Erik Niedling

Erik Niedling (born 1973 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German artist. He is also known for his 2010 film The Future of Art, a documentary on the contemporary art scene.

Niedling was raised in Erfurt and lives in Berlin. His works revolve around the construction of history, the traces that history left in the collective mind. Along with the German writer Ingo Niermann he directed and produced the documentary The Future of Art. It consist of interviews with contemporary artists, critics, and collectors such as Olafur Eliasson, Harald Falckenberg, Damien Hirst, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Marina Abramović, Olaf Breuning, Terence Koh, Genesis P-Orridge, Boris Groys, and Tobias Rehberger.

• 2005; Archiv, Goethe-Institut, Bratislava
• 2006; Was ist deutsch? (group exhibition), Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
• 2008; Formation, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin
• 2009; Gastspiel (group exhibition), Hetjens-Museum, Düsseldorf
• 2010; Status, Angermuseum, Erfurt
• 2010; Redox, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin
• 2011; Wahlverwandtschaften III (group exhibition), Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar
• 2011; "Mein letztes Jahr", Tobias Naehring, Leipzig
• 2012; 18.10.1973—29.02.2012, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar

• Cf. the complete list of exhibitions on the artist's homepage or on artfacts.net.

• Wolfram Morath-Vogel, ed. (2006). "Fotografien = Photographs / Erik Niedling." Cologne: Schaden.com.
• Österreichisches Institut für Photographie und Medienkunst, ed. (2007). "Status / Erik Niedling." Vienna: ÖIP.
• ZERN, ed. (2008). "Formation / Erik Niedling." Contributions by Bernd Stiegler and Ingo Niermann. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.
• Erik Niedling with Ingo Niermann (2012). "The Future of Art: A Diary." With texts by Tom McCarthy, Erik Niedling, Ingo Niermann, and Amy Patton. Berlin: Sternberg Press.