jakob ganslmeier

I am a photographer and filmmaker dismantling the visual representation of radical ideologies. In an era marked by the resurgence of extreme ideologies, I am interested in how visual arts can counteract radical political narratives and increase sensibility for social issues with conflicting perspectives.

about

awards, grants, residencies

  • 2024 ZOZ Academy
  • 2023 Spot Grant Stroom Den Haag
  • 2022 BBK Berlin Neustart Grant
  • 2022 Spot Grant Stroom Den Haag
  • 2021 shortlisted Kassel Dummy Award
  • 2021 ProfiFoto Young Talents Award
  • 2020 Blow Up Press | Shortlisted
  • 2020 Getxophoto | shortlisted
  • 2018 Lotto Foundation Young Talent Artprize
  • 2018 Studio Vortex Residency, Arles
  • 2018 Borderline Project | Exhibition, Residency
  • 2017 Photomatch, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland
  • 2017 shortlisted Joop Swaart Masterclass
  • 2016 participant of the NITs of the DOCfield>16 festival in Barcelona, Spain
  • 2016 shortlisted for the Kolga Photo Award 2016 Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2016 nominated for Joop Swaart Masterclass
  • 2015 European Exhibition Award (Epea 03) / scholarship, exhibition, catalogue
  • 2015 winner of competition "Blickkontakte" - Magazin Photopresse
  • 2014 mobile residency in Eastern Europe
  • 2013 Aenne Biermann Preis
  • 2012 Hil Award solo exhibitions, catalogue

exhibitions

  • 2024 GIGA | Foam Amsterdam (07.03.24 - 26.05.24)
  • 2024 Haut, Stein | Bärenzwinger, Berlin (09.05.24 - 21.07.24)
  • 2024 Fault Line | Art Rotterdam
  • 2024 A Mirrored Image | University of Amsterdam
  • 2024 Public Enlightenment: War Room | screening BLMK, Cottbus
  • 2023 Fault Line | Fotomuseum Den Haag
  • 2023 Redpilled | Gallery Nadan Berlin
  • 2023 If a Tree Fell in a Forest | Documentation Centre Bergen-Belsen
  • 2023 Tempest | Verzasca Fotofestival, Gordola
  • 2023 Thingstätten | Deutsches Haus, New York
  • 2023 A Mirrored Image | Screening at Stroom, Den Haag
  • 2023 Poetry Is Out of Place | Kreismuseum Wewelsburg
  • 2023 Lovely Planet: Poland | BWA Galeria, Zielona Gora, Poland
  • 2023 Trigger | Kulturmarkthalle Berlin
  • 2022 Poetry Is Out of Place | Commanders House Falstad Centre
  • 2022 Poetry Is Out of Place | Zwickau
  • 2022 Haut, Stein | Museum of Contemporary Art Kraków (MOCAK)
  • 2022 Lovely Planet: Polen | Parliament of Brandenburg
  • 2022 Haut, Stein | Fotograf Festival Prague | Fotograf Gallery
  • 2022 Haut, Stein| Fotograf Festival Prague | VI PER
  • 2022 Lovely Planet: Polen | BLMK Frankfurt Oder
  • 2022 Haut, Stein | NS Documentationcenter Cologne
  • 2021 Haut, Stein | Stéphane Hessel Platz, Weimar
  • 2021 Haut, Stein | Nordhausen
  • 2021 Haut, Stein | Villa Heinrichwerk, Ostritz
  • 2021 Bygone Nearby | Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine (postponed)
  • 2021 Thread | Royal College of Art, The Hague
  • 2021 Lovely Planet: Poland | Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Cottbus
  • 2020 Haut, Stein |Bastion Kronprinz Zitadelle Spandau
  • 2020 Haut, Stein | Museum of Modern Art, Krakow (postponed to 2022)
  • 2020 Haut, Stein | Installation in the permanent exhibition Zitadelle Spandau
  • 2020 Bygone, Nearby | Online Exhibition (www.bygone-nearby.co)
  • 2020 Parts-Unknown | online www.parts-unknown.co
  • 2020 Displaced Heritage, Goethe Institut Kiew (online) exhibition postponed to 2021
  • 2019 100 Years Bauhaus | Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Cottbus
  • 2019 Die Anderen sind wir | Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst , Cottbus
  • 2019 Neo-Right | BWA Galeria, Zielona Gora, Poland
  • 2019 Haut, Stein | Werkschau, FH Bielefeld
  • 2019 Borderline Project | Palace, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2019 Borderline Project | European University, Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 2019 Borderline Project | Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin
  • 2018 Lovely Planet: Poland (solo) | Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst , Cottbus
  • 2018 Lovely Planet: Poland, Passerelle, Trigger (solo) | Villa Böhm, Neustädter Kunstverein
  • 2018 Lotto Brandenburg Kunstpreis | Kunstraum Potsdam
  • 2018 Lovely Planet: Poland (solo) | Westwendischer Kunstverein (art association)
  • 2018 Artist Residency Exhibition by Studio Vortex | Gallerie Voiss Off Arles, Frankreich
  • 2018 Borderline Project | Club der polnischen Versager Berlin
  • 2018 Stadt Raum Portrait | aff Gallery, Berlin
  • 2018 Triennale of Photography, Hamburg | FHBFG Container
  • 2018 Lumix Festival Hannover | FHBFG Container
  • 2017 Epea 03 (European Exhibition Award) House of Photography | Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
  • 2017 Epea 03 (European Exhibition Award) Nobel Peace Center, Oslo Norwegen
  • 2017 Biennale Le latitudini dell'arte Genova, Italy
  • 2017 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, vhs-Galerie, Konstanz
  • 2017 Wiesbaden Days of Photography, Art House Wiesbaden
  • 2017 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis Forum Gestaltung, Magdeburg
  • 2017 Fotowettbewerb der Hoepfner-Stiftung, Industrie- und Handelskammer, Karlsruhe
  • 2016 Epea 03 (European Exhibition Award) Villa Argentina / Viareggio, Italy
  • 2016 Epea 03 (European Exhibition Award) Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian / Paris, France
  • 2016 BUDE BETT BARGELD / LICHT UNSERER TAGE Ruhrtriennale Jahrhunderthalle Bochum
  • 2016 European Month of Photography at Mein Blau - FOG documentaries dispersed
  • 2016 "Clearly Ambiguous" at SMAC Gallery, Berlin
  • 2015 FOG excerpts, Kunsthalle Hannover
  • 2015 Deutscher Jugendfoto-Preis, Deutsche Historisches Museum, Berlin
  • 2015 Keep Your Eyes Peeled, AFF Gallerie, Berlin
  • 2014 Vice-Versa-Gallery, Berlin
  • 2014 SEZ - Abschlussausstellung Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
  • 2013 Aenne Biermann Preis, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Gera
  • 2013 Projektraum, Berlin
  • 2013 dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus
  • 2013 Goethe Institut Zagreb / Kroatien, Gallery Principij, Rijeka
  • 2013 Photographic Museum of Humanity
  • 2013 Heinrich Böll Stiftung (solo), Berlin
  • 2013 Synagoge Deidesheim (solo)
  • 2013 Hohenstauffensaal (solo), Anweiler
  • 2012 centre d'art passerelle, Brest / France
  • 2011 Galerie Baustelle, Berlin
  • 2010 Paraty em Foco, Paraty / Brazil

teaching / workshops

  • HTW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, teaching
  • KABK, Photography BA, How to Thrive, workshop
  • Fotografika Academy, St. Petersburg, teaching
  • HTW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, workshop
  • BLMK Cottbus workshop about right-wing symbolism, workshop
  • KABK, Photography BA, individual mentorship
  • Buchenwald, Weimar, with streetworkers about rightextremism, workshop
  • Recife, Brazil, NGO Mira Sol, Workshop
  • Goethe Institut Ukraine, workshops in Marburg, Berlin, Beryslaw, Kiev, Kovel, Sumy, Warsaw, Bilgoraj and Glogowek

lecture / artist talks

  • Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, artist talk
  • Royal College of Art, London, artist talk
  • Undisciplining Photography in cooperation with Nederlands Fotomuseum, artist talk
  • Staffordshire University, lecture
  • Deichtorhallen Hamburg, artist talk
  • Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, artist talk
  • Körber foundation, Hamburg, artist talk
  • Foundation Gulbenkian, Paris, artist talk
  • Deichtorhallen, House of Photography, Hamburg, lecture
  • Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, artist talk
  • Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, lecture

published books

  • Lovely Planet: Poland, published by Edition Cantz
  • Thread, self published
  • Trigger, self published

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