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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 - A Journey, Würzburg Art Society, Germany
Let's Call It Nature, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany
2010SPLENDID ISOLATION, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany
2009Mean Shadow Of A God, (with Christian Heilig), DAC [de Simoni arte contemporanea] Gallery, Genoa, Italy
2008INCIDENT AT A CORNER, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany
The Dark Way, spor klübü, Off Space, Berlin
BLIND DATE, Margalef & Gipponi Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2007Esther Horn. Painting, David Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany
2006We, Two Dogs Slurping The Light Out Of the Puddles At A Deserted Gas Station. The Night With Feverish Yellow Towards The Highways And the quickies, We Pee Them Blue, Ahlers gallery, Göttingen, Germany 1)
In The Still Of The Night, Neukölln Art Society, Berlin, Germany
Light Rider, montanaberlin, Off Space, Berlin
2005Inbetween.World, Kunsthaus Gallery, Erfurt, Germany
2004Esther Horn. Paradise, ArtForum Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca
2003Esther Horn. Painting, Unna Art Society , Germany
1) Exhibition title after a poem by Andrea Heuser, Munich

#in group [auswahl]

2024SENDER: Paweł Petasz / RECIPIANT: the whole world. Mail Art, Centrum Sztuki Galeria EL art center, Elbląg, Poland
RE:VISION, Kunsterverein Tiergarten | Municipal Gallery, Berlin
ALLES VI, Sudio im Hochhaus, municipal gallery, Berlin
MONDAY ART SALON, Kapitel 56: “Everything new - with old rituals”, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
URBANITY 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, chapter 50: “every image is a projection”, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
THE UNICUM IN THE AGE OF TECHNICAL REPRODUCIBILITY, part 2_The unicum as a book, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin
2022*Kabinett solo* in an exhibition with Juha Sääski, Kenneth Pils, Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa, TOOLBOX Gallery, Berlin
2021Pink Panic, Neukölln Art Society, Berlin
2020#roomwithaview, Lespai_cm, Barcelona
#roomwithaview, design without borders, Kiscell museum, Budapest
2018100, Axel Obiger gallery, Berlin
2017HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA, OFFLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING, NYC
2016HOW TO FIND TRUE LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN THE PRESENT DAY, curated by Sebastian Nebe, co-curated by Esther Horn, Bikini Berlin House, Berlin
CROSSWORDS 3, Lage Egal projectgallery //Jordan/Seydoux gallery, Berlin
"Ecstasy", Ahlers gallery, Göttingen
2015THE LICHTENBEG STANDARD A4 landscape, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin
201423 by 23, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen Germany
Satellite #4 PORTRAIT DRAWING IN SERIES, Axel Obiger Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Fake Rabbit. Dedicated to the 543. anniversary of Dürer, for example, Münsterland Gallery, Emsdetten, Germany (C)
2013FAR AFIELD AND DEEP INSIDE Imagery of the night, Municipal Gallery, Fürth, Germany
TWILIGHT ZONE - RETURN OF THE SHADOWS, montanaberlin @ Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
Rendezvous Des Amis, montanaberlin dates in a hotel / one night show /, Hotel Kaiserhof, Münster, Germany
Subversion & Abyss, Bewegung Nurr, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany
2012lineaRES, Symposium | Drawing, Manor Heinersdorf, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
THE END screening/Finissage of the exhibition „Matthias Beckmann – The Visitor. Invitee: Hans Pfrommer“, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2011Rendezvous Des Amis, montanaberlin dates in a hotel / one night show /, art'otel, Berlin, Germany
B/W_Borderline, montanaberlin @ Espoonsilta Gallery / Temporary Off Space PERTIK, Tapiola/Helsinki, Finland
2010Kuala Lumpur Dreaming, Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009Llight Strike, montanaberlin @ Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden
To Remember Or What We Call History, The Collection of the WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008Adversial Absorption of BP, (invited by Ruppe Kosellek), F.I.T., Berlin, Germany
2007Mindscape, montanaberlin@ARTRMX COLOGNE Vol. 01 “Where Is My Mind?”; Cologne, Germany (C)
2006Model And Reality: Stop Making Sense, montanaberlin, Berlin, Germany
Model And Reality: The Adamant Accuracy Of The Coincidence, montanaberlin, Berlin, Germany
One, Two, Three, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany
Deeply Superficial, montanaberlin, Berlin, Germany
Drawing Depicted, Kunstverein Ingan, Berlin, Germany
2005Space Flight 3, Faust Art Center, Hannover, Germany
Paradise Wanted ?, Con-Sum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004Painting 04, Contemporary Positions in painting, Art Center Recklinghausen, , Germany(C)
Class!, WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany(C)
2002Hörster Fensterschau, Ü Gallery, Münster, Germany
Landscape, Schlieper Gallery, Hagen, Germany
2001From Fritz Winter to Martin Kippenberger. The collection of the Westfalian Assurances, Museum of Münster, Germany (C)
Art Award 2000, Savings Bank, Magdeburg, Germany
Drawing Space, Artists in Residence Center, Dortmund, Germany
Image Area, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria (C)
A Gift for Münster, MunicipaI Gallery, Münster, Germany (C)
1998The Schilden-Project, Hengelo NL / Glanerbrug, (C)
1996In Transit, Art Center Lotharingerstraße, Munich, Germany (C)
1996Spectacle '94, Museum of Dortmund, Germany
1993Colour and..., Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach, Germany (C)

#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 catalogue. Picasso. Window to the world. ISBN 978-3-7774-2484-2 (pp. 10 - 19)
Esther Horn ( I like it here) Let's call it nature, Painting, site specific paining and drawing, drawing; catalogue, 28 pages, Esther Horn, Ahlers gallery (ed.), 2016
2011Esther Horn | Splendid Isolation, Selected painting 2004-2010, catalogue, 44 pages, Esther Horn, Ahlers gallery (ed.), 2011
Esther Horn | Site specific wall painting, Seleceted wall paintings/drawings 2002 - 2010, catalogue, 44 pages , Esther Horn, Ahlers gallery (ed.), 2011

#collections

Collection of the WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf, germany
Collection of provincial insurance policies, germany
Münster Municipal Collection
Collection of Prof. Klaus Fischedyck, Clemenshospital Münster
Telgte Municipal Collection
Private collections