Bosse Sudenburg was born in 1975 in Magdeburg, Germany. He lives and works in Berlin. Right now his's doing his post-MFA studies/exams (Meisterschüler) with Heinz Emigholz (UdK Berlin). The artist received grants from DAAD and NICA for a residency at Hunter College in New York where his work was shown in the 2005 MFA show. In 2006, he had a solo-exhibition at NewYorkRioTokyo in Berlin. Sudenburg’s films and videos were presented at the following festivals: Insurrection International, Chicago (2007); Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Madrid/Berlin (2006/7); Cinema Abstracta, Rom (2006); EmergeAndSee, Berlin (2006). Concurrently with this gallery exhibition at Metro.

Education:

2007 Meisterschüler / Heinz Emigholz (University of the Arts Berlin)
2006 Travel-grant / Paris
2000-06 Experimental Film-making/ Heinz Emigholz & Fine Arts / Stan Douglas (UdK-Berlin)
2006 DAAD-Scholarship / New York
2005 NICA-Scholarship / Hunter College / New York
2004 Erasmus-Scholarship / University of the West / Bristol (UK)
1996-98 History of Art & Cultural Science / University Leipzig

Solo-shows:

2007 "The Tournament Show" / Galerie Metro / Berlin
2007 "Hysterie und Neurose" / Art Claims Impulse / Berlin
2006 "Unfinished Business" / NewYorkRioTokyo / Berlin

Group-shows:

2007 "artinspace" / Galerie B2 / Leipzig
"science fiction" / Metro Galerie / Berlin
Videoforms / International Video & Multimedia Art Festival / Frankreich (screening)
Insurrection Internationale 07 / Art Festival / Chicago (screening)
"Rencontres Internationales" / Festival Madrid (screening)

2006 "Land(e)scape" / Galerija FO.VI / Ptui (Slowenien) /
Galleria A+A Venedig / Architectural Faculty Genoa
"RIO" / ART-NEWS PROJECTS / Berlin
"Rencontres Internationales" / Art Festival Paris/Berlin
"zuvielTV" / Berlin (screening)
"Cinema Abstracta" / Film Festival / Rom
Open Video Project / Rom-New York (screening)
The Projection Gallery / Liverpool Biennial (screening)
"Saar Ferngas Förderpreis" / Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken,
Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Galerie Junge Kunst Trier
"OPENdraw" / OPENSOURCE / Washington
"abhy Amarda" / Leipzig
"Performance Festival" / Schloss Salzau (screening)
"EMERGEANDSEE" / Film Festival / Berlin
"NovaArtFair" / Art Fair / Chicago (screening)
"International Video Art & Architecture Festival" / Indiana

2005 "MFA-Show" / Hunter College / New York
"Attitude" / Galerie Magaza / Bitola, Mazedonien (screening)
"Berliner Kunstsalon" / Art Fair / Berlin
"Berliner Fenster des Kunstvereins Buscha 11" / Zentrale Randlage / Berlin (screening)

2004 "P2 Halle-Niedersachsenplatz" / Halle

1998 "Blind Date" / Ramon Haze / Leipzig
1997 "Schwanenhalselevation" / Ramon Haze / Leipzig

Artist Statement:

What I am doing are time-based film-rhetorical and conceptional experiments in a performative way. Usually, I am the sole character in all of my video clips, I am writing the script, I do the camera as well as light and sound, in short: everything. I am also working on still photography documenting my work. These photographs can become independent art works. Rather than in terms of narcissism, I would describe the way of dealing with myself in reference to my surroundings. I see my body as a membrane, a tool to relate the imaginary world in my mind to the world outside and everyday life. This is where I start with my artistic research.

In my artistic practice I am working with different means of expression: (wall) drawings, paintings, light-boxes, sculptural or space-orientated video installations etc. All my works are to be understood as a commentary on themselves and their conditions of existence: the product, the art market, the demystification of the artist and the creative process. Creativity in this context is understood as an inherently human potential to be utilized by everyone while the artist sees his responsibility in serving as a role model.