Omer Fast (b. 1972, Jerusalem, Israel), lives in Berlin In his multichannel video installations Omer Fast explores how we distort our lives by harmful circumstances, introducing authentic protagonists who have experienced extreme situations (a drone pilot, a sex worker). Omer Fast was awarded with the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst (2009). Major solo exhibitions […]

Nina Canell (b.1979, Växjö, Sweden), lives in Berlin The sculptures of Swedish artist Nina Canell give substance to the intangible and lightness to the physical. Drawn to the subtlety of the fluctuating forces of electricity, air and water, the artist traces the innate bond we have with our surrounding atmosphere. Nina Canell had solo shows […]

Elizabeth Price (b.1966, Bradford, UK), lives in London In 2012, British artist Elizabeth Price won the prestigious Turner Prize for her twenty minute video installation ‘The Woolworths Choir of 1979’. She once described her films as moving “from something that looks like a PowerPoint lecture, to something that looks like an infomercial to something that […]

Micol Assaël (b.1979, Rome, Italy), lives in Rome and Greece Physical phenomena such as magnetism and electricity and the ways they are perceived physically as well as mentally are key elements in Micol Assaël’s art. Her installations, as radical as they are poetic, often place the viewer in a position of real or perceived danger. Solo […]

Dirk Stewen (b.1972, Dortmund, Germany), lives in Hamburg German artist Dirk Stewen combines photography, drawing and assemblage. Drawing from his own, rich collection of images, the artist presents unexpected juxtapositions, suggesting enigmatic narratives. Faded photographs, delicate watercolours, confetti and thread are among the many materials Stewen has recombined into poetic images that are at once […]

Marina Pinksy (b.1986, Moscow, Russia), lives in Brussels In the works of Russian-American artist Marina Pinsky, photography is a crucial tool for capturing the world, often in combination with castings and other methods of duplicating imagery. Marina Pinsky had solo shows at Kunsthalle Basel (2016), White Columns (New York, 2013), Global Colding (Düsseldorf, 2013), Exercise […]

  Keren Cytter (b.1977, Tel Aviv, Israel), lives in New York Former participant of De Ateliers Keren Cytter is known for her experimental films and video installations. Her text based films consist of multiple layers of images and conversations, monologues and narrations, fragments composed to undermine linguistic conventions of storytelling in order to reveal the […]

Timur Si-Qin (b.1984, Berlin, Germany), lives in New York Timur Si-Qin is an artist of German and Mongolian-Chinese descent who grew up in Germany, China and the USA. His sculptural installations focus on the synthetic materiality of globalized and networked society, often blending the virtual with the actual. Si-Qin had solo shows at Team Gallery […]

Anne Imhof (b.1978, Giesen, Germany), lives in Berlin Working across a variety of media, Anne Imhof evokes the power structures, secret codes, and unspoken rules that underlie all niche communities. The artist rejects conventional distinctions between a live event, its documentation, and related objects. For her, all components are equally important, each providing a different […]

Dineo Seshee Bopape (b.1981, Polokwane, South-Africa), lives in Johannesburg Former participant of De Ateliers Dineo Seshee Bopape is a multimedia artist, creating dense sculptural installations in combination with video and sound. In these kaleidoscopic mixtures of the real and the virtual, notions of birth soil, motherland and nation are explored. She was the winner of […]

Rezi van Lankveld (b.1973, Almelo, Netherlands), lives in Amsterdam The paintings of Dutch artist Rezi van Lankveld, a regular guest tutor at De Ateliers, sometimes seem to allude to the visible world (landscapes for instance) but remain unnameable and abstract. In an interplay of rhythmic organic form, brooding colour and spatial depth, the small canvases […]

Fredrik Vaerslev (b. 1979, Moss, Norway), lives in Drøbak, Norway The studio practice of Norwegian artist Fredrik Vaerslev ranges from the exposure of work to weather conditions and the outsourcing of production. His paintings, assembled in surprising installations, exemplify conceptual strategies that question the nature of painting today. Recent solo shows were held at Kunsthall […]

Ben Rivers (b.1972, Somerset, UK), lives in London The films of experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers are imaginations of alternative existences in marginal worlds of wilderness. The artist uses near-antique cameras and hand develops the 16 mm film, the materiality of the medium forming part of the narrative. Recent exhibitions took place at The Renaissance Society (Chicago, […]

Michael Dean (b.1977, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), lives in London The sculptures of Michael Dean, a guest tutor at De Ateliers before, can be understood as physical translations of speech. He creates moulds and casts of words, abstracting and distorting them into an alphabet of human-scale shapes. For his large and complex installations, he uses a variety […]

Andy Holden (b.1982, Blunham, UK), lives in Bedfordshire, UK British artist Andy Holden works in a variety of media, including sculpture, video, and performance, addressing subjects such as diverse as pyramids and birds’ nests. Recent exhibitions of his work, screenings and performances took place at Artangel (London, 2017), Tate Britain (London, 2017), Pinchuk Foundation (Kiev, […]