Bernd Metz (*1979 in

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) is a German artist and curator. He works and lives in

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. Bernd Metz studied Art and

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at the

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in Frankfurt, Germany from 2004 to 2010 and art and philosophy at the

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in 2008. He graduated as

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and is an alumnus of the

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. He is one of the founders of the artist group spezialLabor, co-founder and co-director of the toll ffm – galerie für zeitgenössische kunst in Frankfurt. In 2012 he was a lecturer, pdh-candidate and research assistant for Visual Culture Studies at the

in Frankfurt. He is working as a freelance curator and art mediator for several institutions. In 2014, he was resident artist at the art studio of the

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and in

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for the Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main. His works have been displayed in various exhibitions in Germany and abroad (

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, South Korea and

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). He is represented at the Galerie HanfWeihnacht, in Frankfurt, Germany. Since 2016, he is working on an alternative art project called SHRTLST with the focus on Visual Culture and new contemporary artistic approaches. SHRTLST includes a poster edition of a short selection of international artists which will be presented in various cities.

References

* Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
Stipendiaten 2014
* Kultur-frankfurt.de
toll ffm - galerie für zeitgenössische kunst
* Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Artist-In-Residence Programm 2014
* Article in Faust Kultur Magazine

* Artfacts.com

External links

artist's website

toll – galerie für zeitgenössische kunst

Frankfurt
SHRTLST EDITION
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metz, Bernd Artists from Frankfurt Living people 1979 births German contemporary artists German conceptual artists German art curators Goethe University Frankfurt alumni Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni People from Landau