ChertLüdde

Founded by Jennifer Chert, the gallery opened in September 2008 in Berlin, Kreuzberg, in a former mechanic workshop. After eight years, Chert relocated to a new space in the same neighbourhood.

In 2016, Florian Lüdde joined the gallery as partner and the gallery changed its name into ChertLüdde.

The gallery’s program focuses on international emerging artists and represents two historical positions. It alternates solo exhibitions with curated group presentations. ChertLüdde explores a variety of different artistic practices, visions and media including sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, video, performance and installation-based work.

The gallery engages closely with its artists in developing projects and in working on institutional exhibitions.

ChertLüdde regularly takes part in international art fairs and dedicates a particular attention and passion to the production of artists’ books and catalogues.

In 2017, the gallery presented the first exhibition of  The  Mail  Art  Archive  of  Ruth  Wolf-Rehfeldt  and  Robert  Rehfeldt,  a long term exhibition and publication project presenting the  archive  of  mail  art  works  amassed by  the  two  German artists  from  beginning  of  the  1970s  until  the  early  1990s. Each exhibition and publication concentrates on a letter of the alphabet, from A to Z, cataloging every item the couple received in their years of activity. The archive is available for consultation upon appointment at the gallery.

In 2019, the gallery opened BUNGALOW, a space located in the basement of ChertLüdde dedicated to young contemporary artists. The aim of BUNGALOW is to provide further emphasis on the research-based aspect of the gallery program, by inviting a new generation of artists to develop a project specific to the space and context. BUNGALOW projects occur by invitation from the gallery.