MEET THE ARTIST
BJÖRN KNAPP
EDUCATION
2020
graduation with Prof. Thomas Scheibitz (master student)
2015 – 2020
classes of Prof Andreas Schulze and Prof. Thomas Scheibitz Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
2012 – 2015
classes of Prof. Gustav Kluge and Prof. Marcel van Eeden, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, DE
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2022
Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, DE
2021
purchase of artwork for Junge Freunde der Kunstsammlung NRW, coming to voice, K21, Düsseldorf, DE p
2014
St. Moritz Art Academy, St. Moritz, CH
SOLO & DUO (SELECTION)
2023
Stratum Pink with Nadjana Mohr, Plain Gallery, Milano, IT
2022
End or Fin, Setareh X, Düsseldorf, DE
New Positions, ART COLOGNE, Setareh X, Cologne, DE
2020
absolutely stable with Thea Mantwill, projectspace stroma, Cologne, DE
Saure Äpfel with Jana Kurashvili, Am Ende des Tages, Düsseldorf, DE
NEW ROSES, graduation show,
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2024
a gentle cruise, JVDW Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE
2023
Frag den Abendwind (Klasse Andreas Schulze), Akademiegalerie, Düsseldorf, DE A
2022
Ida-Gerhardi-Preis 2022, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, DEId
Der Bogen im Auge, KIT, Düsseldorf, DE
2021
Vordemberge-Gildewart Scholarship 2021 KIT, Düsseldorf, DE
- from Michelangelo to, online-showroom Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck, AT
Moire with Melanie Höhn & Thea Mantwill, curated by Melissa Blau, Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen, DE 5x Young , Plain Gallery, Milan, IT
2020
salondergegenwart 2020, Hamburg, DE
Genius Location 8, Setareh,
Düsseldorf, DE
2019
NRW.Bank.Kunstpreis 2019, Düsseldorf, DE
2018
full of emotion,
POP;68, Cologne, DE
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2022
Ida-Gerhardi-Preis 2022, exhibition catalogue Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, DE Id
Der Bogen im Auge, exhibition catalogue KIT, Düsseldorf, DE
2021
Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart 2021
exhibition catalogue, KIT, Düsseldorf, DE
voyage of a cloud, Interview artist publication by Thea Mantwill on the occasion of the exhibition Moiré, Baustelle Schaustelle,
Essen
COLLECTIONS
Kunstsammlung NRW, DE
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, DE
Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, DE
Kunstsammlung Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, DE
Sammlung der Jungen Freunde der Kunstsammlung NRW, DE
Sammlung KM_159, Düsseldorf, DE

REST-informed 200 x 140 cm, 2023

REST-informed 200 x 140 cm, 2023

WRINKLE-choppy 2023 oil on linen 190 x 130 cm

GAP - landing, 200 x 140 cm, 2023

GAP - west west, 2023, 160 x 110 cm, oil on linen, Deutsche Bundesbank Art Collection

RIST - CDF moment, 2024, 180 x 140 cm, oil on linen

RNG - landing, 2023, 190 x 130 cm, oil on linen, Art Collection NRW

SLF - balancing GDC, 2024, 140 x 110, oil on linen

SLF - delayed RSS, 2024, 180 x 140 cm, oil on linen

SLFY - from there, 2023, 180 x 140 cm, oil on linen

Bust III, 210 x 140 cm, 2020,
Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibition view Vordemberge-Gildewart- Scholarship KIT, 2021

Exhibition view_Completion 2020