Elias Wessel (*1978 Bonn, Germany) is a visual artist living and working in New York and Germany. Education 1999–2000 University of Heidelberg; Art History 2000–2003 University of Mannheim – Faculty for Art and Design; Visual Communication 2003–2007 University of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main; Fine Art Photography, Theory of Perception, History and Theory of Visual Communication About Elias Wessel is committed to developing photographic concepts and procedures which culminate in abstract images that reflect contemporary discourses within society. The works function as both a contribution to the issues of social and political development and the historical conversation between photography and painting. Solo exhibitions (selected) Elias Wessel—It’s Complicated, Is Possibly Art. 1014, New York, September 7–23, 2022. Elias Wessel – I Don’t Care. I Love my Phone. Kunstsammlung SAP, Walldorf, January 28, 2021 – April 30, 2022. Elias Wessel : La somme de mes données. Palais Beauharnais, Paris, January 28–December 28, 2020. Elias Wessel: Die Summe meiner Daten – Digitalisierung, Überwachung, Identität [The Sum of My Data. Digitization, Surveillance, Identity]. Kunstverein Speyer, December 2, 2018 – January 13, 2019. Werke aus »Die Summe meiner Daten« [Selected Works From ›The Sum of My Data‹]. Internationale Photoszene-Festival Köln, Kunstraum Ruttkowski, Cologne, September 1–30, 2018. In The End, Though, Nothing Is Lost. Deutsches Haus at New York University, NYU Arts & Science, New York, April 6–May 26, 2018. Sprung in die Zeit [Leap Into Time]. No Cube – Raum für Kunst und Medien, Münster, February 18–March 25, 2018. Elias Wessel: Die Summe meiner Daten [The Sum of My Data] – B/W Series. Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen, January 12–February 25, 2018. Elias Wessel: History of Touches. Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York, November 10–December 15, 2017. Die Geschichte vom Vergessenen [The Story of The Forgotton]. Heinrich-Hoffmann Museum, Frankfurt am Main, February 24–July 19, 2017. Sprung in die Zeit – Zum Wesen der Bilder [Leap Into Time – On the Essence of Images]. Raum für Kunst und Gegenwart, Ansbach, December 19, 2016 – February 26, 2017. Elias Wessel: Stuck Together Pieces! 1014, New York, November 2, 2016 – May 31, 2017. Spuren der Wirklichkeit [Traces of Reality]. Goethe-Institut, Frankfurt am Main, August 5–October 5, 2016. Landscapes. Künstlerbund Speyer, April 17–26, 2015. Elias Wessel: There Must Be More To Life. Art Directors Club, New York, September, 2012. Group exhibitions (selected) zu mir und zu dir. Franz Jyrch, Maria Sainz Rueda, Elias Wessel; Former