Roland Biermann Bonn, Germany, b. 1962
Roland Biermann is a conceptual artist from Germany, working with photography, film, sculpture and installation. He currently lives and works in London. Biermann explores uncertainty, ambivalence and transformation, situations where reality and fiction merge, often in the form of polyptychs and larger sequences of images.
The Apparition series, created in 2009, features the juxtaposition of industrial surfaces and backgrounds contrasted with the vulnerability and softness of the human figure. snow+concrete, a series created in 2014, represents the first project where Biermann has worked on glass that explores cyclicality through the melting process of snow, which is also an extension of Biermann’s engagement with distinct opposites – light and dark, soft and hard, reality and spirituality, concrete and nature. white cube / white wall, a video work Biermann created in 2014 to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, examines how political and artistic hegemonies are constructed, dismantled and reconfigured.
Recent solo exhibitions include Stations – Troubled Waters, Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam (2019), Stations, Trinity Wall Street, New York (2018); white cube / white wall, Maestro Arts, London (2016-2017); Transformations, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong (2016), Stations, Barbican Centre, London (2016); white cube / white wall, Embassy of Germany, London (2014); snow+concrete, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (2013); Ophelia, Goethe-Institut, Paris (2011); metamorphosis, Embassy of Germany, London (2010-2011) and snow+concrete, Dommuseum, Frankfurt (2010).
Biermann has received grants from Trinity Wall Street, New York (2017); J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust, London (2016); King’s College, London (2015); Renmin University of China, Beijing (2015); Embassy of Germany, London (2014); German Foreign Office (2010); Arts Council England, London (2005) and Goethe-Institut, London (2004). He is the only artist in over 30 years to win the Weissblechkalender project by ThyssenKrupp, twice (2007 and 2010) and created a worldwide-unique, exclusive arts calendar printed on tinplate for ThyssenKrupp. His works are included in many private and institutional collections internationally, including the ThyssenKrupp in Dusseldorf and Signy+Olaf Willums Art Foundation in Provence.
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Embody
Roland Biermann, Cheung Yee, Irene Chou, Fung Ming Chip, Michael Müller, Stella Zhang 18 Sep - 19 Oct 2019Galerie du Monde is pleased to present group exhibition 'Embody', in exploration of the representation of body forms in contemporary art through iconic works of six artists: Roland Biermann, Cheung...Read more -
Roland Biermann - Transformations
7 Oct - 10 Nov 2016Galerie du Monde is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by London-based, German photographer G. Roland Biermann. Comprising monochrome photographs from his Apparition and snow+concrete series (2009 and 2012 respectively), the gallery will also show the artist’s video work white cube / white wall (2004). Taking place between 7 October and 10 November, this will be Biermann’s first solo exhibition at Galerie du Monde, and is the second of the gallery’s GDM Projects, an initiative launched to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its opening in Hong Kong.Read more
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Roland Biermann
Photofairs Shanghai 2020 September 18, 2020Roland Biermann is featured in Photofairs Shanghai 2020's Exposure Award Digital Exhibition. Born in Bonn, 1962, is a German conceptual artist based in London who...Read more -
Roland Biermann
NIDA 2020: International Photography Symposium September 1, 2020Roland Biermann is one of the finalists of the Virus competition as part of this year's International Photography Symposium in Nida, Lithuania. The symposium will...Read more -
Roland Biermann
Participates in Summer Exhibition at the Royal Society of Sculptors in London July 22, 2019'Royal Society of Sculptors - Summer Exhibition' Venue: Royal Society of Sculptors, Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London Exhibition Period: July 22...Read more -
Roland Biermann
"Stations 2" Installation at the Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam March 1, 2019Venue: Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam Exhibition Period: March 6 - May 19, 2019 Roland Biermann's 'Stations 2' sculptural installation is on view at the Hoftuin Square...Read more