Vita

Simon Pfeffel
* 1985 in Nuremberg

2005–2011        Studies at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe under Prof. Silvia Bächli

2011 – 2013      Studies of history at the university of Stuttgart

2011–2012        Guest studies for sculpture and new media at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart under Prof. Christian Jankowski / Continued education in sculpture and new media at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe under Prof. John Bock

2013–2014        Continued education at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe under Prof. Leni Hoffmann

Since 2014       Member of the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg (Germany) /

Awards, Scholarships and Grants

2020 scholarship of the Kunstfond Bonn, „Neustart“-Programm

2019 scholarship of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg: „Hangar“ in Barcelona /

2018 One year funded scholarship of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg /

2018 Five months residency at the Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Baden-Württemberg /

2017/18 1st place: Government financed art-for-architecture contest, University medical center in Heidelberg /

2017 Publication-Grant of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg (GER) for the production of a comprehensive publication / Living Space Grant: Artist-in-residence in Salzburg (AUT) /
Sponsorship of the cultural offices of Stuttgart and Freiburg i. Brsg (Ger) for the one year lasting performance-project „Handeln ist sterben lernen“ /

2015/16 Citè Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR) (Scholarship of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg (GER)) / Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium /

2015 Art-Grant of the Karl-Heinz-Knoedler-Foundation, Ellwangen /
2nd place: Government financed art-for-architecture contest, University of Tübingen / Kaus Australis, Rotterdam (NL) / Art-Grant of the Karlsruher Künstlermesse / Project support of the Karin-Abt-Straubinger-Foundation, Stuttgart /

2013–2015 Scholarship for graduates in the federal state of Baden–Württemberg /

2014 1st place: government financed art-for-architecture contest, Anne-Frank-Schule Karlsruhe /
Project grant from the Bavarian Forest National Park /

2012–2013 1-year residency in the town of Horb am Neckar /

2012 Project grant from the Karlsruhe Culture Office for the UND7 /

2011 Project grant Berchin/ Project grant Artmuse /

2010 Project grant Bavarian Forest National Park /

Exhibitions (download current CV)