Alexej Eisner

In his work, nostalgic, (post-)Soviet narratives are embedded within biographical elements of everyday life. In doing so, personal and collective memories of the traumas of Russian-German history are interwoven. Eisner presents figurative elements which, through expressive gestures, scraped surfaces and vivid colour schemes within a single composition, create alternating moments of clarity and decay, conveying a sense of authenticity and raw emotion.

Exhibitions (selection)

2025 – ‘What do we pass on and what do we keep to ourselves?’, Hase29 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Osnabrück.

2025 – ‘FATA MORGANA’, vanished Pop-Up Gallery, Osnabrück.

2025 – ‘skool session no. 17’, Alte Schule, Münster.

2025 – ‘good neighbours’, GALERIE ET, Versmold.

2025 – ‘PASSEN’, Contemporary Institute for Art and Thought, Berlin.

2025 – Annual Exhibition of Nominees, University of Osnabrück.

2024 – ‘My Horse Dog Doesn’t Want to Die – vanished’, Hase29 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Osnabrück.

2024 – ‘Beschreibendes’, Galerie Bel Étage, Gütersloh.

2024 – ‘Orte des Friedens #3’, Kulturbüro, Osnabrück.

2023 – ‘Working on the Future’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.

2023 – ‘CAMPUS’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.

2022 – ‘INDEX’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.

2022 – ‘Artist’s Residence’, Atelierhaus Hasemauer, Osnabrück.

2021 – ‘3D’21’, skulptur-galerie, Osnabrück.

2021 – “European Media Art Festival”, Osnabrück.

2020 – “Grafikbörse”, Borken.

Awards/Scholarships

10.2025 – Germany Scholarship for outstanding achievement in the field of art at the University of Osnabrück

02.2025 – Nomination for the Ingeborg Siebert Art Prize in painting and printmaking

, October 2024 – Germany Scholarship for outstanding achievements in the field of art at the University of Osnabrück

, June 2024–May 2025 – Studio grant from the DaunTown art collective, Borgholzhausen.

2022–2024 – Studio grant, ‘Atelierhaus Hasemauer’, from the Felicitas and Werner Egerland Foundation, Osnabrück.