Ian Waelder (1993, Madrid) lives and works in Frankfurt am Main and Mallorca. Waelder’s practice explores memory and trace by isolating archival histories and language in relation to his biography, working through the poetics of the accident and the repurposing of the discarded. Recent solo exhibitions include: GAK–Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen; LAURENZ, Vienna; Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover; carlier | gebauer, Berlin; diez at Liste Art Fair, Basel; and Es Baulard Museu d'Art Contemporani, Palma. His work was included in group shows at diez, Amsterdam; NS Dokumentationszentrum München; ifa-Galerie, Berlin; Kunsthalle Wien; Callirrhoë, Athens; Petrine, Paris; Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; and Delfina Foundation, London.
Waelder has been a resident of the Laurenz-Haus Foundation in Basel between 2025 and 2026. In the coming months, his work will be on view at Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Modern Art, London, and diez, Amsterdam.