- Jerszy Seymour -

Jerszy Seymour

Germany/Canada — b. 1968

Available Works

Acid Tracks Ladder - Jerszy Seymour - Miscellaneous - Galerie kreo

Jerszy Seymour

Make up mirror - Jerszy Seymour - Mirror - Galerie kreo

Jerszy Seymour

Suicide Air stool - Jerszy Seymour - Stool - Galerie kreo

Jerszy Seymour

Vases Love + Hate - Jerszy Seymour - Vase - Galerie kreo

Jerszy Seymour

Biography

Jerszy Seymour is a designer working in the most expanded sense of the field. He sees design as the creation of situations, as the general relationship we have with the built world, the natural world, other people and ourselves, and as much about the inhabitation of the planet as the inhabitation of the mind. The goal is the transformation of reality guided by constant humour and a tainted sense of poetry and the idea of the NON-GESAMT GESAMTKUNSTWERK. His work spans from playing with the industrial and post-industrial produced object, actions, interventions and installations, covering a range of mediums and materials, objects, film, performance, music and writing...

Jerszy Seymour is a designer working in the most expanded sense of the field. He sees design as the creation of situations, as the general relationship we have with the built world, the natural world, other people and ourselves, and as much about the inhabitation of the planet as the inhabitation of the mind. The goal is the transformation of reality guided by constant humour and a tainted sense of poetry and the idea of the NON-GESAMT GESAMTKUNSTWERK. His work spans from playing with the industrial and post-industrial produced object, actions, interventions and installations, covering a range of mediums and materials, objects, film, performance, music and writing.

He was born in Berlin in 1968 to a Canadian mother and German father who were both ballet dancers. He grew up in London during the eclectic roller coaster of the eighties, where he studied at South Bank Polytechnic (1987 – 1990) and industrial design at the Royal College of Art (1991 – 1993). Shortly after this he moved to Milan and started his own indepenent projects, including ‘House in a Box’ in 2002, ‘Scum’ in 2003, and the clothing concept ‘Tape’ in 2003. In 2004, Seymour moved to Berlin where he formed the Jerszy Seymour Design Workshop and embarked upon a series of conceptual projects seeking to revitalize the position of design within society. In 2005 he created the ‘Brussels Brain’ installation, (Design Brussels), and, in 2007, the exhibition ‘Living Systems’ (Vitra Design Museum) to investigate the individual economy. In 2008 the installation ‘The First Supper’ (MAK, Vienna) proposed the possibility of an ‘amateur’ society; this was followed by ‘Salon des Amateurs’ (Marta Herford, 2009) and the ‘Coalition of Amateurs’ (MUDAM, Luxembourg, 2009). He was also invited to show a retrospective of his work at Villa Noailles (France), creating the exhibition ‘Being There’. These and other ongoing experimental and conceptual projects form the central thrust of his work. Parallel to this he also designed products and strategies for companies including Magis, Vitra, Alessi. Seymour is represented by Galerie CRONE in Berlin and Galerie Kreo in Paris. His work has been exhibited in many museums worldwide, including the Design Museum in London, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein and Berlin and the Palais de Tokyo. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the ‘Fonds National d’Art Contemporain’ France, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the MAK in Vienna and the ´Musée d’Art Grand-Duc Jean´ in Luxembourg.

As an integral part of the philosophy of the Workshop, he teaches and gives workshops at the Royal College of Art in London, the Domus Academy in Milan, the ECAL in Lausanne, the HfG in Karlsruhe, HBK Saarbrucken, the Vitra Design Workshops in France, UdK in Berlin, and the Strelka Institute, Moscow. In 2000 he was presented with the Dedalus Award for European Design and he received the Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art in 2003. As a realization of the Amateur projects, Jerszy Seymour created 2011 the program and is director of ‘The Dirty Art Department’, the new Applied Art and Design Masters at the Sandberg Institute/Reitveld Academy in Amsterdam together with Catherine Geel, Stephane Barbier Bouvet, and Clemence Seilles.

His first solo exhibition « The Universe Wants To Play » at Galerie CRONE in Berlin was openned in April 2013.

‘New Dirty Enterprises’ is a series of works that are framed by the manifesto of the New Dirty Enterprises presented at abc contemporary art fair in Berlin in 2013:

The already realised series of works includes Extra National Assembly #1, The Council for the Progenesis of the Archaic Festival, Cinematic Dream Production Multichrome #1, Guerilla Hot Tub Services: Hyperplasmic Composition #1, The First Annual Report and Energy Totems #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5.

Solo Shows

Jerszy Seymour - Lowlife
Solo Show

January 11 - February 22, 2003

Group Shows

Jerszy Seymour -
Off-site event

February 22 - April 30, 2024

Jerszy Seymour - VIRGIL ABLOH: ECHOSYSTEMS
Group Show

September 21 - October 28, 2023

Jerszy Seymour - step by step
Group Show

September 16 - November 05, 2022

Jerszy Seymour - chez soi
Group Show

April 07 - July 16, 2022

Jerszy Seymour - 20 years
Group Show

September 25 - December 24, 2019

Jerszy Seymour - One piece a day
Group Show

September 12 - October 22, 2016

Jerszy Seymour - contrast control
Group Show

September 06 - October 31, 2014

Jerszy Seymour - 10 printemps en automne
Group Show

September 12 - October 31, 2009

Jerszy Seymour - combinaison
Group Show

June 13 - July 25, 2009

Jerszy Seymour - Colors Campana
Group Show

May 28 - July 23, 2005

Jerszy Seymour - Miroirs
Group Show

November 15 - December 20, 2003