*1978 in Mönchengladbach, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
2003-2008 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany
2003-2006 Prof. Günter Umberg
2006-2008 Prof. Meuser
2008-2009 Meisterschüler - Professor Meuser
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Critical Mass, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China
Critical Mass, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China
Karsten Födinger with Pieter Vermeersch, Spazio Cabinet, Milan, Italy
2014
Kernig, SOX, Berlin, Germany
Domestic Wildcards, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
2013
Struttin', Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland
Collection display: 14. Baloise Art Prize, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2012
Void, KIOSK, Gent, Belgium
Angsteisen, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
C30/37; XD1, XF2, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2011
Cantilever, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2010
RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
2009
stare - Karsten Födinger, projektraum4, Mannheim, Germany
2008
luxe paarden in actie: exhibition in personal space, Maastricht, the Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Béton, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2016
Béton, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2015
['te:ra:p], Einraumhaus c/o, Mannheim, Germany
['te:ra:p], Einraumhaus c/o, Mannheim, Germany
Vibrant Matter. A group exhibition on the occasion of 5 years of KIOSK, KIOSK, Ghent, Belgium
2014
Bex&Arts. Émergences, Parc de Szilassy, Bex, Switzerland
Der grosse Abplatter, Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
2013
Gegenklänge, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Le jardin de sculpture, Collection N. Libert /E. Renoird, Paris, France
Hotel Charleroi, Marchienne-Au-Pont, Belgium
2012
Alone Together, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
Art and the City, Zürich, Switzerland
2010
Regionale 11, curated by Eric Hattan, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland
Der unaufhaltsame Aufstieg von Draufgängern und Flaschen, curated by Meuser, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Fischgrätenmelkstand, curated by John Bock, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
Purple Rain, Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, Germany
Edition 5, Erstfeld, Haus für Kunst Uri, Switzerland
2009
fully booked - Hotel Beethoven, Bonn, Germany
Top 09 – Meisterschüler der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
Pension Flora, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2004
daeng - Studenten der Kunstakademie Karlsruhe - Außenstelle Freiburg, BBK Südbaden, Freiburg, Germany
quasi invisible – curated by Antoanetta Marinov, Hauptbahnhof Freiburg, Germany
PROJECTS
2010
The Hole, SALTS, Birsfelden, Switzerland
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2012
Baloise Art Prize, Art 43 Basel Statements, Basel, Switzerland
Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Grant of Stiftung Kunstfonds
Grant of Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
2010
New Entries Guido Carbone Award, ARTISSIMA 17, Turin, Italy
2009
Graduiertenstipendium des Landes Baden-Württemberg