Paul WESENBERG

Paul Wesenberg is a german artist, born in 1973. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Paul Wesenberg makes his own work by tearing, breaking and upsetting the codes of the smooth canvas. This "irritated" canvas is no longer the result of a brush making flat areas, but rather the superimposition of materials, of dry skins that surround the tubes of oil paint. He recovers and manipulates the entire artistic process. Wesenberg considers the importance he attaches to the material as a true identity and artistic affirmation. These paint crusts trace lines on his canvases and offer the possibility of seeing landscape forms. The artist even titles his works with names of German landscapes, thus demonstrating his attraction to nature and his environment.

Paul WESENBERG
Born in 1973. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025
- Found New Paradise, RX&SLAG Gallery, Paris, France.
2024
- Half Past Paradise, SLAG&RX Gallery, New York, USA.
- The Third Element, Städtische Cham Gallery, Germany.
- A Year of Light, Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, Germany.
2023
- The Third Element, Kunstverein Trier, Germany.
- Fehlerquelle, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany.
2022
- Fehlraum im Freifeld, Städtische Gallery Schwabach, Germany.
- Detunized Gravity, Kunstverein Unna, Germany.
- Wanderlust, SLAG&RX Gallery, New York, USA.
- Forces in Nature, Künstlerhaus Göttingen Gallery, Germany.
- Ground Language, RX&SLAG Gallery, Paris, France.
2021
- Sommerreise, SLAG&RX Gallery, New York, USA.
- Mingoa, Kunstverein Flensburg, Germany Exotic Homeland, RX Gallery, Paris, France.
2020
- Nirgendwo dazwischen, depot.K, Freiburg, Germany.
- Paul Wesenberg, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
2019
- Referenzrahmen, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany.
- Kunstverein Eisenturm Mainz, Germany.
- Nirgendwo dazwischen, Hohenloher Kunstverein, Langenburg, Germany.
- Museo di Arte Sacra Contemporanea, Sesto al Reghena, Italy.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025
- Dissonance #3, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucarest, Romania.
2024
- Dissonance #2, Städtische Gallery Kiel, Germany.
- Emus Primus, Kwadrat, Berlin, Germany. (With Anselm Reyle, Gregor Hildebrandt, Alicja Kwade...)
- Dissonance #3, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucarest, Romania.
2023
- Paysages/Abstraction, Art Paris, RX&SLAG Gallery, Paris, France.
- Art Brussels, RX&SLAG Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- Punctum, Haus am Kleistpark Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2022
- Nature, SLAG&RX Gallery, New York, USA (with Hermann Nitsch and Fabrice Hyber).
- Dissonance, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (with Andre Butzer, Adrian Ghenie, Alisa Margolis, Matthias Weischer…), Berlin, Germany.
2021
- Proximity and Distance, Kunstraum LLC, New York, USA.
- RU Residencies, New York, USA.
- Scapes, SLAG&RX Gallery, New York, USA.
- Domino 3, Salve, Berlin, Germany (with Martin Eder, Axel Geis, Gregor Hildebrandt, Alicja Kwade, Jonathan Meese…)
2020
- 0+255, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany.
- PR 17 | Groupshow Berlin Art Week 2020, Germany.
2019
- What Matters, Nachtspeicher23 Gallery, Hamburg, Germany.
- Geheimnis und Faktum, Alte Schule Adlershof Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2018
- Preview 2019, Nachtspeicher23 Gallery, Hamburg, Germany.


AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2023
- Nominee, Art Award of the Galerie Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany.
2021
- RU Residency, New York, USA.
- LLC Residency, New York, USA.
2019
- Art Aia Residency, Pordenone, Italy.
2003
- Art Award "Kunst. Spiel. Sport", Landeskulturzentrum Schloß Salzau, Germany.
1995
- DAAD-Preis


CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS

2024
- The Half Past Paradise, The Brooklyn Rail, by Ekin Erkan, 04.2024
- Alles schwebt, Chamer Zeitung, 27.04.2024
- The Third Element, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, 01.05.2024
- Die Kunst etwas Neues zu erschaffen, Chamer Zeitung, 04.05.2024
- Geisterfarben und Leinwandwunden, Regensburger Zeitung, 14.05.2024
- Mit der Leinwand gemalt, Saarbrücker Zeitung, 23.05.2024
- KB50. 50 Jahre Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Christoph Tannert ISBN 978-3-941230-97-2
2023
- Expressive „Fehlerquellen“, Schwetzingen Zeitung, 22.08.202
- Voller optischer Täuschungen, Die Rheinpfalz Nr. 196, 28.08.2023
2022
- Exotic Homeland, Katalog, RX Galerie, Paris, ISBN 978-3-00-070893-0
- Dissonance – Platform Germany, Mark Gisbourne, Christoph Tannert
- DCV Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-96912-060-6
- Farbfetzen und sprießendes Gras, Göttinger Tageblatt, 17.09.2022
- Spektakuläre Ausstellung, Hellweger Anzeiger, 02.02.2022
2021
- Kunstraum LLC opens a group exhibition curated by Paul Wesenberg,
- artdaily.com, 28.02.2021
2020
- Auch Natur kann politisch sein, Berliner Zeitung, 22.06.2020
2019
- Referenzrahmen, Katalog, ISBN 978-3-00-062261-8
- Zauber der Zerstörung, Allgemeine Zeitung, 18.02.2019
- Seine Bilder werden zu sinnlichen Ereigniszonen, Fränkische Nachrichten, 19.03.2019
- Die Natur erobert das Bild, Südwest Presse, 28.03.2019
- Miracle Pictures - Paul Wesenberg, www.artrabbit.com Miracle Pictures
- Paul Wesenberg, www.arte.go.it
- Paul Wesenberg, www.instart.info