Johannes Ulrich Kubiak
°1961 Annaberg-Buchholz (D)
lives and workes from 1981- 2017 in Berlin (D) and since 2018 in Antwerp (B)
Over the past 30 years, Johannes Ulrich Kubiak has engaged in a process of experimentation with a variety of media in order to research depth, colour and structure. His work challenges and intertwines traditional genres and techniques in painting, drawing and photography informed by shifts in contemporary digital media. In his drive to explore different media and investigate what lies beneath the surface, Kubiak‘s work shifted from 1992 – 2002 from painting to photography. For ten years, he worked in the artistic collaborative duo of Kubiak & Rauch. Similar to his pursuits in painting, he explored transparency of layers and the use of different supports in the photographic process.
This quality of transparency and visibility of process are apparent in Kubiak's paintings. The basis is a research for structure and depth. Throughout the composition they disrupt and new forms emerge out of structures of colour.
J.U.Kubiak has exhibited since 1992 in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany, U.S., Austria, France, Belgium and The Netherlands.
His work recently was on view in Antwerp (B), Positions Berlin (D) Art Rotterdam (NL), Art on Paper Brussels (B).
His work is held in several private collections in Belgium and Germany and institutional collections incl. Deutsche Bank, Bundesbank, Kunstsammlung Sachsen, Berlinische Galerie.
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Website of the artist: http://johannes-ulrich-kubiak.de
Gallery Shows
Solo & duo
2018 This is not a printed book (duo)
2023 array of primitive values
Group
2023 10 Years, what a surprise! Part 1
Extended Curriculum Vitae
Solo and duo exhibitions
2024 - Kubiak & Rauch, 'Von wundersamen wesen und Landschaften', Brandenburgische Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst BLMK, Cottbus (D)
- Art Antwerp, upcoming, with Nel Bonte (Antwerp)
2023 - 'array of primitive values', Eva Steynen Gallery, Antwerp (B)
2020 - 'starbuck', solo show, Eva Steynen Gallery, Antwerp (B)
2019 - 'prefab', solo show, Shoobil gallery, Antwerp (B)
2018 - 'This is not a printed book', duo show with Fred Michiels, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) gallery, Brussels (B)
- 'kargo', Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz, (D)
- 'a vacant mind', one evening solo project, SECONDroom, Antwerpen (B)
2017 - 'Que peindre?' with Aurélie Gravas, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) gallery, Antwerp, (B)
2016 - 'Sammlung, Flussabwärts mit Häusern', Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz, (D)
2015 - 'Sammlung', Galerie Born, Berlin, (D)
2014 - 'Flechten', Galerie Borssenanger Hamburg, (D)
2012 - Kunstverein Glückstadt, duo with Vincent Schubarth, Glückstadt, (D)
2011 - Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz, (D)
- Galerie Borssenanger, Hamburg, (D)
- Kunst bei Conrad, Berlin, (D)
2010 - duo with Nikos Valsamakis, Galerie Born/Darß, (D)
2009 - duo with Trak Wendisch, Kunstraum Heiddorf , Neu Kaliss, (D)
2009 - Westwerk, Hamburg (D)
2008 - Bautzener Kunstverein, Bautzen (D)
2007 - Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz, (D)
2006 - Kunstraum Heiddorf, (D)
2003 - 'LWOP' (life without parole), Kubiak & Rauch, California State Prison - Los Angeles/Lancaster (USA)
2003 - Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Kubiak & Rauch, Mönchengladbach (D)
2002 - 'Mittel gegen die Furcht', Kubiak & Rauch, Brecht-Haus Berlin, (D)
- 'Als der Mond noch bei der Erde war', Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin, (D)
2000 - 'Mittel gegen die Furcht', Kunstraum Neuruppin, (D)
- 'Die Flucht des Gedankens', Galerie Helm/Reiswig, Esslingen, (D)
1999 - 'Führungen hinters Licht' Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Schuster und Scheuermann, Berlin, (D)
- 'Neue photographische Arbeiten' (K&R), Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt/M., (D)
- 'Bilder + Grenzfälle' (K&R), Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, (D)
- Brandenburgische Kunstsammlung, Cottbus, (D)
1998 - 'Lichtspiele, 'Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt/M., (D)
- Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Schuster u. Scheuermann, Berlin, (D)
1997 - 'Der geschlossene Raum' (K&R), Land Brandenburg Lotto GmbH, Potsdam, (D)
- 'Labor',Kubiak & Rauch, Rheinische Landesklinik Bedburg-Hau/Kleve, (D)
- Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Mönchengladbach, (D)
1996 - Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Art-Spectrum, Würzburg, (D)
- 'Das Leben im Ungeliebten Haus', Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Hubertus Wunschik Düsseldorf, (D)
- 'Hunger & Thirst', Kubiak & Rauch, TBA Exhibition Space, (K&R), Chicago, (USA)
1995 - '08/15 German Physiognomies and Palmistry”, Kubiak & Rauch, Beacon St. Gallery, Chicago, (USA)
1994 - 'Schwere und Moribunde' Kubiak & Rauch, Galerie Weisser Elefant , Berlin, (D)
1992 - 'Hunting Grounds' (K&R), Galerie Knaak ’99 Berlin, (D)
Group exhibitions
2024 - Art on Paper, Brussels (B)
- Kubiak&Rauch Die verlorene Spiegel, Lausitz Festival & BLMK Cottbus, Neues Schloss, Bad Muskau (D)
2023 - Luxembourg Art Week with Eva Steynen Gallery (LU)
- Art on Paper Brussels with Eva Steynen Gallery (B)
- Art Rotterdam with Eva Steynen Gallery (NL)
- 10 Years, what a surprise! Part 1, Eva Steynen Gallery, Antwerpen (B)
2022 - 25 Years Gallerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
- Touch-Lines #3 , Eva Steynen Gallery, Antwerpen (B)
2020 - Yes, we are open!, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerpen (B)
- Gallerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
- Walk around the park, online exhibition, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerpen (B)
2019 - Abstracte onschatbare geschilderde gedachten, West-Malle (B)
- Shining Ground, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerpen (B)
2018 - Antwerp-Chemnitz Wintersalon, Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
2017 - Shadow pieces, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp (B)
2016 - Wintersalon, Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
2015 - Wintersalon, Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
2001 - 'Rohkunstbau / Information.Irritation', Schloss Groß Leuthen (D)
1999 - 'Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Brandenburg', Staatskanzlei Potsdam (D)
1998 - 'Einblicke', Sammlung Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt/M., (D)
1996 - Partie II, Brandenburgische Kunsttage/Drewen, (D)
1995 - 'Der Bittsteller', 'Der Herzog auf dem Kirschkern…', Der Herzog Schlossmuseum Friedenstein Gotha, (D)
- 'Neun Köpfe', 'Der Herzog auf dem Kirschkern…', Chateau Villeneuve-Lembron, (FR)
1993 - Galerie In Situ, Aalst, (B)
Art Fairs
2023 - Luxembourg Art Week with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) (LU)
- Art on Paper Brussels with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) (B)
- Art Rotterdam with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Rotterdam (NL)
2022 - Positions Berlin Art Fair with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Berlin (D)
- Art Rotterdam with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Rotterdam (NL)
- Art on Paper Brussels, with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Brussels (B)
2021 - Positions Berlin Art Fair with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Berlin (D)
- Art Rotterdam with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Rotterdam (NL)
2020 - Positions Berlin Art Fair with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), berlin (D)
2019 - Paper Positions Basel Art Fair with Benoît Felix, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Basel (CH)
- Positions Berlin Art Fair with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), berlin (D)
- Art The Hague with Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Den Haag (NL)
2015 - 2018 Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Borssenanger, Karlsruhe (D)
- Alexander Kluge (1997): 'Wie macht man Bilder? Zu den Installationen von Ulrich Kubiak und Ludwig Rauch', Katalogtext. Land Brandenburg Lotto Gmbh, Potsdam.
- Maribel Königer (1996): 'Der Herzog auf dem Kirschkern…“, Kunstforum International Bd. 132, 1996
- Christoph Doswald (1997): 'Physiognomik? Handleserei? Reality is a Fake', Katalogtext, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, (USA)
- Alexander Kluge (1995): 'Wie macht man Bilder?' Film, Prime Time – Sat 1,
- Meinhard Michael (1995): 'Voyeure, Connaisseure', Neue Bildende Kunst 02/1995
- Karen Rudolph (1995): 'Kubiak & Rauch', Katalogtext, 'Der Herzog auf dem Kirschkern...'