Colour and composition are the emphasis of Emanuel Seitz’s paintings. Reducing painting to its simplest vocabulary, his works are a celebration of paint and spatiality. Each colour is created from a pure pigment and is added to the canvas in corresponding blocks. The painted marks are then applied on top in free-flowing brush strokes in which one can see the influence of his time studying directly under Günther Förg.
It is this contrast, between the background and the overlaying marks, that gives power and balance to these compositions. His artistic process is thus relieved of structural and compositional constraints as colour itself is the essence of form in his paintings. Emotion is an afterthought in his process yet his harmonious combinations allow the colours to sing, provoking an immediate visual reaction. While Seitz’s paintings seem simple, the chromatic combinations are deeply considered, presented in an elegant interplay between the homogeneous and the indistinct.
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Untitled 1, 2024acrylic and pigment on canvas100cm x 80cm (39" x 31") each 100cm x 160cm (39" x 63") total
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Untitled 19, 2024acrylic and pigments on Kasslerbrown/Kobaltturquoise200cm x 160cm (79" x 63")
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Untitled 2, 2024acrylic and pigment on canvas100cm x 80cm (39" x 31") each 100cm x 160cm (39" x 63") total
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Untitled 20, 2024acrylic and pigments on Kasslerbrown/Cadmiumyellow100cm x 80cm (39" x 31")
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Untitled 18, 2023Acrylic and pigment on canvas190cm x 140cm (75" x 55")
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Untitled 1, 2023Acrylic, Glimmer Gründynamisch and pigment on canvas190cm x 140cm (75" x 55")
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Untitled 2, 2023Acrylic, Iriodin 504 Rot and pigment on canvas190cm x 140cm (75" x 55")
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Untitled 3, 2023Acrylic, Zinkstaub and pigment on canvas190cm x 140cm (75" x 55")
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Untitled 4, 2023Acrylic, Zenexo Copper Glow and pigment on canvas190cm x 140cm (75" x 55")
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Untitled 5, 2023Acrylic and pigment on canvas100cm x 80cm (39" x 31")
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Untitled 6, 2023Acrylic, Aluminiumpulver and pigment on canvas190cm x 140cm (75" x 55")
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Untitled 7, 2023Acrylic, Mangan Braun and pigment on canvas190cm x 190cm (75" x 75")
Emanuel Seitz was born in 1974 and studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts between 1996 and 2002. He has since lived and worked in Germany, exhibiting regularly throughout Europe. He is widely collected with works represented in major collections including the Lenbachhaus and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
EDUCATION
1996 -2002 |
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Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Masters student under Professor Günther Förg. |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 |
Sauvage, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland. |
2022 |
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Jacky Strenz, NADA, Miami, Florida, USA. |
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Galería Ehrhardt Flórez, Madrid, Spain. |
2021 |
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Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany. |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 |
'Oggi, no performance' with Astrid Bauer, Cadogan Gallery, Milan, Italy. |
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'Extraordinary Form: Abstract and Non-Figurative Art from Miettinen Collection, 2000s - Present', Miettinen Collection | Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany. |
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2022 |
Winter Group Show, Bjorn & Gundorph Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark. |
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2020 |
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'Surfaces', Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
2021 |
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‘Wenn die Kastanien blühen', Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany. |
Prizes and scholarships
2012 |
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USA-Stipendium, New York, Los Angeles, USA. |
2011 |
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Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis, Bavaria, Germany. |
2010 |
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France. |
COLLECTIONS
Sammlung Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Florida, US.
Centro de Artes Visuales, Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain.
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Germany.
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany.
Munich Re, Munich, Germany.
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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A Group Exhibition | Mention | Country & Town House
Olivia Emily, Country & Town House, November 1, 2024 -
London’s Cadogan Gallery Has a New Flagship Space | Article | Hypebeast
Shawn Ghassemitari, Hypebeast, October 9, 2024 -
La Cadogan Gallery déménage | Article | Le Quotidien de l'Art
Jade Pillaudin, Le Quotidien de l'Art , October 9, 2024 -
Anti-Frieze: 9 Free Exhibitions to See in London during Frieze Week | Mention | FAD Magazine
Lee Sharrock, FAD Magazine, October 6, 2024 -
Cadogan Gallery Opens New London Flagship in Belgravia | Article | Ocula News
Ocula News, September 25, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY: A GROUP EXHIBITION | ARTICLE | MEDIA E SIPARIO
Media e sipario, August 29, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY: A GROUP EXHIBITION | ARTICLE | POLITICAMENTECORRETTO
politicamentecorretto.com, July 29, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY ANNOUNCEMENT | INSIDEART
Inside Art, July 3, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY ANNOUNCEMENT | ARTICLE | ARTDAILY
Artdaily, June 29, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT | ARTICLE | ARTNET
Artnet, June 28, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY ANNOUNCEMENT | ARTICLE | EXIBART
EXIBART, June 27, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY ANNOUNCEMENT | ARTICLE | ARTSLIFE
Carolina Belfiore, ArtsLife, June 27, 2024 -
CADOGAN GALLERY ANNOUNCEMENT | ARTICLE | FAD MAGAZINE
Mark Westall, FAD Magazine, June 27, 2024 -
EMANUEL SEITZ | MUTUAL ART | ARTICLE
MutualArt, April 6, 2022