Staff

Prof. Christian Frosch
Chair holder for painting, drawing, space and interdisciplinary strategies
Consultation hours in winter semester 24/25:
Wednesday 08.00 - 09.00 a.m. in Kuhstraße 30 (wood and metal workshop)
Please register for an appointment by email in advance.
Contact:
Tel.: +49 3834 420 3265
Email: christian.froschuni-greifswaldde
Homepage Prof. Christian Frosch [de]
Address:
Bahnhofstraße 46/47
17489 Greifswald
Curiculum Vitae
Since 4/2015 Chair of painting/drawing/space and interdisciplinary artistic strategies at the Caspar David Friedrich Institute of the University of Greifswald
2-9/2014 Trainee teacher at the Wittelsbacher Gymnasium Munich
2013 1st state examination for teaching degree grammar schools
2006-2012 Artistic assistant to Prof. Res Ingold at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (art education, interdisciplinary projects)
2007- 2009 Member of the Senate and University Council of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2011 Workshop and lectures "colour and paint" in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in cooperation with the Goethe Institute of Kazakhstan
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Hampshire College MA, USA
2008-2012 Teaching contract for the basics of design at the university of applied sciences (UAS) Weihenstephan - Triesdorf, faculty of landscape architecture
2007 Guest Lecture at the TaiK (University of Art and Design), Helsinki
2006 Guest Lecturer at Guernsey College for Art and Design, Channel Islands Guest Lecture at Jersey College for Art and Design, Channel Islands
2003-2013 Head of Fine Arts at the Summer Academy Neuburg an der Donau (from 2003-2009 together with Prof. Franz Billmayer)
1998-2003 lecturer for painting and drawing at the Summer Academy Neuburg an der Donau
Since 1998 working as a freelance visual artist
1998 Diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
1996 Visiting student of Prof. Magdalena Jetelová at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
1991-1998 Studied painting and graphic art (fine arts / art education) at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich under Prof. Helmut Sturm and others
1990-1991 Studied Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
1968 born in Gräfelfing, lives and works in Greifswald and Munich
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2020 EW, Gallery Werner Klein, Cologne
2018 neue arbeiten, Galerie & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg (together with Eric Snell)
Malereiforschung, Gallery Susanne Burmester, Putbus
einfach easy, Association for Original Etching Munich (together with Aron Herdrich)
2017 Leonardo, Gallery Werner Klein, Cologne
2015malereiforschung 2015, GPL contemporary Vienna
2014 AQ 2014 - Malereiforschung, Gallery Werner Klein, Cologne
2013 paint, Gallery Ahlers, Göttingen
WAIT, gallery frosch&portmann, New York
2012 probeanstrich, kunst@architektur, Munich
2010 panta rhei - everything flows, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
2009 10 jahre malereiforschung, Galerie Ahlers, Göttingen
2008 AtelierLaborMuseum, E.ON Munich
2007 Szenenwechsel, Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt
Interdeck, Werner Klein Gallery, Cologne
Interdeck, Dina4 Projekte Munich
HerderRaumFürKunst, Cologne
2006 5 Jahre Malereiforschung, Kunstverein Friedberg
Grange House, Guernsey Channel Islands
2005 Schauproduktion #37, Dina's Garage , Dina4 Projekte Munich
in search of lost painting, Osram Gallery, Munich
2004 Malereiforschung aus der Villa Romana, Kunstverein Aichach
Malereiforschung aus der Villa Romana, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
etalage71, Stichting Idee Fixe, Breda, Netherlands
2002 Abstriche, Gallery Werner Klein, Cologne
Abstriche+Makros, Neue Galerie der Stadt Landshut, Germany
2000 Makros, Werner Klein Gallery, Cologne
Neues der Malereiforschung, Artothek Munich
1999 pathologische Malerei, Jette Rudolph Gallery, Berlin
1998 FroschPerspektiven, Municipal Gallery Neuburg / Danube
Group exhibitions (selection)
2020 "Fünf Positionen der Gegenwart in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern", Kunstsammlung Neubrandenburg
2019 paintinmotion, Stern-Wywiol Gallery, Hamburg
2018 Simply a Painting, Kunstverein Wolfsburg
art & science, Till Richter Museum Buggenhagen
2017 cold reading #2, Susanne Burmester Gallery, Putbus
kreis-kugel-scheibe, Gallery & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg
papier = Kunst 9, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
caspars kinder, Neue Galerie Landshut
munich impression, Claudia Weil Gallery, Rinnenthal
Land in Sicht, Güstrow Castle
2016 Rausch, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen
2014 CROSS OVER old& new, GPL contemporary Vienna
Farbe und System, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Weiß – Aspekte einer Farbe in Moderne und Gegenwart, Museum Kulturspeicher Würzburg
Collector´s Choice Only – Konzept, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle
Strich um Strich, 6th Biennial of Drawing, Kunstverein Eislingen
Raw Materials, from the hardware store to the museum, Städtische Galerie
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Raw Materials, from the hardware store to the museum, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst
2013 Let there be colour, Galerie & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg
2012 Raw Materials, from the hardware store to the museum, Museum of Concrete Art Ingolstadt
Alles Linie, material and drawing, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Kunst und Wunderkammer revisited, Große Rathausgalerie Landshut
2011 Farbe im Fluss, Museum Weserburg Bremen
Painting #011, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg
2009 Lothringer 13, Städtische Kunsthalle Munich
2008 Zeitblick, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
gegenstandslos, gkg Bonn
Susanne Wagner/Christian Frosch, weltraum, Munich
2007 Works on Paper, Gallery N. von Bartha, London
Works on Paper, Gallery Werner Klein, Cologne
Paint-o-Mania, New Tendencies in Painting, Stadtgalerie Kiel
EHF - Ein Überblick, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin
Mehrfach, Werner Klein Gallery, Cologne
Weltenburger Spuren, DG for Christian Art, Munich
2004 ein-sehen, Gallery & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg
2003 wir 2, Werner Klein Gallery, Cologne
hommage to..., Gallery & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg
2000 Schirmherrschaft, NN-Fabrik, Eisenstadt , Austria
1999 Millenium Jahresgaben 1999, Kunstverein Munich
Scholarships and projects
(selection)
2014 Participation in the 9th EHF workshop in Cadenabbia, Italy
2010 urban trials, exchange project between the Kunstakademie München and Mimar Sinan University Istanbul
2006 International Artist in Residence Programme Guernsey
EHF scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
2005 Blind Date 1 June 2005, Kunstverein Hannover
Axa Art Conservation Project in cooperation with the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
2004 Scholarship holder of the Villa Vigoni Colleague, Loveno di Menaggio, Italy
2003 Working scholarship from the foundation Kunstfonds Bonn
3 months guest studio at the Villa Romana Florence
Project funding from the GOLART Foundation
1999 Scholarship at the Künstlerhaus Lukas (Ahrenshoop),
Foundation Kulturfonds Berlin
1995 France scholarship from the Franco-German Youth Organisation
Works in collections
(Selection)
Art collection of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Kienbaum Collection
Artothek Munich, AXA Art Collection Germany
Bavarian State Painting Collections Munich
Paul Ege Art Collection, Freiburg, Museum of Concrete Art Ingolstadt
NOMAS Foundation Rome, BMW Munich Collection
E.ON Energie AG Collection, Hypovereinsbank Collection Munich
OSRAM Collection, Ivo Wessel Collection, Berlin
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne 2017, (Text: Tobias Hoffmann: Malereiforschung - ein forschender Maler )
Collection catalogue Sammeln, um zu sehen, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, published by Ege Kunst- & Kulturstiftung, Freiburg 2015
Exhibition catalogue Weiß: Aspekte einer Farbe in Moderne und Gegenwart, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg 2014
Exhibition catalogue 6.biennale der Zeichnung, strich um strich, Kunstverein Eislingen 2014
Exhibition catalogue Raw materials, Vom Baumarkt ins Museum, Museum of Concrete Art Ingolstadt 2012, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld, 2012
Collection catalogue Idee Konkret, ed. Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt, Wienand Verlag Cologne, 2012
Exhibition catalogue Farbe im Fluss, Museum Weserburg Bremen 2011, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld, 2011
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, AtelierLaborMuseum, Piazza der EOn Energie AG, Munich, 2009 (Text: Marianne Hoffmann: Painting Researches of a Painter - An Attempt at Classification)
Exhibition catalogue Zeitblick Ankäufe der Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1998-2008, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin2008, DuMONT Buchverlag Köln, 2008
Jens Rönnau: Paint-o-mania - Neue Malerei aus Deutschland, in: Kunstforum International, Vol. 184, 2007
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, Interdeck, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne 2007, (Interview Wolfgang Ullrich: in conversation with Christian Frosch )
Karin Derstroff: Christian Frosch betreibt Malereiforschung im MKK Ingolstadt, in: Donaukurier 25.11.2007
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, International Artist in Residence Programme, Guernsey, 2006 (Text: Eric Snell: The fact of matter)
Exhibition catalogue Paint-O-Mania, Neue Malerei aus Deutschland, Stadtgalerie Kiel, 2006
Exhibition catalogue Galerie aktueller Kunst im Osram Haus 2004/05, exhibitions 2004/2005 Osram, Munich 2005
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, Malereiforschung aus der Villa Romana, Kunstverein Aichach 2004 (Text: Jan Thorn-Prikker: Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Malerei)
Noemi Smolik: Christian Frosch, in: Kunstforum International, Volume 160 , 2002
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, Makros+Abstriche, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne 2002 (Text: Jürgen Kisters: Christian Frosch Makros und Abstriche)
Nicola Henze: Forscherblick: „Makros“ von Christian Frosch, in: Berliner Morgenpost 10.10.2000
Karlheinz Schmid: Forschen als Devise, in: Kunstzeitung March 1999
Exhibition catalogue Christian Frosch, Städtische Galerie Neuburg an der Donau, 1998 (Texts: Lutz Meier: Lauter Perverse; Justin Hoffmann: Christian Froschs " Anatomisch-Pathologische Sammlung Malerei")