Gregor Hildebrandt was born in 1974 in Bad Homburg and currently lives and works in Berlin. 

He is a Professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The so-called cassette boxes are among the best-known groups of works in Gregor Hildebrandt's oeuvre. For these, he uses music cassette boxes as a central design element. He collects these cases in large quantities and assembles them like modular building blocks to create wall pieces or sculptural installations. The multitude of identical elements creates a rhythmic, almost architectural structure that is also reminiscent of pixel images. The cassette cases function not only as material, but also as carriers of meaning: they refer to analog music and pop culture, to memory and stored sound. The installations thus become visually reduced but contextually multi-layered works that combine nostalgia, seriality, and the aesthetics of past media culture. The two new works we are showing at Art Basel Miami are a tribute to Barbara Streisand and Meryl Streep, who have inspired the artist in many ways.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Kunsthalle Rostock, DE | MAZ Museo de Arte de Zapopan, MX | Kunsthalle 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. Works by Gregor Hildebrandt are in the public collections of the 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.