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AboutOften departing from literary or artistic references, Cosima zu Knyphausen’s works seem to tap into the sacred space between the intimate and the historic. Highlighting the entanglement of creation and desire, she repeatedly engages in her paintings with iconic art historical motifs as a way to reflect on her own depictions of queer bars, settings in the artist's studio, meditations on the muse, all the way to illuminations from Christine de Pizan’s medieval literary utopia The Book of the City of Ladies. Cosima zu Knyphausen’s practice encompasses different mediums such as painting with vinyl, oil, pastel, ink, fabric scraps and egg shells, as well as drawing, and writing.
Cosima zu Knyphausen (born 1988) is a Chilean artist based in Berlin. She studied at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig from 2009 to 2017 and was a participant of BPA Berlin Program for Artists in 2018. A catalogue with her graduation work was published in 2017 as a collaboration between Hamburger Bahnhof and 50Hertz. During the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, she was an artist in residency at Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico, in 2020. Cosima zu Knyphausen has been a guest lecturer at HfK Bremen (2023) and guest mentor at BPA (2021). Recent solo exhibitions include Sebastian Gladstone (2024), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile (2022), Weiss Falk, Basel (2022), piloto pardo, London (2021), and stadium, Berlin (2020). Furthermore, she has participated in group exhibitions at Galerie Wedding, Berlin (2019), Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig (2021), Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam (2022), Berghain, Berlin (2020), Briefing Room, Brussels (2023), and XYZ collective, Tokyo (2023). Her monograph Cento was published with Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite in Berlin in 2023.
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Works
Cosima zu Knyphausen
Boden der HGB (dreckig), 2022/23ink, vinyl paint, modelling paste and fabric on linen18 x 15 cm
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Cosima zu Knyphausen / Biennale für Freiburg, Pförtnerhaus, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Solo presentation 5 June to 27 July 2025Stretching across public spaces, cultural institutions, and artist-run venues, Biennale für Freiburg's latest edition with the name HAPPY PLACE brings together local and international artists...Read more -
Cosima zu Knyphausen / Galerie Thomas Schulte Potsdamer Strasse
Finissage Friday, 1 November 2024 from 6 PMTo celebrate the final days as well as the publication Cento published by BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE in 2023, Galerie Thomas Schulte invites...Read more -
Galerie Thomas Schulte Potsdamer Strasse
Second Exhibition Venue From 13 September 2024Galerie Thomas Schulte is pleased to announce it is expanding its program with the opening of a second exhibition venue in the Mercator-Höfe on Potsdamer...Read more
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