FORT (artist collective)
FORT is a German artist duo consisting of Alberta Niemann (* 1980 in Bremen ) and Jenny Kropp (* 1978 in Frankfurt am Main ).
biography
FORT was founded in 2008 by Alberta Niemann (* 1982 in Bremen), Anna Jandt (* 1980 in Bremen) and Jenny Kropp (* 1978 in Frankfurt / Main). Niemann studied with Andreas Slominski at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts until 2013 ; Jandt and Kropp studied at the University of the Arts Bremen with Jean-François Guiton , where they did their master class in 2008 and 2007. Alberta Niemann and Jenny Kropp have been working as an artist duo under the name FORT since 2014. The artists live and work in Berlin.
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FORT work with everyday things that are copied, rearranged or alienated. Seemingly banal everyday occurrences are adapted and transferred to the exhibition space. The resulting spatial situations, objects and videos mostly have a subtly surreal character and, despite their supposed familiarity, awaken an atmosphere of eeriness, emptiness and abandonment. Often the objects alternate between poetic and humorous moments and play with the viewing habits of the viewer. The work was u. a. shown in the artworks in Berlin, the Kunsthalle Bremen and the Kestnergesellschaft Hannover.
Exhibitions (selection)
- Solo exhibitions
- The School of Art, Science and Technical Classes , MOSTYN, Wales, England, 2016
- Retired , LWL Museum for Art and Culture , Münster, 2016
- About Blank , Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, 2015
- The Daily Sun , artothek, Cologne, 2015
- SHIFT , kestnergesellschaft , Hanover, 2015
- Tomorrow last day , Kunsthaus Dresden , 2013
- Group exhibitions
- Art Prize of Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2016, Kunsthalle Bremen , 2016
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff grant. The exhibition 2016, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , 2016
- Last year in Marienbad. A film as a work of art , Kunsthalle Bremen , 2015
- Inside the city , GAK Society for Current Art , Bremen, 2015
- Creatio Continua , House of Art, Munich, 2014
- Illness as a metaphor , Kunsthaus, Hamburg, 2014
- One Night Stand # 1 , KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Berlin, 2014
- Only to Melt, Trustingly, Without Reproach , Skucgallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013
- Fremd & Eigen , Gallery in the Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 2013
- Risk Society , MoCA Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei , Taiwan, 2013
- Testing (Re-) Production , Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland, 2013
- One On One , KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2012
- Other rooms , Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, 2012
- Mémoires du Futur - La Collection Olbricht , La Maison Rouge , Paris, France, 2012
- Wystawa , Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw , Poland, 2010
- Hotel Marienbad , KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Berlin, 2008
Scholarships and Awards
- 2016–2017: New York studio grant from the Hessian Cultural Foundation
- 2016: Cremer Prize
- 2014: New Positions Award from Art Cologne
- 2014: Stiftung Kunstfonds work grant
- 2013: Karl H. Ditze promotion of young talent
- 2012: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff grant
literature
Works, Cat. Kestnergesellschaft Hannover, Snoeck, ISBN 978-3-86442-125-9