Tim Eitel
1971
born in Leonberg, Germany
lives and works in Berlin and Paris
1997 - 01
Studied painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Germany
2001 - 03
Meisterschüler (master student) in the class of Prof. Arno Rink2005
Residence Los Angeles2006
Residence New YorkScholarships/ Awards
2003
Marion-Ermer-Preis2002
International studio programme Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2002
Landesgraduiertenstipendium of the free-state Saxonia, GermanySolo Exhibitions (selection)
2024
Vorschläge für Nachbilder (2015–2024), Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Tim Eitel, Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig, Germany
2023
something there somewhere outside, Pace, New York City, USA
2022
Die neue Nähe, Sommergast 2022: Tim Eitel, Museen Böttcherstraße, Bremen, Germany
Vie imaginaire, chapitre III: interaction(s), Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2021
Vie imaginaire, chapitre II: Ensemble, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
Innenleben, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Germany
2020
Untitled (Interior), Pace Gallery Seoul, South Korea
untitled (2001-2020), Daegu Art Museum, South Korea
2019
Offene Wände, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
2018
Sites and Attitudes, Pace Gallery, Beijing, China
Vie imaginaire, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
Tim Eitel: Resident, Kasteel Wijlre, Wijlre, The Netherlands
2017
Apparition of a Distance, However Near, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Yellow Sky, Goethe Institut Hongkong, Hongkong, China
2016
With the past, I have nothing to do, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
2015
Tomorrow, 2 seconds later, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2014
Nebel und Sonne, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
Palais Beauharnais, Deutsche Botschaft, Paris, France
2013
Besucher, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Elswhere, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, USA
2011
The Placeholders, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010
Message to home, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
2009
Invisible Forces, PaceWildenstein, New York, USA
2008
Die Bewohner, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany / Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany / Kunsthallen Brandts-Odense, Odense, Denmark
2007
Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
2006
Center of Gravity, Pace Wildenstein, New York, USA
2005
Currents 96: Tim Eitel, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA
Terrain, Galerie der Stadt Backnang, Backnang, Germany
2004
Terrain, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Swizerland / CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France
2003
Landnahme, Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig, Germany
2002
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Aussicht, Galerie LIGA, Berlin, Germany
2000
Frühjahrskollektion, Künstlergilde Ulm, Germany
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2024
Sophie, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2023
Figures Seules, Lee Ufan Arles, France
Austria-Germany. Painting 1970 to 2020, ALBERTINA MODERN, Vienna, Austria
2022
L’ami-e modèle, Mucem, Marseille, France
#04 Architektur und Malerei, Nidus Kosmos, Düsseldorf, Germany
Bilderkosmos Leipzig. 1905 - 2022, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
M I X E D F E E L I N G S, G2, Leipzig, Germany
2021
German Painting Now, Telegraph Gallery, Czech Republic
Wonderland, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria
Tentatives de positionnement, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2020
Stand 1D08, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
The Drawing Lesson, Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades, Spain
2019
Gifts for you, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
Un cercle et son centre en quête l'un de l'autre, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
West Lake: Breaking Open, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
Les Enfants du Paradis, MUba Tourcoing, France
2018
No More Secrets! László Gerő International Art Collection, Art Mill, Szentendre, Hungary
NGORONGORO II, Berlin, Germany
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Attercliffe™, Sheffield, UK
Zurück zur Natur?, Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin, Germany
2017
Disruptive Imagination – Making Windows Where Once There Were Walls, Gallery of Fine Arts, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Ferenczy Museum Center / Art Mill, Szentendre, Hungary
BEHOLD the MAN, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Louidgi Beltrame // Tim Eitel // Julien Prévieux, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2016
Die Kerze, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
"SEHT, da ist DER MENSCH", Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Silence out loud, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands
Art on paper Masterpieces, Galerie Schimming, Hamburg, Germany
Une deuxième image, Maison des arts de Malakoff, Paris, France
2015
Deutsche Kunst nach 1960, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
GRAY WOULD BE THE COLOR, IF I HAD A HEART., Marc Straus, New York, USA
German Promises, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
40|10, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2014
„Mensch werde wesentlich" – gemalt ist der Mensch mehr Mensch, KUNSTVEREIN – Freunde aktueller Kunst, Zwickau, Germany
Freundschaften, Galerie MøllerWitt, Aarhus, Danmark
Additionen der Gegenwart. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Frank Hense, Kunstmuseum Bochum
Facing Nature, Musée Belvédère, Heerenveen, The Netherlands
2013
on paper, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
Cultural Freedom in Europe, The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), The European Committee of the Regions (COR), the Goethe-Institute, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Nightfalls, New Tendencies in Figurative Painting, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary / Galerie Rudolphinum, Prague, Czech Republic
The Castle in the Air, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland
Von Sinnen. Wahrnehmung in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Chefs-d'oeuvres du Musée Frieder Burda, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France
Stillstehende Sachen – Niederländische Stillleben des 17. Jahrhunderts im Dialog mit zeitgenössischer Malerei, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Liesborn, Germany
Menschenbilder, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2011
The Return, 3rd Festival for Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria
American and European Painting from the Marx Collection, Atlas Sztuki, Lodz, Poland / The National Museum in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Apocalypse Now – From the collection of Hugo & Carla Brown, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Netherlands
LITOS GRAFERA, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark / Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
2010
Public Private Paintings, Mu.ZEE Oostende, Oostende, Belgium
If not in this period of time - Contemporary German Painting, Museo de Arte Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Touched, 6th Liverpool Biennial International 10, Liverpool, UK
Parallelen: Junge zeitgenössische Kunst aus Norwegen und Leipzig, Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig, Germany
ATOPIA. Art and the city in the 21st century, Center de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
„Die Bilder tun was mit mir...", Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2009
10 years show, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Carte Blanche VII: Prinzip Messe, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Carte Blanche IX: Vor heimischer Kulisse, Kunst in der Sachsen Bank / Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
60-40-20, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2008
Vertrautes Terrain. Aktuelle Kunst in & über Deutschland, ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Böhmen liegt am Meer – Werke aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Western Motel. Edward Hopper und die zeitgenössische Kunst, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Germania contemporanea. Dipingere è narrare: Tim Eitel, Matthias Weischer, David
Schnell, MART. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto Rovereto, Italy
New Leipzig School, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2007
Mad Love, Arken Museum for moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Size Matters: XS / XXL, The Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
2006
MADE IN LEIPZIG – Bilder aus einer Stadt, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
New Trajectories I: Relocations, Reed Collegue, Reed`s Cooley Gallery, Portland, USA
2005
Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic
New German Paintings, Carré d`Art – Musée D`Art Contemporain de Nimes, Nimes, France
Life After Death: New Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, Massachusetts of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA / SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA / Katzen Arts Center Museum, Washington D.C., USA / Frye Art Museum, Seattle, USA / Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, USA / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, USA
Do it yourself, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
From Leipzig, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Portrait, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
2004
Northern Light: Leipzig in Miami, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
Funny Cuts, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Tim Eitel, David Schnell, Matthias Weischer, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
2003
4ever Young, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
sieben mal malerei, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany