Theresa Gößmann (*1992) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, illustrator and writer. Graduating form Central Saint Martins in 2018 with a Master of Fine Art, her work was shortlisted for the Tiffany & Co x Studiomakers Award. She has exhibited widely within the UK, Germany, Belgium, China, the US, Costa Rica and more. Theresa’s work is held in private collections all over the world, including the Rauert collection in Hamburg next to works by Brücke artists, Nolde, Picasso and Gauguin.
A true believer in the generative force of creative collaboration, Theresa regularily works on collaboartions within art, fashion, jewellery and writing. Theresa currently lives and works in Hamburg.
“Theresa Goessmann’s work encompasses practices of drawing, painting, ceramics and writing, integrating visible processes of layering, collaging, fragmenting. Her work often brings heterogeneous elements to the surface, inviting reflection on time of production — sometimes as quick as a few spontaneous lines on paper or as long as meticulous writing on a glazed ceramics plate. Through quick brush strokes, impulse writing, scratches, the works appear as a necessity to produce without a purpose, away from the idea that someone will view it on a wall. The apprehension to confront those works often fades with time, when, after being moved away, often hidden, or even discarded, they are rediscovered with a new eye. Sensitivity has appeared on the surface of the work. Theresa’s writing often addresses times of struggle to live as an artist but always comes back to the certitude that she cannot live without making art.”
Julia Gros, Curator
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
05/2024
Bloom again, Hweg Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, UK
01/2022
Kleine Werkschau II, Hamburger Hof Passage, funded by Kreativgesellschaft Hamburg [solo]
11/2021
Kleine Werkschau, Hamburger Hof Passage, funded by Kreativgesellschaft Hamburg [solo]
03/2021
Terrence Higgins Trust, The Auction 2021 (online), organized by The Auction Collective
07/2020
Walls in Online Places Vol. 2 (online), UAL Post-Grad Community
06/2020
Heute geh’ ich Blumen kaufen, designxport, Hamburg, supported by Kreativgesellschaft [solo]
03/2020
In Bloom, AucArt (online), curated by Marco Galvan
12/2019
Prints and Originals Display, Not Just A Shop by UAL, London, UK
10-12/19
Small Objects: Exhibition in a Suitcase Ed. 2, La Salita project space, New York City, US
03/2019
Tactile Amnesia, organized by Please Queue Here, 15 Bateman Street, London, UK
01-03/19
Artist Feature, Not Just A Shop by UAL, London, UK
12/2018
Abstract: Reality, The Auction Collective & Presenza, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
10/2018
Small Objects: Exhibition in a Suitcase, Nos Vemos Galerie, San José, Costa Rica
06/2018
Mayfair Fringe, Oxford Street studio space, Arbyte Gallery, London, UK
05/2018
Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
04/2018
Overpr!nt, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée, La Louvière, Belgien
04/2018
What Can We Make And Become?, Exposed Arts Projects, London, UK
12/2017
Visual Poetry II, Sichuan University Art Museum, Chengdu, China
12/2017
Print Out, Angus Hughes Gallery, London, UK
11/2017
Ward, Buckingham Collective, University of Buckingham, UK
11/2017
Reenactment: Interdictions by Annette Messager, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
11/2017
CSM Postgraduate Art Auction, sponsored by Sotheby’s, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
08/2017
Visual Poetry I, Black Stone Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
08/2017
I’m Not Confused, I’m Contemporary, Angus Hughes Gallery, London, UK
03/2017
Somehow You and I Collide, CSM Ma Interim Show, The Laundry, London, UK
01/2017
Hung Out to Dry, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
06/2016
What is the Future of Art?, Tate Lates at Tate Modern, London, UK
A true believer in the generative force of creative collaboration, Theresa regularily works on collaboartions within art, fashion, jewellery and writing. Theresa currently lives and works in Hamburg.
“Theresa Goessmann’s work encompasses practices of drawing, painting, ceramics and writing, integrating visible processes of layering, collaging, fragmenting. Her work often brings heterogeneous elements to the surface, inviting reflection on time of production — sometimes as quick as a few spontaneous lines on paper or as long as meticulous writing on a glazed ceramics plate. Through quick brush strokes, impulse writing, scratches, the works appear as a necessity to produce without a purpose, away from the idea that someone will view it on a wall. The apprehension to confront those works often fades with time, when, after being moved away, often hidden, or even discarded, they are rediscovered with a new eye. Sensitivity has appeared on the surface of the work. Theresa’s writing often addresses times of struggle to live as an artist but always comes back to the certitude that she cannot live without making art.”
Julia Gros, Curator
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
05/2024
Bloom again, Hweg Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, UK
01/2022
Kleine Werkschau II, Hamburger Hof Passage, funded by Kreativgesellschaft Hamburg [solo]
11/2021
Kleine Werkschau, Hamburger Hof Passage, funded by Kreativgesellschaft Hamburg [solo]
03/2021
Terrence Higgins Trust, The Auction 2021 (online), organized by The Auction Collective
07/2020
Walls in Online Places Vol. 2 (online), UAL Post-Grad Community
06/2020
Heute geh’ ich Blumen kaufen, designxport, Hamburg, supported by Kreativgesellschaft [solo]
03/2020
In Bloom, AucArt (online), curated by Marco Galvan
12/2019
Prints and Originals Display, Not Just A Shop by UAL, London, UK
10-12/19
Small Objects: Exhibition in a Suitcase Ed. 2, La Salita project space, New York City, US
03/2019
Tactile Amnesia, organized by Please Queue Here, 15 Bateman Street, London, UK
01-03/19
Artist Feature, Not Just A Shop by UAL, London, UK
12/2018
Abstract: Reality, The Auction Collective & Presenza, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
10/2018
Small Objects: Exhibition in a Suitcase, Nos Vemos Galerie, San José, Costa Rica
06/2018
Mayfair Fringe, Oxford Street studio space, Arbyte Gallery, London, UK
05/2018
Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
04/2018
Overpr!nt, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée, La Louvière, Belgien
04/2018
What Can We Make And Become?, Exposed Arts Projects, London, UK
12/2017
Visual Poetry II, Sichuan University Art Museum, Chengdu, China
12/2017
Print Out, Angus Hughes Gallery, London, UK
11/2017
Ward, Buckingham Collective, University of Buckingham, UK
11/2017
Reenactment: Interdictions by Annette Messager, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
11/2017
CSM Postgraduate Art Auction, sponsored by Sotheby’s, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
08/2017
Visual Poetry I, Black Stone Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
08/2017
I’m Not Confused, I’m Contemporary, Angus Hughes Gallery, London, UK
03/2017
Somehow You and I Collide, CSM Ma Interim Show, The Laundry, London, UK
01/2017
Hung Out to Dry, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
06/2016
What is the Future of Art?, Tate Lates at Tate Modern, London, UK