Gregor Hildebrandt
German artist Gregor Hildebrandt is recognized for his innovative use of analog storage media, particularly cassette tapes and vinyl records, in crafting visually compelling and conceptually rich artworks. He transforms these obsolete technologies into captivating pieces that explore themes of memory, time, and the physicality of sound. Drawing from the histories of literature, cinema, and pop culture, Hildebrandt probes into both individual and collective memory.
Gregor Hildebrandt was born in 1974 in Bad Homburg. He lives and works in Berlin. He is a Professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Institutional solo exhibitions include Kunsthalle Rostock, DE | MAZ Museo de Art de Zapopan, Zapopan, MX | Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, CZ | Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, DE | G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE | Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, DE | mumok, Vienna, AT | Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, DE | Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE.
Furthermore, he participated in group exhibitions, in institutions like Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, DE | Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, DE | Neues Museum, Nürnberg, DE | Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, DE | Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg, Halle, DE | Daimler Contemporary Berlin, Berlin, DE | Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, DE | The Bass Museum of Art, Miami, US | The Centre Pompidou in Paris, FR | Miami Art Museum, Miami, US |ICA, Boston, US | Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, DE | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE | Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE | Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, NL | Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, US | Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, ES | Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, DE | Kunstverein Heppenheim, DE | Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, FR | Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL.
Hildebrandt's works are held in the following collections: Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR | Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE | Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, DE | Sammlung zeitgenössische Kunst des Bundes, Bonn, DE | Kunsthalle Bielefeld, DE | Museum van Bommel van Dam, AD Venlo, NL | Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, US | Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, DE | Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US | Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, BE | Burger Collection, Zurich, CH/Hong Kong, HK | Yuz Collection, Shanghai, CN | Collection of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg, DE.
Anita Louise Kasten, 2024- Giuliana, 2024
- Roberta, 2024
- Straßen aus Wasser, 2024
- Blau im Gedächtnis (Blue in Memoriam), 2024
- From the edge of the deep green sea, 2023
- Korzilius, 2023
- Und dann auf Steine sehen, 2023
- Entschwand am Kanal, 2024
- Into the White, 2022
- Nova, 2021
- White line fever, 2017
- Der Freischwimmer, 2018
- Drive Deep (Blender Berg), 2014
- Robin Wright , 2023
- Von Kopf bis Fuß, 2023
- Auf der Straße, 2022
- Kassettenkasten: Best, 2012
- Bia (mit farbigem Ornament), 2019
- Daikokuten Muster, 2021
- Ich hab mich auf den Boden gelegt (Toco), 2018
- Oschi, 2020
- Oswald, 2022
- Beethoven-Klaviersonate Nr. 17 d-moll OP. 31/2 Der Sturm, 2008
- Da blüht der Flieder (wenn es Mai ist) (Konstantin Wecker), 2014
- Der große Regen, 2018
- Die Geschichte geht weiter, 2023
- Die Tiere sind unruhig (Kante), 2016
- Endlich wieder unten (K. Wecker), 2013
- Es ist ein Stoppelfeld in das ein weißer Regen fällt, 2015
- I am Deranged (Lost Highway [David Bowie]), 2001
- Ich habe eine Vorstellung vom grauen Haus, 2021
- If only tonight we could fall (Cure), 2007
- Indigo, 2019
- Indigo Night, 2018
- lights shell sound (PAAR), 2018
- mäandern ins Blaue, 2016
- mit Sand und Wasser vermischt (B.B.), 2018
- Neues vom Trickser (Toco) II, 2012
- Neues vom Trickser (Toco) III, 2012
- Nimm dir was du brauchst (Verschwende deine Jugend), 2010
- Oma Giselas Fenster von außen, 2020
- Pink mich zu Ende, 2018
- Raphina, 2022
- Regen prasselt auf Boden (Holz), 2017
- Schallfeld, 2016
- Seht ihr die weißen Möwen dort?, 2020
- Streifen der Stille (Benji – danke), 2016
- Und doch läßt etwas Kirschen blühen im April (Konstantin Wecker), 2014
- Walking on Sunshine, 2017
- Warten im Wald (Kante), 2016
- Weiss schäumt das Meer, 2021
- Wenn die Nacht anbricht (Neonlicht (Kraftwerk)), 2008
- Why is the bedroom so cold? (Susanna love will ...), 2010
- Wild is the wind, 2021
- Zickzack-Raute (Anfänge und Enden), 2016
- Urlaub im Urban, 2016
- The Carny N.C. (San Michele), 2004
- Schwelle gekreuzt, 2020
Hidden memories
Wentrup Venezia26 Jun - 18 Oct 2025Wentrup VENEZIAThe exhibition “Hidden memories” unites the four artists Thomas Grünfeld, Gregor Hildebrandt, John McAllister and Claudia Wieser, who all work originally in different media, in the theme of the folding...Read moreSailing with Gregor Hildebrandt
Stern und schwärzliche Fahrt (Wentrup VENEZIA)21 - 22 Sep 2024We extend our thanks to everyone who joined Gregor Hildebrandt's sailing event in Venice last weekend. For those unable to attend, we're delighted to share a video of the occasion....Read more20 Years – An Anniversary Show
WENTRUP, Berlin13 Sep - 16 Nov 2024WentrupRead moreGregor Hildebrandt – Stern und schwärzliche Fahrt
Wentrup VENEZIA30 Aug - 19 Oct 2024Wentrup VENEZIAWentrup is pleased to present „Stern und schwärzliche Fahrt“ (Star and Blackish Journey), the first solo exhibition of Berlin artist Gregor Hildebrandt at its Venetian location; it is the tenth...Read moreVierte Hängung
27 Aug - 26 Nov 2022Wentrup am FeenteichWe are pleased to present the forth group exhibition at WENTRUP am Feenteich, featuring works by Nevin Aladag, Hicham Berrada, Miriam Böhm, Jenny Brosinski, Gregor Hildebrandt, Wyatt Kahn , and...Read moreDritte Hängung
26 Mar - 14 Aug 2022Wentrup am FeenteichWentrup is pleased to present the third group exhibition at WENTRUP am Feenteich, featuring works by Nevin Aladag, Jenny Brosinski, Anna Fasshauer, Günther Förg, Gregor Hildebrandt, Olaf Metzel, Gerold Miller,...Read moreGregor Hildebrandt – Ein Wimpernschlag und hinter uns die Stunden
24 Feb - 14 Apr 2022Wentrup II, WentrupRead moreWentrup am Feenteich
22 Aug - 31 Oct 2021Wentrup am FeenteichHoused in a three-storey mansion with an outdoor sculpture garden, Wentrup am Feenteich will be a unique destination for art collectors, professionals and enthusiasts from across the world that fosters...Read moreAbstrakt
28 Apr - 15 May 2021WentrupWentrup is pleased to present the group exhibition ABSTRAKT during Berlin’s Gallery Weekend. The group exhibition ABSTRAKT is featuring nine artists, whose works offer different approaches to abstraction. The formal...Read moreZoom In Zoom Out
7 May - 18 Jul 2020WentrupNevin Aladag, Hicham Berrada, Miriam Böhm, Louisa Clement, Mariechen Danz, Axel Geis, Thomas Grünfeld, Karl Haendel, Gregor Hildebrandt, John McAllister, Florian Meisenberg, Olaf Metzel, Peles Empire, David Renggli , Wawrzyniec...Read moreGregor Hildebrandt – Fliegen weit vom Ufer fort
6 Mar - 25 Apr 2020WentrupFliegen weit vom Ufer fort , the title of Gregor Hildebrandt’s eighth solo show at Wentrup, is a line from the rather moving sailor’s song Die großen weißen Vögel that...Read moreGregor Hildebrandt – Ein Zimmer im Raum
15 Sep - 3 Nov 2018WentrupGalerie Wentrup is pleased to present Ein Zimmer im Raum, its 7th solo show by Gregor Hildebrandt (born 1974 in Bad Homburg, Germany), who lives and works in Berlin and...Read morePAPIER.SALON
16 Jan - 23 Feb 2018WentrupThe group exhibition Papier.Salon. combines a selected variety of drawings with modern furniture, featuring works by Sol Calero, Jean Cocteau, William Copley, Mariechen Danz, Peter Doig, Marcel van Eeden, Debo...Read moreL’été plus vaste que l'empire
1 Jul - 5 Aug 2017WentrupBjörn Braun, Günther Förg, Mary Heilmann, Gregor Hildebrandt, Barbara Kasten, Friedrich Kunath, John McAllister, Florian Meisenberg, Oliver Osborne, David Renggli, Daniel Richter, Kathleen Ryan, Wilhelm Sasnal, Kathrin Sonntag, He Xiangyu...Read moreGregor Hildebrandt – Auf Wasser schlafend rauscht das Meer
2 - 30 May 2015WentrupA full-length dressing room mirror as a portal to Hades. Orpheus touches the mirror’s surface. Concentric circles ripple out from his finger, the glass liquefies, and he slips through a...Read moreAccrochage
31 - 26 Jan 2015WentrupRead moreGregor Hildebrandt – In Jade stände eine Stadt
17 Sep - 17 Oct 2013WentrupRead moreGregor Hildebrandt – Für kommende Morgen
8 Oct - 12 Nov 2011WentrupWe are pleased to announce the exhibition FÜR KOMMENDE MORGEN with Gregor Hildebrandt, which will open at the gallery on 7 October. This solo exhibition, Hildebrandt’s fourth at the gallery,...Read moreGregor Hildebrandt – Dass dieser Mai nie ende
1 Apr - 13 May 2009WentrupRead moreReinvented: Study & Play
21 Nov - 31 Dec 2008WentrupWith works by Cristian Andersen, Nathan Carter, Philippe Decrauzat, Gregor Hildebrandt, Ian Kiaer, Germaine Kruip, Alicja Kwade, Scott Myles , and John Tremblay .Read moreGregor Hildebrandt – Dunkle Fahrt zu hellem Tag
10 - 20 Mar 2007WentrupRead moreGregor Hildebrandt – Von den Steinen zu den Sternen
24 Jun - 27 Jul 2006WentrupThe art of Gregor Hildebrandt (born 1974) can best be described by the concept ofRead more
conceptual image creation, although this too opens up a conceptual pigeonhole
in which the artist is difficult to categorize.
Since 1999, Gregor Hildebrandt has been working with cassette tape and since 2003 with
video tape as his preferred material. In closely adjacent strips, canvases are
completely or partially covered, paper works and sculptures are created, or even
entire house walls and rooms are draped. The coated surface of the tapes
creates a reflection of light and the surrounding space, which never makes the image
appear the same. The austerity of Hildebrandt's works only seemingly evokes
associations with formal reductions known since the 1960s. The minimal in Hildebrandt's work never appears value-free, but is instead poetically charged. In the painting "The Carny N.C. (San Michele)" (274 x 447 cm, 2004), for example, the silhouette of the cemetery island San Michele of Venice is outlined in the lower third. While in this area the raw canvas is visible and the island with surrounding water is imagined, Hildebrandt has covered the upper part of the sky completely with cassette tape. The tape here, as always in the works of Gregor Hildebrandt, is not merely a material, but also a carrier of meaning insofar as the tapes are always carriers of music. In this case, it is the song "The Carny" by the Australian singer Nick Cave. The immateriality of the music intertwines in its meaning with the subject of the canvas painting.
The conceptual in Hildebrandt's work is evident precisely in this questioning of visibility. The idea takes the place of concrete realization, of pure illustration.
The viewer is no longer fixed on mere perception, but finds themselves challenged to reflect on the open form according to their own ideas. This individual appropriation in Hildebrandt's work, however, never leads to a dissolution of the materiality of the work, but ties it back to the form of the panel painting.
Gregor Hildebrandt – Nah am Wasser
Kunsthalle Rostock, DE9 Mar – 19 May 2024, March 9, 2024Gregor Hildebrandt & Alicja Kwade – Beyond Behind
Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, MX29 Oct 2023 – 7 Apr 2024, October 29, 2023Gregor Hildebrandt – A blink of an eye and the years are behind us
Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, CZ29 Sep 2022 – 13 Feb 2023, September 29, 2022In erster Linie. Works from the Stadler Collection
Neues Museum Nuremberg28 Jan – 11 Sept 2022, January 28, 2022Gregor Hildebrandt – Im Sturz durch Raum und Zeit
Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, DE10 Oct 2021 – 27 Mar 2022, October 10, 2021Gregor Hildebrandt – Luft in allen Zimmern
G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE16 Oct 2020 – 16 May 2021, October 16, 2020Gregor Hildebrandt – Tönend hallt die Jugend
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, DE7 Oct – 18 Nov 2018, October 7, 2018Gregor Hildebrandt – Urlaub im Urban
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE13 Apr – 8 May 2016, April 13, 2016Gregor Hildebramdt – Sterne streifen die Fluten
Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, DE21 Nov 2015 – 24 Apr 2016, November 21, 2015
Gregor Hildebrandt
A Blink of an Eye and the Years Are Behind Us 2022Read more
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Tönend hallt die Jugend 2019Read more
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Sterne streifen die Fluten 2015Read more
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Urlaub im Urban 2016Read more
Gregor Hildebrandt
...und doch lässt etwas Kirschen blühen im April 2009Read more
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Ein Koffer aus Berlin 2012Read more
Gregor Hildebrandt
...und dieses wasser wird sich immer schwarz färben 2005Read more
Gregor Hildebrandt + Jorinde Voigt
Nächtliches Konzert 2012Read more
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