curriculum vitae

04/10 Artist Residency at La PlateForme, Dunkerque, France
08/09 Co-founder Artist Collaborative SCHAUM
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
2006-07 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, scholarships and grants

2011 Artist Collective SCHAUM wins transnational contest “Demonstrator” in Kalmar, Sweden
2011 Grant of the Ministry for Arts, Culture and Sports of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2009 Rostocker Kunstpreis 2009, Art Prize of the City of Rostock 2009
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

2012 SCHAUM#3 – Windfinger Project, newspaper, 8 p b&w
2011 SCHAUM#2 – art magazine, 56 p color, 33×22cm, un-bound double pages with letter folded paperboard cover
2011 Alexandra Lotz, Tim Kellner, Marc W1353L – exhibition catalogue, 20 p color, 21×14,8cm, soft cover
2010 SCHAUM#1 – exhibition catalogue, 64 p color, 21×14,8cm, soft cover
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 Gallery wolkenbank kunst+räume, Rostock, Germany
2009 Kunstgalerie am Weissen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany
2007 Kunstverein Roter Pavillon Bad Doberan, Germany
2006 Galerie im Kloster, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
2006 Foyer für junge Kunst, Hypovereinsbank Rostock, Germany
2004 »Space Signs (work in progress)«, KaiBarCafé, Wismar, Germany
2004 »londontown«, Instant Gallery, Frankfurt/Main and Rosengarten, Berlin, Germany
2003 »londontown E.A.«, city gallery Remscheid, Germany
2002 »Italian Journey«, Garage House, University of Wismar, Germany
2002 »Kruzianer – A Story About Pride«, Kreuzkirche, Dresden, Germany
1999 b&w photography, Max, Dresden, Germany

group shows

2012 »What are you hiding?«, Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn, Germany
2012 Alexandra Lotz & Tim Kellner – »BWV1010«, Kalmar, Sweden
2012 SCHAUM – »Windfinger«, Kalmar, Sweden
2011 SCHAUM – »Showing Balls 2«, Ahrenshoop, Germany
2011 SCHAUM – Showing Balls, Kunstverein zu Rostock, Germany
2010 »Mince Pies#1 – braun«, Gallery wolkenbank kunst+räume, Rostock, Germany
2010 SCHAUM in Plüschow, Plüschow-Lounge, Schloss Plüschow, Germany
2010 Wanja Tolko & Tim Kellner: Früher sah es hier schöner aus, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig, Germany
2010 »Jeder Tag ist eine Reise«, 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, Germany
2008 »From 08 To 09«, Roter Pavillon, Bad Doberan, Germany
2008 »Refusal Of Reality«, curated by Tim Kellner, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2008 Rundgang08, Kunst.Schule.Rostock., Germany
2008 »Refusal Of Reality«, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
2007 »IN SITU«, gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007 Til Faber & Marc W1353l: »24h – Temporäre Pilgerorte«, Framework, Hennef, Germany
2007 Tim Kellner and Janet Riedel, Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2007 Til Faber & Marc W1353l: unasked contribution to the Documenta12, Kassel and Heiligendamm, Germany
2007 »Refusal Of Reality«, Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2007 »Refusal Of Reality«, installation, Münzviertel Hamburg, Germany
2007 »Refusal Of Reality«, Künstlerhaus Plüschow, Baumhaus Wismar, Germany
2007 »When the clock strikes eighteen«, Gallery Zone-B, Berlin
2007 »Refusal Of Reality«, Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, Germany
2006 Thilo Pulch & Tim Kellner: »DoublePortrait«, gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 »Refusal Of Reality«, Spinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2006 »Zeitgeist Unbehagen/Discontent Zeitgeist« Part III+IV, Schloss Plüschow, Germany
2006 »Refusal Of Reality«, Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, Germany
2005 »Refusal Of Reality«, Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, Germany
2005 »Plüschow-Lounge«, Schloss Plüschow, Germany
2005 »ProFigura«, artFuhrmann, Rostock, Germany
2005 Marc W1353L & Til Faber: »Exhibition[ed] Guest[s]«, Philosophy and Art Space, Wismar, Germany
2005 Galerie am Alten Markt, Rostock, Germany
2005 Katrin Amft & Tim Kellner »The Mystery of Absence«, Böll-Stiftung Rostock, Privatwerk Schwerin, Germany
2004 »Conceived Realities«, photography class Knut Wolfgang Maron, Wismar and Rostock, Germany
2004 »DivergenceConvergence«, photography class Knut Wolfgang Maron, Wismar and Rostock, Germany
2003 »Faith Love Hope«, House 8, Heiligendamm, Germany
2003 Marc W1353L & Til Faber: »Zeitgeist Unbehagen / Discontent Zeitgeist« Part I, Block 20, Wismar, Germany
2002 »Total Analogue Photography«, photography class Knut Wolfgang Maron, Baumhaus, Wismar, Germany