curriculum vitae

10-11/08	Artist Residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Virginia, USA
09-10/08	Inaugural Research Fellow at the Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2006-08	several study trips to Australia
2006-08	Curator for the Art Society Roter Pavillon in Bad Doberan, Germany
2007	Cofounder of Exhibition Enterprise, Interdisciplinary Network for Culture and Zeitgeist
05/05-10/05	first visit to Australia, funded by the Ministry for Arts, Culture and Sports of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
since 04/05	Lecturer for Photography at the School for Fine Arts, Rostock, Germany
2005	Cofounder of the Network for New Subjective Photography, a network of photography artists
03/04-08/04	Scholarship of the city of Rostock, Germany
09/00-04/01	intern at the well recognised photography magazine “Creative Camera”, London, UK
10/98-09/03	Graphic-Design Studies at the School for Applied Arts, Heiligendamm, later at the University of Wismar, Germany; diploma in Graphic Design, specialising in experimental photography
04/97-10/98	graphic designer at the Dept. of Archaeology of Saxony, Germany; since then working as a freelance graphic designer and photography artist
1984-94	Member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor, an internationally well-known german boy choir
1982-94	School and Gymnasium, A-Level at the Kreuzgymnasium Dresden
1976	born in Dresden, Germany

prizes

2009	Rostocker Kunstpreis 2009, Art Prize of the City of Rostock 2009
2001	1st Prize (with Katrin Lösel and Anke Luckmann) for an image campaign for the county of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
1999	1st Prize (with Nadine Jänsch) for the design of a mascot for the Criminal Investigation Department of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

scholarships and grants

2008	Travel grant by Künstlerhaus Plüschow, Germany for the Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, Virginia, USA
2008	Inaugural Research Fellow at the Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2005	Travel grant of the Ministry for Arts, Culture and Sports of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2004	Scholarship of the city of Rostock, Germany

publications

2007	Tim Kellner – Land Of Grace, exhibition catalogue, 104 p with b&w images, 12,7×20,6cm hard-cover, EDITION Roter Pavillon
2006	Refusal Of Reality – Subjective Positions In Contemporary Photography, exhibition catalogue, 164 p with color and b&w images, 21×30,5cm hard-cover, KERBER-Edition Young Art
2003	“Glaube Liebe Hoffnung – Eine Reise in das Bilderdenken”, artist book, 156 p with color and b&w images, hard-cover

exhibitions

solo shows

2010	»Tim Kellner – I Am Not There«, Gallery wolkenbank kunst+räume, Rostock, Germany
2009	»Tim Kellner – Portraits and Stages«, Kunstgalerie am Weissen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany
2007	»Tim Kellner – Land Of Grace«, Kunstverein Roter Pavillon Bad Doberan, Germany
2006	»Tim Kellner – Photography«, Galerie im Kloster, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
2006	»Tim Kellner – Photography«, Foyer für junge Kunst, Hypovereinsbank Rostock, Germany
2004	»Space Signs (work in progress)«, KaiBarCafé showroom, Wismar, Germany
2004	»londontown«, b&w photography, gallery Jule Müller, Bad Doberan, gallery Instant, Frankfurt/Main and Rosengarten, Berlin, Germany
2003	»londontown E.A.«, gum print series, city gallery Remscheid, Germany
2002	»Italian Journey«, colour photography and Super8 film, Garage House, University of Wismar, Germany
2002	»Kruzianer – A Story About Pride«, b&w photography, Kreuzkirche, Dresden, Germany
1999	»Wine Road of Saxony«, b&w photography, gallery-café Max, Dresden, Germany

group shows

2010	»Jeder Tag ist eine Reise«, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow, Germany
2010	»Tim Kellner & Wanja Tolko – With Repose and Patience«, Max-Planck-Institut, Greifswald, Germany
2009	»Rostocker Kunstpreis 2009«, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
2009	»SPRACHE«, german-french exchange programme Rostock-Dunkerque at Gallery wolkenbank kunst+räume, Rostock, Germany
2008	»From 08 To 09«, group exhibition at the Art Society »Roter Pavillon Bad Doberan e.V.«, Bad Doberan, Germany
2008	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition curated by Tim Kellner, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2008	»Tim Kellner – Photography«, cabinet for young art, Gallery Nehring&Stern, Bad Doberan, Germany
2008	Works of the Ateliers, Art School Rostock, Germany
2008	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
2007	»IN SITU – Four photographers conversing about place«, group exhibition at gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007	Til Faber & Marc W1353l »24h – Temporäre Pilgerorte« (temporary places of pilgrimage), Galerie Framework, Hennef, Germany
2007	»Tim Kellner and Janet Riedel – Photography« at the Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2007	Til Faber and Marc W1353l unasked contribution to the Documenta12 with an installation about »Terrorism, G8 and Western Security Thinking«, Kassel and Heiligendamm, Germany
2007	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2007	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, installation along the railway, Münzviertel Hamburg, Germany
2007	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Künstlerhaus Plüschow, Baumhaus Wismar, Germany
2007	»When the clock strikes eighteen«, group exhibition, Gallery Zone-B, Berlin
2007	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, Germany
2006	»DoublePortrait«, Tim Kellner and Thilo Pulch, Photography, gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Spinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2006	»Zeitgeist Unbehagen / Discontent Zeitgeist« Part III+IV, exhibition with W1353L under the pseudonym »TILFABER«, installation with photography, »Plüschow-Lounge«, Plüschow Castle, Germany
2006	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Kunstverein Roter Pavillon, Bad Doberan and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Rostock, Germany
2006	»Refusal Of Reality«, group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, Germany
2005	»Refusal Of Reality«, first group exhibition of the »Network For New Subjective Photography«, Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, Germany
2005	»Plüschow-Lounge«, group exhibition of painting, installation, video and photography, Plüschow Castle, Germany
2005	»ProFigura«, group exhibition, gallery ArtFuhrmann, Rostock, Germany
2005	»Exhibition[ed] Guest[s]«, exhibition with Marc W1353L under the pseudonym »Til Faber«. Photography and installation, Philosophy and Art Space, Wismar, Germany
2005	group exhibition of holders of the scholarship of Rostock, Gallery at the Old Market, Rostock, Germany
2005	»The Mystery of Absence«, photography and painting, double exhibition with Katrin Amft, Heinrich Böll Foundation Rostock, Germany and gallery »Privatwerk« Schwerin, Germany
2004	»Conceived Realities«, group exhibition of the photography class of Knut Wolfgang Maron, Wismar and Rostock, Germany
2004	»DivergenceKonvergence«, group exhibition, photography class of Knut Wolfgang Maron, Wismar and Rostock, Germany
2003	»Belief Love Hope / Religious Experiences« (diploma), exhibition with Marc Grümmert, House 8, Heiligendamm, Germany
2003	»Zeitgeist Unbehagen / Discontent Zeitgeist« Part I, exhibition with Marc W1353L under the pseudonym »Til Faber«, gum prints and installation, gallery Block 20, Wismar, Germany
2002	»Total Analogue Photography«, group exhibition, photography class of Knut Wolfgang Maron, Baumhaus gallery, Wismar, Germany