Christian Siekmeier

RESUMÉ

Education

2002-04
Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) Photography and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York

1997-99
Bachelor (BA) Fine Art, London Guildhall University, London

1994-97
Grundstudium (equivalent to BA) Cultural Studies and Aesthetics, Humboldt-University Berlin


Exhibitions (selection)

2010

Superficies del deseo, University Museum of Contemporary Art (MuAC), Mexico City

2008

Skin Trade, Chashama Gallery, New york

Glück - welches glück, deutsches hygiene museum, dresden, Germany

First International Elvis Days, Ideal glass gallery, new york

The other side, 58 gallery , Jersey City

2007

In the dirt, gitana rosa gallery, new york

A moving world, , gallery w52, deutsche bank, New York

2006

Peekskill Projects, Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York

Kamp K48, John Conelly Presents, New York

2005

The Zine UnBound, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

Peekskill Projects, Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York

Voies Off, Festival Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France

Intersections, Contemporary Art from Germany and Israel, Liquid Blue Gallery, Miami

Auswärtsspiel, Contemporary German Photography in New York, Tattfoo Gallery, New York

Manimal, Gallery128, New York

2004

The look of things, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

Dlight, Young German Artists in New York, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York

Male Trouble, Westside Gallery, (Curator Marvin Heiferman) New York

2003

Photomonth, Unit 2 Gallery, London

2002

East International, Award Exhibition, (Selection Lawrence Weiner), Norwich Gallery, Norwich

2001

The gutters…the stars, Unit 2 Gallery, London

2000

Eastberlin, Photographers’ Gallery, London

1999

Spitalfields Music Festival, Spitalfields Christchurch, London

1998

Galerie Gertrud Ernst - Eine einmalige Aktion, Gallery L24, Berlin


Awards

2003

Fine Art One Year Scholarship, German Academic Exchange (DAAD), Germany

2002

Assistantship Award, School of Visual Arts, New York

Aaron Siskind Award, New York

1999

Owen Rowley Award, London

1997

Erasmus Exchange Scholarship, Berlin


Publications (selection)

2009

Basso Magazine #6

2008

Kauf Dir Kunst im Internet, Welt am Sonntag (issue March 16)

2007

When Johnny come marching home again, New york

Voisinage/neighborhood, kAiserin magazine 02, (france)

Cruising International, Style Magazine (germany)

spex magazine (germany)

zoo magazine (Germany and the netherlands)

2006

Down By the River,  The New York Times (Issue 01 october)

What Charles does next, 30 Artists of the saatchi gallery online. G2, The Guardian Newspaper, London (Issue 06 September)

Zoo Magazine (Germany and the netherlands)

Groove Magazine (Germany)

Style Magazine (Germany)

2005

Zingmagazine, Issue #20

2004

K48 Magazine, Issue #5

10+5=Gott, Exhibition Catalogue, Jewish Museum Berlin

2001

Erinnerungen mit Sekt auf Eis, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Issue 04 December)

Eastberlin, London Independent Photography, Issue February 2001