Biography / CHRIS DREIER

1981 / 82

Member of /Mitglied der Band DiE TÖDLiCHE DORiS

1983 – 1987

Studied/ Studium der Visuellen Kommunikation (Prof. Ramsbott) an der Hdk Berlin, Meisterschüler/masterclass

1983

SKIZZENBÜCHER, Installation, performance, with Andy Degener, Projektraum Oranienstraße, Berlin

1984

SI,RICHIEDONO ABITI SCURI, S-8 multimedia installation, performance, with Daniela Butsch, Projektraum ehem. Begräbnisinstitut Oranienstraße, Berlin
Textperformances with author D.HOLLAND MORiTZ :
DER PILOT. Landschaften erobern, Gift, Berlin
DAS STERNSTÄDTCHEN Frontkino, Berlin
AGENTS IN SPACE, Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin
OFFICE HOURS,  Frontkino, Berlin
DAS STERNSTÄDTCHEN, Berlin Special f. TV Catalan, Frontkino, Berlin

1985

HOMMAGE AN RAYMOND QUENEAU, Galerie Gianozzo, Berlin
DE STADT EN HET NIETS, Festivale de Visuele Muziek, Shaffy Theater, Amsterdam
DIE STADT, die Wüste und das Nichts, Berlin im Gasteig, München
Wolfgang Müller Super-8 Filmpaket, BRD und Japan
FRiTZ, Publication/Publikationen for FRiTZ books I & II von A.Brandolini
DIE STADT:::REMAKE, Markthalle, Hamburg
TOPGIRLS, soloshow, Galerie Eisenbahnstraße, Berlin

1987

SUPER-8 FILM PROGRAM, Rahmenprogramm/side show at Dokumenta 8, Galerie Martin Schmitz, Kassel
SUPER-8 FROM BERLIN, Galerie Martin Schmitz at Goethe House, New York, USA

1999

THE ABODE OF HYPNUS
Photography, painting, with Cathryne Zapf, Schloss Lochailort, Schottland

2000

GOSPLAN, Solo show, painting, Pasteur im Milchhof, Berlin

2001

MUTTI, Group show, painting, with McLovla, Berlin
CHRISTMAS AT ENDART, Group show, Galerie Endart, Berlin

2002

XTRABUTT, Group show, painting, with McLovla Stu MeadSusanne KleinGalerie Neurotitan, Berlin

2003

DEAD OR ALiVE, Solo show, painting/Gemälde, Galerie Endart, Berlin

2004

PLEASED TO MEAT YOU, Painting, with McLovla, Gemälde, Galerie Knoth & Krüger, Berlin

2004 / 05

HNFFGGNFFFGN, Solo show, photography, Galerie Knoth & Krüger, Berlin

2005

LOVE & HATE, Painting, with Alexandra ErlhoffGalerie Knoth & Krüger, Berlin

DE PROFUNDiS, Drawing, with McLovla, Zeichnungen Elchkeller, Berlin

2006 / 07

SKiN DEEP, Painting, with McLovla, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Sound, Galerie Knoth & Krüger , Berlin

2007

ATTENTiON, DANGER!, Group show, painting, Studio XX, Lena Braun, Berlin

2008

VON WÄLDERN & VON AUEN, Photography, with McLovla, Lochkamerafotografie, Kulturpark Villa Kladow, Berlin

ROTES HAUS, Group show, painting, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
HALL OF FEMMES, Group show, curated by Lena Braun, GaleriePremiere Etage, Berlin
THE GRiM NORTH SERiES, Solo show, photography, Galerie Laura Mars
Kontakt #4 – ETUDE POUR TOILETTES,
Video installation, sound collages at Toiletten 27 , with Frank LohmeyerMcLovla, Charilaos Volonassis

2009

STATART, Objects, painting, for Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Humboldtuniversität, Berlin
CRUNCH, Objects, painting, tapestry, Globe Gallery, Newcastle, UK
PAPIEROFFENSIV, Group show, Galerie Oqbo, Berlin
DIN A 6, Groupshow,  mail art at Kunstraum T27, Berlin-Neukölln

2010

DE MA ViSiTE A VERDUN
Photography, with Andreas Seltzer, Galerie Laura Mars
Die Verbotene Stadt – TALES FROM THE FORBiDDEN CiTY
with Geraldine Hudson, photography objets trouvées, drawings Galerie SU DE COUCOU

Groupshow THEMA FRAU, Photography, Galerie September, Berlin, first live performance Burqarettes, mit Ursula Döbereiner
HiSTORiENBILD, Photography, group show at Kunstraum t27, Berlin (mit Andreas Seltzer, Henning Kappenberg, Thilo Droste, Barbara Duisberg)

2011

SHAVEN GODS, Group show with Mario Mentrup ’s Pasadena Project in der Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, live performance BURQAMACHINES
ZELLE 107, Groupshow, former Neukoelln prison for 48 STUNDEN NEUKÖLLN
GROSS BERLiN, Group show, NEW VENUE OPENiNG SHOW
Objects, Painting (with Frank Lohmeyer) at Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
VERBOTENE STADT,  with Geraldine Hudson im REINRAUM, Düsseldorf
LOVELAND PASS, Group show at Galerie Grölle, Pass Projects, Wuppertal
ZEITENWENDE/10 JAHRE 9/11, Group show, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, Berlin, kuratiert von Dr.Martin Bayer
LAURA MARS 2001-2011, Group show, Galerie Laura Mars, Berlin

2012

ÜBER EIN JAHR IM ÜBERBLICK
Painters at Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
DRESS/ID, Performance of Burqamachines at Centre d’Art Passerelles, Brest, France
TRUE COLLECTORS Sammlung Nümann
Bar Babette, Berlin, mit Oliver Lanz+ Burqamaschinen live (featuring D.Holland-Moritz)
BEAUTYFARM – Ezuli’s Beauty Parlour, with McLovla, Reinhard Wilhelmi, Bettina Scheeder, Musik: Frank Lohmeyer, Art Saloon Su de Coucou, Berlin, Lena Braun
THiS iS NOT A LOVE SONG, Live Performance of Burqamaschinen at Pass Projects, Galerie Grölle, Wuppertal, featuring D.Holland-Moritz
SURF+Anarchie+Alchemie+Metaphorik+produktive Missverständnisse
Group Show curated by Frank Barth at Amtsrichterhaus Schwarzenbek
FELD 1-4, Photography, Galerie Grölle, Wuppertal, mit Andreas Wünschirs
UNKNOWN PLEASURES, Groupshow, Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
MEMOIRE INVOLONTAIRE, Photography, mit Diana Artus, Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
23 DIRTY FEEDS && DIRTY MIND, Group show, Logeraum, Hamburg, curated by Frank Barth und Caleb Thompson

2013

Industrial Solutions # 1-Doel (solo show), Laura Mars Grp, Berlin
Industrial Solutions # 2, (solo show) Konstapotek, Stockholm, Sweden
Rot, (groupshow), Grölle pass:projects, Wuppertal

2014

Poetics of Light, New Mexico Museum of History, Santa Fe, USA
The Germans Did Not Come, (groupshow) Contemporary Museum Wrozlaw Poland

2015

Sleepwalking in Berlin (solo show), Zwitschermaschine, Berlin
Ex Nihilo (solo show + Reinhard Wilhelmi), Laura Mars Gallery, Berlin
CDS, (groupshow) ,Glue im Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin

2016

HEIMATPLAN , Groupshow, Galerie Grölle, Pass Projects, Wuppertal
NEUE HEIMAT ,Groupshow, Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin
ULTRAMODERN, Groupshow, Galerie Lisi Haemmerle, Austria
NUR NICHT NACHHAUSE,  Groupshow, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin
LOW HANGING FRUIT, (OJAI), Galerie Grölle,  Wuppertal

2017

A HARD PLACE, 500X, Groupshow, Dallas, Texas, USA
FRUIT EFFICIENCY (OJAI) Ro2 Art,  Dallas, Texas, USA
POETICS OF LIGHT, Groupshow,  The National Museum for Science and Media, Bradford, UK
I SPY I SPY A LITTLE LIE (OJAI), Groupshow, Marres Currents, Maastrich, NL

2018

STATE OF STATELESSNESS, Groupshow (OJAI), ISELP Institute, Brussels, Belgium
LETTERS OF LAST RESORT, Groupshow (OJAI) , Damien and the Love Guru, Brussels, Belgium
EUROPA ZENTRAL, Groupshow, Zefirina Art Space, Lviv, Ukraine
LIVE PAUSE, Concert Ex-Die Tödliche Doris, Valentinsstüberl, Berlin
FERTIG, Groupshow, Estudio Pablo Delillio, Orviedo, Spain
BAU 0/36, Groupshow (OJAI), Gold+Beton, Köln, Germany

2019

FESTIVAL OF CONTROL, Groupshow (OJAI), CCHA, Hasselt, Belgium

PLENARY SESSION 1, June 21, Groupshow (OJAI), Wexford County Council Chambers, Wexford, Ireland

KOMMIT ZUM MOND, July 21, Music Performance, Soundskulptur Pallasstrasse, Berlin

DAY OF HEROE WORSHIP, Sept 22, Performance (OJAI), Jewish Museum, Brussels

HORST Music and Arts Festival, Sept 13, Bingo Performance (OJAI), Vilvoorde, Belgien

SONIFY Concert by MK/CT at Museum K21/Salon 21, Düsseldorf, Germany

KNOW YOUR PLACE (OJAI), Installation, Okt 18 – Dec 2 2019, Galerie Grölle

EURONOIZE, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Scala, London, UK

EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR INSTITUTIONAL IDEATORS (OJAI), Okt 26/27 Galerie Groelle, Wuppertal

HIGHRISE BOYFRIENDS AND SULLEN STRUCTURES, Dec 14 at Galerie Bernau, OJAI Bingo Performance

2020

MENSCH MASCHINE, Jan 16, Groupshow at Privacy Salon, Brussels, Belgium

FANTOME SHOW, May, Groupshow, Laura Mars Gallery

RADIOACTIVITY, July 24, Radio as Sculpture (Cashmere Radio) Lenbachhaus München

2021

PLANET ORSIMARANA/Radio Orsimarana, Groupshow, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg

AUSZEIT, March 20, Groupshow, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg

RADIATIONS, April 11, Groupshow, Sagacity, Brussels, Belgium

YOUR TOUCH MAKES THE WAVES, groupshow at Cashmere @ Eberspaecher, Plantagenstrasse, Berlin

N, (Textiles, Groupshow), Galerie Groelle, Wuppertal

FRUIT ANXIETY, Desire and Method, SB34 Clovis, Brussels, Belgium

2022

CONVENING OF LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT ARTS ORGANISATIONS,NON_PROFITS AND COLLECTIVES, May 27 – Sept 11, Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, USA

RADIO CONCERT with Ansgar Wilken July 4 live at FSK/Radio Gagarin, Hamburg

HORIZONTAL HOLD, Oct 21, groupshow in Ixelles, Brussels incl. O.J.A.I. performance at the Forbidden Zone

TUNNEL ANXIETY, O.J.A.I. performance at ICC tunnel, Oct 9, Berlin

JAHRESAUSKLANGFESTIVAL, concert with Ansgar Wilken, Hörbar e.V., Hamburg , Dec 28 at B-Movie

2023

RUPTURE, Konzert, CTM Transmediale Vorpiel at Mainoeuvre, Meranerstr., Berlin

THE SEDUCTION OF THE BUREAUCRAT, groupshow, The Garage, CCM Mechelen, Belgium

DOPPELKONZERT with Faded Voyage (Daniel Shushan) at Madame Claude, Berlin

NUIT BLANCHE, „No Hard Shoulder“ performance by O.J.A.I., CWDB, Paris

450 VOLT at Grölle, Düsseldorf, solo exhibition and MK/CT concert

BORING PHOTOGRAPHY, duo exhibition with Dorje DeBurgh at ICC Tunnel, Berlin

O.J.A.I. performance, Hugh Lane Museum, Dublin

O.J.A.I. performance at ALTERNATING CURRENTS Festival, Dublin

O.J.A.I. Opening Performance at JESTER, Genk, Belgium

2024

Happy Zloty Tape Release Party, Chris Dreier solo live concert, Cashmere Radio Studio, Berlin

Chris Dreier, solo concert at BROKE (a noise concert series by Bilwa) at XXXster, Berlin

O.J.A.I. Paranoid Walk, Charleroi, Belgium

PARANOID MEDITATION, O.J.A.I. performance at Fourth Space, Brussels, Belgium