BIO
Wiebke Mertens (*1997 in Suhl) is a painter who lives and works in Bremen, Germany.
In her figurative paintings, she works on the staging of bodies - she examines the act of posing and its legibility.
Her paintings focus on self-expression and relationships, covering and exposing, clothing and pop culture.
Wiebke Mertens grasps portraiture as a form of interaction.
Wiebke Mertens
Güterbahnhof Bremen, Tor 30
Beim Handelsmuseum 9
28195 Bremen
wiebkepmertens@gmail.com
CV
*1997 in Suhl
Shows (Solo / Duo)
2023 Carried a watermelon, Galerie Herold, Bremen
2023 Walk The Line (together with Anne Moder), Galerie K’, Bremen
2022 leaking (together with Anne Moder), From The A, Bremen
2020 PALAST (together with Anne Moder), Kunst- und Kulturverein SPEDITION, Bremen
Group Shows
2024 Krautzungen: Die Unterirdischen, Westwerk, Hamburg
2024 zip, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen
2023 This Is Not A Photo III, Galerie Mitte, Bremen
2023 Container Love, Tor 40, Güterbahnhof, Bremen
2022 12. Werner-Kühl-Prize (preselection), Kreismuseum, Syke
2022 Contemporary Pizza, Galerie Mitte, Bremen, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, Kunstraum NeuDeli, Leipzig
2022 Prize for Figurative Art (preselection), Galerie Bodenseekreis, Meersburg
2022 Einfädelspur, Zuostand, Berlin
2022 Mein Ross Braucht Paraden, raus.project Vol. 15, Crawinkel
2022 INDORF OUTDORF, Masters Of Pure Art, Bremen
2022 Fünf Sterne, Ciao, Güterbahnhof, Bremen
2022 My neighbour is a hunter, University of Fine Arts, Dresden
2021 SHORT DATED, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden
2021 Stereo 2, Kunst- und Kulturverein SPEDITION, Bremen
2020 Stereo 1, Art University, Mainz
2018 say shibboleth, Galerie oqbo, Berlin
2017 Contemporary Hearts, Franz Flemming Studios, Leipzig
2016 WIR, DAS MORGEN, Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz
2016 error: x, OSTRALE' O16, Dresden
Scholarships / Residencies / Grants
2024 Karin Hollweg Prize
2023 Artist in Residence, Kombinat e.V., Spinnerei Leipzig
2019–2024 Cusanuswerk study grant - ongoing monthly scholarship
Education
2023–2024 Meisterschülerin of Prof. Katrin von Maltzahn - University of the Arts Bremen (HfK Bremen)
2022 Gaststudent of Prof. Anne Neukamp - Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK Dresden)
2017–2023 Fine Art Diploma in the Class for Painting and Drawing with Prof. Katrin von Maltzahn - University of the Arts Bremen
Other
Since 2022 Curator of CIAO at Güterbahnhof, Bremen (together with Anne Moder)