“Everyone knows the satisfying feeling that follows tidying up. Clarity on the outside creates calm within. But who willingly looks at the moment when order suddenly tips into chaos? With a strange attentiveness, I observe situations in which familiar orders are abruptly shaken. What fascinates me is not chaos itself, but the moment of transition — when it becomes clear how narrow the boundary between the extremes truly is. My works are attempts to make this invisible boundary tangible. They speak of the urge to create structure, and of the realization that every order is only a temporary state. I understand movement as an expression of this tipping point — as a trace in which order loses its fixed form.”

CONTACT

dg[at]kwer-magazin.de

Studio:
Bruno-Bürgel-Weg 69-81
12439 Berlin

ABOUT

Dave Großmann (*1989 in Jena) lives and works in Berlin. The focus of his artistic research is the theme of coincidence & chaos. His graphic works are based on organic structures with a random character, which he processes into balanced yet unpredictable compositions — from classical formats to large-scale murals.

Before devoting himself to the visual arts, he spent the first half of his life active as a dancer in the contemporary urban scene. For five years, he bundled his various experiences and interests as editor of "KWER – the magazine of abstraction." The magazine, which won several international awards, explored the concept of "abstraction" in all fields of art, science and philosophy.

As a freelance editor, he continued to regularly publish articles at the intersection of art, design and architecture.
Dave is not his nickname.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

UPCOMING & ONGOING 2025
Solo Show “Zwischen Fallen und Falten”
Stiftung für konkrete Kunst, Freiburg
Konkrete Fragen an die konkrete Kunst
Kunstmuseum Ahlen | Stiftung konzeptuelle Kunst | symposium
Lines Fiction
Kunsthaus Erfurt | group show
…and going on
DRJ Art Projects, Berlin | group show
Das Rauschen der Farbe
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | group show
Gelbe Seiten
Raum www, Berlin | group show, public art project

2024
24! Fragen an die konkrete Gegenwart
Museum für konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt | group show
Lines Fiction
Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin | group show
Herbstsalon
Tapetenwerk Leipzig / Fravil | group show

2023
IN SHAPE
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | solo show
Berlin Calling Vol.III
Häselburg Gera / Semjon Contemporary, Gera | group show
ABSTRACT
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | group show

2022
RESET TO START
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | group show
FRAGMENTS AND SPACES
Egenolff30, Frankfurt a.M. | group show
COSMIC HEARTBEAT
Mural | Pop Kudamm, Berlin
WEIN UND KUNST
Uhlig Gallery, Leipzig | group show
SUMMER FRESHNESS
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | group show

2021
EGENOLFF 30 X UHLIG GALLERY
Egenolff 30, Frankfurt a.M. | group show
NOTHING´S GONNA CHANGE MY WORLD
gr_und, Berlin | group show
X x X – 10 JAHRE SEMJON CONTEMPORARY
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | group show
SELECTED POSITIONS
Positions Art Fair, Berlin | Art fair
UNTITLED
Egenolff 30, Frankfurt a.M. | group show

2020
SEMI COLLAPSE
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | solo show
SUMMER FRESHNESS
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin | group show
COLL AGE
Semjon Contemporary Berlin | group show

2019
FERNWIRKUNG
Galerie 21.06., Ravensburg | solo show
L‘AVENIR
Mirus Gallery | Denver, USA | group show
WINTERSALON
Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar | group show

2018
SPECTRUM 3
Galerie Eigenheim Weimar/Berlin | group show

2016
WHAT THE WEEKEND IS GALLERY
Urban Spree Galerie, Berlin | group show
FUCHSBAU FESTIVAL
Hannover | group show
THE ARTIST AS CURATOR´S ART VOL. VI
Schau Fenster Galerie, Berlin | group show
CENSURA
Alte Münze, Berlin | group show

PUBLICATIONS

24! Fragen an die konkrete Gegenwart
Exhibition catalogue.
Publisher: Museum für konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt,
Deutscher Kunstverlag (2024)

X X X – Semjon Contemporary
Publisher: Semjon H.N. Semjon, DCV Verlag (2023)

IN SHAPE
Publisher: Dave Grossmann (2022)

Notes on creation
Publisher: Oliver Pinchbeck, Declan Mee (2022)

Nothing’s gonna change my world?
Publisher: Johannes Mundinger, Daniel Hahn (2021)

SELECTED PRESS

Tagesspiegel, Interview (2021)
Zeit Magazin, Newsletter takeover (2021)
Handelsblatt, Feature (2021)
Tagesspiegel, Artist Portrait (2021)

COLLECTION

Sammlung des Museum für konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt

PRICES

Joseph Binder Award Gold (2018)
Type Directors Club New York Award (2018)
Gmund Award 1st place (2017)
Designpreis Brandenburg (2015)

ARTIST TALKS

Artist Talk, Museum für konkrete Kunst (2024)
Artist Talk, Semjon Contemporary (2021)
KWER MAGAZINE X Editorial conference QVED (2017)