Images
Birke Gorm
*1986, Hamburg — Lives and works in Vienna
Birke Gorm, installation view I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST, The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 2018
Birke Gorm, I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 1 (The Bishop), 2018, Jute fibres, metal, 200 × 100 cm
Birke Gorm, Untitled, hammer shaft, 3D print
Birke Gorm, I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 2 (The Pagan), 2018, Jute fibres, metal, 200 × 100 cm
Birke Gorm, I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 3 (The Executioner), 2018, Jute fibres, metal, 200 × 100 cm
Birke Gorm, Untitled, hammer shaft, 3D print
Birke Gorm, installation view I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST, The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 2018
Birke Gorm, Untitled, hammer shaft
Birke Gorm, move (from the marrow to the bone, from the bone to the muscle, from the muscle to the skin, from the skin to the hair, and from the hair) away from here, 2017, Sand covered cardboard, cable binders, carved wood, wire, 100 × 45 × 45 cm
Birke Gorm, move (from the marrow to the bone, from the bone to the muscle, from the muscle to the skin, from the skin to the hair, and from the hair) away from here, 2017, (detail) Sand covered cardboard, cable binders, carved wood, wire, 100 × 45 × 45 cm
Birke Gorm, move (from the marrow to the bone, from the bone to the muscle, from the muscle to the skin, from the skin to the hair, and from the hair) away from here, 2017, Sand covered cardboard, cable binders, carved wood, wire, 100 × 50 × 50 cm
Birke Gorm, IOU (2), 2017, wood, 43 × 8 × 9 cm
Birke Gorm, IOU, 2016, Wood, 65 × 9 × 5 cm ø 7 cm
Birke Gorm, IOU, 2016, Wood, 65 × 9 × 5 cm ø 7 cm (detail)
Birke Gorm, IOU, 2016, Wood, 48 × 7.5 × 11.5 cm ø 7 cm
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Birke Gorm
*1986, Hamburg — Lives and works in Vienna
Education
2015 – 16 University of Fine Arts, Hamburg (DE) prof. Jutta Koether
2012- Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT) prof. Monica Bonvicini
Scolarships
2015 ASA Scholarship, HfbK, Hamburg
2014 Scholarship for Salzburg Summer Academy, Stone Symposium
2014 Residency at CCA Andratx, Mallorca
Exhibitions
2018
A Suitcase (2.02 tonnes of CO2e), egret egress, Toronto
Whistle and I’ll Come to You, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna (Solo)
Carved and Shaped by Proximity, PINA, Vienna
2017
CONDO, Bodega, New York
GTdaHÖ, Hotel Ambassador, Vienna, 2017
IOU, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (Solo)
Birke Gorm, Nora Kapfer, Jean Marc Routhier, @ Real Positive, Cologne
2016
Gebärden und Ausdruck, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg (DE)
Dreaming Dictionary 2, Skulpturinstitut, Vienna (AT)
J’avais pensé: “GIRLS IN MOLENBEEK”, Atelier BEK, Brussels (BE)
Site/Cite. Speaking in Tongues While Splitting One’s Own, Kunsthaus Graz (AT)
Viasniod, Handyshop, Vienna (AT)
シ RW Club, @ Mes Meufs, Raum D Museumsquarteir, Wien (AT)
The Trusting Place, Gallery HfbK, Hamburg (DE)
Wendezeiten, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
EMOZIONALE, Via Cesare Balbo, Milan (IT)
To Take on Stage, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AT)
2015
E-1, parking garage, Vienna (AT)
Bortolotti Delirio, Eiscafé Bortolotti, Vienna (AT)
PÖR RÖR RÖR, Bar du Bois @ Parallel Vienna (AT)
Interrupted Meals, Garret Grimoire, Vienna (AT)
CHE TUTTI I VERMI DIVENTINO ACQUA (The Lizard), Riverside, Bern (CH)
20 Jahre Halle für Kunst, (Bar du Bois), Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Hamburg (DE)
BEEFF, Aquarium, sculpture dept, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
This isn’t Even my Final Form, Bar du Bois, Vienna (AT)
Oh, here’s this wavy thing that looks like itself, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen (NO)
Birke Gorm & Sophie Hammer, V.esch, Vienna (AT)
Fresh, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
2014
Like repeadetly dragging a cheesegrater over cheese, Aquarium, sculpture dept, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
There is no such place as away, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
BYOB, Royal Danish Arsenal Museum, Copenhagen (DK) 2013
KE, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen (DK)