Jessica Buhlmann
Lenten Veil Langenstriegis (detail) 2024 | 480 x 300 cm | aluminium, textile, foam | Installation view Langenstriegis Kirche, Frankenberg
Jessica Buhlmann (born 1977, Potsdam) is a painter. She extends her colorful lines and planes into the third dimension of space. To define these lines and planes, she often uses ropes and textiles. She collects bent steel struts from demolition sites, which she wraps with dyed threads. The shapes of these now-colored structures are random, depending on what happened to them when they were struck by the wrecking ball. The colors, on the other hand, are determined by their shapes. The colors, on the other hand, are based on their shapes. Colored fabrics are occasionally mounted between the struts. Some of these structures are reminiscent of abstract painting, while others evoke fantastical creatures, which she names Nommos or Cintilla. Most recently, she created enormous drapery installations for Lent at the Langenstriegis Church in Frankenberg and St. Johann Church in Bremen. These installations respond to the sacred spaces, incorporating their structural features and playing with them. They conceal crosses or panel paintings while at the same time highlighting certain fragments through their transparent areas and openings.
Works
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Exhibitions
2026
Propsteikirche St. Johann, Bremen
2025
Interventionen zur Passion
Langenstriegis Kirche, Frankenberg
2024
Morphogenesis, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, München
Ornament und Verbrechen 7, (mit DAG), Lage Egal Curatorial Project, Berlin
Interventionen zur Passion, Langenstriegis Kirche, Frankenberg
2023
a.b.s.t.r.a.k.t., Kunstverein Freital, Freital
Swoosh (mit Saskia Senge), Galerie K’, Bremen
2022
Innere Ordnung (mit Klaus Walter), Weltecho, Chemnitz
2021
Remnant/Presage, Galerie Burster, Berlin
2020
Geomancy, Galerie Nicole Gnesa, München
2018
Waves Hints Offset, Galerie1214, Berlin
Garden Rain, Galerie Nicole Gnesa, München
Somatic Variations, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart
Contingent Views, Galerie Strzelski, Stuttgart
2017
Pala, Galerie 1214, Berlin
2016
Morphology, Galerie am Klostersee, Lehnin
2014
Resonant Bodies, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen
2013
Neue Abstraktion, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan, Italy
2012
On the Cusp, Galerie Anja Rumig, Stuttgart
Reciprocity, SOX, Berlin
2011
Zuspiel, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2010
Out There is Always a Construction Site, Zern, Berlin
Taken for Stranger No 8, Appartement, Berlin
Groupexhibitions
2026
Umbau III, STRouX, Berlin
Reich an Zeichen, GalerieETAGE im Museum Reinickendorf, Berlin
2025
Windfinder, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin
Into the Fire, AOA 87, Berlin
3yy, Kunstverein Neuhausen e.V., Neuhausen / Fildern
Public Vision, BCMA, Berlin
2024
20 Years of Glue, Project Room, Berlin
Hundert- 3yy, Red Ger Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Rocks and Tethers, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin
2023
Come Together, BcmA Gallery, Berlin
BOTTOM UP, Kühlhaus Berlin
To the NeXt Decade, Galerie Nicole Gnesa, München
Berlin Calling Vol. III, Mieze Südlich/Häselburg, Gera
Schichtbetrieb, Kunstraum Braugasse, Hoyerswerda
2022
Reshape, Retramp Galerie, Berlin
Mixed Media, Galerie Evelyn Drewes, Hamburg Snitches get Stitches, Haunt, Berlin
Out There Again, Metzdorf, Brandenburg
En Closed Space, BCMA, Berlin
2021
Mise en Scene, Künstlerhaus Sootboern, Hamburg
New Neighbours, Galerie Burster, Berlin
Against Nature, Milchhof Pavillon, Berlin
Behind the Scenes of Hidden Tracks,
SchauFenster, Berlin
Summertime Rolls, Am Tacheles, Berlin
2020
Frutti di Mare, Galerie Knut Hartwich, Sellin
De rerum natura - Über die Natur der Dinge,
Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Insulation, Studiohaus Liebermannstrasse, Berlin
Tapemodern 27, Am Wriezener Kiez 15, Berlin
L’artiste et les commissaires, Lage Egal, Berlin
2019
September, Milchhof Pavillon, Berlin
Die Sprache der Formen, OQBO, Berlin
Shape!, Galerie Burster, Berlin
Love Triangle, Gallery Domeij, Stockholm
Ein Monument für Wolfgang Neuss,
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Alptraum, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA
2018
In Interim, Galerie K’, Bremen
About Painting, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
Shout out Rhymes - Paint Clouds and Lines,
Schau Fenster, Berlin
2017
Shapes and Spaces, Galerie Anja Knoess, Köln
Surf, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin
Berlin-Klondyke, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor
2016
Inscape, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt
Les Miniatures, Nicole Gnesa, Munich
2015
L'oiseau Presente: Be Abstract,
Kunstverein Schwaebisch Hall
The Queen Is Dead., Codex Showroom, Berlin
Berlin-Klondyke: 1. Berlin Edition,
Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
Spectrum One, Eigenheim Galerie, Berlin
2014
L'oiseau Presente: Be Abstract, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
Die Leipziger Edition, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
Bento Box, Anja Rumig, Stuttgart
Orte/ Nicht-Orte, Kunstverein Uelzen, Uelzen
Neue Abstraktion, Interno 18, Cremona, Italy
2013
Salondergegenwart, Lippeltstrasse 1, Hamburg
Berlin-Klondyke, Hipp Halle Gmunden, Gmunden, Austria
Kunst und Release,
EnBW Baden Württemberg AG, Stuttgart
Berlin-Klondyke, Werkschau Leipziger Spinnerei, Berlin
Die Heimsuchung, Galerie Knut Hartwich, Sellin, Rügen
Berliner Salon Part II, Kunstverein Meiningen, Berlin
2012
Berlin Status I, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Painting Beyond, Maerzgalerie, Berlin
North-East of Heaven, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin
Peer to Peer to Peer, tête, Berlin
2011
Klee. Astali/Peirce. Buhlmann, Runfola,
Friedenstr. 16, Berlin
Berliner Zimmer Genossen, Berlin Funkhaus, Berlin
2010
The Universe is Not Your Friend Babe,
Galerie Erika Deak, Budapest, Hungary
Crefelder Gesellschaft für Venezianische Malerei,
Galerie Börgmann, Krefeld
2009
Talpas Labyrinth, Humboldt-Umspannwerk, Berlin
Axis Bold As Love, Forgotten Bar Projects, Berlin
2008
Settings #3, Loop Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin