{"id":14,"date":"2015-12-17T13:39:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T13:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianethalmann.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:11:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christianethalmann.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Christiane Thalmann is an artist based in Sheffield, UK.<\/p>\n<p>She is interested in a variety of issues around contemporary life and employs a range of media including photography, video, drawing, writing, needlework, sound, music, animation, altered pre existing material and installation.<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including Rich Mix, London, Site Gallery, S1, Bloc Space, The Tramshed and Create Coffee, Sheffield, Bristol Festival of Photography, Ladyfest, Manchester, South Square Gallery, Bradford, Crescent Arts Scarborough, Microgallery, Windsor, WAMMFest, Maryland, USA, Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany, Zeche Scherlebeck, Herten, Germany, Gasthaus zum Baeren, Zurich, Switzerland and art and film festivals in Holland, France, Spain and Mexico.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Born 1970 in Rheine, Germany<\/p>\n<p>Based in Sheffield, UK<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>EDUCATION<\/p>\n<p>2005 MA Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>1999 Diplom Fotografie\/ Film Design, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n<p>(1994 exchange to the Photography Department of Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT<\/p>\n<p>2007 Pavilion, Leeds, Redeye, Manchester, and Rhubarb Rhubarb, Birmingham<\/p>\n<p>2006 Format Photography Festival, Derby<\/p>\n<p>2005 Professional Development Course, Yorkshire Art Space, Sheffield<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/p>\n<p>2019 Cut Joint, Create Coffee, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2011 Microgallery, Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor<\/p>\n<p>2009 Learning to dance, Bloc Space, Sheffield<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/p>\n<p>2016 Street Life, The Tramshed, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2014 Sheffield Fringe: Bloc Open Studios<\/p>\n<p>2014 Urban Research, Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany, Gasthaus zum Baeren, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>2013 Sheffield Fringe: Bloc Open Studios<\/p>\n<p>2013 Anonymous, Old Market Gallery, Rotherham<\/p>\n<p>2012 Photo Open, East London Photo Month, Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London<\/p>\n<p>2012 Chemistry of Incidence, part of Sheffield Fringe, S1 Artspace, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2011 Assembly 11: Last Requests, Bloc Space, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2011 artgaffa&amp; girlfriends, Zeche Scherlebeck, Herten, Germany<\/p>\n<p>2011 Ever Remote, South Square Gallery, Bradford, Site Gallery, Sheffield, Crescent Arts, Scarborough<\/p>\n<p>2011 WAMMFest (Women And Minorities in Media Festival), Towson University, Maryland, USA<\/p>\n<p>2010 Crossing the Threshold, Bristol Festival of Photography, Bristol<\/p>\n<p>2008 Ladyfest, Manchester<\/p>\n<p>2007-2008 Host7: Home Disco, Sheffield, Annonay, France, Amsterdam, Holland, Santander, Spain, Mexico City, Mexico<\/p>\n<p>2007 Host6: Beauty, part of the Sheffield Pavilion project at the Bienale in Venice and the Documenta in Kassel<\/p>\n<p>2007 Transmission, D Q bar, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2006 Mobformat, Format 06 Photography Festival, Derby<\/p>\n<p>2004 \u2013 2006 Host4: Cinema, London, Amsterdam, Holland, Annonay, France, Newcastle, Falmouth, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2006 Assembly, Bloc Space, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2005 Pop, The Hubs, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2005 Testing, Psalter Lane Campus, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2004 A Sense of Place, Bloc Space, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>1999 Game over, FH Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n<p>1998 Focus, Bochum, Germany<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>AWARDS<\/p>\n<p>2007 Arts Council England Award<\/p>\n<p>2004 Arts Council England Award<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\n<p>2007 part of the Host section in &#8216;The Sheffield Pavilion&#8217; (distributed at the Bienale in Venice and the Documenta in Kassel, published by Site Gallery, Sheffield, distributed by Cornerhouse, Manchester, ISBN 978 1 899926 86 0)<\/p>\n<p>2007 HAG DVD 02 Various \u2013 Host 7: Home Disco (DVD containing examples of work from 18 artists included in the Host 7:Home Disco screening programme, available though www.hostoffice.org.uk)<\/p>\n<p>2004 HAG DVD 01 Various \u2013 Host 4: Cinema (DVD containing examples of work from 36 artists included in the Host 4:Cinema show, limited edition of 200, available though www.hostoffice.org.uk)<\/p>\n<p>2000 part of \u2018Parallelwelten\u2019 (exhibition catalogue, DGV-Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, Germany, ISBN 3-931126-51-X)<\/p>\n<p>1997 \u2018Menschen im Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus\u2019 (photography\/ text book about a hospital in Herdecke, Germany, Klartext Verlag, Essen, Germany, ISBN 3-88474-561-1)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>COLLABORATIONS<\/p>\n<p>2018 collaboration with film director Anastasia Shilovich<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>COMMISSIONS<\/p>\n<p>2023 event photography for the Brothers Arms, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2018 event photography for the Brothers Arms, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2015 &#8211; 2017\u00a0music photography and poster design for the Brothers Arms, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2015 event photography for Nadine and Peter Blok, Germany<\/p>\n<p>2012 photography for Bloc Projects, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2008 photography for the artist Neil Webb<\/p>\n<p>2006 photography for the artist Michael Day<\/p>\n<p>2004 photography for HAG (Host Artists&#8217; Group)<\/p>\n<p>1997 \u2018Menschen im Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus\u2019, photography\/ text book about a hospital in Herdecke, Germany<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY WORK<\/p>\n<p>1990 EC Studios, Rheine, Germany<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>CONSULTANCY WORK<\/p>\n<p>2012 art related computer consultancy work for the artist Cath Prior<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>TEACHING AND TUTORING<\/p>\n<p>2007 1 to 1 tutoring photography, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2003 support in teaching BA Fine Art students at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>1994 as part of a Nottingham Trent University programme teaching photography at a Comprehensive School in Kirkby-in-Ashfield<\/p>\n<p>1991 teaching (amongst other things) photography at Camp Staunton Meadows, Clover, Virginia, USA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>ARTS ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION WORK<\/p>\n<p>2010 work for Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum<\/p>\n<p>2008 \u2013 2009 work for Yorkshire Art Space, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2005 work for Bloc Studios, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2005 (with other people) organisation of group show at The Hubs, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>2004 (with other people) organisation of an art auction at the Workstation, Sheffield<\/p>\n<p>1993 (with other people) organising Focus, a symposium and competition for photography, Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>all work \u00a9 Christiane Thalmann 2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christiane Thalmann is an artist based in Sheffield, UK. 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