Now:
Random Rules, Publikation,
via Kunstverein Hannover (DE)
Sprengelpreis 2025, Niedersachsen in Europa
Sprengel Museum (DE)
Then:
Einzelausstellung, Haus der Region,
Hannover (DE), Juni.-Aug. 2025
Sprengelpreis 2025 Ausstellung, Einzelausstellung
Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE), Nov.-Feb. 2025
The Hermit (2024)
Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer,
285 x 285 x 265 cm,
We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft,
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
The Hermit (2024)
Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer,
285 x 285 x 265 cm,
We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft,
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
The Hermit (2024)
Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer,
285 x 285 x 265 cm,
We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft,
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
The Hermit (2024)
wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer,
285 x 285 x 265 cm,
We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft,
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
I Believe (2018)
inflatable PVC sculpture,
390 × 410 × 410 cm,
We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft,
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
I Believe (2018)
inflatable PVC sculpture,
390 × 410 × 410 cm,
We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft,
Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
Stranded Drifter (2019)
recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp
320 × 180 × 180 cm, We Get Closer (2024),
Fahrbereitschaft, Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
Stranded Drifter (2019)
recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp,
320 × 180 × 180 cm, We Get Closer (2024),
Fahrbereitschaft, Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
Stranded Drifter (2019)
recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp,
320 × 180 × 180 cm, We Get Closer (2024),
Fahrbereitschaft, Haubrok Foundation, Berlin (DE)
Joyride (2022),
bicycle parts,150 x 120 x 45 cm,
TransMission (2024),
KV Kunsthalle Hannover (DE)
Rouge Blanc Tandem, folded (2023)
bicycle parts, 105 × 120 × 45 cm,
TransMission (2024),
KV Kunsthalle Hannover (DE)
Le jeune (2021)
bicycle parts, 110 × 120 × 45 cm,
TransMission (2024),
KV Kunsthalle Hannover (DE)
High Pop (2024),
3D print, latex balloon,
230 × 180 × 180 cm,
High Pop, ZQM, Berlin (DE)
High Pop (2024),
3D print, latex balloon,
230 × 180 × 180 cm,
High Pop, ZQM, Berlin (DE)
untitled, plums (2025),
photoprint on aluminum, 30 x 40 x 1,5 cm,
High Pop, ZQM, Berlin (DE)
High Pop,
Exhibition Graphic (2025),
ZQM, Berlin (DE)
High Pop, Exhibition Edition (2025),
creamwhip capsules, balloons, size variable,
High Pop, ZQM, Berlin (DE)
Fly away,
walking in the sunshine (2023),
solo show, exhibition view,
Gallerie BOHAI, Hannover
Fly away,
walking in the sunshine (2023),
solo show, exhibition view,
Gallerie BOHAI, Hannover
When attitudes become form (2018)
11 photographs on Forex, 10 x 15 cm, 20 x 30 cm
Fly away, walking in the sunshine
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
untitled "Phone Booth" (2023),
photo-based sculpture, wood,
plaster, metal, ceramic, plastic, paper,
40 × 170 × 35 cm, Fly away, walking in the sunshine,
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
untitled "Phone Booth" (2023),
photo-based sculpture, wood,
plaster, metal, ceramic, plastic, paper,
40 × 170 × 35 cm, Fly away, walking in the sunshine,
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
Nobody gets it (2023)
Wood, ceramics, lacquer, metal,
7 × 200 × 220 cm, Fly away, walking in the sunshine,
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
When attitudes become form (2018)
11 photographs on Forex, 10 x 15 cm, 20 x 30 cm
Fly away, walking in the sunshine
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
Me on the spot (2023), installation,
street lamp, transfer letters, bicycle, springs,
MDF column dummy, dimensions variable,
40 × 170 × 35 cm, Fly away, walking in the sunshine,
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
Fly Away / Walking in The Sunshine (2023)
Lacquered MDF wood, metal,
18 × 215 × 118 cm, Fly away, walking in the sunshine,
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
Fly Away / Walking in The Sunshine (2023)
Lacquered MDF wood, metal,
18 × 215 × 118 cm, Fly away, walking in the sunshine,
Gallerie BOHAI Hannover, 2023
Today is the day (2023),
together with Maximilian Neumann, exhibition view,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
untitled, SPIKE (2023),
wood, 65 x 65 x 40 cm,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
untitled, BLOCK (2023),
wood, 68 x 32 x 32 cm,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
A Round The Corner (2023),
65 square meters, permanent installation,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
corner objects (2023)
Floor sculptures, 40 × 40 × 45 cm,
18 pcs., concrete, green oxide pigment,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
corner objects (2023)
Floor sculptures, 40 × 40 × 45 cm,
18 pcs., concrete, green oxide pigment,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
Pizza Session (2023)
action graphic, felt pen on paper,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
corner oven (2023), Oven sculpture,
concrete, green oxide pigment, fireclay,
metal, insulation, 115 × 115 × 155 cm,
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
„Pizza Session“ action (2023),
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein,
Hermannshof e.V., Völksen
Stickerslap (2022),
1000 PVC stickers,
dimension variable/allover,
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
"Stickerslap" action, (2022)
1000 black stickers, 3 events,
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me (2022)
solo show, exhibition view
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
Joyride (2022)
bicycle parts, steel,
150 x 120 x 45 cm
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
Man down (2022)
photoprint on dibond,
shadow gap frame, 220 x 150 x 4 cm
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
Skywalker (2022)
bicycle parts, steel,
110 x 360 x 45 cm
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
o.T. „detail“ (2022),
photoprint on dibond, 40 × 60 × 4 cm,
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
Your service (2022)
wood, ceramic, steel, plaster,
PVC sticker, 250 x 300 x 8 cm
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
When I get this feeling,
the drift is gonna take me (2022)
photograph, wallpaper print,
852 × 442 cm
Insight outside (2021)
zinc sheet, roof element, window,
wood, LED lamp 78 × 260 × 260 cm
When I get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me,
Kunstverein Hannover (DE), 2022
Café Dreams (2022)
mixed Media, exhibition view
exhibtion together with Albrecht/Wilke & Oliver-Selim Boualam
G+G Gallerie Karlsruhe (DE), 2022
High Protein Record (2018)
sound recording on vinyl, portable recordplayer,
40 x 30 cm
Café Dreams,
G+G Gallerie Karlsruhe (DE), 2022
Melonenstr. 66, Königswortherstr. 20, Manteufelstr. 27b (2022)
glazed ceramics, LED lamps
dimension variable
Café Dreams,
G+G Gallerie Karlsruhe (DE), 2022
Rouge blanc tandem (2021)
bicycle parts
105 × 250 × 45 cm
Über die unerträgliche Vieldeutigkeit des Seins,
Kunst Hermannshof e.V. (DE), 2022
Silivri (2021)
photographs, 42 × 60 cm
Über die unerträgliche Vieldeutigkeit des Seins,
Kunst Hermannshof e.V. (DE), 2022
Silivri (2021)
photographs, 42 × 60 cm
Über die unerträgliche Vieldeutigkeit des Seins,
Kunst Hermannshof e.V. (DE), 2022
Tricycle (2017)
trolley, motor, electronics
120 × 70 × 90 cm
Thie Times,
Kunstverein Barsinghausen (DE), 2021
Insight outside (2021)
zink sheets, roof element,
LED light, window, wood
260 × 260 × 78 cm
Thie Times,
Kunstverein Barsinghausen (DE), 2021
Le jeune (2021)
bicycle parts
110 × 120 × 45 cm
Non Stop,
Art Encounter Foundation,
Timişoara (RO), 2021
Rouge blanc tandem (2021)
bicycle parts
105 × 250 × 45 cm
Non Stop,
Art Encounter Foundation,
Timişoara (RO), 2021
Non Stop (2021)
photographs, 96 × 75 cm
Non Stop,
Art Encounter Foundation,
Timişoara (RO), 2021
Drop in to the leap (2021)
Postcard edition 50 pcs., 10,5 ×14,8 cm
Non Stop, Art Encounter Foundation,
Timişoara (RO), 2021
Stack (2020)
glazed poroton stones, pine palette
160 × 120 × 120 cm
There is no guidance when random rules,
Konnektor, Hannover, 2020
The days run away like
wild horses over the hill (2019)
photographs, 25 × 38 cm
There is no guidance when random rules,
Konnektor, Hannover, 2020
Barbell (2020)
concrete, metal poles
35 × 35 × 260 cm
There is no guidance when random rules,
Konnektor, Hannover, 2020
Stranded Drifter (2019)
recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp
320 × 180 × 180 cm
Lichtparcours, Braunschweig, 2020
Drifter Lane (2020)
recycled plastic, LED lamps
25 × 160 × 1450 cm
Lichtparcours, Braunschweig, 2020
Billboard (2020)
recycled plastic, steel, LED lamps
360 × 300 × 160 cm
Lichtparcours, Braunschweig, 2020
High Pop (2020)
3D print, latex balloon
230 × 180 × 180 cm
Keine Zeit für Theorie,
Turba Gallery, 2020
Texas ball shot (2019)
photographs, 37 × 26 cm (each)
Keine Zeit für Theorie,
Turba Gallery, 2020
Texas ball shot (2019)
photographs, 120 × 80 cm
Keine Zeit für Theorie,
Turba Gallery, 2020
I Believe (2018)
inflatable PVC sculpture
390 × 410 × 410 cm
Snap your Identity,
KV Wolfsburg, 2019
Cloud (2019)
glazed ceramics
280 × 300 × 3 cm
Snap your Identity,
KV Wolfsburg, 2019
I Believe (2018)
inflatable PVC sculpture
390 × 410 × 410 cm
Snap your Identity,
KV Wolfsburg, 2019
Stack (2018)
glazed poroton stones,
walnut wood palette
190 × 120 × 120 cm
Master Class exhibition,
Hannover Rück SE, 2019
Hobo Cherries (2019)
glazed ceramics
dimension variable
Master Class exhibition,
Hannover Rück SE, 2019
Hippie Crack (2019)
glazed ceramics
90 × 28 cm (6×)
Master Class exhibition,
Hannover Rück SE, 2019
Mattel 71 (2018)
drywall sheets, wood, plaster
330 × 400 × 290 cm
Interiora Patent,
Rittergut Lucklum, 2018
Mattel 71 (2018)
found object
Interiora Patent,
Rittergut Lucklum, 2018
s.j.kanclerski@gmail.com • Instagram
*in 1988, Langenhagen, lives and works in Hannover (DE)
SJK's sculptures and installations provoke an associative desire to (re)see through their everyday cultural design. The hybrid forms of his objects and ensembles are grounded in commercially available items. His objects seem both familiar and strange, maintaining a delicate balance between the ordinary and the unique. As a viewer, one feels directly addressed, touched, and engaged. The impact doesn't rely on perfect form but rather on small fragments, components, and traces. The pleasure derived from the familiar is preserved and even transforms into a joy of recognizing the familiar in a distinctive manner.
Kanclerski intentionally incorporates the effects of commodity fetishism into the creation process of his objects, employing artistic strategies like large-scale scaling, hybridization, and material refinement. While some of Sven-Julien Kanclerski's works suggest functionality and may even appear practical, this is not attributed to their actual utility but rather to the magic of popular forms.
Text: Felix Koberstein
(Ass. at University für angwandte Kunst Wien, art historian, curator, research associate at ZKM Karlsruhe, text fragment "The Magic of Popular Forms")
SOLO SHOWS: 2023 → Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine, Gallerie BOHAI, Hannover (DE) • Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein, Hermannshof e.V., Völksen (DE) • Today Is The Day, Hermannshof e.V., Völksen (DE) • 2022 → When i get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me, Preis des Kunstvereins, Kunstverein Hannover (DE) • 2021 → NON STOP, Art Encounter Foundation, Timişoara (RO) • 2020 → there is no guidance when random rules, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Keine Zeit für Theorie, exhibition collab with Thomas Rentmeister, Turba Gallery, Hannover (DE) • 2018 → I BELIEVE, Diplomausstellung, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (DE) • I take the turtle one, Square Gallery Chelsea Collage, London (GB) • 2016 → GLAUCA, Hallenad Kunstschaufenster, Wolfsburg (DE) • 2015 → Israel/Kanclerski 1.OG, Kunstraum 52, Hildesheim (DE)
GROUP SHOWS: 2024 → TransMission, Gruppenausstellung, KV Kunsthalle Hannover (DE) • Erste Ruhe, Kunstverein Malerkapelle, Königsluther (DE) • 2023 → Network Solution, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Café Dreams, G+G Gallery, Karlsruhe (DE) • 2022 → Stoned Raiders, Stella Ringcenter Gallery, Berlin (DE) • Café Dreams, G+G Gallery, Karlsruhe (DE) • Über die unerträgliche Vieldeutigkeit des Seins, Kunst Hermannshof e.V, Völksen (DE) • 2021 → Thie Times, Kunstverein Barsinghausen (DE) • 89. Herbstausstellung des Kunstvereins Hannovers, Kunstverein Hannover (DE) • 2020 → Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2020, Braunschweig (DE) • 2019 → Snap Your Identity, Kunstverein Wolfsburg (DE) • Modelausstellung Lichtparcours, Kunstverein Braunschweig (DE) • Elsewhere is here: Anderswo ist hier, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol (GB) • Meisterschüler 2019, Hannover Rück SE, Hannover (DE) • 2018 → Interiora Patent, Rittergut Lucklum, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel (DE) • In Situ, Kunstverein Die Halle, Braunschweig (DE) • ACHT, Kubus Gallery, Hannover • Fremd-Anamnesis, Stillpoint Spaces, Berlin (DE) • Anderswo ist hier, Turba Gallery, Hannover (DE) • 2017 → Operation: Lagune, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Re-Formation/ART-Figura, Perla Castrum, Schwarzenberg (DE) • Revisited, Hallenbad Kunstschaufenster, Wolfsburg (DE) • 2016 → Tight Intersection, GaDeWe, Bremen (DE) • L.I.E.B.E, Apartment, Hannover (DE) • Abstand mit Anstand, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Piano Piano, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Hannover (DE) • 2015 → Szenerie für ein Abendessen, Artmax, Braunschweig (DE) • Linearis, MHH-Kestnerschau, Hannover (DE) • Kunsthoch 33, UDK, Berlin (DE) • 2014 → Allianzen & Affären, KuK der Städte Region Aachen, Monschau (DE)
SCHOLARSHIPS: 2023 → Neustart+ Kultur Stipendium Stiftung Kunstfond • 2022 → Neustart Kultur Stipendium Stiftung Kunstfond • 2021 →Residency at Art Encounters Foundation Timişoara (RO) in collaboration with Niki Hannover • 2020 → Nachwuchsstipendium Niedersachsen • Award & Residency Scholarship of the Kunstvereins Hannover • 2019 → Catalog Scholarship, Hannover Rück SE • 2017–18 → Study Grant, Erasmus+ • 2015–19 → Study Grant, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
EDUCATION: 2018–19 → master student with Prof. Thomas Rentmeister • 2012–2018 → study of Fine Arts, with Prof. Björn Dahlem, Prof. Thomas Rentmeister, & Prof. Anne Pöhlmann at University of Fine Arts Braunschweig, Diploma with award • 2017–18 → study of Fine Arts at Chelsea Collage of Art (UAL), London
© 2024, Sven-Julien Kanclerski
No images may be reproduced, distributed, or electronically reworked in any form without the permission of the respective artist.
Website: Jasper Otto Eisenecker
Now:
Random Rules, Publikation,
via Kunstverein Hannover (DE)
Sprengelpreis 2025, Niedersachsen in Europa
Sprengel Museum (DE)
Then:
Einzelausstellung, Haus der Region,
Hannover (DE), Juni.-Aug. 2025
Sprengelpreis 2025 Ausstellung, Einzelausstellung
Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE), Nov.-Feb. 2025
The Hermit (2024) Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer, 285 x 285 x 265 cm, We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin
The Hermit (2024) Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer, 285 x 285 x 265 cm, We Get Closer (2024)
The Hermit (2024) Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer, 285 x 285 x 265 cm, We Get Closer (2024)
The Hermit (2024) Wood, skylight, LED lamp, lacquer, 285 x 285 x 265 cm, We Get Closer (2024)
I Believe (2018), inflatable PVC sculpture, 390 × 410 × 410 cm, We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin (DE)
I Believe (2018), inflatable PVC sculpture, 390 × 410 × 410 cm, We Get Closer (2024)
Stranded Drifter (2019), recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp, 320 × 180 × 180 cm, We Get Closer (2024), Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin (DE)
Stranded Drifter (2019), recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp, 320 × 180 × 180 cm, We Get Closer (2024)
Stranded Drifter (2019), recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamp, 320 × 180 × 180 cm, We Get Closer (2024)
Joyride (2022), bicycle parts, 150 x 120 x 45 cm, TransMission (2024), KV Kunsthalle Hannover
Rouge Blanc Tandem, folded (2023), bicycle parts, 105 × 120 × 45 cm, TransMission (2024
Le jeune (2021), bicycle parts, 110 × 120 × 45 cm, TransMission (2024)
High Pop (2024), 3D print, latex balloon, 230 × 180 × 180 cm, High Pop, ZQM, Berlin (DE)
High Pop (2024), 3D print, latex balloon, 230 × 180 × 180 cm, High Pop, ZQM Berlin
untitled, plums (2025), photoprint on aluminum, 30 x 40 x 1,5 cm, ZQM Berlin
High Pop, Exhibition Edition (2025), creamwhip capsules, balloons, size variable, ZQM Berlin
High Pop, Exhibition Graphic (2025), ZQM, Berlin (DE)
Fly away, walking in the sunshine (2023), solo show, exhibition view, Gallerie BOHAI, Hannover
Fly away, walking in the sunshine (2023), solo show, exhibition view, Gallerie BOHAI, Hannover
When attitudes become form (2018), 11 photographs on Forex, 10 x 15 cm, 20 x 30 cm
untitled "Phone Booth" (2023), photo-based sculpture, wood, plaster, metal, ceramic, plastic, paper, 40 × 170 × 35 cm
untitled "Phone Booth" (2023), photo-based sculpture, wood, plaster, metal, ceramic, plastic, paper, 40 × 170 × 35 cm
Nobody gets it (2023), wood, ceramics, lacquer, metal, 7 × 200 × 220 cm
When attitudes become form (2018), 11 photographs on Forex, 10 x 15 cm, 20 x 30 cm
Me on the spot (2023), installation, street lamp, transfer letters, bicycle, springs, MDF column dummy, dimensions variable
Fly Away / Walking in The Sunshine (2023), lacquered MDF wood, metal, 18 × 215 × 118 cm
Fly Away / Walking in The Sunshine (2023), lacquered MDF wood, metal, 18 × 215 × 118 cm
Today is the day (2023), together with Maximilian Neumann, exhibition view
untitled, SPIKE (2023),
pine-, wallnut-wood, 65 x 65 x 40 cm
untitled, BLOCK (2023)
pine-, wallnut-wood, 68 x 32 x 32 cm
A Round The Corner (2023)
65 square meters, permanent installation
corner objects (2023) floor sculptures, concrete, green oxide pigment, 40 × 40 × 45 cm, 18 pcs.
corner objects (2023) floor sculpture, concrete, green oxide pigmen, 40 × 40 × 45 cm, 18 pcs.
corner oven (2023), oven sculpture, concrete, green oxide pigment, fireclay, metal, insulation, 115 × 115 × 155 cm
„Pizza Session“ action (2023),
Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein
Stickerslap (2022)
1000 PVC stickers, dimension variable/allover
"Stickerslap" action (2022)
1000 black stickers, 3 events
When i get this feeling
the drift is gonna take me (2022)
solo show, exhibition view
Joyride (2022)
bicycle parts, steel,
150 x 120 x 45 cm
Man down (2022)
photoprint on dibond, shadow gap frame, 220 x 150 x 4 cm
Skywalker (2022)
bicycle parts, steel,
110 x 360 x 45 cm
o.T. „detail“ (2022),
photoprint on dibond, 40 × 60 × 4 cm
Your service (2022)
wood, ceramic, steel, plaster, pvc sticker, 250 x 300 x 8 cm
Your service (2022)
wood, ceramic, steel, plaster, pvc sticker, 250 x 300 x 8 cm
When I get this feeling,
the drift is gonna take me (2022)
photograph, wallpaper print, 852 × 442 cm
Insight outside (2021)
zinc sheet, roof element, window,
wood, LED lamp, 78 × 260 × 260 cm
Café Dreams (2022), mixed Media,
exhibition view
High Protein Record (2018), sound recording on vinyl,
portable recordplayer
Melonenstr. 66, Königswortherstr. 20, Manteufelstr. 27b (2022),
glazed ceramics, LED lamps
Rouge blanc tandem (2021), bicycle parts
Silivri (2018), photographs
Silivri (2018), photographs
Tricycle (2021), trolley, motor, electronics
Insight outside (2021), zinc sheets, window element, LED light, wood
Le jeune (2021), bicycle parts
Rouge blanc tandem (2021), bicycle parts
Non Stop (2021), photographs
Drop in to the leap (2021), postcard edition 50 pcs., 10,5 ×14,8 cm
Stack (2020), glazed poroton stones
The days run away like wild horses over the hill (2019), photographs
Barbell (2020), concrete, metal poles
Stranded Drifter (2020), recycled plastic, rivets, LED lamps
Drifter Lane (2020), recycled plastic, LED lamps
Billboard (2020), recycled plastic, steel, LED Lamps
High Pop (2020), 3D print, latex balloon
Texas ball shot (2019), photographs
Texas Ball (2019), photographs
I Believe (2018), inflatable PVC sculpture
Cloud (2018), glazed ceramics
I Believe (2018), inflatable PVC sculpture
Stack (2018), glazed poroton stones
Hobo Cherries (2018), glazed ceramics
Hippie Crack (2018), glazed ceramics
Mattel 71 (2018), drywall sheets, wood, plaster
Mattel 71 (2018), found object
s.j.kanclerski@gmail.com • Instagram
*in 1988, Langenhagen, lives and works in Hannover (DE)
SJK's sculptures and installations provoke an associative desire to (re)see through their everyday cultural design. The hybrid forms of his objects and ensembles are grounded in commercially available items. His objects seem both familiar and strange, maintaining a delicate balance between the ordinary and the unique. As a viewer, one feels directly addressed, touched, and engaged. The impact doesn't rely on perfect form but rather on small fragments, components, and traces. The pleasure derived from the familiar is preserved and even transforms into a joy of recognizing the familiar in a distinctive manner.
Kanclerski intentionally incorporates the effects of commodity fetishism into the creation process of his objects, employing artistic strategies like large-scale scaling, hybridization, and material refinement. While some of Sven-Julien Kanclerski's works suggest functionality and may even appear practical, this is not attributed to their actual utility but rather to the enchantment of popular forms.
(Text: Felix Koberstein
Ass. at University für angwandte Kunst Wien, art historian, curator, research associate at ZKM Karlsruhe, text fragment "The Magic of Popular Forms")
SOLO SHOWS: 2023 → Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine, Gallerie BOHAI, Hannover (DE) • Zusammen ist Mensch weniger allein, Hermannshof e.V., Völksen (DE) • Today Is The Day, Hermannshof e.V., Völksen (DE) • 2022 → When i get this feeling, the drift is gonna take me, Preis des Kunstvereins, Kunstverein Hannover (DE) • 2021 → NON STOP, Art Encounter Foundation, Timişoara (RO) • 2020 → there is no guidance when random rules, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Keine Zeit für Theorie, exhibition collab with Thomas Rentmeister, Turba Gallery, Hannover (DE) • 2018 → I BELIEVE, Diplomausstellung, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (DE) • I take the turtle one, Square Gallery Chelsea Collage, London (GB) • 2016 → GLAUCA, Hallenad Kunstschaufenster, Wolfsburg (DE) • 2015 → Israel/Kanclerski 1.OG, Kunstraum 52, Hildesheim (DE)
GROUP SHOWS: 2024 → Erste Ruhe, Kunstverein Malerkapelle, Königsluther (DE) • 2023 → Network Solution, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • 2022 → Stoned Raiders, Stella Ringcenter Gallery, Berlin (DE) • Café Dreams, G+G Gallery, Karlsruhe (DE) • Über die unerträgliche Vieldeutigkeit des Seins, Kunst Hermannshof e.V, Völksen (DE) • 2021 → Thie Times, Kunstverein Barsinghausen (DE) • 89. Herbstausstellung des Kunstvereins Hannovers, Kunstverein Hannover (DE) • 2020 → Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2020, Braunschweig (DE) • 2019 → Snap Your Identity, Kunstverein Wolfsburg (DE) • Modelausstellung Lichtparcours, Kunstverein Braunschweig (DE) • Elsewhere is here: Anderswo ist hier, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol (GB) • Meisterschüler 2019, Hannover Rück SE, Hannover (DE) • 2018 → Interiora Patent, Rittergut Lucklum, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel (DE) • In Situ, Kunstverein Die Halle, Braunschweig (DE) • ACHT, Kubus Gallery, Hannover • Fremd-Anamnesis, Stillpoint Spaces, Berlin (DE) • Anderswo ist hier, Turba Gallery, Hannover (DE) • 2017 → Operation: Lagune, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Re-Formation/ART-Figura, Perla Castrum, Schwarzenberg (DE) • Revisited, Hallenbad Kunstschaufenster, Wolfsburg (DE) • 2016 → Tight Intersection, GaDeWe, Bremen (DE) • L.I.E.B.E, Apartment, Hannover (DE) • Abstand mit Anstand, Konnektor, Hannover (DE) • Piano Piano, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Hannover (DE) • 2015 → Szenerie für ein Abendessen, Artmax, Braunschweig (DE) • Linearis, MHH-Kestnerschau, Hannover (DE) • Kunsthoch 33, UDK, Berlin (DE) • 2014 → Allianzen & Affären, KuK der Städte Region Aachen, Monschau (DE)
SCHOLARSHIPS: 2023 → Neustart+ Kultur Stipendium Stiftung Kunstfond • 2022 → Neustart Kultur Stipendium Stiftung Kunstfond • 2021 →Residency at Art Encounters Foundation Timişoara (RO) in collaboration with Niki Hannover • 2020 → Nachwuchsstipendium Niedersachsen • Award & Residency Scholarship of the Kunstvereins Hannover • 2019 → Catalog Scholarship, Hannover Rück SE • 2017–18 → Study Grant, Erasmus+ • 2015–19 → Study Grant, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
EDUCATION: 2018–19 → master student with Prof. Thomas Rentmeister • 2012–2018 → study of Fine Arts, with Prof. Björn Dahlem, Prof. Thomas Rentmeister, & Prof. Anne Pöhlmann at University of Fine Arts Braunschweig, Diploma with award • 2017–18 → study of Fine Arts at Chelsea Collage of Art (UAL), London
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