Robert Klümpen (born 1973 in

Issum Issum is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately east of Geldern. Economy Issum is home to the Diebels brewery, the largest altbier brewery in the world. Notable natives * ...

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) is a German

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. In 2001, he graduated from

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, where he studied with A. R. Penck and . He lives and works in

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Awards

*1999 Fellowship Kunstakademie Düsseldorf *2004 Fellowship in Venice (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) *2005 Villa Romana Fellow

Exhibitions

2009–10

*Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek, Düsseldorf, "Ich bring Frische"

2009

*Galerie Seippel, Köln, "Schauraum Dachs u. Fuchs"

2008

*Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf, "Hier zu? Dann geh‘ an‘ Kiosk!"

2007

*Galerie Seippel, Köln *Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt/M., Bright Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Dicke Freunde (with Peter Josef Abels)

2006

*Villa de Bank, Enschede, Niederlande, lekker *Galerie Seippel, Köln, Himmel un Ähd (Katalog) *Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf, Klümpen und Lander. "Und gut is". (with Alexander Lauer)

2005

*"Einkehr", Emsdetterner Kunstverein *"Zur Kasse, bitte", Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen *"gute Nacht", Kunstverein Göppingen

2004

*"Villa Romana-Preisträger", Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal *"Reserviert", Galerie Triebold, Riehen/Switzerland *"Souvenir", Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt am Main *"Diensteingang", Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, Venedig

2003

*"Helles und Dunkles", with Ulrich Meister, Galerie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst e.V., Munich *"Herbst", Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf *"Lenz", Galleria Mudimadue, Milano

2002

*FFFZ Kunstforum, Düsseldorf *Galerie Timm Gierig, Frankfurt *Galerie Alfred Knecht, Karlsruhe *"Gloria", Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne *"Tor", Kunstsommer Oberhausen 2002, Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf/Oberhausen *"Vielen Dank, auf Wiedersehen", Galerie Lethert, Bad Münstereifel *"Separée", Galerie Seippel, Cologne *"Liveshow", La Lune en Parachute (Kunstverein), Epinal/France *Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen *"Pascha", Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus

2001

*"BILK", Galerie Triebold, Rheinfelden/Switzerland *"Acryl auf Nessel", art-agents-gallery, Hamburg *"Paper Jam – Junge Kunst im Fodus", Bielefelder Kunstverein *"Malerei & Anstrich", mit Arno Bojak, Galerie Tedden, Düsseldorf *"ACCROCHAGE", Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne *Art Cologne, Galerie Triebold, Rheinfelden/Switzerland

2000

*"Von Chaos und Ordnung der Seele II", Mainz, Nürnberg *"Garage", Kunstverein Oberhausen *Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne *"Zwinger", BBK Düsseldorf

1999

*Kunstverein Xanten e.V., with Sven Kroner *"Höhe x Breite", Bayerische Landesbank, Luxembourg *Museum Karlsruhe, with Frank Jebe *Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf *"Madau", Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf

1998

*"Düsseldorfer Akzente", Nordstern Versicherungs-AG, Cologne

References

External links

Robert Klümpen 'Ich bring Frische'
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