Sebastian Hosu was born in Satu Mare and lives and works in Leipzig. He studied at the Art and Design University(UAD) in Cluj-Napocaand at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. His Master’s degree in painting at the RoyalAcademy of Fine Arts in Liège (2016). Hosu’s works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, including the solo exhibitions at Friends of Current Art Association, Zwickau; Museum of Fine Arts (MdbK) in Leipzig; Rutger Brandt Gallery in Amsterdam. He has received various awards, including the Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada (2019 and 2017) and first prize at ArtWalk–Park 2015 in Leipzig. His works are included in the Hildebrand Collection, the collections of the MdbK in Leipzig and the Technical University in Darmstadt, as well as the Dresden State Art Collections.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Leisure Life, Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2019 In the light of a lake [Fluid Projekt], Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst, Zwickau, Germany
2018 Green Meat, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, (MdbK) Leipzig, Germany
2018 Outscape, Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2017 Sebastian Hosu « new images », Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2017 tough time, Brennecke Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 no 7, with Agnes Lammert in FF15 Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Creating Realities, with Georg Brückmann in Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 Menschen-Träume, (artist talk with Misheck Masamvu), KAAD, Bonn, Germany
2015 Natural Selection, Westpol A.I.R. space, Leipzig, Germany
2015 Sun Outside, KAAD, Bonn, Germany
2015 Backstage Painting, Bükü-Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
2022Mixed Feelings, Hildebrand Collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
2022Untitled, Art Miami USA
2021Chow Chow, Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2020 See You There, Galerie Eigenheim, Berlin, Germany
2020 i’m everyone, i’m everything, Kommunalka, Leipzig, Germany
2019 I‘ll Be Your Mirror, Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2019 Body Forms, Galerie Rundgaenger, Frankfurt, Germany
2019 WIN WIN, The Purchases of the Kulturstiftung des Freisteetes Sachsen 2019, HALLE 14- Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Germany
2019 Friendly Wave, Tête, Berlin, Germany
2018 POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2018 with Josef Filipp Galerie Booth C15, Berlin, Germany
2018 25. Leipziger – Jahresausstellung – SILBER, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei Werkschauhalle / Halle 12 Leipzig, Germany
2018 Das ganze Programm, Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2018 MashUp V, Galerie Ghosh, Leipzig, Germany
2017 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair, Represented by Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 Positions Berlin Art Fair, Represented by Brennecke Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 tough time, Brennecke Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 innere notwendigkeit, MNEM SYNE Atelier Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2017 Paper Positions, Art Fair Berlin, during Gallery Weekend, presented by Rutger Brandt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 Art Paris Art Fair,presented by Rutger Brandt Gallery, Paris, France
2017 Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, presented by Brennecke Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
2016 Ich dachte, Sie wären nur ein armer Schlucker!, Kommunalka, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Amsterdam Drawing, Contemporary Art On Paper, with Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair, Represented by Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 Creating Realities, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 Green Meat, Bipolar Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Menschen-Träume, (artist talk with Misheck Masamvu), KAAD, Bonn, Germany
2016 Klasse Ottersbach, Bayer-Kultur, Leverkusen, Germany
2015 Sun Outside, KAAD, Bonn, Germany
2015 Natural Selections, Westpol A.I.R. space, Leipzig, Germany
2015 Painting, Triumph-Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015 Backstage Painting, Bükü-Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
2014 Die Pferde sind tot!, Forum Kunst Rottweil, Germany
2014 Galerie de Wégimont, Liége, Belgium
2013 Drawing protest, GFZK « Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst », Leipzig, Germany
2012 G.U.E.S.T.S.3, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Paintball, Dubois Friedland Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Plurality, Académie Royale des Beaux-arts, Liege, Belgium
Awards
2019 The Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada
2017 The Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada
2015 1st Prize 10. Kunstpreis Wesseling, Germany
2015 1st Prize ArtWalk, Leipzig, Germany
2014 – 2016 KAAD Stipendium, Germany
2012 The Elisabeth Greenshields Award, Canada
2012 Price Horlait, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Finalist Herelbeke Prijs Beeldende Kunsten, Belgium
2006 1st Prize Drawing on ecology, Satu Mare, Romania
2006 Mention in the National Painting Olympiad [Competition], Timisoara, Romania