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Olaf Holzapfel

Born 1969 in Görlitz, Germany. He lives and works in Dresden and Berlin, Germany.

Exhibitions

Works

Paths of Buenos Aires
Chaguarbild Nr.28 , 2019

chaguar, cotton, natural dye; handwoven by Luisa and Teresa Gutiérrez
139 x 118 cm
173 x 147 cm (framed)

The Chaguar images were created over a period of 12 years of artistic craftsmanship in two work groups in collaboration with the weavers of the Grupo Thani and the Gutiérrez family from the indigenous Wichi minority. The weavers receive a share of the artistic fee in order to support sustainable lifestyles in the model project in Gran Chaco, South America (symbolic appreciation).
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Untitled, 2017

Frottage on paper
42 x 30 cm
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Horizont - nah unter einem Baum, 2019

Oil and acrylic on canvas
170 x 250 cm

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Baum, 2022

Straw on wood, natural dyes
211 x 145 cm
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Lichtbild, Blaues Gras, 2022

Hay, wood, hemp, metal, ink
102 x 70 x 25 cm
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Chaguarbild Nr.23 (Paths of Buenos Aires), 2017

Chaguar, natural dye; handwoven by Teresa Gutiérrez
137 x 104 cm
154 x 119 cm (framed)
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Indigo Schatten, 2025

Straw on wood, natural dyes
145 x 100 cm
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Berliner Gleichzeitigkeit (neue Nacht), 2020

Straw on wood, natural dyes
100 x 145 cm
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Editions

Marunouchi Line, 2007

Series of 6 prints
Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm each
Edition 24

Marunouchi Line, 2007

Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm
Edition of 24
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Marunouchi Line, 2007

Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm
Edition of 24
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Marunouchi Line, 2007

Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm
Edition of 24
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Marunouchi Line, 2007

Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm
Edition of 24
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Marunouchi Line, 2007

Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm
Edition of 24
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Marunouchi Line, 2007

Ditone print on Baryt Paper
40,3 x 48,5 cm each
Edition of 24
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Housing in Amplitude, 2016

Set of 1 photograph , 1 Blue-Ray Disc, 1 shingle
Edition: 30

Housing in Amplitude, 2016

1 photograph, 1 Blue-Ray Disc, 1 shingle, 1 monitor
47 x 70 cm
Edition of 30
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Housing in Amplitude
shingle

14 x 56 cm
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Publications

Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - Blatt
Katalog

Text by Catrin Lorch and Jens Asthoff
Language: English, German
60 pages
45 color pics.
Print run: 750
On the occasion of the exhibition "Hand und Fuß" in Berlin and Dresden
Galerie Gebr. Lehmann Dresden & Johnen Galerie Berlin, 2005
Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - Das nomadische Kriterium
Katalog

Text by Beate Ermacora, Beate Reese and Dieter Roelstraete
161 pages
97 color pics.
On the occasion of the exhibition "Das nomadische Kriterium" at Galerie am Taxispalais, Innsbruck and at Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr
Beate Ermacora & Beate Reese 2009
Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - Nakano Sakaue - Verhandelte Zeichen
Katalog

Text by Andreas Spiegl
Language: English, German
112 pages
66 color pics
Johnen Galerie, Berlin 2009
Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - informell natur
Katalog

Text by Tomas Groetz and Birgit Sonna
Language: German
48 pages
24 pics.
Galerie Sabine Knust, Knust und Kunz GbR, Munich 2011
Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - durch den Kopf, 2003

Text by Dietmar Dath, Singanapalli Balaram and Constanze von Marlin
Language: English, German
56 pages
43 color pics.
On the occasion of the exhibition "durch den Kopf" Philip Morris New York scholarship for masterstudents of the HfBK Dresden, Jun 05 2003 - July 06 2003
Philipp Morris Kunstförderung
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden 2003
Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - The Technology of the Land
Katalog

Text by Jennifer Allen
Language: English, German
104 pages
55 color pics.
Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
Sternberg Press, Berlin 2015
Olaf Holzapfel

Housing of Amplitude - Olaf Holzapfel / Sebastián Preece
Katalog

Text by Francisco Brugnoli, Gustavo Boldrini and Paz Guevara
On the occasion of the exhibition "Housing in Amplitude" Mar 28 - Jun 15 2014 at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo sede Parque forestal, Santiago, Chile
Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel - Region
Katalog, 2012

111 pages
63 color pics.

News

Convergences
Group show at Fondation CAB
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
07.November 2025 - 11.Januar 2026

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Sea Art Festival/Busan Biennale
27.September 2025 - 2.November 2026

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