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Kerstin Seltmann (* 5 September 1961 in Berlin; artist name SELTMANN) is a German painter and artist. She lives and works in Kemlitz (Baruth/Mark).

Life and career
Kerstin Seltmann was born and raised in East Berlin. After discontinuing her training as a make-up artist (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden - Academy of Fine Arts, 1980-1982), she has been working as a freelance painter/artist since 1987. Under the mentorship of Horst Zickelbein, she was admitted to the Berlin Verband bildender Künstler - VbK (Association of Visual Artists) in 1989. She has been a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund (Association of German Artists) since 1998. Kerstin Seltmann received various scholarships (scholarship of the Stiftung Kulturfonds, Berlin 1993; studio scholarship, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop 1994, 2006; "Nicht anstecken lassen" / competition Kunst-Statt-Werbung, Berlin 1996; Käthe Dorsch scholarship 2002, working scholarship Stiftung Kulturfonds, Brandenburg 2003; working scholarship of the Land Brandenburg, 2009). Since 2004, SELTMANN has also frequently worked as an exhibition curator ("Arbeitsort" idea/execution, German-Swedish artists' symposium 2004-05; management of seminars for teacher training in the state of Brandenburg 2005-2010; collaboration on the Artus project, Lisum and Ministry of Culture, Brandenburg 2006-2008; Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, exhibition series "zeichnen" 2007; "zeichnen - vergegenwärtigen", Galerie Alte Schule Adlershof, Berlin 2007-08). In 2010 SELTMANN realised two murals based on her competition designs for the refectory of the Wilhelm-Bölsche-Schule in Berlin-Friedrichshagen. She has had exhibitions in Germany, Belgium (Brussels, Mol), Switzerland (Basel, Bonstetten, Schaffhausen, Winterthur), Denmark (Bornholm), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), France and Poland.

Exhibitions (selection since 2010)
2010: "Wäre man doch vor dem Menschen geboren", Waschhaus Potsdam.

2011: "ENT-GEGEN-KOMMEN SELTMANN", Gallery Alte Schule Adlershof.

2015: "palimpseste".

2019: "canis lupus".

2020: As curator: "Fri-halsa".

2020: "Weglängen - 25 Jahre Inselgalerie Berlin".

2020/2021: GAISKA - FRANTA - MIRYAN KLEIN - SELTMANN: 'Timeless masterpieces'.

Publications
2020: im tunnel.