The influence of humans on nature is currently being discussed more than ever before. We seem to become successively aware that we humans, as the supposed "crowning glory of creation," are ultimately subordinate to nature.
The Hamburg artist Björn Holzweg has been investigating this tension between man and nature for years, combining it with fictional and autobiographical aspects. His drawings, sculptures, and paintings make us aware of the paradox that although our human life is conditioned by "Mother Nature," we nevertheless occupy, domesticate, and exploit her seemingly without limit for our own purposes. Yet Holzweg's art is far from drawing a simple doomsday scenario. It escapes negative criticism with ironic-narrative or abstract-imaginary side glances as well as with self-reflexive observations of his own life reality as an internationally active artist, partly influenced by American subcultures. Holzweg's art, for example, also negotiates processes of urbanization as a playing field for art, culture, and individual development.
Björn Holzweg has been represented in solo and group exhibitions by Affenfaust Gallery since 2012. His large-scale depictions of animals and nature adorn facades from Hamburg to Los Angeles, while art-interested Hamburgers should also be familiar with his redesigns of the harbor launch "Hanseat" or the Monopteros in Eppendorf's Hayns Park.
Instagram @bjoern_holzweg
Pictures mainly Lucia Bartl- thank you ;)
Selected Exhibitions
2025
-Uwe Festival, International Urban Art Festival
Umspannwerk Etzdorf, Chemnitz
-Abriss & Aberglaube, with Michel Balke
Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt a.M.
2023
-Hunter, Solo Exhibition
Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt a.M.
-Mobilitas, Solo Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
2022
-Keine große Sache, Group Exhibition
Lindenau Festival, Leipzig
-Knotenpunkt Festival, International Group Exhibition
Villa Salomon, Hamburg
-The Birds/ Die Vögel, Group Exhibition
Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2021
-Borderland, Group Exhibition
Urbanica, Flensburg
-Tierleben, Solo Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
-Knotenpunkt Festival- International Group Exhibition
Hamburg
2020
-Apocalypse Now, Group Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
-Quellengalerie, Group Exhibition
Wizeman, Stuttgart
2019
-Hands and Pants2, Group Exhibition
Faultline Art Space, Oakland California
-Stone.Hill.Church, Solo Exhibition
Paul Roosen Contemporary, Hamburg
-Make Peace let's Art, Group Exhibition
Warchild Art Festival, Hamburg
-Urban Art Festival Dortmund, Group Exhibition
Hafen Dortmund
2018
-Arts Program, Roller Coaster Installation
Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg
-Waterweek Festival
Los Angeles, California
-Art Lab Munich
Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich
2017
-Knotenpunkt in Leipzig
Krudebude, Leipzig
-Amur, Solo Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
-Knotenpunkt in Berlin, Group Exhibition
Urban Spree, Berlin
2016
-Zerberus, with Ki Yoon Ko and Elmar Lause
Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
-Art.Fair Cologne, with Affenfaust Galerie
Koelnmesse, Cologne
-MenschTierWir, International Group Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
-Widerkunst Festival, International Group Exhibition
Holzmarkt, Berlin
-Group Exhibition
Fonis Galerie, Düsseldorf
2015
-Knotenpunkt Festival 2015, International Group Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
-The daily mood of Björn Holzweg, Solo Exhibition
Beinlich Contemporary, Bielefeld
-60 Jahre Kunst in Hamburg, Group Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
-Neusicht Festival, International Group Exhibition
Neubad, Luzern
2014
-Knotenpunkt Festival 2014, International Group Exhibition
Kolbenhof, Hamburg
-Millerntor Gallery, International Group Exhibition
Millerntor Stadium, Hamburg
-Sherwood Forest, Solo Exhibition
Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
2013
-Gumsenplü, with Nils Kasiske, Nils Knott, Patrick Farzar
Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
-Overtime, International Group Show
Heliumcowboy Artspace, Hamburg