Harm Gerdes
Cyprus / Germany
Harm Gerdes (b. 1994) is a Cypriot-German artist who lives and works in Athens, Greece. He grew up in Darmstadt, Germany, and graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2020 (having studied under Katharina Grosse from 2016 to 2018). Gerdes was based in Düsseldorf until 2022.
He has presented multiple solo exhibitions internationally, including: Mediterranea, Kunsthalle Darmstadt (2026); HYPERREAL, Kabinett — Art Basel Miami Beach, Kalfayan Galleries (2025); Mother Tongue, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens (2025); The Autotuned Mind, Peres Projects, Milan (2024); Panorama, Peres Projects, Seoul (2023); Synthetic Spirits, Peres Projects, Berlin (2022); Staying with the Trouble, Peres Projects, Berlin (2021).
His work has been shown in group exhibitions such as The Air is Subtle Yet it Moves, AMA House, Athens (2025), There is no sea but the sea, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe (2022); werden/becoming: From Michelangelo to, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Innsbruck (2021); Coming to Voice, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2021); Utopia, Peres Projects, Berlin (2021), as well as in numerous art fairs, including Art Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong, Frieze and KIAF.
Earier group exhibitions include Darmstadt Triennale: Kunstpunkte, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Germany (2015); and Mit Kunst für die Kunst, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany (2015), among others. Upcoming solo exhibition: Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Kalfayan Galleries
Since 1995 Kalfayan Galleries have been a pioneer in the expansion of the contemporary art scene in Greece and abroad.
Works
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