About
Stefan Busch is a Berlin-based contemporary artist. His work captures the pulse of a world dissolving into hyperreality, exploring the intersection of the digital and physical world. His work translates virtual aesthetics into real spaces, challenging perception and raising awareness by creating moments of irritation as a breakout from everyday life. His works can be found all over the world in cultural spaces, galleries and as temporary installations for exhibitions and events.
Artistic Statement
I work with the fusion of digital and physical space. Growing up in the ’90s, digitalisation shaped my identity just as reunification shaped my parents’ generation. My art captures this shift—transforming virtual impressions into tangible experiences.
By bringing digital aesthetics into the real world, I create moments where change stands still for a second. It’s my way of navigating transformation — between analogue and virtual, past and future.
Stefan Busch – Artistic Vita
2010: Discovery of Tape Art
Stefan Busch began working with tape as a creative medium in 2010, drawn to its unique potential. This marked the beginning of his exploration of the medium, which would become central to his artistic practice.
2012: Joining Tape That CollectiveIn
2012, Stefan became an active member of the artist collective Tape That. Through this collaboration, he realized commissioned projects for global brands like VW, Audi, Adidas, Nike, and Google. As part of Tape That, he curated exhibitions with the aim of introducing Tape Art to new audiences worldwide. Stefan was also a key contributor to the project series Tape Art Around the World, working in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and the German Foreign Office to organize exhibitions and workshops across the globe, further expanding the reach and recognition of Tape Art.
2016: Founding the Tape Art Convention
In 2016, Stefan initiated and curated the Tape Art Convention, an international platform dedicated to this innovative art form. The 2022 edition of the convention was supported by Berlin’s cultural ministry under the patronage of cultural senator Klaus Lederer, further cementing the convention's importance within the art world.
2019: Red Dot Design Award and International Recognition
The largest solo exhibition by Tape That Collective in Taiwan in 2019 was a major milestone in Stefan's career. The exhibition received the Red Dot Design Award – Best of the Best and garnered widespread international media attention from outlets such as Reuters, The Guardian, and The New York Times.
2024: Break up with Tape Art and work as a solo artist / founding of Medium Agency
In 2024, Stefan Busch transitioned to working as a solo artist and founded Medium Agency, a creative agency focused on live communication and brand experiences. The agency brings together artists from various fields to create innovative, immersive projects that bridge the gap between art and brands, offering new ways to engage audiences and explore creative storytelling.
EXHIBITIONS
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2023 Inside the Box, Living Berlin, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2023 Metropolink Festival, Heidelberg, Germany | Group
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2023 Hotel Berlin Berlin, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2023 Depot Festival, Pilsen, Czech Republic | Group
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2022 Tape Art by TAPE THAT, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Solo
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2022 Tape Art Convention 2022, Napoleon Komplex, Berlin, Germany | Group
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2022 Gesamtkunstwerk Japanisches Palais, Dresden, Germany | Solo
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2022 TAATW Ungarn Art Quarter Budapest, Ungarn | Solo
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2021 Blaenk Urban Art Showroom, Cologne, Germany | Group
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2021 Monopol Open Studios, Berlin Germany | Group
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2021 Game Over, Berlin Germany | Group
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2020 Tape Art - Die Kunst zu kleben, Berlin, Germany | Group
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2020 Hannah Arendt und das 20. Jahrhundert, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany | Group
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2020 Hannah Arendt Portrait, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany | Group
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2020 Berlin Global, Verflechtungen, Humboldtforum Berlin, Germany | Group
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2020 Gesamtkunstwerk Japanisches Palais, Dresden, Germany | Solo
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2020 MT Art, Ushimado, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Japan | Group
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2019 Museumsnacht Basel Spielzeugwelten Museum, Basel, Switzerland | Solo
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2019 Millerntor Gallery, Hamburg, Germany | Group
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2019 Business Liaison Desk Beijing by Berlin Partner, Beijing, China | Group
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2019 The Six Shelves at PNDT Artspace, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2019 TAATW Tour France, Paris, Pantin, Saint-André de Cubczak, Figeac, Marseille, Lyon, Nancy, Lille | Solo
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2019 TAATW Kyrgyzstan, Bischkek, Kyrgyzstan | Group
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2019 TAATW Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania | Solo
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2019 Tape Art by TAPE THAT, Taipei, Taiwan | Solo
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2019 Wandelism Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Group
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2018 Tape Art Convention 2018 Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany | Group
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2018 Facades Shaikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait | Solo
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2018 Garage Illusion Metropolink Festival, Heidelberg, Germany | Group
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2018 Re:imagine Street Art Berlin, Germany | Group
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2018 Ibug Festival Leipzig, Germany | Group
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2018 Culture Night Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland | Group
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2018 Reeperbahnfestival Pt.ll Am alten Flakbunker, Hamburg, Germany | Group
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2017 Misk Art Festival Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia | Group
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2017 The Haus – Berlin Art Bang The Haus, Berlin, Germany | Group
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2017 TAATW Russia NCCA, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Group
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2017 Kontraste Prachtwerk, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2017 Tape Tarnung Wilmersdorfer AR(t)caden, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2017 TAATW Israel Liebling House, Tel Aviv, Israel | Solo
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2017 TAATW Palistine Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine | Solo
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2016 Tape Art Convention 2016 Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany | Group
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2016 TAATW Vietnam Pt.l Creative City, Hanoi, Vietnam | Solo
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2016 TAATW Vietnam Pt.ll Station 3a, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam | Group
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2016 TAATW China Redtory Art Center, Guangzhou, China | Group
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2015 Black Matter Tremuschi Ink Tattoo Studio, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2015 Wolf Frisst Hase Wolf Kino Berlin, Germany | Group
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2014 Blaue Nacht Deutsche Bahn Museum, Nuremberg, Germany | Group
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2014 Straight Lines Black Market Collective, Berlin, Germany | Solo
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2014 TAATW Cambodia: Taped Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Solo
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2013 PICelectroNIC Carré Rotondes, Luxemburg City, Luxemburg | Group
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2012 Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg, Germany | Group