Franz Ackermann

Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin.

[1] He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich from 1984 to 1988 and the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg from 1989 to 1991, where he studied under Bernhard J. Blume.

[2] The themes of his works focus often on issues like travelling, globalization and the aesthetics of large urban areas.

The papers show almost realistic architectural views, biomorphic ornamentation, cartographic moments (e.g. suggested streets), mixed with abstract, bright and broken color areas and geometric constructions.

The result were 25 large format wooden panels containing his maps, which were shown in November of the same year in an annex of the Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires.

[4] He is represented by Neugerriemschneider in Berlin, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, in New York, Meyer Riegger gallery in Karlsruhe, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, in São Paulo, and Gio Marconi, in Milan.