Saskia Wendland

*1973 in Potsdam, lives and works in Berlin, Germany

since 2021 Teaching positions at the Berlin University of Arts
2021/2022 Teaching position at the School of Design in Pforzheim
since 2020 member of the artist collective frontviews, Berlin
2000–2003 Study of Japanese calligraphy, Kyoto, Japan
1994–2000 Berlin University of the Arts, Meisterschuelerin degree

Grants (selection)
2023 NEUSTARTplus grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021 Travel Allowances – International Cultural Exchange, Berlin Senate
2019 Research Stipend (group), Berlin Senate
2017 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin
2005 Project fundings by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Germany
and the Nomura Cultural Foundation, Japan
2002–2003 Japanese Government Fellowship Program for Artists from Abroad, Kyoto
2000–2001 DAAD Kyoto, Japan

Exhibitions (selection)
2024
ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS & LINES FICTION 2024, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
TWO DAYS, Studio Nicole Wendel, Berlin, DE
Aperitivo Sociale #4, A.C.ESTHIA, Rome, IT
2023
Wannseewandeln, Wannsee Contemporary, Berlin, DE
Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, DE (solo)
2022
Worin unsere Stärke besteht, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
FEEL FREE, SCOTTY, Berlin, DE
HUMAN ELECTRICITY. RE:CONNECTED, MaHalla, Berlin, DE
Rescue Rituals, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin, DE
JUBILEE X – One Decade of frontviews, HAUNT, Berlin, DE
CHARTA#3, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, DE
2021
LES ÈCRITS, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, DE
Paper Gold, Direkte Auktion II, Die Ganze Freiheit, Berlin, DE
XL/XS, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, DE
Die Balkone 2 – Scratching the Surface, Berlin, DE
2020
Where the Trees Have Numbers, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, DE
Traumatic Lines, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, DE
North by Northeast, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, DE
Slumber, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, DE
2019
Spacescapes, Plateforme Paris, FR
2018
Anonymous Drawings, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE
2017
Goldrausch, Art Center Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2016
Stereo (with Tilman Wendland), Circle 1 — Platform for Art & Culture, Berlin, DE (solo)
2013
Café Bialik, Tel Aviv, IL
2012
Circle, The Bakery, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2009
Outside — Tape Modern #8, Berlin, DE
Anonymous Drawings — Archive Selection 2009, fruehsorge, Galerie für Zeichnung, Berlin, DE
2008
Towards One, Asian Hot Shots Berlin – Festival for Film and Video Art, Berlin, DE
Anonymous Drawings N°8, Meinblau e.V., Berlin, DE
Die Angst reist immer mit, Neues Problem, Berlin, DE
2007
Hyper Cities/Über Städte, curated by Kassandra Nakas, Museum of Asian Art, Berlin, DE
2006
Friends and Enemies, curated by Tilman Wendland, Gagosian Gallery Berlin, 4th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Kreisis, invited by George Barber, Galerieigeneschlafzimmer, Berlin, DE
2005
Polaroid als Geste, curated by Barbara Lauterbach, Museum of Photography, Braunschweig, DE
Screen Fields, Session House, Tokyo, JP
IAMAS (Institut of Advanced Media Art and Sciences) Gifu, JP
Club Art, invited by Laura Horelli, Göteborg, SE
Kyoto Media Art Weeks 2005, Goethe Institut, Kyoto, JP
2004
Ausstellung, Studio Greifswalder 219, Berlin, DE
2002
Circle Aspect, Galerie Où, Osaka, JP (solo)
2001
sono mama, Galerie Weissraum, Kyoto, JP (solo)
2000
Sehnsucht nach Utopie – Film und Fotografie im Dialog, Kunstadapter, Wiesbaden, DE

Bibliography (selection)
Worin unsere Stärke besteht. Fünfzig Künstlerinnen aus der DDR, edited by Andrea Pichl and Lena Johanna Reisner, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, published by DISTANZ, 2023
Inclusive Break – A Time Beside Many Others, published by Liu Haisu Art Museum and Goethe Institute Shanghai
Saskia Wendland, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin, 2017
Enter While Circling, self-publishing, ISBN 978-3-00-053288-7, 2016
A Visit with Agnes Martin, Interview by Chris Cobb, The Believer Logger
Hyper Cities / Über Städte, edited by Kassandra Nakas, published by Museum of Asian Art Berlin and DAAD, 2007
Polaroid als Geste, edited by Meike Kröncke, Barbara Lauterbach and Rolf F. Nohr, Museum of Photography Braunschweig, published by Hatje Cantz, 2005
Sehnsucht nach Utopie – Film und Fotografie im Dialog, edited by A. Greulich, M. Peschke, N. Tschernow and I. Wiesemayer, published by Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2000

*1973 in Potsdam, lives and works in Berlin, Germany