Jorn Ebner

Jorn Ebner (*1966 in Bremerhaven), lives / works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hamburg. Studied at the Universität Hamburg and at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. From 2002 to 2005 Research Fellow at Fine Art University of Newcastle, with a 3-year fellowship by the Arts & Humanities Research Board. Ebner shows his Internet works, electronic drawings and sound pieces in solo and group exhibitions, as well as at international fesitivals (Siggraph, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, FILE, Japan Media Arts Festival); Ars Electronica Festival in Linz commissioned Ebner in 2006 and 2008 to create visualisations for John Cage and Elliott Carter concerts, and Munich has awarded him in 2001 with the Kunstpreis des Medienforums.

Solo shows and -projekts: 2005: Portable Landscape, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; 2004: Offline, On(), Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Stormarn, 2004: www.leonardolog.org AHRB Fellowship project; 2003: www.leifcodices.info AHRB Fellowship project; 2001: www.leemarvintoolbox.net, Kunstpreis des Medienforums München; 2001: www.lifemeasure.org, New Media Scotland, Commision; 2000: Flower Equation, Centerspace, Dundee; 1999: Jorn Ebner & Anna Ådahl, Mota Gallery, London. Group shows & -projects: 2005: Generations of Art, Fondazione Antionio Ratti, Como; 2004: Siggraph, Los Angeles, 2003: What I did on ly summer vacation, Athens ICA Virtual Gallery, Athens; 2002: Discourski, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok ; 2001: Predator, KX.Kampnagel, Hamburg; 2001: Rutger Hauer, Perry‘s Motors, London.

(Foto: Gunnar Geller)