BJÖRN MEYER-EBRECHT
Untitled (20th Century Sculpture), 2013
Wood, acrylic sign-enamel paint, found paperback book
45.25 x 20.75 in.
Untitled (Benches), 2020
Ink and tape on paper
81 x 94.5 in.
Untitled (Park), 2020
Ink on paper
90.25 x 80.75 in.
Untitled (staircase), 2022
Ink on paper
24 x 24 in.
BJöRN MEYER-EBRECHT
Born in Hamburg, Germany
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2000 – 2002
Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, Master of Fine Arts
1995 – 1999
Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany, Fine Arts Program
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Uprising,” Owen James Gallery, New York
2018
“RaumBildRaum,” Christopher Dahlhausen and Björn Meyer- Ebrecht, two-person show with Christopher Dahlhausen; Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Hennef, Germany
2017
“Fragments Remnants Leftovers,” Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
“Structural Constellations,” solo show with works by Josef Albers, Owen James Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Again Interpretation,” two-person show with Jule Korneffel, Matjöe Raum für Kunst, BBK, Cologne, Germany
2016
“Places for People,” Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY
2014
“Osamu Kobayashi and Björn Meyer-Ebrecht,” two-person show, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2013
“Constructions,” Mattewan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2009
“Elissa Levy and Björn Meyer-Ebrecht,” two-person show, Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, NY
1999
“Verstecken (Hiding),“ Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Pitches & Scripts’” Jennifer Baahng Gallery, NY
2015
“Video Archipelago,” Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
“Pretext,” with Joe Amrhein, Alma-Isa Barrett, Audra Wolowiec, Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY
2014
“Read the Recap, Skip the Show,” curated by Tom Marquet, Guest spot, Baltimore, MD “Booksmart,” with Theresa Gooby, Brece Honeycutt, and August Ventimiglia, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
“Out to See,” curated by Sara Riesman, South Street Seaport, multiple locations, New York, NY
2013
“This, Then, That,” curated by Amy Barkow and Danielle Webb, Fourth floor, Brooklyn, NY “Color Line,” curated by Rico Gatson, Outpost, Ridgewood, NY
“Rock Street,” outdoor exhibition curated by Deborah Brown and Lesley Heller, Brooklyn, NY
“Thanks”, curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus Galery, New York, NY
2012
“Grounded,” group show curated by Rico Gatson, Airplane, Brooklyn, NY
“Linear Perspective,” with Laura Watts and Ellie Murphy, Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space, Philadelphia, PA
“Inside Out – Outside In,” with Dawn Clements, Theresa Ganz, Fran Siegel; Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2011
“Bibliomania,” curated by Mary Birmingham; New Jersey Arts Center, Summit, NJ “Insider Art,” curated by Jess Frost, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
“Dunkle Wolke [Dark Clout],” curated by William Powhida, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
2010
“Utopia/Dystopia,” curated by Deborah Brown, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
2009
“NEVERandagain,” curated by Elissa Levy, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
“Now You See It, Now You Don’t,” curated by Bernard Yenelouis, Camera Club, New York “Mixing It Up: Recent Hunter MFAs Working in Combined Media,” curated by Tracy Adler, Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, NY
2007
“In Exchange,” group show curated by Mauro Restiffe, Gallery Casa Triangulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Wanderlust,” group show curated by Judith Selkowitz, Gallery at 499 Park Avenue, New York, NY
2004
Group show curated by Bernard Yenelouis, photographs, School of the International Center of Photography, New York,
2002
MFA-Thesis Show, Hunter College, New York, NY
1999
Group show of the graduating students, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
1998
Grenzgänge (Border Crossings), group show, Gallery and Project Space Meinblau, Berlin, Germany
1996
Osmosis, group show, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
PRESS
2020
Björn Meyer-Ebrecht in Conversation with Zach Keeting and Christoper Joy, Gorky’s
Granddaughter, video, 42 minutes, February 2020,
2019
Julia Friedman: “An Artist Provides a Stage for Us to Make Political Decisions,” Hyperallergic, May 2019
Sharon Butler: “Björn Meyer-Ebrecht: Spontaneity Rising,” Two Coats of Paint, May 2019
2017
Barbara Gallo Farrell: “Fragments Remnants Leftovers‘ on view at Matteawan Gallery,” Poughkeepsie Journal, November 2017
“Ideas and Influences: Björn Meyer-Ebrecht” in Two Coats of Paint, November 2017
2014
Hrag Vartanian: “The Story of 13 Artists Who Sat Down at a Communal Table,”
May 30, 2014, review of Communal Table, an exhibition curated by Björn Meyer-Ebrecht.
2011
Emilly Nathan: “Dunkle Wolke at Storefront” reviewed in “Brooklyn, Local”, June 8, 2011, Artnet.com Magazine
Bob Bahr: “Björn Meyer-Ebrecht: Stitching Together the Past’s Hopeful Future,” Drawing Magazine, Winter 2011
2009
David Everitt: “Elissa Levy, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht/Pocket Utopia,” April 2009, Art Review, London, UK, p. 96
James Wagner: “Björn Meyer-Ebrecht at Pocket Utopia,” January 17, 2009, jameswagner.com
