Christian Ehrentraut
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Born 1974 in Munich
Lives und works in Berlin



Education

1999
Teaching of Drawing and Painting classes at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena

1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and Painting

1995 - 1997
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena

1995
Art Center College of Design (Europe), La Tour de Peilz


Grants and Awards

2009
Erwine Steinblum Stipendium fuer junge Kunst, Johannesburg / Sylt

2007
Else-Heiliger-Fonds Grant, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin
Award of the Woldemar-Winkler-Foundation, Guetersloh

2003
Grant from the Vogelstein Foundation, New York
Award of the City of Hooskiel, Wangerland

1999
Best of Show, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls

1998
Award of Excellence, INsights Contemporary Self-Portrait, Ridgefield Guilt of Artists, Ridgefield

1995 - 1996
Art Center College of Design Scholarship-Awards with highest honors


Solo exhibitions

2014
Fabel, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Carna(va)l, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn

2013
Die Nacht, Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg
Die Nacht, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf

2012
Der Ozean, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2011
Aequator 2, Uziyel Family Collection, London
Zwischenzeit, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck
Altes Haus, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf

2010
Aequator, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a.M.

2009
Auf Halbmast, Philara - Sammlung zeitgenoessischer Kunst, Duesseldorf
Nebel, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2008
Keiner da? Tagebuch eines Zweiflers, Hospitalhof Stuttgart
Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Duesseldorf

2007
Medea, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Eine Uebersicht, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin

2006
Bathosphere, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago / Kunstverein Goettingen
Als mich mein Steckenpferd frass, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2005
Bildwechsel, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Neue Zeichnungen, Kunstschacht Zeche Zollverein, Essen

2004
Soul Siberia, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

2003
Of Faith and Other Demons, Claire Oliver Fine Arts, New York

2002
New Work, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles

2001
A Futurist Manifesto, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

1999
Nocturnes, Lizardi & Harp Gallery, Los Angeles

1998
A Requiem and Other Paintings, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego


Group exhibitions

2014
The Sea, Kunsthalle Brandts, Odense
Wahrheiten. Zeitgenössische Kunst im Dialog mit alten Meistern. Werke aus der SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde / Berlin, Bayer Kulturhaus, Leverkusen
Michael Just, Manuela Kasemir, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Eigen + Art LAB, Berlin
XX. Rohkunstbau - Revolution, Schloss Roskow
Freundschaften, Galerie Møller Witt, Aarhus
Waffensichten. Bilder zum Krieg, Neue Galerie, Dachau
Die halluzinierte Welt - Malerei am Rand der Wirklichkeit, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin

2013
Edge and Surface, Leipziger Str.61-65, Berlin
Schöne Landschaft / Bedrohte Natur, Kunsthalle Osnabrück
Alles Wasser, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Kopenhagen
Welten Schöpfer. Richard Wagner, Max Klinger, Karl May, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
Wunderkammer: Miniatures and Curiosities, Koplin del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
Tierstuecke der SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn

2012
Convoy Berlin, Biksady Gallery, Budapest
Between Truth and Fiction: Pictoral Narratives, Koplin del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn
Eros & Thanatos, SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin,
WERKSCHAU, Leipzig

2011
I am a Berliner, Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb
Tierisch menschlich, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss
13, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2010
Blickkontakte, Anhaltische Gemaeldegalerie Dessau
Night of the Pawn, Werkschauhalle 12, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
Werkschau I der Erwine Steinblum Stipendiaten, Kunst:raum Sylt Quelle, Rantum / Sylt

2009
Menschenbilder 1620/2009. Zeitgenoessische Bildnisse begegnen alten niederlaendischen Portraits, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh
Von Liebeslust und Lebenslast - der inszenierte Alltag, Museum Hoexter-Corvey, Hoexter
Das Unheimliche, Modulorhaus, Berlin

2008
Daydreams & Dark Sides, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2007
Stipendiatenausstellung des Else-Heiliger-Fonds, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
Update 07, Galerie Gmyrek, Duesseldorf
1627 - 2007, artnews projects, Berlin
Foerderpreis Ausstellung, Woldemar-Winkler-Stiftung, Guetersloh

2006
Full House, Kunsthalle Mannheim
Gletscherdaemmerung, Eres Stiftung, Munich
Malerei, Galerie Albrecht, Munich

2005
Tod, Fraktale IV, Palast der Republik, Berlin
Everybody Wants to Be Naked and Famous, Weisse Villa, Joachimsthal
Der freie Wille, Bunker am Flutgraben, Berlin

2004
The Gallery Artists, Claire Oliver Fine Arts, New York

2003
RePresenting Representation VI, Arnot Art Museum, New York

2002
Annual Drawing Show, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
Representing LA, Laguna Art Museum, Los Angeles
The Perception of Appearance, The Frye Art Museum, Seattle
Reality Check: Contemporary Figurative Paintings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle
Fall Group Exhibition, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York

2001
Representing LA, The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Art Museum of South Texas and Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Story-Tellers, Fine Art Gallery at San Francisco State, San Francisco

2000
RePresenting Representation IV, Arnot Art Museum, New York
Next Generation: New Painting in So.Cal., California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Drawings V, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
Figurative Painting in Los Angeles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
California, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
Representation, The Frye Art Museum, Seattle

1999
Best of Show, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls
Figuratively Speaking, The American Academy of Art, Chicago
Indomitable Spirits, Art Institute of Southern California, Los Angeles

1998
Contemporary Realism III, Alexy Gallery, Philadelphia
Human Conditions: The Figure, Cerritos, Norwalk
INsights: Contemporary Self-Portrait, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield
BFA Exhibitions, Art Center Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
That Figures, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach

1997
Reconfigured I: Painting, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica
Reconfigured II: Drawing, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica

1996
Art Center Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

1995
Art Center Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA