Artists CV

EVOL
EVOL was born in 1972 in Heilbronn, Germany and currently lives and works in Berlin. In 2000, he
received a degree in product design from HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd. In 2010, EVOL won the Arte
Prize at Slick Art Fair in Paris and that same year his first solo exhibition took place in the German
pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai. In 2011, one of EVOL’s installations was exhibited at the
Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and in 2014 he was invited to create a permanent site-specific
installation at Palais de Tokyo in Paris. In 2015, a solo exhibition of his work was presented at Aedes
Architecture Forum in Berlin. His works have also been exhibited at Berlinische Galerie (Berlin, 2015),
Pera Museum (Istanbul, 2014) and other European museums. EVOL has been featured in
publications such as BBC, Art Forum, The Independent, Interview Magazine, Harper’s Magazine,
Kunstforum, Deutschlandradio Kultur, and Arte TV, Canal+.
http://evoltaste.com/
EDUCATION
2001
2000
Degree in Product Design. HFG Schwäbisch. Gmünd, Germany
Kuopio Acadamy of Arts and Crafts. Finland
SELECTED AWARDS
2010
2010
ARTE PRIZE. Slick Art Fair. Paris, France
PREMIO LISSONE PRIZE (nomination). Museo d'Arte Contemporanea. Lissone, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
2015
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
Unreal Estate. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. New York, NY
Homework. Aedes Architecture Forum. Berlin, Germany
EVOL. Galerie Bodson-Emelinckx. Brussels, Belgium
Repeat Offender. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. New York, NY
A Sight for Sore Eyes. Pictures on Walls. London, UK
VOLTA NY, presented by WILDE Gallery. New York, NY
EVOL, Galerie Bodson-Emelinckx. Brussels, Belgium
Breakable Products. Galerie Brötzinger Art. Pforzheim, Germany
Balancity, German Pavilion. World Expo. Shanghai, China
EVOL—New Work. WILDE Gallery. Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
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2010
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2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
Berges de Seine. Port de Solferino. Paris, France
Greeting from New York: Jonathan LeVine Gallery Visits Berlin. Urban Nation. Berlin, Germany
Language of the Wall. Pera Museum. Istanbul, Turkey
Pierres, Papiers, Peintures. Pierrevives. Montpellier, France
Looking for Freedom. Chimera Project. Budapest, Hungary
Paint and Pressure. Gallery inoperable. Vienna, Austria
Fragments of Architecture. Gist Gallery. Amsterdam, Netherlands
A sight for eye sores. Pictures On Walls. London, UK
Rewriting Worlds, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia
De Stad 3-D. Museum Hilversum. Netherlands
Museum Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte. Saarbrücken, Germany
Diocesan Museum of Milan, Italy
Recent photographs by EVOL and JUST. WILDE Gallery. Berlin, Germany
Lissone Prize 2010. Museum of Contemporary Art. Lissone, Italy
Re-Imagining Architecture, Between Fact and Fiction. AedesLand. Berlin, Germany
NUART Street Art Festival. Stavanger, Norway
Summer Invitational. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. New York, NY
Constructed Spaces. Gist Galerie. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Chicago, presented by Wilde Gallery. Chicago, USA
Scope NY, presented by Wilde Gallery. New York, USA
ARTotale - Leuphana Urban Art Project. Lueneburg, Germany
529 West 20th Street, 9E, New York, NY 10011 | 212 243 3822 | www.jonathanlevinegallery.com
2009
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2009
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2004
Ostrale. Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst. Dresden, Germany
Street/Studio. Irvine Contemporary. Washington DC, CA
Berliner Unkraut, 111 Minna Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Papertrail, curated by Steven Perelman. Judi Rotenberg Gallery. Boston, USA
Scope Miami, presented by Wilde Gallery. Miami, USA
Preview Berlin, presented by Wilde Gallery. Berlin, Germany
Scope NY, presented by WILDE Gallery. New York, USA
CTINK, EVOL & PISA73. Galerie Iterrance. Paris, France
OFF THE WALL – From Vandalism to Urban Art. WILDE Gallery. Berlin, Germany
Walden im U.F.O. projekthaus. Galerie Walden. Berlin, Germany
Ct’ink. Heilbronn, Germany
Secret Showroom. Cologne; Berlin; Barcelona
Absolute Search. Centrum Beeldende Kunst. Rotterdam, Netherlands
From where I stand. Cork, Ireland
Ct’ink. Ronin Gallery. Nürnberg, Germany
A world of influence. Urbis Artrium Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Ct’ink. Berlin, Germany
Urban act 1. Rome, Italy
Ekstreetart battle. De Punct. Tilburg, Netherlands
Urban art factory. Berliner Kunstsalon. Berlin, Germany
Sneaker. CBK. Rotterdam, Netherlands
Urban Acts. Studio14. Rome, Italy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015
2014
2014
2011
2010
2010
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2009
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2007
2006
2006
The Art of Cardboard. Rockport Publishers
Big Art/Small Art. Thames & Hudson
Imagine Architecture. Gestalten Verlag
Walls & Frames. Gestalten Verlag
The Art of Rebellion III. Publikat Verlag
Urban Interventions. Ed. R. Klanten, M. Huebner, Gestalten Verlag
Bröckelnder Putz auf Pappkarton, Ulrike Münter, Berliner Zeitung, Nr. 124, 1.6.2010
EXPO 2010: Evols urbane Balanceakte. DECN - Deutsch Vhinesisches Kulturnetzwerk, Ulrike
Münter, April 2010
Street Art: Legende zur Strasse. Katrin Klitzke / Christian Schmidt
Urban Eulogy. Emilie Trice. DAMn23 Magazine, pp. 97-100.
EVOL, New Work. Wilde Gallery, Berlin
Critics Pick. Ana Finel Honigman. www.artforum.com
Die Poesie der Fenster. Nikolaus Nowak. Die Welt, Freitag, 8. Mai 2009
Beyond Architecture. R. Klanten, L. Feireiss. Gestalten Verlag
Untitled. Street Art in the Counter Culture. Gary Shove. Pro-actif Comunications
A/REACT, Artwork by EVOL & PISA73 from CTINK. DRAGO
Street Art—Die Stadt als Spielplatz. Daniela Krause/Christian Heinecke. Archiv der
Jugendkulturen Verlag, Berlin
THE ART OF REBELLION 2. World of Urban Activism
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