Biography
German CV as Joachim-Seinfeld-CV-2025-German.pdf
Born in 1962 in Paris, France
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
1987
Graduation at the Academy of Fine Art in Florence/IT
Teaching
1995
Teaching assignment at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow/PL
2011
Teaching assignment at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts Liège/BE
2018
Lecturing at Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin
Awards, Grants and Residencies
1994
Menschen und Rechte/ Heinrich-Heine-Award of the BBK of Augsburg
Land Niedersachsen
EU Tempus Stipendium
Goethe Institut, DAAD, IFA-Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen,
Artist in Residence Museumsquartier, Vienna
Collections
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Museum Parchim, Jewish Museum Prague, National Gallery Prague, Collection Gomes de Pinho (Institute Seralves) Portugal,
and other private collections in Germany, Italy, USA, Turkey, Slovenia, Czech Republic, France and other countries.
Selected Solo Shows
2016
HeimatReisen in Dresden/DE
2014
WWI exhibition, Museum for Military History, Dresden
Wahre Lügen; Egbert Baqué Contemporary, Berlin (mit Claus Feldmann)
StadtRandLeben; Galerie M, Berlin
2011
Neighbours: Berlino e oltre; artmbassy, Berlin
Neighbours: Present – Past…and what lies in between; Schneidertempel Art Center, Istanbul/TR
2009
PlattenSpieler; Galerie M, Berlin
2008
Re-construction of time; artMbassy, Berlin (with Veronika Witte and Karen Lebergott)
2006
Beisl Balagan– Podróz do Polski; fabs, Gallery, Warsaw/PL
Doppelte Erlebnisdichte; Galerie Adlergasse, Dresden (with Andreas Sachsenmaier)
Versprechen; Delicatessenhaus, Leipzig (with Andreas Sachsenmaier)
2005
Friendly Fire – seinfeld IM meinblau; Meinblau e. V., Berlin
1999
Tra noi e loro, Galleria Bordone, Milan/IT
Zeit, GaDeWe, Bremen/DE
1997
Response – Odpowiadac; KunstRaum Berlin
Die Flüchtigkeit der Stadt; HO-Galerie, Berlin
1995
Galleria Bordone, Milan/IT
Meyer-Velde – Seinfeld – H. Penschuck; Galerie 68-elf, Cologne/DE
1994
Schicht um Schicht; Block 16, Hannover/DE
1993
Eingerichte; Overgaden, Gallery of the Ministry of Culture, Copenhagen/DK
Spuren, Kulturmodell, Passau/DE
Kunst im Foyer; State Theatre Oldenburg/DE
1992
Bildobjekte – Objektbilder; Galerie 149, Bremerhaven/DE
1991
Gegen-einander-über; KARG, Oldenburg/DE
Selected Group Shows
2025
Aliens Anywhere; Meinblau Projektraum, Berlin
Je t‘aime – l‘arte contro la violenza sulle donne; M;AIIIM Lab, Genova
Kunst der Täuschung; Museum Parchim in der Kulturmühle, Parchim
2024
Ephemera; GDM Contemporary, Ostrava, CZ
2023
Strange Things; Südböhmische Galerie und Universität von Ostrava, Hluboká nad Vltavou, CZ
2022
International Festival of Phortography; Busan,
How to Disappear, Bremen
Histories of Violence; Meinblau Projektraum, Berlin
2021
The Cinematic Moment; Tor218 Artlab, Berlin
Sehnsucht nach dem Jetzt; Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf
SEGRETE Tracce di Memoria – XIII ed.; Torre Grimaldina di Palazzo Ducale, Genua; kuratiert von V. Monteverde
2020
Sehnsucht nach dem Jetzt; Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin;
GEH, Dresden
2019
Besetzung von Utopien; Mororenhalle, riesa efau Dresden
Fly me to the Moon; duplex projekte, Berlin
The X Part II (Anniversary) Show, WHITECONCEPTS Gallery, Berlin/DE
2018
Transformation; EnterArtFoundation, Bunker K101, Cologne/DE
R_E_Volution 1918/2018, Motorenhalle, riesa efau, Dresden/DE
Next Image – The Past of the Future, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu/KR
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century at Artist House, Tel Aviv/IL
2017
EnterArtFoundation, Kantgarage, Berlin
Zeig Dich! on occasion of the Deutscher Kirchentag, Zwinglikirche, Berlin/DE
Golem, Musée d‘art et d‘histoire du Judaisme, Paris/FR
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century; NCCA Baltic Branch, Kaliningrad/RU
2016
Golem, Jewish Museum, Berlin/DE
Transitional Societies; NON Asia Contemporary Art Platform, Berlin/DE
Facing the Future; Egbert Baqué Contemporary, Berlin/DE
Project Art Vending Machine, Jewish Museum, Berlin/DE
2015
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century; Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem/CZ Içimdeki Melegi Öldürdüm; Akademililer Sanat Merkezi, Beyoglu/Istanbul/TR
One Square Metre, Municipal Galerie Berlin/DE
Intersections; Pfaueninsel; Egbert Baqué Contemporary, Berlin/DE
Anmerkungen zum Beginn des kurzen Jahrhunderts; Freiraum Quartier 21 International Museumsquartier, Vienna/AT
Project Art Vending Mashine, Jewish Museum Berlin
2014
Postcolonial Flagship Store; Quartier 21, Vienna/AT
Das kurze 20. Jahrhundert, riesa efau Motorenhalle, Dresden/DE
Dangerous – A Visual Interpretation of Adverse Events; Spreeviera Galerie, Berlin/DE
Intermezzo #2; Mila Kunstgalerie, Berlin/DE
2013
A Tribute to David Bowie – Hauptstrasse, Egbert Baqué Gallery, Berlin/DE
2012
Potrayal/Betrayal, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara/USA
Broadcast, Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin/DE
2011
Folge der Generationen, Motorenhalle, Dresden/DE
Contrary Voices, Changeable Realities, Kare Sanat Gallery, Istanbul/TR
Ostrale, Dresden/DE
2010
Canakkale Biennial, Canakkale/TR
Presentation of the works of the competition for “Denkzeichen Georg Elser”, Berlin/DE
2009
artHAUS; curated by Thomas Schirmböck, Los Angeles-Venice/USA
Ohne Uns!; Riesa e.V., Dresden/DE
Where Is My Privacy; Casa Dell‘arte, Istanbul/TR
Space Matrix 01, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
On Tectonics of History; ISCP, New York/USA
2008
Zur Tektonik der Geschichte, Motorenhalle, Dresden/DE
Bazaar – On Strategies of Risk; 5th Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin/DE
2007
On Tectonics of History, Wyspa Art Institute, Gdansk/PL
Artisti per Alcamo – Il fondo dell‘anima; Alcamo, Sicily/IT
Bazaar – On the Anatomy of the Art Market; Meinblau, Berlin/DE
2004
4 KS 2/63 – 40 Years of Auschwitz Trial, Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt/DE
Gallus-Haus, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin/DE
Hicetnunc 2004; San Vito al Tagliamento/IT
Sommersalon 2004; Kunstverein Schloss, Wiligrad/DE
Kunstlandschaft X; Kunsthaus Flora, Berlin/DE
2003
Bi-Rout; Goethe Institut, Beirut/LB
2002
Hicetnunc 2002; Villa Manin, Passariano/IT
Intervento II; Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo/IT
2001
KunstKnöpfe, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid/DE
1998
Manie, Galleria Bordone, Milan/IT
1997
Kunstlandschaft III, Symposion at Kunsthaus Flora, Berlin/DE
1996
Raum und der Raum, Galerie A&O, Berlin/DE
1991
11. AA-Kerk-Exhibition; Groningen, Netherlands