born in 1970 in Stuttgart, Germany; settles in Paris at the age of 19; at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle, takes classes in drama and Franco-German studies; works as a language teacher and translator. Moves to Great Britain; studies art in London and Norwich; sets up studio in Paris, continues drawing classes. In the following years, works as a radio producer, a speaker and as an extra in film; teaches German at École du Louvre and Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Signs as the director’s assistent and art director of Joel Cano’s Siete días Siete noches. Receives various grants and travels to work in Cuba, Ireland (Cork, Sculpture Factory, map programme/Pépinières pour jeunes artistes), Austria (Graz, European Forum for Emerging Creation), Germany (Weimar, ACC European Studio Programme), India (New-Delhi/Kolkata, Artists-in-Residence, French Embassy), as well as in New York and Québec, Canada (Centre d'Artistes Vaste-et-Vague, Carleton). Exhibits in solo and group shows in these countries; interventions in public space; fictional and theoretical writing. Lives for a while in Marseille; conceives and realizes the stage design for Résidence Secondaire, by Company Christophe Haleb.
On New Year’s Day 2007, settles in Berlin. First international grantee, in 2012, of the residency programme at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, in A Coruña, Northern Spain. Moves to Leipzig in late 2014. Participates, in 2016, in Textwerkstatt Darmstadt and receives his first grant for literature, the MERCK-Stipendium. Guest auditor at DLL/Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig, in 2016/2017.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2013 | Burbujas de lo nombrable, Galería 9THE13, A Coruña; |
| 2009 | Wedding Cards, Online Residency, Centre for Recent Drawing, London; Wedding Cards, second home projects, Berlin Wedding |
| 2008 | richtfest, Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart |
| 2007 | Deutschlandgeschichtenerzähler, Galerie 35, Berlin |
| 2006 | footfood - Betrachtungen zur Identität: Männer, Nationen und Fußball, Galerie Naumann, Galerienhaus Stuttgart |
| 2005 | Hunting on Foreign Ground, Galerie Romain Rolland/Alliance Française, New-Delhi; Hunting on Foreign Ground, Alliance Française, Chandigarh, Pondicherry; The Same and the Other, Max Mueller Bhavan/ Goethe-Institut, Kolkata |
| 2003 | res publica, City Hall, Paris |
| 2002 | George in Paradise, Return to Art Gallery, Goethe-Institut, Dublin |
| 1999 | Haus Deutschland, Berlin-Rahnsdorf |
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
| 2015 | excusa argumental, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, A Coruña |
| 2014 | Kunstperlen, konnektor, Hannover |
| 2012 | Stammbaum, konnektor, Hannover |
| 2011 | Wechselstube, Markthalle IX, Berlin, on invitation by Marius Heckmann |
| 2010 | Tod, Schillerpalais, Berlin Mann Hermann!, Spazio Uno/48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin MEET! Kulturetage im Sofaloft, Hannover Sculpture Key West, Key West, Florida, USA Interieurs c/o Moabit, Zweigstelle, Berlin |
| 2009 | Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin Localize – Heimatfestival, Potsdam Childhood Stories, White Box e.V., Munich Pan-Demonium, Art Currents/AC Institute, New York Art of Emergency, Artneuland, Berlin Chimera, Galerie Zak-Branicka, Berlin |
| 2008 | Pardah – EnGendered, Lincoln Center, New York; Gender & Language, Artneuland, Berlin; Intelligent Design, Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart; Anonyme Zeichner, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2007 | The Monsoon Chapter II, Travancore Palace, New-Delhi |
| 2006 | Metrospective: Visual Representations of Metrosexuality, curated by Himanshu Verma, Galerie Romain Rolland/ Alliance Française, New-Delhi; FLUIDE, public space, city of Thuin (Belgium); Abseitsfalle, City Hall, Stuttgart |
| 2005 | Metrospective: Visual Representations of Metrosexuality, The Fourth Floor/Kitab Mahal, Bombay |
| 2004 | herkunft niemandsland, ACC Galerie, Weimar |
| 2002 | Echo, Sirius Arts Center, Cobh (Ireland) |
| 1999 | The Memory of the Future, Altes Postfuhramt, Berlin |
Art Fairs
| 2008 | PULSE, New York, (Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt) Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris (Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris) Artchicago, Chicago, (Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt) Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart) |
Publications
| 2015 | Ankommen, in: O Freude. Leipzig im Gedicht, Poesiealbum neu, Lyrikgesellschaft Leipzig BEGEGNUNGEN – ENCOUNTERS, Hrsg., Katalogessays zur Kunstsammlung Stephan Weitzel, charlotte13, Leipzig Perlen der Ohnmacht; SXF, in: Queerlyrik, Geest-Verlag |
| 2013 | Mutante Berlin, in: Berlin, photographies de Alex Jordan, textes de Klaus Staeck et Stephan Weitzel, Créaphis éditions, Paris/Grâne |
| 2012 | Werkstattgeflüster, Katalog-Essay Gaby Taplick, Goldrausch Künsterinnenprojekt, Berlin Haben, in: H comme..., Hannes Steinert, ErosOnyx Éditions, Cassaniouze |
| 2011 | One and One makes Three, on the Berlin works of Félix Fernandez, catalogue essay, MACUF, A Coruña. Summer issue, July/August: Art and Autobiography, New York Arts Magazine |
| 2006 | Ein goldener Arsch - Des couilles en or, artist's book with an essay in French and German Éditions Vis-à-Vis, Marseille |
| 2003 | Liebe Omi,... Herzlich, (manifesto), Forum for Young Creation, Graz Open Letter to the Lord Mayor of Weimar, public space, Weimar res publica, wall journal, part of the exhibition res publica, 9th District City Hall, Paris |
| 2002 | EchoEcoEcho, 12 texts and visuals, special supplement, The Evening Echo, Cork 21st /22nd September: Jubiläumsputz in St. Petersburg, in: Berliner Zeitung |
| 2001 | 1st/2nd December: Havanna nach dem Fieber, in: Berliner Zeitung |
Stephan Weitzel lives and works in Leipzig.
He is a member of:
Drawing Center, New York
Centre for Recent Drawing, London
VG Bild, Bonn
VG Wort, Munich