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born 1986
lives and works in Frankfurt am Main
Multimedia Artist and Educator
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Fabian Sch\u00e4fer is an interdisciplinary artist and theorist. His multimedia practice operates at the intersection of eco-art, queer ecology, posthuman theory, and new materialism. In his work, he explores the relationship between humans, nature, and the unconscious as an interwoven field of material, psychic, and socio-ecological processes, developing a research-based practice that combines artistic production with theoretical inquiry. At the core of his work are the relationships between human and non-human actors, as well as the investigation of urban and natural ecologies. Sch\u00e4fer works across media, including installation, printmaking, sculpture, and process-based formats. His methodology is grounded in field research, observation, and experimental engagement with materials, often incorporating organic elements such as fungi or lichens. Alongside his artistic practice, Sch\u00e4fer contributes to lectures and theoretical discourse, including at the conference \u201cVerwoben\u201d at the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin and at \u201cZo\u00f6p Connections: Residencies, Regeneration and Cultural Relations\u201d at the Nieuwe Instituut. He has been an artist-in-residence at Zo\u00f6p Connections (Amsterdam) and Medienfrische (Austria), and has exhibited his work in, among other places, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.\nAs part of the collective mania, Sch\u00e4fer works collaboratively on forms of artistic counter-research and alternative knowledge practices, and is also active in curatorial and discursive contexts, including panel discussions and transdisciplinary art festivals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibitions<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dbecoming with\u201c, solo exhibition, Werkbund Hessen, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dConcrete Ecologies\u201c, solo exhibition, De Ceuvel, Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dWir sind nicht die einzige Art von Wir\u201c, solo exhibition, Gallery-Bund Offenbacher K\u00fcnstler, Offenbach am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong> \u201dZweitheiten\u201c, group exhibition, Netzwerk Seilerei, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong> \u201dDif_fusion\u201c, group exhibition, Alte Schmelze, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong> \u201dLeer-Zeiten\u201c, solo exhibition, 17qm Gallery, Marburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong> Kunsttage, group exhibition, Marburg-Biedenkopf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong> Artinea 2020, group exhibition, Schloss Rauischholzhausen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong> \u201dZwischen-Welten\u201c, group exhibition, IKJG e.V., Marburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong> \u201dEine k\u00fcnstlerische Reise in die Psychedelik\u201c, group exhibition, Q Marburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist in Residence:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> Zo\u00f6p Connections, De Ceuvel Amsterdam, Goethe-Institut and EUNIC Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong> Medienfrische - new media and experimental art, Bschlabertal, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist Talks and Lectures:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dZo\u00f6p Connections: Residencies, Regeneration and Cultural Relations\u201c, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dWhat is a Zo\u00f6p? Non-human Perspectives in Art and Urban Ecology\u201c, Werkbund Hessen, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dInterwoven: Subjects Beyond Autonomy and Dissolution\u201c, interdisciplinary conference, International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Lecture: \u201cPuma Runa: Entangled Subjectivity, Indigenous Epistemologies, and the Knowledge Potential of Eco-Art\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> \u201dBetween Nature and Culture: Why We Need New Narratives\u201c, BOK Gallery, Offenbach am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grants:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> Hessian Studio Support Programme \u201eHessenweit\u201c with mania collective, basis e.V., Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2026<\/strong> \u201cInterwoven \u2013 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Decentralized Forms of Subjectivation,\u201d a planned anthology, transcript Verlag, IPU Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong> Wir sind nicht die einzige Art von Wir, artist catalog, limited to 50 editions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research expeditions: <\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong> Kyrgyzstan: Nomadic Expedition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong> Nepal: Anapurna Area <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong> Mexico: Sierra Norte \u2013 Solo Ascent, Orizaba (5,600 meters)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong> Italy: Val Grande National Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong> Norway: Water Excursion by Canadian Canoe, Femundsmarka National Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Collective:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Member and founder of the art collective \u201emania\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curation:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong> Curation and organizer of the art series \u201eartkin groove\u201c by the art collective \u201cmania\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong> \u201dAnthropoz\u00e4n-Der Versuch einer Deutung\u201c, Andreas L. Berg, Photo-Spectrum-Marburg <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Educational Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025-2026<\/strong> Culture LAB-Crespo Foundation, Land Art Project\u2014Kinderhaus Nied, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023-2024<\/strong> Director of the Gallus Sculpture Workshop for Juvenile Offenders, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fabian Sch\u00e4fer ist ein interdisziplin\u00e4r arbeitender K\u00fcnstler und Theoretiker. Seine multimediale Praxis bewegt sich an der Schnittstelle von Eco-Art, queerer \u00d6kologie, posthumanistischer Theorie und Neuem Materialismus. In seinen Arbeiten untersucht er die Beziehung zwischen Mensch, Natur und Unbewusstem als verwobenes Gef\u00fcge materieller, psychischer und sozial-\u00f6kologischer Prozesse und entwickelt eine forschungsbasierte Praxis, die k\u00fcnstlerische Produktion mit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaefer-fabian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}