Sven Pfrommer
Hometown: Berlin
Based in: Singapore
A border crosser between photography, painting and printmaking, Sven creates mixed media art out of the ordinary. Enthusiastic about Rauschenberg & Co early on, he produces art since teenage years. His affinity for the printmaking has paved his way to enter the professional art world with his multi award winning first oversized art book. Devoting his time to pure photography while traveling and the subsequent work in the studio when it comes to putting extra layers of color or graphic components on his photos. Sven collaborates with art galleries, art consultants, architects, fashion and interior designer worldwide to bring art projects to life. The range of used materials include acrylic, resin, aluminium, copper, wood, canvas, lambda and dibond. Sven is originally from Berlin and is based in South East Asia since 10 years.
EXHIBITIONS / SELECTED GROUP & SOLO SHOWS
2021 CAMP Gallery, Miami
2020 CAMP Gallery, New York City
2019 Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 Ayala Museum, (Solo), Manila
2018 THE DAM PROJECT - Miami
2018 Retrospect Gallery - Byron Bay
2018 The Other Art Fair, Sydney
2018 The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles
2016 Galeria Emergentes, Braga, Portugal
2015 ART TORONTO, Canada
2015 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR OF BOGOTÁ, Columbia
2015 ART LIMA, Peru
2015 LUMAS Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 Affordable Art Fair, NEW YORK, USA
2015 DiLegno Gallery, Singapore
2015 Semperdepot Wien, Austria
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2014 ArtLoft, Singapore
2014 ART TAIPEI, Taiwan
2014 Affordable Art Fair, London Battersea, England
2014 Palazzo Molin, Venice, Italy
2014 IMM Köln, Germany
2011 Galerie Augustin, Vienna and Mallorca
2009 Brisky Galerie, Germany (solo)
2009 Galerie Muschik, Germany
2009 Art Fair Europe, Germany
2008 Art Fair Europe, Germany
2007 Tendence Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
2006 Tendence Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Wunderbild Berlin, Germany (solo)
1998 Henry Moore Gallery, London, England
1996 Institut für Buchkunst, Germany
1996 Leipziger Book fair, Germany
1996 HGB Leipzig, Germany
1995 Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Germany
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / GRANTS
2021 Prix Gold Winner, PX3, Prix de la Photographie de Paris
2019 Honorable Mention International Photography Awards
1997 Airlift Award, Berlin, Germany
1997 Study grant, Royal College of Art London
Scholarship by the British Council, Berlin, Germany
1996 Walter Thiemann award, first price, Leipzig, Germany
1995 Scholarship by the German/French institute, Berlin,
for artist in residency in Dakar and Montpellier
EXPERIENCE
2012-2019 Lectureship for photography, visual art & visual communication
2005-2011 Gallery Director & Founder, Wunderbild Gallery Space at Hackesche Höfe, Berlin, Germany
2002-2012 Founder, Creative Director at Wunderbild, Berlin
since 1998 Running own studio for photography and visual art, Berlin
1995-98 Freelance Art Director, Berlin & London
1995-98 Set & Stage designer for feature films and theatre
EDUCATION
1997-1998 Royal College of Art, London, Printmaking
1989-94 Studying visual communication design at University of applied science HAWK Hildesheim, Germany
522 works for sale
Sven Pfrommer In The Studio
"Warm greetings from my studio. My name is Sven Pfrommer and I am a visual artist based between Berlin and Singapore."
More About Sven Pfrommer
What inspires you?
My main source of inspiration, I would say, is my traveling, exploring different cultures and visual languages. I have been also inspired by different artists.
Describe your creative process.
I tend to work on a series at a time, given by a theme or source of inspiration. Photography, either created in the studio or brought home from a journey, is usually my starting point, before I then continue to work on the outcome in the studio, adding extra layers of watercolor, spray paint or acrylic, or by using alternative processing techniques in my lab.
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
As an art student, I came across the work of László Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray and was inspired by the experimental approach of making photograms in the darkroom. So before ever touching a computer, I experimented in the lab to create photograms and manipulate films. I do also admire the works of Robert Rauschenberg, Antoni Tàpies, Anselm Kiefer and photographers like Peter Beard, Saul Leiter, Daido Moryama, to name a few.
Where do you go for inspiration?
One important reason for me to practice art, is because it gives me the freedom to create the aesthetics, I have in my mind. That strong desire to bring something on paper which exists only as a fragment or cloud in my brain.
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Credentials
Education
Royal College of Art
United Kingdom, 1997
HAWK University of applied science in Hildesheim
Germany, 1994
Awards
Gold Winner, PX3, Prix de la Photographie de Paris
2021
Honorable Mention International Photography Awards
2019
Airlift Award, Berlin, Germany
1997
Scholarship by the British Council, Berlin, Germany
1997
Walter Thiemann award, first price, Leipzig, Germany
1996
Education
Royal College of Art
United Kingdom, 1997
HAWK University of applied science in Hildesheim
Germany, 1994
Awards
Gold Winner, PX3, Prix de la Photographie de Paris
2021
Honorable Mention International Photography Awards
2019
Airlift Award, Berlin, Germany
1997
Scholarship by the British Council, Berlin, Germany
1997
Walter Thiemann award, first price, Leipzig, Germany
1996