Boris Eldagsen wurde 1970 in Pirmasens geboren. Er studierte Fotografie und Kunst in Mainz, Prag und Hyderabad in Indien sowie Philosophie in Mainz und Köln. Seit dem Besuch einer Masterclass bei Roger Ballen stehen beide Künstler in einem regen Austausch miteinander. Multimedial arbeitend setzt er sich intensiv mit dem Unterbewusstsein auseinander, das ihn zu immer wieder neuen Bilderwelten inspiriert.
Boris Eldagsen ist in der deutschen Photoszene ein Solitär, der sich keiner Schule zurechnen lässt. Seine Photo- und Video- Arbeiten wurden in Galerien und Institutionen weltweit gezeigt. Wichtige Stationen waren: Fridericianum Kassel, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, MAK Wien, Edinburgh Art Festival, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Australian Centre of Photography Sydney, Encontros da Imagem Braga, Biennale Le Havre und Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth.
2013 gewann er den Prix Voies Off des gleichnamigen Festivals in Arles.
2023 gewann er den Sony World Photography Awards 2023 und hat ihn abgelehnt, um eine Diskussion und Reflektion über KI generierte Bilder zu beginnen.
Er unterrichtet seit 2004 Kreativität, Ideenlehre und Photokunst an der Sommer-Akademie des Fotoforums Frankfurt, Akademie für Bildende Kunst Mainz, Hochschule Furtwangen, Victorian College of the Arts & Music Melbourne, Photography Studies College Melbourne und PhotoWerkBerlin.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf seiner persönlichen Webseite: www.eldagsen.com
Boris Eldagsen was born in Pirmasens in 1970. He studied photography and art in Mainz, Prague and Hyderabad in India as well as philosophy in Mainz and Cologne. Since attending a master class with Roger Ballen, both artists have been in a lively exchange with each other. Working in multimedia, he deals intensively with the subconscious, which inspires him again and again to create new worlds of images.
Boris Eldagsen is a solitary artist in the German photo scene who cannot be categorised as belonging to any school. His photographic and video works have been shown in galleries and institutions worldwide. Important stations were: Fridericianum Kassel, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, MAK Vienna, Edinburgh Art Festival, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Australian Centre of Photography Sydney, Encontros da Imagem Braga, Biennale Le Havre and Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth.
In 2013 he won the Prix Voies Off of the festival of the same name in Arles.
In 2023, he won the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 and turned it down to start a discussion and reflection on AI generated images.
He has taught creativity, idea teaching and photographic art at the Fotoforum Frankfurt Summer Academy, Akademie für Bildende Kunst Mainz, Furtwangen University, Victorian College of the Arts & Music Melbourne, Photography Studies College Melbourne and PhotoWerkBerlin since 2004.
Find out more on his personal website: www.eldagsen.com
2023
MAR 02 – 31: Generative & Konkrete Fotografie. Von Licht und Papier zu NFT und Künstlicher Intelligenz (AI). Photo Edition Berlin, Germany
APR 14: WINNING and REFUSAL of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023
2022
AUG 13 – 28: Wiesbadener Fototage, Wiesbaden / Germany
MAY 18 – 22: Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam / Netherlands
APR 30 – MAY 28 -31: L’Age d’Or, Almere / Netherlands
2021
SEP 11 – 19: Simultan Festival, Timisoara / Romania
AUG 2 – 22: ortung 12 Biennale, Goldener Saal im Rathaus, Schwabach / Germany
JUL 16 – SEP 19: 19. DongGang International Photography Festival, DongGang Museum of Photography, DongGang / Korea
JUL 5 – AUG 28: THE RABBIT HOLE, parallel to Rencontres de la Photographie, Bisous, Arles / France
MAR 16 – 31: Through the Looking Glass, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin / Germany
MAR 5 – APR 18: 023Ч, Cultural Center ZIL, Moscow / Russia
2020
DEC 1 – JAN 31: Stadt Findet Kunst, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin / Germany
2019
NOV 21 – DEC 12: Photospiel, Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin / Germany
OCT 14 – 15: Voies Off @ Rencontres de la Photographie Marrakech, El Badi Palace, Marrakesh / Morocco
OCT 9 – 13: 1000 Wirklichkeiten – 100 Jahre GDL/DFA, Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (DE)
MAY 29 – JUL 13: Another Multiverse, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin / Germany
MAR 21 -25: Multiverse, Luisa Catucci Gallery, MIA Photo Fair, Milan / Italy
FEB 8 – 10: The Colour Out Of Space, Galerie 21, Hamburg / Germany
2018
DEC 12 – MAR 29: PAUSE, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi / India
SEP 6 – OCT 7: Indian Photo Festival, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad / India
JULY 11: Mystic, Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin / Germany
MAY 4 -5: VKUNST VIII: Mein Neues Ich, Galerien Fahrgasse, Frankfurt am Main / Germany
MAR 17 – APR 7: Luminale: Was macht das Licht?, KA:OST, Frankfurt am Main / Germany
2017
OCT 9: Close Encounters 3, IndieCork Film Festival, Village Hall, Cork / Ireland
JULY 7: BYO Paper, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles / France
JULY 5 – 30: Festival Miden @ Now & After, CCI Fabrika, Moscow / Russia
MAY 19 – JUNE 6: UFO VISUAL LAB, Galeria Szara Kamienica, Krakow / Poland
MAR 25 – JUL 16: The Marriage of Heaven & Hell, Vegesacker Geschichtenhaus, Bremen / Germany
FEB 24 – MAR 5: JUPF / Jadavpur University Photo Fest, Kolkata / India
FEB 6 – 16: how to disappear completely / THE POEMS, Chobi Mela – International Festival of Photography, Dhaka / Bangladesh
2016
NOV 24 – 28: Project Space Festival, Ciudad Juarez / Mexico
NOV 5 – 8: JAPF 2, Varanasi / India
NOV 5: Slideluck, FOIANOFOTOGRAFIA, Fianao / Italy
NOV 4 -11: FOLLOWYOUR.PET, XS, Warsaw / Poland
OCT 6 – NOV 13: Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore / SG
OCT 5 – NOV 27: The Light of the Night, Projektraum | Kommunale Galerie, Berlin / Germany
SEP 10 – 25: A New Language, Root 1066 International Festival, Hastings / UK
AUG 17: SUPERHIGH Yourself!, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn / Germany
JUL 8: TIME is Love.9 [Show 5], Spectrum Festival, Villach / Austria
JUL 7 – 8: Festival miden, Kalamata / Greece
JUN 19: TIME is Love.9 [Show 4], MurNomade, Hongkong / China
JUN 11: Lange Nacht der kurzen Filme, UNION Kino, Kaiserslautern / Germany
JUN 3-4: Photonic Moments – Month of Photography Festival, ZRC Atrium, Ljubljana
APR 22 – 24: Projektion – Fotografische Behauptungen,
9. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Kunsthalle Darmstadt / Germany
Apr 13 – MAY 15: I am drunk and you are insane, who is going to lead us home?,
Fenster 61, Berlin / Germany
MAR 31: TIME is Love.9 [Show 3], Galerie de la Voûte, Paris / France
MAR 5: Video Art Festival Miden, TWIXTlab, Athens / Greece
FEB 19-20: TIME is Love.9 [Show 2], List I Ljosi Light Festival, Seydisfjordur / Iceland
FEB 13: TIME is Love.9 [Show 1], Plateau Gallery, Berlin / Germany
FEB 6 – MAR 7: Other Identity, Loggia della Mercanzia, Genoa / Italy
2015
NOV 27: KIK7: Time Lies, Kino International, Berlin / Germany
NOV 21 – DEC 13: Sacro E Profano, PhotoLux Biennale, Lucca / Italy
NOV 20 – DEC 15: Testosterone, Warsaw Photo Days, Warsaw / Poland
OCT 15-20: Language of Memory, PhotoVisa, Krasnodar / Russia
OCT 15: Turn Around Bright Eyes, Berghain, Berlin / Germany
OCT 7-10: Simultan Festival, Timisoara / Romania
OCT 1-10: Festival International de Fotografia, Belo Horizonte / Brasil
SEP 25-30: Just Another Photo Festival, New Dehli / India
SEP 16: Turn Around Bright Eyes Spin-off, MINY Media Center by IFP, New York / USA
SEP 11: Night of Emerge, Organ Vida, Zagreb / Croatia
SEP 4: Slideluck Roma II, Arena Chiostro Di San Pietro In Vincoli, Rome / Italy
AUG 22 – OCT 11: Pulse, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen / Netherlands
AUG 19 – 23: In Ambience, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Dhaka / Bangladesh
JUL 6 – 11: Wink, blink, close your eyes, Midnight Screenings, Arles / France
JUN 23: Slideluck Hamburg, Phototriennale Hamburg, Containercity / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg / Germany
JUN 17 – 19: Fotonai, State Small Theater, Vilnius / Lithuania
MAY 30 – AUG 28: Portrait of the World, Barbado Gallery, Lisbon / Portugal
MAY 18 – 24: Fotosemana 2015, Thousandfold, Manila / Philippines
MAY 13 – 17: Conversation Rooms: BEELDRUIM X ARTWALL, Zebrastraat, Gent / Belgium
MAY 12 – 16: Festfoto, Porto Algre, Brasil
APR 25 – MAY 24: Fridge, Entretempo Kitchen Gallery, Berlin / Germany
APR 10 – MAY 24: Bruissements, Galerie Voies Off, Arles / France
APR 4 – 26: The Jury’s Projection, Les Boutographies, Montpellier / France
MAR 18 – MAY 10: how to disappear completely / THE POEMS, Le Petit Espace, Paris / France
MAR 13 – APR 12: Evidence, FORMAT Festival, Derby / UK
FEB 5 – MAY 5: how to disappear completely / THE POEMS, Projektraum PhotoWerkBerlin, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin / Germany
2014
DEC 12 – FEB 21: how to disappear completely / THE POEMS, Galerie Voies Off, Arles / France
NOV 8 – DEC 28: RISK / RE-culture 3, Skagiopoulio Foundation, Patras / Greece
NOV 7 – DEC 20: #CROSSWORDS 2, LAGE EGAL & Galerie Jordan/Seydoux, Berlin / Germany (as B+N)
OCT 22 – 26: Galerie Voies Off @ SLICK ART FAIR, Paris / France
OCT 3 – NOV 1: Collection Voies Off, Galerie Binôme, Paris / France
SEP 19 – OCT 31: Hope & Faith, Encontros da Imagem, Braga / Portugal
SEP 17-18: STILL/DYNAMIC: A SCORE IN THREE MOVEMENTS, NONBerlin, Berlin / Germany
SEP 13: TJockTV, Femtech, Uppsala / Sweden
AUG 7 – 13: 4 Solo Shows, The WYE PLATFORM Gallery @ Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin / Germany
JUL 9 – 17: It needs some silence to make sound, ArtWall, Athens / Greece
JUL 18 – AUG 30: Typologien, Galerie Pavlova, Berlin / Germany
JUN 20-22: SCHAU, Dortmunder U, Dortmund / Germany
MAY 9-10: VKunst, Fahrgasse, Frankfurt / Germany
MAY 5: O’Nacht, Festival OBLICK, Offenburg / Germany
APR 24 – MAY 24: Captured Nature, Fellini Gallery, Berlin / Germany
APR 11-12: Photoszene Edition, The QVEST, Cologne / Germany
MAR 28: Young Art Night, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Netherlands
FEB 28: KIK ONE, Kino International, Berlin / Germany
2013
DEC 5: Best of Voies Off, Parobrod, Belgrade / Serbia
NOV 20: SUPERHIGH World Premiere, Platoon Kunsthalle, Berlin / Germany
SEP 25-29: Naoussa International Film Festival, Naoussa / Greece
SEp 21: Wunderlandfestival, Babylon, Berlin / Germany
JUL 27 – AUG 11: Kunst braucht Fläche, Berlin / Germany
JUL 4-6: Parallel Events, Festival Miden, Kalamata / Greece
JUL 1-6: Prix Voies Off, Voies Off Festival, Arles /France
JUN 8 – JUL 8: The Night, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne / Germany
JUN 1-29: 5 Jahre Photo Edition Berlin, Galerie Photo Edition Berlin, Berlin / Germany
MAY 1-7: Kolga Award, Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi / Georgia
APR 27: Konzert: Sandra Hüller & Tom Schneider (VJ-ing), Münchner Kammerspiele, München / Germany
MAR: Strange Representations, Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa / Canada
FEB 15: (No) Public Space, Frappant Galerie, Hamburg / Germany
JAN 12 – 24: Loopingstar Videoartfestival, various venues, Saarbrücken / Germany and Sarregumines / France
2012
NOV 22 – 25: p.s., Joao Cocteau, Berlin / Germany
NOV 8 – 11: Espacio Enter – International Festival of Creativity Innovation & Digital Culture, TEA, Tenerife / Spain
SEP 27 – 30: The Memory Palace, WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg / Canada
MAY 11: Storytellers, Progretto Superfluo, Padua / Italy
APR 25 – MAY 1: Faraway, So Close!, Fichte-Bunker Berlin / Germany
APR 20 – 21: V-Kunst Frankfurt, Galerien Fahrgasse, Frankfurt / Germany
MAR 3 – APR 1: What Happened to God?, Halle 14, Leipzig / Germany
2011
DEC 12 – 18: 3rd MADATAC Mostra, Matadero & Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid /Spain
DEC 10 – 12: Material Conversion, Grimm Museum, Berlin /Germany
OCT 25: Oracle Nite, MAK – Museum für angewandte und Gegenwartskunst, Vienna / Austria (as BORIS+NATASCHA)
JUL 17 – AUG 28: What Happened to God?, ACC, Weimar / Germany
JUL 16 – AUG 27: Video Row, Torrance Art Museum, California / USA
JUN 13 – JUL 3: Expanded Cinema, Moscow Museum of Modern Art / Russia
JUN 2: 2nd Internet Pavillion for the Venice Biennale, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venezia / Italy
MAY 13 – AUG 21: Fantômes & Cauchemars, L’Historial & Espace Culturel / Galerie François Mitterand, Beauvais / France (as BORIS+NATASCHA)
APRIL 8 – 9: FestArte VideoArt Festival, Teatro delle Muse, Ancona / Italy
MAR 25 – APR 17: Shadows of the Bright, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin / Germany
MAR 15: Enigmatic – Videoart from Germany, City Art Gallery, Kharkiv / Ukraine
MAR 14: Enigmatic – Videoart from Germany, Goethe Institut, Kiev / Ukraine
MAR 13: Internationaler Welde-Kunstpreis für Fotografie, Plankstadt / Germany
FEB 11 – MAR 11: Andachtsraum für Kunstverrückte, Galerie Jarmuschek & Partner, Berlin / Germany
FEB 3 – MAR 12: See You on the Flip Side, AC Institute, New York / USA
FEB 18 – 20: 6th Carnival of e-Creativity, Sattal Estate, Bhimtal / India
FEB 16th: 7th Berlin International Director’s Lounge, Meinblau, Berlin / Germany
FEB 13th: The Art of Love, 27th International Winter Festival, Sarajevo / Bosnia & Herzegovina