born 1968 Göttingen, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
selected solo exhibitions
2023
Christian Jankowski: Antikstübchen Nachwort II, Contemporary Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland
Christian Jankowski: Neue Malerei – Cultural Cubism, Suprainfinit Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2022
I was told to go with the flow, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Stuttgart, Germany
2021
Plastic Surgery, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2016
Christian Jankoswki: Retrospektive, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2015
Christian Jankowski: Überbelieferte Kunstgeschichte, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2014
Heavy Weight History, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israal; Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Christian Jankowski’s Survey, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
2012
Christian Jankowswki: Casting Jesus, Brenzkirche Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, USA; CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga, Málaga, Spain
2011
Casting Jesus, Lisson Gallery, London UK; Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico; Complesso Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, Italy
The Finest Art on Water, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2010
Strip the Auctioneer, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, USA
Was ich noch zu erledigen habe, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Living Sculptures, Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin, Germany
2008
Dienstbesprechung, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Angels of Revenge, Sue Cockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2007
Super Classical, Maccarone Inc., New York, USA
Living Sculptures: The Real Fiction I. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2006
The Frankenstein Set, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Us and Them, The Kitchen, New York, USA
2005
A Life That Changes Your Week, Para-site, Hong Kong, China
Everything Fell Together, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, USA; List Center for the Arts, MIT, Cambridge, USA
Say it Together, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA; MC Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2004
Kunstmuseum, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Oops!… I did it again, Videonale im Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
16mm Mystery, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
2003
The Day We Met, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea; Artistspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Christian Jankowski, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
2002
Point of Sale, Maccarone Inc., New York, USA
The Holy Artwork, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA
2001
Christian Jankowski, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Commercial Landscape, Galleriea Gio Marconi, Milano, Italy
2000
Play, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland
The Matrix Effect, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA
1999
Videosalon, Videodrome, Copenhagen, Denmark
Paroles Sur Le Vif, Goethe Institut, Paris, France
1997
Let’s Get Physical/Digital, Art Node, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie der Gegenwart Hamburg, 2097, Statement Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
1996
Mein Leben als Taube, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
1992
Die Jagd, Supermärkte, Friedensallee 12, Hamburg, Germany
Schamkasten (with F. Restle), Friedensallee 12, Hamburg, Germany
selected group exhibitions
2025
Double Cheese Platter. Centenary of the Collection. Twenty Years of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2024
To Invert and Be Inverted, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2022
Form Follows Energy, OMR, Mexico city, Mexico
2021
tinyBE living in a sculpture, Metzlerpark, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2016
Autogestion, Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
2015
When I Give, I Give Myself, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013
The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Privat, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2012
Utopie Gesamkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Im Raum des Betrachters, Piankothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Move, National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2010
Taipei Biennale 2010, Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Move: Choreographing You, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2009
The Studio Sessions, SF MoMa, San Francisco, USA
2004
State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
1999
Plateau of Humankind, 48th Venice Biennale, Italy
1997
L’Autre, 4e Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
