Ivan Seal British, b. 1973

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    Portrait of Ivan Seal, 2024. Photo by Max von Gumppenberg
    Portrait of Ivan Seal, 2024. Photo by Max von Gumppenberg
    Ivan Seal (b. 1973, Stockport, United Kingdom) lives and works in Berlin. Recent exhibitions include Perhaps Sunny Days, PODO Museum, Seogwipo, South Korea (2024); against the day after before, The Hole, New York (2024); Polireality, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2023); Positions, Alma Pearl, London (2023); Today Rots Through Tomorrow, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); Three Rooms, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK (2021) and IVAN SEAL + THE CARETAKER: everywhere, an empty bliss, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2019). Seal is also well-known for creating the album cover for longtime collaborator, The Caretaker, with whom he has also exhibited and performed visuals internationally, from the Barbican in London to the Lincoln Center in New York. Ivan Seal’s work in included in the collections of the PODO Museum, Seogwipo, South Korea; Government Art Collection, London, UK; Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK; Kistefos Collection, Jevnaker, Norway; and the Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, among others.
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  • Installation view: IVAN SEAL + THE CARETAKER: everywhere, an empty bliss, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2019). © Ivan Seal. Courtesy...

    Installation view: IVAN SEAL + THE CARETAKER: everywhere, an empty bliss, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2019). © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and FRAC Auvergne.

     

     

  • Installation view: IVAN SEAL + THE CARETAKER: everywhere, an empty bliss, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2019). © Ivan Seal. Courtesy...
    Installation view: IVAN SEAL + THE CARETAKER: everywhere, an empty bliss, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2019). © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and FRAC Auvergne.
  • Installation view: Ivan Seal: In Here Stands It, Spike Island, Bristol (2012) © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and...
    Installation view: Ivan Seal: In Here Stands It, Spike Island, Bristol (2012) © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and Spike Island.
  • Installation view: Ivan Seal: Grottoesque, Alma Pearl, London (2025). © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and Alma Pearl, London
    Installation view: Ivan Seal: Grottoesque, Alma Pearl, London (2025). © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and Alma Pearl, London
  • Installation view: Ivan Seal: Grottoesque, Alma Pearl, London (2025) © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and Alma Pearl, London.
    Installation view: Ivan Seal: Grottoesque, Alma Pearl, London (2025) © Ivan Seal. Courtesy of the Artist and Alma Pearl, London.
  • Installation view, Perhaps Sunny Days, PODO Museum, Seogwipo, South Korea (2024). © Ivan Seal. © The Caretaker. Commissioned by PODO...

    Installation view, Perhaps Sunny Days, PODO Museum, Seogwipo, South Korea (2024). © Ivan Seal. © The Caretaker. Commissioned by PODO Museum. Courtesy of the Artist and PODO Museum. 

     

     

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