David Ostrowski

David Ostrowski
Born1981 (1981)
Cologne
EducationKunstakademie Düsseldorf
Known forPainting
MovementContemporary art
Websitedavid-ostrowski.com

David Ostrowski (born 1981 in Cologne, Germany) is a German painter. Ostrowski studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Albert Oehlen. He is a Professor of Painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe since 2022. He is the grandson of Krystyna Żywulska. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Work

In his paintings, Ostrowski uses a restricted range of materials from his studio, including canvas, primer, emulsion, spray paint, and found objects like paper, cardboard, and tape. The works are casual, often monochrome, and characterized by a process that combines intuitive gestures with elements of chance and error. Ostrowski’s approach avoids traditional pictorial conventions and his paintings are often left open to interpretation, with titles such as F suggesting ambiguity. Ostrowski’s work has been described to focus on the exploration of emptiness within the context of painting.

Awards

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Public collections

The works of David Ostrowski are held, among others, in the following public collections:

Bibliography

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Hudson, Suzanne (March 2013). "OPENINGS: DAVID OSTROWSKI". Artforum. Vol. 5, no. 7. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  3. ↑ "David Ostrowski". Staatliche Kunstakademie Karlsruhe. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Brimmers, Julian; Ostrowski, David (15 March 2018). "David Ostrowski on rejecting professionalism". The Creative Independent. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "David Ostrowski – Tried and Failed, 3rd November – 22nd December 2012". Daily Art Fair. 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "On rejecting professionalism - An interview with painter David Ostrowski". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Heiser, Jörg: Numerous Sides of Nothing – On David Ostrowski, in: The F Word, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, 2015. ISBN 978-8-7787-5104-1, p. 13
  8. 1 2 "NOTHINGTOSEENESS – Void/White/Silence". adk.de. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Studio program of Kölnischer Kunstverein - Kölnischer Kunstverein". Koelnischerkunstverein.de. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "David Ostrowski - The Critic". kunstverein-heilbronn.de. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Test - The Perimeter". theperimeter.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Aranya Art Center Announces 2025 Exhibition Program". Aranyaartcenter.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "David Ostrowski with Andrew Woolbright". Brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "David Ostrowski "Leeres Wasser (Anti Drawings)" at Fig., Tokyo". Moussemagazine.it. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  15. ↑ "David Ostrowski at Ramiken". Emergentmag.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "Ganz plastisch, ganz da". Taz.de. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "David Ostrowski I Angharad Williams at Lady Helen / London". Daily-lazy.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Overtone". Ofluxo.net. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "David Ostrowski at Jir Sandel Copenhagen". Contemporaryartlibrary.org. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  20. ↑ Mee-yoo, Kwon (7 April 2020). "David Ostrowski rejects perfectionism". The Korea Times. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  21. ↑ "David Ostrowski "Political Painting" at SUNDOGS, Paris". Moussemagazine.it. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  22. ↑ "DAVID OSTROWSKI'S SHOW OF THE BOOK". FADmagazine.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  23. ↑ "David Ostrowski "THE WARSAW PAVILION" at Wschód, Warsaw". Moussemagazine.it. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  24. ↑ "David Ostrowski, Nan Goldin & Galileo Chini, DONT / CONSCIOUS DECADENCE". Techne Sphere Leipzig. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  25. ↑ "Blueproject Foundation - David Ostrowski". Blueprojectfoundation.org. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  26. ↑ "Museen Düren - Leopold-Hoesch-Museum • Papiermuseum: Materie Malerei". Leopoldhoeschmuseum.de. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  27. ↑ "David Ostrowski: The F Word" (PDF). Arken.dk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  28. ↑ "Kunstraum Innsbruck". Kunstraum-innsbruck.at. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  29. ↑ "Rubell Family Collection". Rfc.museum. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  30. ↑ David Ostrowski: Just Do It. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Accessed August 2021.
  31. ↑ "David Ostrowski: F". Museenkoeln.de. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  32. ↑ "THE SKY IS THIN. DRAWINGS". standardoslo.no. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  33. ↑ "Watercolours, Chapter III – Curated by Weiss Falk". xyzcollective.jp. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  34. ↑ "Tiere". Contemporaryartlibrary.org. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  35. ↑ "architektura". kubaparis.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  36. ↑ "One Moment Please". triest.es. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  37. ↑ "Who Am I at Melange / Cologne". Daily-lazy.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  38. ↑ "With Jef Geys, Ezio Gribaudo, David Ostrowski Andrea Romano, and Trevor Shimizu "Il Ghirigoro" at PIO PICO, Los Angeles". Moussemagazine.it. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  39. ↑ "Dicke Luft - An exhibition by Tenzing Barshee". galeriebernhard.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  40. ↑ "Bad Actors". karst.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  41. ↑ "RAW - Ausstellungseröffnung in der Kölner DuMont Kunsthalle". kunstforum.de. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  42. ↑ "3 Zimmer, Küche, Bad". braunsfelder.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  43. ↑ Harten, John (2019). Albert Oehlen - Trance. Milan, Skira Editore
  44. ↑ "THE ART SHOW - Art of the New Millennium in Taguchi Art Collection". taguchiartcollection.jp. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  45. ↑ "Fasi Lunari at Fondazione Carriero in Milan". juliet-artmagazine.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  46. ↑ ""Full of Peril and Weirdness": Painting as a Universalism". mwoods.org. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  47. ↑ "ordinary freaks Das Prinzip Coolness in Popkultur, Theater und Museum". km-k.at. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  48. ↑ "Beware Wet Paint". ica.art. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  49. ↑ "BRAUNSFELDER / FAMILY COLLECTION". bmw-art-guide.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  50. ↑ Museo de la Colección Jumex
  51. ↑ De la Cruz Collection’ Force and Form exhibition
  52. ↑ The Marciano Collection
  53. ↑ Moderna Museet Collection
  54. ↑ Made in Germany: Contemporary Art from the Rubell Family Collection
  55. ↑ Trembley, Nicolas (2019). The Syz Collection. Zurich, JRP Ringier Kunstverlag, p. 21.
  56. ↑ Taguchi Art Collection