Peter Klare studied painting at the Munich Arts Academy and at the University of California in Los Angeles were he received his MFA in 1998.
His way of painting is a critical method of reinterpreting the common concept of world and to debate its perception.
Building sculptural paintings and large installations he usually sticks to the classical means of painting - oil paint on streched canvas. In doing so his work always keeps the character of a projection while giving volume and shape to thoughts and emotions.
| 1969 | born in Jena, East Germany |
| 1974 | family escapes to West Germany |
| 1987-88 | studies in Maldonado, Uruguay |
| 1996-02 | Los Angeles |
| 2002 | lives and works in Berlin |
| 2020 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1996-98 | MFA, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1992-96 | Meisterschüler, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich |
| 1991 | studies with Hugo Longa, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2022 | ’Shapes’, kunstraum friesenstrasse, Hannover |
| ’Collagen’, Galerie Springer, Berlin | |
| 2021 | ’Of Well Known Origin’, Hilbert Raum, Berlin |
| 2019 | ’Faux Fur’, Berlin Weekly, Berlin |
| 2019 | ’Klare Botschaft’, Botschaft Uferhallen, Berlin |
| 2018 | ’blindfolded’, Ortner&Ortner DEPOT, Berlin |
| 2017 | ’Silver’, Galerie Springer, Berlin |
| 2015 | ’Spiegelbilder’, Nachtschicht at hettler.tullmann, Berlin |
| 2014 | ’plein air’, invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin |
| ’Golden State of Mind’, Design-Mai at hettler.tullmann, Berlin | |
| 2013 | ’Nieve en el Jardin del Eucalipto’, Casamalia, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| ’Peter Klare/Tilbert Oelke’, Luckenwalder Str. by Pano Merianos, Berlin | |
| ’Pinturas del Frio’, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | |
| ’Sonntag am See mit Milchreis’, Swamplands, Mühlenbeckerland, Germany | |
| 2011 | ’Like Paint’, Dan Hayes and Peter Klare, a LoBe project by Olivia Reynolds, Berlin |
| ’Home Show - Mattresses’, Badstr. 35, Berlin | |
| 2010 | ’Flatlands’, Ulf Saupe Galerie, Berlin |
| ’Wet Paint in the Woods’, Swamplands, Mühlenbeckerland, Germany | |
| 2009 | ’Tocando Bosques’, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| ’Sünny Days’, Galerie Scala, Berlin | |
| 2007 | ’rain or shine’, Open Forest, Berlin |
| ’rain or shine’, Kunstverein Weiden, Weiden | |
| 2006 | ’Mountain Paintings’, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| ’Schnee’, Ateleir CardenasBellanger, Paris | |
| shop van reimersdahl, Berlin | |
| ’-15°C’, Invaliden 1, Berlin | |
| 2005 | ’Miles End’, Private View M.O. Drescher, Berlin |
| ’The Canyon Paintings’, c/o Black-Dragon-Society, Los Angeles National Forest | |
| 2004 | Union Gallery, London |
| 2003 | ‘Golden State’, Galerie Herzer, Munich |
| ‘Foreground Makes the Picture Healthy‘, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | |
| 2002 | Black-Dragon-Society, Los Angeles |
| Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | |
| 2001 | Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| 2000 | Susanne Vielmetter Gallery, L.A. Projects, Los Angeles |
| ‘nature & comfort‘, Galerie Herzer, Munich | |
| 1999 | ‘Falsch & Decke’, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich |
| ‘Flying Carpets, Black-Dragon-Society, Los Angeles | |
| 1998 | ‘Home Furnishings’, Deitch Projects, New York City |
| ‘Expanded View’, Derek Eller Gallery, New York City | |
| 1996 | ‘Camouflage’, Fotoinstallation Hauptbahnhof, Munich |
| ‘Wohnung‘, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich | |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2024 | ’color and paint’, kunstraum friesenstrasse, Hannover |
| 2023 | ’architectura’, kunstraum friesenstrasse, Hannover |
| 2022 | ’Tasty Painting’, zuratet by Z. Skiba, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin |
| ’Departure-TXL-Räume 3’, Flughafen Tegel, Berlin | |
| ’On Equal Terms’, kuratiert von Sophia Gräfe & Arkadij Koscheew, Uferhallen, Berlin | |
| 2021 | ’Out NOW’, curated by I. Parkes, Uferhallen, Berlin |
| 2020 | ’Manifest’, curated by I. Meiffert, Uferhallen, Berlin |
| ’Sports & Localamneties’, LoBeBlock Berlin | |
| 2019 | ’Gezielte Setzungen’ Sprengel Museum Hannover |
| ’Eigenbedarf’, kuratiert von I. Meiffert, Uferhallen, Berlin | |
| ’Lecker’, curated by Z. Skiba, Atelierhof Kreuzberg Berlin | |
| ’Schau.....6’ Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria | |
| 2018 | ’Schau.....5’ Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria |
| ’Räume 2’ curated by A. Mann, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin | |
| ’Uferlos’ Uferhallen, Berlin | |
| ’Die!Landschaft’ with Manfred Peckl, Bar Babette, Berlin | |
| ’Where is Philadelphia?’ with Maik Schierloh, Gutshaus Philadelphia, Storkow | |
| ’SW’ ccurated by A. van Reimersdahl, Berlin Weekly, Berlin | |
| 2017 | ’Le Zoo de Madame Y’, Galerie Benhadj&Djilali, Berlin |
| ’Mega Bock’, Uferhallen, Berlin | |
| ’Lift Off’, curated by M. Durazo, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, California | |
| 2016 | ’Liaison’, Uferhallen, Berlin |
| ’One Fine Day - Charity’, curated by M. Steinmann and T. Tykwer, Gallery Sexauer, Berlin | |
| ’Frohe Botschaft’, Botschaft, Berlin | |
| 2015 | ’Holy Independent Space’, Kunstverein geh8, Dresden |
| ’aLL uP’, Draschen, Molis, Peckl, Bar Barbett, Berlin | |
| ’Match’, curated by M. Peckl, Galerie Das Schaufenster, Berlin | |
| 2014 | invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin |
| 2013 | ’Concrete Poetry’, Kunstmuseum Bochum, curated by Mario Lombardo for Emscher Genossenschaft, Bochum Germany |
| ’Das allerletzte Prof. Winkler Stipendium’, Kunstverein Weiden, Weiden, Germany | |
| 2012 | ’Choses vues à Droite est à Gauche (sans lunettes)’, by l´oiseau présente..., Ballhaus Ost, Berlin |
| 2010 | ’Sommerutstilling’, Galleri Semmingsen, Oslo, Norway |
| ’Die Panke’, an off-side LoBe project by O. Reynolds, Berlin | |
| 2009 | ’einundvierziggrad’, Galerie Binz und Krämer, Köln |
| ’Formation’, curated by MV Stein, Uferhallen Wedding, Berlin | |
| Ulf Saupe Gallery, Berlin | |
| 2008 | Die ersten internationalen Elvistage, New York 2008, Ideal Glass Gallery, New York City |
| ’Spitzenwerke der Zeichnung aus der Sammlung Abstädt’, Atelier Seitz/Hackel, München | |
| 2007 | ’Public Park’, curated by J. Pearson, Scoops, Los Angeles |
| ’vierziggrad’, Galerie Binz und Krämer, Köln | |
| ’Niveaualarm’, curated by U. Wulff, Kunstraum Innsbruck | |
| ’Logiques du rêve éveillé’, Maëlle Dault, Instants Chavirés, Paris | |
| Rental ’Oliver Twist’, New York | |
| Der Prof. Winkler Romantik-Award, Munich | |
| ’Incognito’, Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, California | |
| ’Wasserfarben’, Summa Cum Laude, Berlin | |
| 2006 | Prof. Winkelmann, Munich |
| 2005 | Prof. Winkler Kunst- und Literaturtage’, Los Angeles |
| ’Christmas in August’, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles | |
| Prof. Winkler Stipendium Berlin | |
| ’Incognito’, Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica California | |
| ’Little Things’ Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, California | |
| Black Oriental, Berlin | |
| 2004 | ‘Please Please Your Self‘, Atelier Cardenas, Paris |
| Galerie Heinz Herzer, Munich | |
| 2003 | ‘Faking Real‘, Columbia University, New York City |
| ‘Light & Spaced Out‘, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris | |
| The Glassbox, Paris, | |
| Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest | |
| ‘Von Bergen‘, Schloß Agathenburg, Agathenburg | |
| 2002 | ‘Der Berg’, Kunstverein Heidelberg, (catalog) |
| ‘Landscapes’, Derek Eller Gallery, New York City | |
| 2001 | ‘L.A. loves N.Y.’, Yamagata Studio, Malibu, C.A. |
| ‘Zick Zack’, VTO Gallery, London | |
| ‘Mixed Pickle’ Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |
| 2000 | ‘Debütantenball‘, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, (catalog) |
| ‘Showroom‘, Troy, New York, (catalog) | |
| ‘2000 Anos Luz’, Museo La Recova, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, (catalog) | |
| ‘Legal Paperworks’, Beyond Baroque, Venice, C.A. | |
| 1999 | ‘Mozart on Television’, Deitch Projects, New York City |
| Black-Dragon-Society, Los Angeles | |
| 1998 | MFA Exhibition, Wight Gallery at U.C.L.A., Los Angeles |
| La Central, San Sebastian, Spain | |
| Über-Main Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1997 | Seidel Villa, Munich |
| Armand Hammer Gallery, Los Angeles |