Lisa Tiemann

Lisa Tiemann is a prominent figure in contemporary sculpture, based in Berlin. In her artistic practice, she uses the synthesis of form, materiality, and color to investigate the shifting relationship between an object’s physical appearance and its underlying meaning. In her recent projects, she experiments with organic and cyclical forms to explore motifs of infinity and fluidity. She often combines ceramics, latex, steel, or paper, integrating elements of chance to challenge the viewer’s conventional perception.

In “States of Adjustment”, Tiemann explores a persistent state of reorientation where stability is fleeting and balance is a continuous process. Within the context of today’s accelerated pace of change, flexibility emerges not as a choice but as an existential necessity that demands constant evolution, reaction, and perpetual motion. The installations and sculptural objects presented in the exhibition create a space where diverse physical states and their inherent tensions intersect. Metal constructions, hooks, rubber joints, and textile elements evoke training equipment, where each component serves as both a support and a point of resistance.

By combining contrasting materials, the artist highlights the oppositions between rigidity and elasticity, weight and lightness, control and its loss. This material opposition creates forms that balance between static and shifting states, emphasizing the effort required to maintain stability in changing tensions. The exhibition invites viewers to reconsider the human relationship with modernity, where flexibility becomes a fundamental condition of existence.

Lisa Tiemann (b. 1981) completed her fine arts studies at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2008 under Tony Cragg, having also studied at the Chelsea College of Arts in London. Her work has been featured at major international art institutions and events, including the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne, The Gewerbemuseum Winterthur in Switzerland, Haus des Papiers in Berlin, and Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien. The sculptor’s works can be found in public spaces, sculpture parks, and private collections

Lisa Tiemann’s exhibition “States of Adjustment” will be on view at (AV17) gallery until May 30.

This exhibition is part of an international exchange project between (AV17) Gallery and SCHWARZ CONTEMPORARY in Berlin, where Lithuanian sculptor Rimantas Milkintas’ exhibition “Stages” opened on April 16.