Menno Aden

Menno Aden (b. 1972) shows a sensitivity for architecture, spaces and perspectives. People are rarely to be seen in his works. And yet there are traces to be discovered that people have left behind. By depicting artificial, ordered and unorganized structures, Aden's photographic works are indirect portraits of people. The perspective from far above (or below) is not a coincidence, but a technique that Aden has refined and developed over the years. A technique that derives from the original word "téchne" - the practical knowledge that enables foresighted calculation and purposeful action.

1993 - 2000 Art and Composition, University of Bremen

Menno Aden lives and works in Berlin, Germany

https://mennoaden.com/curriculum_vitae

Exhibitions include Museu Serralves, Porto (ARTchitecture, 2014), Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt am Main (New Homeland, 2009), Landesmuseum Emden (Discover Me, 2013), Kunsthaus Potsdam (Komposition, 2017), The Wandsworth Museum, London (Home - My Place in the World, 2013), CMU Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Distance-Magnet-Closeness, 2012), Dezer Schauhalle, Miami (Ich bin ein Berliner, 2011), Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok (Crossing the Dateline, 2021), New Zero Art Space, Institut Francais, Yangon, Myanmar (International Multimedia Art Festival, 2012)

Other exhibitions include the Volta6, Basel (w/ Deak Erika Galeria, 2010), ArtFair21, Cologne (w/ Galerie Schuster), The Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen (w/ Galerie ArtAffair, 2010), The Biennale dell immagine (Chiasso/Lugano, Switzerland, 2019), Kunstverein Segeberg (Menno Aden: Room Portraits. 2014), Kunstverein Barsinghausen (Wirklich - nicht wirklich II, 2013), Deak Erika Galleria Budapest (2013), Schuster Gallery Berlin/Miami (2011).