BJÖRN SIEBERT

Germany

Björn Siebert restages snapshots he finds on the World Wide Web. He is interested in examining the structures of visual communication in our culture and the mysterious potential that unintentionally created images can possess. What was a chance arrangement of things in the original image is meticulously reconstructed by him through extensive research. The strangely successful pictorial moment of the snapshot is re-enacted as a carefully arranged composition and elevated to a new symbolic level through the precision of a highly detailed large-format image.

Works

Untitled Profile Picture #1 [REMAKE], 2024, Chromaluxe, 5 + 2 AP, 78 x 98 cm

The Rooster [REMAKE], 2024, Chromaluxe, 5 + 2 AP, 78 x 52 cm

The Naughty Prick [REMAKE], 2024, Chromaluxe, 5 + 2 AP, 115 x 115 cm

Unicorn Piss [REMAKE], 2024, Chromaluxe, 5 + 2 AP, 78 x 52 cm

Michael Myers KilkennySpecial [REMAKE], 2024, Chromaluxe, 5 + 2 AP, 91 x 75 cm

WHITESNAKE [REMAKE], 2021, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 85 x 125 cm

HELLBOY [REMAKE], 2010, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 97,5 x 70 cm

BLUNA [REMAKE], 2021, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 91 x 112 cm

CAPRI SUN [REMAKE], 2021, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 100 x 120 cm

SEVEN (REMAKE), 2015 C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 134 x 115 cm

SECOND COMING [REMAKE], 2015, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 112 x 92,5 cm

UNTITLED PORTRAIT [REMAKE], 2015, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 100 x 79 cm

RED [REMAKE], 2015, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 100 x 127 cm

FEATHERS & BONES [REMAKE], 2014, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 90 x 110 cm

THE DOLOMITES [REMAKE], 2011, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 118 x 142 cm

THE FIRST BIG WEEKEND [REMAKE], 2011, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 129 x 162 cm

GLITTERING PRIZES / NEW GOLD DREAM [REMAKE], 2010, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 110 x 92 cm

GIRL AT A PARTY PIT #2 [REMAKE], 2010, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 140 x 175 cm

POPCORN & SMARTIES [REMAKE], 2008, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 87 x 102 cm

THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE [REMAKE], 2008, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 110 x 135 cm

TWO EGGS [REMAKE], 2006, C-Print, 3 + 1 AP, 75 x 85 cm

THE GIRL [REMAKE], 2006, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 75 x 89 cm

A SELF PORTRAIT [REMAKE], 2006, C-Print, 5 + 2 AP, 100 x 120 cm

Biography

Born in 1978 in Hamburg, lives and works in Leipzig.
2012 Scholarship of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation “Contemporary German Photography”
2010 Master-Diplom
2008 Master student at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, class of Prof. Timm Rautert (until September 2008) and Prof. Christopher Muller (since September 2008)
2007 Diploma in Fine Arts
2004 Studied Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig under Prof. Timm Rautert
2001 Studied Graphic Design and Media Art with a focus on Photography and Documentary Film at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design under Prof. Melk Imboden, Prof. Lois Renner, and Prof. Andrej Ujica
2000 Photo assistant at Wohlgemuth Bilderwerkstatt / Studio for Commercial Photography (Food and Still Life)

Awards / Scholarships

2018 Working grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
2015 Working grant from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2015 Residency grant from the State of Schleswig-Holstein at Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
2013 Dr. Otto Steinert Award by the German Society for Photography
2012 Grant “Contemporary German Photography” by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation
2011 Residency grant at Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop

Solo-Exhibitions

2019 „Near To The Wild Heart Of Life“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2017 „The Cost Of Living 1969 – 1971“, Galerie Drei Ringe, Leipzig (D)
2016 „The Things We Carry“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2015 „The End of Trying 1969 – 1971“, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg (D)
2013 „3…6…9 Seconds of Light“, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig (D)
2012 “Homecoming, Sun & Ruin“, 5th European Month of Photography, „Homecoming, Sun & Ruin (Remakes)“, Hengesbach Gallery Berlin (D)
2011 “First Desires“, Kunstraum Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D) “The Dignity of Labour“, Lubok Verlag Leipzig (D) *
2010 “Candy and the Creeping Things“, Historischer Kindergarten der Spinnerei Leipzig (D)
2008 Raum für Photographie, Hamburg; OmU, 4. Triennale der Photographie in Hamburg “Amorica“, Delikatessenhaus Leipzig (D) “The Mud Fight“, Delikatessenhaus Leipzig (D)
2007 “Trout Silk“, eine Ausstellung der Ausstellungsreihe 0180 / 4100100, HGB Leipzig (D) “Diplom“, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig (D)

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Group-Exhibitions

2018 „Ungewiss“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2017 „Hängung#16“- open minded, Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf (D) „DISLOCATION 2017“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2016 „Rethinking Images“, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg (D)
2015 „Fantastisch ! Vom Innersten der Bilder“, Stadtgalerie Kiel (D) „Azimutale Auflösung“, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe (D)
2014 „Die Magie des Entschwindens“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal
2013 „Blickwechsel Ahrenshoop“, Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop (D); “fALSEfAKES“, Centre de la photographie, Geneva (CH)
2012 “Der Mensch und seine Objekte“, Museum Folkwang, Essen (D) „20 YEARS“, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin
2011 “Ernstzunehmende Kandidaten waren braune Zwerge“, Minken & Palme Berlin “Auslöser – Fotografie-Konzepte in Leipzig“, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig (D) * “Leipzig. Fotografie seit 1839“, Museum der Bildenden Künste in Leipzig (D) * “5 – Come Together“, Galerie Maurer, Frankfurt a. M. (D)
2010 “Meisterschülerausstellung“, HGB Leipzig (D)
2009 “Close The Gap #4“, Städtische Galerie und Kunstverein Speyer (D) * “Close The Gap #5“, Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein (D) * “Close The Gap #6“, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig (D) * “Beautiful Illusion“, Galerie Maurer, Frankfurt a. M. (D)
2008 “Close The Gap #1,“ Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach (D) * “Close The Gap #2“, Stadtgalerie Kiel (D) “Close The Gap #3“, UBS Wolfsberg und UBS Zürich (CH) * “Vertrautes Terrain“, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe (D)

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