Berlin-based German artist Boris Eldagsen (*1970) studied photography and visual arts at the Art Academy of Mainz, conceptual art and intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and fine art the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication Hyderabad, India. In addition, he studied philosophy at the Universities of Cologne and Mainz.
His photomedia work has been shown internationally in institutions and festivals including Fridericianum Kassel, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, CCP Melbourne, ACP Sydney, EMAF Osnabrück, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Edinburgh Art Festival, FORMAT Festival Derby, Encontros da Imagem Braga, FestFoto Porto Alegre, Photolux Biennale Lucca, Singapore International Photography Festival, Indian Photo Festival Hyderabad, Chobi Mela Dhaka, PhotoVisa Krasnodar, Noorderlicht Groningen, Voies Off Festival Arles, Media Forum Moscow, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, WRO Media Art Biennale Wroclaw, Biennale Le Havre and Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth.
Since 2004, Boris has lectured at Victorian College of the Arts / University Melbourne, Photography Studies College Melbourne, Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz and Hochschule Furtwangen.
In addition, he has given workshops for Goethe Institut Gulf-Region, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute Dhaka, Singapore International Photography Festival, Australian Center for Photography, Centre for Contemporary Photography Melbourne, RMIT University Melbourne, Monash University Melbourne, Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny d'Olot, PhotoWerkBerlin, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt and Westlicht Wien.
Boris has been awarded at ‘Voies Off’ Arles and ‘FORMAT’ Festival Derby. Boris is a member of Deutsche Fotografische Akademie and is responsible for their online activities.
Boris lives and works in Berlin.
www.eldagsen.com
Utilizing the language of the unconscious and of dreams, these visual poems transport us into irrational but emotionally rich worlds, where locked away feelings unexpectedly rise to the surface of our minds.
