Stefan Dolfen
Born in Linnich, 1959. Until 1989 studied at the Gesamt Hochschule Essen (formerly the Folkwang College of Art). From 1989 working as a freelance artist. 1995 - 1998 taught at the Fach Hochschule in Düsseldorf. In 1999 he founded photosinstore.com. In 2000 he founded eye-d Designbüro. Lives and works in Essen, Germany.
PRIZES & AWARDS: 1989 OttoSteinert Prize - awarded a bursary by the DGPH, a German Photographic Association.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 1993 /4 die Zweite - Kunsthaus Essen, Germany; A Brief Encounter - Civic Centre, Crook, GB; Menzni Situace - Galerie 4, Cheb, CZ. 1994 Kunstpreis Rhein-Ruhr, Mülheim; Nejasná Rodina - Galerie 4, Cheb, CZ; Unclear Family - Civic Centre, Crook, GB; Paare - Forum Bildener Künstler, Essen. 1995 Portrait III - Fotogalerie Wien, Austria. 1996 Vor Ort - Schloss Borbeck, Essen. 1997 Otto-Steinert-Preistraäger - Fototage Herten.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1989 Wer knipst einen sonst schon so? - Uni GH Essen. 1992 Einfach so sein… - Asapheum Bethel, Bielefeld; Luzy Romberg Haus, Marl; Haus Nebo, Bethel, Bielefeld; Zentrum für Psychiatrie, Schloss Herten. 1993 With the Love of My Choice - Fishburn Community Centre, GB; The Fishburn Project - Fishburn Community Centre, GB; touring exhibition in Co. Durham; Einfach so sein - Stadtbibliothek Gütersloh. 1995 Letters from Ernestine K - Side Gallery, Newcastle, GB; Town Hall, Wolsingham, GB.
Unclear Family: Crook Workshop, 1993
from: Photography
A group show presentation of the work coming out of the Crook International Photography Workshop in 1993, documenting the experience of family in and around the South West Durham town.
Love of my Choice
from: Photography
Portrait project exploring love, in Germany, in Newcastle upon Tyne and in Fishburn, County Durham as part of the Crook International Photography Workshop in 1993.
Letters from Ernestine K.
from: Photography
Exploration of a psychiatric institution in Germany, late 1980s, early 1990s, by one of the photographers involved in the Crook International Photography Workshop in 1993.