Overview
Sarah Ortmeyer, 'DIABOLUS (PROTECTOR)', 2020
Sarah Ortmeyer born 1980, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Many of the themes in Ortmeyer’s work draw from her keen interest in — and uncanny understanding of — cultural, human, and political interrelations, whether contemporary or historic, highbrow or lowbrow, academic or punk. Years of working on her publications about chess have taken her on a world library tour de force (Mexico City, New York, Reykjavík, Paris) and have equipped her with a scientific rigor that is rare among contemporary artists. But rather than taking a purely analytical approach, Ortmeyer marries her scholarly inclinations with an inquisitive and sometimes biting naïveté, allowing her to effortlessly break down the most complex intricacies of the human psyche in what may otherwise seem benign or platitudinous contexts. And in all her ongoing quest to discover deeper universal truths, she never compromises her unapologetic passion for beauty … and for love.
Ortmeyer’s solo exhibitions were shown in Kunstverein München, MoMA P.S.1. (New York City), 21er Haus (Vienna), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), among others. She was part of various group exhibitions, including in the Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), Kunsthalle Zürich (Zürich), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art (Warsaw); Palais de Tokyo (Paris); MAK Center (Los Angeles), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), Stedelijk Museum Bureau (Amsterdam), Monnaie de Paris (Paris), Swiss Institute (New York). During her career, Ortmeyer won numerous awards and prizes, e.g.; the MAK-Schindler Scholarship (Los Angeles), Stiftung Kunstfond (Bonn, Germany). Her works are featured in the collections of the MoMA, (New York), Belvedere Museum (Vienna), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin) and FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais.
Works
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DIABOLUS (PROTECTOR), 2021 -
DIABOLUS (PROTECTOR), 2021
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DIABOLUS (PROTECTOR), 2021
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DIABOLUS (PROTECTOR), 2020
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ARCUS, 2019
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DIABOLUS (PROTECTOR), 2019
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PALMA, 2019
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PION, 2019
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GRANDMASTER, 2018
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GRANDMASTER, 2018
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HERZ I, 2018
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MONSTER VIII (in collaboration with Kerstin Brätsch), 2016
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MONSTER XIII (in collaboration with Kerstin Brätsch), 2016
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NATALIA VIII, 2016
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SUSAN II, 2016
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KOKO (Weiß), 2015
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GRANDMASTER VIII, 2014
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GRANDMASTER XII, 2014
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SAD EIS (4, SAD EIS SERIES), 2012
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INTERNATIONALIS, 2010
Exhibitions
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From the Collection
Adel Abdessemed, Aysha E Arar, Miroslaw Balka, Mircea Cantor, Lisetta Carmi, Latifa Echakhch, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Simon Fujiwara, Lior Gal, Douglas Gordon, Ezio Gribaudo, Oshay Green, Menashe Kadishman, William Kentridge, Yudith Levin, Boris Mikhailov, J 3 Apr - 30 May 2026 ParisRead more -
'Paris, Last Time': An homage to Félix González-Torres
Mircea Cantor, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Latifa Echakhch, Adi Fluman, Sigalit Landau, Matan Mittwoch, Jonathan Monk, Sarah Ortmeyer and Mira Schendel 19 Oct - 27 Nov 2025 ParisRead more -
Fenêtre du studio
Aysha E Arar, Miroslaw Balka, Marianne Berenhaut, Mircea Cantor, Douglas Gordon, Latifa Echakhch, Sigalit Landau, Yudith Levin, David Maljkovic, Jonathan Monk, Florian Pumhösl, Sarah Ortmeyer, Ariel Schlesinger 15 Oct - 2 Dec 2023 Paris“Fenêtre du studio” is a group exhibition centered around the question of painting that will take place in parallel to the fair Paris+ by Art Basel. This exhibition will present...Read more -
Salon de Paris
Ariel Schlesinger, Barak Ravitz, David Maljkovic, Dor Guez, Douglas Gordon, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jonathan Monk, Lawrence Weiner, Lisetta Carmi, Matan Mittwoch, Melik Ohanian, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Naama Tsabar, Nedko Solakov, Pavel Wolberg 21 Apr - 4 Jun 2022 BrusselsRead more -
ראה שמש לעת ערב אדומה — Under the Volcano
Etti Abergel, Marianne Berenhaut, Yossi Breger, Orna Bromberg, Lisetta Carmi, Adi Fluman, Michael Gross, Dor Guez, Shai-Lee Horodi, Sigalit Landau, Yudith Levin, Lea Nikel, Sarah Ortmeyer, Barak Ravitz, Ori Reisman, Elam Rokni, Ariel Schlesinger 19 Mar - 30 Apr 2022 Tel AvivRead more -
MMXXI
Sarah Ortmeyer 22 Apr - 29 May 2021 BrusselsRead more -
News from Home
Ariel Schlesinger, Douglas Gordon, Jonathan Monk, Latifa Echakhch, Naama Tsabar, Remy Zaugg, Sarah Ortmeyer 30 May - 15 Aug 2020 BrusselsRead more -
2817 – homage to Georges Perec
Ariel Schlesinger, Douglas Gordon, Florian Pumhösl, Jonathan Monk, Latifa Echakhch, Matan Mittwoch, Mircea Cantor, Sarah Ortmeyer, Shilpa Gutpa, Simon Fujiwara 30 Jan - 16 Mar 2019 BrusselsRead more -
מוות לשיעורין- Mort à crédit
Alma Yitzhaki, Barak Ravitz, Latifa Echakhch, Miri Segal, Miroslaw Balka, Naama Tsabar, Sarah Ortmeyer, Shai-Lee Horodi, Sigalit Landau, Yudith Levin 8 Dec 2018 - 9 Mar 2019 Tel AvivRead more -
Contre tout Espoir
Adel Abdessemed, Miroslaw Balka, Latifa Echakhch, Douglas Gordon, Jonathan Monk, Sarah Ortmeyer, Miri Segal, Lawrence Weiner, Pavel Wolberg 6 Sep - 20 Oct 2018Read more -
Group Show
Latifa Echakhch, Simon Fujiwara, Douglas Gordon, Moshe Ninio, Melik Ohanian, Sarah Ortmeyer, Ariel Schlesinger 7 Jun - 15 Jul 2018 BrusselsRead more -
Showroom 01
Mircea Cantor, Latifa Echahkch, Simon Fujiwara, Yudith Levin, David Maljkovic, Sarah Ortmeyer, Ariel Schlesinger 25 Mar - 18 Apr 2017 BrusselsRead more -
GRANDMASTER (feat. MONSTER)
Sarah Ortmeyer 8 Dec 2016 - 21 Jan 2017 BrusselsWas she a happy mother, a spiritual guru, a secret agent, the wife of someone famous? Or was she simply one of these female chess champions whose name we had...Read more -
Dilemma
Ariel Schlesinger, Dor Guez, Latifa Echakhch, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Miri Segal, Pavel Wolberg, Sarah Ortmeyer, Simon Fujiwara 14 May - 25 Jun 2016 Tel AvivRead more
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