* 1977 in Jena (Germany)
lives and works in Berlin


EDUCATION

1998 – 2004 Diploma Mediadesign, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar (Germany)
2002 Erasmus Programme, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford (Großbritannien)
1997 Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (Germany)


Selected Solo Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Einzelaustellungen

2016
LUX AETERNA, Kunstverein & MAK Gera, Gera (Germany)
2013
Tearing Shadows, 401contemporary, Berlin (Germany)
grapheme, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2012
chiral, ASIFAkeil, MuseumsQuartier, Wien (Austria)
erratic, AV Performance, Gartenbaukino, Wien (Austria)
vitreous, Target City Lights, Minneapolis (USA)
2011
Black Mirror, Young Projects, Los Angeles (USA)
Robert Seidel – Vyner Session, Vyner Studio Gallery, London (UK)
2009
Blurring the Boundaries, Art Center Nabi, Seoul (South Korea)
2008
processes: living paintings, Phyletisches Museum, Jena (Germany)

Selected Group Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen

2013
Berlin.Status(2), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (Germany)
2012
Kabinett, Gloria Artspace, Berlin (Germany)
Axel Anklam und Robert Seidel, Skulptur und Installation, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt (Germany)
RESET- Abstract Painting in a Digital World, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Kollisionen, marke.6, Neues Museum, Weimar (Germany)
Abstract Confusion, Städtische Galerie, Gladbeck / Kunsthalle, Erfurt (Germany)
GAP, glue gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2011
Video Sound Art, Castello Visconteo, Abbiategrasso, Milano (Italy)
Hausbesetzung, Angermuseum, Erfurt (Germany)
Rojo Nova, Fundação Casa França-Brasil, Rio (Brazil)
Fokus Junge Kunst, Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg (Germany)
Abstract Confusion, b-05, Montabaur / Kunstverein, Ulm (Germany)
German Media Art, Seoul Square / GanaArt Center, Seoul (South Korea)
2010
Tripolar – 3 Positions in German Video Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (Taiwan)
Wunschbilder, Kunstsammlung, Jena (Germany)
Rojo Nova, Museum of Image and Sound / SESC Pompeia, São Paulo (Brazil)
Kinetikus Kép, 2B Galéria, Budapest (Hungary)
2009
Come Join Us, Mr. Orwell!, Tomorrow City Open Theatre, Incheon (South Korea)
In nachbarlicher Nähe – Bauhaus in Jena, Kunstsammlung, Jena (Germany)
Video Visions (TV show), Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (Germany)
2008
Projections OnLake, Pasadena (USA)
Scenes from Everyday Life, Artspace Lodypop, Basel (Switzerland)
Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery in Bow, London (Großbritannien)
2007
art_clips.ch.at.de, ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie), Karlsruhe (Germany)
Sleek Art Wall, Berlin (Germany)
2006
Abstract Art Now - Floating Forms, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (Germany)
GORGE(L) – Oppression and Relief in Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (Belgium)
Painting Body / Decoding Painting, Sign Gallery, Groningen (Netherlands)
2005
denkbilder, Internationaler SWR Medienkunstpreis, ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie), Karlsruhe (Germany)
Ich war Künstler, ACC Galerie, Weimar (Germany)

Grants and Awards / Auszeichnungen und Stipendien

2012
Artist In Residence, quartier21 / MuseumsQuartier, Wien (Austria)
2011
Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
enviaM-Kunstkalender 2012, Leipzig (Germany)
2008
Walter-Dexel-Stipendium, Jena (Germany)
Best Film, Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys (USA)
Stipendium Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Thüringen, Erfurt (Germany)
2007
Förderpreis der DEFA-Stiftung, Berlin (Germany)
backup.clipaward, Backup Festival, Weimar (Germany)
2006
Stipendium Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Thüringen, Erfurt (Germany)
2005
Best Experimental Film, Ottawa International Film Festival, Ottawa (Canada)
Filmmusikpreis Leo, Filmfest Braunschweig, Braunschweig (Germany)
Zuschauerpreis, Fluxus Festival, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
2004
Ehrenpreis, KunstFilmBiennale, Cologne (Germany)

Selected Screenings and Performances /

2012
Intersections, Special Screening, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa (Canada)
Vimeo Awards, New York (USA)
China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival, Changzhou (China)
Visible Bits Audible Bytes, De Montfort University, Leicester (UK)
Imagem-Contato, Screening curated by Videoformes, Mostra SESC de Artes, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
donaufestival, Krems (Austria)
Rockland Shorts, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland (USA)
Sinwald, Leipzig (Germany)
Life as Art, Joanna Burke @ The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Chicago (USA)
2011
Faux Images, LEAP, Berlin (Germany)
onedotzero, British Film Institute, London (UK)
CRAC 19, Natures Mortes, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Montbéliard (France)
ArtMUSE, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Kunstfrühling, Filmbüro Bremen: Abstrakter Film, Bremen (Germany)
FILE, Centro Cultural Fiesp – Ruth Cardoso, Rio (Brazil)
2010
Alpha-ville - Visionary Cities, Whitechapel Gallery, London (UK)
Videominuto, Pecci Contemporary Art Center, Prato (Italy)
Decode Lab, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK)
Deep:Art, Muggia (Italien) / Groznjan (Croatia)
Dreaming with Open Eyes, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (Germany)
2009
Bild–Kunst Förderpreis, Kunst-Werke, Berlin (Germany)
Bild–Kunst Förderpreis, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
Bild–Kunst Förderpreis, Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid (Spain)
Lichtspiel: Contemporary Abstract Animation, Calarts Theater, Los Angeles (USA)
100 Years of German Animation, ITFS, Stuttgart (Germany)
Frameout, MuseumsQuartier, Wien (Austria)
Festival Re-*, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (Germany)
floating world, Show Cave Gallery, Portland (USA)
Visual Music Marathon, Visual Arts Theatre, New York (USA)
Young Bauhaus – 90th Anniversary of Bauhaus, Bauhaus Film Institut, Weimar (Germany)
Dreaming with Open Eyes, Image Forum, Tokyo (Japan)
International Symposium on Electronic Art, Belfast (UK)
2008
Wundergrund, Kopenhagen (Denmark)
Strange Screen 7, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (Greece)
onedotzero, London (UK)
The Garden and Its Delights IV - Art Institution Intermediae, Madrid (Spain)
International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
The Stuff of Life, Portman Gallery, London (UK)
2007
Multimedia Literacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA)
Driven by Cars, Fieldgate Gallery, London (UK)
Intermodem, Museum of Modern Art, Debrecen (Hungary)
Media Art Festival Friesland, Harlingen (Netherlands)
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Taipei (Taiwan)
New York Digital Salon: Abstract Visual Music, New York (USA)
Moving Closer, Warsaw (Poland)
2006
Lumen Eclipse, Cambridge (USA)
Electrotecture – Architecture in Motion, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield (UK)
FilmVideo, Milano (Italy)
2005
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (Germany)
Third International Film & Video Festival, Museum of New Art, Detroit (USA)
Fluxus, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
ARTFILM International Film Festival, Trenčianske Teplice (Slovakia)
VIDEOEX Experimentalfilm & Video Festival, Zürich (Switzerland)
Art + Math = X, University of Nothern Colorado, Boulder (USA)
Art Cologne, DAM Gallery, Cologne (Germany)
World Performing & Visual Arts Festival, Lahore (Pakistan)
Madrid Experimental Cinema Week, Madrid (Spain)
2004
DOTMOV, Sapporo (Japan)
Showcase 31, Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin (USA)
YorkArts Media Lounge, York (USA)
2003
Ars Electronica Theatre, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (Austria)
2002
Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen (Germany)
Visionaria, Siena (Italy)
Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
2001
Japan Media Arts Festival, Okayama (Japan)
Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria)