About Koob Sassen Enterprises (KSE), *1991 Berlin, 2010 London Produces images and objects that seem to arrive too late: provisional, deliberately inauthentic, oddly familiar. KSE is both author and collection. Works by R.H. Quaytman, Bernadette Corporation, Michael E. Smith, Richard Sides, Franz Erhard Walther and Amelie von Wulffen sit alongside derivatives, facsimiles and makeshift stand-ins for Steven Parrino, Donald Judd and Cady Noland. The work follows the ideological pressure points of authenticity, private ownership and participation, particularly where they are strained by scarcity, speculation and assetization. Rather than standing apart, KSE inhabits the cracks that open when substitution becomes a necessity. You can't quite tell whether you're watching someone get back on their feet or collapse. Exhibitions (Selection) 2027 Scherben, Berlin (Duo / upcoming) PRAGMA, Lido, Venice, Italy (Group / upcoming) 2025 Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose, Gradshow, UdK, Berlin 2024 Napping In Density, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2023 Hyperstition, Museum of Photography, Berlin Malbo, Skulpturenmuseum Marl & Klasse Pernice, at Daniel Marzona / Marie10, Berlin 2022 Profiling, Museum of Photography, Berlin 2021 Novye Cheryomushki, Central House of the Architect, Moscow Nothing Ever Happened (Yet), Museum of Photography, Berlin CA BOO DLE, Bistro 21, Leipzig 2020 Walk By Bye Bye, Alte Münze, Berlin 2019 Fear of Missing Out, La Galerie du Crous, Paris Lick Your Phone and Your Skin Will Glow, KR Potsdamer Strasse, Berlin 2017 Interventions, Bauhaus Bundesschule, Bernau Scholarships / Residencies / Awards 2022–2025 Artist Scholarship, Cusanuswerk, Bonn 2021 Research Grant, DAAD Residency at MGSU, Moscow IBB – Award for Photography (shortlist) 2019 Artist in Residence, ParisXBerlin, Paris & Berlin 2017 Research Grant & Residency, Bauhaus Denkmal Bundesschule Bernau Education 2018–2025 University of the Arts, Berlin Fine Arts with Prof. Manfred Pernice, Meisterschüler 2014–2017 Freie Universität Berlin Political Science (BA studies) 2010–2011 University of Amsterdam Media and Culture Studies (BA studies) Catalogues / Publications / Reviews 2024 (C) Napping in Density, KW Institute for Contemporary Art & UdK Berlin 2023 (C) malbo, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl & Klasse Pernice; via Buchhandlung Walther König (R) Klasse Pernice, Christoph Banna, in: vonhundert, Vol. 113/100 2022 (R) Vom Viralen zur Kunst, Berliner Zeitung, 23.05.2022 2021 (R/P) Forum, Camera Austria International, Vol. 154 2019 (R) Vasen aus Ton, Bänke aus Marmor, taz, 16.07.2019 2017 (P) Umkämpfte Freiheit und Sprachlose Einsamkeit, in: 360° – Journal für Politik und Gesellschaft, Vol. 22 (P) Geschwindigkeit und Macht, in: 360° – Journal für Politik und Gesellschaft, Vol. 23