Klosterfelde Edition

Klosterfelde Edition is a Hamburg-based gallery and publisher specialising in contemporary art editions and multiples. It was founded in 1989 by Helga Maria Klosterfelde, originally to raise funds in support of a successful initiative to turn Hamburg's Deichtorhallen into a site for contemporary art. The production of editions and multiples has remained at the heart of the gallery's work ever since. The company's first premises were on Fleetinsel in Hamburg, where it showed both unique works and editions, collaborating with a wide range of established and emerging artists. In 2006 the gallery opened a showroom on Linienstraße in Berlin, before moving to Potsdamer Straße in 2009. In 2024, after 18 years in Berlin, Klosterfelde Edition moved back to Hamburg, where it all started. Its current address is Isestraße 125, 20149 Hamburg. Since its inception, Klosterfelde Edition has regularly participated in international art fairs such as Art Basel, Gallery Weekend Berlin and Art Cologne, and has made successful contributions to private and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Princeton University, Museum Ludwig and the Berlinische Galerie. The gallery represents and publishes works by a range of artists; examples of its editions include Kay Rosen's "Short Story" (1993/2017), a set of three silkscreen prints on MultiCard paper in an edition of 25, and Yuri Pattison's "User story (Modafinil scan, Klein bottle scan, power scan)" (2016), an acrylic box work in an edition of 7. As a gallery and publisher, Klosterfelde Edition operates at the intersection of the primary art market and the edition market, producing and selling limited-edition prints, multiples and objects. It remains a privately held business, founded and owned by Helga Maria Klosterfelde, and continues to be active in the German and international art scene.

Klosterfelde Edition was founded in 1989 by Helga Maria Klosterfelde. It was originally established to raise funds in support of a successful initiative to turn Hamburg's Deichtorhallen into a site for contemporary art. From that starting point, the production of editions and multiples became the heart of the gallery's work. The company's first premises were on Fleetinsel in Hamburg, where the gallery showcased both unique works and editions, collaborating with a wide range of established and emerging artists. In 2006 the gallery opened a showroom on Linienstraße in Berlin, and in 2009 it took up residence on Potsdamer Straße. In 2024, after 18 years in Berlin, Klosterfelde Edition moved back to Hamburg, where it all started. Its current premises are at Isestraße 125, 20149 Hamburg. Throughout its history, Klosterfelde Edition has regularly participated in international art fairs such as Art Basel, Gallery Weekend Berlin and Art Cologne. It has made successful contributions to private and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Princeton University, Museum Ludwig and the Berlinische Galerie. The gallery's publishing programme includes works such as Kay Rosen's "Short Story" (1993/2017), a set of three silkscreen prints on MultiCard 1S 350g paper, each 45.7 cm x 66 cm, signed, dated and numbered in an edition of 25; and Yuri Pattison's "User story (Modafinil scan, Klein bottle scan, power scan)" (2016), an acrylic box work with 3m privacy film, C-Type photographic print, polyester and antistatic tapes and security screws, each 24.5 x 33 x 2.5 cm, signed, dated and numbered in an edition of 7.

• 2024

  After 18 years in Berlin, Klosterfelde Edition moves back to Hamburg.

• 2017

  Kay Rosen's "Short Story" (1993/2017) published as three silkscreen prints in an edition of 25.

• 2016

  Yuri Pattison's "User story (Modafinil scan, Klein bottle scan, power scan)" published in an edition of 7.

• 2009

  Gallery takes up residence on Potsdamer Straße in Berlin.

• 2006

  Gallery opens a showroom on Linienstraße in Berlin.

• 1993

  Kay Rosen's "Short Story" first appears in a text image project titled "(B)coming (A)part" for DU Magazine, Zurich.

• 1989

  Klosterfelde Edition founded by Helga Maria Klosterfelde.

Gallery and publisher of contemporary art editions and multiples, operating at the intersection of the primary art market and the edition market.

• Kay Rosen, Short Story, 1993/2017

  Three silkscreen prints on MultiCard 1S 350g paper, each 45.7 cm x 66 cm, signed, dated and numbered, edition of 25.

• Yuri Pattison, User story (Modafinil scan, Klein bottle scan, power scan), 2016

  Acrylic box, 3m privacy film, C-Type photographic print, polyester and antistatic tapes, security screws, each 24.5 x 33 x 2.5 cm, signed, dated and numbered, edition of 7.

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4. 4User story (Modafinil scan, Klein bottle scan, power scan), 2016 – Klosterfelde Editionklosterfeldeedition.de
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