Ellen Blumenstein

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Ellen Blumenstein (* 1976 in Kassel ) is a German author and curator who lives in Berlin and Hamburg .

Life

Blumenstein studied literature, music and media studies and has been working internationally in the field of contemporary art for over 15 years.

The focus of her curatorial and journalistic practice is on the preservation of artistic freedom on the one hand, and on addressing new visitor groups on the other. She sees mediation as an integral part of her curatorial work.

Between 2013 and 2016 she was chief curator of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art . She conceived the institution as a place of production, collaboration and encounter with and through the visual arts and established numerous collaborations on a local and international level.

Blumenstein worked for KW from 1998 to 2005, where she curated the exhibition On the Presentation of Terror: The RAF Exhibition (with Klaus Biesenbach and Felix Ensslin , 2005).

As an expert on the framework conditions and the potential of cultural production today, she regularly advises foundations, political institutions and teaches at art colleges in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany. She is committed to improving the training of young artists and curators, is a member of numerous juries and gives international lectures.

Blumenstein was a member of the curatorial collective THE OFFICE and is the founder of Salon Populaire , an event location on the border between artistic production and institutional representation (Berlin, 2010–12). Together with Florian Wüst, she founded the cultural-political initiative Have and Need.

As a curator, she has been responsible for the artistic support of urban development in Hamburg's HafenCity since 2017.

Exhibitions (selection)

2004-08

  • To present terror: The RAF exhibition (with Klaus Biesenbach, Felix Ensslin), KW, Berlin and Neue Galerie at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 2005.
  • Between two deaths (with Felix Ensslin), ZKM , Karlsruhe, 2007.
  • Agulhas Negras: A summer Academy on the Social Function of Art, CCSP , São Paulo, Campo do Jorado, Brazil, (with Carla Zaccagnini), 2008.

2009-11

  • The Human Stain , CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, 2009.
  • The Berlin Wall - Reflecting History , Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, 2009.
  • Ólafur Ólafsson / Libia Castro: Under Deconstruction , Icelandic Pavilion, Venice Biennale / National Gallery, Reykjavík , 2011.

2013

2014

2015

  • Michael Müller: Who speaks? , KW, Berlin.
  • João Gusmao / Pedro Paiva: Papagaio , KW, with Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Camden Artcenter, London.
  • Welcome to the Jungle , KW, Neue Nationalgalerie , Berlinische Galerie , Deutsche Bank KunstHalle , Berlin.
  • Fire and Forget. On Violence (with Daniel Tyradellis ), KW, Berlin.
  • Channa Horwitz : Counting in Eight, Moving by Color, KW, Berlin.
  • Elín Hansdóttir: Suspension of Disbelief , KW, Berlin.
  • Renzo Martens: The Matter of Critique , KW, Berlin.

2016 

Publications (selection)

  • Between Two Todes (cat., Ed., With Felix Ensslin), Hatje Cantz Verlag , Ostfildern-Ruit, 2007
  • Male fantasies (cat., Ed.), Argobooks, Berlin, 2008
  • The Human Stain (cat., Ed.), CGAC, Santiago de Compostela , 2009
  • Perform a lecture! (Ed.), Argobooks , Berlin, 2011
  • Under deconstruction. Libia Castro / Ólafur Ólafsson (eds.), Sternberg Press , Berlin, 2011
  • Kader Attia : Transformations (cat., Ed.), Spector Books, Leipzig, 2014
  • KW Pocket 1–4 (ed.), Spector Books, Leipzig, 2013-5
  • Lizzie Fitch, Ryan Trecartin: Site Visit (cat., Ed.), Koenig Books , London, 2015
  • StadtBild — Ein Reader (co-ed.), Verbrecher Verlag , Berlin, 2015
  • Friendly Fire and Forget (ed., With Daniel Tyradellis ), Matthes & Seitz Berlin , 2015
  • Kate Cooper: Rigged (cat., Ed.), Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2016
  • Michael Müller: Who speaks?  (Cat., Ed.), Hatje Cantz Verlag , Ostfildern-Ruit, 2016 

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Ellen Blumenstein: How art is coming to Hamburg's new quarter. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ HafenCity Hamburg - Ellen Blumenstein becomes curator of HafenCity. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Under arms. Fire & Forget 2 / Museum of Applied Arts. In: museumangewandtekunst.de. Retrieved December 12, 2016 .
  4. ^ Secret Surface - Where meaning materializes. In: kw-berlin.de. Kunst-Werke Berlin e. V., archived from the original on December 12, 2016 ; accessed on January 7, 2018 (English).
  5. ^ Exhibition Channa Horwitz 10 March to 1 May 2016. In: ravenrow.org. 2016, accessed on March 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Blumenstein, Ellen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel