Iris Musolf
About
Well known for questioning the structures of our supposedly free and transparent society, Iris Musolf always puts her finger in the wound: “Which human developments and symptoms can be read on the surface of things: the shape, material, quality and quantity of available consumer goods? What abysses, for example, are hidden behind an air-filled cover of a toy?” Iris Musolf lets us freeze to death on closer inspection.
Iris Musolf, born 1980 in Hanover. She lives and works in Berlin. The artist studied from 2002 to 2009 at the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig with Bogomir Ecker and Candice Breitz (Meisterschülerin, master class student) and obtained a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig. In 2005 she received the Erasmus scholarship for fine arts (Nice, France), in 2008 the scholarship Intensive Program AKI / ArtEZ, Enschede (Holland) and was nominated in 2011 for the Karl Schmitt-Rottluff scholarship, nominated in 2012 for the Young Academy of Fine Arts and nominated for the Sprengel Award in 2014. In 2016 she received the award for the art competition of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Salzgitter).
Her work has been presented in numerous galleries and institutions in Germany and abroad, including in (selection): Kunstverein Mannheim, Städtische Galerie (Viersen); Neue Galerie Landshut; Goethe Institut (New York City, USA); Konsumverein Braunschweig; International Video Art Festival (Amsterdam and Starnmeer, Netherlands); Biennale for Young Art Moskau (Tsaritsino Museum Moskau, Russia); Biennale Mulhouse (France); Art Labor Gallery (Shanghai, China); Galerie Anita Beckers (Frankfurt a.M.); Galerie Perpetuel (Frankfurt a.M.); Galerie Manzara (Istanbul, Turkey) and Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art (Berlin).
Works
Sculpture, 2020
Acrystal carrara, steel
158 cm H x 78 cm L x 70 cm B (height variable)
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch
Sculpture, 2020
Acrystal carrara, steel
158 cm H x 78 cm L x 70 cm B (height variable)
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique
Paper collage, 2020
29,7 cm x 42,0 cm
Unique pieces
AK Air, 2018
Acrystal varnished, steel, acrylic
136 cm H x 130 cm L x 36 cm B
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch
Iris Musolf, Yule Ball, 2019
Concrete, metal
16 cm x 15 x 15 cm
Wanderer In the haze, 2015
Make-Up, mascara, nail polish, Lacquer on paper
190 x 130 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Iris Musolf, Jule Balls, 2015
Concrete, metal
8 x 8 x 10 cm or 6 x 6 x 7,5 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Iris Musolf, Elle Shape Yourself, 2008
Photo: Ljupcho Temelkovski, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Private collection
Iris Musolf, Duzzy Duck, 2011
Photo: Iris Musolf
Iris Musolf, Shake a little Ass, 2011
Concrete
57 x 40 x 60 cm
Photo: Dieter Düvelmeyer, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and Iris Musolf
Storming Stella, 2011
Concrete
30 x 18 x 23 cm
Photo: Dieter Düvelmeyer, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and Iris Musolf
Schaf Dolly, 2011
Concrete
50 x 36 x 44 cm
Photo: Dieter Düvelmeyer, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and Iris Musolf
Love Pig, 2011
Concrete
52 x 40 x 36 cm
Photo: Dieter Düvelmeyer, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and Iris Musolf
Area 52 Alien Travel Size Love Doll, 2013 Jahre n. Chr., 2013
Plaster, stone, steel, MDF,
165 x 28 x 28 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Transvestite Travel Size Love Doll, 2013 Jahre n. Chr., 2013
Plaster, stone, steel, MDF, acrylic
185 x 60 x 30 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Myoplastischer Tisch, 2014
Acrystal, pulverbeschichteter Stahl, Plastazote, Aluminium,
Love Doll Bones (Gips)
170 x 61 cm x Höhe variabel
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Bottom Drawer (Aussteuer), 2014
Acrystal, varnish,
65 x 32 x 28 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Bottom Drawer (Aussteuer), 2014
Acrystal, varnish,
65 x 32 x 28 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Becoming It, 2014
Video, 07:24 Min, Loop, 16:9, Sound, Full HD
Edition 5 +2 AP
Photo: Iris Musolf
Iris Musolf_at Galerie Gilla Loercher 8550_300_min-idealweb
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Iris Musolf, Pink Brown Adidas
Pink Brown Adidas, 2011
35 x 43,5 cm (framed)
Make-Up on newspaper
Iris Musolf, Die Gelbe Kabine. 2018. Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
Photo: Gilla Loercher
Yule Balls by Iris Musolf
Installation view at booth Galerie Gilla Loercher. Positions Berlin art fair 2022. Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Iris Musolf. Yule Bomb8, 2021
concrete, metal
11 x 10 x 10 cm
Photo: Cordia Schlegelmilch. Courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and the artist
Exhibitions
Biography
Born 1980 in Hannover.
2008 - 2009
Meisterschülerin an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig with Candice Breitz
2005 - 2006
Art at Villa Arson, Ecole Nationale Supérieure dʼArt, Nizza, France
2002 – 2008
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig and TU Braunschweig (classes with Bogomir Ecker, Candice Breitz)
2001
French Literature and Culture, Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France
Publications
2021
„Spiele, Kinder, Kunstpublikum und andere Perversionen“
by Peter Joch about artists Djurberg & Berg, Kara Walker and Iris Musolf. Kunstforum International. Band 276/ 2021;
Interview with artist Iris Musolf. Deeds.world / art at Berlin.
2019
Fragmentarisches - Ein kunsthistorischer Exkurs von Birgit Möckel. S. 42 - 59. Schriftenreihe Band 6/2019: Zum Zufall. Erschienen zum Symposion. Herausgeber: Willms Neuhaus Stiftung, Berlin
2014
Kunst? Ja Kunst! Die Sehnsucht der Bilder, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Westend Verlag, Frankfurt/Main. ISBN 9783864890635
Exhibition Catalog. Die Blaue Klinge, Edition Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin
2011
Exhibition Catalog. Sex crime, beasts and tenderness, Edition Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin
Awards and Honors
2016
Award Art Competition for art in public space, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Salzgitter
2014
Sprengel Award Honor Hannover (Nomination)
2012
Junge Akademie, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Berlin (Nomination)
2008
Intensive Program AKI/ArtEZ, Borders of Perception, Enschede, Netherlands
2005 -2006
Erasmus - Stipend for Bildende Kunst, Nizza, France
Teaching
2015
Lecturer at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
2013
Lecturer for Art and Art Education at Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
2009-2013
Artistic-scientific assistant, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2020
Bockspringen, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
2016
One-Single-Artwork-Show #5, Galerie Gilla Loercher Contemporary Art, Berlin
2015
Digging on the Surface, Konsumverein Braunschweig
Limbo & Paradise, with Julia Charlotte Richter, Galerie Perpétuel, Frankfurt/Main
Berry me! Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
2014
GOGO, The Idling Gallery, Berlin
Die Blaue Klinge, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
2011
Sex crime, beasts and tenderness, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
A twist in a ta(i)le, with Nathalie Mba Bikoro, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
2009
Raumkonzept (Viel hat sich ereignet, viel gibt es zu erzählen), „Kleinraumdisko“, Raum für Junge Kunst, Braunschweig
2008
What do you think I would buy in 5 minutes?, Einzelpräsentation während der Ausstellung „Parasit”, Klasse Candice Breitz im „Satellit“, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2023
ALPTRAUM, Polarraum, Hamburg, D
2022
You Know That You Are Human, Points of Resistance, Zionskirche, Berlin, D
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
On Equal Terms, Uferhallen, Berlin
POSITIONS Berlin art fair, booth Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin
70 Jahre Kunst am Bau, Volkshochschule Hannover
Gemeinschaftsarbeiten (curated by Andreas Bee, Peter Sauerer), Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt/M
2021
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
Home run, Kommunale Galerie, Rathaus Johannisthal, Berlin
2020
SMALL WONDERS, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
Alptraum (No 17), Tam Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California, USA
2019
NABU PlanetArt - Festival of Nature (curated by Marianne Kapfer), Kühlhaus Berlin
2016
De Lirio. Galerie Brauchbach 5, Frankfurt/Main
Coming all together, Galerie Perpétuel, Frankfurt/Main
2015
Tales From Darkness, Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts, Goa, India
87. Herbstausstellung, Städtische Galerie vom Zufall und vom Glück / Kunstverein Hannover
INTRO, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
Und und und Peter Sauerer, Neue Galerie, Landshut
2014
Points of View Video Festival, PEA and Centrala Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Art Video Screening, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin
Freitag, der 13., The Idling Gallery, Berlin
2013
Global Warming, Kunstverein Mannheim
You should be..., Petra Rietz Salon Galerie Berlin
Tiere gehen immer, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
GEGENWART, curated by Gilla Loercher and Micha Prentovic, Frankfurt/Main
2012
Sondereditionen, Radierverein München
MANEGE # 3. HBC, Berlin
Biennale Mulhouse 012, Mulhouse, France
Berliner. Video Screening, Goethe-Institut New York, New York (USA)
To a venue dedicated to contemporary Videoart made in Germany, Gálpon Espacio Cultural, Lima (PERU)
2011
Still, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin
2010
Kein Schweiß aufs Holz, PG-lab Berlin
Nadelarbeit, Niedersächsische Landesvertretung Berlin
Qui vive? 2. Biennale für Junge Kunst Moskau; Projekt "Petit", Tsaritsino Museum Moskau, Russia
Petit. Exhibition in suitcase. ART LABOR Gallery Shanghai, China
2009
Besuch aus Braunschweig. Organhaus Chonqing, China
FIRST YOU PUT ONE FOOT IN, Freies Museum Berlin
AND THEN YOU REALLY GET INTO IT, Freies Museum Berlin
