Friedrich Adrian

Artist statement

My artistic practice is rooted in the conviction that art generates knowledge. Operating within the logic of Artistic Research, I explore the interplay of material, place and time through an investigative process of field studies, staged photography and studio experimentation.


I conceptualize my works as 'visual notes' through which stories and narratives become visible and articulable, providing a foundation to bring them into dialogue.


In a consistent extension of this inquiry and in the spirit of the 'social turn', I treat exhibitions as social events and spaces for interaction.


Ultimately, my practice seeks to manifest art as embodied philosophy.



Exhibitions

Upcoming

10 – 12 Apr 2026 – The Shape of Memory, The Project Gallery, Athens

11 – 17 Sep 2026 – Rome Open Art Festival, Medina Art Gallery, Rome


Past

2026 – The Modern Hermit, Culterim Spaces Alexanderplatz, Berlin (Initiator & Curator)

2026 – Common Grounds, Culterim Spaces Gesundbrunnen, Berlin

2025 – 7th Summer Gallery, Schloss Diedersdorf

2025 – Inside & Outside, Kunstraum Reuter, Berlin (Co-initiator)

2024 – Glanzlichter, 13th Tempelhof Art Exhibition, Galerie im Tempelhof Museum, Berlin



Education

2025 – 2026 – Culterim Independent Art Class, Berlin

2023 – 2026 – Guest student, University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), Lectures on the Figure of Abstraction, Art History and the Aesthetics of Sensibility

2023 – 2025 – Peter Casagrande (AdbK Kolbermoor), Christopher Gallego (Art Students League of New York), Birgit Kelly (Parkgalerie Berlin)



Affiliations 
& Recognitions


2026 Member, VG Bild-Kunst

2025 – Member, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), Berlin

2025 – Officially recognised by the Berlin Tax Authority as a professional visual artist