Henrik Eiben

Born 1975

Lives and works in Hamburg, Switzerland

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EDUCATION

2002-2004Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe (Silvia Bächli), Germany

2001Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA

1997-2002Academy of Visual Arts and Design, Enschede, The Netherlands

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2011New Position Award, Hamburg, Germany

Casa Tomada, Atelier Alberto #5, São Paulo, Brazil

Bad Gastein, Austria

2010Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado – FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2024The Laughing Heart, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2023Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2022Penumbral, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2022my selected little alphabet, Pablos Birthday, New York, USA

2021Syo-ro, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2020Mercury Climb, Galerie Lange & Pult, Zurich, Switzerland

2020the smile at the foot of the ladder, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2019Boo'd up, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2019Daybreaker, Pablos Birthday, New York, USA

2019spellbound, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2018Happy Trigger, Lange & Pult, Auvenier, Switzerland

2018OFF SITE, Kunstraum Potsdam c/o Waschhaus, Germany

2018Henrik Eiben | Natascha Schmitten, Zeitkunst Galerie, Kitzbühel, Austria

2017A mon seul desir, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2017Cornucopia, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2017Wenn der Wind singt, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2016in movement, Galerie Lange & Pult, Zurich, Switzerland

2016You'd better run, Pablo's Birthday, New York, USA

2016Running on Sunshine, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2016Lush Life, Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2015Condo, Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2015La Grande Ombra, Schwarz Contemporary Berlin Double Trouble, Neuer Gießener Kunstverein, Gießen, Germany

2015Bliss Bucket, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2014clarity, Pablo's Birthday, New York, USA

2013Galerie Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2013now's the time, Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2013when love beckoned, Olschewski & Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2012Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2012Heart on, Diane Kruse Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

2012Follow the smoke man, Pablo's Birthday, New York, USA

2011More Than Minimal, Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer, Hamburg, Germany

2011Olschewski & Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2010Pink is where the ♥ is, tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2009untilted, Olschewski & Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2009Let them eat cake, Hein Elferink Gallery, Staphorst, The Netherlands

2008shock to the system, tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2008Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2008Loft Rock, Kunstverein Buchholz, Germany

2007Kunst kommt von können, tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2006Sky Valley, Goldener Pudel Club, Hamburg, Germany

2005Frauenkunst, V8, Karlsruhe, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024Slow Days, Fast Company, galerie lange + pult, Geneva, Switzerland

2024ANYTHING BUT FLAT! Von der Fläche in den Raum, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

2024Stacked/ Layered/ Overlapped, Bartha_contemporary, London, UK

2024Summer Accrochage, Bartha_contemporary, London, UK

2024Group Show, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2024Abstract, galerie lange +pult, Auvernier, Switzerland

2024Once In A Blue Moon, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg, Germany

2023Papier, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2023Another - Ethan Cook, Henrik Eiben, Beat Zoderer, Bartha-contemporary, London, UK

2023Homo Ludens – Über das Spiel der Kunst, Woods Art Institute, Hamburg, Germany

2023The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, India

2022Reine Formsache. Konstruktiv-konkrete Kunst aus der Sammlung, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

2022Collage - Bonded Worlds, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Abteilung des Nationalmuseums in Breslau im Vier-Kuppel-Pavillon, Wroclaw, Poland

2022Ostfriesland Biennale, Ostfriesland, Germany

2022GROUP SHOW, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2020Griffelkunst, Hamburg, Germany Exhibition 2, Studio 4 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2020»Leidenschaft ist unser Antrieb« | Werke aus der Sammlung Kunstraum am Limes, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2020all over, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg, Germany

2020Garten der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany

2020The Crowning Show, Galerie Lange & Pult, Zurich, Switzerland

2020Groupshow, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2019The Space of Painting, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany

20191919 – 2019: Werke aus der Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany

2019So wie wir sind 1.0, Weserburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

2019SCHWARZ CONTEMPORARY zu Gast in Bayreuth, Ludwigstraße 26, Bayreuth, Germany

2018AUSGANG OFFEN - Neues aus der Sammlung, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

2018If you need guidance, ask your colleague, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg, Germany

201821 Ansichten eines Kunstvereins, Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, Gießen, Germany

2017Künstlerräume, Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

2017IN NEUEN RÄUMEN!, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2017Zeichnungen, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2017Reduzieren als Verdichtung, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg, Germany

2017Breaking Geometries, (M. Meiré, B. Zoderer) Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2017Zehn Jahre Zürich, galerie lange + pult, Zurich, Switzerland

2016nightshift, Grunnert+Zimmermann project, New York, USA

2016Groupshow, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2016Höhenrausch, EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin, Germany

2016Dunkel, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2015Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany

2015An den Rändern der Zeichnung, KiZ Gießen, Germany

20155 Jahre Sommerfrische, Jubiläumsausstellung, Bad Gastein, Austria

2015Shadow Of Your Smile, Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2015Weißes Rauschen, Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany

2014Leben mit der Kunst – Teil 2, Kunsthale Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

2014Arbeiten auf Papier (works on paper), Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland

2014Les Plaisiers Démodés (the old fashioned way), Galerie Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria

2014connect. Galerie Kim Behm, Frankfurt, Germany Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2014gkg, (with Babara Rosengarth), Bonn, Germany

2014Galerie Hein Elferink, (with Linda Kashan), Staphorst, The Netherlands

2014Papier, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art + Pablo's Birthday present, New York, USA

2014Pure Colour/ Farbe Pur WIMMER plus, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany

2014Existenzielle Bildwelten, Collaction Reinking, Weserburg – Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

2014Double Rotation, Collaction Lafrenz, Weserburg – Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

2014small is beautiful, drawing room, Hamburg, Germany

2014real work, Kim Behm Galerie (G.Umberg, Joan Witek), curated by Reinhard Ermen, Frankfurt, Germany

2013Museum Weißenstadt, Weißenstadt, Germany

2013Skulpturenprojekt, Wallanlagen/Stade, Hamburg (Stade), Germany

2013Salon Sandy, Pablo's Birthday, New York, USA

2013Do you read me? Diane Kruse Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

2012Index 12, Hamburg, Germany

2012Minimal reloaded, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany

2012TO BEGIN IS TO BE HALF DONE Busan Biennial, Busan, South Korea

2012Hein Elferink, Staphorst, The Netherlands

2012Kaleidoscope, Patrick Heide Contemporary, London, UK

2012works on paper, Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2011Nach Strich und Faden, Kunstverein Potsdam, Germany

2011Weiß - und andere Farben, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany

2011Salon du Dessin Contemporain / Drawing Now Gallery Hein Elferink, Paris, France

2011Leningrader Hängung 102, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany

201110 Jahre – 62 Ausstellungen, Kunstverein Buchholz, Germany

2010Material Boys, (with Karsten Konrad), Pablo's Birthday, New York, NY, USA

2010Heaven can wait, (with Fred Sandback, Richard Tuttle) tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2010Hein Elferink Gallery, Staphorst, The Netherlands

2010MAB FAAP Centro, Museu de Arte Brasileira, in partnership with the 29th Biennial Sao Paulo, Brazil

2010drawing attaintion, Pablo's Birthday, New York, USA

2010le jour se lève encore, tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2010Icons Of A Modern Age, Bartha Contemporary, London, UK

2009moving the goalposts, tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2009from dialog to goliad, City Gallery of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

2009verticé, Galeria Millan, curated by Cristina Candeloro Quinn, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2009Schichtwechsel, Kunstverein Potsdam, Germany

2008Wir nennen es Hamburg, Hamburger Kunstverein, Germany

2008Call it what you like, Silkeborg Artcenter, Denmark

2007Bodenkontakt, tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany

2006Artist choice, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Valby, Denmark

2006Made in Germany, GiP, Burgdorf/Bern, Switzerland

2006MINIMALILLUSIONS, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany

2005Sichtvermerk, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/ Basel, Switzerland

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Ege Kunst- und Kulturstiftung, Freiburg, Germany

Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

Lafrenz, Hamburg, Germany

Montblanc, Hamburg, Germany

Reinking, Hamburg, Germany

Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019Papierarbeiten Encore 08, Edition Longplay, LP Cover Series

2018Off Site, Kunstraum Potsdam c/o Waschhaus

2016Running On Sunshine, Galerie Christian Lethert, Köln

2016Henrik Eiben – Fab Lab, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld

2015Minimalistisches Lächeln, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 23.5

2015SAMMELN UM ZU SEHEN, Kunstraum Bürkle, Freiburg

2014Leben mit Kunst, kunsthalle weishaupt, 50 Jahre Sammlung Siegfried und Jutta Weishaupt

2014Am Puls der Gegenwart, Schwäbische, 20.11

2014Weishaupts junge Seite, Südwest Presse, 21.11

2014F.A.Z., "Der Drink des Monats", Kultur 35, 20.8

2014F.A.Z., "Auge in Auge mit einem überlebensgroßen Rambo", Kunstmarkt, 16.8

2014Arbeiten auf Papier, Hg.: Galerie Werner Klein und Bartha Contemporary Ltd

2014Sehende Erkenntnis, Artmagazin, 7.8

2014The Way Of Folding, gkg, Katarzyna Rogacka-Michels

2014Vom Falten zu Stapeln, Bonner Generalanzeiger, Christiane zu Mecklenburg 29.4

2014H. E. speelt met het ondeorgrondlijke geheugen, Wim van der Beek MC, 12.3

2014haberarts.com - art reviews around new york, 14.3 – From Clarity to Complexity, John Haber

2013Konferenz mit Joseph Beuys, 30.10, Hamburger Abendblatt

2013Magazin für Moderne Impulse aus Weisenstadt – Das Kleine Museum

2013Rüsseltier am Burggraben, 9.7, Hamburger Abendblatt

2012Heart on, Diane Kruse Galerie

2012Zeichen Zur Zeit, Kunstforum Bd. 215 Redefreiheit, Reinhard Ermen

2011New Glass/ Neues Glas Fall 2011 (3/11) S. 84

2011More Than Minimal, B. Fellmann

2011Pink is where the heart is, tinderbox

2010from dialog to goliad, B. Fellmann

2010artist Magazine No.81, L. Seyfarth

2009F.A.Z., No.241 "Stotternder Minimalismus", 17.10

2009M.C. "Materiale Kunst met aktueller dimensie", 29.4

2009mais! n° 879, Folha de S.Paulo, 8.2

2008Call it what you like! Reinking Collection

2008Darf Henrik blEiben? L. Seyfarth