The conceptual artist Andy Kassier (*1989) lives and works in Berlin. His work includes installations, performances, photography, videos, sculptures and painting. In 2018, he graduated with distinction from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where he studied with Mischa Kuball and Johannes Wohnseifer, among others.
In 2013 he created his alter ego Andy Kassier, who ironically breaks the narrative of wealth and happiness in late capitalist society. On Instagram and in international solo and group exhibitions he continuously develops the long-term performance. Kassier observes phenomena in social media and the development of digital image cultures. Based on his findings, he searches in his artistic work for answers to current socially relevant questions: What is happiness? ("the science of happiness", Pop; 68, Cologne, 2016) How do I become successful? ("On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Performance Artist. Andy Kassier and Signe Pierce", NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, 2018) How is masculinity represented? ("How To Take A Selfie", Goethe-Zentrum Baku, Azerbaijan, 2019) How do I accept myself? ("Link in Bio. Art after social media", Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2019/2020)
What is the role of the artist in the digital age? ("palm down", HANZ.studio, Gallery Weekend Berlin, 2020)
Further group exhibitions: "From Selfie to Self-Expression" (2017), Saatchi Gallery, London; "sunny side up" (2018), EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin; "Situations /PORN" (2019), Fotomuseum Winterthur; "Schaulust" (2019), Photoforum Pasquart, Biel; "Staging Identity. Between masquerade, body staging and role play" (2020), Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
solo-shows
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2024 fortune mirrors, better go south, berlin, DE
2023 remember the future, Falko Alexander galerie, cologne, DE
2022 read that twice, weserhalle, berlin, DE
2021 never not working, always loving, könig galerie, decentraland, DE
2021 love yourself, so you can love others, oö.art, instagram, AT
2020 palm down, HANZ.studio, berlin, DE
2018 sunny side up, eigen + art lab, instagram, DE
2016 the science of happiness, pop;68, cologne, DE
2015 the secret to my success, vintage emde, cologne, DE
group-shows
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2024 perceptions, the space, Hamburg, de
2024 inner mining / outer mining, künstlerhaus dortmund, DE
2023 29, salon schmitz, cologne, DE
2023 fight club, better go south, berlin, DE
2023 the cute show, expanded.art, berlin, DE
2022 chronicles 5, galerie droste x kpm berlin, berlin, DE
2022 how to win at photography, the photographers gallery, london, GB
2022 in touch, vertical crypto art, berlin, DE
2022 hoch-zeit, projektraum 145, berlin, DE
2022 re:connect, mahalla, berlin, DE
2021 how to win at photography, fotomuseum winterthur, winterthur, CH
2021 The Serapeum way, escape Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2021 the artist is online, könig galerie, berlin, DE
2020 living with the arts, KaDeWe, Berlin, DE
2020 staging identiy. mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, DE
2020 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, DE
2019 link in bio, museum der bildenden künste leipzig, leipzig, de
2019 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen, de
2019 my fiction and you, bärenzwinger, berlin, DE
2019 leikela annual show #3, michael-horbach-stiftung, cologne, de
2019 nrw.bank kunstpreis, düsseldorf, DE
2019 A Doll´s House, Goethe-Institut, tiflis, GE
2019 schaulust, photoforum pasquart, biel, CH
2019 A Doll´s House, Goethe-Institut, baku, AZ
2019 situations #175 porn, fotomuseum winterthur, CH
2019 face the face, internet Cafe – midnightshop, berlin, DE
2019 I like it real, schaufenster, berlin, DE
2019 wer kann, der soll, kunstgruppe, cologne, DE
2019 Do or Delegate: Entrepreneurial Means and Precarious Ends, onomatopee, eindhoven, NL
2018 projected.Capital , roehrs & boetsch, zürich, CH
2018 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen, DE
2018 cheers, eigen + art lab, berlin, DE
2018 rue charlot, ruttkowski; 68, paris, FR
2018 gallery.delivery, berlin, DE
2018 berlin masters, kunsthaus lehderstrasse, berlin, DE
2018 tangerine dreams, funkhaus, berlin, DE
2018 new adventures in vexillology #4, kunstverein amrum, DE
2018 Ciao, strizzi, cologne, DE
2018 geldrausch, tufa, trier, DE
2018 mixed pickles 3, the shelf, berlin, DE
2018 fake it, till you make it, meetfactory, prague, CZ
2018 you too, kunstgruppe, cologne, DE
2018 string figures, linn lühn in collabortion with markus lüttgen, düsseldorf, DE
2018 on the internet, nobody knows you're a performance artist, nrw-forum, duesseldorf, DE
2018 internet fame, panke.gallery, berlin, DE
2017 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen, de
2017 ausstellungsprojekt 72-stunden, bunker k10, cologne, de
2017 now on view, roehrs & boetsch, zürich, ch
2017 about:blank_under construction, open source festival, turf, düsseldorf , de
2017 wahnsinn, kunstgruppe, cologne, de
2017 this is not a competition, art cologne, cologne trade fair, de
2017 push, european media arts festival, kunsthalle osnabrück, de
2017 from selfie to self-expression, saatchi gallery, london, gb
2017 urban stage, bayer erholungshaus, leverkusen, de
2016 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen de
2016 the snorring princess, kunstgruppe, cologne, de
2016 {p:lux}, art museum celle, celle, de
2015 romantik, august produzentengallerie, cologne, de
2015 islands, brother Joseph mcnally gallery, singapore, sg
2015 gemischtes doppel, büro für brauchbarkeit, cologne, de
2014 wahre ware Ich, kunstraum aber, freiburg, de
2014 Aanother space, another place, together, old toom hardware store, düsseldorf, de
2014 22minus1, ministry of economy, düsseldorf, de
2013 hard ware soft core, team titanic, berlin, de
2021
Staging Identitiy, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, DE
2020
Beattalk – Social Media Art, Glasmoog, KHM Köln, DE
How to Become Andy Kassier, FH Dortmund Design, DE
Salon am Hügel - Fotografie und Instagram, Villa Hügel, Essen, DE
2019
How to become Andy Kassier, Universität Köln
How to become Andy Kassier, FH Dortmund Design
Playground Art Price, Gallerie von und von, Nürnberg
Was kann ich besser machen? III, Schaufenster, Berlin
You, Porn, University Institute for Modern Languages, Milan
How to become Andy Kassier, Kunsthochschule Kassel
Success is Just a Smile Away, Städtische Galerie Braunschweig
2018
Digitale Identität re:publica
Kunst und Kritik im Zeitalter digitaler Inszenierung, Förderverein für aktuelle Kunst, Münster
2017
Eye Em Festival
2017 shortlist from selfie to self-expression // saatchi gallery
2016 winner gaffel-kölsch-glas edition for 50th. art cologne // cologne
2015 daad scholarship // universidad national // bogotá, colombia
2015 st. moritz art academy scholarship // st. moritz, switzerland
2015 tropical lab #9 // lasalle college of the arts // singapore
The conceptual artist Andy Kassier (*1989) lives and works in Berlin. His work includes installations, performances, photography, videos, sculptures and painting. In 2018, he graduated with distinction from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where he studied with Mischa Kuball and Johannes Wohnseifer, among others.
In 2013 he created his alter ego Andy Kassier, who ironically breaks the narrative of wealth and happiness in late capitalist society. On Instagram and in international solo and group exhibitions he continuously develops the long-term performance. Kassier observes phenomena in social media and the development of digital image cultures. Based on his findings, he searches in his artistic work for answers to current socially relevant questions: What is happiness? ("the science of happiness", Pop; 68, Cologne, 2016) How do I become successful? ("On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Performance Artist. Andy Kassier and Signe Pierce", NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, 2018) How is masculinity represented? ("How To Take A Selfie", Goethe-Zentrum Baku, Azerbaijan, 2019) How do I accept myself? ("Link in Bio. Art after social media", Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2019/2020)
What is the role of the artist in the digital age? ("palm down", HANZ.studio, Gallery Weekend Berlin, 2020)
Further group exhibitions: "From Selfie to Self-Expression" (2017), Saatchi Gallery, London; "sunny side up" (2018), EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin; "Situations /PORN" (2019), Fotomuseum Winterthur; "Schaulust" (2019), Photoforum Pasquart, Biel; "Staging Identity. Between masquerade, body staging and role play" (2020), Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
solo-shows
–
2024 fortune mirrors, better go south, berlin, DE
2023 remember the future, Falko Alexander galerie, cologne, DE
2022 read that twice, weserhalle, berlin, DE
2021 never not working, always loving, könig galerie, decentraland, DE
2021 love yourself, so you can love others, oö.art, instagram, AT
2020 palm down, HANZ.studio, berlin, DE
2018 sunny side up, eigen + art lab, instagram, DE
2016 the science of happiness, pop;68, cologne, DE
2015 the secret to my success, vintage emde, cologne, DE
group-shows
–
2024 perceptions, the space, Hamburg, de
2024 inner mining / outer mining, künstlerhaus dortmund, DE
2023 29, salon schmitz, cologne, DE
2023 fight club, better go south, berlin, DE
2023 the cute show, expanded.art, berlin, DE
2022 chronicles 5, galerie droste x kpm berlin, berlin, DE
2022 how to win at photography, the photographers gallery, london, GB
2022 in touch, vertical crypto art, berlin, DE
2022 hoch-zeit, projektraum 145, berlin, DE
2022 re:connect, mahalla, berlin, DE
2021 how to win at photography, fotomuseum winterthur, winterthur, CH
2021 The Serapeum way, escape Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2021 the artist is online, könig galerie, berlin, DE
2020 living with the arts, KaDeWe, Berlin, DE
2020 staging identiy. mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, DE
2020 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, DE
2019 link in bio, museum der bildenden künste leipzig, leipzig, de
2019 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen, de
2019 my fiction and you, bärenzwinger, berlin, DE
2019 leikela annual show #3, michael-horbach-stiftung, cologne, de
2019 nrw.bank kunstpreis, düsseldorf, DE
2019 A Doll´s House, Goethe-Institut, tiflis, GE
2019 schaulust, photoforum pasquart, biel, CH
2019 A Doll´s House, Goethe-Institut, baku, AZ
2019 situations #175 porn, fotomuseum winterthur, CH
2019 face the face, internet Cafe – midnightshop, berlin, DE
2019 I like it real, schaufenster, berlin, DE
2019 wer kann, der soll, kunstgruppe, cologne, DE
2019 Do or Delegate: Entrepreneurial Means and Precarious Ends, onomatopee, eindhoven, NL
2018 projected.Capital , roehrs & boetsch, zürich, CH
2018 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen, DE
2018 cheers, eigen + art lab, berlin, DE
2018 rue charlot, ruttkowski; 68, paris, FR
2018 gallery.delivery, berlin, DE
2018 berlin masters, kunsthaus lehderstrasse, berlin, DE
2018 tangerine dreams, funkhaus, berlin, DE
2018 new adventures in vexillology #4, kunstverein amrum, DE
2018 Ciao, strizzi, cologne, DE
2018 geldrausch, tufa, trier, DE
2018 mixed pickles 3, the shelf, berlin, DE
2018 fake it, till you make it, meetfactory, prague, CZ
2018 you too, kunstgruppe, cologne, DE
2018 string figures, linn lühn in collabortion with markus lüttgen, düsseldorf, DE
2018 on the internet, nobody knows you're a performance artist, nrw-forum, duesseldorf, DE
2018 internet fame, panke.gallery, berlin, DE
2017 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen, de
2017 ausstellungsprojekt 72-stunden, bunker k10, cologne, de
2017 now on view, roehrs & boetsch, zürich, ch
2017 about:blank_under construction, open source festival, turf, düsseldorf , de
2017 wahnsinn, kunstgruppe, cologne, de
2017 this is not a competition, art cologne, cologne trade fair, de
2017 push, european media arts festival, kunsthalle osnabrück, de
2017 from selfie to self-expression, saatchi gallery, london, gb
2017 urban stage, bayer erholungshaus, leverkusen, de
2016 nak charity auction, neuer aachener kunstverein, aachen de
2016 the snorring princess, kunstgruppe, cologne, de
2016 {p:lux}, art museum celle, celle, de
2015 romantik, august produzentengallerie, cologne, de
2015 islands, brother Joseph mcnally gallery, singapore, sg
2015 gemischtes doppel, büro für brauchbarkeit, cologne, de
2014 wahre ware Ich, kunstraum aber, freiburg, de
2014 Aanother space, another place, together, old toom hardware store, düsseldorf, de
2014 22minus1, ministry of economy, düsseldorf, de
2013 hard ware soft core, team titanic, berlin, de
2021
Staging Identitiy, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, DE
2020
Beattalk – Social Media Art, Glasmoog, KHM Köln, DE
How to Become Andy Kassier, FH Dortmund Design, DE
Salon am Hügel - Fotografie und Instagram, Villa Hügel, Essen, DE
2019
How to become Andy Kassier, Universität Köln
How to become Andy Kassier, FH Dortmund Design
Playground Art Price, Gallerie von und von, Nürnberg
Was kann ich besser machen? III, Schaufenster, Berlin
You, Porn, University Institute for Modern Languages, Milan
How to become Andy Kassier, Kunsthochschule Kassel
Success is Just a Smile Away, Städtische Galerie Braunschweig
2018
Digitale Identität re:publica
Kunst und Kritik im Zeitalter digitaler Inszenierung, Förderverein für aktuelle Kunst, Münster
2017
Eye Em Festival
2017 shortlist from selfie to self-expression // saatchi gallery
2016 winner gaffel-kölsch-glas edition for 50th. art cologne // cologne
2015 daad scholarship // universidad national // bogotá, colombia
2015 st. moritz art academy scholarship // st. moritz, switzerland
2015 tropical lab #9 // lasalle college of the arts // singapore