Timur Si-Qin b. 1984

Timur Si-Qin's (b. 1984, Berlin) interests in the evolution of culture, the dynamics of cognition, and contemporary philosophy, weave together to create a new kind of environmental art. Taking form through diverse media, installations of 3D printed sculptures, light-boxes, websites, texts, and virtual reality, Si-Qin’s work often challenges common notions of the organic vs the synthetic, the natural vs the cultural, the human versus non-human, and other dualisms at the heart of western consciousness. Drawing from disparate disciplines like the anthropology of religion, marketing psychology, and new materialist philosophy, Si-Qin regards spiritualities as cultural softwares capable of deep behavioral and political intervention.

 

Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Société, Berlin (2023); Kunsthalle Wintherthur (2023); von ammon co., Washington D.C. (2020); Magician Space, Beijing, (2018); Spazio Maiocchi, Milan (2018); and Art Basel Hong Kong (2018), amongst others. Group exhibitions include Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2023); Kunsthalle Winterthur (2023); Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2023); Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden (2022); The High Line, New York (2018), amongst others. In 2022, Si-Qin was commissioned by Meta to produce Sacred Footprint for the James A Farley Building, New York.