Manfred Pernice

Manfred Pernice (b. 1963, Hildesheim) has developed a distinctive artistic language oriented towards architecture, civil engineering, packaging, and transport systems since the early 1990s. His structures made of particleboard, metal, concrete, or cardboard combine references to urban infrastructure with a special interest in how objects can be presented, organized, and stored within spaces—operating, for instance, as modular components of broader infrastructure.

He has had solo presentations at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2016), Lulu (Mexico City, 2016), IAC (Villeurbanne, 2013), Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2013), n.b.k. (Berlin, 2011), SMAK (Ghent, 2011), Secession (Wien, 2010), Schinkel Pavilion (Berlin, 2008), Museum Ludwig (Cologne, 2007), and Portikus (Frankfurt, 2000), among others.

His work has been included in major international exhibitions, such as the Geneva Biennale – Sculpture Garden (2022), Carnegie International (2008), Skulptur-Projekte Münster (2007), the Venice Biennale (2001 and 2003), Documenta 11 (2001), Manifesta 3 (2000), and the Berlin Biennale (1998).