Hiawatha Seiffert

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Hiawatha Seiffert (* 1973 in Marburg ) is a German artist and designer .

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From 2006 to 2010 he studied metal design / design with Werner Bünck and Georg Dobler at the HAWK University of Applied Sciences Hildesheim / Holzminden / Göttingen and from 2008 to 2009 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the visual arts department with Otto Lorenz .

The theme of his work is space and time , form and surface. He uses metal (steel) as the basic material, which he combines with other materials or media in an apparent incompatibility. He became known for object shells made of forged machine chains / parts (found pieces / objet trouvé ). His work is represented at exhibitions around the world and has been awarded prizes; various museums have bought them.

Awards (selection)

  • Grassi Prize of SK Leipzig, Grassimesse 2010 Leipzig
  • Nomination for WCC-Europe Award 2010 (finalist), Eunique Arts & Crafts Fair, Karlsruhe 2010
  • Sponsorship award of the Lower Saxony State Prize , Hanover 2010
  • Bavarian State Prize, Munich 2009
  • Sponsorship award for outstanding performance from VH Lower Saxony, 2008
  • BKV Prize 2008 for Young Crafts, 1st Prize, Munich 2008
  • 3fg Award, sponsorship award from the University of Applied Science and Art Hildesheim 2007
  • Danner Prize 2017

Works in public collections (selection)

Memberships

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  • Series of publications by the Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein eV: Hiawatha Seiffert, BKV Prize 2008, Publisher: Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein eV, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-929727-48-7 .
  • Zeitschrift Kunsthandwerk & Design 2/2011: Article Hiawatha Seiffert Ritterbach Verlag GmbH, Frechen 2011, pp. 26–31 Article as PDF

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Grassiblog @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.grassi-museum.de
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Silversmiths Forum (Paragraph 44)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hammerclub.eu
  5. ↑ Danner Foundation Prize Winner 2017. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 14, 2017 ; accessed on October 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.danner-stiftung.de

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personal data
SURNAME Seiffert, Hiawatha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg , Germany