Sebastian Acker

b. 1981 in Lichtenstein, Germany
lives and works in Berlin

 

Education

2010-12	MFA Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2004-07	BA (Hons) Spatial Design, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2002-03	Foundation, Chelsea College of Arts, London

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018	Ennis House, Black Flamingo Projects @ Fahrbereitschaft / Haubrok Foundation, Berlin
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2017	Mountain Village (with Phil Thompson), Neuer Ravensburger Kunstverein, Germany

 

Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings

2018	May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way, Exile Gallery at MANIFESTA 12, Palermo
	Diving Into a Teacup (screening), ICA, London
	Mountain Village (screening), Strelka Institute/The New Normal, Moscow
	The Starting Point that will Also Be the Exit (screening), The Souvenir Museum, Paris
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2015	Chelsea 10, Cookhouse Gallery/Triangle Space, London
	Stones in a Field – Sorbus Video Week, Sorbus Galleria, Helsinki
	Magnolia Cube, 114 Middleton Road, London
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2014	Sanssouci Realty Issue #1: The Latte Vision (screening), curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini and Paul Flannery, tank.tv

	Flow, Store, London
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2013	Nova Art Prize, Phillips Auction House, London
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2012	Ersatzmonument, C. Rockefeller Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dresden, Germany
	The Function of the Oblique – Action, curated by Attilia Frattori Franchini, Son Gallery, London
	The Function of the Oblique – Resistance, curated by Attilia Frattori Franchini, No Format Gallery, London
	Come to Disruption, Arcadia Missa, London
	Come to Disruption, Tove’s Galleri – Vesterbro ConTemporary Workout Space, Copenhagen
	Slade Postgraduate Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London
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2011	We Worked in Squares and Loved in Triangles, with Phil Thompson, SSE Space, London
	Slade Interim Show, with Phil Thompson, Slade Research Centre, London
	Bloomsbury Festival, with Phil Thompson, Gordon Square, London
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2009	The Ceiling Show, Supine Studios, London
2007	CAMPing Dresden, 7. Stock, Dresden, Germany

 

Awards and Honours

2019	(upcoming) msk7/Berlin Senat, ‘Residenzpflicht’ Stipend, Germany
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2017	Arts Council England, project grant, UK
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2013	Nova Art Prize, UK
	Legion TV Residency, shortlisted, UK
	Ideas Tap Film Fund (with Phil Thompson), UK
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2012	Land Securities Studio Award, UK
	Duveen Travel Scholarship (with Phil Thompson), UK
	Danish Arts Council, Exhibition Grant with Come to Disruption, DK
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2011	Littoral Arts Trust, Merz Barn Residency, Cumbria, UK.
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2010	AHRC Scholarship, UK
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2009	CeRCCa Residency, Llorenc del Penedes, Spain
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2008	Jatka Project Residency, Cesky Krumlov, CZ.
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2007	7.Stock Residency, Dresden, Germany

 

Bibliography/Publications

2018	Barbara Engel (ed.), Historical versus Modern: Identity through Imitation? (Berlin: Jovis, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86859-498-0)
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2015	U. Ströbele, A. Greiner and J.P. Sexauer, 24h Skulptur – Notes on Time Sculptures (Berlin: Distanz, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95476-125-8) 94
	Martina Dlugaiczyk, “Aura für Alle”. In Die Ausstellungskopie, edited by Anette Tietenberg (Cologne: Böhlau, 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-22120-1) 99, 108
	Martina Dlugaiczyk, “Surrogate Cities in China und Europa”. In Muster im Transfer, edited by Anette Tietenberg (Cologne: Böhlau, 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-22475-2) 247
	Fernholme Road Living Project, Kitson Road No. 6, (London: Camberwell Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-908971-40-1) 46
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2014	Pau Cata, CeRCCa 2009-2014, (Barcelona: Centre de Recerca i Creacio Casamarles, 2014, ISBN: 978-84-617-1778-1) 28-29
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2013	Allison C. Meier, “Capturing the Chinese Copy Town Trend”, Hyperallergic, May 14, 2013
	Samuel Medina, “A Pair Of Artists Reveal China’s Counterfeit Cities”, FastCoDesign, May 20, 2013
	Ryan O’Hanlon, “Why Is China Stealing Cities, Towns, and Buildings?”, Pacific Standard, May 16, 2013
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2012	Rozsa Farkas and Tom Clark, “How to Sleep Faster e2”, e-journal by Arcadia_Missa, December 2012
	“Slade Sculpture 2012”, print collection, published by Slade School of Fine Art, June 2012
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2011	“XY/Z – Sculpture 2011”, print collection, published by Slade School of Fine Art, June 2011
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2009	Alistair Wildblood and Eugenia Ivanassevic,”Supine Studios Autumn/Winter 2009″, catalogue, November 2009

 

Talks and Lectures

2018	Remote Artist Talk, Strelka Institute / The New Normal, Moscow
	Fake news workshop, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Facebook HQ, Berlin
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2014	Visiting Artist Lecture, Contextual Practice Series, Chelsea College of Arts, London
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2013	Duveen Talk, Slade School of Fine Art, London
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2012	Artist Talk, Arcadia_Missa, London
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2010	Guest Lecture, Spaces & Narrations Lecture Series, Chelsea College of Arts, London