Target Group Show considers the forensic analysis of human emotions and affects for various purposes as a constant condition of our time. The awareness that one’s entire being, as well as all kinds of other characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, age, political stance, sexual orientation, and whatever else, is the permanent focus of targeted interest, causes a feeling of powerlessness to equanimity in the face of overwhelming technical possibilities for recording by an unknown outside.
Diametrically opposed to these processes is an objectification of individuals or groups with opposite goals: an intended exclusion and alienation.
The works shown in the exhibition can be seen in the context of such considerations, of a target group existence in a broader sense, in which every affect can be a usable information. This grotesque situation, in which the individual is viewed in a quasi-techno-empathic way that is purposeful yet objectified, is part of the internalized knowledge of the positions in this exhibition. In the process, humor often emerges as a means of awareness, self-empowerment, or demarcation - Hannes Schmidt
Will Benedict
*1978, US; lives and works in Paris, FR
2004-2006 Städelschule, Frankfurt, DE; 1999-2004 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, US
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Idéal pain, Basement Roma, Rome, IT; 2022 Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Genève, CH; 2019 Degrees of Disgust (filmscreenung), Centre d’Art Contemporarin Geneva, Geneva, CH; 2019 A Womb with a view, dépendance, Brussels, BE; 2018 New Video and Painting, Balice Hertling, Paris, FR; 2018 Recent Video, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles, CA, US; 2018 The Restaurant (with Steffen Jørgensen), Converso, Milan, IT; 2017 The Social Democrat, Gió Marconi, Milan, IT; 2017 Fiction is a terrible enemy, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, IT; 2017 Law and Order, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, HK; 2016 I am a problem, Rob Tufnell, London, UK; 2016 Will Benedict and Puppies Puppies, Balice Hertling, Paris, FR; 2016 Malaria: Will Benedict & Anita Leisz, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, DE; 2016 I Make Tacky (with Katie McKay). What Pipeline, Detroit, US; 2015 Will Benedict, Lapaix, Paris, FR; 2015 Bad Weather, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles, CA, US; 2015 A bone in the cheese, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY; US; 2014 Corruption Feeds, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, SE; 2014 Bloat Will Benedict & Henning Bohl, Castillo Corrales, Paris, FR; 2014 Comparison leads to violence, Balice Hertling, Paris, FR; 2014 Almost Human, YEARS, Copenhagen, DK; 2013 Will Benedict, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE; 2013 Black Friday sample sale, Galerie Meyer Krainer, Vienna, AT; 2012 Dead sea sample sale, Neue Alte Brücke Frankfurt, DE; 2012 Bread and Butt (with Julie Verhoeven), Galerie Meyer Krainer, Vienna, AT; 2012 Will Benedict, GióMarconi, Milan, IT; 2011 Village Gossip meets the Newspaper Photo-roman (with Lucie Stahl), Eternithaus, Berlin, DE and Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, DK; 2010 Will Benedict, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, DE; 2010 Will Benedict, Lucie Stahl, Caribic Residency, Hamburg, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Biennal of the Moving Image, Geneva, CH; 2021 58th October Salon, Belgrade Biennal, Belgrade, RS; 2020 Your friends and neighbors, High Art, Paris, FR; 2020 DIS presents: What do people do all day?, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK; 2019 I Will Medieval Future You 6, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, KR; 2019 On the Backlot, Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, FR; 2019 We burn our dreams just to stay warm, Capital, San Francisco, CA, US; 2018 The Weather Outside, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris, FR; 2018 Vom Handeln, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE; 2018 Thumbs That Type and Swipe: The DIS Edutainment Network, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES; 2018 Ending Explained, organized by Will Benedict with this students of Master at ECAL Lausanne, DOC!, Paris, FR; 2018 Rise up, Galerie l’elac, Rennes, FR; 2018 Supplies and demands, Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
Ladji Diaby
*2000, FR; lives and works in Saint-Denis, FR
studies at Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR
Angélique Heidler
*1992, FR; lives and works in Paris, FR
2015 Slade School of Fine Arts, London
Residency: 2023 Centre d’art contemporain - la Synagogue de Delme, FR (upcoming); 2021 Stadtgalerie, Bern, CH; 2019 Plop, UK; 2016 La Wayaka Current, PA; 2016 Villa Lena, IT
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Love Letters. CHF, Stadtgalerie Bern, CH; 2021 Piselli, Bad Water, Knoxville, TN, US; 2021 Haus Wien, Ginny on Frederick Gallery, Vienna, AT; 2020 Solo Presentation, Shivers Only, Material Art Fair, Mexico City, MX; 2018 Heidler Mailaender (with Thomas Mailaender), Galerie Derouillon, Paris, FR; On ne sait plus quoi penser du serpent qui a peur, Galerie l’Inlassable, Paris, FR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 In den besten Jahren, Little, Bern, CH; 2021 Masterless Eye, curated by Gino Bosa, Yudik One Gallery, Brecia, IT; 2020 Your Friends and Neighbors, High Art, Paris, FR; 2020 Softview/Privatissime, curated by Moritz Scheper, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, DE; 2020 Stay Safe, Shivers Only, Chantemanche, FR; 2020 This Tragedy, Fonda, Leipzig, DE; 2020 Baitball (01), Palazzo San Guiseppe, Polignano a Mare, IT; 2018 Outside Our, Villa Emerige, Paris, FR; 2018, Sikhole Project x Ginny, Chambers Garden, London, UK; 2017 The Unlimited Dream Company, Hannah Barry Gallery, London UK; 2017 Shivery Only, Lapaix, Paris, FR; 2017 The Dark Ages, Supplement Gallery, London, UK
Kitty Kraus
*1976, DE; lives and works in Berlin, DE
2006 Master Student Sculpture, Universität der Künste, Berlin, DE; 2000-2005 MFA, Universität der Künste, Berlin, DE
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Kitty Kraus, Galerie Neu, Berlin, DE; 2021 Kitty Kraus, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Lüneburg, DE; 2016 Kitty Kraus and Ulrike Müller, Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, MO, US; 2016 Kitty Kraus and Martin Ebner. Mundane Rhetorics, CAC, Vilnius, LT; 2016 Kitty Kraus / Jonas Lipps, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH; 2013 Kitty Kraus, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, DE; 2013 Kitty Kraus, CAPRI, Dusseldorf, DE; 2012 Kitty Kraus, Galerie Neu, Berlin, DE; 2012 Kitty Kraus, Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw, PL; 2012 Kitty Kraus, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK; 2012 Basic Instinct (with Jonas Lipps), Café Baltic Bar, Hamburg, DE; 2011 Kitty Kraus, Inside the White Cube, White Cube, London, UK; 2011 Kitty Kraus, CAC, Theseustempel, Vienna, AT; 2011 Kitty Kraus, Galerie Neu, Berlin, DE; 2011 Kitty Kraus Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE; 2010 Matrix 158, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, US; 2010 Kitty Kraus, Balice Hertling, Paris, FR; 2009 Kitty Kraus: Intervals, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, US; 2009 tongewölbe T25, Ingolstadt, DE; 2008 blauorange 2008 – Kunstpreis der Deutschen Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken, Kunstverein Heilbronn, DE; 2008 Kitty Kraus, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, CH; 2007 Kitty Kraus, Gabriele Senn, Vienna, AT; 2006 Kitty Kraus, Galerie Neu, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 One Decade Of Female Sculptors, Kleines Haus der Kunst, Vienna, AT; 2021 Fire demands its Fuel, Markus Lüttgen & Drei, Mönchengladbach, DE; 2020 gerlach en koop - Was machen Sie um zwei? Ich schlafe, GAK Bremen, DE; 2020 curated by (Adrian Buschmann, HYBRIDS), Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna, AT; 2019 Coffee Shop – Vine bar, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, AT; 2019 Negativer Raum, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, DE; 2019 So wie wir sind 1.0, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, DE; 2019 Quartier Éphémèmre, Centre d’arts visuels, Montréal, CA; 2018 Harsh Astral, The Radiants 2 Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich, CH; 2018 ILQuartier Éphémèmre, Centre d’arts visuels, Montréal QC, CA; 2018 Harsh Astral, The Radiants II, Kunsthalle Lüneburg, DE; 2018 C.R. McBerney Vol.I, Zwinglisalon, Berlin, DE; 2018 Geld und Psyche, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE; 2018 KEDEM-KODEM-KADIMA, The Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL
Maximilian Schneider
*1991, DE; lives and works in Essen, DE
Residency: 2019 Stadtgalerie Bern, CH; 2018 Research Grant, Ruhr Residence, Kunstvereine Ruhr, DE
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Under New Management, Performance, (in collaboration with Nora Wagner), Theater Neumarkt, Zürich, CH; 2017 You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here (with Veit Hueter), Kaskl, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Jahresgaben 2022, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, DE; 2022 7knoppers9, initiated by Min Yoon, Essen, DE; 2020 Should we get lunch. I want to burn this place down, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, DE; 2019 I Engineer, Werkschau, Spinnerei Leipzig, DE; 2019 Lucky me, I see ghosts, Progr, Bern, CH (as artist in residence at Stadtgalerie, Bern, CH; 2018 Studio Stage, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, DE; 2017 Minopolis (Die Stadt der Kinder), Hochhaus Neue Donau, Vienna, AT; 2017 Lets see, where were we? In the pit of despair, Ashtray Show, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL; 2016 Rememberance of things to come, initiated by Caner Teker, Ibne, offspace, Düsseldorf, DE; 2015 I am what you call the perfect couple, New Bretagne/Belle Air, Essen, DE
Philipp Simon
*1987, DE; lives and works in Berlin, DE
2014 Master of fine arts, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, DE; 2011 Acadamy of fine arts Vienna, AT, Class of Prof. Birgit Megerle and Mona Hahn (exchange year); 2007-2013 Diploma of fine arts, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, DE, class of Prof Antje Majewski.2016 DAAD Grant for Gefühle in Zeiten des Kapitalismus at Tai Project, Kunming, CN; 2015 Elsa-Neumann Grant (NaFöG, Berlin, DE)
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Incomplete Nature, Kirchgasse Gallery, Steckborn, CH; 2021 The Big Picture, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE; 2020 (no title), 15 Orient, Brooklyn, NY, US; 2019 synthetic, access, Italy, Rollaversion, London, UK; 2019 Leibliches Hören und sein Knecht (with Lukas Quietzsch), Kunstbunker, Nueremberg, DE; 2018 Die dritte Person, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE; 2017 Buffet der guten Zeiten des Kapitalismus, tai project, Kunmig, CN; OK - I Love you, Real Positive, Cologne, DE; 2015 Obey (with Lukas Quietzsch), Garret Grimoire, Vienna, AT; 2014 Reif, Kühlhaus, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Constellations in a Bubble, Kirchgasse, Steckborn, CH; Buffers, Schiefe Zähne invited by Contemporary Fine Arts (CFA), Berlin, DE; 2020 Tokyo Detroit Berlin, Tokyo Arts and Space (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Tokyo, JP; 2019 Work Together Stay Alive, curated by tzvetnik.online at Exile Gallery, Vienna, AT; 2019 Allergische Instrumente, (for Max Ruf with Lukas Quietzsch), Liszt, Berlin, DE; 2018 Shadows, The Wig (temporary space by Richard Sides), Berlin, DE; 2018 Lovers and other spectres, Kingsgate Project Space, London, UK; 2017 Look, all this is fraud, Milieu, Bern, CH; 2017 If it‘s right or wrong, it‘s probably right., W139, Amsterdam, NL; 2017 Der Schneckentraum, Suicidal Oil Piglet, Melbourne, AU
Leyla Yenirce
*1992, TR; lives and works in Hamburg, DE
2016-2022 Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg; DE (with Prof. Jutta Koether, Prof. Angela Schanelec, Prof. Simon Denny)
2023 Holy Water, ars viva prize, Berlin, DE (upcoming); 2021 Federal Prize for Art Students, Bonn, DE; 2021 Playground Art Prize, Nuremberg, DE; 2020 Karl H. Ditze Preis, Hamburg, DE; 2019 Hamburg Music Price, Hamburg, DE.
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS 2023 solo show, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, DE (upcoming); 2023 solo show, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, BE (upcoming); 2022 So much energy, curated by Anna Nowak, Kunsthaus Hamburg, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Looking for a New Foundation, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, DE; 2021 Kein Schlussstrich Festival, Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE; 2020 Paradise, Kurdish Film Festival, Berlin, DE; 2019 Hi Ventilation, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, DE
