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
rendezvous des amis, montanaberlin trifft sich im Hotel / one night show /, Hotel Kaiserhof, Münster
Subversion & Abgrund, Bewegung Nurr, Spor Klübü, Berlin
2012lineaRES, Symposium | Zeichnung, Gut Heinersdorf, Frankfurt/Oder
THE END Filmabend/Finissage der Ausstellung „Matthias Beckmann – Der Gast. Zu Gast: Hans Pfrommer“, Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Köln
2011rendezvous des amis, montanaberlin trifft sich im Hotel / one night show /, art`otel, Berlin
s/w borderline, montanaberlin @ galeria espoonsilta / temporary space PERTIK, Tapiola/Helsinki, Finnland
2010Kuala Lumpur Dreaming, Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009light strike, montanaberlin @ studio44, Stockholm
Erinnern, oder das was wir Geschichte nennen / aus der Sammlung der WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf
2008Feindliche Übernahme von BP (mit Ruppe Koselleck), F.I.T., (Freie Internationale Tankstelle), Berlin
mindscape, montanaberlin bei artrmx Cologne, Vol 01, Köln (K)
trojan horses, montanaberlin / Monat der Fotografie, Berlin
Jeder Mensch ist ein Künstler", Spor Klübü, Berlin
2007modell und wirklichkeit: stop making sense, montanaberlin, Berlin
2006Zeichnung depicted, Kunstverein Ingan, Berlin
zutiefst oberflächlich, montanaberlin, Berlin
2005Raumfahrt 3 (mit Nikola Hamacher und Maike Kloss), Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover
in search of paradise, BACK-RAUM im CON-SUM, Düsseldorf
2004Malerei 04, Zeitgenössische Positionen zur Malerei, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (K)
Klasse!, WGZ-Bank, Düsseldorf (K)
2002Hörster Fensterschau, Galerie Ü, Münster
Landschaft, Galerie Schlieper, Hagen
2001Von Fritz Winter bis Martin Kippenberger. Die Sammlung der westfälischen Provinzialversicherungen, Landesmuseum Münster (K)
Kunstpreis 2001, Sparkasse Magdeburg
1999Zeichenraum, Künstlerhaus Dortmund
Auf der Bildfläche, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Wien (K)
Atelierstipendiaten der Stadt Münster, Kunsthalle Münster
1998Schilden-Projekt, Hengelo NL / Glanerbrug, D (K)
1997Galerie Schiela, Xanten (mit Christiane Schoenen)
Week-end d`artistes, @ Angelo Aliotta, Vallauris, Frankreich
1996Unterwegs, Künstlerwerkstatt Lotharingerstr., München (K)
1994Spektakel 94, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
1993Impulse 18, `Farbe und...´ Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach (K)

#curated

2024ACTUALLY THE MOON LOOKED LIKE THIS...BUTE WAS HERE. Curated by Esther Horn. With Christel Fetzer | Andreas Helder | Christian Heilig | Esther Horn | Matthias Mayer | Ila Wingen, GLUE, Berlin
2ß17HOW TO FIND TRUE LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN THE PRESENT DAY.. Curated by Esther Horn und Sebastian Nebe. With Art n more (Paul Bowler & Georg Weißbach) | Olaf Bastigkeit | Tilo Baumgärtel | |Henriette Granert | Christian Heilig | Esther Horn | Corinne von Lebusa | | Alesx Lebus | Rosa Loy | Andreas Mühe | Sebastian Nebe | Richard Schütz | Claus Georg Stabe | Sebastian Speckmann | Marianne Thörmer | Markus Vater, BIKINI BERLIN, Berlin
2013TWILIGHT ZONE - RETURN OF THE SHADOWS. montanaberlin and guests. Curated by Esther Horn, co-curated by Jörn Gerstenberg. With Marcin Cienski | Jörn Gerstenberg | Frederik Foert | Christian Heilig | Florian Göpfert/Alekos Hofstetter | Esther Horn | Oliver Krähenbühl | Nadine Rennert | Richard Schütz | Tassilo Sturm | Markus Vater, KUNSTVEREIN TIERGARTEN, Berlin
RENDEZVOUS DES AMIS. Curated by Esther Horn. With Jörn Gerstenberg || Esther Horn | Oliver Krähenbühl | Tassilo Sturm, HOTEL KAISERHOF, Münster
2011RENDEZVOUS DES AMIS. Curated byn Esther Horn. With Jörn Gerstenberg |Esther Horn | Oliver Krähenbühl | Tassilo Sturm, Art'otel, Berlin
B_W BORDERLINE. Curated byn Esther Horn and Jörn Gerstenberg. With Jörn Jörn Gerstenberg | Esther Horn | Christian Heilig | Matthias Beckmann | Massimo Palazzi | Alekos Hofstetter/Holger Lippmann temporary space Pertik, Helsinki/Tapiola, Finland
2010MEAN SHADOWS OF A GODMEAN SHADOWS OF A GOD. Curated by Valeria de Simoni, co-curated by Christian Heilig and Esther Horn. With Christian Heilig | Esther Horn, DAC De Simoni Arte Contemporanea gallery, Genua, Italien
2009THE LIGHT STRIKE PROJECT. Curated by Esther Horn. With Christian Heilig | Gab Heller | Esther Horn | Nadine Rennert | Matthias Röhrborn, STUDIO44, Stockholm, Sweden

2008UNWANTED SURPRISE: TTROJAN HORSES Curated by Esther Horn und Christian Heilig With Christian Heilig | Esther Horn | Karen Oostenbrink | Richard Schütz, MONTANABERLIN, Berlin
DRESSUR: ENDLICH MENSCHLICH Curated by Esther Horn. With Karin Häll | Ylva Kullenberg | Maria Saveland, MONTANABERLIN, Berlin
GANZ IM ERNST: ENDLICH MENSCHLICH Curated by Esther Horn and Matthias Röhrborn. With Clemens Braukschulte | Stefan Demary | Axel Fischer | Frederik Foert | Klaus Geigle | Stella Geppert | Christian Jasper | Leo | Matthias Röhrborn, MONTANABERLIN, Berlin
2007MODELL UND WIRKLICHKEIT: HÖHERE MÄCHTE Curated by Esther Horn and Christian Heilig. With artspace BLAST, Köln: Charlotte Desaga | Sonja Engelhardt | Andreas Hirsch | Tamara Lorenz | Timothy Shearer | Thorsten Schneider, MONTANABERLIN, Berlin
MODELL UND WIRKLICHKEIT: STOP MAKING SENSE Curated by Christian Heilig, Esther Horn and Richard Schütz. With Paul Ekaitz | Thomas Gerhards | Carsten Gliese| Christian Heilig | Esther Horn | Nadine Rennert | Ian Ritterskamp | Richard Schütz, MONTANABERLIN, Berlin
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR BY ANDY WAJRHOL DIDN'T SELL VERY WELL Curated by Esther Horn. With Matthias Beckmann | Ina Bierstedt | Silke Bröskamp | Matthias Geitel | Ingo Gerken | Jörn Gerstenberg | Tina Hild | Annette Kuhl | Saskia Niehaus |Svätopluk Mikyta | Esther Rutenfranz, MONTANABERLIN, Berlin
2006-2024Curated and co-curated projects of art project montanaberlin
2006-2009Founding of art space montanaberlin together with Christian Heilig and further artists in Brunnenstraße 29, 10119 Berlin.Intensive, regular curatorial exhibition work in collaboration with (among others), Christian Heilig, Matthias Röhrborn and Richard Schütz; funded by the Berlin Senate and the Berlin Cultural Office, among others.
2006Founding of the art project montanaberlin, together with Christian Heilig

#publications

2023Give Peace A Chance. In: Pobaschnig, Walter (ed.), Vienna, Literaur outdoors - words are paths, blog, published on March 25, 2023
2021"We can't help but trust life in some way at the moment." In: Pobaschnig, Walter (ed.), Vienna, project 5 questions for artists about the present, Literaur outdoors - words are paths, blog, published on January 19, 2021
2016Aview of the Self: Window and Image Space. A discovery in Pablo Picasso's early work. In: Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg (ed.), exhibition catalog. Picasso. Window to the world. ISBN 978-3-7774-2484-2 (pp. 10 - 19)