Artist Identity

Fabian Seifried, working under the name KUNSTWILD, lives and works in Munich. His artistic practice moves between object art, sculpture, and the contemporary transformation of traditional trophy culture. He works with real animal objects, primarily skulls, antlers, and horns, which he transforms into new three-dimensional visual spaces through lacquer, acrylic, metallic surfaces, glitter particles, reflections, and ornamental interventions.

Seifried’s artistic path did not follow a purely academic route, but developed from a background in design, media, international visual culture, and a steadily growing exhibition practice. Raised in southern Germany, he was shaped early on by classical modernism, surrealism, and later by contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst. Equally important are memories of alpine landscapes, hunting rooms, and animal trophies. In his work, these references are not continued nostalgically, but critically reexamined and transformed. After exploring product design and sculpture, he studied media economics with a focus on media design and media management at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. This combination of design, visual communication, and conceptual thinking continues to inform his artistic language.

After more than ten years in Southeast Asia, Seifried developed his distinct artistic voice in Munich. His works explore the relationship between humans and animals, nature and culture, memory, beauty, and transience. From former trophies, found objects, and relics, he creates silent counterparts: contemporary object portraits that make the human gaze upon nature visible.

Seifried regularly presents his work at art fairs, galleries, art associations, and exhibition venues across Germany and Europe, including ArtMUC, ARTe Konstanz, INC art fair Bodensee, Kunsthalle Kempten, Schloss Schwetzingen, Galerie Kleiner Prinz Baden-Baden, and art3F Strasbourg. His works are held in private collections in London, Singapore, Tokyo, and other locations.