Artist Statement
Kevin Driscoll (b.1987) is an artist originally from Boston, Massachusetts, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Driscoll’s practice explores how everyday materials and familiar forms can be transformed to question ideas of purpose, value, and collective experience. His work often takes on a paradoxical quality: appearing meticulously designed while deliberately embracing impracticality and humor.
By repurposing common objects and elements typically associated with utility, Driscoll examines the tension between function and futility, inviting viewers to reconsider what is deemed necessary, precious, or absurd. Through this approach, he highlights overlooked details in the physical and cultural landscapes that shape our understanding of the world around us.
Exhibitions
2025
Selerie Weekend - ‘Raum www - Gelbe Seiten’ - Berlin, Germany
Ventana Project - ‘Us And Them And Us’ - Berlin, Germany
2024
59 Rivoli - ‘Where Worlds Collide’ - Paris, France
Kunstraum Bethanien, 'Recycling Narratives' - Berlin, Germany
Studio Hanniball - ‘Hidden Belonging’ - Berlin, Germany
Ventana Project at SPOILER Zone, ‘MASS’ - Berlin, Germany
GLUE, ‘Twenty Years of GLUE’ - Berlin, Germany
Galerie erstererster - ‘creAID exhibitions’ - Berlin, Germany
KA 32 Gallery - ‘Just’ - Berlin, Germany
New & Abstract - ‘Group Show #2’ - Berlin, Germany
2023
GLUE, Markbarkeitsstudien - Berlin, Germany
LagerLager; What they carry - Berlin, Germany
Berlin Art Week; Words unsaid - Berlin, German
Zönotéka; Architectonic Approximations - Berlin, Germany
Backhaus Projects; Why tho ?, Berlin, Germany
Open Tiny (48h Neukölln); Exhibitionism, Berlin, Germany
2022
M3 Gallery; A Room Full of Srangers, Berlin, Germany
M3 Gallery; Friends, Berlin, Germany
2021
GlogauAIR; Perceived Space (Installation), Berlin, Germany
2020
WAC Poblenou Urban District Festival (with Sonia Toneu), Barcelona, Spain
GlogauAIR; Perceived Space (VR Experience), Berlin, Germany
2019
48h Neukölln; JosephJoseph, Berlin, Germany
So & So Studio; Delusionism, Berlin, Germany
Macut Gallery; The 21. Salon of Architecture Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
2018
BDA Galerie Berlin; Infrastructure, Berlin, Germany
Residencies
2020
Guest Resident; GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2018
RE:EASA, Layered Exploration, (Guerilla Space-making Interventions), Rijeka, Croatia
Public Projects
2018
RE:EASA, Layered Exploration, (Guerilla Space-making Interventions), Rijeka, Croatia
2012
World Institute for the Abolition of War (symbolic structure for inspiring political engagement w/ Krzysztof Wodiczko), Paris, France
2008
Parti Wall, Hanging Green (five-story installation with Young Architects Boston collaboration), Boston, USA
2006
People’s Environmental Center and Gardens (community center rebuild following Hurricane Katrina), New Orleans, USA
Publications
2024
New & Abstract; ‘Highlight of the Second Show’ - Berlin, Germany
Galerie Biesenbach; ‘ART MATTERS 8’ - Cologne, Germany
2023
Galerie Biesenbach; ‘ART MATTERS 7’ - Cologne, Germany
Midnight Chef; Untitled (Reflections) & Between Paper and the Built World, (Issue No. 1)
2020
Die Leere Mitte No. 5; The High Life of Small Urban Spaces (Nr. 24494980)
Tristitrojka #6; reMAP, (ISSN 2303-5412)
Delusionism 01; Various works, (ISBN 978-1-716-65507-4)
2019
Wentworth Architecture Review VI; #YES we FAIL (WAr 15/16, pg. 96-97)
2018
100 Working Spaces; Der Individualist (Ausgabe 2018, pg. 72)
2011
Rune Art Journal at MIT; Idiosyncratic Space (Issue 32, 2011)
Awards
2024
Innovate Grant Winter Cycle; Honorable Mention
Homiens Art Prize; ‘A monument to contemporary architecture’
2019
Big SEE interior Design Award; Casa MAC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bauwelt; Bauwelt Preis 2019 - Das erste Haus (Honorable Mention), Berlin, Germany
2006
Boston Globe; Scholastic Art Award (two selected works), Boston, USA