# Friedrich Kunath

Friedrich Kunath (born 1974) is a German visual artist who lives in Los Angeles. He was born in Chemnitz, East Germany, and has had numerous solo exhibitions at institutions including the G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig (2024), the KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2023), CAC Málaga, Spain (2023), Kunstsammlung Jena, Germany (2021), Kunsthal Kade Amersfoort (2016), Schinkel Pavillon (2011), the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2010), Kunstverein Hannover (2009), Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2009), Aspen Art Museum (2008). Group exhibitions include 'The World Belongs to You', Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2011), '11th Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach' (2010) and 'Life on Mars: the 55th Carnegie International' (2008).
Kunath's first major monograph, 'I Don't Worry Anymore,' was published by Rizzoli Electa in 2018.

## Early life

Kunath was born in 1974 in Karl-Marx-stadt, later renamed Chemnitz, in East Germany. His mother was a band manager. The family moved to West Germany, and Kunath studied at the Braunschweig University of Art.

## Work

Kunath works primarily with oil and airbrush acrylic paintings, but his practice encompasses a range of mediums including drawing, sculpture, large-scale installation, photography, performance and video work. His paintings employ a personal style of conceptual romanticism, layering references from history of German Romanticism, American landscape painting, music lyrics, cartoons and other popular culture.
Kunath received co-writing credit on the song "Everything's Electric" from Liam Gallagher's 2022 studio album C'mon You Know, alongside Gallagher, Dave Grohl, and Greg Kurstin.

## Collections

* CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain
* Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
* Center for Early Education, Los Angeles, CA
* Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
* DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
* Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
* Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
* Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
* Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
* Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
* Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
* Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
* Oketa Collection, Tokyo, Japan
* Pinault Collection, Paris, France
* Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany
* V-A-C Collection, Moscow, Russia
* Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
* Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

## Solo Gallery Exhibitions

A full CV of solo and group exhibitions can be found at Kunath's artist page with BLUM Gallery.
Select Gallery Exhibitions
1994
* The easiest thing to grow in a garden is tired, Galerie Peters-Barenbrock, Braunschweig, Germany
2003
* Statement, BQ Gallery, Art Basel, Switzerland
2007
* Twilight, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
2008
* Life on Mars, Carnegie International
2012
* Lacan's Haircut, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California
2013
* Raymond Moody’s Blues, Modern Art Oxford
* I'm Running Out of World, White Cube, London
2014
* A Plan To Follow Summer Around The World, Le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
2015
* Sentimental Air, BQ, Berlin, Germany
2016
* The World is a Beautiful Place (We’re Not Here For Long), Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
* My Loneliness Shines, VNH Gallery, Paris, France
2017
* Frutti di Mare, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2018
* One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor, Blum & Poe, New York, NY
* Where is the Madness that You Promised Me, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

## Art market

Kunath is represented by Blum Gallery (Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York), Tim Van Laere Gallery (Antwerp, Rome), Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin, London), Avlskarl Gallery (Copenhagen), and Travesía Cuatro (Madrid, CDMX).
Kunath was represented by Johann König until 2022.