Max Frintrop
Work inquiryAbout the artist
Max Frintrop (b. 1982 in Oberhausen, Germany) lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. Frintrop is a contemporary German artist known for his experimental approach to sculpture and installation art. His work often explores the relationship between objects, space, and perception, challenging traditional boundaries between art and everyday life. Frintrop uses a wide range of materials and techniques, creating immersive environments that invite viewers to reconsider how they experience form and function. Through his innovative practice, he has gained recognition in the European art scene for pushing the limits of contemporary art.
His work has been widely covered by international media including Frankfurter Allgemeine, Daily Lazy and Collecteurs.
Education
2003-2009
Academy of Art Düsseldorf, master class, DE
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Hot Waxed Horsebacks, Budapest Art Factory, Budapest, Hungary
2018
Lardo, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
Chansons dans le vide, Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Mi Par D´Udir Ancora, AplusB, Brescia, IT
Keine WelT, Kunstverein Heppenheim, DE
2016
Daily Bread, Lyles & King, New York, US
Frontron, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
2015
You should be here, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2014
Leverage, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
2013
Salad DayS, Max Frintrop and Michail Pirgelis, Kunstverein Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, DE
2012
Ricochet, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
Gelsenkirchener Gangart, BaustelleSchaustelle, Essen, DE
2011
Aragena, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, DE
2010
Space is the Place, Raum für Kunst und Musik e.V., COLOGNE, DE
Group Exhibitions
2018
Max Frintrop / Anja Schwörer, Vickermann, Baden-Baden, DE
2016/2017
Fasi Lunari, curated by Albert Oehlen, with Peppi Bottrop, Andreas Breunig, Max Frintrop, Fabian Ginsberg, Yuji Nagai, Albert Oehlen, David Ostrowski, Fondazione Carriero, Milan, IT
Thresher, with Max Frintrop, Benjamin Houlihan, Colin Penno, Geukens De Vil, Antwerp, BE
Papier, group exhibition with Rosemarie Trockel, Gerd and Uwe Tobias, Thomas Arnold, Walter Dahn, Andreas Schulze, Jan-Ole Schiemann, AK Raum, Cologne, DE
We´ve been hiding too long, group show with Michael Riedel, Angelo Otero, Iris Touliatou, Talisa Lallai, Chris Hood, Luc Fuller ..., David Achenbach Projects, Wuppertal, DE
2015
Formen der Abstraktion, groupshow with Gerhard Richter, Sam Francis, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Tony Cragg, Gotthard Graubner, Ludorff Düsseldorf, DE
Volumes, groupshow with Keith J Varadi, Donna Huanca, Graham Wilson, Kasper Sonne, Tiziano Martini, Berthold Pott at Kölnberg, Cologne, DE
Malerei, groupshow with Walter Dahn, Max Frintrop, Mike Meiré, Béla Pablo Jansen, NeoNoto, Cologne, DE
Hunted Projects, groupshow with Kadar Brock, Koen Deleare, Max Frintrop, Ted Gahl, Michael Staniak, Leo XXIII, Tilburg, NL
2014
Groupshow at Middlemarch with Landon Metz, Michael Manning, Dean Levin, Graham Collins, Motherwell, Ethan Cook, Brussels, BE
Politics of Surface, co-curated by Alex Bacon, with Graham Collins, Max Frintrop, Manor Grunewald, James Krone, Israel Lund, Colin Penno, Jessica Sanders, Bas van den Hurk, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
Person, Place or Thing, curated by Quang Bao, with Max Frintrop, Zak Prekop, Richard Serra, Richard Tuttle, 68 Projects, Berlin, DE
Nowhere, curated by Elena Brugnano and Nils Emmerichs, with Dan Attoe, Thea Djordjaze, Max Frintrop, Leo Gabin, Mark Flood, Melike Kara, David Ostrowski, Michail Pirgelis, Babette, Berlin, DE
Genius Loci II, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE
Groupshow at Museum Wiesbaden, DE
L´avventura / Die mit der Liebe spielen, with Max Frintrop, Stephanie Stein, Michael Pirgelis, Philip Seibel, Tobias Hoffknecht, Palazzo Guaineri delle Cossere, Brescia, IT
Brussels Cologne Contemporaries (BCC), T.A.T., Cologne, DE
2013
The end, Max Frintrop, Rosemarie Trockel, David Ostrowski, Michail Pirgelis..., QBox, Athens, GR
2012
Totale 02, Maschinenhaus, Essen, DE
Homeland I, with Ralf Dereich, Max Frintrop, Behrang Karimi, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
Painting Show, with Max Frintrop, Marcel Hüpphauff, Andreas Plum, David Ostrowski, Jana Schröder, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
Die Null reintragen (Abstrakt nach 89), Büro adalbert, Gera, DE
2011
VOR GOTT IST ALLE KUNST SCHEISSE II, 1981er & Boutique, Cologne, DE
Boo, Arti et Amicitiae & Mike Potter Projekts, Amsterdam, NL
Single Club, Düsseldorf, DE
Max Frintrop vs. Roman Lang, Gesellschaft für streitorientierte Kulturforschung GSK, Düsseldorf, DE
Everything you ever liked about your mother, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010
Figurprobleme, Artleib, Düsseldorf, DE
K22, Tanzschule-Projects, München, DE
Rundblick 2010, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, DE
Kunstverein Kirschenpflücker e.V.+ & -, 304 Days, Vancouver, CA
2009
Something strange will happen this summer, Mike Potter Projects, Oxford, UK
Giganten, Mike Potter Projects, Cologne, UK
Painting on the möve, curated by Albert Oehlen, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, DE
Creme, Gallery Felix Ringel, Düsseldorf, DE
2008
Bilder mit Sonnenbrand, mit David Ostrowski, first floor, Düsseldorf, DE
1001 Bilder, Villa de Bank, Enschede, DE
2007
Kombilösung : Spiegelvision, Artleib, Düsseldorf, DE
Unqualifiziertes Dunkel, Raum für Kunst und Musik e.V, Colgne, DE
Wed-Fri: 10:00 – 17:00
Sat: 11:00 – 15:00
Sun-Tue: Closed