ROBERT KRAISS

Robert Kraiss creates dense, labor-intensive drawings that dissolve before our eyes and then reemerge in a psychedelic spectrum of color. The artist's spontaneous mark-making and physical process brings his mythological imagery to the brink of destruction.  The selection of works pictured here are culled from several of the artist's series, illustrating his diverse influences and propensity towards creative experimentation. 

LARGE FORMAT WORKS

SMALL FORMAT WORKS

Galerie Norbert Arns, Köln, 2019.  Photo by Simon Vogel.

EXHIBITIONS

SLICES

New Works by Gallery Artists

OCTOBER 10 - NOVEMBER 11, 2024

ROBERT KRAISS

JULY 13 - AUGUST 23, 2023

SLIGHT OF HAND 2022

Small Works by Contemporary Artists

Goya Deep / Goya Flat

NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2022

ROBERT KRAISS


Born in 1972 in Bonn, Germany

Lives and works in Cologne, Germany

Photo by Roberto De Simone
  • Robert Kraiss studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Georg Herold (master class student) and Oswald Wiener from 2000-2006. His work has been featured in exhibitions across Europe, including solo exhibitions at Tobias Hantmann Studio, Berlin; Norbert Arns Gallery, Cologne; Desaga Gallery, Cologne; and Kilchmann Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland.  Kraiss has been awarded grants by the Stiftung Kunstfonds Foundation, the Rheinlande and Westfalen Art Association, and the Friends of Düsseldorf Art Academy. He frequently lectures on experimental drawing and recently completed a substitute professorship at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle Germany.

  • Mepaintsme spoke with the artist to discuss contradiction, inspirations, and aggressive means of expression.

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  • EDUCATION

    2000-2006 Masters, Düsseldorf Art Academy with Georg Herold and Oswald Wiener, Germany

    1993-1997 Diploma, Occupational Therapy, Hogeschool Heerlen, the Netherlands 

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

    2020 Robert Kraiss, Tobias Hantmann Studio, Berlin, Germany

    2019 French Rubbing Trance Bleeding, Norbert Arns Gallery, Cologne, Germany

    2018 Pleasanteries contre le progres (Jokes Against Progress), Norbert Arns Gallery, Cologne, Germany

    2017 L.L.Q.O.O.H.L.J, Lungengasse, Cologne, Germany 

    2016 Das unironischste Rot (The Most Unironic Red), Susanne Burmester Gallery, Rügen, Germany

    2015 Diana and Actaeon, Artothek, Cologne, Germany

    2011 Baume Mapic, Desaga Gallery, Cologne, Germany

    2011 Marquise Dance Hall, Istanbul, Turkey

    2009 Cleanth Wiegand Solger, Desaga Gallery, Cologne, Germany

    2007 Ich, Zeichengeilo, Kilchmann Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

    2022 Works on Paper on Fridges, Harkawik, New York

    2022 Edition for Jagla Showroom, Cologne, Germany

    2022 Aviator Meise, Rhenania, Cologne, Germany

    2021 FROM MARCH TO MARCH, Norbert Arns Gallery, Cologne, Germany

    2020  Warsaw Biennial, Warsaw, Poland

    2019  Munch Guests, Edvard Munch House, Warnemünde, Germany

    2019  Pantaloneonsmühlengasse (Pantaloneons Mills Alley), Cologne, Germany

    2018 Empty stomach at zero gravity, Opdahl Gallery, Stavanger, Norway

    2016 Collective Display, Mehrwertvitrine, Aachen, Germany

    2015 Welcome to Lung Alley, Lungengasse, Cologne, Germany

    2015  Susanne Burmester Gallery, Rügen, Germany

    2012 Desaga Gallery, Art Miami, United States

    2012  Desaga Gallery, Art Cologne, Germany

    2008 90° is Hard, Simultanhalle, Cologne, Germany

    2007 The Magic Pedestal, Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin

    2006 The truth tut gut (The truth is good), Montgomery, Berlin

    2005 Compilation II, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

    AWARDS / GRANTS

    2012 Artist Monograph Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds Foundation, Bonn, Germany

    2011 Istanbul Grant, City of Cologne, Germany

    2010 Annual Artist Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds Foundation, Bonn, Germany

    2008 Grant to produce MAXIM exhibition catalogue, Stiftung Kunstfonds Foundation, Bonn, Germany

    2007 Artist Grant, Rheinlande and Westfalen Art Association, Düsseldorf, Germany

    2004 Scholarship, Friends of Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany

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