Image No. 1 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer
La Sound 908, 2008, installation view, photo: David Brandt


Image No. 2 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer
La Sound 908, 2008, Schallschutzplatten, Ständerwerk, Türen, Spiegel, 4,70 x 8,80 x 6,40 m installation view at "Megastructures", Berlin, photo: David Brandt


Image No. 3 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer
Dia, 1989/1990/2005/2006, sheetrock, approx. 225 x 716 x 306 cm, installation view at Galerie Nordenhake, photo: Gerhard Kassner


Image No. 4 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer
Dia,1989/1990/2005/2006, installation view (inside structure), photo: Gerhard Kassner


Image No. 5 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer
BFD - bündig fluchtend dicht, 2001, construction elements, 3,90 x 14,60 x 17,20 m, installation at Paul-Löbe-Haus (German parliament), photo: Stephan Erfurt


Image No. 6 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer
BFD - bündig fluchtend dicht, 2001


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PSE 900, 2000, construction elements, 4,50 x 17,25 x 7,60 m, Lehmbrucksaal, Kunsthalle Hamburg, photo: Ottmar von Poschinger


Image No. 8 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer


GKB, 2005, plaster sheets, 11,20 x 6,40 x 3,20 cm, photo: Werner Hannappel



Image No. 9 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer


GKB, 2005, plaster sheets, 11,20 x 6,40 x 3,20 cm, photo: Werner Hannappel



Image No. 10 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer

TSE 11022, 2003 construction elements, 3,00 x 42,80 x 14,20 m, installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, photo: Volker Kreidler


Image No. 11 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer

Büroauflösung, mixed media, 2,60 x 9,32 x 6,30 m, installation view at Kapinos Galerie Berlin, photo: David Brandt


Image No. 12 of Franka Hörnschschemeyer

Accidental Memory, 2009, sheetrock, wood, 200 x 300 x 33 cm
 

Franka Hörnschemeyer was born in Osnabrück in 1958 and currently lives and works in Berlin. Her most recent solo exhibition, titled "MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation," opened at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in January 2009. Other recent solo exhibitions include "Peenemünde," Jewish Museum, Athens (2008) and Aufenthaltswahrscheinlichkeit/Residence-probability," Galerie Nordenhake (2006). Notable public projects include "BDF - bündig fluchtend dicht", Deutscher Bundestag, 1998-2001; "PSE 900", Kunsthalle Hamburg, 2000; "TSE 11022", Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2002. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, most recently including "Positionen: 1979-2008, vom feministischen Aufbruch tur Normalität," Fabrikhalle, Darmstadt (2008) and "Ideal City - Invisible Cities," Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam (2006), which was also on display in Zamosc, Poland. Hörnschemeyer is the recipient of numerous grants and prizes, most recently the Fellowship of the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2006).

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