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Education:
2000 – 2002Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, MFA-Program
1999Exchange student at Hunter College, CUNY, New York
1995 – 1999Hochschule der Künste Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts), Berlin, Germany, Fine Arts

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2019Uprising, Owen James Gallery, New York, NY
2017Structural Constellations, soll show, Owen James Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Again Interpretation, two-person show with Jule Korneffel, Matjö, BBK, Collogne, Germany
2016Places for People, solo show, Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY
2014Osamu Kobayashi and Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, two-person show, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2013Constructions, solo show, Mattewan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2009Elissa Levy and Björn Meyer-Ebrecht; Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, NY
1999Verstecken (Hiding), solo show, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhbitions:
2021Drawing, Group Show, wtih Josef Albers, Gary Gissler, Alex Katz, David Kramer, Robert Longo,
Allan McCollum, Matt Mullican, Raymond Pettibon, Ken Price, Huston Ripley, and Luc Tuymans; Brooke Alexander, New york, NY
2015Video Archipelago, Group Show, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
Pretext, with Joe Amrhein, Alma-Isa Barrett, and Audra Wolowiec, curated by Larry Greenberg, Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY
2014Read the Recap, Skip the Show, curated by Tom Marquet, Guestspot, Baltimore, MD
Communal Table, installation of sculptures by 12 artists curated by Björn Meyer-Ebrecht at the artist’s studio, Brooklyn NY
Out to See, curated by Sara Riesman, South Street Seaport, multiple locations, New York, NY
2013This, Then, That, curated by Amy Barkow and Danielle Webb, Fourthfloor, Brooklyn, NY
Color Line, curated by Rico Gatson, Outpost, Ridgewood, NY
Rock Street, outdoor exhibiton curated by Deborah Brown and Lesley Heller, Brooklyn, NY
Thanks, group show curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus Galery, New York, NY
2012Grounded, group show curated by Rico Gatson, Airplane, Brooklyn, NY
Linear Perspective, with Laura Watts and Ellie Murphy, Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space, Philadelphia, PA
Inside Out - Outside In, with Dawn Clements, Theresa Ganz, Fran Siegel; Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2011Bibliomania, curated by Mary Birmingham; New Jersey Arts Center, Summit, NJ
Insider Art, curated by Jess Frost, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
Dunkle Wolke (Dark Clout), curated by William Powhida, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
2010Utopia/Dystopia, curated by Deborah Brown, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
2009NEVERandagain, curated by Elissa Levy, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
Now You See It, Now You Don’t, curated by Bernard Yenelouis, Camera Club, New York
Mixing It Up: Recent Hunter MFAs Working in Combined Media, curated by Tracy Adler, Leubsdorf Gallery at Hunter College, New York
2007In Exchange, group show curated by Mauro Restiffe, Gallery Casa Triangulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Wanderlust, group show curated by Judith Selkowitz, Gallery at 499 Park Avenue, New York, NY
2004Group show curated Bernard Yenelouis, photographs, School of the International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2002MFA-Thesis Show, Hunter College, New York, NY
1999Group show of the graduating students, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
1998Grenzgänge (Border Crossings), group show, Gallery and Project Space Meinblau, Berlin, Germany
1996Osmosis, group show, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany

Curatorial Projects:
2016Open Space, installation of works on paper by 15 artists, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht’s studio, Brooklyn, NY
2015Common Room, installation of sculptures by 8 artists, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht’s studio, Brooklyn, NY (2015);
Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY (2016)
2014Communal Table, installation of sculptures by 12 artists, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht’s studio, Brooklyn, NY

Awards:
2020Frederike Sanders Taylor StudioProject Fund

Press:
2021Julia Freedman: "An Artist Provides a Stage for Us to Make Political Decisions," Hyperallergic, May 2019
"Björn Meyer-Ebrecht: Spontaneity rising," Two Coats of Paint, May 2019
2017"Ideas and Influences: Björn Meyer-Ebrecht", Two Coats of Paint, November 2017
Interview with Barbara Gallo Farrell: "'Fragments Remnants Leftovers' on view at Matteawan Gallery," Interview by Barbara Gallo Farrell, Poughkeepsie Journal, November 2017
2014Hrag Vartanian: "The Story of 13 Artists Who Sat Down at a Communal Table, Hyperallergic, may 2017"
Maura Callahan: "Read the review, skip the recap and the show at Guest Spot," by Baltimore Citypaper, October, 2014
2011Emilly Nathan: "Dunkle Wolke" at Storefront reviewed in “Brooklyn, Local”, June 8, 2011, Artnet.com Magazine
Bob Bahr: Björn Meyer-Ebrecht: "Stitching Together the Past’s Hopeful Future," Drawing Magazine, Winter 2011
2009David Everitt: "Elissa Levy, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht/Pocket Utopia," April 2009, Art Review, London,UK, p. 96
James Wagner: "Björn Meyer-Ebrecht at Pocket Utopia," January 17, 2009, jameswagner.com