Biography
Ingo Fröhlich, born in 1966, grew up on the island of Norderney. He lives and works in Berlin.
After his training (1981 to 1988) as a carpenter on Norderney and as a wood sculptor at the Berufsfachschule für Holzschnitzerei und Schreinerei in Berchtesgaden, in 1992 he started studying sculpture at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee and became a member of Inge Mahn’s master class from 1999 to 2000.
Ever since graduating with the degree Master of Art in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.) in 2002, and his nomination for the bauhaus award 2000, for Ingo Fröhlich, artistic work — in addition to his exploration of the possibilities of drawing — has been linked to public action and the staging of urban space. For this, he received the Mart-Stam-Förderpreis (research fellowship) in 1998.
Ingo Fröhlich is the recipient of numerous awards and research fellowships, including the NAFÖG fellowship of the Berlin Senate (2000), a DAAD fellowship in Iceland (2003–2004), a working stipend from the Berlin Senate (2008), a residency of the Goethe Institute and the HIAP in Helsinki (2012), a project funding from the district Berlin-Pankow, as well a residency from the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of Brandenburg at Schloss Wiepersdorf (2018).
In 1999 he established the artist-run-space Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstrasse 111 Berlin, which he directs and where he also works as a curator. In 2019 the project Torstraße 111 was awarded with a grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn and 2020 by the Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin-Mitte.
In 2011, his collaboration with the painter Ulrike Seyboth began in various places around the world as Atelier vagabond with several catalogue editions and the project Ich zeichne die Zeit, Du malst den Moment (I draw time, you paint the moment). In 2022, Ingo Fröhlich and Ulrike Seyboth win the Kunst am Bau contest for the new building of the 48th primary school in Berlin as an artist couple.
Graduation degree | Art discipline | University
| 1981 – 84 | Apprenticeship as a carpenter | Norderney |
| 1985 – 88 | Apprenticeship as a wood sculptor | Berchtesgaden |
| 1992 – 98 | Art School Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (KHB) | studied with Prof. Inge Mahn (diploma) |
| 1998 | Masterclass of Prof. Inge Mahn |
| 1999 – 2000 | Master of Art in Interdisciplinary Sudies (M.A.) | KHB |
| since 1999 | Director and Curator of the artist-run-space Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin. |
Awards | Fellowships | Contests
| 2022 | Prize winner of the Kunst am Bau contest for the new building of the 48th primary school, Berlin (with Ulrike Seyboth) |
| 2022 | Artist-in-Residence, Fellowship | Le Reservoir Sète (F) |
| 2020 | INITIAL – Fellowship, Akademie der Künste Berlin |
| 2020 | Artist-in-Residence, Fellowship | Stiftung Kunstdepot Göschenen (CH) |
| 2020 | Project founding Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111 | Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin |
| 2019 | Catalogue project founding | Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn |
| 2018 | Artist-in-Residence, Fellowship | Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf |
| 2017 | Artist-in-Residence | Mairie d’Hérisson/Auvergne-Bourbonnais (F) |
| 2015 | Artist-in-Residence, Fellowship | PARC-Village des Arts et Métiers, Octon (F) |
| 2013 | Artist-in-residence | Felagsheimili-Flatery, sponsord by Borgarstjórn-Isarfjördur (IS) |
| 2013 | Project founding | Käthe-Dorsch-and-Agnes-Straub-Foundation, Berlin |
| 2012 | Artist-in-Residence, Fellowship | Suomenlinna, Goethe-Institute/HIAP Helsinki (FIN) |
| 2012 | Research fellowship | Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin-Pankow |
| 2010 | Research fellowship | Berlin Senate |
| 2008 – 09 | Research fellowship | Berlin Senate (Arbeitsstipendium) |
| 2008 | Project funding | Berliner Senat (International Cultural Exchange) |
| 2003 – 04 | DAAD-Research fellowship | Iceland (IS) |
| 2000 – 01 | NAFÖG-Research fellowship | Berliner Senat |
| 2000 | Nomination for the Bauhaus-Award 2000, Berlin |
| 1998 | Mart-Stam-Award, Berlin |
Solo exhibitions (selection)
| 2022 | ATELIER VAGABOND | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, Maison de Heidelberg, Montpellier (F) |
| 2022 | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, München |
| 2022 | JOURNAL DE SÈTE | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, Le Réservoir – Art & Patrimoine, Sète (F) |
| 2022 | ATELIER VAGABOND | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, BLMK – Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt/O. |
| 2021 | JE DESSINE LE TEMPS, TU PEINS L’INSTANT | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, Museums of Sens (F) | catalogue |
| 2020 | Ich zeichne die Zeit, du malst den Moment | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, Guardini-Stiftung, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2019 | D’où je viens, les nuages dorment sur les montagnes, D’où tu viens, la mer rêve dans le brouillard, FONDATION DU PIOCH PELAT – ARPAC, in collaboration with Ulrike Seyboth, Castelnau le Lez/Montpellier (F) |
| 2019 | Ich zeichne die Zeit, du malst den Moment | Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich im Dialog mit Schopfheim, Kunstverein Schopfheim/Kulturfabrik, Schopfheim |
| 2015 | Zeppelin Archive, Gallery Listamenn, Reykjavik, with Daniel Björnsson (IS) | catalogue |
| 2015 | Je dessine le temps, tu peins le moment – Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich, PARC, Octon (F) |
| 2014 | Ich zeichne die Zeit, du malst den Moment – Ulrike Seyboth & Ingo Fröhlich im Dialog mit Jena, Städtische Museen/Kunstsammlung Jena | catalogue |
| 2012 | Drawings, Gallery Hein Elferink, Staphorst (NL) |
| 2012 | Suomenlinna, Goethe-Institut Helsinki and HIAP (FIN) |
| 2010 | Zeitensprung, Villa Henckel, Potsdam |
| 2007 | Das erste Haus am Platz, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstrasse 111, Berlin |
| 2006 | anatomia del trazo y la linea, Montevideo, (URY) |
| 2004 | strik og liná, Gallery Kling og Bang, Reykjavik, Island (IS) |
Group shows (selection)
| 2022 | BANKING FOR FUTURE, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin |
| 2020 | TORTORTOR 1:1:1, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2020 | Liberté, FIGURE DE PROUE, Salles Saint-Pierre & La Fabrique, Avallon (F) | catalogue |
| 2019 | Landpartie, Fellows of the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Ministry of Science, Research and Culture, Potsdam |
| 2018 | NGORONGORO II, Berlin gallery weekend 2018 | catalogue |
| 2018 | Treffpunkt Gartensaal, Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg |
| 2018 | L’art se fait nature, VENDÈMIAIRES D’AUTOME, Saint -Mathieu-de-Tréviers (F) | catalogue |
| 2016 | ausgezeichnet, Galerie Hein Elferink (NL) |
| 2014 | Transnord, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin |
| 2013 | Tarantulla Tentacle, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin |
| 2013 | Macht Kunst, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin |
| 2012 | Losito-Art-Award, Nomination, Altes Waisenhaus, Potsdam |
| 2012 | paperfile, Galerie oqbo, Berlin |
| 2012 | Raumgreifend, HLP Gallery, Wesseling |
| 2011 | hotspot, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2011 | drawing now, Drawing Centre Diepenheim (NL) | catalogue |
| 2011 | Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst (NL) |
| 2010 | Restmengen, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2009 | Selected artists, NGBK, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2009 | FRIEZE London, with Gallery Kling og Bang, London (GB) |
| 2008 | Kling og Bang vs. 111, Gallery Kling og Bang, Reykjavik (IS) |
| 2007 | 111 vs Kling og Bang, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin |
| 2006 | espacio y frecuencia, Montevideo (URY) |
| 2002 | kühle räume – kühlräume, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin |
| 2002 | ausgezeichnete Räume, Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, Berlin |
Art on Construction | Art in public and private space
| 2022 | Alles schwingt! Klangskulpturen zum Mitmachen, Realization of the art in architecture sculpture for the new building of the 48th primary school, Berlin (with Ulrike Seyboth) |
| 2022 | Wellenwege, Realisation of the landart floor drawing for the inauguration of the Quartier an der Mühle, Norderney |
| 2018 | Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wall Drawing, Brandenburg |
| 2015 | Kindergarden Pappelallee, Invited competition, Art in architecture, Kulturamt Pankow |
| 2014 | Logensaal, Invited competition, Art in architecture, Frankfurt a. O. |
| 2013 | Ankunft: Neue Musik, Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin, Performance For Bunita Marcus von Morton Feldman |
| 2011 | Intervall, Wall drawing in the staircase of the Goethe-Institut Helsinki, as part of Helsinki Design Capital 2011, supported by the Goethe Institut Helsinki, German Embassy (FIN) |
| 2003 | fassade fragile, UIA Congress rethinking space-time-architecture, with La Piazza, supported by Prof. Rainer W. Ernst, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2003 | Outside, Light installation outside and sculpture inside the Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek in Berlin-Mitte, with La Piazza |
| 2001 | mehr Licht, Permanent light installation, Goethe-Institut Rotterdam, with La Piazza (NL) |
| 2000 | Transmediale Berlin, light and facade project, with La Piazza |
| 2000 | luxcargo, Lichtschifffahrt, Spree Berlin, with La Piazza |
| 2000 | transitbilder Z 2000, Akademie der Künste, Berlin | catalogue |
| 2000 | 2. Vitrinenausstellung Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz, Berlin |
| 1999 | metronom, light installation at Spreebogen and at Silo (Lehrter Stadtbahnhof) Berlin |
| 1998 | 1. Vitrinenausstellung, Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz, Berlin |
| 1998 | Studio 5 self generating city, Fassadenprojekt, Fischerinsel-Berlin |
Professional activities and teaching experience
| 2018 | University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), Department of Fine Arts, workshop: Drawing is for everyone! |
| 2000 – 17 | regular seminars, lectures and curatorial work in the Kunst- und Projekthaus Torstraße 111, among others with students of the class Valérie Favre of the UdK Berlin (2017, 2018) |
| 2011 | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen (DK), guest lecture and workshop: strokes and lines – about the possibilities of drawing |
| 2010 | Reykjavik Art Festival (IS), lecture: Project Torstrasse 111, Gallery Kling og Bang |
| 2008 | Art Academy Listaháskóli Íslands, Rekjavik (IS), guest lecture and workshop: strokes and lines – about the possibilities of drawing |
Works in museums, public and private collections
- Art & Patrimoine, Collection Gilbert Ganivenq, Sète (F)
- Fondation Kunstdepot Göschenen, Sammlung Christoph Hürlimann (CH)
- Schloss Wiepersdorf (D)
- Kunstsammlung Jena, Städtische Museen (D)
- Pétur Ararson, Artcollection Safn, Reykjavik/Berlin (IS)
- Artcollection Thomas Kexel, Potsdam (D)
- Artcollection Ben af Shúlten, Helsinki (FIN)
- Goethe-Institut, Rotterdam (NL)
- Goethe-Institut, Helsinki (FIN)
- Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt a. M. (D)
- Parkklinik Berlin-Weißensee (D)
- Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek, Berlin (D)