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christine keruth lives and works in berlin and potsdam. she studied painting at the kunsthochschule berlin-weißensee. 

in addition to numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries, art associations, monasteries and churches, her works are represented worldwide in public and private collections. 

she wrote her doctoral thesis on the pietà iconic in contemporary art – modification and innovation of an image formula. university degree: dr. phil.

Education 2015-2021 Doctoral Thesis at the University of Potsdam on the topic: The Pietà Iconic in Contemporary Art. Modification and innovation of a pictorial formula 2002-2005 Freie Universität Berlin at the Institute of Art History Department of History and Cultural Studies Course of study: Art History. Degree: none 1997-2001. Free University of Berlin at the Institute for Religious Studies Department of History and Cultural Studies Program: Religious Studies. Degree: Magistra Artium (M.A.), Topic: Emil Nolde. Motivation in his religious works 1988-1993 Humboldt University of Berlin at the Institute for European Ethnology in the Department of Philosophy and Historical

Solo – Gallery (Selection) Gallery Hundertmark, Berlin Gallery Frenhofer, Berlin, Galerie Art Center Berlin am Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Gallery Kunsthoken, Quedlinburg, Gallery en passant, Berlin, Gallery La Girafe Bruxelles/ Brussels, Gallery art contemporain of ABC-Kunstservice, Berlin, Gallery twenty four, Berlin Gallery Stukovy Sál, Mikulov, CR Gallery „F“, Berlin International Congress Centrum, Berlin

Churches (solo) Permanent exhibition in the church Baden/ Weser, Cellarium Stift Rein, Cistercian monastery, Austria Protestant Academy, Meissen Zionskirche, Berlin, Monastery Stift zum Heiligen Grabe, Germany, Petruskirche, Berlin

Ethnography Field of study: History Degree: Dipl.-Ethnographer, Topic of the thesis: „Religious Longing“ in the New Federal States – Attempt of an Analysis. 1984-1988 Museum für Deutsche Geschichte (today Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin) Course of study: Museum Studies Degree: Graduate Museologist (FH) Thesis topic: Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth and his graphic work. The graphic collection of the Kupferstichkabinett of the National Museums in Berlin 1984-1987 Studied painting at the Weißensee School of Art Berlin 1983-1984 Humboldt University Berlin Guest Lecture: Classical Archaeology since 1984 work in the big museums of Berlin

Museums Private Museum of Robbe & Berking – Yachting Heritage Centre Flensburg, special exhibition with current works, Cultural History Museum, Dominican Monastery Prenzlau (solo), The Hidden Museum, Berlin (group) Art Gallery Villa Kobe, Halle (group), Palais Salfeldt, Quedlinburg (solo) 


Art associations Kunstverein Meißen (Solo); Gallery „M“ of the BVBK- Brandenburg, Potsdam (group) Art association Wernigerode (Solo);  Kunstverein Eisenturm Mainz e.V.

Group – Galerie (Selection)
Galerie Laute, Rennes (F)
Gallery Joost van Mar, Warnemünde
Friendly Society Berlin
Gallery Art Center Berlin at the Pergamonmuseum
Gallery Eigenheim, Weimar
Art Fairs
Art fair Singapore
NordArt, Schleswig-Holstein
Tease Art Fair, Cologne
Berlin List
Berlin Art Salon
Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar, GA
Gallery Kunststätte am Michel, Hamburg
Federal Chamber of Architects, Berlin
Gallery Meisterschueler, Berlin
Gallery in the Tower, Berlin,
Gallery at the Frankfurter Gate, Berlin
Municipal Gallery, Berlin
Kunstmaand Ameland, NL
Work scholarship/ Residencies
Evangelical Academy Meissen
Gallery La Girafe Bruxelles/ Brussels
Provence, Département Drôme  
West Norway

Art auctions
Round Table 5 at Deutsche Bank above the Deutsche Guggenheim Surviving Art Auction – Foundation for Torture Victims
Collections (Selection)
SIMBA-DICKIE-GROUP GmbH
Gruner+Year
Six paintings for the Lutheran church Baden / Weser
Quedlinburg public utility art collection
VBG Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, for the entrance area of the Berlin district administration
Hajo Plötz GmbH
Protestant Academy Meissen
Ecumenical educational center Sanctclara, Mannheim
Further collectors from Graz – Florida – Berlin – Australia – Florence – Switzerland and and elsewhere

Work/ Project/ Concepte/ Curatorial Practice

as of 2023 ghostly ships at wannsee – christine keruth in honor of otto protzen

2022 Work series The lost Caspar David

2019-2017 Six paintings for the interior design of the church Baden/ Weser https://kirchengemeindebaden.wordpress.com/gemaelde-in-der-kirche/
2017 Work series The Sublime by Immanuel Kant.
2010 Exhibition concept „The whole other“ by Rudolf Otto
(religious scientific analysis and artistic comparison)
Admission to the BVBK Brandenburg
2009 Exhibition concept „Morality is good! (Verdun)“ on the occasion of November 11, 1918.
2007-2012 Management of the Frenhofer Gallery, Berlin
2006 – 2007 Director of the gallery en passant
2005 Exhibition concept „The sacred and the profane in the present“.
Foundation of the Galerie en passant with Sabine Wild
2003 Admission to the Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin (BBK)
Admission to the New Society for Fine Arts (NGBK), Berlin
1999 Lecturer International Summer Art School in Mikulov (CR)
1995-2000 Nude drawing at the University of Arts with H. Stein