Franz Höfner / Harry Sachs

Franz Hoefner

Starnberg, 1970. Lives and works in Berlin

1993-1994	Studies of Film and Television Studies at the University of Bochum
1994-2000	Studies of Fine Art at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, MFA

Harry Sachs

Stuttgart, 1974. Lives and works in Berlin

1995-1997	Studies of Fine Art at the Bauhaus-University Weimar
1997-2002	Studies of Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg, MF
Since 2006	Co-founder of Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum (www.skulpturenpark.org)and the artists' collective KUNSTrePUBLIK (www.kunstrepublik.de)
Since 2012	Co-founder of Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik / Center for Arts and Urbanistics (www.zku-berlin.org)

Grants / Awards

2012	Grant from Berlin Senate
2008	Grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Gramny
2006	Grant from Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
2005	Les Pepinières - artist-in-residence grant, Budapest
2003	RADAR connecting Europe - artist-in-residence grant, Venice (Italy) in cooperation with La Biennale di Venezia
2002	Freundeskreis der HfBK
	Filmförderung Hamburg, Germany
	Postgraduate grant from the state of Thuringia, Germany
2001	Infernale Berlin, Audience Award
2000	Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW), artist-in-residence grant, Rennes, France

Projects and Solo Shows

2012	Fountains of DC, with KUNSTrePUBLIK, Five by Five - DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
2011	Kleistpark, Kleistfestival, Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin
	Real Restate, Witte de With Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010	Land's End, with KUNSTrePUBLIK, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Germany
	Solares Santos, with KUNSTrePUBLIK, Cartagena, Spain
	Piccolo Mondo, Galerie Invaliden1, Berlin
2009	Fontaine, in the context of Nuit Blanche, Metz, France
	Nature of Photography, with Susi Schröder, Lumen Galéria, Budapest
	Testfahrten, in the Videorama of the Werkleitz Zentrum für Medienkunst, Halle, Germany
2008	BaumWall, in the context of space thinks, Berlin (curators: Schumacher & Jonas)
	Parkskulptur im Skulpturenpark, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Berlin
	Forum Arcaden, Kunstverein Gera (curator: Silke Opitz), Germany
2007	Rückbau, Galerie Invaliden1, Berlin
	Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
	Sanierungsmaßnahmen, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
	Das Beschäft, with Michael Boehler and Markus Lohmann, Kunstverein, Germany
	Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg (curators: Tim Voss, Veit Rogge, Susanne Schröder), Germany
2006	Honey Neustadt, project in public space, Berlin
	Eigenheimzugabe, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
	Mézesújváros, Stúdió Galerie, Budapest
	Odyssee Freiburg, Werkraum Theater Freiburg (curator: Arved Schultze), Germany
	Home Run, La vitrine, Faux Mouvement - Centre d'Art contemporain, Metz, France
2005	Active Men - Le Retour, Faux Mouvement - Centre d'Art contemporain, Metz, France
	Home Run, Homie Galerie, Berlin
2004	Interieur, Faux Mouvement - Centre d'Art contemporain, Metz, Germany
	Haus C0, Planet 22, Art Zürich, Switzerland
	Privat, Galerie Engler+Piper, Berlin
2003	Neuhaus-Wohnerlebniswelt, with Markus Lohmann and Natascha Rossi, Kultur/Block, Halle-Neustadt (curator: Daniel Herrmann), Germany
	Utrechter Huette, Galerie Engler+Piper, Berlin
2002	Mehrzweckhalle, with Michael Boehler and Markus Lohmann, project in public space, HafenCity Hamburg, Germany
	Frühjahrsmesse für Existenzgründer, HfBK Hamburg, Germany
2001	Club ibis, in the context of Aux Voyagers, DfJW (curator: Bettina Klein), Rennes, France
2000	Fremdenverkehrsamt, project in public space, Kochstrasse, Berlin
	Fontane Buchservice, project in public space, Reinickendorfer Strasse, Berlin
	Kuchen Immobilien, project in public space, Torstrasse, Berlin
1999	Aktivposten, Neu Deli, with Michael Boehler, Franziska Lamprecht, Markus Lohmann, Hajoe Moderegger and Kathrin Wolf, Weimar (curators: Leonie Weber and Natascha Rossi), Germany
1998	Dixiland, with Franziska Lamprecht and Hajoe Moderegger, media lab Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig, Germany
	Dixiland, with Franziska Lamprecht and Hajoe Moderegger, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig (curator: Klaus Werner), Germany

Group Shows

2013	Love Triangle, Goethe Institut/Instituto Cervantes, Stockholm (Curated by Stefanie Hessler)
	Imaginary Travels, Amerika Haus, Berlin
2012	Selected Artists, Stipendiatenausstellungen 2012, NGBK, Berlin
2011	Videopanel - Stile der Stadt, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, Germany
	Black Beauty - White Swan, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
	BLEIBE, Galerie Oberösterreichischer Kunstverein, Linz, Austria (curator: Holger Jagersberger)
2010	Knotapark, part of the knot, Bucarest
	Angst hat grosse Augen, with KUNSTrePUBLIK, Werkleitzfestival, Halle, Germany
	Realstadt. Wünsche als Wirklichkeit, Kraftwerk Mitte, Berlin
	Pastiche - When a Tree Falls in the Forest, Solyst Artist in Residence Center, Jyderup, Denmark
2009	Vom Labor zum Projekt, Neues Museum, Weimar, Germany
	Zeigen - eine Audiotour, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin
	Zaunkönig, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
	Művésztalálkozások, Ungarisches Kulturinstitut, Stuttgart, Germany
2008	Sky Limit Walled City, with KUNSTrePUBLIK, Goethe Institute Lahore, Pakistan
	Werkleitz Festival, with Michael Boehler, Werkleitzgesellschaft, Halle (curator: Daniel Herrmann), Germany
	5th berlin biennal, with KUNSTrePUBLIK, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum (curators: Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic), Germany
	Fernbeziehung Stuttgart-Berlin, Gustav-Siegle Haus, Stuttgart, Germany
	Torstrasse 166, Haus der Vorstellung, Berlin (curator: Jaana Prüss)
	Wunderlust Berlin, Paul Kopeikin Galerie, Los Angeles (curator: Laurie Dechiara), United States
	Sommerloch, Galerie Nikolaus Bischoff, Lahr (curators: Nils Arndt und Steffen Lenk), Germany
	Light Garden, NOASS, Riga, Latvia
2007	KaDeOs, Kaufhaus des Ostens, Kunsthaus Erfurt (curator: Silke Opitz), Germany
	Prime Time, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
	Made in, Made by - Berlin, Budapest, Lada Project, Berlin
	Kunstlabor, E-Werk Freiburg, Germany
2006	Eigenheim, everything but the kitchen sink, Kunstverein Göttingen (curators: Laurie Dechiara and Bernd Milla), Germany
	Tales from the Travel Journal Vol. I, Contemporary Art Centre (curator: Catherine Hemelryk),Vilnius, Lithuania
	Normalnull, Spreekanal, Berlin (curators: Sybille Hofter and Sven Eggers)
	Fluidic, UNA Galeria (curators: Simona Soare and Marta Jecu), Bucharest
2005	Rosa9, Kunstverein Freiburg (curator: Silke Bitzer), Germany
	X-Wohnungen, Hebbeltheater Berlin (curators: Matthias Rick and Arved Schultze)
	Transmission, Neues Museum, Weimar (curator: Liz Bachhuber), Germany
	Neues Leben - Neues Wohnen, Galerie Kunsthaus Erfurt (curator: Silke Opitz), Germany
	Selfmade, Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin (curator: Spunk Seipel)
	Divine, Galerie Andreas Wendt, Berlin
	La Bauhaus si muove!, Centro d'arte e Cultura San Paolo Esposizioni (curators: Andrea Dietrich and Julia Draganovic), Modena, Italy
	Ich war Künstler, ACC-Galerie, Weimar, Germany
2004	Deptford X Festival, London
	Zoll-Douane, with Michael Boehler and Markus Lohmann, Hamburg (curator: Filomeno Fusco), Germany
	Baustaub, Galerie Maerz (curator: Norbert Hinterberger), Linz, Austria
2003	4.OG, Alsterhaus Hamburg (curators: Filomeno Fusco and Elena Winkel), Germany
	Flotsam und Jetsam, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin (curators: Liz Bachhuber and Katharina Hohmann)
	Radar Connecting Europe, Extra50 Programme, 50th Venice biennial, Venice, Italy
2002	Erfolge nichtnewtonscher Turbulenzen, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig (curator: David Mannstein), Germany
	Wo die Kunst zu Hause ist, exhibition project in various private apartments, Berlin
2001	Ich bin mein Auto, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (curator: Matthias Winzen), Germany
	Gonflé, Faux Mouvement - Centre d'Art contemporain, Metz, (curator: Maryse Jeanguyot), France
	re//mir, Borey Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Rusia
	re//mir II, Galerie art agents, Hamburg, Germany
1999	Kunststudenten stellen aus, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
	La Calamar, with Annekathrin Schreiber, tram depot, Weimar, Germany
1998	Tranz(it)Formation, with Michael Boehler, Tranzit House and National Art Museum (curator: Timotei Nadasan), Cluj, Romania

Film festivals and TV screenings

2010	TV screening ARTE: ‹Die Nacht / La Nuit›
2009	TV screening ARTE: ‹Die Nacht / La Nuit›
	Ambulart, Guadalajara (Mexico), Quito, Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Hamburg, Germany
2008	TV screening ARTE: ‹Die Nacht / La Nuit›
2007	18th festival internacional de curtas-metragens de São Paulo, Brazil
	WRO 07 biennale miejsca, National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
2006	CINEPOLIS, Hamburg, Germany
2004	TV screening ARTE: ‹durch die Nacht mit ...›; Transmediale, Berlin;
	lazymarie, Utrecht; emaf, Osnabrück; COURTisane Festival, Ghent; Soester Kurzfilmtage; Courts Toujours, Lyon; International Short Film Festival Hamburg;
	Internationales Bochumer Videofestival; Media Art Festival Friesland; Emergeandsee, Budapest, London, Berlin; Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands;
	Krakow Film festival
2003	Stuttgarter Filmwinter; Program Video Folkwang XI, Museum Folkwang Essen; Viper, Basel; Visionaria, Siena; BackUp, Weimar; Exground, Wiesbaden;
	Kasseler Video- und Dokumentarfilmfestival; Bandits-Mages, Bourges, France
2002	Berlinale, Panorama; Transmediale, Berlin; Image Forum Festival, Tokyo; Viennale, Vienna; Sarajevo Filmfestival; Sao Paulo Short Film Festival;
	Hamburg Kurzfilmfestival; Melbourne Filmfestival; Bristol Short Film Festival; Viper, Basel; Kurzfilmtage Winterthur; Aarhuus Festival of Festivals;
	Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival; Reykjavik Short Film Festival; Montreal ‹Prends ça court›
2001	Infernale, Berlin; Filmfest Weiterstadt; Viper, Basel, Switzerland
1999	TV screening ARTE: ‹Switch 3›; Transmediale, Berlin; Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
1998	Infernale, Berlin
1997	European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück; Bandits-Mages, Bourges; Ostranenie-Festival, Dessau, Germany

Residencies

2011	Residency in Namibia, P.art.ners Berlin-Windhoek
2008	Residency in Lahore, VASL International Artists' Collective, Pakistan
2007	Residency in Budapest, Budapest Galéria, Hungary
1999	Award for fine arts from the Ministry for Education and Research, ‹Kunststudenten stellen aus› Federal German competition, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany