Stefan Demming
born 1973 in Westphalia, Gemany, lives and works in Borken and the Ruhr area
1999 Diploma in art and history, university of Bremen (D)
1999-2007 Studies of Fine Art at the studio for time based arts at the university of the arts, Bremen
2002-2003 works at V2_institute for the unstable media, Rotterdam (NL)
2005 studies at the Ecole supérieure des beaux arts de Marseille (F)
since 2007 works in video, installation and public interventions
Awards / scholarships
2021 ‚Heimatpreis‘, city of Borken for „AkA-Camp“
2020 taNDem / Euregio for „Pig Prother“ (w. Harko Wubs)
2022 – 2023 RKP-funding for „AkA“
2017 – 2018 RKP-funding for „KHW“
2014 – 2017 RKP-funding for „Lebendig Platt“ and „Luurn bi de Buern“ by the ministery of state NRW for culture
2013 Stipend KunstKommunikation, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
2013 Visiting Artist, University of Alberta Edmonton (Canada)
2013 DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
2011 Residency „Apollo 13“ at the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
2010 Euregio-grant for „The smallest show on earth 2“
2007 DAAD-grant for „The greatest show on earth 2“
2004 Scholarship of the Cusanuswerk
projectgrant from CBK und RKS Rotterdam
2003 Video art award, of the Filmbüro Bremen
2002 OLB-media art award, EMAF Osnabrück
2001 Bremen young artists’ prize for fine arts
2000 German video-installation-prize
solo exhibitions
2022 GeOrgel, a polyphonic wardrobe installation
2019 Gesammeltes 1-3 (mit M. Rieken), Kunsthalle Weseke, Borken
2017 Ein wilder Apfelbaum will ich werden (Duo), Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede
2016 A Marzahn Opera, Galerie M, Berlin-Marzahn
2015 A wild apple tree, Rijksmuseum Twente Enschede (NL, duo with D. Schlüter)
Updated landscapes, Hochparterre Berlin
2014 DKSDW2 within KIÖR Steiermark, public space Judenburg (AT)
Instant Parc #2, public space Hermannplatz Berlin
2013 Eleg, DC3 art projects, Edmonton, (CA)
Plantation, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
2012 The Space Space, Galerie im Turm, Berlin
The smallest show on earth 2 travels to Kassel, Berlin and 4 more places
2011 The seesaw chamber – scenarios of the sea, Kunstverein Cuxhaven
2010 The smallest show on earth 2 , Galerie Mitte, Bremen
2009 Stattlandschaft, Kunstraum Tosterglope
2008 The end of the world 2, Galerie 149, Bremerhaven
2007 The Edge of the city, Casa del Lago, Mexico City (Mx)
2005 Visitors of the strawheart (Duo with L. IJsendoorn), Galerie im Park, Bremen
2004 The half-truth, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen
2003 Videokunstförderpreis, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen
group shows (selection)
2021 Buchsalon, Galerie Crystal Ball, Berlin
2020 Saligia, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne und Abtei Liesborn, Lippstadt
2019 Saligia, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine
2018 Gruppenbild, Kulturkirche St. Stephani, Bremen
2017 A Kitchen Debate, Jan van Eyck academy, Maastricht (NL)
Zeig Dich!, http://mikropart.rz.tu-bs.de/dmdocuments/cialis.html Zwinglikirche Berlin
2016 Altes Stroh zu neuem Gold, Kubai, Bocholt
Lichtkunst, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
If not where, Südpitzvilla, Hamburg
2015 Luurn bi de Buern, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine
MAFF, Almelo (NL)
2014 Durch die Blume, Museum Bellerive, Zürich (CH)
2013 Tourist Information Center, Gallerie Crystal Ball Berlin
LichtundVideokunstfestival, Shedhalle Tübingen
Same (Difference), Kunstkammer Schlieren (Ch)
Videorover, NURTUREart Brooklyn, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans (US)
2012 Licht, Darmstädter Sezession
artmuse, Industriemuseum TextilWerk Bocholt
2011 Follow the broken, Kreuzberg Pavillon Neukölln, Berlin
2010 Der offene Garten, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
EuropeanMediaArtFestival, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
Looking at the stars, Riga art-space, Riga (Lt)
Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Kunstpreis, Kunsthalle Worpswede
2009 Contested Ground, Projectspace 176, London (Uk);
Unantastbar, Kulturkirche Stephani Bremen
Spring! Güterbahnhof Bremen
Neuenburger Medienkunstwoche, Zetel
2008 Bitte schön!, Exhibition hall for contemporary art Münster;
Light garden, NOASS / public space, Riga (Lt)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück
Mulhouse 008, Mulhouse (F)
2007 KunststudentInnen stellen aus, Kunst- und Ausstellunghalle der BRD, Bonn
Weltuntergang, Galerie Crystal Ball, Berlin
Sammlung 16, Städtische Galerie, Bremen
2006 Stadt-Rand-Fluß, Lothringer 13, München
Die beste Methode einen Löwen zu erlegen, Kunsthalle Bremen
Herbstausstellung, Kunstverein Hannover
2005 Baltic drift (GAK-Satellit): Waterpieces, Riga (Lt), Galerija Akademia,Vilnius (Li)
Nordwest-Kunst, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
2004 Screen Spirit, Städtische Galerie Bremen
2003 l’art video, l’art interactief, Villa des arts, Casablanca (Marocco)
2001 Kunstverein Köln-Hürth, KV Wiesbaden, Neues Museum Weimar (show:)
2000 German Video-Installation-Award, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
teaching, lectures
2017 Workshop, MFA study program Trondheim Academy of Fine Art NTNU (NOR)
Performance-lecture, Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht (NL)
2014 class for cooperative strategies, academy of fine arts, Münster (workshop)
video & intermedial artistic practise, University of Bremen
„Anders Geteilt“, TU Wien (AT, lecture)
2013 Visiting Artist & Tutor, Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton (CAN)
projects
2022 – 2023 GeOrgel, a polyphonic wardrobe installation
2020 – 2023 AkA – studio for cultural affairs, adventures in art and music in a different rural culture
2018 – 2019 Kunsthalle Weseke, contemporary art gallery in a village
2016 – 2017 Lebendig Platt, vidos in low-german, in villages and on the internet
2014 – 2016 Luurn bi de Buern, on agriculture, in situ at 6 farms
2013 – 2014 Plantage– inflatable installations, Premiere: DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
2010 – 2014 The smallest show on earth 2, a travelling show on circus
2005–2008 LowResolutionCinema – light based installations, Riga, Hannover, Bremen, Bonn