The work of Barbara Koch is in the tension between temptation and poisoning as well as power and powerlessness. From flexible materials such as silicone and striking fluorescent / phosphorescent colors, she lets biomorphic structures grow. Feelers, tentacles, protuberances and bubbles are bursting the room.
* 1967 Wuppertal
lives and works in Dortmund
2020
galerie143, Lörrach [S]
2018
scope Basel/CH with galerie143 [AF]
Kloster Bentlage [G]
Sandkasten, München [S]
2017
IHK Dortmund [S]
2016
galerie143, Dortmund [S]
Ahlen, Kunstverein [S]
Art.Fair/Blooom, Köln, with galerie143 [AF]
2015
Zwischenraum, Dortmunder U, with galerie143 [G]
Schauraum hbf, Münster with Dirk Pleyer [G]
Art.Fair/Blooom, Köln, with galerie143 [AF]
2014
Galerie Mixer, Istanbul / TR [G]
Harenberg City Center, Dortmund [G]
Kultufestival Rundlauf Bochum, Bochum [G]
Kunstverein Roter Pavillion, Bad Doberan [S]
Kiel, Kunstverein Haus 8 e.V. [G]
Galerie Andreas Endemann, Bochum [S]
Art.Fair/Blooom, Köln, with galerie143 [AF]
Eislingen, Kunstverein [S]
2013
reinraum, Düsseldorf [S]
Kunstverein Neckar-Odenwald, Altes Schlachthaus, Mosbach [S]
Kunstverein, Komödienhaus am Viehmarktplatz, Biberach [S]
MASC Foundation, with Marco Wittkowski, Festival MUSAO, Wien / A [S]
galerie143, Dortmund [S]
Art.Fair/Blooom, Köln, with galerie143 [AF]
2012
Quartier am Hafen, Köln [G]
KunstRAI,, Amsterdam / NL, with Galerie Anderwereld [AF]
2011
Städtische Galerie, with Gisoo Kim, Kaarst [S]
Galerie Anderwereld, Groningen / NL [S]
2010
Künstlerzeche Unser Fritz, Herne [S]
Museum Kunstpalast, Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Düsseldorf [G]
Seasons Galleries, Den Haag / NL [S]
2009
Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen [S]
Medienwerkstatt, Wien / A [G]
2008
Kunstverein, Leimen, with Andrea Niessen [S]
2007
Orangerie Schloss Rheda, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, with Dirk Pleyer [G]
DEW Kunstpreis, Preisausstellung, Dortmund [S]
2006
DOMFORUM, Köln [G]
Industriemuseum Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund [G]
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund [G]
2005
Siegen, Kunstverein [S]
2004
Kunstverein, Museum Gelsenkirchen [G]
Atelierhaus, Aachen [S]
Torhaus Rombergpark, Dortmund , with Dirk Pleyer [S]
2003
Galerie Kronika, Bytom / PL [G]
Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen [G]
2002
Lüneburg, Kunstverein [S]
MAIS 2002, Biennial of Contemporary Visual Art, Liverpool / UK [G]
Kunstraum, Atelierhaus Fielder Straße, Stuttgart [S]
Hattingen, Kunstverein [S]
2001
Dülmen, Kunstverein [S]
Bunker Wedding, MAIS 2001, Berlin [G]
2000
Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Förderpreisausstellung, Hamm [S]
Bunker Ehrenfeld, MAIS 2000, Köln [G]
Art Cologne, Förderkoje FH Dortmund, WDR Stand, Köln [AF]
[S] Solo Exhibition
[G] Group Exhibition
[AF] Art Fair
