Né en 1967 à Düsseldorf, Allemagne / Born in Düsseldorf, Germany
Vit et travaille à Berlin, Allemagne / Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES / SOLO SHOWS (Selection)

2012
Trooping The Colour, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey

2010
Nocturne Drive, Galleri Van Bau, Vestfossen, Norway

2009
Lavender Falls, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France

2008
The Long Good-Bye, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany

2007
Chateau Fleur du Mal, Galeri K, Oslo, Norway

2006
Hotel Déjàvue, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany

2004
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, USA

2003
The Happy Lion, (Leo Koenig, Inc. & Michael Janssen), Los Angeles, USA
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, USA
CampusGalerie der British American Tobacco (BAT), Bayreuth, Germany

2002
Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany

2000
Decamerone, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ohne Ich kein Du, Galerie Spiekermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
“Szene Rheinland”: Popper, Ausstellungshalle Alte Rotation, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

1999
Very, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany
Holy go lightly, Galerie Achim Kubinski, Berlin, Germany
Rumproller, Galería Saro León, Las Palmas

1998
Le dernier Chris, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany

1997
Boss of Nova, Galería Saro León, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

1996
Eklat, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany

EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES / GROUP SHOWS (Selection)

2013
Surreale Wege gestern und heute, Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg, Germany

2012
Paper does not blush, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Böse Blumen, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
, Germany
Die Kniende, Sphinx Denken. Galerie Next, Dresden, Germany

2011
Don‘t Eat the Yellow Snow, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
, Germany
Le Paris Bar à Paris, Galerie Susanne Tarasieve, Paris
, France (curated from Michel Würthle)
Filmschönheit, Galerie Gisela Capitian, Cologne, Germany; Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Albert Oehlen)
Memento Mori, Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2010
Art and Film, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria (curated by Albert Oehlen)

2009
dé/montage, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium (curated by Barbara J. Scheuermann)
Flower Power, Villa Giulia-CRAA, Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Verbania, Turin, Italy (curated by Andrea Busto)

2008
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany

2007
Salon Nouveau, Engholm-Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria

2006
Memento Mori, (with Jonathan Meese, Arnulf Rainer), Comme ci Comme ca II, Cologne, Germany
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain

2005
10 Years!, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany
Dreaming of a more better future, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, USA (curated by Stuart Horodner, Saul Ostrow)
Idols of Perversity, Bellwether Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Thomas Woodruff and Becky Smith)
This hard, Gem like Flame, Angstroem Gallery, Dallas, USA
Blumenstück Künstlers Glück. Vom Paradiesgärtlein zur Prilblume, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (with Franz Ackermann, Georg Baselitz, Maurizo Cattelan, Lovis Corinth, James Ensor, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Morrison, Marc Quinn, Fiona Rae)
Skulls, Images in the Face of Death, Schönewald Fine Arts, Xanten, Germany (with Pablo Alonso, Maurizio Cattelan, Marlene Dumas, Jonathan Meese, Raymond Pettibon, Arnulf Rainer, Thaddeus Strode, Al Taylor, Gert und Uwe Tobias)

2004
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, USA
CO OP, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
The Sublime is (Still) Now, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Joseph R. Wolin)
Back to Paint, C&M Arts, New York, USA
Now Is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Dean Valentine)

2003
SUPEREAL. Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Never Mind Your Step, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Basel, Switzerland
Torn between two Lovers, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Catharina Fritsch)
Future Noire, Wiliams Visual Arts Building, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Abstract Painting, Museo Gabinete Literario, Las Palmas, Canary Islands

2001
Kleines Format, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany

1999
Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

1998
Open Art, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany

1997
Glossy, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany
Albert Oehlen, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland

BIBLIOGRAPHIE / BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selection)

CATALOGUES

2008
The long goodbye: Christoph Steinmeyer. published by Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne

2005
Blumenstück Künstlers Glück. Vom Paradiesgärtlein zur Prilblume, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Skulls. Bilder im Angesicht des Todes, Schönewald Fine Arts, Xanten

2003
Abstract Painting, Museo Gabinete Literario, Las Palmas
Campus Galerie der British American Tobacco (BAT), Bayreuth
SupeREAL, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan

1999
Officina Europa. Rete Emilia Romagna, published by Mazzotta

1997
Albert Oehlen. Kunsthalle Basel

ARTICLES DE PRESSE / ARTICLE & REVIEWS

2008
Ihlefeld, C. “Was geschah mit Baby Jane?,” Heilbronner Stimme, 15. March

2007
MixMag.NET, August

2005
Cotter, H. “Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable.,” The New York Times, 8. July
Kutner, J. “The Quad Squad,” The Dallas Morning News, April 27
“Glitzender Bruder,” FAZ, 12. March
“Der Plastikbuddha allein weiß, wie wir denken,” FAZ, 8. March
“My privat Kubric,” Monopol, No. 1

2004
“I Spy,” Spot, November
Jana, R. “Back to Paint,” Time Out New York, 2. / 9. September
“Back to paint. Galleries uptown,” The New Yorker, August
“Gallery going. Back to paint,” The New York Sun, August
Maerkle, A. “Art: Back to Paint,” Flavorpill.com, 24. / 30. August
Mullarkey, M. “Gallery-Going“ The New York Sun, 5. August
Karcher, E. “Lager than life by Christoph Steinmeyer,” sleek magazine, Nr. 5, July
Karcher, E. “Steinmeyer: The finest Pygmalion.,” sleek magazine, Nr. 5, July
Henry, M. “Gotham Dispatch,” Artnet.com, 19. March
Quattordio, A. “Supereal,” Flash Art, Nr. 243, December 04 / January 05
Quattordio, A. “Superreal: Marella, Milano,” Flash Art (italian edition), December 04 / January 05

2003
Battiston, E. “Supereal,” Segno, Nr. 193, November / December
Karcher, E. “Weltspiegel,” Vogue, August
Zeitz, L. “Eine Frau von Mitte vierzig Jahren,” FAZ, 26. July
“Wer hat diese Frau zuletzt gesehen?,” Nordbayrischer Kurier, 18. July
“Torn between two lovers,” The NY Times, 18. July
Müller, S. Bayreuther Anzeiger, 16. July
Bartylla, E. “Die glatte Symmetrie schöner Frauen narrt,” Nordbayrischer Kurier, 10. July
Petzold, D. Campus Bayreuth, Wirtschaftswoche, 10. July
“Abstract Painting,” Diario 7, June
La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June

2002
Van Lil, K. “Direkter Blick auf junge Kunst,” art, Nr. 11, November
Weidle, B. “Poesie der Abwasserkanäle,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 31. October / 1. November
Meister, H. “Das Leuchten von Atompilz und Tod,” Westdeutsche Zeitung, 30. October
Jahn, W. “Kaufen, kaufen, kaufen,” Welt am Sonntag, 27. October
“Hoffnungsvolle Künstler stellen sich vor,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 25. October
“Geheimnisse der Frauen,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 12. / 13. October

2000
Kröner, M. “Vom Tanzen und Flippern,” Rheinische Post, 2. December
Meister, H. “Spieler mit System und Spiegel-Gucker,” Westdeutsche Zeitung, 21. November
Bonner Generalanzeiger, April

1999
“El arte de los 90…,” La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 26. July
“El adiós…,” La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 17. July
“En mi obra…,” La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 24. April

1998
“Seis artistas,” La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, December

1997
Wozelka, I. “So entdecken Sie die Kunst,” Rheinland Kultur, 4. December
La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, December
Willemsen, C. und Imsiecke, C. “Bewegte Bilder, Kunstgang,” Elle, March