Christoph Keller (artist)

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Christoph Keller (* 1967 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German artist.

Live and act

Keller studied mathematics, physics and hydrology in Freiburg, Berlin and Santiago de Chile from 1987 to 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Keller was a member of the interdisciplinary group Embassy eV Berlin. From 1993 to 1995 he studied art at the Berlin University of the Arts , with Katharina Sieverding , followed by a postgraduate course at the Cologne Media Academy . Since 1994 numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.

A central theme of Christoph Keller's artistic work is the investigation of the sciences and their peripheral areas, the so-called border sciences and charlatanism. As part of the "Cloudbuster Project" (2003) he reproduced Wilhelm Reich's experiments on influencing the atmosphere with orgone energy . Later projects examine hypnosis and cinematography ("Hypnosis-Film-Project", 2006) as well as conspiracy theories on the Internet ("The Chemtrails Phenomenon" 2006, "The Whole Earth" 2007). For 2017/2018 he was awarded a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome.

Keller lives and works in Berlin.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 2010 Verbal / Nonverbal, Esther Schipper, Berlin
  • 2010 Voyages Extraordinaire, CRAC Alasace
  • 2008 Observatory, Art Association Braunschweig
  • 2007 Observatoires, Esther Schipper, Berlin
  • 2006 The Mesmer Room, Galerie Gabrielle-Maubrie, Paris
  • 2003/04 Cloudbuster project, Schipper & Krome, Berlin
  • 2001 Christoph Keller - Encyclopaedia Cinematographica, KW-Berlin

Group exhibitions

  • 2012 L'Institut des archives sauvages, Villa Arson, Nice
  • 2011 A Terrible Beauty Is Born, Lyon Biennale, Lyon
  • 2009 7th Bienal do Mercosul , Porto Alegre
  • 2009 Bienal Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia, Patagonia
  • 2007 Made in Germany, Sprengel-Museum Hannover
  • 2006 on the move, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
  • 2005 24-Hour Incidental, Swiss Institute, New York
  • 1999 Children of Berlin, PS1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York
  • 1998 Berlin / Berlin, 1st Berlin Biennale, Berlin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Keller on Artfacts. Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ http://www.panaceauniversity.org/christoph%20keller%20cloudbuster%20project.pdf
  3. ↑ Villa Massimo | Christoph Keller. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German installation artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau