Elias Wessel

Elias Wessel (born 1978) is a German artist living and working in Germany and New York City.[1]

Elias Wessel
Born	1978 Bonn
Nationality	German
Occupation	Artist
Website	https://www.eliaswessel.com/

Life

Wessel was born in Bonn. He received his diploma in photography and visual perception from the University of Art and Design in Offenbach am Main[2] in cooperation with the Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt am Main. He is committed to developing photographic procedures and concepts which culminate in abstract images that reflect contemporary discourses within society. The works function as both an important contribution to the issues of social and political development (including digitization, surveillance, identity, gentrification) and the historical conversation between photography and painting.[3]

Work (Selection)

• 2019 It‘s Complicated
• 2018-19 Images Through an Algorithmic Lens
• 2018 Die Freude am Rest – Zur Entmaterialisierung der Bilder (About The Dematerialization of Images)
• 2017 Die Summe meiner Daten (The Sum of My Data / History of Touches), Off-Series (30-images), B/W-Series and On-Series (each 11-images)
• 2017 Hinter den Dingen (Behind Things)
• 2016 Jejune, Series of 6 images
• 2016 Liebst, Series of 8 images, Pic. Goethe House - 1014 Fifth Avenue New York
• 2015–2016 Feral, Series of 10 images, Pic. Goethe House - 1014 Fifth Avenue New York
• 2014–2015 Cityscapes, Series of 7 images, Pic. Goethe House - 1014 Fifth Avenue New York
• 2014 Landscapes, Series of 7 images, AXA Art Collection, Cologne[4]
• 2014 Sprung in die Zeit (Time Leap), Series of 42 images, Pic. Goethe House - 1014 Fifth Avenue New York

Publications (Selection)

• Wessel Elias, Berg Stephan, Graser Jenny, La somme de mes données, Published by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Paris, Phoebe Verlag, 2020[5] ISBN 978-3-00-064672-0
• Wessel Elias, Dr. Jenny Graser, Kunstverein Speyer e. V., Die Summe meiner Daten – Digitalisierung, Überwachung, Identität, Phoebe Verlag, 2018[6]
• Wessel Elias, Sokolova Anastasia, Daibov Vladimir, Dr. Graser Jenny, Dr. Wolff Frank, Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the End, Though, Nothing Is Lost, Phoebe Verlag 2018,[7] Pic.
• Wessel Elias, Gisbourne Mark, Elias Wessel: Photographische Arbeiten aus den Jahren 2014-2017, New York: Phoebe Verlag 2017,[8] Pic.
• Wessel Elias, Oreamuno Ignacio, Dailey Meghan, Beckmann, Norman, Elias Wessel: There Must Be More To Life, Hamburg: NBVD 2014,[9] Pic.

Exhibitions (Selection)

• 2020 Elias Wessel : La somme de mes données, Palais Beauharnais (Residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in France), January 28. until July 6. 2020, Paris[10]
• 2019 I am all of glass — Marianne Brandt & the art of glass today, September 28. until December 1. 2019, Sächsisches Industriemuseum, Exhibition in cooperation with Villa Arte e. V., Chemnitz[11][12][13][14]
• 2019 Die Summe meiner Daten – Digitalisierung, Überwachung, Identität, December 2. 2018 until January 13. 2019, Kunstverein Speyer e.V.[15]
• 2018 Werke aus Die Summe meiner Daten, Internationale Photoszene Köln: Art Space of Galerie Ruttkowski – Pop 68, Cologne[16]
• 2018 Works from the AXA Art Collection, Adolf Luther, Günther Uecker, Elias Wessel, June 12. until June 17. 2018, Art Basel, Basel[17]
• 2018 Photo - Bauschau Projekte 2007 - 2018, Düsseldorf Photo – Das Festival für Fotografie, Düsseldorf[18]
• 2018 Elias Wessel: In The End, Though, Nothing Is Lost, April 6. until May 26. 2018, Deutsches Haus at New York University, New York[19][20]
• 2018 Die Summe meiner Daten, Baustelle Schaustelle e.V. – Raum für junge Kunst, Essen[21]
• 2017 Fotoausstellung, with works by: Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Elias Wessel and others, November 28. until December 4. 2017, NRW Forum Duesseldorf[22]
• 2017 Elias Wessel: History of Touches, November 9. until December 15. 2017, Deutsches Haus - German Consulate General, New York [23]
• 2017 Elias Wessel: Die Geschichte vom Vergessenen (The Story of the Forgotten) February 24. until July 9. 2017, Heinrich-Hoffmann- & Struwwelpeter-Museum, Frankfurt am Main[24][25]
• 2017 Doll Parts, Leslie Lohman Museum, New York (Forever Yours, 2012)
• 2017 Sprung In Die Zeit (Time Leap), December 19. 2016 until February 26. 2017, Loft – Raum fuer Kunst und Gegenwart (Space for Contemporary Art), Ansbach[26][27]
• 2016 Elias Wessel: Stuck Together Pieces!, November 2. 2016 until Mai 31. 2017, 1014 (former Goethe Haus), New York[28][29][30], Exhibition in cooperation with the German Consulate General, New York[3][31][32][33]
• 2016 Elias Wessel. Spuren der Wirklichkeit (Traces of Reality), August 5. until October 5. 2016, Goethe-Institute, Frankfurt am Main[34]
• 2015 Wiesinger, Stünkel, Wessel: Sichtbarkeiten (Visibilities), August 2. until September 27. 2015, Museum Heylshof und Museum Andreasstift, Worms[35]
• 2015 Freistil, May 10. until June 7. 2015, Artist Alliance Speyer[36]
• 2015 Elias Wessel: Landscapes, April 17. until April 26. 2015, Union of Artists Speyer[37][38]
• 2014 IV International Artists in Residence, Exhibition Hall of the Art Fund of the City of Kursk
• 2013 Being Changed – A Group Exhibition of International Contemporary Art, March 8. until April 14. 2013, Museum of Contemporary Art - MoCA Taipei[39]
• 2012 Elias Wessel: There Must Be More To Life, Art Directors Club, New York[40]
• 2012 Stefan Sagmeister's Private Exhibition, 22. September bis 25. November 2012, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul[41]
• 2011 Art from The Heart, Vanderbuilt Republic, 25CPW, Central Park West, New York[42]

References

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2. "HfG Offenbach - Alumni". www.hfg-offenbach.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-27.
3. "German Missions in the United States - Elias Wessel: Stuck Together Pieces!". www.germany.info. Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
4. "Wessels "Landscapes" in der Sammlung". www.rheinpfalz.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-27.
5. Die Summe meiner Daten: = La somme de mes données (in German), Speyer: PHOEBE, 2020, ISBN 978-3-00-064672-0, retrieved 2020-04-06
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22. "Zur Person: Wessel stellt in Düsseldorf aus" (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-05.
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24. "Sonderausstellungen – Willkommen beim Struwwelpeter- und Heinrich-Hoffmann-Museum in Frankfurt am Main". www.struwwelpeter-museum.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-27.
25. "Demenz: Wenn alles schwindet, der Struwwelpeter bleibt | hessenschau.de | Kultur". hessenschau.de (in German). 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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33. Corona, Sarah (2017-05-16). "Elias Wessel". Wall Street International (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-04.
34. "HfG Offenbach - Spuren der Wirklichkeit". www.hfg-offenbach.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-27.
35. "Wiesinger – Stünkel – Wessel »Sichtbarkeiten«". Museum Heylshof (in German). 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
36. Speyer, Kunstverein. "Kunstverein Speyer". www.kunstverein-speyer.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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38. Pfalz, Kunstportal. "Exhibitions since 2000 – Union of Artists Speyer – Archive – Kunstportal-Pfalz". www.kunstportal-pfalz.de. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
39. 台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei - 不再‧不在-國際當代藝術聯展 Being changed. www.mocataipei.org.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
40. "Elias Wessel: There Must Be More to Life". ADC • Global Awards & Club. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
41. "SEJONG CENTER" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-06-29.
42. "THE HOUSE OF IDEAS". vanderbiltrepublic.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.

External links

• Commons: Elias Wessel – Collection of Images, Installation- and Detail-Views
• Official Homepage of Elias Wessel
• Information by 1014 (former Goethe Haus New York) about the exhibition Elias Wessel: Stuck Together Pieces! from November 2. 2016 until Mai 31. 2017, New York
• Press release by the German Consulate General New York regarding the exhibition Elias Wessel: Stuck Together Pieces!. November 2. 2016 until May 31. 2017
• Elias Wessel. Sprünge durch Zeit und Raum, by Sarah Corona, Wall Street Journal International, May 16. 2017
• Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York, Press release for the exhibition Elias Wessel: History of Touches, November 9. until December 15. 2017
• Literature by and about Elias Wessel, Catalogue of the German National Library