Any dogma is rooted in our incapacity

„Any dogma is rooted in our incapacity
to accept our contradictions“S.W.
* 1970 in Stuttgart, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Deutschlandgeschichtenerzähler,
Galerie 35, Berlin
2006
"footfood - Betrachtungen zur Identität:
Männer, Nationen und Fußball"
Galerie Naumann
Galerienhaus Stuttgart (Germany)
2005
"Hunting on Foreign Ground"
Galerie Romain Rolland/ Alliance Française, New-Delhi, India
"Hunting on Foreign Ground"
Alliance Française, Chandigarh, Pondicherry, India
"The Same and the Other"
Max Mueller Bhavan/ Goethe-Institut, Calcutta, India
2003
„res publica“, Mairie de Paris, Paris, France
2002
„George in Paradise“, Return to Art Gallery,
Goethe-Institut, Dublin, Ireland
1999
„Haus Deutschland“, Berlin-Rahnsdorf, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2006
"Metrospective: Visual Representations of Metrosexuality"
Galerie Romain Rolland/ Alliance Française, New-Delhi, India
"FLUIDE"
Thuin, Belgium
2005
"Metrospective: Visual Representations of Metrosexuality"
Kitab Mahal Gallery, Bombay, India
2004
„herkunft niemandsland“, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
2002
„Echo“, Sirius Arts Center, Cobh, Ireland
1999
„The Memory of the Future“, Altes Postfuhramt,
Berlin, Germany
ACTIONS/ PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS
2003
„Wir haben schon zu viel mit angesehen“,
Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal, Weimar, Germany
„Ausverkauf“, „SWKK“, „Comprimés“,
UNESCO-Platz, Weimar, Germany
„El pueblo ideal“, Provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba
„Cultúra“, Provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba
2002
„I came to Ireland for Laundering“, river Lee, Cork, Ireland
„Echo Eco Echo“ (collaboration), Cork, Ireland
2000
„Das Rad der Vollkommenheit“, river Spree, Berlin, Germany
„Sieg-Siège“, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
1999
„Red Ball“, railway stations, Berlin, Germany
AUDIOVISUAL WORKS
2001
art direction, „Siete días, Siete noches“ by Joel Cano,
Havana/Provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba
2000
„Le Temps des Pudeurs“, Radio France/France Culture,
Paris, France
STAGE DESIGN
2005
"Résidence secondaire",
Christophe Haleb/La Zouze
concept and textile sculptures
RESIDENCIES/ AWARDS
2004
Académie franco-indienne, French Embassy,
New-Delhi, India
2003
Studio residency, Cité Internationale Universitaire,
Paris, France
European Studio Program, ACC Galerie,
Weimar, Germany
2002
Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes/map,
National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland
Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskellig, Ireland
EDUCATION
1996 - 1997
drawing class, Ateliers Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1995 - 1996
BA(Hons) Fine Art Painting Course,
Norwich School of Art & Design, Norwich, U.K.
1994 - 1995
Diploma Foundation Course in Art & Design
Central School of Speech & Drama, London, U.K.
1990 - 1992
drama and Franco-German Studies,
University Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Paris, France
Stephan Weitzel lives and works mainly
in Marseille and Paris, France