Manuel Graf

Manuel Graf (* 1978 in Bühl ) is a German visual artist .

Life

Graf studied from 1999 to 2005 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the sculpture class with Magdalena Jetelová and Rita McBride . In 2005 he left the academy with an academy letter, has received numerous scholarships and prizes since 2003, exhibits nationally and internationally in various group and solo exhibitions and has been represented by VAN HORN Düsseldorf since 2006. Some of his artistic works are represented in public collections in Germany.

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His works mostly express themselves in the medium of film with "playful visual stories in which theory and a sometimes somewhat antiquated imagery mix charmingly." His extensive installations work with the fields of architecture , film , music and art history . Typical features of his work are the visual proximity to still life in the absence of people. His works penetrate the contradictions of technically complex animations from music or film and handcrafted models.

Scholarships and Awards

• 2003: German National Academic Foundation
• 2004: Travel grant, Düsseldorf Art Academy
• 2006: Working grant, Kunststiftung NRW
• 2007: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
• 2008: Working grant, Kunststiftung NRW
• 2008: Residency, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
• 2008/2009: ars viva award winner (with Keren Cytter, Simon Dybbroe Møller and Tris Vonna-Mitchell)
• 2009: Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
• 2009: Graphic Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2009/2010: Artist in Residence, Kunststiftung NRW, Istanbul
• 2010: Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
• 2010: Audi Art Award
• 2013: Scholarship from the International Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia , Bamberg
• 2014: Nam June Paik Award (sponsorship award)

Public collections

• Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
• Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf
• Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf
• Hypo Vereinsbank - Member of UniCredit, Munich
• Rheingold Collection, Düsseldorf
• LWL Museum for Art and Culture, Münster
• Glaskasten Sculpture Museum, Marl
• Art collection of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kornelimünster
• Philara Collection , Düsseldorf

Exhibitions (selection)

2017

• "Jaguars and Electric Eels", JSC Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, DE

2016

• "Manuel Graf / Shaan Syed", Hermann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH
• "Presentation Nam June Paik Award Winner 2014", Museum Folkwang, Essen, DE

2015

• "Twodo Series Doppelgaenger", model Kunstverein NAK - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen

2014

• "Your Doppelgaenger", VAN HORN, Düsseldorf
• "Rapid Art", Ludwig Collection, Bamberg

2013

• "Commercials, Mosques & Ceramics", Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH

2012

• "Transfer NRW-Korea", Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• "Ils sont fous ces Romains!", Kunstverein Hamburg
• "Another story of Madame Dogdo", VAN HORN, Düsseldorf
• Glass box museum, Marl

2011

• "Mediterraneo", VAN HORN, Düsseldorf
• Gaudel de Stampa, Paris (with Mme Dogdo)
• "Videoart at Midnight", Babylon, Berlin
• "dschami (Friday Mosque)", Café Baltic Bar, showcase track 1/2, S-Bahn station Hamburg Altona, curated by Annette Hans, presentation for the following solo exhibition at the Kunstverein Hamburg

2010

• Etablissement d'en Face, Brussels, Belgium
• "Book tip", Julia Stoschek Collection as part of the performance series No.3, Düsseldorf
• House of the Art Foundation, Stuttgart (with Martina Sauter)
• "Book tip 2", Johann König, Berlin

2009

• "Book tip", VAN HORN, Düsseldorf

2008

• "Que-ce que c'est, la maturité", Johann König, Berlin

2007

• "He loved the butterflies, the flowers and children", Kunstverein Göttingen, curated by Bernd Milla
• "New Tribune", collaboration with Rita McBride, General Public, Berlin

2006

• "About time flowing out of the future" and "Where does art come from? Or: The blossom of man", MuseumX / Museum Abteiberg Project Space, Mönchengladbach
• "About time flowing from the future", VAN HORN, Düsseldorf
• "Screening IV, Manuel Graf", Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf

2005

• "Ping Pong", Johann König, Berlin

Web links

• Manuel Count VAN HORN

Individual evidence

1. ^ SZ, August 1, 2009, page 18
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2012 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.