Franka Hörnschemeyer

Franka Hörnschemeyer was born in Osnabrück in 1958 and lives and works in Berlin. She is currently a professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf.
Recent solo exhibitions include Axiom 420 at Galerie m, Bochum (2020), Room in Room 03 at Grüntuch Ernst Lab, Berlin (2016), Lifting at ADN Pförtnerhaus, Berlin (2013), Discrete Case II at Albertinum Dresden (2011), Franks International at Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (2011) and Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2007), Peenemünde at Jewish Museum, Athens (2008), Kunstpreis der Stadt Nordhorn (2006), TSE 11022 at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2002), and PSE 900 at Lehmbrucksaal, Kunsthalle Hamburg (2000). Notable public commissions include Trichter, Dresden, Koordinaten, Kunstwegen Station, Neugnadenfeld (both 2011), BFD—bündig fluchtend dicht at Paul-Löbe-Haus, Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin (2001), Kiosk und Doppelgänger at Landesversicherungsanstalt, Münster (1998). She has participated in numerous group exhibitions in institutions such as Deutscher Bundestag im Reichstagsgebäude, Berlin und Museum unter Tage, Bochum (beide 2019), Kunstsaele, Berlin (2016), Kunstverein Hannover (2015), Museum Marta, Herford (2011), Hamburger Kunsthalle (2009), Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin (2010), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (2002), National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (2001), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2000), Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (1999), Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen (1998). In february 2017, her most recent exhibition at Galerie Nordenhake took place in Berlin.