Grit Richter

»Zum Einstieg hier ein Zitat. Sant sita vellest optas volorenat quibus alutiam.«

— Grit Richter

ABOUT

Grit Richter enquires into the representation of memories and experiences in her paintings. Her works are shifting between abstraction and figuration, between the immediacy of utopian landscapes and the momentariness of a snapshot. Within her work, she is searching for a way to visualize universal feelings that function as aesthetic parables of our inner world. They explore the alliance of the conscious and unconscious, the individual and the collective memory.

Richter’s installations combine painting, wall painting, sculpture and space-consuming drapery. The different means of expression share one visual universe that is mostly two-dimensional and abstract. However, it always reveals some figurative elements which are often bizarre, humorous or soothing – through their combination of colors, forms and materials.

SELECTED WORKS

Mother Tongue
2023
O.T. (Entangled Arms)
2023
The Good Life
2023
Die Sache an sich
2023
Dear Diary
2022
Where It Comes From, Where It Goes To (The Mother Series, 01)
2022
Lovers (V.01)
2022
Coping Strategies: The Omm, pt.02
2022
Tree of Life
2022
Strings of Life
2022
Coping Strategies: The Omm, pt.01
2022
Works on Paper
2021 – 2024
Love Letters (02)
2021
Das letzte Wort
2020
Die innere Sicherheit
2020
Die kleine Weile
2020
Fatigue Moms
2020
Home - 2020
2020
We'll Meet Again
2019
The Inner Smile
2019
Soft Sculptures
2019
A Different Story
2019
If You Close The Door, The Night Could Last Forever
2019
I‘d Like to Spend More Time With You
2019
I’ve Been Waiting For You
2019
Hier möcht' ich gern für immer bleiben
2018
Das Leben eben
2018
Schluß. Aus. Ende. Fertig
2016
A Bit of It / United We Stood / Hey Hallo / That Sudden Wings of Freedom
2016
This is Only The Beginning. Pt. 03
2016
I Love You. Forever. And Never.
2016
abc Berlin
2015

EXHIBITIONS

Grit Richter
Breathe Out
Sep 13 – Nov 09, 2024
Grit Richter
Coping Strategies
Jun 18 – Aug 27, 2022
Grit Richter
Mixed Feelings
Sep 11 – Oct 31, 2020
The Armory Show
With a solo presentation by Grit Richter
Mar 7 – 10, 2019
Grit Richter
The Space Between Us
Jun 22 – Aug 1, 2018
Grit Richter
My Skin is Thicker Than Yours
Mar 11 – Apr 20, 2016
abc - art berlin contemporary
With a solo presentation by Grit Richter
Sep 17 – 20, 2015
Grit Richter
Das große Haus Selbst
Sep 19 – Nov 8, 2014
Grit Richter
Sometimes it lasts forever. And ever.
Jun 21 – Jul 27, 2013
Between the Lines
Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Pınar Öğrenci, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert & Angelika J. Trojnarski
Nov 25, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024
Frieze London 2023
With works by Annabel Daou, Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga & Grit Richter
Oct 11 – 15, 2023
Hallen #4
Annabel Daou, Grit Richter and Anna Steinert
Sep 9 – Sep 17, 2023
Amtsalon
With works by Annabel Daou, Šejla Kameric, Kapwani Kiwanga, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert, Angelika J. Trojnarski, Anna Witt
Dec 02 – 03, 2022
Works on Paper
Group exhibition with works by
Annabel Daou, Rachel Garrard, Cathrin Hoffmann, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert, Angelika J. Trojnarski, Anna Witt
Dec 04, 2021 – Feb 04, 2022
HOW TO HUMAN
10 years of Galerie Tanja Wagner
Nov 14, 2020 – Feb 13, 2021
Frieze London
Oct 9 – 16, 2020
Spring of 2020
With editions by:
Ulf Aminde, Annabel Daou, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Laurel Nakadate, Grit Richter, Lina Scheynius, Angelika J. Trojnarski, Anna Witt.
Jun 18 – Aug 01, 2020
art berlin
With works by Grit Richter and Angelika J. Trojnarski
Sep 12 – 15, 2019
Art Cologne
With works by Nilbar Güreş, Šejla Kamerić and Grit Richter
Apr 11 – 14, 2019
LEARNING FROM BIG MISTAKES
53 Orchard Street, New York
Mar 31 – Apr 9, 2017
painting is a paintig is a painting
Benedikt Hipp, Grit Richter, Angelika J. Trojnarski
Jun 24 – Jul 27, 2016
EGO EDITIONS
Group exhibition with editions by Ulf Aminde, Mariechen Danz, Annabel Daou, Paula Doepfner, Šejla Kamerić, Kris Lemsalu, Grit Richter, Issa Sant and Angelika J. Trojnarski
Jan 25 – Mar 1, 2014

NEWS

Grit Richter
Echtzeit. Neue Werke für die Kunstsammlung der Stadt Dresden
Group exhibition curated by Carolin Quermann
Städtische Galerie Dresden
Oct 26, 2024 – Apr 21, 2025
Frieze London 2024
With works by Annabel Daou, Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert & Angelika J. Trojnarski
Booth: D22
The Regent's Park
Oct 9 – 13, 2024
Grit Richter
Dissonance
Group exhibition
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Berlin
Mar 16 – May 26, 2024
Grit Richter
5 Jahre Office Impart Show
Group exhibition
Office Impart, Berlin
Dec 9, 2023
Grit Richter, Anna Steinert & Angelika J. Trojnarski
5. Amtsalon Gallery Pop Up
Group exhibition
Amtsalon, Berlin
Dec 1 – Dec 3, 2023
Frieze London 2023
With works by Annabel Daou, Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga & Grit Richter
Booth No. G08
Frieze London 2023
Oct 11 – 15, 2023
Annabel Daou, Grit Richter and Anna Steinert
Hallen #4
Group exhibition
WILHELM HALLEN, Berlin
Sep 9 – Sep 17, 2023
Grit Richter
Present Perfect Progressive (Vol. 1)
Group exhibition curated by AnexPTG
Hermetika Art Space, Berlin
Apr 30 – May 14, 2023
Grit Richter
Papier.Salon III
Group exhibition
Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
Jan 26 – Feb 25, 2023
Grit Richter
Papier.Salon III
Group exhibition
Wentrup Gallery, Hamburg
Jan 21, 2023
4. Amtsalon
With works by Annabel Daou, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Anna Steinert, Angelika J. Trojnarski, Grit Richter and Anna Witt
Gallery Pop Up
Amtsalon, Berlin
Dec 1 – Dec 3, 2022
Grit Richter
Der zweite Blick
Group exhibition
Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck
Oct 14, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023

VIEWING ROOM

CHANNEL

WALK THROUGH
HOW TO HUMAN
Nov 14, 2020 – Feb 13, 2021
10 years of Galerie Tanja Wagner
Podcast
Grit Richter
July 08, 2022
Innere Sicherheit mit Grit Richter
Artist Talk
Grit Richter
Aug 27, 2022
in Conversation with Julia Voss

BIOGRAPHY

Grit Richter

Born 1977 in Dresden
Lives and works in Hamburg

Education

2007
Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg
(class of Anna Gudjónsdóttir and Norbert Schwontkowski)

1997-99
Hochschule für bildende Künste, Dresden

Scholarships and awards

Scholarships and prizes

2023
NEUSTART Plus Scholarship from the Kunstfonds Foundation

2021
Future Scholarship of the Hamburg Cultural Foundation

2020
Project grant from the Hamburg Cultural Foundation

2016
Project Grant awarded by the cultural office Hamburg

Nomination for the Villa Aurora Fellowship

2012
Working grant visual art, Hamburg

2009
DAAD travel grant, Vienna

Solo exhibitions (selected)

2024
Breathe Out 
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2022
Der zweite Blick
Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck

Coping Strategies
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2020
Mixed Feelings
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2018
The Space Between Us
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2017
Grit Richter. Danke für Alles
Museum Gunzenhauser, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

2016
My Skin is Thicker Than Yours
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2014
Das große Haus Selbst
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2013
Sometimes it lasts forever. And ever.
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2012
Das schöne Ende (with Stefan Sandrock)
Powergalerie, Hamburg

2011
Kiss Goodbye Hello
Elektrohaus, Hamburg

2010
Wolle was da komme
Galerie Seiler, Munich

2009
Pondor
Westwerk, Hamburg

2008
Monolith
Stellwerk, Kassel

2007
Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht
Diplomausstellung, HfbK Hamburg

Grit Richter, Astrid Köppe
Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg

Group exhibitions (selected)

2024
Echtzeit. Neue Werke für die Kunstsammlung der Stadt Dresden
Städtische Galerie Dresden

Dissonance
National Gallery, Bucharest

Dissonance
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Berlin

2023
5 Jahre Office Impart Show
Office Impart, Berlin

Between the Lines
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

Present Perfect Progressive
Hermetika Art Space, Berlin

Papier.Salon III
Wentrup Gallery, Berlin

Papier.Salon III
Wentrup Gallery, Hamburg

2022
Dissonance. Platform Germany
Künstlerhaus Bethanien

SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING DESIRED
Kunsthalle Hamburg

Mixed Feeling
G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig

2021
Club Quarantina
Wildpalms, Düsseldorf

Club Quarantina
Grimmuseum, Berlin

Pegnitz rechts Hersbruck
Westwerk, Hambrug

Junge Kunst im BMU – Erwerbungen 2006 & 2007
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Bonn

2020
HOW TO HUMAN
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

A Matter of Touch
Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin

Messe in St. Agnes
König Galerie, Berlin

Spring of 2020
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

THE LAST UNICORN
Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd

2019
THE LAST UNICORN
Showroom MTFA, Munich

salondergegenwart 2019, Hamburg

CHECK YOUR HEAD – Aktuelle Positionen des Portraits in der Malerei
C. Rockefeller Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dresden

2018
TOY BITCHES FUCK YOU
Galerie Kai Erdmann, Hamburg

The Art House
VG & S Art & OFFICE IMPART, Hamburg

2017
LEARNING FROM BIG MISTAKES
Galerie Tanja Wagner, New York

2016
Empires of Dust
Vanha Paukku Cultural Center, Lapua, Finland

2015
Art Demo Day. Unavailable
Galerie Ruttkowski, Köln

2014
On Painting
Frappant, Hamburg

Hauptstadt
Galerie Kai Erdmann / Ehemaliges Haus Ungarn, Berlin

EGO EDITIONS
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

53 Porträts von Stefan Sandrock
Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg

2013
Objects of my Affection
Galerie M + R Fricke, Berlin

Stipendiaten 2012
Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg

Hamburger Bahnhof
Power Galerie, Hamburg

2012
AGORA II
Frappant, Hamburg

Hôtel Particulier
Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg

2011
Moraltarantula V
Zollamt, Hamburg

BewerberInnen für das Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Künste der Stadt Hamburg
Kunsthaus, Hamburg

2010
Powerhaus
Powergalerie, Hamburg

Moraltarantula IV
Elektrohaus, Hamburg

2009
N.N.
Doppel De, Dresden

Herpst 9
Powergallery in der Sternschanze 1, Hamburg

Selbstportrait
Neuer Kamp, Hamburg

BewerberInnen für das Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Künste der Stadt Hamburg
Kunsthaus, Hamburg

2008
WirnennenesHamburg
Kunstverein Hamburg

Pegnitz rechts Hersbruck
Westwerk, Hamburg

Junge Kunst im BMU – Erwerbungen 2006 & 2007
Bundesministerium für Umwelt,
 Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Bonn

2007
Gestern, Heute, Übermorgen
Westwerk, Hamburg

Eleven Mastern from the Academy of Fine Arts
German Ambassador’s Residence, London

International Times
78 Lyndhurst Way, Spaceplatform, London

Pudelkollektion, Hamburg

INDEX 07
Kunsthalle, Hamburg

2006
INDEX 06
Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Das Haus der Glücksseligkeit und der Blick auf die Nordseite
HfbK, Hamburg

Monographs

The Big Easy, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin 2018

Grit Richter, text by Britta Peters, Hamburg 2013

OUTBACK Girl, power galerie (Ed.), Hamburg 2012

Catalogues

Emerging Artists 2012, Judith Waldmann, Oliver Lähndorf (Ed.), Hamburg 2012

Wir nennen es Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg 2008

INDEX 07, Kunsthaus, Hamburg 2007

INDEX 06, Kunsthaus, Hamburg 2006

Articles

Farben Formen Emtionen, by Art Kunstmagazin, February 2021 

Grit Richter lässt in Berlin die Emotionen rein, by Monopol, November 2020

Grit Richter: Aesthetic Parables of Our Inner World, by Vast Art Magazine, August 2020

The Armory Show, solo Exhibitions and colossal Displays, by The New York Times, March 2019

Thirteen Artists not to miss at the Armory Show, by The Art Newspaper, March 2019

Messe – Nur wer aufgibt, hat verloren, by Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 2019

Gemälde von Grit Richter : Die Welt umarmen by Christiane Meixner, by Tagesspiegel, July 2018

TOP 5 Exhibitions July 2018 by ARTBerlin, July 2018

Grit Richter – Galerie Tanja Wagner, by Artforum, October 2018

Grit Richter at ART DEMO DAY by Florian Waldvogel, Wertical, November 17, 2015

Grit Richter by Alexander Forbes, Modern Painters, October 2013