Born 1983, Bad Saeckingen, Germany; lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
Siepert studied Visual Communication at the University of Basel. He then studied Fine Arts with a focus on New Media Art at the University of Aarau and at the Master of Fine Arts Department at Parsons in New York, where he focused mainly on photography. His body of work covers a wide range of disciplines from photography to interactive installations and performance art. In addition to following his own artistic goals, Siepert is also very active in cultural youth work.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
IRBIS – 11°, group exhibition, Kunstverein Kunstruiert, Samedan, Switzerland
Desires, Nightmares & Dreams II, group exhibition, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
The Camp West, Solo exhibition, Kunstétage Zürich, Switzerland
Same Same, But Different, solo exhibition, Kunstraum Aarau, Switzerland
Together in Electric Dreams, group exhibition, Museum for Electronic Arts Basel, Switzerland
Going Places, group exhibition, IAAB Project Space, Basel, Switzerland
read more...Born 1983, Bad Saeckingen, Germany; lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
Siepert studied Visual Communication at the University of Basel. He then studied Fine Arts with a focus on New Media Art at the University of Aarau and at the Master of Fine Arts Department at Parsons in New York, where he focused mainly on photography. His body of work covers a wide range of disciplines from photography to interactive installations and performance art. In addition to following his own artistic goals, Siepert is also very active in cultural youth work.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
IRBIS – 11°, group exhibition, Kunstverein Kunstruiert, Samedan, Switzerland
Desires, Nightmares & Dreams II, group exhibition, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
The Camp West, Solo exhibition, Kunstétage Zürich, Switzerland
Same Same, But Different, solo exhibition, Kunstraum Aarau, Switzerland
Together in Electric Dreams, group exhibition, Museum for Electronic Arts Basel, Switzerland
Going Places, group exhibition, IAAB Project Space, Basel, Switzerland
2010
Stage Photography, solo exhibiton at Albareh Art Gallery, Al Manamah, Bahrain
KLANG! Neue Musik, site-specific art work for Hamburg, Germany
Kunst, Kultur und andere Würste, Performance, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel, Switzerland
2009
LAB30, exhibition for New Media Art, Augsburg, Germany
Gegenwart, exhibition for contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
Inside and Outside, Festival for New Media Art, Zurich, Switzerland
Photographs by SIEPERT, Kunstverein Tiengen, Germany
2008
Butter Fly, solo show, Studio 3 Art Gallery, New York, USA
Group show, Museum für Kommunikation, Bern, Switzerland
Shift Festival, Festival for New Media Art, Basel, Switzerland
Eletric Rendez-Vous at plugIn / Museum for Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
2007
Shift Festival, Festival for New Media Art, Basel, Switzerland
Siepert received various grants for this work and did artist residencies in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Cairo, and Manama. His work is in the Collection of the Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel; The Museum for Communication, Bern; The House of Electronic Arts Basel; the Collection of the city of Waldshut, Germany, and other private collections. Siepert also did a commissioned Installation for the city of Hamburg, Germany.