Gerhardsen Gerner is a gallery for contemporary art located at Linienstrasse 85 in
Berlin-Mitte
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Mitte proper comprises the historic center of Old ...
. The gallery maintains a second space in
Oslo
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, and is operated by gallery owners Atle Gerhardsen (*1964 in Oslo) and Nicolai Gerner-Mathisen (*1979 in Oslo).
The gallery was founded by Atle Gerhardsen in Oslo in 1995, under the name ''c/o''. Atle Gerhardsen showed works by artists such as
Tony Oursler
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,
Matthew Ritchie
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and
Carroll Dunham
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for the first time in Oslo. After moving to Berlin in 2000, Atle Gerhardsen opened the space in the railway arches near the
Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station
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under the name ''c/o – Atle Gerhardsen'' in 2001.
In early 2009, the gallery was renamed ''Gerhardsen Gerner'' in order to include the name of Atle Gerhardsen's business partner of many years, Nicolai Gerner-Mathisen. Atle Gerhardsen and Nicolai Gerner-Mathisen opened their premises in Oslo in the newly built district Tjuvholmen on 15 May 2012. In Oslo the gallery has shown exhibitions with artists such as
Tal R,
Julian Opie
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Life and education
Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in the city of Oxford. He attended The Dragon School and then Magdalen College School, Oxford ...
,
Georg Herold
Georg Herold (born 1947) is a German artist. He works in sculpture, installation, painting, photography, and video art. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Early life and education
Herold finalized a traineeship as an artist blacksmith and ...
,
Olafur Eliasson
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In 1995, ...
[ Hedvig Østrem, Veslemøy: ''Arrogante arkitekter, bortskjemte kunstnere'', Aftenposten, 3 September 2012] or in March 2014 the group exhibition ''DO NOT DISTURB'' with the Scandinavian artist duo
Elmgreen & Dragset
Michael Elmgreen (born 1961; Copenhagen, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (born 1969; Trondheim, Norway) have worked together as an artist duo since 1995. Their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design.
Elmgreen & Dragset li ...
.
After 15 years at
Jannowitzbrücke the Berlin gallery moves in February 2016 to the new premises at Linienstrasse 85.
Artists represented by Gerhardsen Gerner
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Amy Adler
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She has had one-person shows at the ...
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Nader Ahriman
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Per Inge Bjørlo
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Monica Bonvicini
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(Oslo)
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Edgar Bryan
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Carroll Dunham
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Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson (; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience.
In 1995, ...
(Oslo)
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Lothar Hempel
Lothar Hempel (born 1966 in Cologne) is a German artist based in Berlin. He attended Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1987 to 1992.
Artistic practice
Hempel transforms the exhibition space into a stage on which the visitor becomes an actor in a st ...
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Georg Herold
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Early life and education
Herold finalized a traineeship as an artist blacksmith and ...
(Oslo)
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Jim Lambie
James Lambie (born 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a contemporary visual artist, and was shortlisted for the 2005 Turner Prize with an installation called ''Mental Oyster''.
Jim Lambie graduated from the Glasgow School of Art (1990-1994) with an H ...
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Shintaro Miyake
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Markus Oehlen
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Julian Opie
Julian Opie (; born 1958) is a visual artist of the New British Sculpture movement.
Life and education
Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in the city of Oxford. He attended The Dragon School and then Magdalen College School, Oxford ...
*
Parra for Cuva
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Career Life and early career
Nicolas Demuth grew up in a small town close to Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxo ...
(Records)
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Seth Pick
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Lari Pittman
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Early life ...
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Magnus Plessen (Oslo)
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Ingegerd Råman
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Matthew Ritchie
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Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff (born 10 February 1958) is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and reimagined images".
Ruff shares a studio on Düsseldorf's Hansaallee, with fellow German ...
(Oslo)
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David Salle
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Andreas Slominski (Oslo)
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Dirk Stewen
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Annika Ström
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Trashlagoon (Records)
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Paloma Varga Weisz
Paloma Varga Weisz (born 1966) is a contemporary artist living in Germany, best known for her sculptures and drawings. In 2012, six of her drawings were acquired by and exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art. She lives and works in Düsseldorf.
Lif ...
(Oslo)
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James White
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Andrea Winkler
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Artfairs
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Art Basel
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, Basel
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Gallery Weekend
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Berlin
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Art Basel
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, Hong Kong
External links
Web page gerhardsengerner.com
References
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