Chris Hammerlein, Compared With Me A Tree is Immortal or From My Rotting Body Flowers Shall Grow and I Am in Them and That Is Eternity, Glazed ceramic, 19,2 x 22 x 15,3 inches, 2013
CHRIS HAMMERLEIN
born 1962 in Cincinnati, Ohio
lives and works in Berlin
1986 Atelier Italia, Ronciglione, Italy
1992 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York
2005 BA, The New School, New York
2010 MFA, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2015 - It's a Wonderful World, Sorry We're Closed,Brussels
2014 - Hammerfest, Cruise & Callas, Berlin
2013 - Sculpture, Cruise & Callas, Berlin
2008 - Derek Eller Gallery, NY
2007 - Arena México, Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
2006 - Derek Eller Gallery, NY
Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 - Derek Eller Gallery, NY
2002 - Derek Eller Gallery, NY (project room)
2001 - Derek Eller Gallery, NY
2000 - Hammer of the Gods, Universidad De Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Derek Eller Gallery, NY
1996 - Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995 - Skin and Bones, Amanda Obering Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 - Dumb, Amanda Obering Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993 - Failure, Amanda Obering Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 - Beasts of Revelation, DCMoore Gallery, New York, NY
2008 - How To Cook A Wolf: Part One, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2007 - NeoIntegrity, Derek Ellery Gallery, New York, NY
Tease, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York, NY
Don't Look, The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Hard Times
Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2006 - Transformer,Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Twice Drawn, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs,
Drawing III, g-module, Paris, France
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005 - Looking at Words: The Formal Presence Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
The General's Jamboree, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Viviseccion. Dibujo contemporaneo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico
2004 - Termite Art Against White Elephant: Present Behaviour in Drawing, Fundacion ICO, Madrid, Spain
2003 - Brooklyn Bounce & The Cootie Catcher, The Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
The Company We Keep, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Zounds, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2002 - Pop Patriotism, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
The Empire Strikes Back, ATM Gallery, New York, NY
2001 - Three Project Rooms, In Arco, Torino, Italy
2000 - Il Contratto del Disegnatore, In Arco, Torino, Italy
Greater New York, P.S.1, New York, NY
Hairy Forearm II, Feature, Inc., New York, NY
1999 - Group Show, Feature, Inc., New York, NY
Would Have Had, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
Jason Fox and Chris Hammerlein, Feature, Inc., New York, NY
Chris Hammerlein, Daniel Heimbinder, Kinke Kooi, H&G Gallery, Montreal
1998 - YOYOGAGA, Feature, Inc., New York, NY
1997 - Group Show, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
1996 - Mirror Enough, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
1995 - Spring Selections, Drawing Center, New York, NY
1994 - Toys/Art/Us, Castel Gallery, New Rochelle
Mondo Lot, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 - Trance Sex, Amanda Obering Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA