Joachim Seinfeld graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy with a degree in painting. At the beginning of the 90s he started combining painting and photography by applying photographic emulsions to his pictures. Since then the use of silver gelatine emulsion is characteristic for his work. Since the early 1990 Joachim Seinfeld participated in numerous exhibitions in Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, USA and other countries. He took part in the International Biennial of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery in Prague or the exhibition 4 KS 2/63 – 40 Years of Auschwitz Trial at the Martin-Gropius-Museum in Berlin. He has received numerous awards including the Heinrich Heine prize of the city of Augsburg (1994). He has performed and lectured all over Europe including the Zacheta National Gallery Warsaw, the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Tacheles, Berlin and Académie Royale des Beaux Arts, Liège, Belgium . His works are included in the collections of Santa Barbara Museum of Arts, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, the Jewish Museum and the National Gallery in Prague, the Collection Gomes de Pinho (Institute Seralves), Porto and in numerous private collections. His Golem pictures were used for the New English edition of the Golem by G. Meyrink at Tartarus Press.
Curriculum:
1962 born in Paris
1987 graduate Academy of Art in Florence
1995 teaching assignment at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
2011 teaching assignment at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts Liège, Belgium
lives and works in Berlin
Promotions and Awards
Land of Niedersachsen, Tempus Grant by the EU, Goethe Institut, DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service, IFA-Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
1994 Menschen und Rechte/ Heinrich-Heine-Award of the City of Augsburg
Collections
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid
Jewish Museum Prague
National Gallery, Prague
Collection Gomes de Pinho (Institute Seralves), Portugal
and other private collections in Germany, Italy, USA, Turkey, Slovenia, France and other countries
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo shows
2011 Neighbours: Berlino e oltre, artmbassy, Berlin
Neighbours: Present – Past… and what lies in between, Schneider Tempel Art Center, Istanbul
2009 PlattenSpieler, Galerie M, Berlin *
2008 Re-construction of time, artMbassy, Berlin (with Veronika Witte and Karen Lebergott)
2006 Beisl Balagan- Podróz do Polski; fabs, Gallery, Warsaw *
Doppelte Erlebnisdichte; Galerie Adlergasse, Dresden (with Andreas Sachsenmaier)
Versprechen; Delicatessenhaus, Leipzig (with Andreas Sachsenmaier)
2005 Friendly Fire – seinfeld IM meinblau; Meinblau e. V., Berlin
1999 Tra noi e loro ; Galleria Bordone, Milan * (with Cioni Carpi)
Zeit; GaDeWe, Bremen *
1997 Response – Odpowiadac; KunstRaum Berlin (with Siegfried Pietruski and Marek Konieczny)
Die Flüchtigkeit der Stadt; HO-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (with Martin Zeller and André Werner
1995 Galleria Bordone, Milan
Meyer-Velde – Seinfeld – H. Penschuck; Galerie 68-elf, Cologne (with Herr Penschuck and Esther Meyer-Velde)
1994 Schicht um Schicht; Block 16, Hannover, Germany
1993 Eingerichte; Overgaden, Gallery of the Ministry of Culture, Copenhagen (with Jörn Werner and Renate Groh)
Spuren, Kulturmodell, Passau, Germany (with Tom Gefken and Theo Scherling)
Kunst im Foyer; State Theatre Oldenburg, Germany
1992 Bildobjekte – Objektbilder; Galerie 149, Bremerhaven, Germany
1991 gegen-einander-über; KARG, Oldenburg, Germany (with Jörn Werner and Olaf Stein)
Group shows
2013 A Tribute to David Bowie – Hauptstrasse, Egbert Baqué Contemporary Art , Berlin
2012 Potrayal/Betrayal, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (Ca)
Broadcast, Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin
2011 Folge der Generationen, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Contrary Voices, Changeable Realities, Kare Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
Ostrale, Dresden
2010 Canakkale Biennial, Canakkale, Turkey
2009 artHAUS, curated by Thomas Schirmböck, Los Angeles-Venice
Ohne Uns!, Riesa e.V., Dresden
Where Is My Privacy, Casa Dell’arte, Istanbul *
Space Matrix 01, Whiteconcepts, Berlin/DE
On Tectonics of History, ISCP, New York *
2008 Zur Tektonik der Geschichte, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Bazaar – On Strategies of Risk, at 5th Berliner Kunstsalon
2007 On Tectonics of History, Wyspa Art Institute, Gdansk
Artisti per Alcamo – Il fondo dell’anima, Alcamo, Sicily *
Bazaar – On the Anatomy of the Art Market, Meinblau, Berlin
2005 Zur Tektonik der Geschichte; Forum Stadtpark, Graz; Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí n. L.;
Art Stays; workshop and exhibition, Ptuj, Slovenia *
International Biennail of Contemporary Art; National Gallery, Prague *
2004 4 KS 2/63 – 40 Years of Auschwitz Trial; Fritz Bauer Institut, *
Frankfurt/M.: Gallus-Haus, Berlin: Martin-Gropius-Bau
Hicetnunc 2004; San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy *
Sommersalon 2004; Kunstverein Schloss Wiligrad, Germany *
Kunstlandschaft X; Kunsthaus Flora, Berlin
2003 Bi-Rout; Goethe Institut, Beirut *
2002 Hicetnunc 2002; Villa Manin, Passariano, Italy *
Intervento II; Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo *
2001 KunstKnöpfe; Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Germany *
1998 Manie; Galleria Bordone, Milan, Italy
1997 Kunstlandschaft III; Symposion at Kunsthaus Flora, Berlin *
1996 Raum und der Raum; Galerie A&O, Berlin
1991 11. AA-Kerk-Exhibition; Groningen, Netherlands
other Participations
Bremerhaven, Hannover, Oldenburg, Passau, Weimar, Crakow, Olomouc
* catalogue
Participation in contemporary art fairs
2011 Art Bosphorus Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul
C.A.R. (Contemporary Art Ruhr), Essen (A&O, Directors Lounge)
2010 Artist Art Fair Istanbul (Korridoor)
2009 Artist Art Fair Istanbul (Korridoor)
2007 Preview Berlin (artMbassy)
2006 Dritter Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin (Manifest International)
Preview Berlin (artMbassy)
2005 Zweiter Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin (Berliner Licht & Silber)
1999 Milanart, Milan (Galleria Bordone)
1996 Arte Fiera, Bologna (Galleria Bordone)
1994 1. Independent Art Fair, Frankfurt/M.
Performances
2005 Souvenir Photograph – Face to Face with Remembrance Rituals
lecture at Trafo Gallery, Budapest and Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
2004 Führer in Berlin – eine Topografie der Fettnäpfchen; Jewish Museum, Berlin
2003 Idiotie und Extasis; Performance at Tacheles ext., Berlin
2001 Performance at Art Festival, Zacheta National Gallery Warsaw
Bibliography
2004 Illustrations for Gustav Meyrink The Golem, Tartarus Press, Leyburn, UK
2002 J. Seinfeld: Reise nach Jerusalem Rivista di Israel, Roma
2000 J. Seinfeld: Die unendliche Geschichte der Wahrnehmung in Leerräume – Wege durch das Jüdische Museum Berlin, Berlin
2000 J. Seinfeld: A gelechter fun gehinnum in Ravensbrücker Hefte
1995 Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau: Representations of Auschwitz – 50 Years of Photography, Paintings, and Graphics, Auschwitz
Reviews
Die Tageszeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Jüdische Allgemeine, Texte zur Kunst, Berlin; Weserkurier, Bremer Umschau, Bremen; NN, NZ, Abendzeitung, Nürnberg; Politiken, Copenhagen; Arte, La Repubblica, L’Unità, Milan; Il Giornale di Sicilia, Palermo; The Daily Star, L’Orient du Jour, Beirut; Der Standard, Vienna; Salzburger Nachrichten, Salzburg; Jewish Chronicle, London; Australian Financial Review, Sidney; LA Times, Los Angeles; Huffington Post, Los Angeles
