KRATZ

Thomas Kratz

born in 1972 in Waiblingen, Germany
lives and works in Berlin

Education

2003 - 2005 Royal College of Art London, MA Fine Art
1999 - 2001 Akademie der Bildenden Künste München with Günther Förg, Akademiebrief und Meisterschüler
1994 - 1999 Hochschule für Gestaltung / ZKM Karlsruhe with Günther Förg, Klaus vom Bruch, Marcel Odenbach and Boris Groys, Diplom

2024 eff, with Peter Welz, Johnen Privat, Berlin, DE
2022 Zeichnung, Galerie Margret Biedermann München, DE
2021 Ice Ice Baby, Projektraum, M.de Carlo, Turin, IT
2020 Lick Gin, Keteleer, Antwerp BE ( link
2020 Sghei, Giorgio Galotti c/o Cà Brutta / Milan IT
2019 Color Chart for Horses, GRGLT, Capalbio,IT more
2018 Thomas Kratz, Deweer Gallery, Otegem BE
2017 Thomas Kratz, Giorgio Galotti (Alley) / Torino Art Week, Turin IT
2016 Salve, Giorgio Galotti, Turin IT
2015 Ahoi!, Deweer Gallery, Otegem BE ( link
2013 Lick Gin (Situations), Collicaligreggi, Catania IT
2012 Love, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld DE
2012 No tracks. No traces. Croy Nielsen / Berlin DE ( link
2010 Thomas Kratz, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, DE
2008 Both (Performance), Croy Nielsen, Berlin DE
2008 Thomas Kratz, Wonderful, Great, Kate MacGarry, London GB ( link
2007 Licking its Eyeball,Center, Berlin DE
2007 Thomas Kratz,Kunstraum München, Munich DE
2006 Heute Abend, Szofia,Vera Cortês, Lisbon PT
2004 Fou Tchou Li, Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main DE
2004 Neue Arbeiten ... N°3 (but its hopeless ... N°3) / Parisa Kind, Offenbach DE

Group Exhibitions

2024 eff _event for friends, Jörg Johnen Privat, Berlin, DE
2023 How I forgot about the skin of the place, Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin, DE
2022 Bold Art and Commanding Colors Wow in This Milan Adobe, Giorgio Galotti, Milan, IT
2022 Drei Farben: Blau, Weiss, Rot, Walter Storms, München, DE
2022 Haut Kontakt, mit Michael Sailstorfer, SMAC Berlin, DE 2020 BA
2020 NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, DE 2020 Silenzio, Giorgio Galotti, Turin, IT
2019 Post Heroic City Walk, Projektraum PA 26, Berlin, DE
2018 Severity of A Salty Surge, Barb. Urbain, Gent, BE
2017 Inglewood ST, Los Angeles, US
2017 Inside Out, Deweer Gallery, BE
2017 Black and White, Deweer Gallery, BE
2016 Modern Talk, Deweer Gallery, BE
2016 Kommt Zusammen, Galerie Jahn, Landshut, DE
2016 L'oiseau presente...Kaleidoskop, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, DE
2015 Intro, Giorgio Galotti, Turin, IT
2015 Club of Matinee Idolz, CO2, Giorgio Galotti, Turin, IT
2014 Ciao! , collicaligreggi, Catania, IT
2014 Dizionario di pittura, Francesca Minini, Mailand, IT
2014 Bielefeld Contemporary_Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Bielefeld
2014 Syllabus #1_talking about art and life, collicaligreggi, Catania, IT
2014 Esc, kuratiert von Łucja Wasko-Mandes, TRAFO, Szczecin, PL
2014 Die Antwort der Dinge, Lothringer 13 Halle, München, DE
2013 Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, KW-Institut for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
2013 The only performance that make it all the way, KM-Künstlerhaus,
2013 Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, AT
2013 AB, curated by Gabriele De Santis, Nomas Foundation, Rom, IT
2013 Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, IT
2013 Biennale Online , ART+, WWW
2011 PortraitofSpace,ClonleaStudios,Co.Dublin,IE
2011 BildundTrager.UndeinPfeilerimParkSanssouci,BKVPotsdame.V.,DE
2010 Casa Fantasma, gallery Fluxia, Mailand, IT
2010 Out Of Joint, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, DE
2010 Your Life Needs It, invited by James Iveson, London, GB
2010 Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line, Malmo Konsthall, SE
2010 Supernature _ an Exercise in Loads, AMP Gallery, Athens, GR
2010 The Happy Interval, presented by Tulips & Roses, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, DE
2009 Sniper, Margret Biedermann, München, DE
2008 Experimenta FOLKLORE, Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2008 Günther Forg & Thomas Kratz, behindthewindow, München, DE
2008 Breakfast in Bed (with Anthea Hamilton), Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, DE
2008 After Dark, Louise T Blouin Foundation, London, GB
2007 Anthea Hamilton & Thomas Kratz, Mary Mary, Glasgow, GB
2007 Na Vidraca Há O Ruido Do Diverso, Fundacao Carmona e Costa, Lissabon
2007 The Breakfast Club, Haunch of Venison, London, GB
2007 True Romance, The Breeder, Athen, GR
2007 Ice Trade, Chelsea Space; London, GB
2006 The possibility of beeing real, autocenter, Berlin, DE
2005 I.D.E.A., London, ICA, London, GB
2005 13 Festival International d'Art Video de Casablanca, Goethe Institut, Rabat
2005 Und im Winde klirren die Fahnen, Ben Kaufmann, München, DE
2004 Transformers (with Eva Maria Wittmann), Transformers, München, DE
2003 Kaufmannheim, Ben Kaufmann, Berlin, DE
2003 Total motiviert, kuratiert von Michael Beutler, Kunstverein München, DE
2002 Event Horizon, lothringer13/halle, München, DE
2002 Internationale Münchener Filmwochen, München, DE
2000 To withdraw (with Peter Welz), Prima Kunst, Kiel, DE
1999 Homo Ludens, Coopera e.V., Societatstheater, Dresden, DE

Performance

2021 Cry Architectur From Instagram, Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin, DE
2019 Color Chart For Horses, Hypermaremma, Capalbio, IT
2016 Color Blind Koln, Simultanhalle, Koln, DE
2016 Esc Talk, Next Thursday, Wien, AU
2016 Talking About Art, with Martin Germann, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, BE
2014 Esc, kuratiert von Łucja Wasko-Mandes, TRAFO, Szczecin, PL
2014 Colour Blind, Kunstraum Verein für aktuelle Kunst und Kritik,München, DE
2013 Colour Blind, KM - Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, AT
2012 Strawberry Camouflage, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, DE
2011 BUTT a picnic, Clonlea Studios, Co. Dublin, Ireland, IE
2011 BUTT a picnic, BKV Potsdam e.V., Potsdam, DE
2011 Star,Ve.sch,Wien,AT
2011 Star,GalerieKamm,Berlin,DE
2011 WieichdemtotenHasendieBildererklare,SchmelaHaus,Düsseldorf,DE
2010 Both, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden, SE
2009 Both, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, DE
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Kate MacGarry, London, GB
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Organhaus, Chongching, CN
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, DE
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Louise T B Foundation, London, GB
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Nought to Sixty, ICA, London, GB
2008 Strawberry Camouflage, Caravan, Berlin, DE
2006 Wie ich dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklare, Vera Cortes, Lisbon, PT

Publication

2018 The Illogic of Torino, A Photo Novella (von Ludwig Engel und Joanna Kamm)
2016 The only performances that make it all the way ... KM- Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, ISBN 978-3-95679-396-7
2014 Painting Forever!, Berlinische Galerie, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, KW Institut for Contemporary Art, Neue Nationalgalerie
2013 Thomas Kratz, Head, Lick Gin, Nude, with Mousse Publishing
2012 Thomas Kratz, Love, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Text: Thomas Thiel
2011 Thomas,blackpages,Vienna,issue#21
2010 Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line, Konsthall Malmö 2009 Nought to Sixty, ICA, London
2008 Experimenta Folklore, Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
2008 Rouge, ein Gespräch mit Jonathan Carroll , Goethe Institut, Dublin
2007 AUTOCENTER, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-00-023731-7
2007 Na Vidraca Ha O Ruido Do Diverso, Fundacao Carmona e Costa, Lisbon 2007 Ice Trade, Chelsea Space, London