Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann was born in 1990 in Friesoythe, Germany and studied at the HFBK University of Fine Arts of Hamburg. His sculptural practice, which encompasses a wide range of techniques, spanning from handmade ceramics and papier-mâché to found objects and ready-mades, merges contradictory visual languages and material logics. States of being discarded, unloved, and forgotten form a recurring point of reference in his works. He looks at the various ways of creating illusion, imitating, and staging that lie at the intersection of technological history, the natural sciences, entertainment, and pop culture. Plants and animals, along with their replicas or appropriations, are often the focus of his explorations and act as protagonists in his works. In dealing with the conditions for exhibiting, he examines the tension between attraction and disappointment. His works have been shown most recently at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, at Hangar Y in Meudon (2024), at the Fundación Marso in Mexico City (2023), at LambdaLambdaLambda in Pristina, and at the Kunstverein in Oldenburg (2022). He lives and works in Hamburg.

Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann is a resident at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from February to May 2025.