Vita
Kiddy Citny is a German visual artist, born in 1957 in Stuttgart and raised in Bremen. He moved to West Berlin at 18, where he became one of the pioneering “Mauermaler” (Wall painters) who transformed the Berlin Wall with his bold, large-scale frescoes. His politically charged work uses symbolic imagery and epigrams to critique social and political realities, including the rapid process of German unification. Citny’s art, which spans from monumental wall paintings to acrylic canvases has been exhibited internationally and is featured in significant collections like Berlin’s Märkisches Museum and East Side Gallery.
Selected exhibitions
12 / 2024 Museum Herford
09 / 2024 Galerini - Munich
04 / 2024 Galerie N18 - Köln
01 / 2020 Mural, Hong Kong Unconquered, Hong Kong
11 / 2019 Macro Museo, Roma
11 / 2019 Museo Civico, Balzano
08 / 2019 Street Art Berlin, Berlin
12 / 2018 Queenberg Gallery, Salzburg
10 / 2018 Galerie Ewa Helena, Hamburg
03 / 2017 Irsula Studios, Habana, Cuba
07 / 2016 Art von Frei, Berlin
04 / 2016 German Cool, Salsali, Dubai
09 / 2015 Galeria Blanca Soto, Madrid
09 / 2015 ARTE-TV Strassbourg
05 / 2015 RMA-Institute, Bangkok
03 / 2015 Körper und Macht, Fuencarral 77, Madrid
04 / 2015 Art Liberte, Paris, Gare d'Est
10 / 2014 Galerie Marc Fiedler, Berlin
11 / 2014 Artdepot, Innsbruck
09 / 2014 destrumos nuestros muros, Madrid - Torrechon - Europe Park
07 / 2014 FREEDOMWALL, Berlin - Brandenburger Tor
05 / 2014 Galerie M. Beck, Homburg
10 / 2014 CCTP, Luzern
09 / 2013 Ikonen der Freiheit, Babelsberg-Griebnitzsee, S&P Potsdam
08 / 2013 Zukunftsentwickler auf Tour, giz & BMZ, Berlin
01 / 2013 "Epiphanie", Galerie M. Beck, Homburg
06 / 2012 Galerie Anne Möhrchen, Hamburg
06 / 2011 Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal
04 / 2010 Artpark-Produzentengalerie, Berlin
09 / 2006 sound zero, Kunsthaus Meran, Italien
09 / 2004 One Man Show, Lorient, Städtische Kunsthalle
11 / 2000 Galerie Wewerka, Berlin mit Cornelius Periono
06 / 1998 NN-Fabrik, Siegendorf, Österreich, Galerie-Wolfrum, Wien
04 / 1998 Kunstsammlung Tumulka, München
04 / 1997 Art-Frankfurt, Artikel-Editionen
06 / 1995 Gruppenausstellung "Artist for Nature", Bundesausstellungshalle Bonn
07 / 1994 Kunst im Glashaus, Botanikum München
10 / 1992 Artfield – Welt im Arm, Flughafen München
05 / 1991 Aufstellung eines Mauerfrieses, NYC
03 / 1991 Galerie Kopylow, Paris
02 / 1990 Galerie 54, München
10 / 1989 Galerie Schindler, Bern
05 / 1985 100 Meter Mauerfries mit Thierry Noir, Waldmarstrasse, Berlin