Stefan Decker
works
Schneevögel
Installation, mixed media, 2008 - 2011
Schneevögel (german) = Snowbirds
Silhouettes of different kind of birds of prey on (large) windows, made with stencils and white "snow" spray for christmas decorations.
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One winter, my father and I took the motorway, the fields on both sides, the whole landscape was deep frozen, everything was white, the sky was nearly indiscernible from the earth below. Last signs of life visible were birds of prey, perched on little trees, poles, here and there along our way.
My father knows nature well, he explained me, that with the all the snow and ice, the soil is frozen, the little animals are hiding now in their burrows, leaving their predators without nothing to hunt and to eat, so they have to turn to carrion, dead animals that died on the motorway, a risky business, as they are often killed by vehicles if they don't manage to get out of their way in time, and such feeding their peers, in turn.
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- Work presented in following exhibitions :
- Sabrina - Romy, Romy pour toujours (with Stéphanie Bouvier), MissChina Beauty, Paris, 2008
- Cétoine et rhinocéros, booth at UND#5, Nancyhalle, Karlsruhe, Allemagne, 2010
- 24 images de l'avent (group exhibition), Rue Française, Paris, 2011.
Schneevögel
2009, 2008
Installation, mixed media.
curatorial projects
Cétoine et rhinocéros
2008-
Artist collective, with aim to create site specific works.
Members : Stéphanie Bouvier and Stefan Decker.
website : http://cetoine-et-rhinoceros.net
finish
2007
Group exhibition
31 participating artists ;
curators : Stefan Decker, Julia Beister, Akiro Hellgardt.
June 1-16, 2007, 'Ehemaliges Autohaus Zschernitz' ;
website : http://finish.stefan-decker.net//
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Stefan Decker
*1974 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
lives and works in Paris, France and near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
s_decker [at] ouvaton [point] org
Education
| 2003-2004 | Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) "Arts de l'exposition : critique et présentation de l'art de 1960 à nos jours", dir. : Catherine Perret, Paris X Nanterre (= Master "Art of exhibition : critique and presentation of art since 1960 to our days") |
| 1997-2002 | Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Diplom Bildhauerei, Klasse Stephan Balkenhol ; studied with : Stephan Balkenhol, Harald Klingelhöller, Klaus Theweleit, Silvia Bächli ; further in Paris : Jochen Gerz, Esther Shalev-Gerz |
Exhibitions
| 2018 | torna kartlar #1 = torna cards #1, contribution to the 1st edition of a set of 25 postcards by 25 artists, published by Torna, Istanbul |
| 2015 | Mémoires d'éléphants, contribution to an online project of Jean Paul Sidolle |
| 2013 | Oh my gold!!! (group exhibition), Rue Française / MissChina, Paris |
| 2011 | 24 images de l'Avent (group exhibition), Rue Française / MissChina, Paris |
| 2009 | Cétoine et rhinocéros>, booth at UND#5 art fair, Karlsruhe |
| 2008 | Sabrina - Romy, Romy pour toujours, MissChina Beauty, Paris ; with Stéphanie Bouvier |
| 2006 | Lichthof, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, Allemagne |
| 2005 | Lichthof, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, Allemagne |
| 2002 | paris project room, Paris ; with Henning Zimmermann-Prox |
Curatorial projects
| 2007 | finish, Ehem. Autohaus Zschernitz, Karlsruhe ; co-curator. |
| 2005 | para-, 150m2 Largus, Cologne |
| 2004 | Fata morgana, Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine ; co-curator |
| 2002 | paris project room, Paris ; co-curator |
Bibliography
| torna kartlar #1 = torna cards #1. Istanbul : Torna, 2018. - 1st edition of 25 copies; 25 cards; 10.5 x 14.8 cm, English and Turkish text; digital print; inserted in a specially designed and made fabric wallet |
| Rue Française by Miss China : 2003-2013. Tchien Hy, Bonnie editor. Paris : Rue Française by Miss China, 2005. Pages 116-117. |
| Paris Project Room. Archive. Paris : Assoc. « Marcel Wallace », 2005. Pages 232-233. |