Philip Seibel’s sculptures acquire their special tension from the combination of industrial-looking surfaces with restrained and precise painterly settings. In their cell-shaped construction and their positioning in the space, the sculptures look like something between an altar and a ventilation system, shifting between the polar opposites of extremely fetishized objects and ones that are hidden by their functionality. As Seibel notes, the works are driven by a desire to “create a presence of something that remains hidden.”

Philip Seibel (b. 1980 in Hagen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Education

He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the class of Peter Doig and graduated with an MFA in 2011.

Exhibitions

Selected solo and duo exhibitions include Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris (2024); FLAT$, Brussels; Magenta Plains, New York (both 2023); Union Pacific, London (2022); Sundy, London; and Soyuz, Pescara (both 2019).

Seibel’s work has been included in group exhibitions at The White Ermine, Düsseldorf (2024); St. Gertrud (Gottfried Böhm), Cologne; Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris; François Ghebaly, New York (all 2023); BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (2022); Union Pacific, London (2020); Boris Georgiev Museum, Varna (2019); and Osthaus Museum, Hagen (2016).

Collections

Philip Seibel’s work is part of public collections. These include the Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg; Braunsfelder Family Collection, Cologne; MASILugano, Lugano; Philara Collection, Düsseldorf; and Sammlung Hildebrand, Leipzig.

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