VITA / FRANK BERENDT


Born 1964 in Leipzig. 

1988 - 1993 Studied painting and graphics at the HGB Leipzig under D. Burger, A. Rink and   N. Rauch. 
1993 - 1995 studied video art with R.U.Bühler, master student. 
1989 - 2003/2020 / Work with the performance/sound/installation group The Oval  Language. 

Exhibitions ( selection ).

1993 Dogenhaus Gallery Leipzig / UNS / painting / video / solo exhibition / (catalogue). 
1993 Lindenau-Museum Altenburg / Clear / with The Oval Language . 
1993 F. Man Auditorium Tel Aviv / Instant Recognition / exhibition participation / (catalogue). 
1995 Minima Media / Leipzig / Video / exhibition participation / (catalogue).       
1996 Dogenhaus Gallery Berlin / Leipzig / Lichtung / solo exhibition / (catalogue). 
1998 Annual exhibition of Leipzig artists / exhibition participation / (catalogue). 
1999 Deutsche Bank / Landscapes of a Century / Painting / Exhibition participation /  (catalogue). 
2001 Gallery Fruchthalle Rastatt / 1zu1 / exhibition participation. 
2002 Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig / Zweidimensionale / Exhibition participation / (catalogue). 
2003 Galerie Schloss Burgk / Resonanz / with The Oval Language. 
2006 Annual exhibition of Leipzig artists / exhibition participation / (catalogue). 
2006 K.L.F. Project New York / strictly painting / painting / exhibition participation. 
2007 Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig / Frank Berendt , painting / solo exhibition / (catalogue). 
2010 Refugeprojectroom Leipzig, Baumwollspinnerei / Blick auf Wasser / 
Audiovisual room installation to a text passage from the Shodoka / solo exhibition. 
            
2012 Galerie Potemka / Night collection / solo exhibition. 
2013 Angermuseum Erfurt / Stopped Flow / Painting and video / solo exhibition / (catalogue). 
2015 Ägyptisches Museum München / Zwischentöne / painting / exhibition participation / (catalogue). 

2017/18 Archiv Massiv, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig / Afterimage / solo exhibition. 
2019 ZAK-Galerie Zitadelle Spandau / masterpiece / main works of the 
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig / exhibition participation / (catalogue).   

2020 Weltecho/Galerie Oskar / Chemnitz / mutatione infinite / with The Oval Language. 
2021 Kunstverein ars avanti / Leipzig / TRIAL TABLEAU / Frank Berendt, Rolf Arnold / (catalogue). 
2023 Kunstverein Wörth e.V / Wörth / Im Wandel / exhibition participation. 
2023 Kunstverein Bayreuth e.V / Eremitage Bayreuth / 73rd Bayreuth Art Exhibition / Exhibition participation. 
2023 Kunstverein ars avanti / Leipzig / Galerie Weise / Chemnitz / DomagkAteliers Munich / HAUBENTAUCHER / exhibition participation.   

publications ( selection ).

Minima Media / catalogue 1995 / AVE festival / catalogue, 1995. 
Annual exhibition of Leipzig artists / catalogue 1997, 2006. 
Landscapes of a Century / Deutsche Bank, catalogue, 1999. 
Zweidimensionale, Kunsthalle Sparkasse Leipzig / catalogue 2002. 
Frank Berendt, Painting 1997 - 2007 / Dogenhaus Gallery / Catalogue, 2007. 
Visual Arts in Leipzig / Catalogue Art Media Verlag 
New Leipzig Art Association / 2011. 
Stopped Flow / Angermuseum Erfurt / Kerber Verlag, 2013. 
Kunstsalon 2015, Zwischentöne / Egyptian Museum Munich, 2015. 
Fish thieves / with the writer Anja Kampmann ( How high the waters rise / 
Samples of stone and light / The dog is always hungry / Carl Hanser Verlag Munich). / 
Paradisiacal dialogues, Edition / Leipzig Bibliophile Evening, 2017. 
TRIAL TABLEAU / Catalogue / 2021.
Akzente / Encounters, edited by Anja Kampmann / Hanserverlag  / issue 3 / 
class 68 / 2021.