*1973 in Manchester, UK
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
1992–1995 Sheffield Hallam University, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
some of these one of those and that, Å+, Berlin, Germany
Chevette in dub, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
2015
Ivan Seal | Showroom, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
Ivan Seal, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
2013
Ivan Seal, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
Ivan Seal, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
2012
In Here Stands It, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
Komplexraum #1, with Henrik Strömberg, General Public, Berlin, Germany
2011
the object hurts the space, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
Ivan Seal, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
True as applied to you, false as applied to you, Krome Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010
I Learn By Osmosis, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
2009
Two Rooms For A Fall, West Germany, Berlin, Germany
You Talk Too Much, Visite Ma Tente, Berlin, Germany
Proximity, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2008
Crack In Space, Julius Werner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2007
Creature Of Havoc, Visite Ma Tente, Berlin, Germany
Kompact Living Space, with Carla Åhlander, Berlin
2005
Psykodelik Drift, with L.E.C, Zentralburo, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
A conversation about ceramics, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Kollision. Im Labyrinth der unheimlichen Zufälle, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Background/Foreground, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
2015
Magnetic Leakage Fluxes. An international group exhibition, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czechia
The Painter Of Modern Life, Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY, USA
Blue Pink Black, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
2014
Jahresgaben 2014/2015, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Mean what you see, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
Poster 6&6, Eden 16, Zurich, Switzerland and The Option Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
ASSOCIATIONS NEW, SALTS, Birsfelden, Switzerland
A Tea In Three Cities, ArtOne, Hong Kong, China
Nouvel accrochage de la collection Beaux-Arts et Art contemporain, Musées de Montbéliard, Montbéliard, France
2013
ANYONE FOR CRICKET, Kunstverein Horn, Horn, Austria
Kilomètres/Heures. Utopies automobile et ferroviaires, Musée du château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbéliard, France
2012
Frauge, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
Changing States of Matter, BRAND NEW GALLERY, Milano, Italy
Komplexraum #1, Henrik Strömberg und Ivan Seal, General Public, Berlin, Germany
2011
Thrill, Ancienne Douane, Strasbourg, France
Splendid Isolation, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany
2010
Post Face, Essays and Observations, Berlin, Germany
Dunce, Gallery Krome, Berlin, Germany
On Her Majestys Secret Service, Neues Problem, Berlin, Germany
Drunk Tank, Forgotten Bar - Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Hauntology, University of Berkeley Museum, USA
2009
Novembro Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Narcotica, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Basel, Switzerland
Wohnungsausstellung IV, Wedding, Berlin, Germany
2008
Drawings To Counterfeit Drawings For A Group Show, Julius Werner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Just Because We Have Similarities Doesn’t Make Me One Of You, The Gemini Show, Berlin, Germany
2007
The visitor called and I was a roach, Forever And A Day Büro, Berlin, Germany
2006
Standing still in the room for downworld, Anonymous Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
ARTIST PUBLICATIONS
2015
pointy, performed and recorded by Ivan Seal, Sinkhole Audio
