Studio Visit with Benjamin Bernt
„I see my practice as a continuous process from which new directions, themes or possibilities for representation emerge. An incidental trace can thus mark the beginning of a new work.“
In his Berlin studio, Benjamin Bernt explores the tension between abstract pictorial spaces and the human figure. His working method combines precisely planned steps with moments of spontaneous reaction. He draws influences from calligraphy, digital imagery and Stone Age cave painting – an unusual but formative combination that lends his works an idiosyncratic visual language.
„For me, the studio is a kind of experimental space in which anything can be possible, and at the same time a place of inner peace and concentration. Being surprised by the latest works also maintains a certain tension, which always makes me want to come back soon.“
Benjamin Bernt
Reflektion 5, 2024
Watercolour, gouache, pastel, ink, fineliner on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
Stroul, 2024
Watercolour, gouache, pastel, fineliner on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
His latest works once again emphasise figurative elements. Where previously strongly reduced silhouettes dominated, ambiguous, more complex figures now appear, introducing new types of images and expanding his visual language. The process of image creation itself has also changed: Everyday observations and newspaper motifs increasingly serve as source material, are alienated and translated into autonomous pictorial spaces. Bernt also experiments with unusual picture supports – such as chalk primers or paper-like canvas surfaces – and uses these as a source of inspiration in the painting process.
Bernt's studio is a place of concentration and openness at the same time: a space in which new directions can emerge, often triggered by incidental traces or surprising developments in the work process.
Benjamin Bernt
Traveller 2, 2024
Watercolour, pastel, ink on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
Voyant, 2024
Watercolour, gouache, pastel on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
Peer 2, 2024
Watercolour, gouache, pastel, on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
J. am Feld, 2025
Watercolour, ink, pastel on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
Pineal, 2024
Watercolour, gouache, pastel, on paper
31 x 22 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
Hover, 2025
Watercolour, gouache, pastel on paper
32 x 22 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
Benjamin Bernt
Spektrum 1, 2025
Watercolour, gouache, pastel on paper
33 x 23 cm
1.400,00 EUR
(incl. VAT)
About the artist
Grants
2017 Scholarship, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation
2011 CPH Air, Artist in Residence, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected exhibitions
2023
Another Day at the Office, OFFICE IMPART, Berlin, DE
Circuit Split, OFFICE IMPART (s)
For Now, Grisebach, Düsseldorf, in cooperation with OFFICE IMPART
Enter Art Fair, with OFFICE IMPART, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
Ansbach Contemporary 2020, 3. Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst in Ansbach
INVITED section, Art Brussels, with OFFICE IMPART, Online (postponed to 2021)
Bedeutende Menschen nennen mich ein Kind, with Janne Räisänen, Schwarz Contemporary | OFFICE IMPART, Berlin
2019
Esprit Ecstasy, with Jill Kiddon, HouseFront, Brussels, Belgium
Benjamin Bernt, OFFICE IMPART, Berlin (s)
2018
The Others Art Fair, with OFFICE IMPART, Turin, Italy
Für immer blau, Villa Waldsteige, Duisburg
Heute oder morgen, +DEDE, Berlin
2017
Benjamin Bernt, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (s)
097, Real Positive, Cologne
Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin
Was ist schön bitte schön?, Schulzestraße 2, Berlin
2016
you, you, in, out, with Jill Kiddon, Vitamin C, Berlin
Solanum, Projektraum pool, Karlsruhe (s)
*(s) solo exhibition
