SEBASTIAN HEMPEL

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1971 Born in Dresden, Germany
1987 – 1990 Education as stonecarver
1993 – 1998 Study of sculpture at HfBK Dresden
1998 Dorintpize and grant by the German National Academic Foundation
1999 Foreign exchange scholarship London, UK
1998 – 2000 Post-graduate with Prof. Ursula Sax at HfBK and at Slade School of Fine Art London, UK
Lives and works in Dresden

HONOURS

2000 Robert-Sterl-Prize
2001 Artistfellowship Willinghausen
2001 Awarded 1st prize at the Kunst-am-Bau-Competition of Max Planck Institute
2005 Realisation Kunst-am-Bau-Project, faculty of computer science, TU Dresden
2006 DREWAG Prize for Contemporary Art by Städtische Galerie Dresden

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011 Weisses Rauschen, von Bartha Chesa, S-chanf, Switzerland
Elektrisches Gefühl, Galerie Baer I Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Dresden, Germany
2009 Soloexhibition, Galerie von Bartha Basel, Switzerland
2007 Groupexhibition, Galerie von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland
2007 Galerie Baer I Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Dresden, Germany
2007 Perplex, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
2006 Rotorelief, Stadt der Wissenschaften at the castle of Dresden, Germany
2006 Beziehungskiste, öffentlicher Raum, City center of Dresden, Germany
2006 Bewegung, Galerie Kasten, Mannheim, Germany
2006 Strom, DREWAG Prize, Städtische Galerie Dresden, Germany
2006 Ballkünstler, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
2006 Baumgruppe, Sächsische Landesgartenschau, Oschatz, Germany
2005 Profile, Galerie Baer I Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Dresden, Germany
2005 Eröffnungsausstellung, Städtische Galerie Dresden, Germany
2005 Trans mission, Städtische Galerie Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
2005 Streiflichter, Städtisches Museum Zwickau, Germany
2004 Optokoppler, Galerie Baer I Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Dresden, Germany
2004 Eiland in Wien, Institut Francais, Vienna, Austria
2004 Potentiale, Projektgalerie des BBK, Leipzig, Germany
2003 Profiler, Galerie Baer I Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Dresden, Germany
2003 Hivernale, Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden, Germany
2002 Split Points, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 Kunstsammlungen Gera
2001 Success, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
2000 The business of art, APT-gallery, London, UK
2000 Living Room, The Centre of Attention, London, UK
2000 Zwielicht, Robert-Sterl-Haus, Naundorf, Germany
1999 Privatraum, Galerie Michael Kalinka, Dresden, Germany
1998 Street level, Dresden, Germany
1997 Luft, Galerie Michael Kalinka, Dresden, Germany