1970 born in Poland, German artist
1990–1994 professional training in stone sculpting and restoration
1994-2001 Visual Art studies at Universities in Karlsruhe, Kassel and Hamburg / Germany
1996 co-founder of Stellwerk performance gallery in a former waiting room at Kulturbahnhof Kassel / Germany
2003–2004 DAAD fellowship in New York City / USA
2005–2007 Dorothea Erxleben fellowship and teaching position at University of Art in Braunschweig / Germany
2008 Artist in Residence fellowship at Chinati / Donald Judd Foundation Marfa, Texas / USA
2008 Junge Akademie fellowship, Young Academy Academy of Arts Berlin / Germany
2008 Stiftung Kunstfonds fellowship, Bonn / Germany
2009 exhibition grant Henry Moore Foundation / UK
2010 Hans Platschek award for art and writing first prize / Germany
2010 Index award Hamburg first prize / Germany
2011 nomination Bellagio Creative Arts Fellowship, the Rockefeller Foundation
2012 Boesner Art Award first prize / Germany
2012–2013 Experimental Drawing visiting professor at University of Art in Braunschweig / Germany
2013-2014 Experimental Painting Institute of Painting and Media Arts visiting professor at University of Applied Arts in Vienna / Austria
2014 Otto Retter Award for performance collaboration Dark Material, Donaufestival Krems / Austria
2018 Helix (Raumzeichnung Uppsala) permanent, site specific installation in the Atrium at Hubben Uppsala Science Park, Uppsala / Sweden
lives and works in Berlin / Germany
lectures and artist talks, academic and curatorial work
2021 Raumzeichnung lecture University of the Arts Saarland, Saarbrücken / Germany
2021 Raumzeichnung lecture Bauhaus Dessau / Germany
2020 Shaping Space Open Lab lecture UdK University of the Arts and TU Technische Universität Berlin / Germany
2019 Design Modelling Symposium UdK University of the Arts Berlin / Germany
2019 Hybridlab lecture UdK University of the Arts Berlin / Germany
2018 Raumzeichnung – Drawing Spatially Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI / USA
2017 Raumzeichnung – Drawing Spatially Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines Iowa / USA
2016 Line in conversation with Victoria Haven The Drawing Room, London / UK (23.01.2016)
2015 Drawing Spatially lecture and talk Sotheby‘s Institute of Art, New York City / USA (16.11.2015)
2015 The Making of Forming Something New lecture and artist talk Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik / Iceland
2014 Drawing Spatially lecture and talk with Dr. Ivana Wingham, Fabrica Brighton / UK
2014 PLATFORM exhibition and performances with students of University of Applied Arts, Künstlerhaus, Vienna / Austria
2014 Raumzeichnung lecture and talk Eva Hesse /Gego exhibition Galerie der Gegenwart Kunsthalle Hamburg / Germany
2013 Raumzeichnung lecture and guest professorship, University of Applied Arts, Vienna / Austria
2013 Drawing Spatially lecture and workshop, École nationale supérieure d’art, Nice / France
2013 Drawing Spatially lecture and workshop, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago / USA
2013 Drawing Spatially lecture on solo exhibition Volumen, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York / USA
2013 Raumzeichnung lecture and workshop, University of Art, Braunschweig / Germany
2012 Drawing Spatially lecture and workshop, University of Brighton Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton / UK
2011 Drawing Spatially lecture and workshop, Concordia University & Université du Québec, Montréal / Canada
2011 Drawing Spatially lecture, École nationale supérieure d’art, Nancy / France
2010 Drawing Spatially lecture On Line. Drawing through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York / USA
2009 Drawing Spatially lecture and solo exhibition, The Drawing Room, London / UK
2008 Raumzeichnung lecture and solo exhibition, Junge Akademie/Akademie der Künste, Berlin / Germany
2007–2008 Beyond the Line lectures and exhibition University of Art, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig / Germany
2007 Drawing Spatially lecture and workshop, Institute of Art and Design, Carlisle / UK
2006 Beyond the Line lecture series, University of Art, Braunschweig / Germany
2005 Skulpturenprojekte with University of Art Braunschweig, Munster / Germany
selected bibliography, monographs (marked with *)
FUTURA Vermessung der Zeit 25 Jahre Tropfsteinmaschine Hamburger Kunsthalle Verlag Kettler 2022
Monika Grzymala Zeitbuch 2016–2021* 2021
Heute, heute, nur nicht morgen. Künstlernachlässe von morgen. Stiftung Kunstfonds & Akademie der Künste 2021
OIL Schönheit und Schrecken der Erdölzeitalters Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Buchhandlung Walter König 2021
Line As Thought. Lines As Universe Kunstverein Salzburg 2021
Werkverzeichnis X 2011-2021 Griffelkunst Vereinigung Griffelkunst Hamburg 2021
Aus Papier! Kunstsammlung Villa Zanders Städtische Galerie Bergisch Gladbach Kerber Verlag 2021
Vitamin D3: Today‘s Best in Contemporary Drawing Phaidon Press London 2021
300 Jahre Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden. Sammeln in der Gegenwart Paul Holberton Publishing London 2020
Performance Drawing New Practices since 1945 Bloomsbury Publishing London 2020
Shaping Space Converging Art, Science, Technology UdK Universität der Künste und TU Technische Universität Berlin 2020
Impact: Design With All Senses Proceedings of the Design Modelling Symposium Ch. Gengnagel et al Springer Verlag 2019
Günther Gercken Texte Sammlung GAG Kerber Verlag 2019
The World on Paper Deutsche Bank Collection (essay „Drawing and Movement“ by Elsy Lahner),Palais Populaire 2018
Frame Publishers, One Artist, One Material, Frame Publishers Amsterdam 2018
Neil Holt Papier: Material, Medium und Faszination, Prestel 2018
Hamburger Kunsthalle Zeichnungsräume/Drawing Rooms Kerber 2017
Haus der Kunst St. Josef Haus der Kunst Solothurn 2017
Berlin Studio Conversations Twenty Women Talk About Art The Green Box Berlin 2017
Monika Grzymala Drawing Spatially – Raumzeichnung* Hatje Cantz Berlin 2016
Monika Grzymala The Making of Forming Something New * Monika Grzymala & Galerie Crone Berlin 2015
Drawing in the Twenty-First Century: The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary Practice Elizabeth Pergam, Ashgate 2015
Drawing Now Albertina Vienna 2015
Spaceliner Arter space for art Istanbul 2015
a women‘s work. is never done Catherine de Zegher, Asamer Publishers 2014
Contemporary Drawing Katharine Stout, Tate Publishing 2014
Les Immémoriales. Pour une écologie féministe 49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine 2014
Monika Grzymala Rückbau * Städtisches Museum Villa Zanders 2014
Monika Grzymala Portfolio # 6 * Griffelkunst Vereinigung und Kunsthalle Hamburg 2013
The Mobility of the Line Dr. Ivana Wingham Birkhäuser Verlag 2013
Monika Grzymala 11. works 2011–2000 * Hatje Cantz Verlag 2013
Geste Serpentine et Autres Prophéties 49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine 2012
all our relations Catherine de Zegher & Gerald McMaster 18th Biennale of Sydney 2012
Monika Grzymala Aerial * Galerie Crone Berlin 2012
Monika Grzymala Kontinuum * Stiftung Stormarn 2011
Monika Grzymala Up There Up Here * Dian Woodner Collection New York 2011
On Line. Drawing through the Twentieth Century Cornelia Butler & Catherine de Zegher MoMA New York 2010
Hyperdrawing. Beyond the Line of Contemporary Art IB Tauris Publishers 2011
Stickers. From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art DB Burkemann, Rizzoli Publishers New York 2010
Monika Grzymala Kritisches Lexikon zur Gegenwartskunst * Weltkunst Verlag 2009
The End of the Line: attitudes in contemporary drawing Hayward Gallery London 2009
Monika Grzymala update * Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX USA 2008
Freeing the Line Catherine de Zegher, Marian Goodman Gallery New York 2007
Monika Grzymala fast forward * University of Art Braunschweig 2007
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Drawing Center New York 2005
public collections
Kupferstich-Kabinett Staatliche Museen Dresden, Germany
MAJ Musee d’Art de Joliette Collection Joliette, Canada
Helix (Raumzeichnung Uppsala) permanent, site specific installation in the Atrium at Hubben Uppsala Science Park, Uppsala, Sweden
Deutsche Bank Collection
Des Moines Art Center Collection, Des Moines Iowa, USA
Brooklyn Museum NY, USA
Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
Museum Villa Zanders Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
FRAC Lorraine 49 Nord 6 Est Metz, France
Hauptverwaltung Landesversicherungsanstalt Hamburg, Germany
public commissions
Reykjavik Art Museum Iceland
MSK Museum voor de Schone Kunsten Ghent Belgium
Kampnagel Hamburg Germany
The Morgan Library & Museum New York USA
18th Biennale of Sydney Australia
MoMA Museum of Modern Art New York USA
Ponton Group Hamburg Germany
private collections (selection)
Dian Woodner
GAG
Franziska and Christian Hausmanninger
Morris Orden
Catherine de Zegher
Petra Kipphoff von Huene
Elizabeth Pergam
Franka Hörnschemeyer
Hubertus Gaßner
Bernd Wiemann
Dr. Andreas Pense
Anton Wolfgang Graf von Faber Castell
Gudrun Libnau
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