Bjorn Dahlem
Björn Dahlem is an artist based in Potsdam.
Dahlem was born in Munich. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1994 to 2000. He makes sculptures based on space and astrophysics out of ordinary household materials.
Between 2005 and 2011, Dahlem was a guest professor Berlin University of the Arts, Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts and Braunschweig University of Art. Since 2012, he has been a professor for sculpture at the Braunschweig University of Art.
Since 2017, he is a professor for sculpture and installation at the Bauhaus-University Weimar
Selected exhibitions
2000- German Handikraft, Artspace NZ, Auckland, New Zealand
- Neue Modelle, Trafo Gallery, Budapest
- Orgasmodrom, Galleria Giò Marconi, Milan
2004
- Kommando Pfannenkuchen, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
- Heimweh, Haunch of Venison, London
- Solaris, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
- Lost in Werner, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
- Printemps de Septembre, Festival of Contemporary Images, Toulouse
- S.N.O.W., Galerie Tucci Russo, Turin
- Strange Attractor, Gallery Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo
- Extension Turn 2, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai
- The Homunculus Saloon, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
- Busan Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea
- Berlin goes Zürich, Arndt & Partner, Zurich
- Gallery Swap, Hotel, London
- The Milky Way, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin