Schiefe Zähne

Matthias Groebel

Matthias Groebel came to art in the early 1980s as an autodidact and has since cultivated a distinctive body of work comprising painting, drawing, video, and photography rooted in technological and cybernetic experimentation. In the late 80s, Groebel developed a painting machine that enabled him to transfer moving images onto canvas,capturing scenes from broadcast TV and later his own video footage. Exploring themes of voyeurism, surveillance, and gentrification, Groebel’s work traces the proliferation of “poor” images that accompanied the democratization of media at the cusp of the digital age, capturing the psychological currents underlying narratives of progress.

Works

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1992acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1992
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1985oil on canvas95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1985
oil on canvas
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, L1595, 1995acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, L1595, 1995
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1988

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1988

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1993acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1993
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Machine Painting, 2024Modern Art, London, UKInstallation view

Machine Painting, 2024
Modern Art, London, UK
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 2004acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)80 x 110 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 2004
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
80 × 110 cm

Matthias Groebel, The Rhythms of Reception, 2022Schiefe Zähne, BerlinInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, The Rhythms of Reception, 2022
Schiefe Zähne, Berlin
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (193), 2005acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)80 x 110

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (193), 2005
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
80 × 110

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (193), 2005(detail)

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (193), 2005
(detail)

Matthias Groebel, tower house, 2005 - 2006acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)220 x 235 cm (6 panels)

Matthias Groebel, tower house, 2005 - 2006
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
220 × 235 cm (6 panels)

Matthias Groebel, chemical, 2024Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DEInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, chemical, 2024
Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1992acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1992
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1988photo emulsion and oil on canvas95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1988
photo emulsion and oil on canvas
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1993(detail)

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1993
(detail)

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1994acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1994
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel
Matthias Groebel, A Change in Weather (Broadcast Material 1989-2001), 2022Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, DüsseldorfInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, A Change in Weather (Broadcast Material 1989-2001), 2022
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, The Rhythms of Reception, 2022Schiefe Zähne, BerlinInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, The Rhythms of Reception, 2022
Schiefe Zähne, Berlin
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (067), 2006acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)80 x 110

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (067), 2006
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
80 × 110

Matthias Groebel, phantoms all around me, 2024Gathering, London, UKInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, phantoms all around me, 2024
Gathering, London, UK
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (194), 2004(detail)

Matthias Groebel, Untitled (194), 2004
(detail)

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1986signed and dated on reverse sidephoto emulsion and oil on canvas95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled , 1986
signed and dated on reverse side
photo emulsion and oil on canvas
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, L0598, 1998acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, L0598, 1998
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1991acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 1991
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, chemical, 2024Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DEInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, chemical, 2024
Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, L0796, 1996acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)95 x 210 cm

Matthias Groebel, L0796, 1996
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
95 × 210 cm

Excerpt from Matthias Groebel Trusted Faces, 1995/2022, Video Loop, 02:41

Excerpt from Matthias Groebel Trusted Faces, 1995/2022, Video Loop, 02:41

Sammlung Jetzt: 4 Parkbänke mit 4 Papierkörben, 2024Albertinum, Dresden, DEInstallation view

Sammlung Jetzt: 4 Parkbänke mit 4 Papierkörben, 2024
Albertinum, Dresden, DE
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Avid Signals (Broadcast Material 1989 - 2001), 2021Galerie Bernhard, Zürich, CHInstallation view

Matthias Groebel, Avid Signals (Broadcast Material 1989 - 2001), 2021
Galerie Bernhard, Zürich, CH
Installation view

Matthias Groebel, Hacked channels #11, 2000acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)115 x 100 cm

Matthias Groebel, Hacked channels #11, 2000
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
115 × 100 cm

Matthias Groebel, Hacked Channels #12, 2000acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)110 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, Hacked Channels #12, 2000
acrylic on canvas (computer-assisted painting)
110 × 95 cm

Exhibitions

Machine Painting

Tauba Auerbach, Matthias Groebel, Peter Halley, Jaqueline Humphries, Albert Oehlen, Sigmar Polke, Seth Price, Avery Singer, Reena Spaulings, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, Jack Whitten, Christopher Wool

Modern Art, London, UK

October 6 – December 14, 2024

Matthias Groebel

MIT PARALLELITÄT VON WIDERSPRÜCHEN WIRD KOMPLEXES MISSVERSTÄNDLICHER

Noor Abuarafeh, Ariella Azoulay, Linda Bilda, Bertolt Brecht, KP Brehmer, Vlassis Caniaris, Larry W. Cook, Josefin Fischer, Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, Matthias Groebel, Elisabeth Hauptmann, Verena Kathrein & Ariane Müller, Tiphanie Kim Mall, Genesis P-Orridge, Sophie Reinhold, Ronald M. Schernikau, LeRoy Stevens, ariella tai, Agnès Varda

conceived by Elisa R. Linn, Sophie Reinhold and Ariane Müller

January 20 – March 4, 2022

Matthias Groebel

Selected Press

Matthias Groebel

born 1958, Aachen, Germany
lives and works in Cologne, Germany

Solo Exhibtions

  • 2025

    Skull Fuck, Modern Art, London, UK

  • 2024

    chemical, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
    phantoms all around me
    , Matthias Groebel, Gathering, London UK

  • 2023

    Matthias Groebel, Ulrik, New York, USA

  • 2022

    A Change in Weather (Broadcast Material 1989-2001), Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
    The Rhythms of Reception, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin
    Satellites Cast No Shadow (curated by Andreas Selg), Drei, Cologne, DE

  • 2021

    Avid Signals (Broadcast Material 1989 - 2001) (curated by Andreas Selg), Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, CH

  • 2009

    Embedded Painting, Praxis Staat, Cologne, DE

  • 2007

    Save from Demons, Livingroom, Cologne, DE

  • 2003

    Collective Memories, Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York, USA

  • 2002

    Vanishing Points, Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York, USA

  • 2000

    Fishing For Compliments, Galerie Berndt, Cologne, DE

  • 1997

    Das neutrale Netz (with Joseph Nechvatal), Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
    new.clear_wave, Galerie Berndt, Cologne, DE

  • 1996

    alt.sex (with Joseph Nechvatal), In Situ, Aalst, Belgium, BE

  • 1995

    Matthias Groebel, Galerie Berndt, Cologne, DE

  • 1993

    18+(5)+13, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Kabinett), Aachen, DE

Group Exhibitions

  • 2024

    Sammlung Jetzt – 4 Parkbänke mit 4 Papierkörben, Albertinum, Dresden
    Jahresgaben,
    Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
    Machine Painting
    , Modern Art, London, UK
    15th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud,
    Gwangju, South Korea
    Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)
    , curated by Simon Denny, Petzel Gallery, New York, US
    I Call It Home, My Hell, Drei at Bel Ami, Los Angeles
    Hoi Köln, Part 3: Albtraum Malerei, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne

  • 2023

    Hoi Köln, Teil 2: Im Bauch der Maschine, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
    Dowsing
    , curated by Nick Irvin, Layr, Vienna, AT
    Interests, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin
    Gruppenausstellung mit Claudia Schiffer, WAF Galerie, Vienna, AT
    Basel Social Club, Basel,CH
    Under a Machine Thing
    , Francis.Irv, New York, USA
    Unto Dust, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris, FR

  • 2022

    Only One Step From Heaven, curated by Reine Aliénor, La SIRA, Asnière-sur-Seine, FR
    The Wig, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE
    Mit Parallelität von Widersprüchen wird Komplexes missverständlicher, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin

  • 2016

    Tele-Gen, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, FL

  • 2015

    Tele-Gen, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, DE

  • 2012

    Human Frames, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin

  • 2011

    Human Frames, The Substation, Singapore, SG
    Human Frames, KIT Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, DE

  • 2010

    Keine Clowns, nur harte Typen, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin

  • 2008

    Soul Stripper, Project Midi, Brussels, BE

  • 2005

    Vital Signs, Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York, USA
    Museum del Arte Moderno, Medellin, Colombia & Portobello Film Festival, London, UK
    Closed Circuit International Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL

  • 2004

    self-ish, scicult, London, UK
    Rheinschau, Art Cologne Projects, Cologne, DE

  • 2003

    One Day Preview, art2b, Cologne, DE
    T.O.S.C., Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York, USA

  • 2002

    Reality Revisited (conceived by Matthias Groebel), In Situ, Aalst, BE
    Reality Revisited (conceived by Matthias Groebel), Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne, DE

  • 2001

    Swiss Embassy, Berlin

  • 2000

    R.E.D. (Remote Experience Dependency), Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York, USA
    Videotheque, Kunst Zürich 2000, Zurich, CH

  • 1999

    Untitled Exhibition, de Willem3, Vlissingen, NL
    Reflex, Galerie Berndt, Cologne, DE
    Links, Provinciehuis, Maastricht, NL

  • 1997

    Robot Paintings & Sound Installations, In Situ, Aalst, BE

  • 1996

    In Situ te Gast, Watertoren, Vlissingen, NL

  • 1995

    …wie gemalt, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
    Redefining Convention, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA
    Ana’Logos, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, SE

  • 1993

    Ideen, Skizzen, Gedanken, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich, DE
    Compkuenstlerg, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße, Munich, DE

Publications

  • 2022

    Matthias Groebel - The Image-Sweep, Monograph, Edition Patrick Frey, 2022

  • 2015

    TELEGEN, exhibition catalogue, pp. 266-270, Hirmer Publishers

  • 2014

    Ted Serios - A book of spells, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein

  • 2009

    Frank Popper, From Technological to Virtual Art, pp. 95-99, The MIT Press

  • 1997

    new.clear_wave, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Berndt, Cologne

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Collection of The Federal Republic of Germany