BRAM BRAAM


B.C.E. Braam
Born | 14.03.1980, Sittard, The Netherlands
Living | Berlin, Germany  

Education
2005 — 2009 | AKV St. Joost, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Bachelor) Den Bosch
1998 — 2003 | Sint Lucas, Communication and Design, Boxtel  

Prizes — Grants
2023 | NEUSTART KULTUR stipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds (Germany)
2022 | NEUSTART KULTUR stipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds (Germany)
2022 | Publication grant Stiftung Kunstfonds (Germany)
2022 | Publication grant Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands)
2021  | Working grant Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands)
2020 | NEUSTART KULTUR stipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds (Germany)
2016  | Mondriaan Fonds, working grant for proven talent (Netherlands)
2014  | Arbeitsstipendien Kulturverwaltung des Berlin Senat, Berlin (Germany)
2013  | Working budget, Mondriaan funds, (Netherlands)
2013  | BBK funded studio programm, Berlin (Germany)
2011   | Winner Jung Art Prize (together with Chris Bierl), Berlin, (Germany)
2009 | Starterstipendium Fund BKVB, (Netherlands)
2009 | Nomination Lucas Prize, Den Bosch, (Netherlands)a

Solo — Duo Exhibitions
2024 | Solo Exhibition, Urban Alchemy, Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Hamburg (Germany)
2024 | Duo exhibition, Hybrid Order, Kirsten Hutsch & Bram Braam Galerie Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2023 | Duo exhibition, inbetween order and disorder, Kirsten Hutsch & Bram Braam Galerie Artnueve, Murcia (Spain)
2024 | Solo Exhibition, Resonance, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2023 | Solo exhibition, How to fix a broken line, Galerie Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2022 | Duo exhibition, Square pushing, Dag & Bram Braam, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen (Germany)
2022 | Duo exhibition, Urban Nature, Judith Kaminski & Bram Braam, Xpinky galerie, Berlin (Germany)
2021  | Solo exhibition, Outsource, Uferhallen, Berlin (Germany)
2021  | Solo Exhibition, Words can’t tell, Galerie Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2020 | Duo Exhibition, Bram Braam & Anneke Eussen, PARK Tilburg, (Netherlands)
2020 | Solo Exhibition, Traces, Galerie Burster, Karlsruhe (Germany)
2019  | What becomes and what remains, Till Richter Museum, Bugenhagen, (Germany)
2019  | Solo Exhibition, Galerie Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2018  | Duo exhibition, Influence : Dag & Bram Braam, LFN gallery, Spinnerei leipzig (Germany)
2017  | Solo exhibition, Cacoafabriek, Helmond (Netherlands)
2016 | Solo Exhibition, Welcome to the real world, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2016 | Solo Exhibition, Modern Mutants, Galerie Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2015 | Duo Exhibition, Bram Braam & Ines Doleschal Galerie Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin (Germany)
2014 | Solo Exhibition, IMPORT PROJECTS, Curated by Anja Henckel & Nadim Saman, Berlin (Germany)
2014 | Solo Exhibition, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2014 | Solo Exhibition, City of tomorrow, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2014 | Duo Exhibition, Bram Braam & Alex Baams, SEA Foundation, Tilburg (Netherlands)
2013 | Duo exhibition, Kreuzbergpavillon “From 0 To 0” Bram Braam & Radu Oreian, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | Duo exhibition, Next Visit, with Natalia Stachon, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | Duo exhibition, Jung Art, Freies Museum, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | Solo exhibition: Next Nature: Kaleidoskop gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2011 | Duo exhibition “Euro Land Art”, landgoed Velden (Netherlands)
2009 | Solo exhibition, Louis Hartloper Complex Utrecht (Netherlands)

Group exhibitions
2024 | DUTCH, 44309 Gallery, Dortmund (Germany)
2024 | Blue Horizon, Rupert Pfaab Gallery, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2024 | Get rid of the body, P60 Galerie, Assen (Netherlands)
2024 | Wallstreet, Horizontaal Verticaal projectspace, Haarlem (Netherlands)
2024 | 20 Years of Glue, projectspace, Berlin (Germany)
2024 | Preview 1, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2024 | Strive thrive arrive, Burster Gallery, Berlin (Germany)

2023 | Archipelago, Base Alpha gallery, Antwerpen (Belgium)
2023 | Concrete architecture, Museum Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin (Germany)
2023 | Dragoner, 45 positions, Berlin (Germany)
2023 | 10 x 10, PARK Tilburg, (Netherlands)
2023 | Mixed media 2, Grosser Burstah, Evelyn Drewes gallery, Hamburg (Germany)
2023 | Vandal Futurism, Redline contemporary artcenter, Denver (U.S.A.)
2023 | Post Vandalism, Contemporary cluster, Rome (Italy)
2023 | Minimal, L.A.R.C. Grasse (France)
2023 | No distinction, Rocket Gallery Londen (England)
2023 | New Dutch Minimalism, Kevn Expo, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
2023 | Relief, B-Part Gleisdreieck, Berlin (Germany)

2022 | Post Vandalism, Omni Gallery Londen (England)
2022 | Vila am Elbhang, Evelyn Drewes gallery, Hamburg (Germany)
2022 | Mixed media, Evelyn Drewes gallery, Hamburg (Germany)
2022 | Renew, reduce, recycle, IESA international, Paris (France)
2022 | Eating a vegan sandwich on the train while listening to country music, L21 Gallery Mallorca (Spain)
2022 | In Between, Galerie Supermarkt, Tokyo (Japan)
2022 | Pain/t/hing – ausser Haus, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (Germany)
2022 | Environmental, Galerie Laura Mars, Berlin (Germany)
2022 | NL XX NL, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
2022 | Convergence, projektraum 145, Berlin (Germany)
2022 | Where the rubber meets the road, Gallery Biesenbach, Cologne (Germany)
2022 | One hot summer, Frans Kasl projects, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
2022 | Lage egal curatorial projects, On the road, Berlin (Germany)
2022 | Catch 22, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

2021 | Environmental abstraction, Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2021 | Nothing’s gonna change my world?, Raumwww, Gr-und Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2021 | Monopol, Direkt auktion, Berlin (Germany)
2021 | Outside installation ART ROTTERDAM, Global activism, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2021 | Sculptural painting, Gallery Biesenbach, Cologne (Germany)
2021 | New Neighbours, Gallery Burster, Berlin (Germany)

2020 | Out of Home – Wings for Freedom, Cultural Space Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo (Brazil)
2020 | Auction NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, (Germany)
2020 | 10 plus, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam, (Netherlands)
2020 | Cold turkey, Werketage / Glue projects, Berlin, (Germany)
2020 | Mirrors of time, Euregionaal kunstencentrum, forum Triangulare Oud Rekem (Belgium)
2020 | Berlin Baustelle, Cacao fabriek, Helmond (Netherlands)
2020 | Clash Valencia-Berlin Club Russafa, Valencia (Spain)

2019 | L’artiste et les commissaires, Lage Egal curational projects, Berlin, (Germany)
2019 | JULE, LFN gallery, Spinnerei leipzig (Germany)
2019 | Glass, rubber, stone, Lage Egal curational projects, Berlin, (Germany)
2019 | How to fix a broken line, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, (Germany)
2019 | Architecture of Art, Frank Taal gallery, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2019 | ACECCC5,  ACEC Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
2019 | KUNST BAU, Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg (Germany)
2019 | Torrence Art Museum, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles (United states of America)
2019 | Check Mate, BcmA projectspace, Berlin (Germany)
2019 | On destruction and preservation, Balzer Projects, Basel (Switserland)
2019 | Rhizome, Frank Taal gallery, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2019 | CC PHK18 #17, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

2018 | Wonders, MPV gallery,  Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2018 | Delicious dissaray, Berlin weekly project space, Berlin (Germany)
2018 | Ufer Open, Berlin art week, Uferhallen, Berlin (Germany)
2018 | BOTTOM UP, Berlin art week, Kuehlhaus, Berlin (Germany)
2018 | Contemporary Contemplations, GLUE,  Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (Germany)
2018 | Kegelclub, galerie Anja Knoes, Köln (Germany)
2018 | Neue Heimat, Willem2, Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2018 | Botschaft, Wir nennen es Arbeit, Berlin (Germany)
2018 | Toy bitches fuck you, galerie Kai Erdmann, Hamburg (Germany)
2018 | Auftakt, Berlin weekly project space, Berlin (Germany)
2018 | Brothers from another mother, MPV galerie, Knokke (Belgium)

2017 | Winter / X-mas show, Roger Katwijk galerie, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2017 | Spectrum 3 / kleben, schneiden, bohren, sägen / Collage, Galerie Eigenheim, Berlin (Germany)
2017 | Ende Neu / Lage Egal , Berlin (Germany)
2017 | Wir nennen es arbeit, Galleria Opere Scelte, Torino, (Italy)
2017 | Nieuw Amsterdam, Marisa Newman projects, New York (USA)
2017 | Bender Schwinn project, München (Germany)
2017 | GLUE, gallery weekend, Berlin (Germany)
2017 | Orakel der abstracten, Majke Husstege Projects, MPV gallery Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2017 | Black / White, Gallery Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2017 | Homecoming project space, luis leu, Karlsruhe (Germany)
2017 | Imago Mundi Dutch Collection, Benetton Foundation, Treviso, (Italy)

2016 | The end, let´s start again, Donau83, Berlin (Germany)
2016 | BERLIN ART WEEK, (Berlin is) under (de) construction, Kuhlhaus Gleisdreieck, Berlin (Germany)
2016 | BERLIN ART WEEK, a bad and story, Berlin (Germany)
2016 | TABS2, Lage Egal off side, Berlin (Germany)
2016 | POWER – PLAY, Schau Fenster, Berlin (Germany)
2016 | 2te 11te INTERVENTIONALE, IG Metall/Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (Germany)

2015 | Amusing ourselves to death, De Rotterdam (OMA) – Rotterdam, (Netherlands)
2015 | Kindred Spirits, Summer Show, Frank Taal gallery, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2015 | Lage Egal, off space – Berlin Art Week, Berlin (Germany)
2015 | Self storage – Another Space, Copenhagen Art Week, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2015 | Project Marzahner Promenade, Galerie M, Berlin (Germany)
2015 | language & art, KUNSTHAL, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2015 | History Is a Warm Gun, (N.B.K.) Neue Berliner Kunstverein Curated by Dr. Britta Schmitz, Berlin (Germany)

2014 | If paradise is half as nice 3, Leipzig (Germany)
2014 | Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum (Germany)
2014 | Figure that, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2014 | VU Art collection EXPOSORIUM, IN TRANSIT, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2014 | Update, Wiebengahal, Maastricht (Netherlands)
2014 | Insitu invited by Another Space, Art space festival, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2014 | Kopstukken, House with the heads, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2014 | Lost Space, Joao Cocteau, Berlin, (Germany)
2014 | Ruins with Aldo van den Broek and Ties Ten Bosch, Donau83, Berlin, (Germany)
2014 | If Paradise is half as nice, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

2013 | If Paradise is half as nice’ Part 2, Berlin (Germany)
2013 | If Paradise is half as nice’ Part 2, Leipzig (Germany)
2013 | The Beginning of Something, Westside gallery ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)
2013 | P/ART Producers Art Fair, Hamburg (Germany)
2013 | HomeBase Festival – Das Unmögliche Haus, Berlin (Germany)
2013 | Saatchi Screen | Saatchi Gallery | London
2013 | 48 Stunden Neukölln festival, Changing Perspectives, Berlin (Germany)
2013 | I dont see this happening again, HomebaseLab, month of performance art, Berlin (Germany)
2013 | Kunsthalle Deutsche Bank, Macht Kunst, Berlin (Germany)

2012 | Point de Vue SM-‘s Stedelijk museum, Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2012 | Kreuzberg Pavillion Kassel 100 Days Documenta, Kassel (Germany)
2012 | KAUM III, Raum, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | Architecture as Human Nature, Supermarkt, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | De Salon, BKKC, Tilburg (Netherlands)
2012 | Inside-out, Front-stage gallery Shanghai, (China)
2012 | Tape modern, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | “You can tell me!” FACTORY-ART gallery, Berlin (germany)

2011 | “Jung Art Prize, Alten Münze, Berlin (Germany)
2011 | “Open Ateliers”, European Creative Center (ECC), Berlin (Germany)
2011 | “Open source expo”, Incubate Festival, Tilburg (Netherlands)
2011 | Urlaub in Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
2011 | Tape Modern Berlin (Germany)

2010 | “Human Nature” B-art Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2010 | Culturia As if, Juno Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2010 | Human Nature, Seelevel gallery Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2010 | Ecosyntheses” Como (Italy)
2010 | BYTS, Young Talent Show Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2010 | Kunsttour, Rijkswaterstaat Maastricht (Netherlands)

2009 | “Geography of Progress” Minimal Gallery Chiang Mai (Thailand)
2009 | “Boost” Kruithuis Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2009 | Graduation Show, Art academy Den Bosch (Netherlands)
2009 | “maybe it would be better if we worked in groups of three” DMT loods Den-Bosch (Netherlands)
2009 | De Salon, Museum Het Domein Sittard (Netherlands)

Residences
2019 | Rising Stars Residency, Till Richter Museum Bugenhagen (Germany)
2014 | Artist in residence Sea foundation, Tilburg (Netherlands)
2013 | HomeBase Project, Berlin (Germany)
2010 | Artist in residence Culturia Berlin, (Germany)



Art Fair Presentations — Selection
2024 | ART ROTTERDAM, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2022 | ART Antwerpen, Galerie Burster, Antwerpen (Belgium)
2022 | ENTER ART FAIR, Galerie Burster, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2022 | ART ROTTERDAM, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2021 | ENTER ART FAIR, Galerie Burster, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2021 | ART ROTTERDAM,  Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2020 | Solo presentation ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Burster, Karlsruhe (Germany)
2019 | Solo presentation, ART BERLIN CONTEMPORARY, Galerie Burster, Berlin (Germany)
2019 | Solo presentation, ENTER ART FAIR, Galerie Burster Copenhagen (Denmark)
2019 | ART ROTTERDAM, Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2018 | CODE ARTFAIR, MPV Galerie, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2017 | Solo presentation, AMSTERDAM ARTFAIR, Frank taal galerie, Amsterdam(Netherlands)
2017 | ART KARLSRUHE, Galerie Burster, Karlsruhe (Germany)
2017 | Duo presentation, ART ROTTERDAM, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2016 | Kunst16, Galerie Burster, Zürich (Switserland)
2016 | Solo Presentation, ART 16, Galerie Burster, London (Great Britain)
2015 | Solo presentation , ART ROTTERDAM,  Frank Taal gallery, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2015 | Art Market Budapest, Galerie Burster, Budapest, (Hungary)

Publications
2020 | Article, Crossing each other in a cycle, Metropolism
2020 | zuiderlucht, interview Edo Dijksterhuis, Zuiderlucht
2020 | Article, exhibition PARK, Brabants Dagblad
2016 | interview, Deconarch.com, magazine about art & architecture
2016 | interview, The Face of Berlin Past and Present, Culture Trip
2015 | Netherlands’s Local Favorite 2015 Award, Culture Trip
2015 | Top 10 emerging Dutch artist you should know, culture trip blog
2014 | Publication: Monopol magazine, P/art
2014 | Publication: review “how long is now, city of tomorow” in the Witte Raaf by Edo Dijksterhuis
2014 | Publication: essay by Robbert Proost, exhibition : Mobile Bram Braam & Alex Baams, SEA Foundation, Tilburg (Netherlands)
2013 | Catalogue, P/ART Producers Art Fair, Hamburg (Germany)
2013 | Publication : Homebase lab, Das Unmögliche Haus, Berlin (Germany)
2012 | Magazine, Interview What’s Up Art Magazine (Netherlands)
2012 | Magazine, bkkc, integral culture policy (Netherlands)2012 | Catalogue, “You can tell me!” FACTORY-ART gallery
2011 | Catalogue, Jung Art, (Germany)
2011 | Magazine, Landkunst, Occupied Spaces , text: Tine van de Weyer (Netherlands)
2011 | Book, Land en Kunst , text: Margriet Camper (Netherlands)
2011 | Newspaper Brabants Dagblad, uit & cultuur, landart ,text: Gerrit van den Hoeve (Netherlands)
2010 | Catalogue, BYTS, Young Talent Show, text: Thom Puckey (Netherlands)
2010 | Catalogue, Kunsttour Maastricht (Netherlands)
2010 | Magazine City Now, Chiang Mai “exhibition Geography off Progress” (Thailand)
2009 | Newspaper Brabants Dagblad, Den Bosch “exhibition Boost” (Netherlands)

Commissions
2011 | bkkc, Streekraad Het Groene Woud, Euro Land Art. landkunst

Secondary Activities
2020 | Curator, Berlin Baustelle, cacao fabriek (Helmond)
2019 | Curator, How to fix a broken line, Kunstraum Bethanien, (Berlin)
2019 | Curator, Rhizome group exhibition, Frank Taal galerie (Rotterdam)
2012 | Initiator / Organiser, International Group Show. Architecture as Human Nature, Supermarkt, Berlin (Germany)
2009 | Curator, Organisation group exhibition “Boost” (Den Bosch)