Stefan Saffer
lives and works in Kingston NY and Berlin DE
e: safferstefan@gmail.com
Education
2003 Whitney Museum ISP program
1997-98 Master of Fine Arts, Goldsmiths, London
1992-96 Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (Master Student of Professor R.G. Dienst)
Prizes and Stipendium
2019 Wassiac Project, Wassiac NY
2011 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2009 Sølyst Artists in Residence Center, Jyderup, Denmark
2005 Delfina Studios, London, Stipendium, Kultursenat der Stadt Berlin, Berlin
2003-4 Whitney ISP Program, Architecture and Urban Art Section, New York
2003 Bauhaus Kolleg, Bauhaus Stiftung, Dessau
2001-2 USA Reisestipendium, Kulturministerium des Bayrischen Staates, Residency, New York
2000 Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Architecture, UK(public works)
1999 Camden Art Center, Artists in Residence
1998 Nachwuchsfoerderpreis fuer Bildende Kunst, Kultusminsiterium des Bayrischen Staates, München
1997 DAAD Austauschstipendium, Goldsmiths University, London Debütantenpreis des bayrischen Staates, Katalog remix
1995-6 Austauschstipendium der Akademie der Bildenenden Künste Nürnberg für Krakau
1993 Zweiter Preis der Danner Stiftung München Reisestipendium der Industrie und Handelskammer Nürnberg
Solo Exhibitions/ Projects
2025 Musical Chairs, 24/7 Gallery, ArtPort Kingston, NY, USA
2020/21 power of three, Berlin Private Salon, Berlin Germany
2019 Share-A-Chair, O+ Festival, Kingston, New York
2018 Cutting Corners, Window Projects, Kingston NY
2015 InsideOuT, permanent Installation and facade, Commission for HSK GmbH Nuremberg, at Bundesagentur für Arbeit
2014 Mind The Gap, Ausstellung in der Galerie von SoundCloud, Berlin
KonKon, Alea101, Sauerbruch und Hutton Architekten, Berlin Alexanderplatz
2013 Jump Off A Table and Miss the Ground..., Karen Blixen Museet, Copenhagen, DK
2012 DAS GOLD AN!, Kurz GmbH, Fürth
2009 Neue Fugen, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
2008 Alienation: Stefan Saffer, Kate MacGarry, London
About Face, kehrt Euch!, Project Space Brunnenstrasse 22, Berlin
One Guitar, Two shoes and Countless Holes, Sloan Fine Art, New York
Unter Teppichen, Kohlenhof Kunstverein Nürnberg e.V., Nürnberg
2007 unfold, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
We3, Merrill Lynch Atrium, Hopewell, New Jersey
2006 neue spielregeln- faltungen, schitte und bewegung, Claus Semerak Galerie, Munich
New Works, Villa Grisebach Gallery, Berlin (with Sabine Fassl)
2004 Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum, Gartenskulptur, Staatliches Hochbauamt Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg
Camping Berlin, Project, müllerdechiara, Berlin
Stefan Saffer, Kate MacGarry, London
1999 O.T., Gallery Koch und Kesslau, Berlin
s/w, aroma büro, Berlin
1998 Sandwich Project, curated experimental shows in the public space, Bricklane, London
1996 Sparring, Traude Näke Gallerie, Nürnberg
1995 Triathlon, Galerie Traude Näke, Nürnberg
1994 Orangeade, Galerie Birner, Nürnberg
Group Exhibitions/ Projects
2024 MAKERs and MOVERs, Art06870, Old Greenwich, CT
2024 Captured Perspectives, Art06870, Old Greenwich, CT
2020/21 PLAY, Museum Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
2021 Habitat for the Arts, Kingston, NY
DRAWN TOGETHER: A group exhibition of works on paper, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Kingston Annual, Art Society Kingston, Kingston NY
Walk By Art Show, O Positive, Kinsgton, NY
HOLIDAY, LabSpace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY
We Are All In This Together, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY
2019 Haunted Mill, Wassiac Project, Wassiac, New York
Second Nature, Kingston Pop Museum, Kingston, NY
2018 Hanging on a line, Made in Kingston, Kingston, NY
2017 Living, Garden Salon, New York, NY
2016 Meet us here, Salon Space Mitte, Berlin
2014 ArtPark, Soho PS3 PopUp, New York
Imaginary Travels- Off on an Adventure, Galerie Marstall, Ahrensberg, Germany
Final Cut, Horst Janssen Museum Oldenburg, Germany
2013 Just Paper, Galerie Hrobsky, Vienna, Austria
The Infinity Show, Contemporary Art Northampton, UK
2012 Imaginäre Reisen, Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany
Color Go- Lightly… An Homage to Color, Gallery Valentine Project Space, Bridgehampton, NY
Und der Gewinner ist..., Kunstvilla, Kunsthaus, Nürnberg
2011 Drops of Green-Der Große Skulpturenpark, Deutscher Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin
Modified Expression, National Craft Gallery/ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011, Kilkenny, Ireland
Built and Cut-Out Papier: Gebaut und Ausgeschnitten, Österreichisches Papier Museum Steyrermühl, Austria
2010 Über Lebenskunst,.. Austertraum, project by Stefan Saffer & Birgit Schneider, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Not about Karen Blixen, curated by Michelle Eistrup/ Anders Juhl, Karen Blixen Museum, Copenhagen
Cut X, curated by Hans-Peter Miksch, Kunst Galerie Fürth
Mit Ecken und Kanten, curated by Dr. Annette Ludwig, Städtische Museen Heilbronn
CELEBRATION!, uqbar, Project Space, Berlin
Pastiche, When a tree falls in the forest…, Sølyst Art Center, Jyderup, Denmark
On Paper, Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zeichnen, curated by Uwe Jonas, Galerie Refugim, Berlin
Painting Und, Remise Bludenz, Bludenz, Austria
2009 Zeigen, eine Audiotour, curated by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Scherenschnitte – Kontur pur, Museum Bellerive, Zürich
Lebt und arbeitet in ..., Kunsthaus, Nürnberg
Flyvefisken, Sølyst Project Space, Jyderup, Denmark
Viewing Room, curated by Jeremy Adams, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
Minton's Playhouse, curated by Katharina Schlüter / Caravan Berlin, Artnews Project Space, Berlin
Cut It Out: Contemporary Papercut, Otter Gallery, Chichester, UK, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton UK, Maidstone Museum, Bentliff Art Gallery, Kent, UK
Lynchmob, curated by Emily Trice and Christopher David, HBC Berlin
Quietly, Luxe Gallery, New York
2008 Backstop, Galerie oqbo, Berlin
Im Gegenlicht-Scherenschnitt und Schattenbild, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieten
After Minimalism, Wilde Gallery, Berlin
Summer Salon Part II, Sloan Fine Art, New York
Der Garten Eden, Caravan Project, curated by Katharina Schlüter, Berlin
Holland Papier Biënnale, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk and CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Holland
Cantilever, Collyer Bristow Gallery, curated by Eliza Gluckman and Lucy Day, London
Dienstschluss, Ehren Prof. Rolf Gunter Dienst, Galeriehaus Defet, Nuernberg
Wunderlust: Berlin, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and Galerie Invaliden 1, Berlin
2007 Ex-tra, Claus Semerak Galerie, Munich
Quiet Riot, March Gallery, curated by Karolyn Hatton, New York
Berlin Flatfiles, PIEROGI Leipzig at Artnews Projects, Berlin
Beauty is in the Streets, curator Gerry Beegan, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Bronx River Art Center, NY
In Context, collage + abstraction, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, (catalogue)
Geschnitte Bilder, Delank Galerie, Cologne
2006 The Space Between, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin
MRKS & SPNCR, Delfina Gallery, Delfina Studio Trust, London
Landscape is in the eye of the beholder, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin
Crossing, organized by Christina Linden and Katharina Pilz, Viktoria Quartier, Berlin
Deutschland-Polen, Galerie Zero, Berlin
Cut, curated by Amanda Coulson, Voges + Partner Galerie, Franfurt am Main
Eigenheim, everything but the kitchen sink, curated by Bernd Milla, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen
Two weeks notice, curated Stefanie Sabo, RASA Gallery Hangar Space, Los Angeles, CA
Vanishing Points, curated by Francesca Piovano, Studio Space, London
Viewing Club 6, organized by David Tidball, The Umbridge Arms, London
Cluster, curated by Katie Holten, Participant Inc, New York/ Espacio El Particular Mexico City
2005 Paper Works, curated by Edzard Brahms, Villa Grisebach Galerie, Berlin
The Law of Large Numbers, curated by Milika Muritu, Cell Porjects, London
Looking at Words, The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
A Monument for Light, Einstein Forum Potsdam
Stefan Saffer & Stephen Craig, Villa Grisebach Gallery, Berlin
www.minimuseum.org.uk, by Catherine Story, London
Okkupationen, PW & Nicoline Van Harskamp curated by Jonas & Schumacher, Neukölln, Berlin
The Shadow, curated by Christine Buhl Andersen, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø, Denmark
Papier=Kunst 5, curated by Elisabeth Claus, Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg
Urban Circulations, public works, curated by Judith Schwarzbarth & Ute Tischlet, Lichtenberg, Berlin
Portfolio Siemens, Siemens Arts Programm and Corporate Communications Siemens UK (PW)
2004 Platz Finden, public works and Peter Arlt, Linz, Austria
Newspapers, Gallery Cristinerose Josée Bienvenue, New York
New Drawing, UTS Gallery, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
2003 Schnipseljagd – Paper Chase, müllerdechiara, Berlin
EU Trade Servcies, Bow Arts Festival, London
Paper Works, Kate MacGarry, London
America, bgf plattform, Berlin
Shadow Cabinets, public works, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel & Apex Art, New York
Dot City, Bauhaus Kolleg, Bauhaus Stiftung, Dessau
Cut Outs, Gallerie Barbara Gross, Munich
von null auf hundert, public works, curated by Bernd Milla, Deutscher Kuenstlerbund, Berlin
laufend informieren, public works, Reuter Kiez, Berlin
Parasite Paradise, Explorama, Utrecht (public works)
2002 Laufend informieren, an ongoing mapping & research project at the Reuter Kiezes, Berlin
Happy Birthday, by A.Mir at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
ufer – los, Planungsworkshop Maybachufer, im Reuter Kiez, Berlin
Strike, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, England
Mobile Porch, West Bromwhich, Birmingham, England
Architecture, Kenny Schachter Contemporary, New York USA
Fitting, art/design project with fire workers, Feuerwehr FW 10, Munich
2001 Zwischenraum II, Satellite Projects, New York
Lets Get to Work, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery & Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA, Susquehana Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Zwischenraum, Sattelite Project, New York
Business to Business, Rampe 003, Berlin
Finder II, concept for Mobile Porch at Bloomberg, London
Mobile Porch meets the Mannesmann, Pilot Development, Munich
WmK Mobil, Kunstprojekte Riem, Munich
SchattenRisse, Kunstbau / Lenbachhaus, Munich
if we were kings, Kulturhaus Adlershof, Berlin (curated von Ute Tischler)
2000 Mobile Porch, a multifunctional urban toy, Westway, NKAT, (curated by Georgia Ward), London
Business to Business, Rampe 003, Berlin
Parking, The Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Miranda, PARC, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK
Include Me Out, Temporary Space, London
Franconian Hearts Beat for…., CCA, Siège, France (with Wapke Feenstra)
Unsere Mauer, mit Steffanie Poellot, Nuernberg
mottomix, at OTTO Copenhagen
Cargo, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
1999 Surprise IV, Kunsthalle Nürnberg (curated by Ellen Seifermann)
Nice to meet you, Kunstbunker Nürnberg (co-curated by Gavin Wade)
Picnics, Camden Art Centre, London
Happy Hobby, tablet gallery, London (curated by Kate Macgarry)
Set, group show, The Freak Brothers, Paris (curated by Renauld Bezy)
Ausstellung der Staatsförderpreisträger, BBK, München
homeless project, Mota Gallery, London
1998 Interventionen, Mannesmann Pilotentwicklung, München (curated by artcircolo)
cluster bomb, Morrisson-Judd Gallery, London
Container – Ausstellung, von A. Knobloch, Kölln
Surfacing, curated by Emma Dexter, ICA, London
Car, Lager Galerie, Berlin
Cookie, Kingsgate Gallery, London
In Significant’s, Ocean Project, Malmö, Sweden
Flashpoint, The Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
I can’t see Texas from here, Private house, London
SET, Die Garage, Bonn
1997 pinpoint, curated by Kay Nyborg, Overgaden Artspace, Copenhagen
hallo, Kunsakakdemie, Nürnberg
jubilant, van Nagsael Museum, Rotterdam
sub, curated by Martin Kaltwasser Elektrizitätswerk, Paul-Linke Ufer, Berlin
scan, Norishalle, Nürenberg
1996 jahresgaben, Kunstverein Nuernberg
Kunstraum Franken, Kunsthalle, Nürnberg
Set, Neue Galerie Dachau
Halle eins, Gallerie Koestring Maier, München
stuki na murze, curated by Stefan Saffer, Stadtmauer von Krakau
1995 artservice, curated by Daniel Pies und Bernd Kraus, Hildesheim
Positionen und Tendenzen, Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nürnberg
Herbstsalon, Galerie Traude Näke, Nürnberg
Weihnachtsausstellung, Galerie Köstring Maier, München
Station 8, curated by Albert Weis, Ausstellung im Hospital München
1994 lab, (mit Bernd Kraus) Galerie INTERIM, Nürnberg
Entdeckungsreise, Kunsthaus, Nürnberg
Exposition Franco-Allemand, Rennes, France
Kunststudenten stellen aus, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn