Philip Emde (b. 1976, Mannheim, Germany) works and lives in Cologne and Neustadt Weinstrasse. Emde studied Illustration and Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. In 2011, he was awarded the Joseph und Anna Fassbender Preis, and the Balmoral New York Scholarship. Since 2011, Emde is co-founder of the exhibition space ” Goldwald Projekte” http://goldwald-projekte.de/
“Life, that is law”. This simple observation of nature that the author Daniel Kehlmann enunciates in his novel “Measuring the World” is a guiding principle for Philip Emde. In his body of work, he continuously investigages the question of ” coping with everyday life”, and creates cyclical series that are thematically ordered. In his artistic practice, Emde incorporates etching and screenprint techniques.
Selected solo exhibitions : realized during his residency in New York, August 2013, Cuchifritos Gallery (NYC), “Philip Emde destroyed my life”, http://www.residencyunlimited.org/news/2013/08/philip-emdes-show-at-cuchifritos/
2012 : ” Only two can play this game ” Gallery Chu,Cologne; ” Joseph-und-Anna-Fassbender Preis ” Gallery Brühl; 2011 : ” P-mel und die Penisraketenproblematik“, Gallery Nina Sagt, Düsseldorf ;
2010 : ” Philip Emde hat mein Leben zerstört “ Gallery Mülhaupt, Cologne ; 2008 : ” Glanzkinder Gallery “, Cologne
Selected group exhibitions include : 2012 : ” Finalist(inn)en des Mannheimer Kunstpreises 2012 der Heinrich-Vetter-Stiftung ” , Städtische Galerie Mannheim , ” back for good ” frappant e.v. , Hamburg ; 2011 : ” MIKRO MAKRO KOSMOS ” , Kunstverein Germersheim , ” Junge Rheinland-Pfälzer Künstler undKünstlerinnen“ / Emy-Röder-Preis 2011 “ ,Kunstverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein , ” So long and thanks for all the fish “, c/o Goldwald, Goldwald Projekte, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , ” And suddenly we are standing here “ , Come Together Project, Cologne ; 2010 : “Hug me, Heimlich“, A collection of young art , Rheinlandhalle Cologne ; ” PaperGirl-NYState “ , New York City ; 2008 : „ARTRMX Cologne Vol. 1“, Der Herr und sein Knecht feat. Clemente, L‘Aristokrassie, Cologne ; 2007 : ” Albert-Haueisen-Preis “ , Zehnthaus Jockrim , Landkreis Germersheim
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Philip Emde’s 6 month residency (April – September 2013 ) is made possible with support of Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral / Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur
