Damien & The Love Guru

Often departing from everyday environments, Christiane Blattmann’s sculptural practice aims to dissolve clear disciplines of creation and to question the autonomy of these domains. Sculpture appears as a spatial strategy to suspend oppositions between concepts of the inside and the outside. Her works are not so much hybrids of art and quotidian life, but rather a body of thinking figures that are designated as art objects.

Education

• Diploma in Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2013
• Exchange Program, Goldsmiths University, London, 2011
• Fine Arts and Architecture, Universität der Künste, Berlin, 2006

Solo & duo exhibitions

• Submissive Sculpture, Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2025
• Watersheds, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, 2024
• Publiek Park, group exhibition, Antwerp, 2023
• A New Balance, mauer, Cologne, 2023
• The Law, Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2022
• Diananess, with Jannis Marwitz, Le Berceau, Marseille, 2021
• Amou Four, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
• Un-Break My Walls, Kunsthalle Münster, Muenster, 2019
• Die Gehaltene Hand, Marwan, Amsterdam, 2018
• Autour De Ma Chambre, The Community, Paris, 2018
• La Chute Enchantée, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
• where is everybody?, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2016
• Tamina Amadayar und Christiane Blattmann, Agnes Maybach, Cologne, 2015
• Fittings & Divings, Oracle, Berlin, 2015
• Baby Birds, with Jannis Marwitz, Dorothea Schlueter, Hamburg, 2015
• The City Dressed As A Lake, Galerie Conradi, Hamburg, 2014
• Sessions 1–8, with Than Hussein Clark, Amstel 41, Amsterdam, 2014

Selected group exhibitions

• Modelling Life, Z33, Hasselt, 2025
• The Third Perspective, curated by Francesca Gavin, The Merode, Brussels, 2025
• Sibyl, curated by Laurence Dujardyn, Place de la Justice, Brussels, 2024
• An Account of The Luck and Misfortunes of ______, organised by Provence, Etablissement d’en face, 2024
• First Impressions, KRONE COURONNE, Biel, 2024
• Extrême Collection, Frac Grand Large — Hauts-de-France, 2024
• Publiek Park, Antwerp, 2023
• Circuit City Showroom, MRZB, Amsterdam, 2023
• Le Voeu du Faisan, msimons, Amsterdam, 2023
• Look, lightning has struck the flowers!, SUNDY, London, 2022
• Design of the Times, FRAC Grand Large - Hautes-de-France, 2022
• Sour Well, Nir Altman, Munich, 2022
• Sculpture Factory, Imprimerie, Brussels, 2022
• Carrozzone, Arcade, Brussels, 2022
• Bread & Salt, The Community, Paris, 2021
• Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
• The Fountain Show II, Sundy, London, 2021
• Corps, MAMOTH, London, 2021
• The Constant Glitch, Museum Leuven, 2021
• Friend of a Friend, Piktogram, Warsaw, 2021
• She cut that as the spoons know (egg), Marwan, Amsterdam, 2020
• Squish, Ephremidis, Berlin, 2020
• Commission Roundabout, HKW, Berlin, 2020
• Where Do Streams Run To?, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2019
• Primary Functions, Rue de la Victoire 111, Brussels, 2019
• Oui Oui Non Non, 24 Beaubourg, Paris, 2019
• Jahresgaben, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, 2019
• Prati bagnati del monte Analogo, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, 2018
• B-Sides, Saloon, Brussels, 2018
• Crib, Duflon-Racz, Brussels, 2018
• Salon Vogue, New Bretagne Belle Air, Essen, 2017
• 6 of Cups / Pleasure, La Pétanque, Paris, 2017
• Rest in the Furrows of my Skin, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, 2017
• B-sides & Rarities, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
• If You Intend to be a Movie Theatre, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2017
• Greener Grass, KS room, Steiermark, 2016
• Incertitudes, Goethe Institut, Marseille, 2016
• Micro Celebrities, Just Married, Brussels, 2016
• Commission Roundabout, Editionen Klosterfelde, Berlin, 2016
• Grand Café, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2016
• Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2016
• Hundstage, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, 2015
• My, My. A Body Does Go Around, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, 2015
• Incertitudes, Goethe Institut, Lyon, 2015
• Transatlantic Transparency, Mathew Gallery, New York City, 2014
• Transatlantic Transparency, Mathew Gallery, Berlin, 2014
• The Tenant, VI,VII, Oslo, 2014
• Im Frühling, Darling, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, 2014
• Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, Rennes, 2013
• Cold Candy Crush Saga – Ruhe im Olymp, Hinterconti, Hamburg, 2013
• Auflauf der Fassaden, Bundeskunsthalle, 2013, Bonn, 2013
• Lord Byron 2021, Mavili Collective, Athens, 2013
• Regard Benin Biennale, Cotonou, 2012
• Villa I: This House is a Triadic Fascist and Made of Industry Glass, George & Dragon, London, 2012
• Central Horizon Ltd, Penny Temporary, Neumuenster, 2012

Art fairs

• Liste Art Fair Basel, 2024
• Art Cologne, Clages and Damien & The Love Guru, 2022
• Material Art Fair, Mexico City, 2020
• Paris Internationale, 2018

Grants and awards

• Special Research Fund: starting grant, (BOF), 2024
• Flanders State of the Arts: emerging talent, (stipend), 2023
• Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, (stipend), 2022
• Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, (stipend), 2020
• Hamburger Arbeitsstipendum, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Development Grant, 2015
• Kunstbeutel, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, (prize), 2013
• Hamburger Reisetipendium, Neue Kunst in Hamburg e.V, Travel Grant, 2012
• Karl H. Dietze Stiftung, Development Grant, 2012

Residencies

• Fonderia Battaglia, Milan, 2021
• Triangle France, Marseille, 2019
• Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2017
• Hamburger Reisestipendium, Mexico City, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, e.V., 2012

Public collections

• Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• Cera collection at Museum M Leuven
• FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France

Related activities

• Reading, The Ginny Suite by Stacy Skolnik, rile*books, Brussels, 2024
• Lecture, conference Rethinking Crisis, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Academy of Arts and Culture, Osijek, 2024
• Co-curator of Look, Lightning Has Struck the Flowers, with Jannis Marwitz, Sundy, London, 2022
• Artist talk, Liverpool School of Art and Design, 2022
• Artist Talk, KASK, Ghent, 2021
• Artist talk, HFBK, Hamburg, 2021
• Trinkwasserbrunnen, commission for art in public space, Hamburg, 2020
• Montez Press, artist run publishing house (funding member and editorial advisor), London, New York, Hamburg, since 2012
• DER PFEIL, magazine with Anja Dietmann and Janina Krepart, 2012–2016
• Betongalerie – Türme der Hoffnung, a sculpture as exhibition venue in public space, with Jannis Marwitz, Hamburg, 2011–2013
• Die Reliktion, artist-run space in Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, 2009–2011

• Un-Break My Walls, edited by Merle Radtke, with contributions by Merle Radtke, Huw Lemmey, Chloe Stead, Christiane Blattmann and Than Hussein Clark, published by Mousse Publishing, Milan, 2020
• Where Is Everybody?, published by Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2016
• Let’s All Become Me!, with Jannis Martwitz, edition Kunstwegen, 2015
• Sessions 1–8, with Than Hussein Clark, with a contribution by Bärbel Trautwein, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2015
• The City Is Dressed As A Lake, edited by Jakob Schillinger für Neue Kunst in Hamburg e.V., with contributions by Christiane Blattmann, Valérie Knoll and Than Hussein Clark, published by Textem Verlag, Hamburg, 2014
• Metis in Space, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2013
• Emperor! Emperor! Emperor!, with Than Hussein Clark and William Joys, Montez Press, Hamburg, 2012

Published work

• “Towers of Hope,” Pfeil Magazine, London/Hamburg, 2023
• “Tenants Turning Into Trees, or: The Leaves Are on Fire,” KIOSK, Gent, 2021 (online)
• “In Absence of Spirit,” Taming the Horror Vacui #2, Modelling Nothingness, Rib, Rotterdam, 2020 (online)
• “Christiane Blattmann on Zaha Hadid’s Belgian Legacy,” Conceptual Fine Arts, 2017 (online)

• ‘Christiane Blattmann Questions the Essence of Sculpture,’ review on Watersheds, Frieze, 2024
• Critics’ Picks, Artforum, 2023
• Christiane Blattmann “A New Balance” at mauer, Cologne, Mousse Magazine, 2023
• A New Balance, Contemporary Art Library, 2023
• Christiane Blattmann at mauer, Art Viewer, 2023
• A New Balance, KUBAPARIS, 2023
• The Law, GalleriesNow, 2022
• The Law, Contemporary Art Daily, 2022
• ‘Leila Peacock on Christiane Blattmann at Damien & The Love Guru,’ Reading Rämistrasse@Kunsthalle Zürich, 2022
• ‘Christiane Blattmann “The Law” at Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich,’ Mousse Magazine, 2022
• Diananess, Contemporary Art Daily, 2021
• Diananess, Tzvetnik, 2021
• ‘Christiane Blattmann & Jannis Marwitz at Le Berceau,’ Art Viewer, 2021
• Matchmaker, Art Viewer, 2021
• ‘Christiane Blattmann “Amou Four” at Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels,’ Mousse Magazine, 2020 ()
• ‘Brussels Gallery Weekend,’ Special Feature, Art Viewer, 2020
• Amour Four, Contemporary Art Daily, 2020
• ‘Christiane Blattmann bij Damien & The Love Guru,’ Pieter Vermeulen, HART Magazine, 2020
• ‘Beauté Monstre,’ Maud Salembier, L’art Meme, 2020
• ‘Un-Break my Art,’ interview with Than Hussein Clark, Montez Press Radio, 2020
• ‘Christiane Blattmann “Un-Break My Walls’ at Kunsthalle Munster, Munster,’ Mousse Magazine, 2019
• ‘Christiane Blattmann at Kunsthalle Münster,’ KUNSTFORUM International, 2019
• Die Gehaltene Hand, Tzvetnik, 2018
• La Chute Enchantée, Daily Lazy, 2017
• La Chute Enchantée, Art Viewer, 2017