1975 born in Washington D.C., USA
1999-2005 study of visual arts at HfbK Hamburg with Franz Erhard Walther, Germany
2003 Ecole nationale des Beaux Arts Lyon, France
2011 artist in residence, APT Studio Programm, New York City
2012/13 EHF 2010 Trustee Programm, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
2015/16 travel grant for Los Angeles, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
2016 artist in residence, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
2017 travel grant for Beijing, China, Geka e.V.
2018 fellowship Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
2021 stipend by Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany
2021 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York City
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
individual and double exhibitions (selection) (d=double, c = catalogue)
2024 The L-Shaped Room, Orangerie, Rheda-Wiedenbrück
2023 Stef Heidhues. Schaulager Galerie EIGEN+ART Leipzig
2021 Creep Cool, Kunstverein Jesteburg
2021 Backstage with the Modern Dancers, Galerie Eigen + Art Berlin
2020 " in other words..." Stef Heidhues. Carsten Sievers. curated by Marion Scharmann, Labor, Köln
2020 Die Souffleure, Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig
2018 Martin Groß. Stef Heidhues. (d) Galerie Eigen+Art Leipzig
2016 SPACE TAKERS SPACE MAKERS, nationalmuseum, Berlin
2015 BETWEEN HERE AND NOW, Marion Scharmann, Cologne
2013 Trespassers Only, Rudolf Scharpf Galerie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (c)
2012 Come As We Are, Marion Scharmann Gallery, Cologne
Yes Sir, No Sir, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen
2011 Emanuel Geisser. Stef Heidhues. Ricou Gallery, Brussels (d)
2010 Minor Frequencies, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart and Project Space, Berlin
Next Visit, invited by Natalia Stachon (d)
2009 Mongolische Reiter, Marion Scharmann Gallery, Cologne
2008 Present Future, curated by Aurélie Voltz, Artissima Turin
Home by accident, Grunert Gallery, Hamburg
Churchill Downs, SOX, Berlin
2007 Merge, A Vessel, A Harbour, gallery Invaliden1, Berlin (d)
The black lake, u.n.i., Hamburg
2006 Hotel Jupiter, I can see my house from here, Kleefeld, Hamburg (d)
2005 GLISSADA diploma at HfbK Hamburg
2004 bellevue banlieue, Appartment Anna Parkina, Paris
Korridor, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg
2003 RODEO 01, Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse 13, Hamburg
2001 refuge, Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse 13, Hamburg
group exhibitions (selection) (c= catalogue)
2023 Dry Edge, Galerie Kai Erdmann, Berlin
How I Forgot about the Skin of the Places, Die Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin
2022 As if Everything Is Forever, Kühlhaus Berlin, curated by Harald Theiss
Departure. RÄUME III @ TXL, Berlin invited by Alina Mann
Ostfrieslandbiennale
Hängepartie. Kunst mit offenem Ende, curated by Dr. Theres Rhode, MKK Ingolstadt
2021 Onboarding, Deutscher Künstlerbund, curated by Maria Linares and Albert Weis
Gewand in drei Akten, curated by Jan Maruhn, Dominik Olbrisch, Annika Weise, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin
2020 politics of friendship, curated by Michael Laurent ] Diskotheca Flaming Star, General Public @ Meinblau Berlin
2019 not everything means something, honey curated by Elke Hannemann und Franziska Jaster, Galerie Eigen+Art Leipzig
RealitätsCheck, Sammlung Peters-Messer, Kunstraum Potsdam
Maske. Kunst der Verwandlung. curated by Dr. Barbara Scheuermann, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Peninsula, curated by Raaf van der Smaan, Brooklyn, New York
Intoto, invited by Thomas Fugeirol, L40, Berlin
2018 Spuren im Raum, with Stef Heidhues, Veronika Kellndorfer, Cyrill Lachauer, Alexej Meschtschanov, Hans Christian Schink, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
2017 Revolte, with Birgit Brenner, Stef Heidhues, Jörg Herold, Christine Hill, Lada Nakoneschna, Ricarda Roggan, Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin
Elastic Collisions, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
2016 Formen in der Dämmerung. invited by Jérôme Chazeix. Kunsthalle M3, Berlin
Trading Places – Vom Handeln der Dinge, curated by Cumuli, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
2015/16 Trading Places – Vom Handeln der Dinge, curated by Cumuli, L40, Berlin and MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen (c)
2015 Lady Fitness Contemporary presents Kunstverein Amrum @ ∫tatsion
Arcadia Unbound, curated by Janine Eggert, Sibylle Jazra, Marte Kiessling, Christopher Sage , Funkhaus Berlin
trinkets for the rich, curated by Raaf van der Sman, nationalmuseum, Berlin
Berlin Art Prize, District Berlin (c)
New Adventures in Vexillology, Kunstverein Amrum
Drawing Storage, curated by Giovanna Sarti, Goethe Institut, Bologna, Italy (c)
2014 On Paper. curated by Sepp Auer. Gallery Christine König, Vienna
Westerwald. Stef Heidhues, Timo Roter, Malte Urbschat, Sebastian Zarius, Salon 8, Hamburg
Das MAHO Programm. About Sculpture, Lady Fitness, Contemporary Artspace, Berlin
Liebe / Love. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen, curated by Barbara Scheuermann and Cathrin Langanke (c)
Ground Control To Major Tom, Marion Scharmann Gallery, Cologne
2013 Gastspiel Rheinland, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg
Viola Bittl. Stef Heidhues. Philip Seibel. curated by Hans-Jörg Clement, Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin
Caution: Things may appear different than they are, curated by Eleven +, Auf AEG, Halle 20, Nuremberg
STROM Festival , curated by Maria Wildeis, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne.
Love Triangle, curated by Stefanie Hessler. Goethe Institut & Instituto Cervantes , Stockholm
Nur Hier, German Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Acquisitions from 2007-11 Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (c)
2012/13 Wer zurückbleibt, wird zurückgelassen, KV St. Pauli Tour, KV Langenhagen, KV Leipzig, KV Heidelberg, Wendländischer Kunstverein
2012 en désordre, Philara Collection, Düsseldorf
Tektonika Barbara Kasten & Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, Kunstverein Nürnberg
Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, curated by Anna Sophia Schultz, Ludwig Forum, Aachen and Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerpen
Brussels Cologne Contemporaries, curated by Vanessa Joan Müller, Carlswerk, Cologne
2011 Auxiliary constructions, curated by Petra Reichensperger, Kunsthaus Dresden
Magicgruppe Kulturobject, w139, Amsterdam
line-up, Marion Scharmann Gallery, Cologne
Duell / One can have both fleas and lice, curated by Lisa Frei, ChristingerDeMayo, Zürich
Nachtauslage, curated by Susanne Prinz, Lena Brüning, Berlin
2010 (Post.)Surreal Art from Meret Oppenheim to Mariella Mosler, curated by Belinda Grace Gardner, Levy Gallery, Hamburg (c)
The Mistake, essays and observations, Berlin
Seismograph, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin
Exhibition 10th anniversary, Kunstverein Glückstadt (c)
Number Seven, Gallery Sebastien Ricou, Brussels
Weisser Schimmel Or you can observe a lot by watching, Phönix Art, Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg curated by Nikola Torke and Christoph Grau (c)
Capc, où la vie saisie par l‘art, Capc Bordeaux curated by Aurélie Voltz
Von dritten Räumen, Kunsthaus Hamburg (c)
2009 Minton‘s Playhouse, Artnews projects, Berlin (c)
Diesseits der Alpen: Hunger Jenseits der Alpen: Durst, Berlin
2008 The Garden Eden, Caravan Berlin
Stef Heidhues.Julia Horstmann.Sebastian Rohrbeck, Samsa, Berlin
2007 Group Show, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg
Past Future Traces, Autohaus Karlsruhe
2006 candidates for Hamburg scholarship Kunsthaus, Hamburg
Die schöne Nacht im Liebeskraut, Kampagne, Berlin
2005 candidates for Hamburg scholarship, Kunsthaus Hamburg
Re-Escape, Kunsthaus and other sites, Hamburg
Galerie Nomadenoase, Art Basel Miami Beach
Fairyland, Elektrohaus Hamburg c)
2001 Glück statt Plastik, class of Franz Erhard Walther at Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt (c)
2000 Kunstaustauschdienststelle, Spielsalon Venus, Berlin Moabit
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2017 artist book on Los Angeles, 3 unique issues. self published
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press
2018 studiovisit. TV portrait. Arte Metropolis
2014 Stef Heidhues. Starter. Portrait by Birgit Sonna. Art Magazin 6/2014
2012 Yes Sir No Sir. Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen. Review by Jens Asthoff.
Kunstforum International. Issue 218. 2012
2004 Korridor. Project space of the Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg. Review by Jens Asthoff, Kunstbulletin 11/2004
public collections
collection of the Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt
collection Peters-Messer, Berlin/Viersen
German Federal Collection of Contemporary Art
Philara collection, Düsseldorf
Collection Goldschmidt, Brussels