Bjorn Dahlem

Björn Dahlem (* 1974 in Munich ) is a German contemporary artist and professor at the Bauhaus University Weimar .

life and work

Dahlem studied from 1994 to 2000 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Hubert Kiecol . Björn Dahlem has become known since the 2000s "through his depictions of interstellar space, galaxies, superclusters or black holes." He designs expansive installations. He uses everyday materials such as wood, neon tubes , foam polystyrene and other raw materials for his work . From found objects and everyday objects, he develops sculptures that refer to theories and models of cosmology, astronomy, particle physics and quantum mechanics. It is “in Dahlem's work about a connection between science and philosophy, about the boundaries and transitions between natural science and theology.” Dahlem was also called the “architect of intergalactic events”. The microcosm is also increasingly at the center of Björn Dahlem's interest. He shows his smaller works in showcases that are reminiscent of “reliquary shrines”.

Between 2005 and 2011 Björn Dahlem visiting professor was at the University of the Arts , the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg , the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig . From 2012 to 2017 he held a professorship for sculpture at the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig. He then became a professor of fine art at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2018 Launch Pad (Oort), St. Matthew Church, Berlin
2018 The Still Expanding Universe, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel
2018 Lux and Lumen (Cosmic Web), Kiyoharu Art Colony / Kiyoharushirakaba Museum, Hokuto
2017 Nueva Extrañeza, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
2016 Magellanic Cloud , Veles i Vent, Valencia
2016 Mare Lunaris , Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
2015 Björn Dahlem. Mare Lunaris , Berlinische Galerie , Berlin
2015 Kosmorama , Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014 Black Hole (Cygnus X-1) , Matadero Contemporary Art Center, Madrid
2013 Theatrum Mundi , Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo
2012 The End of it All , Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
2010 The Theory of Heaven I: The Milky Way , KIT ( Art in the Tunnel ), Düsseldorf (as part of the Quadriennale )
2009 The Island , Galerie W. Guido Baudach, Berlin
2008 Deuterium Stadl , Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna
2008 The Dream Tank , Alison Jacques Gallery, London
2007 Björn Dahlem , Bregenz Art Association
2007 The Milky Way , Galerie Guido Baudach, Berlin
2006 The Homunculus Saloon , Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
2005 The Never-More-Tomorrow Room , Luis Campaña Gallery, Cologne
2005 Rod Attractor , Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
2004 Solaris , Armand Hammer Museum of Art , Los Angeles
2004 WerkRaum.16 - Björn Dahlem: Utopia Planitia 2 , Hamburger Bahnhof , Berlin

Group exhibitions (selection)

M-Spheres ,
Light Parcours 2016, Braunschweig

2018 Manifestations , Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
2018 Irony and Idealism, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany
2018 Lichtkunst Weilheim, Stadt Museum, Weilheim, Germany
2017 IRONY & IDEALISM, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2017 Three colors: white , Tobias Naehring Gallery, Leipzig
2017 The Collectors Home , Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen
2017 The Universe and Art - Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, TeamLab, Artscience Museum, Singapore
2016 DO YOU GET WHAT YOU SEE ?, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
2016 The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab , Mori Art Museum , Tokyo
2016 Lichtparcours 2016, Braunschweig
2015 Turn of a Century, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
2015 Eppur si muove, art and technology, a common space , Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2014 Outer Space - The space between art and science , Bundeskunsthalle , Bonn
2013 Fritz Winter. The interior of nature , Stuttgart Art Museum , Stuttgart
2011 We are all astronauts, Richard Buckminster Fuller's universe in the mirror of contemporary art , MARTa , Herford
2011 The Shape Of Things To Come: New Sculpture , Saatchi Gallery , London
2010 FischGräteMelkStand , Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin , Berlin
2008 Familiar Terrain - Current Art in & About Germany , ZKM Center for Art and Media Technology , Karlsruhe
2007 Made in Germany , Kestnergesellschaft , Hanover

Public collections (selection)

Works by Björn Dahlem are represented in these collections, among others: Museum of Modern Art , New York; Saatchi Gallery Collection, London; Municipal Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach.

Awards (selection)

2004 Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
2000 award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for fine arts

bibliography

"The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas. Recent Sculpture ”, exhibition catalog, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , Washington. (2006)
"Light art from artificial light", catalog for the exhibition, Museum for New Art, ZKM Center for Art and Media Technology , Karlsruhe. (2005)
“Utopia Planitia II”, Piepenbrock Prize for Sculptures, Berlin. (2004)
"Depot", Cardiff 2008 Ltd, Wales. (2004)
"On Stage", catalog for the exhibition, Kunstverein Hannover / Villa Merkel , Galleries of the City of Esslingen, Esslingen. (2004)
"Björn Dahlem: Superspace", individual catalog, Kunsthalle St. Gallen / Kunstverein Hamburg , Cologne. (2002)
"Zero Gravity", catalog for the exhibition, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen , Düsseldorf, Cologne. (with Heike Beyer, Martin Boyce, Björn Dahlem and others) (2001)
"Futureland", catalog for the exhibition, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach / Museum van Bommel van Dam , Venlo. (2001)
"Scenarios or the inclination to theater", catalog for the exhibition, Bonner Kunstverein / Stadthaus Ulm , text by Harald Uhr, Ulm. (2001)
"Come in. Interior as a medium of contemporary art", catalog for the exhibition, Institute for Foreign Relations , Stuttgart. (2001)
"Model, model ...", exhibition and event project of the New Aachen Art Association , Aachen. (with The Center for Land Use, Oliver Croy / Oliver Elser, Björn Dahlem and others) (2000)
"Game of Life", Post Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf. (with Olivia Berckemeyer, Roberto Brecko, Björn Dahlem and others) (1999)
“Poison and good form. Björn Dahlem> Isa Genzken> Dirk Skreber ”, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, text by Rita Kersting , Arnhem. (1999)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Dahlem, Björn Olaf, master student - single view. In: Service portal for studies and teaching. Bauhaus-Universität Waimar, 2019, accessed on December 12, 2017 .
↑ Hilke Wagner: From the age of weirdness. About the exhibition 'The End of it All', p. 6, in: Björn Dahlem - The End of it All.
↑ ibid.
↑ Gertrud Peters: Weltinseln im Tunnel, p. 6, in: Björn Dahlem - The theory of heaven.
↑ Excerpt from the artist talk with Björn Dahlem in Luxembourg , 2011 in the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
↑ Björn Dahlem. Galerie Guido W. Baudach, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on September 14, 2019 (original website no longer available).
↑ Björn Dahlem in public collections according to Kunstaspekte, accessed on October 27, 2014
↑ Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture , accessed on October 27, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Dahlem, Bjorn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich

[1] Dahlem, Björn Olaf, master student - single view. In: Service portal for studies and teaching. Bauhaus-Universität Waimar, 2019, accessed on December 12, 2017 .

[2] Hilke Wagner: From the age of weirdness. About the exhibition 'The End of it All', p. 6, in: Björn Dahlem - The End of it All.

[3] .

[4] Gertrud Peters: Weltinseln im Tunnel, p. 6, in: Björn Dahlem - The theory of heaven.

[5] Excerpt from the artist talk with Björn Dahlem in Luxembourg , 2011 in the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean

[Galerie_Baudach-6] Björn Dahlem. Galerie Guido W. Baudach, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on September 14, 2019 (original website no longer available).

[7] Björn Dahlem in public collections according to Kunstaspekte, accessed on October 27, 2014

[8] Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture , accessed on October 27, 2014.