Daniela Steinfeld
lives and works in Duesseldorf, Germany


education/profession

1992 - 98


Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, Germany, with Prof.Bernd Becher and Prof.Jan Dibbets,
Masterclass of Bernd Becher, Diploma Akademiebrief (M.A.)
2002 - 04 Teacher at Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss, Germany

grants, awards
and projects

1997 - DAAD Grant, USA
- Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA
2001 - Project New Working Strategies, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; concept by Necmi Sönmez, Gudrun Bott and Markus Lüttkemeyer
- Project Children‘s-Culture in the Salzmannbau, on invitation from the Bureau of youth of the city of Duesseldorf, Germany
2002 - Travel Grant, Office for Sports, Culture and Living, NRW, Germany
- Grant, Foundation for Art & Culture, NRW, Germany
- Artist in Residence, Artist Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2003

- Carl-Lauterbach-Award, Stadtmuseum Duesseldorf, Germany

2004

- Founder of the Art - and Exhibition space VAN HORN in Duesseldorf, Germany
- Supported by Kulturamt Duesseldorf, Germany
- Project-Grant, Kunststiftung NRW, Germany

2005 - Supported by Kulturamt Duesseldorf, Germany

solo-shows

2004

- Manmountain, Sara Meltzer Gallery, Room 2, New York, USA
- There's a place. Die vereinnahmte Skulptur, video-presentation, museum kunst palast, Duesseldorf, Germany

2003 - Exhibition Carl-Lauterbach-Award, Stadtmuseum Duesseldorf, Germany
- ...And I'm Not What I Pretend To Be, VOUS ETES ICI; Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002 - One Sunny Day The World Was Waiting For A Lover, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, USA
-
The Way She Moves, Goethe-Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
- Everybody's Got Something to Hide, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2001 - Jablonka Galerie + Jablonka Galerie Linn Luehn, Cologne, Germany
- VOUS ETES ICI, LeBuro, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Wie sieht‘s aus, Project: culture with kids, Kunstraum, Duesseldorf, Germany
- VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Film of the Day, DEKP Kunstraum, Hannover, Germany, invited by Carsten Greife (with horten)
2000 - Soulsafari, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, curated by Toos Arends
- I‘ve Changed My Life in Oh So Many Ways, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, USA
- KLM Headquarters, Amsterdam, Netherlands, curated by Patty Wagemann
- out 4, Horten, Klosterstrasse, Duesseldorf, Germany
- KingGiant, Sara Meltzer Gallery, Room 2, New York, USA
1999 - Neues Gestirn, young art from NRW, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Konrad Fischer Galerie, Duesseldorf, Germany
1998 - Far West Texas, Sara Meltzer‘s on view, New York, USA
- The Chairman Dances, Slide-Installation, danceXchange, Birmingham, England
(Choreography + Performance: Christoph Lechner)
1997 - Lockerplant, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA
1996 - Art Award, Klinik Flurstrasse, Duesseldorf, Germany
1995 - Fotogalerie Fischinger, Stuttgart, Germany



group-shows

2006 -Faszination Fussball, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany, curated by Georg Imdahl
-Welcome Home, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, USA

-More Than Meets The Eye, Photographic Art from the Deutsche Bank Collection,
Museo der Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (cat.), travels to museums in Mexico City, Bogotá, Lima,
Santiago De Chile, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires

-Cluster, Participant Inc., New York, USA, organised by Katie Holten
2005

- Ball im Kopf, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany (cat.)
- Das Spannende ist doch die Organisation von Materie - female positions in sculpture, gallery area 53, Wien, Austria, curated by Karin Sulimma, Nora Hermann, Elisabeth Kousal
- me, myself and I, gutleut Ausstellungsraum, Frankfurt, Germany; glue, Berlin; Konsortium, Duesseldorf; also travels to Amsterdam, Munich and Hamburg, curated by Michael Wagener and Asim Chughtai
- Everyday Is Valentines Day, Jablonka Luehn, Cologne, Germany
- Sorry, Lange Gasse, Augsburg, Germany, invited by Michael Jackson
2004
- wg/3zi/k/bar, Malkasten, Duesseldorf, Germany, invited by Markus Ambach
- Flowers In The Dustbin, Impakt Festival Utrecht, Netherlands, curated by Clare Manchester
- Fairly Visible, Fleisch Ausstellungsraum, Kunstsalon Berlin, Germany

- In the eye of the beholder, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Licht!, glue Ausstellungsraum, Berlin, Germany, curated by Peter Koch and Asim Chughtai
- Running Mars, PAN Kunstforum Emmerich, Netherlands (cat.)
- Birdspace, A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA, curated by David Rubin (cat.)
(&Norton Museum of Art; The Hudson River Museum; McDonough Museum of Art; Tucson Museum of Art)
2003

- Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, museum kunst palast, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Wonderlands, Perspectives of Contemporary Photography, Museum Kueppersmuehle, Coll. Grothe, Duisburg, Germany, curated by Barbara Hofmann (Cat.)
- Apparition, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England
- Suite Voices # 5, Video & Painting, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002 - Apparition, Arnolfini, Bristol, England, curated by Roger Malbert with Lucy Steeds (Cat.)
- heute bis jetzt II. Photography from Duesseldorf , museum kunst palast, Duesseldorf, Germany
curated by Jean-Hubert Martin and Rupert Pfab (Cat.)
- El Bello Genero, Sala des Artes de la Communidad de Madrid, Spain,curated by Margerita Aizpuru (Cat.)
2001 - Untilted, University of Dallas, Haggerty Gallery, Irving USA,
curated by Steffen Boddeker + Christine Bisetto
- Never Never Land, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Univ. of S.Florida, Tampa, USA,
curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud
- Suite Voices #4, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Paradiese, Neue Kunst Galerie, Mannheim, Germany (concept: Corinna Schnitt)
2000 - Suite Voices #3, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Picturing Architecture: From Space to Place, A.A.Wallace Gallery, SUNY College, New York, USA, curated by Lynn Somers + William V. Gannis
- Never Never Land, University Galleries, Florida State University, Boca Raton, USA,
curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud
- Paradiese, Schnitt Ausstellungsraum, Cologne, Germany, (concept: Corinna Schnitt)
- Flag Parade, ZOB + Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach, Germany (Cat.)
- Sidelines, Makor Gallery, video-screening, New York, USA, selected by Sara Meltzer
- What‘s New, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
- AROMA, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Duesseldorf, Germany, curated by Jan Albers
- Summershow, Henry Buhl Collection, New York, USA
- Schnitt 2000, Kunstverein f.d. Rheinlande u.Westfalen, curated by Raimund Stecker (Cat.)
- Game On!, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, USA (Cat.)
- Everyman his football, Kunsthall Rotterdam, Netherlands, curated by Wim van Sinderen (Cat.)
- Mandelbaums Wunderoel, Johannesstrasse, Cologne + Haus des Lehrers, Berlin, Germany
- Vom Gedaechtnis der Bilder, Staedtische Galerie, Gladbeck, Germany (Cat.)
1999 - Dog Show, Marfa, Texas, USA, curated by Steffen Boddeker
- die anderen beobachten und erraten die Aktionen, Zwischenraum 09, Muenster, Germany
- Zwischenraum 08, Florawerke, Muenster, Germany
- we could be heroes, Ruhrtalstrasse 28, Duesseldorf, Germany; curated by Linn Luehn
- I‘m the boss of myself, Sara Meltzer‘s on view, New York, USA (Cat.)
- Freudian Slips, Saks Project Art, New York, USA, curated by Mary Dinaburg
- lanop, a Collaboration, 4E in the Ego Club / Innenstadt Mainstream, Duesseldorf, Germany
1998 - big deal, The Old Marfa Hotel, Marfa, Texas, USA, curated by Steffen Boddeker
- skalf, Freudsteinalb, Duesseldorf, Germany
- gestern genau jetzt, Die Photographische Sammlg./SK Stiftung Kultur, Special Show on Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, curated by Susanne Lange + Gaby Conrath-Scholl
1997 - Die Kamera schaut Frauen an, Buero fuer Fotos, Fotoszene, Cologne, Germany
- RaumZeitBildRaum, Goeteborgs Konstmuseet, Goeteborg, Sweden
1996 - RaumZeitBildRaum, Finnish Photographic Museum, Helsinki, Finland
- RaumZeitBildRaum, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, curated by Ute Eskildsen (Cat.)
1995

- Lebensraum Ruhrgebiet, Fototage Herten, Germany (Cat.)