Sebastian Wells is an obsessed young photographer, driven by the contemporaneity of current affairs and thoughts about how to visualize it. He graduated at Ostkreuzschule for photography in 2018 and is a member of OSTKREUZ Photographer's Agency since 2019. At the moment, he studies at the photography department of the KASK in Ghent and lives between Belgium and Germany.
Group Exhibition, Kontinent, OSTKREUZ Agentur, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, from February 2022
Group Exhibition, Himmelblau statt Kohlebraun, AE Galerie Potsdam
Solo Exhibition, La Rada di Augusta, Choisi Bookshop Lugano, from September 2021
Group Exhibition, Moria, Fotofestival Nürnberg
Group Exhibition, #LeaveNoOneBehind, borderline-europe e.V. Berlin
Group Exhibition, Framing Identity, Museum for Photography Braunschweig
Group Exhibition, PORTRAITS – HELLERAU Photography Award, Technische Sammlung Dresden
Group Exhibition, Zuhause, Vonovia Award 2019, Kunstmuseum Bochum
Presentation of Olympia and Panel Discussion on Asthetics and Sports as part of Spielstraße 1972, Urbane Künste Ruhr
Shortlist PORTRAITS – HELLERAU Photography Award
1st Price VDS Sportfoto des Jahres 2019
Finalist Leica Oscar Barnack Award
Winner New Talent Award at Belgrade Photo Month
Shortlist Vonovia Award 2020
Solo Exhibition Utopia, Bildband Berlin
Group Exhibition Distant Islands at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Hamburg
Group Exhibition Distant Islands at Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
Group Exhibition Ostkreuzschule, Fotohaus ParisBerlin, Arles
Solo Exhibition Anhänger, Galerie Fenster, Eberswalde
Winner FOLA Photobook Award, Buenos Aires
Winner Art Competition Münzenberg Forum, Berlin
Group Exhibition Distant Islands at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin
Group Exhibition Distant Islands at LAF Gallery, Pforzheim
Group Exhibition Distant Islands at Triennale of Photography, Hamburg
Exhibition Olympia at Lumix Festival, Hannover
Ostkreuzschule Graduation Exhibition ZWÖLF, Berlin
Group Exhibition Sharing Spaces, Feldfuenf project gallery, Berlin
Dumont Journalistenpreis 2016 category young talent
1st Price VDS Sportfoto des Jahres 2016
1st Price VDS Sportfoto des Jahres 2016 category Sports Feature
2nd Price VDS Sportfoto des Jahres 2016 category Sports Feature
1st Price VDS Sportfoto des Jahres 2016 category Portfolio
Special Price Peter-Christian-Schlüschen-Stiftung
Grant and Group Exhibition Brexit by Klaus-Stemmler-Stiftung, Berlin
Group Exhibition Olympia at ORi Projectgallery, Berlin
3rd Price Peter-Christian-Schlüschen-Stiftung
1st Price Peter-Christian-Schlüschen-Stiftung