Sebastian
Hosu

 

 

• Born 1988 in Satu-Mare, Romania
• Based in Leipzig, Germany

Education

• 2013–2016

  Master student at Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany (class of Heribert C. Ottersbach)

• 2011–2012

  Master’s Degree at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Liege, Belgium

• 2009–2010

  Bachelor’s Degree at University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• 2008–2009

  Erasmus Scholarship at Accademia Albertina di Bellearti, Turin, Italy

• 2007

  Graduated at High School of Fine Arts Aurel Popp, Satu Mare, Romania

Solo Exhibitions

2025

• Transmission — Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAE
• This Space Between Us — Galerie Philipp Anders, Leipzig, Germany

2024

• Starcatcher — Galerie Duve, Berlin, Germany

2023

• Event Horizon — Galerie Philipp Anders, Leipzig, Germany
• Picnic by the Wayside — Gallery Anca Poterasu, Bucharest, Romania

2022

• In My Inner Place — Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong
• Ballad for Space Lovers — Galerie Philipp Anders, Leipzig, Germany

2020

• In The Open — Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Out There — Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany

2019

• Leisure life — Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
• I'll Be Your Mirror — Josef Filipp Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
• In the Light of a Lake [Fluid Projekt] — Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst, Zwickau, Germany

2018

• Green Meat — Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK), Leipzig, Germany
• Outscape — Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany

2017

• New Bilder — Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
• Tough Time — Brennecke Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2016

• Menschen-Träume — Katholischer Akademischer Ausländerdienst (KAAD), Bonn, Germany

2015

• Natural Selection — Westpol A.I.R. space, Leipzig, Germany
• Sun Outside — KAAD, Bonn, Germany
• Backstage Painting — Bükü Gallery, Leipzig, Germany

Group Shows

2025

• 10 Jahre G2 KUNSTHALLE — Hildebrand Collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
• Flaring Fragments of Future Past (with Inna Levinson & Christian Holze) (curated by Jan-Gustav Fiedler) — Steinhauser Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2024

• Dissonance – Platform Germany² (curated by Christoph Tannert/ Mark Gisbourne) — Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany, (March 2024)
• Dissonance – Platform Germany² (curated by Christoph Tannert/ Mark Gisbourne) — National Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, (November 2024)

2023

• NADA Miami — Anca Poterasu Gallery, Miami, USA
• Art Verona — Philipp Anders Gallery, Verona, Italy

2022

• Mixed Feelings — Hildebrand Collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
• OPEN DOORS — Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
• The Pink Edition — Rutger Brandt Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2021

• Untitled Art — Rutger Brandt Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, USA
• Chow Chow — Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
• The Show That Never Was — Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2020

• I Know You Know That You Know — Yudik One Gallery, Brescia, Italy
• November Series Pt. 2, No Hesitation, No Delay — Josef Filipp Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
• SUMO – The Odd Year — Anca Poterasu Guest Gallery at Lítost Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
• See You There — Gallery Eigenheim, Berlin, Germany
• Art Rotterdam 2020 — Rutger Brandt Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• I’m Everyone, I’m Everything — Kommunalka, Leipzig, Germany

2019

• In Midst of the Worst, the Best of Times — Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
• I'll Be Your Mirror — Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
• Body Forms — Galerie Rundgaenger, Frankfurt, Germany
• WIN WIN, The Purchases of the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen 2019 — Halle 14 Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
• Wave a Little Light — Spazio Natta, Como, Italy
• Friendly Wave — Tête, Berlin, Germany

2018

• 25. Leipziger Jahresausstellung SILBER — Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei Werkschauhalle - Halle 12 Leipzig, Germany
• Das Ganze Programm [… I’m a man of wealth and taste …] — Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
• MashUp V — Galerie Ghosh, Leipzig, Germany

2017

• Tough Time — Brennecke Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• Innere Notwendigkeit — Mnemosyne Atelier Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
• Art Paris — Rutger Brandt Gallery, Paris, France
• Art Karlsruhe — Brennecke Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany

2016

• Creating Realities (with Georg Brückmann) — Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Ich dachte, Sie wären nur ein armer Schlucker! — Kommunalka, Leipzig, Germany
• Klasse Ottersbach — Bayer-Kultur, Leverkusen, Germany

2015

• Painting — Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2014

• Die Pferde sind tot! — Forum Kunst Rottweil, Germany
• Galerie de Wégimont — Liége, Belgium

2012

• G.U.E.S.T.S. 3 — Brussels, Belgium Paintball, Dubois Friedland Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2011

• Plurality — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Liege, Belgium

2009

• Animation Obscurus Projected — 2nd Annual Toronto Romanian Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

2008

• Participant in Animest Festival of Animated Film — Bucharest, Romania

Awards & Stipends

• 2022

  Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany

• 2021

  Finalist for the Walter Koschatzky Award, Vienna, Austria

• 2019

  The Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada

• 2017

  The Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada

• 2015

  1st Prize - 10. Kunstpreis Wesseling, Germany

• 2015

  1st Prize ArtWalk Leipzig, Germany

• 2014–2016

  KAAD Stipendium, Germany

• 2012

  The Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada

• 2012

  Price Horlait, Brussels, Belgium

• 2012

  Finalist Herelbeke Prijs Beeldende Kunsten, Belgium

• 2006

  1st Prize Drawing on ecology, Satu Mare, Romania

• 2006

  KAAD Stipendium, Germany

Collections

• Hildebrand Collection (G2 Kunsthalle), Leipzig, Germany The Collection of the MdbK (Museum of Fine Arts), Leipzig, Germany Dresden State Art Collections, Dresden, Germany The Collection of Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany, Private Collections in New York, FLorida & Texas, USA, Private Collection in Hongkong, Private Collection Dubai, Emirates, Private Collections in Europe

Press (selected)

• 2024

  Berliner Zeitung, Nummer 70. ‘‘An der Grenze zur Bewegung‘‘ by Ingeborg Ruthe.

• 2023

  ZEIT-Beilage CHRIST & WELT.(s. S. 6). ‘‘Die Bilder meines Leben‘‘ by Prof. Ulrich Engel OP. Mitteldeutsche - Zeitung Kunst in alter Nudelfabrik, Text by Yvette Meinhardt

• 2022

  Catalogue ‘‘Ballad for Space Lovers‘‘ published at Kerber Verlag, Texts by Anka Ziefer and Christoph Tannert

• 2020

  Revista Arta - The Winter of Painting, Text by Adriana Oprea Erinnerungen an die Natur: Was Sebastian Hosu in seinen Bildern thematisiert – Nachrichten aus Leipzig, Leipziger Zeitung (l-iz.de), November 2020 The Winter of Painting, Revista Arta, January 2020 Where About Now - Leisure Life Bucharest, January 2020

• 2018

  Sebastian Hosu zeigt aufgefrischtes Fleisch, Leipziger Zeitung (lvz.de), May 2018 SEBASTIAN HOSU, DILLINGER magazine, 2018

• Represented By

  • Galerie Philipp Anders - Leipzig, DE
  • Anca Poterasu Gallery - Bucharest, RO
  • Double Q Gallery - Hongkong, HK

• Contact

  sebastian_hosu@yahoo.com

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