Тіm Vеlеѕ
Operating under the project name Studio Teimur Bek Safiuli
Multimedia/photography artist and curator based in Brandenburg and Berlin, Germany.
1990
Born in the USSR. Raised in Germany and several Eurasian states.
2007–2012
Studied Engineering, Physics and Methodology of Science at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
2014–2020
Studied Art History and Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin.
2016–
Curatorial projects with Victoria Lomasko, Clemens von Wedemeyer, and others.
2019–2021
Initiated Open Objects, a virtual exhibition space developed with Clemens von Wedemeyer and Samuel Richter. In collaboration with Goethe‐Institut Minsk and ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen).
2021
Open Objects, video installation and virtual environment, with Clemens von Wedemeyer and Samuel Richter. Presented at the 6th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, featuring conversations with Joanna Mytkowska, Boris Buden, David Riff, and Dmitry Gutov. Supported by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and Goethe‐Institut Minsk.
2020–
Teaches curatorial practice at the Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin.
Works in private collections in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.