Christoph Both-Asmus
The oeuvre by the multimedia artist Christoph Both-Asmus spans from large-scale paper works, objects and photographs to performance in the interplay between the themes of sustainability and environmentalism as well as nature cults.
In recent years we have been part of a transformative change. People are becoming more and more aware of global changes and the interconnection of almost all aspects of our life. Christoph is both an artist and an environmentalist and willing to raise awareness for the ecosystem’s fragility and the importance of protecting the primary rainforest, the lungs of our planet. Therefore, his so far most extensive project “The Tree Walker” led him meet with artists and scientists in Central Africa climbing trees and making paper works directly in the rainforest. His collaborations p.e. with the renowned botanist Prof. Francis Hallé and Cameroonian artist Hervé Youmbi gave him a deep insight into the current situation and meanings of the forest. With his transdisciplinary approach, the artist seeks out the relationship between knowledge and non-knowledge and makes positions significant in his sensitively explored artworks.
Christoph received his M.A. from the Sandberg Institute of Fine Arts in Amsterdam in 2010. He was awarded with prestigious awards and grants for his work, including the Mondriaan Fond Amsterdam. His work has been presented in exhibitions throughout Germany, Netherlands, Poland, UK, Portugal, Greece, Cameroon, Gabon, Egypt, Japan, and the USA, p.e. at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin/DE, Center for Polish Sculpture Oronsko/PL, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig/DE, Coda Museum Apeldorn/NL, Serralves Museum, Porto/PL.
Artist Info
Biography
Born 1984 in Bad Soden-Salmünster/DE
Lives and works in Berlin/DE
Education
2008-2010
MA Fine Arts, Sandberg Institute for Fine Arts, Amsterdam/NL
2009
Master Class of Hermann Nietsch, Apeldoorn/NL
2004-2008
BA Fine Arts, AKI Academy of Art and Design, Enschede/NL
2001-2003
College for Design, Ferdinand-Braun School, Fulda/DE
Scholarships and Artist in Residencies
2017
Artist in Residency, Hambacher Forst, Hambach/DE
2016
Grant, ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Stuttgart/DE
International Wood Sculpture Open-Air Symposium, Gdańsk/PL
Artist in Residency, Factory, Douala/CM
2015
Grant, ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Stuttgart/DE
Artist in Residency, CAP (Corinth Art Platform), Corinth/GR
Grant, Jack Daniels – Supporter of the Independent Program, Hamburg/DE
2014
Grant & Residency, Kunst im Block, Greifswald/DE
2012
Merz DIY (Kurt Schwitters summer school), Merz Barn, Lake District/GB
2011/2012
Working Grant, Mondriaanfonds, Amsterdam/NL
2010
Blooming Artists, Bergen an Zee/NL
Selected solo exhibitions and collaborations
2019
Baum-Raum, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
Open Studio (with Chika Takabayashi), Prinzessinenngarten/St Jacobi Park, 48h Neukölln Festival, Berlin/DE
2017
Mondrian Fan Club and David Medalla, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice/IT
Fresh Paint art fair, represented by WHITECONCEPTS, Natural History Museum, Tel Aviv/ILS
Inhaling Nature, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
2016
Requiem, rk Gallery/Berlin Art Week, Berlin/DE
Holy Process, Festival of Ephemeral Art – Conteksty, Sokolowsko/PL
2015
Holy Process, Festival of Ephemeral Art – Conteksty, Sokolowsko/PL
Floisvos, CAP (Corinth Art Platform), Corinth/GR
Rivers and Trees, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
2014
Requiem For A Dying Planet, Manpower Festival, Lisbon/PT
Conquering Places, Greifswald/DE
Untitled (The Tunnel by David Medalla), Another Vacant Space, Berlin/DE
2013
Lingua Franca (The Egg by David Medalla), Saarländische Galerie, Berlin/DE
2011
Tree Walker, Kuiperdomingos Projects, Berlin/DE
2010
The Herzogian Moment, Lodge 222, Dordrecht/NL
2009
Scarred, Het Torentje, Almelo/NL
Selected group exhibitions and screenings
2019
The Universal Sea, Universität der Künste, Berlin/DE
2018
Berlin Zulage, BERLIN ALLOWANCE , with Eberhard Bosslet, Berlin/DE
Our Anthropocene: Eco-Crises, The Center for Book Arts, New York/USA
2017
Art Panigiry, CAP (Corinth Art Platform), Corinth/GR
The intricate detail, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
2016
Who wants to die?, rk Galerie, Berlin/DE
Gdańsk Community Foundation, Gdańsk/PL
Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko/PL
Manpower Festival, Lisbon/PT
Academia Portuguesa de Cinema – Gala de Prémios Sophia, National Competition
Thinking Like a Forest/ Guided by Stars of the Southern Hemisphere, Acud Gallery, Berlin/DE
Possible Worlds, Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin/DE
I am looking at that wardrobe but it was smaller, HANGAR, Lisbon/PT
TABAKALERA, San Sebastián/ES
NYC Museum of Moving Image, New York/USA
2015
Art Market Budapest, with WHITECONCEPTS, Budapest/HU
A Moment in Time, The 100th Anniversary of Joszéf Brandt’s Death, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko/PL
Cinemateca – O Dia mais Curto, Agencia da Curta Metragem, Lisbon/PT
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Lisbon/PT
Darb 1718, Cairo/EG
Festival Nouveau Cinema, Montreal/CN
Curtas Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Vila do Conde/PT
Salomé Lamas: Parafiction (avant-premiere), Serralves Museum, Porto/PT
HYPER HYPER can´t stop the hardcore, Spinnereirundgang, Halle14, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig/DE
Ten Years, Spinnerei Galleries, Leipzig/DE
The Forest, Group Global 3000, Berlin/DE
Resist Restart, Vesselroom Project, Berlin/DE
2014
The Inner Wealth, Conference of the Visionaries, Berlin/DE
OPENthewoods, Von Gimborn Arboretum, Doorn/NL
Rhizome, Camden Image Gallery, London/GB
Kunst Im Block, Greifswald/DE
Conquering Places, Kunst Im Block, Greifswald/DE
2013
False Sentimentale, Kunstverein Fulda/DE
Climbing To The Edge Of A Tree Top, Book Fair, Amsterdam/NL
At Night, Volksgalerie, Berlin/DE
Branchings, Rosalux, Berlin/DE
Moment Of Clarity, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam/NL
2012
Lovely Wilderness, CBK, Roosendaal/NL
English shorts, Sputnik Kino, Berlin/DE
Supermarked Art Fair, Stockholm/SE
2011
Salon, Kuiperdomingos Projects, Berlin/DE
Attempts To Get Inside The World, Lewisham Arthouse, London/GB
Tree Walker, Ot301, Amsterdam/NL
Tree Walker – Man In Tree, Luxus Loft, Berlin/DE
Tree Walker – Man In Tree, Wild Tree, Climber, Kultur Am Nauener Platz, Berlin/DE
Tree Walker – One Future, Kunstkapel Zuidas, Amsterdam/NL
Green House, Foundation Zet, Amsterdam/NL
2010
Tuyap Art Fair, Istanbul/TR
Post Dort, CBK, Dordrecht/NL
Tree Walker, Art Pie, Amsterdam/NL
Dream, Wild Tree, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam/NL
2009
One Future, Pregnant Man, Whale, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam/NL
2008
Just Drawing, Het Havenkwartier Te Deventer, Deventer/NL
Just Drawing, Rc De Ruimte, Ijmuiden/NL
Debut, M.I.C.K, Delden/NL
Debut, Aki, Enschede/NL
2007
Pregnant Man, Coda Museum for Modern Art, Apeldorn/NL
Untitled, Fauna, Enschede/NL