| bio | |
| 1982 | born in Oberhausen, Germany |
| 2002 – 2010 | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| Studies with Thomas Ruff and Christopher Williams | |
| Masterstudent of Thomas Ruff | |
| 2006 | Exchange Semester at the Academy of Fine Arts Cracow |
| 2010 | Akademiebrief (Diploma) at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
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| awards & sholarships | |
| 2017 | Cary & Dan Bronner Residency Tel Aviv |
| 2015 | Young Artist Award from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Förderpreis des Landes NRW) |
| 2014 | Setareh Future Master's Art Award |
| 2012 | 2nd Prize Audi Art Award - New Photography |
| Grant of the Kunststiftung NRW, Artist in Residence in Istanbul | |
| 2011 | Artist in Residence of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow |
| 2008 | 1st Prize, Lovells Art Award |
| 2006 | Scholarship of the DAAD |
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| exhibitions (selection) | |
| 2020 | »Biennale für aktuelle Fotorgafie«, Ludwigsburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg (C) |
| 2019 | »Paris Photo«, DIX9, Paris |
| »Réversibilité Photographique«, DIX9, Paris (S) | |
| »Archivarische Empathie«, Stadtmuseum München (S) | |
| 2018 | »In Plain Air«, SCAG, Vienna (S) |
| »GRLS BBYLON«, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf (S) | |
| 2017 | »Every Cult Its Castle«, Spinnerei, Leipzig |
| »Squares and Girls«, Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv (S) | |
| »Germany 8 - German Art in China«, White Box Art Museum, Beijing (C) | |
| »Akademie (Arbeitstitel)«, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (C) | |
| »Ecker, Riemer, Ruff«, Museum Folkwang, Essen (C) | |
| »Reference«, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| »Luther und die Avantgarde«, Altes Gefängnis, Wittenberg (C) | |
| »Werbung«, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf | |
| 2016 | »Noise«, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf (S) |
| »That's how the light gets in«, Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster (C) | |
| »After Photography«, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris | |
| »Quo Vadis«, Kunst & Denker, Düsseldorf | |
| 2015 | »Her First Meteorite Vol. 2«, Rosegallery, Los Angeles |
| »De l'authentique aujourd'hui«, Galerie DIX9, Paris (S) | |
| »Bauhaus«, Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen (S) | |
| »Sweet Water«, Cihangir Apt, Istanbul | |
| »I:I«, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf (S) (C) | |
| »Alles glitzert, alles glänzt«, Apartiumentum, Hamburg | |
| »Clash!«, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf | |
| 2014 | »Another Place / Another Space / Together«, Quadriennale, Düsseldorf (C) |
| »Genius Loci«, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf | |
| »Beyond Black«, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf (C) | |
| »Dystotal«, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland (C) | |
| »Die Große«, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf (C) | |
| 2013 | »Spolia - une nouvelle photographie«, Galerie Dix9, Paris (S) |
| »Kunst in Räumen«, Acker111, Düsseldorf | |
| »yüz«, Birlik Apt, Istanbul | |
| »10 Jahre - 10 Fotos«, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf | |
| »Portrait and a Dream«, Grafisches Kabinett, Düsseldorf (C) | |
| 2012 | »Sebastian Riemer«, Clara Maria Sels Gallery, Düsseldorf (S) |
| »Hay Fever«, Edisyon, Istanbul | |
| »An den Rändern der Kunst – Rummeny Collection«, MAP, Düsseldorf | |
| »Große Kunstausstellung NRW«, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (C) | |
| 2011 | »Für immer jung«, German Museum of History, Berlin (C) |
| »Nur gucken nix kaufen«, Rodchenko School of Photography, Moscow | |
| »Fascinating Documents«, House of Photography, Moscow (C) | |
| 2010 | »Sebastian Riemer«, Clara Maria Sels Gallery, Düsseldorf (S) |
| »Autobahnportraits«, Epson Kunstbetrieb, Düsseldorf (C) (S) | |
| »Wasted Life«, Oktoberbar, Düsseldorf (S) | |
| »New Talents Biennale«, Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne (C) | |
| »Sebastian Riemer«, Grau 6, Düsseldorf (S) | |
| 2009 | »Granica«, Gallery Mikro, Düsseldorf (C) (S) |
| »Sebastian Riemer - Fotografia«, Fabrystrefa, Lodz (S) | |
| »TANSTAFL«, Konsortium, Düsseldorf (C) (S) | |
| 2008 | »Foto Folgen«, Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg |
| 2007 | »Windowpictures and Highwayportraits«, Galeria Zpafiska, Cracow (S) |
| »Mit einem Weg zehn Wege sparen«, Parkhaus im Malkasten, Düsseldorf | |
| »Andergraunt«, KIK - Kunst im Keller, Düsseldorf | |
| 2004 | »03---04«, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf (C) |
| (S) = solo show / (C) = catalog | |
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