Franz Ackermann

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Franz Ackermann (born 1963, Neumarkt, Germany) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstractions.

He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich from 1984-1988 and the Hochschule fur bildende Kunst in Hamburg from 1989-1991.

He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including the 2003 Venice Biennale, “Drawing Now: 8 Propositions” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, “Hybrids” at Tate Liverpool, “Global Navigation System” at Palais de Tokyo in Paris and “Seasons in the Sun” at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. He is represented by Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York, Meyer Riegger Gallery in Karlsruhe, Galeria Fortes Vilaca in Sao Paulo and Gio Marconi in Milan.

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