Ariel Reichman (b. 1979 in Johannesburg, South Africa). Lives and works in Berlin.
Reichman’s works, realized across nearly all possible artistic media, are
based on the concepts of empathy and vulnerability; that is, they concern
everyone personally. The works are marked by his everyday experiences
and for that reason are also mercilessly honest and approachable.
Subjective memories, daily rituals and fantasies are the basis of his
artistic concerns. He is interested in the spiritual state of phenomena,
their possibilities of succeeding well or failing totally. For Reichman,
the intimate is also the political, and that concurrence can enable one
to try to understand politics and one’s own environment by means of
oneself, no matter whether it is fiction or truth, historical reality or fable.
Freud preferred the form of the silent word, that is, of the symptom,
which is the trace of a story. This would be a good description
of Reichman’s practice: he creates objects and artistic artifacts
that evoke feelings of confusion and conflicting emotions. Often
they cannot be resolved, and in that way they are analogous
to the contemporary conditio humana. He causes a trace to speak
and in the process urges forth an unarticulated truth that imprints
itself onto the surface of the works and thwarts rational composition.
Reichman creates an ambiguous and subtle play between private
and collective memory, apparent idyll, and subliminal brutality.
—by Bettina Steinbrügge
SOLO EXHIBITIONS.
2021Becoming Gewish. Kunstverein Heilbronn. Germany
Becoming Gewish. Kunstverein Arnsberg. Germany
This Is Worse. PSM. Berlin. Germany
2020In limbo. Arnsberg Kunstverein. Germany
2019The last (last) night. PSM. Berlin. Germany
2017The space between here and there. Akershus Kunstsenter. Norway
2016The view outside my basement window. PSM. Berlin. Germany
2015Conservation. Sommer Gallery. S2. Tel Aviv. Israel
2015And night they sleep they do. CCA. Tel Aviv. Israel
2014Regarding the memory of others. Frieze NY. USA
Who distinguishes between light and dark. London. UK
1200 k”g of dirt. Petach Tikva Museum. Israel
2013I am sorry Felix, but we are just too scared to fly. PSM. Berlin. Germany
3 seconds inhale 7 seconds exhale. L-40. Berlin. Germany
2011And it is in the Space Between Here and There. PSM. Berlin. Germany
2010I have to be strong. Gallery Jones. Cologne. Germany
Legal settlement. Program. Berlin. Germany
2009How can I say something about them if you don’t know who I am. E.Bannwarth Gallery. Paris. France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
2023Imagine a Museum (or: The remembering body). Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Israel
Who by fire. Haus am Lützowplatz. Berlin. Germany
Ich wehre mich und werde nicht müde. Museumsquartier Osnabrück. Germany
Fear and Love. Vaska Emanuilova city gallery. Plovdiv. Bulgaria
2022 Macht! Licht! Kunstmuseum Woflsburg. Germany
The Weight of Being. Week of Contemporary Art in Plovdiv. Bulgaria
2021 Mindboms. Kunsthalle Mannehim. Germany
Art Moves Mountains. Bad Gastein. Austria
An/Aus. Kwadrat Gallery. Berlin. Germany
2019This Is Not A Photo. Galerie Mitte. Bremen. Germany
Mostyn Open. Mostyn. Llandundo. Wales
2018In-visible Realness. Ps120. Berlin. Germany
2017Class Relations. Kunstverein In Hamburg. Germany
2016Current Affairs. Tel Aviv Museum Of Art. Israel
Regarding Africa. Tel Aviv Museum Of Art. Israel
2015False Flags. Pelican Bomb. New Orleans. USA
Welcome To The Jungle. KW. Berlin. Germany
The Museum Presents Itself 2. Tel Aviv Museum Of Contemporary Art. Israel
2013South South. Goodman Gallery. Capetown. South Africa
2012100 Years Readymade. Haifa Museum Of Art. Israel
City And Public Spaces. Museum Night. Plovdiv. Bulgaria
Positioning Osmotic Impulses. Savvy Contemporary. Berlin. Germany
Body Without Body. Georg Kolbe Museum. Berlin. Germany
Public Air. CCA Ujazdowski Castle. Warsaw. Poland
2011Metakom. Kunstverien Kreis Gueterlo. Germany
Metrospective. Program. Berlin. Germany
2010Codes/ Hiffren / Zeichen. Haus Am Kleistpark. Berlin. Germany
Manifesta 8. Region Of Murcia And Cartagena. Spain
Mediations Bienalle. Poznan. Poland
Endless Beginning. PSM Berlin. Germany
Freischuss. Kleine Humbolt Galerie. Berlin. Germany
2009Cliche. Museum Of Modern Art Moscow. Russia
Kunst Und Öffentlichkeit. NBK. Berlin. Germany
2007Altenburg Provinz In Europa. Lindenau Museum. Altenburg. Germany
f-stop International Photography Festival. Leipzig. Germany
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, PRIZES.
2023 Research grant. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa. Berlin. Germany
Stiftung Kunstfonds. Neustart Kultur plus-Stipendien für bildende Künstler*innen. Germany
Travel grant. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa. Berlin. Germany
Exhibition grant. Outset. Israel
2022 Stiftung Kunstfonds. Neustart Kultur-Stipendien für bildende Künstler*innen. Germany
2021 Projektförderung 1700 Jahre jüdisches Leben in Deutschland. Bundeministerium des Innern/Beauftragte der
Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Die Landesregierung NRW, Stadt Köln. Germany
Research grant. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa. Berlin. Germany
Presentation grant. Asylum. NY. USA
2020 Exhibition grant. Artis. NY. USA
2. Platz. Nicht offener Wettbewerb. Gedenkort. Stadthaus Hamburg. Germany
Artist grant. Asylum. NY. USA
2018 Exhibition grant. Artis. NY. USA
Catalog grant. Mifal Hapais. Israel
2016 Exhibition grant. Artis. NY. USA
Residency Unlimited. NY. USA
2015 Air Residency. Ujazdowski Castle. Warsaw. Poland
2014 Exhibition grant. Artis. NY. USA
Culture now. ICA London. UK
2010 2. Platz. IBB Preis für Fotografie. Karl Hofer Gesellschaft. Berlin. Germany