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Woodblock prints on japanese paper
each 159 x 121 cm
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Arno Beck’s prints and conceptual paintings evolve around digital aesthetics and focus on analog production of digital images. Engaging with the language of digital culture the motifs are based on low resolution computer graphics, games and interfaces. It is an interplay between the contemporary digital screen world and traditional techniques.
Focusing on the analog production of computer generated imagery, he transforms those digital images into the pictorial space, capturing digital aesthetics with painterly means. With his hand he interferes where the machine claims its field of competence - humanizing technology and making it less perfect. Due to the lengthy manufacturing process, the deceleration itself becomes a main aspect in times of constant information overload and hasty screen based interactions. The screen world rejects any kind of physically experienceable surface structure and with increasing digitalization the human desire for haptic grows. Consequently, the transformation of those screen based impressions and the materialization into physical, haptic existence become one of the key aspects in his work.
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2022
2022 Nino Mier Gallery , Los Angeles
'Untitled'
typewriter-drawing on japanese paper
46 x 46 cm
'Untitled'
typewriter-drawing on japanese paper
46 x 46 cm
'Untitled'
typewriter-drawing on japanese paper
46 x 46 cm
'Untitled'
typewriter-drawing on japanese paper
46 x 46 cm
'Untitled'
typewriter-drawing on japanese paper
46 x 46 cm
'Ivory Tower'
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 cm
2020
'Drumming Frog'
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 cm
2020
'A Pale Horse'
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 cm
2020
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2022
'Clickbait'
Watercolor on paper
66,5 x 79,5 cm
'Fishtank'
Watercolor on paper
66,5 x 79,5 cm
'Desktop'
Watercolor on paper
66,5 x 88 cm
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2020
'Castle Grayskull'
ink on canvas
40 x 30 cm
'Cartography'
ink on canvas
40 x 30 cm
'Add To Shopping Cart'
ink on canvas
40 x 30 cm
'Kingdom Of Dust'
ink on canvas
40 x 30 cm
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2017 
'Candycrush'
acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 cm
'Top Secret!'
acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 cm
'Down by the river'
acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 cm
'Doodle Maps'
acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 cm
'Supersonic'
acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 cm
'Take me to your leader'
oil on canvas
30 × 40 cm
'The stage is yours'
acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 cm
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2019
'Accumulation I & II'
ink drawings on paper
each 160 x 122 cm
'Accumulation III'
ink drawing on paper
160 x 122 cm
'Hunter & Gatherer'
ink drawing on paper
160 x 122 cm
'Faster than the speed of like'
ink drawing on paper
160 x 122 cm
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2018
'Chun Li VS Venus'
typewriter drawing on paper
53,5 x 60 cm
'Ryu VS David'
typewriter drawing on paper
53,5 x 60 cm
'Zeus VS M.Bison'
typewriter drawing on paper
53,5 x 60 cm
'Ken VS Venus'
typewriter drawing on paper
53,5 x 60 cm
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Lives and works in Bonn, Germany
Education
2015 MA Fine Arts / Painting
2014 Master Student of Eberhard Havekost
2010 Class Prof. Eberhard Havekost
2008 Class of Reinhold Braun
2007 Class Prof. Markus Lüpertz
2006 Fine Arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2004 Art History, Philosophy, New German Literature at the
Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University, Bonn
Awards
2019 Studio Grant at Bonner Kunstverein
2017 Art Residency 'Espositivo', Madrid
2015 Scholarship by Best Gruppe
2010 Hogan Lovells Kunstförderpreis
2009 3rd prize of Kö-Galerie, Düsseldorf
2003 Jugendkunstpreis des BBK Bonn Rhein-Sieg e.V.
Exhibitions (selection)
2024 ‚METALMORPH‘ - Schau Fenster, Berlin
2024 ‚30 Jahre Atelierhaus‘ - Atelierhaus des Bonner Kunstvereins, Bonn
2024 ‚In Search of Vera Molnar’ - Pera Museum, Istanbul
2024 ‚Time Takes A Cigarette‘ - R,68 Ruttkowski, Cologne
2024 ‚Bel Étage‘ - Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Berlin
2024 ‚Erregung öffentlicher Freude’ - Hilbert Raum, Berlin
2024 ‚Mind The Gap‘ - Künstlerforum, Bonn
2024 ‚À La Recherche De Vera Molnar‘ - Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2024 ‚Concept Line‘ - DAM Projects, Berlin
2024 ‚My Name Is In Your Mouth‘ - Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Hamburg
2023 ‚Nak Benefiz Auktion‘ - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2023 ‚Another Day At The Office‘ - Office Impart, Berlin
2023 ‚Animal Symbolicum‘ - Nicola Pedana Arte Contemporanea, Caserta
2023 ‚Digital Naiv‘ - Galerie Droste, Paris
2023 ‚Benefiz Kunstauktion‘ - Sotheby’s, Köln
2023 ‚Nowstalgia‘ - Mountainview Gallery / Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne
2023 ‚Sommerhaus‘ - Galerie Judith Andreae, Bonn
2023 ‚Cherries On Top‘ - Galerie Judith Andreae, Bonn
2023 ‚hive instinct’ - Kunstmuseum Solingen, Solingen
2023 ‚Expect the Unexpected‘ (with Dark Taxa) - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
2023 ‚REALMS‘ - JVDW Gallery, Düsseldorf
2022 'Hot Little Pool (Vol. 1)’ - Lobe Block, Berlin
2022 'Unter Freunden' - Kunst und Raum 21 e.V., Krefeld
2022 'Zen Them To Hell' - Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 'Chronicles 5' - Modem Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen
2022 'Vier Jahre Kanya & Kage' - Kanya & Kage Art Space , Berlin
2022 'Better Call Mark' - Galeria Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca
2022 'XY' - Galerie Rundgaenger, Frankfurt am Main
2022 'Chronicles 4' - Galerie Droste KPM, Berlin
2022 'LO(L) - Embodied Language' Kunsthaus Hamburg
2022 'Command + Control + Q'- DAM Projects, Berlin
2022 'Das eigene im Fremden'- Museum Bensheim, Bensheim
2021 'Exquisit' - Schaufenster, Berlin
2021 'Don’t put all your Becks in one Basket' - Galerie Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt
2021 'Salon der Gegenwart' - Springer Quartier, Hamburg
2021 'D'Arte' - Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam
2021 'Interleaving' - Galerie Falko Alexander, Cologne
2021 'Shotgun Wedding' - Kanya Kage Art Space, Berlin
2021 'The Ogre.net' - Suzanne Tarasiève Galerie, Paris
2021 'Rewilding' - Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 'Apophenia' - Culturgest, Porto
2021 'Hyperbole' Galleria Nicola Pedana, Caserta
2021 'Googol' - Artemis Galerie, Lisboa
2021 'The Artist is Online' - König Galerie, Berlin
2021 'darktaxa project - The Berlin constellation' - Office Impart, Berlin
2021 'Watchlist 2' - Galerie Droste, Wuppertal
2020 'Delete History' - Galeria Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca
2020 'SURPRIZE' - Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2020 'Drawing Wow' - Kunstaele, Berlin
2020 'dig-it-all' - DAM Gallery, Berlin
2020 'Decade' - Mariam Cramer Projects, Amsterdam
2020 'Mixed Pickles 7' - Ruttkowski;68, Cologne
2020 'Re-Decoders'- Onomato, Düsseldorf
2020 ‚darktaxa-project: the Frankfurt-constellation‘ - Galerie Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt
2020 ‚All In/7‘ Galerie Falko Alexander, Cologne
2019 ‚Jahresgaben‘ - Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
2019 ‚Too Many I In Digital‘ - Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam
2019 ‚Screengrabs‘ - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
2019 ‚Illusion Natur - Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg
2019 ‚Errorsmith‘ - Pop68, Cologne
2019 ‚Summer Mixer‘ - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
2019 ‚Summer Splash 5‘ - DAM Gallery, Berlin
2019 ‚Crystal Math‘ - Galerie Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt
2019 'Photon / Icon' - Galerie Falko Alexander
2019 'All In/6' - Galerie Falko Alexander, Cologne
2018 'Benefit Auction' - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2018 '10 Marginal Years' - Foxy Production, New York
2018 'La Bodega Y Màs'- Little Havanna, Miami
2018 'Mixed Pickles 4'- Michael Horbach Stftung, Cologne
2018 'Bloom Award', Art Düsseldorf
2018 'Watchlist', Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
2018 'Banz und Bowinkel, Arno Beck, Dominik Halmer' - Galerie Falko Alexander, Cologne
2018 'Antifurniture Store' - Fortnight Institute, New York
2018 'Signs, Creatures And Forms' - Ambacher Contemporary, Munich
2018 'This Is Not' - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2018 'In The Future' - Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
2018 ‘Digital Provocateur / The Wrong, New Digital Art Biennale’ - Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro
2017 'Heartwork'- K21, Düsseldorf
2017 ‚The Wrong Club‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2017 ,Die Digitale - Low Tech Art’ - Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf
2017 ‚Would I rather watch this as a movie?‘ - Galerie Golestani, Düsseldorf
2017 ‚Metaspace‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2017 'Push Start', Galerie Rundgænger, Frankfurt
2017 'ALL IN/V', Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2017 'Homeoffice' - Salonabend, Bochum
2016 'Escapism' - Kö Galerie, Düsseldorf
2016 'Syntax Error' - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2016 'Farbe muss gesehen werden' - Galerie Golestani, Düsseldorf
2016 'Fenster 16' - Galerie Golestani, Düsseldorf
2016 'Gedruckte Bilder' - Kunstbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf
2016 'Low Tech' - Galerie Rundgænger, Frankfurt
2015 'Interface' - Best Gruppe, Düsseldorf
2015 ‚ALL IN/IV‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2015 ‚Schlaraffenland‘ - HilbertRaum, Berlin
2015 ‚ALL IN/3‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2014 ‚Schlaraffenland‘ - Alte Börse, Berlin
2013 ‚ALL IN/2‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2012 ‚Wiedersehen‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2012 ‚Gruppenausstellung‘ - Galerie Ampersand, Cologne
2012 ‚NKOTB‘ - Bespoke, Düsseldorf
2011 ‚Kunstakademie Düsseldorf‘ - Projekt 8 , Copenhagen
2011 ‚Neurologische Unreife‘ - Galerie Lehmann, Dresden
2010 ‚Vertical Ghetto‘ – Pretty Portal, Düsseldorf
2009 Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf
2009 KÖ-Galerie, Düsseldorf
2008 ‚Lange Nacht der Museen‘, Koblenz
Arno Beck | Ramelshovener Str.6 | 53347 Alfter, Germany | +49 171 1700 741
Website: Liebermann Kiepe