Jason Gringler
lives and works in Berlin

untitled, 2020
glass, plywood, gradient
77,5 x 57 x 3 cm
Jason Gringler was born in Toronto, Canada in 1978 and spent a decade living and working in New York. He relocated to Berlin in September 2017. His work has been included in recent exhibitions at König Galerie (Berlin) Steve Turner (Los Angeles), Brand New Gallery (Milan), Parisian Laundry (Montreal) and Ashes/Ashes (New York).
Reflective media gives numerous lives to the objects Gringler produces depending on one’s own narrative as well as one’s physical positioning in front of his work. The glass/mirror surfaces act simultaneously as a barrier, a window, a screen and almost as a cinematic space. When the spectator moves, the light changes thus the work changes. It is a simple tactic to allow for kinetic experience with static objects. Architecture has a profound effect on Gringler's work (steel, glass, concrete, etc.) and reflective material is a somewhat manipulative tool to allow for his work to align itself with the architectural space where it is situated, and thus allowing the viewer to consider the work as something that is in a state of continual change.
Biography
1978
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born in Toronto, Canada
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Selected Exhibitions
2022 | This is Tomorrow, Verse, Online Where the Rubber Meets the Road, Galerie Biesenbach, Köln |
2021 |
Escala, Estudio Marlon de Azambuja, Madrid
100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, New York
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2020 |
Dio c’e’, Ultra Studio, Pescara
Paint on a photo of a painting based on a photograph (Selected works from the
R/E Collection), Espacio ArtKunstArte, Madrid
Screens, Tick Tack, Antwerp
2007, Super Bien!, Berlin
A Book as a Spectacle, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
100 Sculptures, No Gallery, Los Angeles
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2019 |
How to Fix a Broken Line, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Intoto, Kunstverein Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Berlin
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2018 |
Intoto, Fondation Ricard, Paris
Monochrome, Oktogon, Wuppertal
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
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2017 |
James Mason, Ashes/Ashes, New York
Lo Sguardo Di Narciso, The Flat/Massimo Carasi, Milan
In Favor of Three Dimensions, Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels
Wohnfront Megadark, Just Married, Stockholm
St Agnes (Construction, Destruction, Reconstruction), König Gallery, Berlin
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2016 | Screens, Solivagant, New York |
2015 |
New Destruction, LVL3, Chicago
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2014 |
Dark Windows, RH Contemporary Art, New York
Labor, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Sha Boogie Bop, Anonymous Gallery, New York
Mirror Mirror, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln
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2013 |
Painted Perfect, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City
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2012 |
Black Mass, Brand New Gallery, Milan
Kadar Brock, Jason Gringler, Jim Lee, Proposition, New York
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2011 |
September X, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne
Failure Alternative Rejection, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Ghost, Galerie Arnés Y Röpke, Madrid
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2010 |
Postmortem Transmission, Parisian Laundry, Montreal
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2009 |
Passing Time In The Constructed Void, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln
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