Manuel Ursprung

Joined Artfinder: Aug. 2024

Artworks for sale: 9

United Kingdom

About Manuel Ursprung

 
 
  • Biography

    Manuel Ursprung is a German-born, British-based artist whose sculptural reliefs trace an arc from delicate plaster imprints to more tactile, transformative works in latex. Drawing on travel and memory, his pieces explore the tension between containment and emergence, reimagining the relationship between surface, form and becoming. 

    Artist Statement 

    My work is a meditation on transformation both physical and psychological and the fragile boundaries that define identity. Starting with fragile plaster reliefs that captured traces of memory and place, I have recently shifted to latex as a primary material, allowing me to engage more directly with the body’s metaphorical and literal skins.

    Latex, with its elasticity and tension, becomes a second skin a surface that both contains and resists. Through layering latex over wood and polystyrene forms, I explore the sensation of being trapped within fixed social patterns, expectations, or fears, and the desire to break free into new states of being.

    I am fascinated by the in-between spaces: where softness meets rigidity, visibility clashes with concealment, and stability gives way to emergence. My work invites viewers to reflect on their own moments of becoming to inhabit the uncomfortable, exciting space where identity is not fixed but continually evolving.

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  • Education

    2013 - present

    Heidelberg

  • Upcoming Events

    Upcoming events

    Event: ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined

    Dates: 12 Sep 2025 - 19 Sep 2025

    Venue: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London

    This exhibition, presented by London Art Collective, focuses on emerging artists who are shaping the visionary future of contemporary art and collectively examine the motivations and emotional tensions encapsulated by “Evolution”.

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    Previous events

    Event: Annual Exhibition 2022

    Dates: 1 Nov 2022 - 2 Jan 2023

    Venue: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

    Annual Exhibition 2022

    Event: Paul Smith

    Dates: 1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jan 2020

    Venue: Paul Smith London, Mayfair

    GROUP EXHIBITION, PAUL SMITH MAYFAIR, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

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Education

2013 - present

Heidelberg


Upcoming events

Event: ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined

Dates: 12 Sep 2025 - 19 Sep 2025

Venue: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London

This exhibition, presented by London Art Collective, focuses on emerging artists who are shaping the visionary future of contemporary art and collectively examine the motivations and emotional tensions encapsulated by “Evolution”.

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Annual Exhibition 2022

Dates: 1 Nov 2022 - 2 Jan 2023

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Annual Exhibition 2022

Event: Paul Smith

Dates: 1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jan 2020

Venue: Paul Smith London, Mayfair

GROUP EXHIBITION, PAUL SMITH MAYFAIR, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM


 

Biography

Manuel Ursprung is a German-born, British-based artist whose sculptural reliefs trace an arc from delicate plaster imprints to more tactile, transformative works in latex. Drawing on travel and memory, his pieces explore the tension between containment and emergence, reimagining the relationship between surface, form and becoming. 

Artist Statement 

My work is a meditation on transformation both physical and psychological and the fragile boundaries that define identity. Starting with fragile plaster reliefs that captured traces of memory and place, I have recently shifted to latex as a primary material, allowing me to engage more directly with the body’s metaphorical and literal skins.

Latex, with its elasticity and tension, becomes a second skin a surface that both contains and resists. Through layering latex over wood and polystyrene forms, I explore the sensation of being trapped within fixed social patterns, expectations, or fears, and the desire to break free into new states of being.

I am fascinated by the in-between spaces: where softness meets rigidity, visibility clashes with concealment, and stability gives way to emergence. My work invites viewers to reflect on their own moments of becoming to inhabit the uncomfortable, exciting space where identity is not fixed but continually evolving.