Lennart Grau
CV
*1981 | in Krefeld |
2006–2013 | Universität der Künste Berlin, Meisterschüler Prof. Leiko Ikemura |
Lives and works in Berlin |
Solo exhibtions
2019 | SATT, Lachenmann Art, Konstanz |
2017 | Straining Glory, Circle Culture, Hamburg |
2016 | 2 cm über dem Zenit, Circle Culture, Berlin |
2012 | Lennart Grau: Offshore Safari, Bräuning², Hamburg |
Group exhibitions
2019 | Nullmethode, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin |
Lecker Malerei, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin | |
Zeit, sich zu berauschen, Bamhaus, Luxemburg | |
SATT, Lachenmann Art, Konstanz | |
Das Tier in der Kunst, Wurlitzer PTC, Berlin | |
Painting, Galerie W, Osnabrück | |
#30, Lachenmann Art, Frankfurt am Main | |
It’s just an illusion, Artdocks, Bremen | |
ALL OUT, Galerie Kwadrat, Berlin | |
2018 | Vier Schinken, Zagreus Projekt, Berlin |
Speak, Memory, Schau Fenster, Berlin | |
Berlin calling, Galerie Parnasse, Aarhus, Denmark | |
OFFBEAT, Schau Fenster, Berlin | |
Summer exhibition, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos | |
The Artist as Curator’s Art vol. VIII, Schau Fenster, Berlin | |
ZIRKUS ROYAL – Haltung bewahren beim Verlassen der Form, Blauer Saal im Sauerland Museum, Arnsberg | |
ALL’IDEA DI QUEL METALLO, Berlin | |
It smells like.. flowers and fragrances, me Collectors Room, Berlin | |
Arts & Nature Social Club , Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin | |
2017 | Wir Magier – Leiko Ikemura und Meisterschüler, Evelyn Drewes | Galerie Hamburg |
Szenenwechsel, Schieder Pop up Exhibition, Frankfurt | |
Young Berliners, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin | |
Axel Anklam & Lennart Grau, Nomads Apt., Berlin | |
2016 | Young Berliners, Cermak Eisenkraft, Prague |
Beauty Rules, Raum für aktuelle Editionen, Vienna | |
Golden Autumn Reception, Circle Culture Gallery, Hamburg | |
POP HITS, Austria Auction Company, Vienna | |
Botschaft, Uferhallen, Berlin | |
Anny Time, Salon Anny Hwang, Berlin | |
GROSS, Schau Fenster, Berlin | |
In Wonderland. A Birthday Exhibition for Timo Miettinen, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin | |
2015 | Katzengold, Positions Berlin, Artfair, Berlin |
In Schönheit auferstehen, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, kuratiert von Bernd Wurlitzer, Berlin | |
RADIATE, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin | |
YOUR ID-CARD, ID Studios, Berlin | |
Private Public Partnership, Lust Gallery, Vienna | |
2014 | Leiko Ikemuras XXVI, Wiensowski Harbord, Berlin |
surface to surface Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin | |
aus der Klasse Ikemura, KUK Galerie, Cologne |
Texts
The artist Lennart Grau (*1981 in Krefeld), who lives in Berlin, completed his studies of fine arts as a master student of Prof. Leiko Ikemura in 2012 at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Lennart Graus' artistic focus lies in the classical medium of painting. His innovative use of colour finds a fascinating counterpoint through artistic references to the lightness and effortlessness of rococo.
In terms of content, the artist is inspired by provocatively aestheticized quotations. Angels, classical still lifes and epic stagings serve as perfect models, but are distorted in their representation. In addition, no identification is possible, since the figures shown appear faceless. On the surface, the colours are not only a means to an end, but they also address the tension between their materiality and illusion, embedded in enchanting scenes.
With regard to his own work, Grau himself says: "I always like to be seduced by beautiful facades, which, because of their superficial aesthetics, immediately make me doubt".