Die Förderpreisträger*innen der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf 2022/2023

"…and we live by the river"

Johannes Bendzulla, Mira Mann, Anys Reimann, Anne Schülke and Theresa Weber

Opening: September 27, 2024 @ KIT, Düsseldorf

"Leap of Faith: Transmediale Fotografie"

Ale Bachlechner, Johannes Bendzulla, Enya Burger, Tony Cragg, Max Dauven, Mara Fischer, Philipp Goldbach, Alex Grein, Mischa Kuball, Alwin Lay, Katharina Ley, Joanna Nencek, Johannes Raimann, Rebecca Ramershoven & Jakob Schnetz, Sebastian Riemer, Simon Ringelhan, Thomas Ruff, Adrian Sauer, Berit Schneidereit, Sophie Thun and Christopher Williams.

Opening: May 15, 2024 at 6 pm.

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste NRW

Opening: Jan 20, 5-8pm

at Petra Rinck Gallery, Düsseldorf

Jan 20 – Mar 09 2024

With works on paper by Johannes Bendzulla, Ralf Brög, Jakob Forster, Lothar Götz, Toulu Hassani, Tomas Kleiner, Albrecht Schäfer, Jörn Stoya and Emma Talbot.

"20 Jahre dHCS-Stipendium" - a group show at Kunstverein Düsseldorf celebrating all the participants from the last 10 years. Opening: December 08, 2023. Until February 25, 2024.

I'm part of "echt jetzt" - a group show on the topic of trompe l'oeil and how+why it's beeing used in contemporary art.

I was invited by the Museum Kunstpalast to make a video work for the dome that is part of their entrance area! It's a site specific piece which can be seen from November 21, 2023 until May 2024.

In October 2023, I started my teaching assignment at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at the Orientierungsbereich (orientation year)!

My solo shot at Lido Bar / Malkasten Düsseldorf opens on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at 7pm!

I released a new work exclusively with supersicko.xyz, an online plattform for limited print editions curated by Alain Bieber.

I'm showing some works at Die Grosse at Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. The exhibition runs from June 04 till July 09, 2023.

My first solo show with Falko Alexander Gallery in Cologne will open on March 03, 2023! It's called "Drinnen gemütlich, draußen schön" and will include 15 new works.

My work "Zahn im Sturm / Tooth in a Storm" will be available at Küntlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, from December 6,2022 - January 17, 2023. Ed. 1 of 20 unique variations, 400€ plus tax, including framing. Click here for more Information.

I have received the Award For Visual Arts by the City of Düsseldorf 2022!

My first NFT work will be up for auction at Van Ham Auctions on November 30, 2022!

"Johannes Bendzulla has designed his first NFT as a desktop wallpaper that can be downloaded and used free of charge by all interested users. But only the collector receives exclusive proof of ownership in the form of the NFT and a physical version produced as an image object."

Mouches Volantes presents "À Belles Dents" at Bienvenue Art Fair in Saint Germain / Paris.

20.10. — 23.10.2022, Room №16, Hotel La Louisiane, 60 Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris

My solo show "White Cube White Teeth" at Petra Rinck Gallery in Düsseldorf opens on September 02, 2022 !

Better call Mark

A group show with Albrecht/Wilke, Arno Beck, Johannes Bendzulla, Eva & Franco Mattes, Olga Fedorova, Marta Galmozzi, Pierre Clement, Mathew Zelfeldt, Joan Heemskerk (half of JODI), Bartomeu Sastre, Marian Garrido and Mario Santamaría.

June 09 to September 08, 2022.

Galeria Fran Reus | Paseo Mallorca 4, bjs, dcha. | 07012 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

3 Projekte zu Bild und Ton

Johannes Bendzulla, Ralf Brög, Dylan Peirce

May 13 – May 15, 2022

Petra Rinck Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

NACHTFOYER spezial at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf - I'll present my recently released catalogue along with publications by 5 other colleagues. April 26, 2022, 7pm.

My first big catalogue, covering the last 10 years of my artistic practice, has been released!

Published by Kettler Verlag, Dortmund. With a text by Prof. Dr. Lilian Haberer and an interview between Moritz Scheper and me. 248 pages, hardcover, both English and German. 45,00€

Please get in touch with me if you are interested!

Art Cologne 2021

I'll show some new works in a solo presentation with Petra Rinck Gallery. The fair will open on November 18, 2021.

take a deep deep breath #3

With Sebastian Bartel, Johannes Bendzulla, Frauke Berg, Bastian Hoffmann, Linda Nadji, Carol Pilars de Pilar, Fabian Ramirez, Theresa Weber

Opening: July 22 2021, 7pm

NKR Düsseldorf

Die Große Kunstausstellung NRW opens at Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf at June 20, 2021 and will be up until July 25. My work "Spontex_010" will be there.

May 2021 - I made a new work for the facade of Haus am Wehrsteg in Heidelberg. I will be up for a couple of months and can be seen 24 / 7.

My first solo show at a Dental Office is coming! Dentist Julia Simon is hosting a presentation of nine of my dental works from the last three years. The show begins in the second week of March 2021.

From Monday, February 14 - Sunday, February 21, I'll show some works in the front space of Petra Rinck Gallery, Düsseldorf. The show can be seen directly from the street or can be visited by appointment. On the occasion of the show, I produced a new edition.

I'll give a lecture about my artistic practice at the University of Paderborn.

Art Cologne had to be postponed and so was my Förderkoje presentation with Petra Rinck Gallery. A selection of my new works can soon be seen at the gallery space instead, alongside works by Jörn Stoya, Emma Talbot, Toulu Hassani und Jugoslav Mitevsk.

Opening days: Sa, Nov 21 and Su, Nov 22, 2020 12 am - 6 pm

"In aller Munde" | "On Everyone’s Lips"

Von Pieter Bruegel bis Cindy Sherman

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

31.10.2020 – 05.04.2021

NIGHT TRAIN

26.06.- 22.08.2020

Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf

ASTALI/PEIRCE, JOHANNES BENDZULLA, RALF BRÖG, MARSHA COTTRELL, LOTHAR GÖTZ, TOULU HASSANI, JUGOSLAV MITEVSKI, JÖRN STOYA, EMMA TALBOT, ELEANOR WRIGHT

Coming soon!

"Renania Libre | Más Espacio"

13.02. - 30.04.2020

Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid

With Johannes Bendzulla, Alex Grein, Johannes Post, Sebastian Riemer, Arne Schmitt, Berit Schneidereit, Lucia Tollens, Anna Vogel, Nico Joana Weber.

Curated by Uta M. Reindl

Closing of my show "Schon wieder fühlen" at Petra Rinck Gallery, Düsseldorf.

FreundInnen der Kunstkritik, am 15.11.2019 findet obiger Talk auf der Messe Art Düsseldorf statt.

Upcoming solo show "schon wieder fühlen" / "feeling again" at Petra Rinck Gallery in Düsseldorf!

Opening: Saturday, November 16, 2019 | 6 - 9pm

Birkenstraße 45

40233 Düsseldorf, Germany

New acquisitions by the collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. With Silke ALBRECHT, Johannes BENDZULLA, Dorothee BRINGS, Paul CZERLITZKI, Aurel DAHLGRÜN, Danika DAKIC, Carolin EIDNER, Elger ESSER, Sachli GOLKAR und Till HOFRICHTER, Sabrina HAUNSPERG, Tomas KLEINER und Marko BIERMANN, Jieun LIM, Blinky PALERMO, Sigmar POLKE, Sebastian RIEMER, Hedda SCHATTANIK und Roman SZCZESNY, Berit SCHNEIDEREIT, Marcus SCHWIER, Studio for Propositionnel Cinema, TAMARA K.E., Alexander TOPORKA, Peter UKA, Michael VAN OFEN, Caroline VON GRONE, Julian WALLRATH and Jongsuk YOON.

My show #SpontexMandala at Natalia Hug Gallery is being featured by Kubaparis.com.

Artist Talk on the occasion of the exhibition "Next Generations - recent photography made in the Rhineland" at Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany with mit Johannes Bendzulla, Mia Boysen, Louisa Clement, Alwin Lay, Peter Miller and Moritz Wegwerth.

Sunday, February 23, 2019 at 2pm.

NEXT GENERATIONS - an exhibition about contemporary photography made in the Rhineland.

With works by Alexander Basile, Johannes Bendzulla, Mia Boysen, Louisa Clement, Natalie Czech, Owen Gump, Alwin Lay, Peter Miller, Anne Pöhlmann, Johannes Post, Sebastian Riemer, Morgaine Schäfer, Berit Schneidereit, Shigeru Takato, Christoph Westermeier, Anna Vogel, Moritz Wegwerth und Matthias Wollgast

Opening: Sunday, January 27, 12 am

Museum Morsbroich

Gustav-Heinemann-Str. 80

51377 Leverkusen, Germany

"Out of Thin Air" is a three day group exhibition, hosted by the residents of Reinwardtstraat 79B in Amsterdam.

Opening: Friday December 14, 2019 | 19:00 - 22:00

Until December 16 | Weekend Hours: 12:00-18:00

with: Juliet Aaltonen, Soufiane Ababri, Leo Arnold, Johannes Bendzulla, Cecilia Bjartmar-Hylta, Jenna Bliss, Eleye Boerenkamps, Jana Buch, Paula Förster, Nathan Gassaway, Ina Gerken, Sophie Heinrich, Sam Hersbach, Jan Hüskes, Minne Kersten, Sarah Ksieska, Alex Kuusik, Brianna Leatherbury, Irina Lotarevich, Liam Neff, Lea Roch, Charles Sanchez, Kevin Schnabelrauch, Ghita Skali, Gianna Surangkanjanajai, Elinor Stanley, Sophie Ullrich, Piotr Urbaniec

I will give a quick introduction on the current state of art criticism online at a symposium at Kunsthalle Mannheim, organized by the German department of the International Art Critic Association (AICA). Date: November 10, 2018. Follow the link for more information.

Zweiundsiebzigste Internationale Bergische Kunstausstellung at Kunstmuseum Solingen, Germany.

September 27 - November 11, 2018. With Wulf Aschenborn, Johannes Bendzulla, Dorothee Clara Brings, Katharina Busch, Niko Chodor, Catherina Cramer, Hakan Eren, Isabelle Heske, Christoph Knecht, Pia Krajewski, Robin Merkisch, Michael Müller, Franca Scholz, Caner Teker, Heiko Tiemann, Tobias Hohn and Stanton Taylor.

Wolfgang Brauneis and Philipp Höning interviewed me for Institut für Betrachtung. We spoke about art criticism in general and my press review on contemporary art. You can find the recording of our conversation on dublad.de.

Started an Instagram account to share my ongoing photographic practice: @johannesbendzulla #ordnungmusssein #ordermustbe

Ein Interview zwischen Radek Krolczyk und mir wurde in der März-Ausgabe der Zeitschrift Konkret veröffentlicht. Thema: Freiheit, Unfreiheit und Ökonomie - Kreative Arbeit im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Ambition und Selbstausbeutung.

Some of my photographs I took at the Gamescom fair have been published in the latest issue of Kultur & Gespenster titled »Medienzeit – Computerspiele«

My online press review on contemporary art won't be published on art-magazin.de any more because the website will be shut down at the beginning of 2018. I'll keep posting it on my website until a new publisher has been found.

Jahresgaben

@ Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany

December 2 — December 17, 2017

My colleagues from Galerie BRD organized another show at Jahn & Jahn in Munich, Germany:

"Arbeiten gehen"

With contributions by Viktoria Binschtok, Christin Kaiser, Nina Power, Arne Schmitt, Moritz Sänger, Felix Thiele, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Jens Ullrich, Tilman Walther

Still on view until January 13. 2018.

GALERIE BRD

"I'm not here to make friends"

with contributions by KATJA AUFLEGER, JOHANNES BENDZULLA, CARSTEN BENGER, FORT, PHILIP GAISSER & NIKLAS HAUSSER, THORBEN MÄMECKE, DORIT MARGREITER, STEFAN PANHANS, MORITZ SÄNGER, NICOLAAS SCHMIDT, PILVI TAKALA

@Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany

November 25 - February 11, 2018

"XXL | XXX"

October 13 - November 11, 2017

@ ~5

Two public vitrines at U-Bahnstation Ebertplatz in Cologne, Germany

"Compilation"

September 15 - September 24, 2017

Group show

@Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

Solo presentation

@ Art Berlin with Natalia Hug Gallery

September 14 - September 17, 2017

STATION – BERLIN

Luckenwalder Straße 4 – 6

10963 Berlin, Germany

I created an Instagram account for my press review - @art.presseschau

"All The Right Moves"

July 15 - August 4 2017

Vela Arbutina (CH), Inna Babaeva (USA), Johannes Bendzulla (DE), Corinne Chotycki (BE), Michael Franz (DE), Jasmine Justice & Jesse Faber (USA), Kristina Kramer (DE) Claudia Kugler (DE), Joe Nanashe (USA) and Erin Thurlow (USA)

Organized by Claudia Kugler & Jasmine Justice

Opening reception: Friday, July 21, 7 - 9 pm

@ Kienzle Art Foundation

Bleibtreustraße 54, 10623 Berlin, GER

"Performing Relationships"

June 29 - August 13

Johannes Bendzulla, Jennifer Bennett, Miklós Erhardt, Adelita Husni-Bey, Mutter/Genth, Alexander Rischer, titre provisoire, Anna Lena von Helldorff, YES! Association/Föreningen JA!, Heimo Zobernig

Opening reception: Wednesday, June 28, 7 pm

@ Kunstverein Leipzig

Kolonnadenstr. 6, Leipzig, GER

See my intervention on the website of Kunstverein Leipzig.

It's online during the show "Performing Relationships" from June 29 - August 13 2017

A portrait of my work has been published in the book "The new Düsseldorf Art Scene" by Helga Meister.

"You're Fired"

October 23 - November 20 2016

Opening reception: Saturday, October 22, 6 - 8 pm

@ Brennan & Griffin

122 Norfolk Street

New York City, USA

"Van Bommel Van Dam Preis 2016"

October 15 - December 31, 2016

Opening reception: Saturday, October 15 2016 at 3pm

@ Museum Van Bommel Van Dam

Deken van Oppensingel 6

Venlo, NL

RAIN ON LENS BOOM IN FRAME

Studio for Propositional Cinema , Johannes Bendzulla, Alwin Lay, Sophie Thun

@Natalia Hug Gallery

June 03 — July 16, 2016

Vom Wert der Kunst als Wert der Arbeit / The Value of Art as Value of Work

April 29 - June 19, 2017

@Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

with ACAD&C, Johannes Bendzulla, Céline Berger, Christian von Borries, Robert Brambora, Sven Johne, Florian Kuhlmann, Christin Lahr, Mutter / Genth, M+M, Alexander Roob, Robert Schlicht, Romana Schmalisch, Andreas Siekmann, Katja Stuke, Mathilde ter Heijne, Georg Winter

Curated by Sabine Maria Schmidt

"Shiver Metimbers"

April 8 - April 28, 2016

JOHANNES BENDZULLA, EDI DANARTONO, ROSANNA GRAF, EHSAN SOHEYLI RAD

@ Galerie Conradi

Admiralitätstr. 71

20459 Hamburg

Portfolio @ Bomb Magazine