Axel Anklam

Axel Anklam's sculptures captivate with their clarity and strength. Dynamics and a sense of suspended calm alternate with one another. The artist primarily employs transparent or opaque materials: stainless steel nets, epoxy, and latex. Shimmering surfaces grow over forged frameworks. Every change in light and every atmospheric shift creates a new expression.

After training as a metal artist, Axel Anklam pursued a degree in sculpture at HFKD Burg Giebichenstein, which he completed in 2004 at UdK Berlin. In 2006, he was awarded the Meisterschülerpreis by UdK Berlin. In 2010, he received the Ernst-Rietschel-Preis for sculpture and the Gerlinde-Beck-Kunstpreis.

Solo exhibitions 2010 "Axel Anklam," Ernst-Rietschel-Museum, Pulsnitz 2010 "Primal Landscapes," Galerie Rothamel Frankfurt 2009 "Parcours," Angermuseum Erfurt 2009 Galerie Rothamel Frankfurt am Main 2009 Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin 2009 Tour, Städtische Galerie Offenburg 2009 "Parcours," Arte, Strasbourg 2008 Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin 2008 "Nach den Maschinen," Villa Oppenheim, Berlin 2008 Schloss Charlottenburg, Kleine Orangerie, Berlin (catalog) 2008 Kunstverein Ettlingen (with Angelika Arendt) 2007 Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main 2006 Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt 2006 Galerie Gerken, Berlin 2006 Projektraum Brunnens, Berlin 2005 Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main (with Lage Opedal)

Group exhibitions 2008 "Description and image," Zern, Berlin 2008 "Zeitblick - Acquisitions from the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany 1998–2008," Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2008 "Leuchten und Strahlen," Axel Anklam and Angelika Arendt, Kunstverein Ettlingen 2007 "Die Macht des Dinglichen," Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 2007 "Countdown," Prize winners of UdK, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin 2007 Zern, Berlin 2007 Kunstraum Klosterkirche Traunstein 2007 22. UBE Biennale '07, Yamaguchi 2006 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg 2006 Saar Ferngas Förderpreis Junge Kunst, Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Trier 2005 "Neue Berliner Künstler," Galerie Fine Art, Hamburg 2005 "Summer Sculptures Series," Französische Friedrichstadtkirche am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin 2005 "Subjektive Obsessionen," Art Frankfurt 2004 Saraburi Modern Art Exhibition, Bangkok 2002 "Glass Class Truck," Amsterdam 2001 "skulptur aktuell IV," Bielefeld 2000 "Burg Giebichenstein," Richard Haizmann-Museum Niebuell