Johannes Bendzulla
Born 1984 in Saarbrücken, Germany
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Education:
Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 2005 to 2012 with Martin Gostner and Christopher Williams
Graduation with distinction (Meisterschüler Christopher Williams)
2012 – 2015 Postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2015 Diploma with distinction
Grants & Awards:
2022 Award for Visual Art by the City of Düsseldorf
2019 Grant by Art Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia
2017 Förderpreis NRW für Medienkunst
2016 Grant by Art Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia
2015 - 2017 dHCS Studio Scholarship by the Kunstverein der Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2015 Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst, Bundeswettbewerb „Kunststudent_innen stellen aus“
Projects:
Member of the Commission for Art in Architecture and Public Spaces of the city of Düsseldorf from 2017 until 2021.
Founding member of Zweck e.V..
Part of the curatorial project “Galerie BRD”
I used to publish press reviews on contemporary art writing since 2012, et al for donnerstag-blog.de and for art-magazin.de from 2015 to 2017. From January 2019 until December 2020, it was hosted by hfbk-hamburg.de
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Drinnen gemütlich, draußen schön - Falko Alexander Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2022 White Cube, White Teeth - Petra Rinck Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2021 Intraoralium, Dental Office Julia Simon, Neuwied, Germany
2020 Brilon Realism, commissioned work for a yacht, Spain
2019 Schon wieder fühlen, Petra Rinck Gallery, Düsseldorf, Gemany
2019 #SpontexMandala, Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne, Gemany
2017 XXL | XXX, ~5, Cologne, Germany
2016 You're Fired, Brennan & Griffin, New York City, USA
2015 I love my job, Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015 Arctic Winter - VS - The Warmth Emitted By Your Computer Screen, Natalia Hug Gallery, Germany
2015 Spring 2015: En Plein Air, Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2014 All Information Is Subject To Change - Brennan & Griffin, New York City, USA
2013 Produktion / Rezeption – production / reception - Galerie Blanket Cologne, Gemany
2012 Die Welt, wie ich sie vorfand - OG2, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
2012 { } - Grafisches Kabinett Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 CSA Space Vancouver - CSA Space Vancouver, Canada
2011 10 Abbildungen - SSZ-Süd, Cologne, Germany
Group Shows (Selection):
2023 Stresstest, newscenario.net
2022 Virtually Real, VAN HAM Auctions, Cologne, Germany
2022 À Belles Dents, Bienvenue Art Fair, Paris, France
2022 Better call Marc, Galeria Fran Reus, Palam de Mallorca, Spain
2022 Nachtfoyer Spezial, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
2022 Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung des Bundes, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
2022 düsseldorf photo +, Galerie Petra Rinck, Düsseldorf, Germany
2021 take a deep deep breath #3, NKR, Düsseldorf, Germany
2021 Die Grosse, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2021 HAW, Heidelberg, Germany
2021 The Light Is On, Galerie Petra Rinck, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 Displacement, Galerie Petra Rinck, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 In aller Munde - Von Pieter Bruegel bis Cindy Sherman, Kunstmuseum Wolfburg, Germany
2020 Night Train, Galerie Petra Rinck, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 "Renania Libre | Más Espacio", Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
2019 Polke und die Folgen | Recent Aquisitions by the Collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Akademie-Galerie, Düsseldorf
2019 Next Generations - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2018 72. Internationale Bergische Kunstausstellung, Kunstmuseum Solingen, Germany
2017 Galerie BRD - "I'm not here to make friends", Harburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
2017 All the right moves, Kienzle Foundation, Berlin, Germany
2017 Performing Relationships, Kunstverein Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Van Bommel Van Dam Prize - Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo, NL
2016 Shiver Metimbers, Gallery Conradi, Hamburg, Germany
2016 Vom Wert der Kunst als Wert der Arbeit, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016 RAIN ON LENS BOOM IN FRAME, Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2015 Artists Against Aids – Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
2015 #1dad – XPO Gallery, Paris
2015 Is This THIS That – Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Index – Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
2015 Kunststudent_innen stellen aus – Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
2015 Wessen Subjekt bin ich? - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014 No More Business As Usual - Ve.sch, Vienna, Austria
2013 Bendzulla+Lay+Wollgast - Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2013 Daisy Chain Nr.2 – Cologne, Germany
2013 Sesant în alb – Spatiul de arta contemporana Ajurat, Bukarest, Romania
2013 Kreativität abrüsten – Galerie BRD, Hamburg, Germany
2013 BEYOND THE COMPOUND – Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2012 Jahresgaben des Koelnischen Kunstvereins, Cologne, Germany
2012 Statusangst - HfBK Hamburg, Germany
2012 Reality of the Unbuilt - Abraham-Gebäude, Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
2012 New Talents Biennale Köln – Kunstgaleriebonn & Kunstraum Ampersand, Cologne, Germany
2012 VOM PHOTO - Photomuseum Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 Single im Juni - Single-Club, Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 VOM PHOTO - Bundeskunsthalle / Echoraum, Bonn, Germany
2011 THE CATS ARE ALLRIGHT - Boutique, Cologne, Germany
2011 Die São Paulo Biennale - MAP Markus Ambach Projekte, Düsseldorf, Germany
Online Publications:
2016 Bombmagazine.org, Portfolio
Artist Books:
2016 "Píxeles Muertos"
2015 "No More Business as Usual"
Other Projects
2017 The photographs I took at Gamescom fair have been published in Kultur & Gespenster No. 19