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Foto: Björn Kämmerer © Bildrecht, Wien, 2020
Björn Kämmerer
Foto: Björn Kämmerer © Bildrecht, Wien, 2020
Foto: Björn Kämmerer © Bildrecht, Wien, 2020

Björn Kämmerer

geb. 1977 in Stralsund, Deutschland
www.bjoernkaemmerer.com

studied at Art University Linz & Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

EXHIBITION l SOLO
2018
ARENA, NIKFI, Moscow (RU)
ARENA, Neue Galerie Innsbruck, (A)

2016
Films by Björn Kämmerer, MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, NYC (USA)

2015
WINDOW DISPLAY, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (D) 2014 Björn Kämmerer, WEINGRÜLL, Karlsruhe (D)

2013
Björn Kämmerer, mumok Kino, Vienna (A) 2012 Björn Kämmerer, LWZ Projekte, Vienna (A) 2009 Georg Kargl Fine Arts l Box, Vienna (A)

2007
Birgit Jürgenssen Award Exhibition, Vienna (A)

2006
Demonstrationsraum, Vienna (A)


GRANTS l RESIDENCIES
2018 FABRIKA, Moscow (RU)
2016 State Scholarship for Fine Arts (A)
2015 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (F)
2014 MAK-Schindlerstipendium, Los Angeles (USA) 2011 Startstipendium, Video Art, Austrian Federal Chancellery (A)
2007 Birgit Jürgenssen Award, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (A)


EXHIBITIONS l SCREENINGS l SELECTION
2018
Was vom Kino übrig bleibt, Künstlerhaus Graz (A)
31. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (D)
Diagonale, Garz (A)
VIDEOEX, Zürich, (CH)
56. Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA)
TIFF, Wavelengths, Toronto (CA)

2017
First Look, MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, NYC (USA)
Diagonale, Garz (A)
Klub Katarakt, Hamburg (D)
Images Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (CA)
20. Animatter, Victoria (CA)
Festival L´Age Dor, Brüssel (BE)
Slow Down, WUK, Wien (A)

2016
45. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
Diagonale, Graz (AT)
EMAF, Osnabrück (D)
GEGENkino, Vertical Cinema, Leipzig (D)
Architekturtag Winterthur, Cameo (CH)
20. Split FIlm Festival (HR)
NEW HORIZONS, Wroclaw (PL)
25 FPS Festival, Zagreb (HR)
Unsafe+Sounds Festival, Vienna (A)
TIFF, Wavelengths, Toronto (CA)
Punto y Raya, ZKM, Karlsruhe (D)
Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires (ARG)

2015
Glasgow Film Festival, (UK)
STRP Biennial, Eindhoven (NL)
Tampere Film Festival (FIN)
EAU & GAZ, Lanserhaus, Eppan (IT)
SXSW Festival, Austin (USA)
Melbourne International Film Festival, (AUS)
Björn Kämmerer vs. Johann Lurf, light cone, Paris (F)
Liquid/Havanna, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, (A)
Flimmaker Festival, Milano (IT)
TIFF, Wavelengths, Toronto (CA)

2014
Group 38, Mackey Garages, Los Angeles (USA)
Vertical Cinema, 28th. Int. Film Festival Leeds (UK)
43. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
27. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (D)
Indielisboa, Lisbon (P)
DOKUFEST, Prizren (KO)
Scratch Projection, Studio des Ursulines, Paris (F)
Vertical Cinema, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Cinéma Le Bretagne, Guichen, (F)

2013
Cinematic Sope, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (A)
LIVE at the SCALA, the Messy Project Space, Bangkok (T)
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong (C)
Unpack Studio, IMAGES Festival, Toronto (CA)
STRONG ENOUGH, Enclave Projects, London (UK)
Vertical Cinema, Kontraste Festival, Krems (A)
CINESSONNE, Les Cinoches, Ris-Orangis (F)
Kardinal Köning Kunstpreis, Kunstraum St. Virgl (A)
SCREENING ROOM, Temporary Gallery, Köln (D)
22. DokumentART, Neubrandenburg (D)
DÉTOURNEMENT, Collectif Jeune CInéma, Paris (F)

2012
IMAGES, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (CA)
Found Footage, Palais des Beaux Artes Lille (F)
+Vienna, Daikanyama, Tokyo (JP)
Public failures, Riesa-efau, Dresden (D)

2011
IMAGE FORUM, Yokohama Museum of ART (JP)
TIE, Ross Media Art Center, Lincoln (USA)
14. MEDIA ART BIENNALE WRO (PL)
Split Film Festival, Split (HR)
EXIS, Cinematheque KOFA, Seoul (Korea)
IMPAKT, Utrecht (NL)
MIRE, Inauguration, La Fabrique, Nantes (F)
THIS IS HAPPENING ll, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (A)
EMAF, Osnabrück (D)

2010
60.Berlinale I Forum Expanded (D)
23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (D)
The Merger - by following this 1 easy rule..., Chicago (USA)
CENTRE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE D’ILE-DE-FRANCE, Paris (F)
Diagonale, Graz (A)
Zacherlfabrik Jahresausstellung, Vienna (A)
IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, Bilbao ARTE Fundaziao, Bilbao (E)
Unstable Vacancy, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems (A)

2009
38. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
Istanbul Int. Independent Film Festival (TR)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (D)
Point of Intersection, Lentos Art Museum, Linz (A)

2008
scene missing, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (A)
XIII Biennial of young artist from Europe and Mediterranean, Puglia (I)
Klassengesellschaft, Semperdepot, Vienna (A)
Cinema la enana marrón, Madrid (E)
scene missing, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin (D)
Univeral Cube, Leipzig (D)
53. Cork Film Festival, Cork (IR)
Am Sprung, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (A)
Aurora, Norwich (UK)
In Between, Genia Schreiber Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL)

2007
Curtas Vila do Conde Int. Film Festival (P)
Festival de Cine Alemán, Madrid (E)
36. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
35. Festival Internatinonal Du Film De La Rochelle (F)
Indielisboa, Lisbon (P)
Media Art Friesland, Groningen (NL)
Viennaartweek, Vienna (A)
+10 exhibition, Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg (D)
Viemaster 07, Boeketoren, Gent (B)
L‘Alternativa, CCCB, Barcelona (E)

2006
Crosskick, Kunstverein Braunschweig (D)
Opera Austria, Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (I)
Avanto, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FIN)
Gravitation, Centre Pompidou, Paris (F)
Jerusalem Filmfestival, Jerusalem (IL)
Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid, Madrid (E)
Abstracta Cinema de Roma, Rome (I)
Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, Gainesville (USA)
Tallin Black Nights, Tallin (EST)

2005
Cinecity the Brighton Film Festival, Brighton (UK)
inzwischen, Cinematheque,Leipzig (D)
Diagonale, Graz (A)
18. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart (D)
Feedback and Disaster, MQ, Vienna (A)
20. int. Odense Film Festival, Odense (DK)
Jizni Vitr. III, Budweis (CZ)
Images del Cine, Buenes Aires (ARG)
SCRATCH PROJECTION, Paris (F)
Cycle de Cinéma Expérimental, Strasbourg (F)

2004
Crossing Europe, Linz (A)
14. Int. Bochumer Videofestival, Bochum (D)
Wiener Festwochen, Filmmuseum, Wien (A)
Moving Patterns, New York (USA)
Videothek, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels (A)
Kunstfilmbiennale, Museum Ludwig, Köln (D)
Reihe Filmkunst, Landesgalerie OÖ, Linz (A)
18. Int. Film Festival Leeds, Leeds (UK)
MAK-nite, MAK, Vienna (A)
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