Born in Paderborn, Germany, 1974.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Education

1997-2003 Studium an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe bei Helmut Dorner und an der HBK Berlin bei Dieter Hacker

Solo Exhibitions

2008
Uwe Henneken, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
2007
Hallo Hall–chen Hallo, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006
In a foreign land, in a foreign town, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Schlemihlium, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany Imperium, Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany
Somewhere in Europe they wait, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2005
The Still Small Voice, Roma Roma Roma, Rome, Italy
2004
Tausend Jahre sind ein Tag, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Great in the Small, Gisela Capitain, Köln, Germany
2003
Thank you silence, Kaiserpassage 21a, Karlsruhe, Germany
turn, turn, turn, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany

Selected Museum Exhibitions

2007
Re-Dis-Play, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberger, Germany
Imperirum Schemihilium, Frans-Hals-Museum/ Museum deHallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2006
Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM/ Museum f¸r Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Like color in pictures, Aspen Art Musuem, Aspen, CO
2005
Wunschwelten - neue Romantik in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2004
I feel mysterious today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
Gelegenheit und Reue, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
About Painting, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2003
German Painting 2003, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Germany
Bis ans Ende der Welt, Kunstverein Konstanz, Arsenal HKM1 Mainz, Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, Germany
2000
Moon White Future, Hobby Pop Museum, D¸sseldorf, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
Legend, Domain of Chamarande, France
Techne. Galerie Michael Haas. Berlin, Germany
The object is the mirror, Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Imaginary Realities, Max Wigram Gallery, London, England
2007
Vicerunt Viderunt Venerunt" : Uwe Henneken & Stefan Rinck, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
RAW, Among the Ruins, Marres, Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, Netherlands
Inky Toy Affinitas, Cereal Art, Philadelphia, PA
2006
A Public Private Mystery Tour, Academie der Kunste, Vienna, Austria
it is, "what is it?"., Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Wunderwelten/ Ideal Worlds", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
36 x 27 x 10, White Cube Berlin in the former Palast der Republik, Berlin, Germany
Das Neue Schwarz, Rüdiger Sch–ttle Galerie, Munich, Germany
Syzygy, Brett Shaheen Modern & Contemporary, Cleveland, OH
2003
Malerei, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin, Germany
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, England
The White Show, Überbau, Düsseldorf, Germany
There's no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities), Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Selected Paintings, MW projects, London, England
Hot, Blue & Righteous, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
2002
on the other hand you have different fingers, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
Event horizon, Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
Freiheit..., Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin, Germany
Pleasing thoughts, griedervonputtkamer GmbH, Berlin, Germany (curated by April Lamm)
2001
Circles ƒ 5: Berlin ‚ Mein Parnass, dein Parnass, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
Der Wegelagerer, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Viva November, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg , Wolfsburg, Germany
Wandbilder, Jenny Rosemeyer, Berlin, Germany
2000
Corriger la fortune, Montparnasse, Berlin, Germany
Macht der Freundschaft und Sympathie, Montparnasse, Berlin, Germany
Face the Black - Sammlung Thomas Zipp, Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin, Germany
sans pouvoir líarrêter, Galerie Rumfordstraße, Munich, Germany

Bibliography

2008
Watson, Simon. "Uwe Henneken: Ruined Arcadia". Whitewall Magazine. Issue 20, Winter
2007
MacMillian, Kyle. "Color makes a difference in this show". The Denver Post. March
Benedetti, Christine. "Like Colors in Pictures". Time Out. Feb 9 - 15
Oksenhorn, Stewart. "Color my post-9/11 world". The Aspen Times. February 15
"Current Events: Visual Arts". Aspen Times Weekly. February 11
2006
Bell, Kirsty. "An Oak tree, allegory, spirtuality and the Grotesque". frieze. April
2005
Art Nr.5 / 2005, p.33
Monopol Berlin. April/May
die tageszeitung.May 20, p.16
Nürnberger Nachrichten, May24, p.23
Frankfurt International. Frankfurt/M. June p.78-79
Antiquitäten Zeitung. September 6
Kunstforum Ruppichteroth. September/October
Junge Freiheit. July 29
2004
Dokumentation Kunstraum Lothringer 13
2003
Kopsa, Maxine. "Wish" Handelsblatt. December 8
Hübl, Michael. "Tauch ein in das Meer". BNN. January 18
"Thank you Silence". Kaiserpassage 21a
"you were here". metropolis m, issue no.5
2002
Kempkes, Anke. "Rising Angles". Modern Painters, Volume 15, Number 4

Catalogues

2008
Legend, Domain of Chamarande, France
Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting, Max Wigram Gallery, London.
2007
Imperium Schlemihlium. Veenman Publishers. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Like Color In Pictures. Aspen Art Press. Aspen, CO
2005
The Still Small Voice. RomaRomaRoma, Rome
Wunschwelten. Schirn Kunsthalle F.a.M.
2003
I feel mysterious today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
German Painting 2003, published simultaneously for the exhibition at the Kunstverein Frankfurt
Bis ans Ende der Welt, Kunstverein Konstanz, Arsenal HKM1 Mainz, Kunsthaus Wiesbaden
2002
Circles, ZKM, Karlsruhe