Franz von Saalfeld was born in 1961 in Ingelheim am Rhein. Having grown up in a family of artists, von Saalfeld has created an extensive body of artistic work since his early youth, in which he portrays his life as well as everyday life in a small German town in a poetic and enigmatic way. For several years von Saalfeld has been working on a stage play entitled “Hans Ulrich”, which comprises 215 double-sided handwritten pages. To date, more than 60 meticulously crafted stage models have been created for this play. He lives and works in Ingelheim am Rhein and Frankfurt am Main.
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Franz von Saalfeld was born in 1961 in Ingelheim am Rhein. Having grown up in a family of artists, von Saalfeld has created an extensive body of artistic work since his early youth, in which he portrays his life as well as everyday life in a small German town in a poetic and enigmatic way. For several years von Saalfeld has been working on a stage play entitled “Hans Ulrich”, which comprises 215 double-sided handwritten pages. To date, more than 60 meticulously crafted stage models have been created for this play. He lives and works in Ingelheim am Rhein and Frankfurt am Main.
Tagledimde / Middlegate III, Geel, Belgien
Der weltbekannte Planet, Neuer Kunstraum Düsseldorf
Atelier Goldstein at Lenbachhaus München,
documenta fifteen, In collaboration with Project Art Works, documenta fifteen, Kassel
Zärtlicher Schmerz, Eine Ausstellung über die Sehnsucht nach Nähe (und den Wunsch nach Distanz), Kunsthaus Muerz
Über das Schreiben, Goldstein Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
Pocorart World Exhibition, Chance and necessity and ... , 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
KIND!, Zuckerbrot und Wunderland, Kloster Bad Schussenried
NO20–39 SummaSummarum, Goldstein Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
Bloedtest (Blood Test), Genetische und künstlerische Manipulationen, Dr. Guislain Museum, Gent
NO34 Was Ihr Wollt III, Works from the Atelier Goldstein, Goldstein Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
Das Beste aus allen Welten, Atelier Goldstein, Stadthaus Ulm
“Ballastexistenzen” –?, Arbeiten aus dem Atelier Goldstein in der Paulskirche, Paulskirche, Frankfurt am Main
NO26 Geschäft / Schrank / Haare / Land, Goldstein Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
Franz von Saalfeld, Frankfurter Künstlerclub
Bühnenreif 1. Akt (1900-2016), Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen
Von der Unbegreiflichkeit Gottes, (Die Neugestaltung der Marienkirche Aulhausen), Haus am Dom und Dommuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Womöglich, Atelier Goldstein zu Gast bei Borgo Ensemble, Borgo Ensemble, Fürth
NO4 »Hir naht der Abschied von Leben und Streid«, Goldstein Galerie, Frankfurt am Main
Gastkünstler Residencies and Workshops
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin – Edition 46
POCORART World Exhibition – Chance and Necessity and…
KIND – Zuckerbrot und Wunderland
Goldstein Galerie
Franz von Saalfeld – Elefanto (Nieves Books)
Bühnenreif (Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck)
Von der Unbegreiflichkeit Gottes (Atelier Goldstein in der Marienkirche Aulhausen)
Atelier Goldstein Heft #5 – Franz von Saalfeld
2022
Never Forget, A memorial for the Max-Plack-Institut for Brain Research in Frankfurt am Main
2009–2015
Redesign of MarienKirche, Rüdesheim am Rhein
Sammlung der Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel