PAUL VALENTIN
Paul Valentin

1990 born.Currently works and lives in Munich
2012 studied sculpture and time based media at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (GER) with
Stephan Huber and Alexandra Bircken
2019 graduated as master student
about

The work of Paul Valentin deal with questions of metaphysics, such as the concept of truth, nothingness or the structure of reality. Predominantly active in video art, his work also includes music, digital reliefs and sculptures. In his films he uses computer animation [cgi] to create and alter scenes, settings, and characters. Born the son of a theater sculptor, he is influenced by the sets of theater, opera and film. The assembly shops, sets and props shaped the materiality and visual language of his films and are tied to a recurring theme in his projects – the question of how the world is constructed. While referencing Greek mythology and philosophical ideas of antiquity, he remains antiplatonic, stating that truth after all can be found in fiction. His art is inspired by the literature of classical modernism and magical realism, such as the Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke (1912) or the stories of Louis Borges (1944-1952), already tending towards surrealism and experimental film. His relationship to the surreal is also expressed in a preference for paradoxes that, because of their disruptive structure, can turn our view of the world upside down. By synthesizing these 19th century ideas with contemporary ones, such as New Realism, Paul Valentin opens a new perspective on film as a medium and venue for philosophical discourse.

His works have been presented at the European Media Art Festival, Haus der Kunst, Museum Villa Rot, Centro Cultural Moçambique, Sluice Biennale London and Exchange Rates Festival in New York. He was nominated for the Celeste Prize London and was awarded the Karl & Faber Prize in 2019, as well as the Academy Association Prize the same year. In 2021 the City of Munich awarded him the Scholarship for fine arts.
represented by

BRITTA Rettberg gallery, Gabelsbergerstraße 51. 80333 München
exhibitions

Upcomming 2024
I'MPOSSIBLE, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, DE

Current show
Tacit Call, solo show, Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich, DE until February 9th 2024 (extended)
True and False, Burg Ranfels, Ranfels/Zentig, DE until November (extended)
LOST ARC, solo show, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE until 11. November (extended)

2023/
European Film Festival of Houlgate, Normandy, FR
ARCO, with Patrick Ostrowsky, Lisboa, SP
LOST ARC, solo show, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
DOXA, solo show, GiG x Lothringer13 Studio, Munich, DE
Oodaaq #12, group show, Rennes, FR
MANA BOOKLOUNCH, group show, Café Kosmos, Munich, DE

2022/
Another Room, at Park, Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich, DE
Der Bau. Hommage an Kafka, group show, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, DE
Lost Weekend Meets Young Art, with Moritz Riesenbeck, Munich, DE
O animal humano e o seu planeta, group show, Goethe Center Maputo, Mozambique, MZ
A Piano Plays In Another Room And It’s Raining, solo show, Rosa Stern Space, Muc, DE
MANA II, group show, Galerie der Künstler, DE
STIEPENDIUM für bildende Kunst der Stadt München, HG2, DE

2021/
KATA KOMB, group show, Haus der Kunst (Sammlung Götz), DE
MANA, group show, VerpackereiGö, Görisried, DE
KUNSTPREIS DEUTSCHLAND, gs, Galerie Depelmann, Langenhagen (Hannover), DE
VIDEODOX 4. Videokunst Biennale, BBK, Munich, DE
V2, group show, GalerieFoe , Munich, DE
THE WORLD: Reglitterized, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
Around the block, group show, Luitpoldblock, Munich, DE

2020/
LAMB SHIFT, solo show, MaximiliansForum, Munich, DE
AIR INTO SOLID, solo show, Karl&Faber, Munich, DE
verzeichnet, group show, Der Mixer, Frankfurt am Main, DE
DRAWING RESTICTED, group show, Rosa Stern Artspace, Munich, DE

2019/
Karl & Faber Prize exhibition, group show, Karl&Faber, Munich, DE
NICHTS AT TEUFELSBERG, solo show, Institut für Alles Mögliche (Teufelsberg), Berlin, DE
NICHTS, diploma exhibition, group show, Akademie of fine arts, Munich, DE
Tacker, group show, Galerie der Künstler, Muenchen, DE

2018/
Postdemocratic Picture Party Gallery, group show, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn, DE
Gedenktafel, established via Annuals Exhibition of the Akademy of Fine Arts, Munich, DE

2017/
Jahresgaben 2017, group show, Kunstverein Muenchen, DE
RAUM 49, solo show (with Lilian Robl), Atelier Gregor Hildebrand, Munich, DE
Add FX, group show, Sluice Biennial 2017, London, UK
PUSH, group show, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, DE
BLIND CARBON COPY, solo show (with Kalas Liebfried) AkademieGalerie, Munich, DE
Klassen, group show, Steitfeld Project Space, Munich, DE

2016/
Noises, group show, Exchange Rates, Brookly Fire Proof, New York City, US
PPP, group show, Akademie of Fine Arts, Munich, DE
Batzen Brocken Mehr, group show, Karl-Marx-Ring 7, Munich, DE
Unboxing Pandora, group show, Kunstpavillion Munich, DE

2015/
generate Festival for Electronic Arts, Shedhalle, Tuebingen, DE
epodium gallery, collaboration Munich & New York, US
FORTRAN, annual exhibition, Academy of fine arts Munich, DE

2014/
Mariannengraben, Haus der Kleinen Kuenste, Munich, DE
IN A BLACK ROOM WITH WHITE CURTAINS, group show, Academy of Fine Arts, DE
prizes

NEUSTARTplus-Stipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds, 2023
STIPENDIUM FUER BILDENDE KUNST, 2021
Karl & Faber Prize, 2019
Preis des Akademievereins, 2019
Celeste Prize, OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK [awarded with the 2nd prize of the artists]
Preis des Akademivereins, with Eva Burkhardt, Judith Neunheuserer und Felix Kruis PPP PORT PLAYLIST PROGRAM [as curator]
LfA Kunstkalender, Dezember 2020

2023 curator of REMESH, Haus der Kunst, Künstlerverbund e.V
2021 member of Künstlerverbund Haus der Kunst
2019 member of Neue Müncher Künstlergenossenschaft (NMKG).


publications & press
Die großen Fragen, SZ Junge Leute, 2022
Proteus: Against caves, beds and boats
, by Magdalena Wisniowska, GiG Air, 2022
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
, Hey Judy (about Lambshift) 2021
REGLITTERIZED, Haus der Kunst, 2021
underdox FESTIVAL
, Videodox 4. Förderpreise, 2021
INTERVIEW ARTISTCURRENT PODCAST
, with Tabitha Nagy
A sip of nothing, Talk with Dr. Michael Ott, Dr. Franziska Stöhr, Dr. Josef Martin Gaßner, Dr. Christof Rapp, Dr. Nepomuk Zettl
air into solid, introduction by Dr. Anné-Cécile Foulon
Why the world does not exist, Artist-Talk with Dr. Markus Gabriel
kino der kunst
Monopol Magazin
BR2 Podcast
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG 2020
Caroline Sternberg, Geschichtsbewusstsein und historischer Diskurs an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München - Blicke auf Vergangenes und Gegenwärtiges. In: Mühlenberend, Sandra (Hrsg.), Sammlungen an Kunsthochschulen. Speichern und Vermitteln, Dresden 2020, 51-100
prizes
STIPENDIUM FUER BILDENDE KUNST, 2021
Karl & Faber Prize, 2019
Preis des Akademievereins, 2019
Celeste Prize, OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK [awarded with the 2nd prize of the artists]
Preis des Akademivereins, with Eva Burkhardt, Judith Neunheuserer und Felix Kruis PPP PORT PLAYLIST PROGRAM [as curator]
LfA Kunstkalender, Dezember 2020

2021 member of Künstlerverbund Haus der Kunst
2019 member of Neue Müncher Künstlergenossenschaft (NMKG).


publications & press
Proteus: Against caves, beds and boats, by Magdalena Wisniowska, GiG Air, 2022
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
, Hey Judy (about Lambshift) 2021
INTERVIEW ARTISTCURRENT PODCAST, with Tabitha Nagy
A sip of nothing, Talk with Dr. Michael Ott, Dr. Franziska Stöhr, Dr. Josef Martin Gaßner, Dr. Christof Rapp, Dr. Nepomuk Zettl
air into solid, introduction by Dr. Anné-Cécile Foulon
Why the world does not exist, Artist-Talk with Dr. Markus Gabriel
kino der kunst
Monopol Magazin
BR2 Podcast
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG 2020
Caroline Sternberg, Geschichtsbewusstsein und historischer Diskurs an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München - Blicke auf Vergangenes und Gegenwärtiges. In: Mühlenberend, Sandra (Hrsg.), Sammlungen an Kunsthochschulen. Speichern und Vermitteln, Dresden 2020, 51-100