Patrick Alan Banfield

What a refreshing afternoon with my former media arts professor @isaacjulien in Berlin! We went to the show at @galerieweisserelefant of @veronikadraexler and myself about structural violence, to @hamburger_bahnhof to see @zinebsedira , to @juliastoschekfoundation to see @ulyssesjenkinsothervisions and finally to @palaispopulaire to see Isaac‘s work on show there, which is collected by @sammlungwemhoener . It was a pleasure!

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We’re really happy to be showing our Buttplug series in Berlin during Gallery Weekend!! ✨ HOLZWEGE OPEN GALLERY: 01.05.2026 18-22 Uhr 02.05 & 03.05.2026 12-18 Uhr Potsdamer Str. 97 10785 Berlin Im Denken des Deutschen Philosophen Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) ist der „Holzweg“ kein Irrtum, sondern ein Weg, der ins Offene läuft. Ausgehend von diesem Bild versammelt die Ausstellung „Holzwege“ zehn künstlerische Positionen, die keinem gemeinsamen Programm folgen und sich dennoch in einem gemeinsamen Denkraum begegnen. Die Ausstellung ist ein Versuch, drei Ebenen zusammenzuführen: Wahrnehmung, Realität und Kunst. Wie nehmen wir Realität wahr? Wie verändert die Realität unsere Wahrnehmung und vice versa? Und wie nutzen Künstler:innen die Mittel der Gegenwart, um diese Realität zu verarbeiten, weiterzudenken und auszudrücken? Unsere Realität, die Gegenwart, hat sich selbst auf einigen Holzwegen verirrt: Politischer Rechtsruck, Diskursverschiebung, exzessiver und ungefilterter Medienkonsum - um nur einige zu nennen. Exemplarisch, dass auch Heidegger selbst sich in den späten 1930er-Jahren sozusagen auf einem ideologischen Holzweg verirrt hat. All dies greift die Ausstellung „Holzwege“ mal humorvoll, mal kritisch, mal poetisch/abstrakt auf. So entsteht kein eindeutiger Weg, sondern ein Feld von möglichen Orientierungen, ein gemeinsamer Wald. Mit Andreas Greiner (@andreas.greiner.berlin ), Anna Kuen (@ann_kuen ), Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg (@hannahsophiedunkelberg ), Jeewi Lee (@jeewilee ), Kevin Lüdicke (@kevin_luedicke ), Lucas Buschfeld (@studiolucasbuschfeld ), Marta Vovk (@martavovk_studio ), Mimi Kohler (@mimiklr ), Natalie Brehmer (@nataliebrehmer ), Patrick Alan Banfield (@patrickalanbanfield ) & Tim Berresheim (@timberresheim ) Kuratiert von Marcus Boxler (@boxlerer ) Produziert von MUTTER (@mutteragentur ) mit freundlicher Unterstützung von Luisa Cerano (@luisacerano ). Fotos: Johannes Ocker

What an honor to be among such great artists! We hope to see you at the opening of our cool group exhibition on Friday evening (01.05.2026) at 18:00. Happy Invitation! The address: Potsdamer Str. 97, 10785 Berlin. A day before the opening on Thursday, 29.04.2026 we’re hosting a diverse and colorful evening at @studio1111berlin with talks, music and art. Some might call it even a party! 📸🤸🏽🌈🌜 Thank you to Marcus Boxler (@boxlerer ) for curating the show, and to Mutter Agentur (@mutteragentur ) for organizing everything. Mimi Kohler (@mimiklr ) and Patrick Alan Banfield (@patrickalanbanfield ) will present their “Buttplug” series, which you can find in various locations throughout the gallery. Patrick Alan Banfield will also present a new site-specific video installation called “Dirty Talk.” The exhibition will also be open on Saturday and Sunday during Gallery Weekend. #galleryweekendberlin #finearts #potsdamerstrasse #contemporaryart #berlin The artists: Andreas Greiner (@andreas.greiner.berlin ), Anna Kuen (@ann_kuen ), Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg (@hannahsophiedunkelberg ), Jeewi Lee (@jeewilee ), Kevin Lüdicke (@kevin_luedicke ), Lucas Buschfeld (@studiolucasbuschfeld ), Marta Vovk (@martavovk_studio ), Natalie Brehmer (@nataliebrehmer ), Tim Berresheim (@timberresheim )

Hello Friends! #Berlinale2026 @mfg_bw @neuzeit_filmagentur @thirdpicturefilm

We’re proud to present "The Shipwrecked Triptych" at The International Film Festival Rotterdam @iffr (30.01. - 09.02.2025) in the “Bright Future” program, marking its international premiere. Shot over a period of 4 years, the film consists of three parts with distinct styles and film formats that plunge the viewer into different historical periods and social realities. We’re beyond excited to share this project with the world! Funded by: MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg @mfg_bw , Hessen Film & Medien @hessenfilmundmedien , mondriaan fund @mondriaanfonds , Danish Arts Foundation @statenskunstfond Crew: Director & Writer: Deniz Eroglu @deniz__eroglu Cinematography: Nicolas C. Geissler @ncgeissler Producers: Patrick Alan Banfield @patrickalanbanfield & Nicolas C. Geissler A production by neuzeit Filmagentur @neuzeit_filmagentur Service production: Moritz Düsterberg for Gorilla Hippo @gorillahippo Sound Design: Thomas Huus @thomas_huus @sound_by_klang Music composition: Matthew Dougherty @matthew_j_dougherty Production Design: Max Guderian @max.guderian , Linda Gasser @luliproductions , Anette Hermann Costume Design: Antonia Karnetzky @lebenslangegarantie , Sophia Simensky @sophiasimensky , Deniz Eroglu HMU/ Special Effects: Heidi Debbah, Carola Brockhoff @carola_brockhoff Cast: Akeem van Flodrop @justakeem_ Andreas Kalbermatter Beate Marlies Stupacher Britta Piekarski Clemens Paul Bauer @liqueurtheater David Badu David Loscher @david_loscher Eliane-Madeleine & Joycine-Linda Kitoko-Buala Ernst Schoffers Eva Christine Just Felician Hohnloser @felician_hohnloser Floris de Ruiter @florisderui Gabriele Laubenstein Gerhard Paul Georg Baumann Jonas Rodi Jürgen Ottmüller Klaus Müllergross Klemens Trenkle @klemenstrenkle Liudmyla Kulbashna Lucas Herrmann Martijn Derikx @wylick Mirak Jamal diy_jamal Monika Ovonombala Moritz Düsterberg Moritz Rauch @moritz.m.rauch Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun @mediarcheology Mylene-Gloria Kitoko-Buala @mylenegloria Nicolae Valentin Ciubotaru Patrick Alan Banfield Peter Kaghanovitch Peter Tischkewitz @mr._kodoku Sara Klein Larsen @sarakleine Sebi Jaeger @killasebi Taras Andrusevych Uwe Koczulap Victoria Dichter Yasmin Luksch

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ BUTTPLUG 1 (Tannenbaum / Christmas Tree), ceramic sculpture, 30cm*20cm, oil stain glaze, 2023. BUTTPLUG 2 (Narrenkappe / Fool‘s Cap), ceramic sculpture, 27cm*24cm, bronze gold, 2023. BUTTPLUG 3 (Der Heiße / The Hot One), ceramic sculpture, 50cm*33cm*14,5cm, metal black matt finish, 2023. To use or not to use? This question arises in the new series „Buttplug“ (2023), created in collaboration between Patrick Alan Banfield and Mimi Kohler: large glazed clay sculptures that resemble butt plugs. The smooth, erotic form is subversively alienated by a decisive intervention: applied thorns and spikes. Almost everyone has been pricked by a thorn at some point in their lives – a basic, universal experience of pain and nature. Patrick Alan Banfield and Mimi Kohler take this pain and transfer it metaphorically to another level of their art, intensifying the dilemma between sexual pleasure and pain or even death. The potential use of the butt plugs would only be possible once, if at all, and then with life-threatening consequences. Faced with this choice, users and visitors are confronted with the inherent dilemma of freedom. Sartre, in particular, writes about the concept of the fear of freedom. The decision for or against (the use of) the butt plug confronts the individual with the terrible fear and at the same time with the irresistible fascination that comes from ultimate freedom – the freedom to make a choice that could radically change or even end one’s life. #installationart #installation #art #ceramic #natureart #natureartist #buttplug #zeitgenössischekunst #kunst #sculpture #sculptureart #erotic #artstudent #clay #artistsoninstagram #collector #klassejankowski #youngartist #artist #mimikohler #contemporary #rottweil #stuttgart #stuttgartart #gallery #contemporaryartwork #artcollector @klasse_jankowski

‟The artist is present.” With this announcement, galleries, art associations, and museums invite visitors to openings and hope to attract more public interest. But the artist is present anyway through their art. A question is much more urgent: who or what else is present? Ghosts of the past? For example, narratives of assault, emotional blackmail and structural abuse of power. This is what „Chapters of Violence“ brings to light. The artists Veronika Christine Dräxler and Patrick Alan Banfield initiate a joint process of reflection and reappraisal at galerie weißer elefant, which deals with misogynous structures in the exhibition business that go far beyond the boundaries of the gallery spaces. A process is conducted from multiple perspectives: female, male, and institutional. The artist’s experiences result from power structures created by the culturally programmed imbalance between men and women. These power structures, in turn, are based on collective traumas, which are the exhibition’s target. The trauma is present. Power structures, especially those that promote gender inequalities, exist everywhere. They are camouflaged in patterns that culture and society reproduce. The exhibition, curated by Marcus Boxler, is opening on 16 February, 7pm at galerie weisser elefant. #chaptersofviolence #power #control

Reposted from @veronikadraexler Proudly presenting our next show: C H A P T E R S O F V I O L E N C E : P O W E R & C O N T R O L - curated by @boxlerer ‟The artist is present.” With this announcement, galleries, art associations, and museums invite visitors to openings and hope to attract more public interest. But the artist is present anyway through their art. A question that becomes urgent in this context: who or what else is present? Ghosts of the past? For example, narratives of assault, emotional blackmail and structural abuse of power. This is what "Chapters of Violence" brings to light. The artists Veronika Christine Dräxler and Patrick Alan Banfield initiate a joint process of reflection and reappraisal at galerie weißer elefant, which deals with misogynous structures in the exhibition business that go far beyond the boundaries of the gallery spaces. A process is conducted from multiple perspectives: female, male, and institutional. The artist's experiences result from power structures created by the culturally programmed imbalance between men and women. These power structures, in turn, are based on collective traumas, which are the exhibition's target. The trauma is present. Power structures, especially those that promote gender inequalities, exist everywhere. They are camouflaged in patterns that culture and society reproduce. What is camouflaged must become visible. E X H I B I T I O N : 1 7 . 0 2 . 2 0 2 3 – 1 0 . 0 4 . 2 0 2 3 O P E N I N G : 1 6. 0 2 . 2 0 2 3 , 7 - 10 P M C U R A T O R I A L T O U R : 1 8 . 0 2 . & 0 8 . 0 4 , 2 P M , 2 4 . 0 3 , 6 P M G A L E R I E W E I S S E R E L E F A N T , A U G U S T S T R A S S E 2 1 , 1 0 1 1 7 B E R L I N O P E N I N G H O U R S : D I . – F R . , 1 1 A M – 7 P M , S A . 1 P M – 7 P M F R E E E N T R A N C E W W W . G A L E R I E W E I S S E R E L E F A N T . D E . . . . #violence #gender #metoo #toxicrelationships #domesticviolence #institutionalviolence #camouflage #powerandcontrol #art #groupshow #artscene #installationart #videoart #mediart #upcomingartist #artinberlin

Say hi to Patrick Alan Banfield! @patrickalanbanfield ➜ CREW Patrick Alan Banfield is a video artist living in Berlin. In addition to video art and his experimental as well as classic documentaries, he directs commercials (for @hornbach_de , among others) and also produces video art and feature films for other filmmakers. Much of his work deals with masculinity and self-awareness, intuitively moving in a field between scientific classification and emotional subjectivity, between reality and fiction. He is interested in the construction of narratives, particularly how stories change when layers are ambivalent in their perceived authenticity – such as in the film-within-a-film narrative layer. Patrick is currently a fellow of the @hessischekulturstiftung with his project SOYBOY, which investigates the cultural struggle in the US for the interpretive sovereignty of gender roles, which also includes (toxic) masculinity. His works have been shown at the @berlinbiennale , at the @mmkfrankfurt , at @palazzostrozzi , at #YeltsinCenter in Yekaterinburg and at #kunsthauswiesbaden, among others. We’re happy he’s now part of the ato crew for collaborations in the field of film and installation art! ➜ Check out his profile and all the other crew members and artists of ato! www.ato.vision 👁 Portrait: @timtyson.xyz #patrickalanbanfield #videoartist #documentaries #videoart #installationart #crew #artist #atovision

Yesterday I visited my longtime friend Veronika Dräxler (@veronikadraexler ) at Künstlerhof Frohnau in the north of Berlin. Frohnau is a rather chic district of Berlin with many villas. The Künstlerhof used to serve as a lung hospital, later as a branch of the Karl-Bonhoefer-Nervenklinik and finally as a residence for Bosnian refugees. The area extends over many individual buildings in the forest. Since 1998, more than 40 artists have been able to live and work there in the spacious studios. Veronika has been living in the Künstlerhof for more than a year and works there accompanied by her dog @trotzkithewhippet . I got a glimpse of her new installative video work, which she will soon present at the UDK to become a Meisterschüler with Prof. Anna Anders. It's about a hunting ceremony in Finland. Our hike through the Frohnau Forest took us in rubber boots along the former strip of the Berlin Wall, past lakes, dunes and moors. It is said that inside the Berlin Ring, energy flows. Outside the ring, calmness flows back into our bodies. I can only recommend slowing down. A visit to Künstlerhof Frohnau and Veronika is highly recommended! #frohnau #videoart #berlin #forrest #artist #artistsoninstagram #whippet #calmness #installationart #mentalhealth

Post Fusion 2022. Picture by @shiran.eliaserov

Moved to Berlin in October. New studio. Moabit. A very nice place. Corona has been quite okay but still struggling with mental issues. I hope summer will be fine! I’m becoming 38 in March. Working on a few artistic documentaries plus creative directing of commercial campaigns and directing photo/video. Thanks to my colleagues and loved ones. Here’s some semi nudes.