Sebastian Jefford
Sebastian Jefford (1990 in Swansea; lives and works in Berlin)
Jefford's multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting, writing and video, yet his open-ended approach often yields hybrid forms that elude categorisation. Working with recurring materials and repurposed everyday objects, his pieces frequently carry the uncanny familiarity of scaled-up miniatures or pseudo-functional props—objects that might belong to some alternate educational display or speculative world-building model.
Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Stavanger Secession, Stavanger, Norway (2026); Behind Eyes, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Competence & Decency, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); Toy, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin, Germany (solo); Passengers, Worse, London, UK (solo) (2025); The Living World of Animals, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (solo); Amid The Alien Corn, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2023); Sentiment, Sediment, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); DES CHAMPS DE FRAISES POUR L’ÉTERNITÉ, La Galerie, centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, France; Optimised Fables about a Good Life, PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic (2022); Natural Gas, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium (solo); The Medieval and The Minimal, Becky's, Berlin, Germany; Severance , Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (2021); Invitation To Love, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany; This Margin Will Be Your Vantage Point, In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, Paris, France; This Tragedy, Fonda, Leipzig, Germany (2020); Gubbinal, Project Native Informant, London, UK; Lyon Biennale, Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France; Out of Eye, Laure Genillard, London, UK (2019); V22 Young London, London (Autumn 2018); Procrustean Flatulence, Gianni Manhattan (2018); The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation; RA Schools Degree Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017); A Rose Is Without a 'Why'. It Blooms Because It Blooms, curated by Sean Steadman, Carl Freedman, London; Modest Villa Immense Versailles, co-curated with Rebecca Ackroyd, Kinman, London; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Bluecoat, Liverpool + ICA (2016), London; Qwaypurlake, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton (2015).
Jefford's multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting, writing and video, yet his open-ended approach often yields hybrid forms that elude categorisation. Working with recurring materials and repurposed everyday objects, his pieces frequently carry the uncanny familiarity of scaled-up miniatures or pseudo-functional props—objects that might belong to some alternate educational display or speculative world-building model.
Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Stavanger Secession, Stavanger, Norway (2026); Behind Eyes, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Competence & Decency, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); Toy, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin, Germany (solo); Passengers, Worse, London, UK (solo) (2025); The Living World of Animals, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (solo); Amid The Alien Corn, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2023); Sentiment, Sediment, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); DES CHAMPS DE FRAISES POUR L’ÉTERNITÉ, La Galerie, centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, France; Optimised Fables about a Good Life, PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic (2022); Natural Gas, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium (solo); The Medieval and The Minimal, Becky's, Berlin, Germany; Severance , Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (2021); Invitation To Love, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany; This Margin Will Be Your Vantage Point, In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, Paris, France; This Tragedy, Fonda, Leipzig, Germany (2020); Gubbinal, Project Native Informant, London, UK; Lyon Biennale, Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France; Out of Eye, Laure Genillard, London, UK (2019); V22 Young London, London (Autumn 2018); Procrustean Flatulence, Gianni Manhattan (2018); The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation; RA Schools Degree Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017); A Rose Is Without a 'Why'. It Blooms Because It Blooms, curated by Sean Steadman, Carl Freedman, London; Modest Villa Immense Versailles, co-curated with Rebecca Ackroyd, Kinman, London; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Bluecoat, Liverpool + ICA (2016), London; Qwaypurlake, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton (2015).
Sebastian Jefford (1990 in Swansea; lives and works in Berlin)
Jefford's multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting, writing and video, yet his open-ended approach often yields hybrid forms that elude categorisation. Working with recurring materials and repurposed everyday objects, his pieces frequently carry the uncanny familiarity of scaled-up miniatures or pseudo-functional props—objects that might belong to some alternate educational display or speculative world-building model.
Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Stavanger Secession, Stavanger, Norway (2026); Behind Eyes, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Competence & Decency, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); Toy, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin, Germany (solo); Passengers, Worse, London, UK (solo) (2025); The Living World of Animals, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (solo); Amid The Alien Corn, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2023); Sentiment, Sediment, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); DES CHAMPS DE FRAISES POUR L’ÉTERNITÉ, La Galerie, centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, France; Optimised Fables about a Good Life, PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic (2022); Natural Gas, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium (solo); The Medieval and The Minimal, Becky's, Berlin, Germany; Severance , Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (2021); Invitation To Love, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany; This Margin Will Be Your Vantage Point, In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, Paris, France; This Tragedy, Fonda, Leipzig, Germany (2020); Gubbinal, Project Native Informant, London, UK; Lyon Biennale, Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France; Out of Eye, Laure Genillard, London, UK (2019); V22 Young London, London (Autumn 2018); Procrustean Flatulence, Gianni Manhattan (2018); The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation; RA Schools Degree Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017); A Rose Is Without a 'Why'. It Blooms Because It Blooms, curated by Sean Steadman, Carl Freedman, London; Modest Villa Immense Versailles, co-curated with Rebecca Ackroyd, Kinman, London; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Bluecoat, Liverpool + ICA (2016), London; Qwaypurlake, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton (2015).
Jefford's multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting, writing and video, yet his open-ended approach often yields hybrid forms that elude categorisation. Working with recurring materials and repurposed everyday objects, his pieces frequently carry the uncanny familiarity of scaled-up miniatures or pseudo-functional props—objects that might belong to some alternate educational display or speculative world-building model.
Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Stavanger Secession, Stavanger, Norway (2026); Behind Eyes, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Competence & Decency, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); Toy, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin, Germany (solo); Passengers, Worse, London, UK (solo) (2025); The Living World of Animals, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (solo); Amid The Alien Corn, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2023); Sentiment, Sediment, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (solo); DES CHAMPS DE FRAISES POUR L’ÉTERNITÉ, La Galerie, centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, France; Optimised Fables about a Good Life, PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic (2022); Natural Gas, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium (solo); The Medieval and The Minimal, Becky's, Berlin, Germany; Severance , Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, Austria (2021); Invitation To Love, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany; This Margin Will Be Your Vantage Point, In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, Paris, France; This Tragedy, Fonda, Leipzig, Germany (2020); Gubbinal, Project Native Informant, London, UK; Lyon Biennale, Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France; Out of Eye, Laure Genillard, London, UK (2019); V22 Young London, London (Autumn 2018); Procrustean Flatulence, Gianni Manhattan (2018); The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation; RA Schools Degree Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017); A Rose Is Without a 'Why'. It Blooms Because It Blooms, curated by Sean Steadman, Carl Freedman, London; Modest Villa Immense Versailles, co-curated with Rebecca Ackroyd, Kinman, London; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Bluecoat, Liverpool + ICA (2016), London; Qwaypurlake, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton (2015).
