Heike Kabisch
Born in Münster, 1978. Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Berlin.

Education
2006-2008
Glasgow School of Art, Master of Fine Art Programme, Glasgow
2001-2006
Kunstakademie Münster
2005
Meisterschülerin
2001-2005
Kunstakademie Münster, with Katharina Fritsch

Awards
2014
International exchange scholarship, Georgia ,Frauenkulturbüro NRW
2011
Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds
2009
Bergischer Kunstpreis
2009-2011
Linklaters Atelierstipendium
2006-2008
Stipendium der Scottish Award Agency for Scotland
2006-2008
Postgraduate Scholarship Cusanuswerkes
2004-07
Scholarship Cusanuswerke

Solo Exhibitions
2014
God made me extremely creative (in all that I do), Chert, Berlin
2012
Deep down into the Ditch, Chert, Berlin
2010
Frame, Frieze, London
A House. A Light. A Hole., Chert, Berlin
2009
Do not go gentle into that good night, Projekt Hafenweg 22, Münster
2007
Snowy-White, Rosy-Red, Will You Beat Your Lover Dead?, Wewerka-Pavillion, Münster
2006
Reimann le Bègue Gallery, Düsseldorf

Group Exhibitions
2016
Rundblick Reloaded, Kunstverein Kirschenpflücker, Köln
Mirrors. On Reflection and Protection, Künstlerhaus Dortmund
Leaping over a bush to surprise a quail, Chert, Berlin
2015
Ying-Yang 2, SATTLER & PÖTZSCH, Leipzig
2014
To continue. Notes towards A Sculpture Cycle # 2 | Vision, Nomas Foundation, Rome
Rendez-vous der Freunde, Studio 2.14, Herzbergstrasse 55, Berlin.
2013
Editionshow, Chert, Berlin
You’re my wife now, Infernoesque project space, Berlin
Focus, Frieze Art Fair, London
Rosebud, Christuskirsche, Cologne
Extra Large, MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome
2012
AN Eignungen, curated by Ursula Schöndeling, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen
2011
RUNDBLICK, Schöne Wahrnehmung Positionen junger Kunst – Curated by Gertrud Peters, Temporary Gallery, Cologne.
Sunbeam in the Glasshouse, Ehemaliges Amerikanisches Generalkonsulat, Düsseldorf.
U-Turn, presentation at ArteBa, Buenos Aires.
AUSGETRÄUMT, Städtische Galerie Markdorf, Kunstverein Markdorf e.V.
MAGIC AFFAIRS, Contemporaries Meet Magic Realists, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem
That which doesn’t kill us is often made of foam, Chert, Berlin
inter deum et diabolum semper musica est, MINKEN & PALME, Berlin
2010
Drinnen & Draussen, Chert, Berlin
A man, some chickens and one corner, with Petrit Halilaj and Carla Scott Fullerton, Berlin – Paris Exchange, Carlos Cardenas Gallery, Paris, with Chert, Berlin
2009
broken blossoms, with Michael Koch, curated by Julia Ritterskamp, Haufekonzept, Cologne
couples and relations, Drei Raum für Gegenwartskunst, Cologne
63. Bergische Kunstausstellung, Bergischer Kunstpreis 2009, Kunstmuseum Baden Solingen
63. Bergische Kunstausstellung, Städtische Galerie Remscheid
Summit Meeting, Young Sculpture from Switzerland and Germany, KIT – Düsseldorf
2008
Le bonheur en été, Reimann le Bègue Gallery, Düsseldorf
And there it goes, ArtNews Gallery, Berlin
Flock, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
Degree show Glasgow School of Art, Tramway, Glasgow
2007
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Birmingham; Club Row, London; Cornerhouse, Manchester
Weirding and the uncanny, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow
Lowsalt Gallery, Glasgow
Mackintosh Gallery, GSA, Glasgow
2006
Kunstsalon Berlin
“Die Windmühle aus dem südlichen Teil des Jenseits”, Kunstverein Mönchengladbach
2005
Förderpreisausstellung, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössischer Kunst, Münster
MUSE HEUTE?, Inspirationsquellen aktueller Kunst, Kunsthalle Bremen
2004
Leere X Vision – coming people, Ausstellung im Stadtraum Herford/MARTa Herford
Selected group show Cusanuswerk, Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen e.V.
2003
dasgrünetelefon, Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen e.V.

Collections
Nomas Foundation, Rome; Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires; Kunst aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Aachen, Germany

Bibliography
2014
La guida di i-d ad Artissima 2014, on i-D, November 2014
Heike Kabisch “Deep Down Into the Ditch” at Chert, Berlin on Mousse Magazine, April 2014
2012
A Rare Breed of Sculpture, exhibition review, berlin-artparasites.com
2011
Rising Young Artists to Keep an Eye On, edited by Olaf Salié
Ungeschminkt, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Markdorf
Sunbeam in the Glasshouse, exhibition catalogue, Verein 701, Ehemaliges Amerikanisches Generalkonsulat, Düsseldorf
Schöne Wahrnehmung. Positionen Junger Kunst, exhibition catalogue, Temporary Gallery Cologne
2010
Frieze Art Fair Yearbook, fair catalogue, text by Kirsty Bell
Heike Kabisch, works 2005-2010, published by Chert, Berlin
Drinnen & Draussen, exhibition catalogue, published by Chert & Motto, Berlin
2009
Younger Than Jesus/Artist Directory: The essential handbook to the future of art, collected by the curatorial team at the New Museum, New York
63. Bergische Kunstausstellung, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Baden
Gipfeltreffen, Junge Kunst aus der Schweiz und aus Deutschland, KIT Kunst im Tunnel
2007
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007, exhibition catalogue, with comments by the jury: Nigel Cooke, Michael Landy and Linda Norden, London
2006
Windmühle aus dem südlichen Teil des Jenseits, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, text by Matthias Winzen
Thomas Kuhn: “Satelliten mit eigener Schwerkraft”, Kunstforum International, vol. 183