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About the creator
Florian Pelka
Germany
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Credentials
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« Despite everything, pictures are just things and being an artist is not a definitive conquest. It's more like a raid through the unfathomable. »
German painter Florian Pelka was born in 1971 in Berlin, where he still lives and works today. From 1991 to 1997 he studied philosophy and literature at the FU Berlin and the Université Paris VIII. From 1994 to 2000 he studied Fine Arts at the University of the Arts in Berlin with Georg Baselitz and earned the title of master student here.
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Portrait of Florian Pelka
From philosophy to art
More interested in the questions than in the answers, as he's always been, Florian Pelka's artistic journey begins with the study of philosophy and literature. The realization that despite everything, there is no objective truth to grasp, and that one continues to be amazed at human existence in its contradictions, its half-heartedness and its absurdity, has ultimately brought him to art. Florian Pelka describes the act of painting as the happiness of creating unexpected events in a sensual way.
Coincidences and catastrophes
In his works, Florian Pelka creates an interplay between material and shape, abstract pictorial space and figurative narrative. The engine is the material aesthetic of solid, liquid, scraped or running paint. The viewer of his pictures discovers various motives such as symbolic governors of humans in the form of animals, cultural heritage through art historical quotes or modern icons of our lifeworld in the information age. In a mostly radiant, sometimes romantic colorfulness, prismatic effects result. The contrasts of grotesquely juxtaposed motifs are combined in the shimmering and glowing of the maelstrom.
An internationally recognized artist
Florian Pelka's pictures have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and South Korea and accompanied by catalogs. They were exhibited in public institutions such as art associations and museums, as well as in many private galleries. His works can be found in renowned collections, including those of the Willy-Brandt-Haus, the Berlin Senate Administration or in the SÖR-Rusche collection.
In the Studio
Credentials
Solo Exhibitions
- 2020
Drift / Galerie Greulich - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2019
Open Source / Galerie Tammen - Berlin, Germany - 2018
Figuren / Galerie Lachenmann - Konstanz, Germany - 2018
Traum und Trauma / Busche-Kunst - Berlin, Germany - 2018
Figuren / Galerie Lachenmann - Konstanz, Germany - 2017
Wunderwelten / Galerie Lachenmann Art - Konstanz, Germany - 2017
Der blinde Fleck / Raum für Gegenwartskunst - Köln, Germany - 2016
Die Tiere sind unruhig / Kunstverein Kaponier - Vechta, Germany - 2016
Brandmale / Galerie Tobias Schrade - Ulm, Germany - 2016
Terra incognita / Verein für Gegenwartskunst - Flensburg, Germany - 2015
LoveMeOrHateMe / Galerie Tammen - Berlin, Germany - 2015
Raubzug / tädtische Galerie und Kunstverein Wesseling - Köln, Germany - 2014
Klippo / Kunstverein im Schloss Altranft - Freienwalde, Germany - 2013
Love Lights / Galerie Kramer - Bremen, Germany - 2013
Zweifel und Wunder / Städtische Galerie, Wollhalle - Güstrow, Germany - 2012
Tierschichten / Galerie Lake - Oldenburg, Germany - 2012
Geräusche im Garten / Galerie Tobias Schrade - Ulm, Germany - 2012
Der Faun des Königs / Kunsthalle Schloss Seefeld - München, Germany - 2012
ist zwîfel herzen nâchgebûr / Galerie Greulich - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2012
Bestiarium / Galerie Tammen - Berlin, Germany - 2011
Similis -Affe sein / Galerie Souterrain - Berlin, Germany - 2010
Beim Verlassen der Ebene / Galerie Greulich - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2010
Edel.hilfreich.gut / Galerie im Tulla - Mannheim, Germany - 2009
Isometrie und Chaos / Robert Koch-Institut - Berlin, Germany - 2009
Schmelz, Schaum und Schande / Galerie Tobias Schrade - Ulm, Germany - 2009
Die Sieben Todsünden / Tammen Galerie - Berlin, Germany - 2008
Der Schamane / Galerie Greulich - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2008
Trug und Trophäe / Kunsthalle am Ammersee - Stegen, Germany - 2008
Polymerisation / Robert-Koch-Institut - Berlin, Germany - 2008
The Seven Deadly Sins / Gallery Artbank - Seoul, South Korea - 2008
Florian Pelka / Galerie arthea & lauth - Mannheim, Germany - 2007
Florian Pelka / Druckerei Conrad - Berlin, Germany - 2006
Landschaften / Galerie Noack - Mönchengladbach, Germany - 2006
Florian Pelka / Zentrale der IG Metall - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2006
Florian Pelka / Tammen Galerie - Berlin, Germany - 2004
Colorado / Galerie Tammen & Busch - Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
- 2017
Geschlossene Gesellschaft / Galerie Lake - Oldenburg, Germany - 2016
Real-surreal, neue Formen des Surrealismus / Busche-Kunst - Berlin, Germany - 2015
Märchenhaftes / GEHAG-Forum - Berlin, Germany - 2015
Format:Quer / Philip-Johnson-Haus - Berlin, Germany - 2015
Sterntaler / Galerie Lake - Oldenburg, Germany - 2015
Animal turn / Galerie Greulich - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2014
Berlin@oderbruch / Falkenberg und Schinkelkirche - Cöthen, Germany - 2014
Stille Nacht / Kunstverein Schwetzingen - Schlosskirche, Germany - 2013
Jetzt machen wir hier die Witze / Museum für verwandte Kunst - Köln, Germany - 2013
P`art / Schloss Laffert Kúria - Dunaharaszti, Germany - 2013
Dornröschen und andere Schläfer / Galerie Lake - Oldenburg, Germany - 2012
Künstler der Galerie / Galerie Tammen & Partner - Berlin, Germany - 2012
Renaissance der Gesichter / Philipp-Johnson-Haus - Berlin, Germany - 2012
Künstler der Galerie / Galerie Lake - Oldenburg, Germany - 2012
Wachsen und Innehalten / Auswahl Kunstpreis der AOK-Nordost - -, Germany - 2011
Shadows of the Bright / Galerie berlinartprojects - Berlin, Germany - 2011
Color & Style / Kunsthalle M3 - Berlin, Germany - 2011
Open)art(space / Alte Brauerei - Potsdam, Germany - 2010
FUNDSTÜCKE / Galerie arthea & lauth - Mannheim, Germany - 2010
Figur / Galerie Tobias Schrade - Ulm, Germany - 2010
Tierparade / Galerie Lake - Oldenburg, Germany - 2009
Schauseiten der Materie / Tammen Galerie - Berlin, Germany - 2009
Tatort Kunst_reloaded / Ausstellungsmanufaktur Hertzer - Berlin, Germany - 2009
Rohe Weihnacht / Galerie Tobias Schrade - Ulm, Germany - 2008
Mensch-Raum-Landschaft / Willy-Brandt-Haus - Berlin, Germany - 2007
Accrochage / Tammen Galerie - Berlin, Germany - 2006
Künstler der Galerie / Tammen Galerie - Berlin, Germany - 2006
Sammeln und Entdecken / Galerie Schrade-Blashofer - Karlsruhe, Germany - 2005
C'est l'été / Künstlerhaus Bethanien - Berlin, Germany - 2005
Berlin meets Teheran / Tammen Galerie - Berlin, Germany - 2005
Schöne Aussichten in der Bank / Investitionsbank - Berlin, Germany - 2004
between / Galerie Tammen & Busch - Berlin, Germany - 2004
All about...berlin 2 / white box - München, Germany - 2004
Luxus / Stiftung Starke - Berlin, Germany - 2003
Zeitgenössisch / KPM - Berlin, Germany - 2003
after the fair / Galerie Tammen & Busch - Berlin, Germany - 2002
Junge Positionen der Malerei / Galerie Tammen & Busch - Berlin, Germany - 2002
Kunstpreis 2002 / Schloss Gifhorn - Gifhorn, Germany - 2000
Schaustelle 5 / Galerie Giesler und Partner - Berlin, Germany - 1999
Innen / Shop Deutsche Guggenheim - Berlin, Germany - 1999
Schaustelle 4 / Galerie Michael Schultz - Berlin, Germany - 1999
Reset / Galerie G 7 - Berlin, Germany - 1998
Haut / Kultursommer Stadt Wittenberg - Wittenberg, Germany - 1997
Ten-atgal / Meno Lyga Palace - Vilnius, Lithuania
Publications
- 2012
Galerie Greulich- Parzival -von Florian Pelka - 2007
"Corona", Kunsthaus Lübeck- Corona Malerei von Florian Pelka - 2007
“New German Painting”, Prestel München- “New German Painting”, Hrsg. Christoph Tannert - 2005
Kunsthaus Lübeck- "Florian Pelka"
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