Kenneth Bergfeld
born 1990 Kenneth Bergfeld's work engages the complex dynamics of representation, exploring the complexity of personal identity and the shifting nature of subjectivity. Oscillating between parasitic and symbiotic scenarios, his avatar-like figures move through shape-shifting backdrops, blurring the boundaries between the self and its environment. His interest in the realities of the globalized economy and the psychological conditions of consumerism is reflected in his works that address issues of sustainability and relational dynamics. His works have been exhibited at the Kölnischer Kunstverein; the Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; the Kunstverein Duisburg; the Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg; the Kunstverein Leverkusen; and City SALTS, Basel, among others.
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Lives and works in Cologne, Germany Born 1990
Selected Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2024 Neuromancer, City SALTS, Basel (Duo) Animal, Jan Kaps, Cologne
2022 Human Performance, Jan Kaps, Cologne
2021 Fast Day Menu, Project Native Informant, London
2020 A home with no hands, Art Basel Miami Beach with Project Native Informant
2019 I, Spider, Project Native Informant, London
2018 The Spire Pt. 1, Hospitality, Cologne The Spire Pt. 2, Part One, Cologne
2012 Recherche + Archiv, Project space of Galerie Max Mayer, Dusseldorf
2011 Kunstverein Leverkusen, Leverkusen
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Employment, Sgomento Zurigo, Zürich Black Box Theater, Clearing, New York
2023 De Profundis Oscar Wilde, L’Hotel, Paris November, Juli August September, Tokyo
2022 An Ocean Standing, LC Queisser, Tbilisi The Male Gaze: From Larry Stanton to Now, The Artist Room, London Onsen Confidential, Mujin-to Production, Tokyo
2021 Capturing Light, Ung5, Cologne
2020 Jahresgaben, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
2019 Condo New York, New York
2018 Icons & Rituals, Pik Deutz, Cologne
2017 Jahresgaben, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
2016 Von den Strömen der Stadt, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach The Politics of Portraiture, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
2015 What would you pay for a rotting whale, Galerie Max Mayer, Dusseldorf
2014 Steady State, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg (cat.) Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (cat.)