EDUCATION
| 1962 | Born in Wiesbaden Lives and works in Berlin |
| Today – 2011 | Semjon Contemporary, Gallery for Contemporary Art |
| 2011 – 2000 | KioskShop berlin (KSb) |
| 2003–2010 | Interventionen @ KioskShop berlin (KSb), curated solo and group exhibitions with German and international artist |
| 2000 | Lecture at Cranbrook Art Academy, Michigan critiques with students from Cranbrook Art Academy |
| 2000/1999 | Work stay in New York (DeliGrocery Project 2002) |
| 2000 – 1997 | Freelance textile design for Bottega Veneta |
| 1994 | Meisterschüler von Georg Baselitz in Berlin |
| 1994–1991 | Private studies in New York; mentor: Terry Winters |
| 1989 | Master Class of Drawing in Como/Italy (Fondazione Antonio Ratti) with Arnulf Rainer and Georg Baselitz |
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1994–1987
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Studied fine art at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin with Prof. Georg Baselitz
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1987–1984
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Studied art history at Technische Universität with Prof. Wolfgang Wolters and classical archeology at Freie Universität Berlin with Prof. Adolf Borbein
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GRANTS & AWARDS
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2001
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Project grant by Berlin Senate for KioskShop berlin (KSb)
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| 2004 |
Project grant by Hauptstadtkulturfonds for KioskShop berlin
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| 1999 | Project grant by Berlin Senate for BLACK BOX @ Goethe House New York |
| 1992 – 1991 | New York grant by Evangelischen Studienwerk, Haus Villigst |
| 1989 |
Price of Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como/Italien (reg. drawings)
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| 1994 – 1988 | Study grant by Evangelisches Studienwerk, Haus Villigst |
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SHOWS AND REALIZED PROJECTS (s = solo shows)
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2021 |
X : Y – KioskShop berlin (KSb) – resurrection of the site-specific ‘gesamtkunstwerk’,
Semjon Contemporary, Berlin (s)
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Construction the Modern: The Berlin Collection Dr. Carl Theodor
Gottlob Grouwet (1919), Semjon Contemporary (s) |
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| 2012 |
Zündstoff Wachs – Wachs in der Kunst, Museum Villa Rot
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| 2011 |
Sabbatical, KioskShop berlin (KSb) (s)
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(Selbst)-Portrait – Abbilder und Netzwerke, Schwules Museum, Berlin
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Stockwerk nach Ambroise Vollard, KioskShop berlin (KSb) (s)
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| 2010 |
/ + \ = X, curated by Christian Nerf and Spunk Seipel, Serial Work Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
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Construction of Modern: The Berlin Collection Dr. Carl Theodor Gottlob Grouwet (1919)
, KioskShop berlin (KSb) (s) |
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chambre séparée érotique, Pane e Tulipane, curated by Niels Grossien (WTC, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg)
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| 2009 |
Fuoco di vetro, garden installation, Collezione Laura Lisa Braggion, Bastia di Rovolon, Italien
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Favorites Drawings, KioskShop berlin (E)
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Fine Art Services, Adalbertstraße 9, Berlin
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Mauerfall im KioskShop (Fall of the Wall at KioskShop), KioskShop berlin (KSb) (s)
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| 2008 | KioskShop berlin goes Splendid Delikatessen, Berlin (s) |
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KioskShop berlin goes Tease Art Fair Cologne, Köln (s)
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Paradies (Wintergarten), KioskShop berlin (s)
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| 2007 | KioskShop berlin goes Kunsthaus Erfurt, Kunsthaus Erfurt (s) |
| Dekonstruktion/Konstruktion, commission work in a private appartment by C. Köhler, Berlin | |
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Salon rouge: Gaiety (installation), 4. Berliner Kunstsalon (s)
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| 2006 |
KioskShop berlin goes MS Europa, EUROPA.art 2006, Hamburg bis Lissabon (s)
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| 2005 |
after all, constructing an artwork is still building a dream, Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin
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KioskShop berlin goes 2. Berliner Kunstsalon, Arena Berlin-Treptow (s)
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| 2004 |
Zusammentreffen (B2B-Projekt by Jan-Holger Mauss), Galerie Aplanat, Hamburg
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KioskShop berlin goes Munich, Kulturkiosk-Kanzler, München (s)
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KioskShop berlin goes Ku’Damm 101, Berlin (s)
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KioskShop berlin goes 1. Berliner Kunstsalon,Arena Berlin-Treptow (s)
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| 2003 |
RoseGarden & Structural Drawings, RubinChapelle, New York (s)
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| 2002 |
One man show, Kunst Zürich with Galerie Markus Richter (s)
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KioskShop berlin goes Art Forum Berlin, (special booth) (s)
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| 2001 |
Dazwischen / In Between, Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin (s)
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KioskShop berlin work in progress I + II ,Berlin (s)
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Painterly Photography, Blains Fine Art, London
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| 2000 |
Multiple bodies, LL Gallery, New York
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7 @ 7 – Seven artists at Seven, New York, Seven store
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RoseGarden Project, New York (s)
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| Fashion meets Art: H. N. Semjon at Alfred Dunhill, Alfred Dunhill Store, Madison Avenue, New York | |
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Eden revisited, Islip Museum, East Islip, NY
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Still Still, with Peter Welz, Dirk Rathke, Allan Uglow, Project Space, Auguststraße, Galerie Markus Richter (Berlin) and Vous-Etes-Ici (Amsterdam)
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| Fabula: Consumer media and contemporary Art, with Sylvie Fleury, Vanessa Beecroft, Masato Nakamura, Tom Sachs and ArtClub 2000, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit |