Harm Gerdes (b. 1994) is a Cypriot-German artist who lives and works in Athens, Greece. He grew up in Darmstadt, Germany, and graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2020 (having studied under Katharina Grosse from 2016 to 2018). Gerdes was based in Düsseldorf until 2022.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026
Solo Exhibition, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Mother Tongue, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
2024
The Autotuned Mind, Peres Projects, Milan
2023
Panorama, Peres Projects, Seoul
2022
Synthetic Spirits, Peres Projects, Berlin
2021
Staying with the Trouble, Peres Projects, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Air Is Subtle, Yet It Moves, AMA house, Athens2022
There is no sea but the sea, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruh
2021
werden/becoming: From Michelangelo to, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Innsbruck
Utopia, Peres Projects, Berlin
Coming to Voice. Graduates of the Düsseldorf Academy of Art 2020, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2020
Degree show, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2017
Klasse Katharina Grosse, Städtische Galerie Eichenmüllerhaus, Lemgo
Akademie [Arbeitstitel], Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2015
Darmstadt Triennale: Kunstpunkte, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Mit Kunst für die Kunst, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2020
Sponsorship Award, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
PUBLICATIONS (selection)
2025
Vogue Greece, Issue No.62, February 2025
Lifo Magazine, Issue 857, 22.05.2025, Greece
Aegean Blue, Issue May-June, 2025, Greece2023
Peres Projects at 20 Years, Berlin: Peres Projects, 2023
Kunst und Ökologie, Robert Fleck, Edition Konturen, 2023
2022
Assmann, Peter; Bonsanti, Giorgio et al (eds.), werden/
divenire: L’Accademia delle Arti del Disegno di Firenze und die Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Ex. cat., Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2022
2021
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 2020 Graduates, Ex. cat., Dusseldorf. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2021
2017
Jansen, Gregor, Bergmann, Dana and Seiser, Anna Lena (eds.), Akademie [Arbeitstitel], Exh. cat., Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2017
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025
Athens Insider, Mothertongue: Harm Gerdes´ Greek debut at Kalfayan Gallery, May 6, 2025
Vogue Greece, artist page, February issue
Lifo magazine, artist page, May issue2024
Becker, Noah, Harm Gerdes Talks to Noah Becker About Literal Magic and Painting with Special Colors, Whitehot Magazine, August 8, 2024
Tricarico, Andrea, The Autotuned Mind. I dilemmi di Harm Gerdes da Peres Projects, Exibart, May 12, 2024
Sedini, Emma, La pouring art di Harm Gerdes arriva a milano, Artribune, May 8, 2024
Airoldi, Silvia, 10 mostre da vedere in Italia questa settimana, Elle Decor, May 4, 2024
2023
Bessing, Joachim, (Un)Changed Masculinity, Fräulein Magazine, Issue 35, August 2023
Focus, Art in Culture, April 2023
Future Blossoms, Art in Culture, Global New Power Artists 60 Edition, January 2023
2022
5 Emerging Artists Whose Colorful Works Stand Out in Artnet’s Gallery Network This Summer, Artnet News, August 16, 2022 Alarcón, David, Harm Gerdes: Following his Intuition, Metal Magazine, July 1, 2022
2021
Urbancik, Johanna, In conversation with Harm Gerdes, Kaltblut Magazine, December 12, 2021
Schaarschmidt, Nina Maria, “Utopia” opens at Peres Projects, Sleek Magazine, November 30, 2021
Harm Gerdes – Exports From The Digital Realm, Blackqube Magazine, September 2021
*Discoveries Harm Gerdes, Gallery Weekend Berlin, September 2021
