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Astrid Busch
born 1968 in Krefeld, Germany
lives and works in Berlin and Dusseldorf
Education
2003 Master class with Prof. Katharina Grosse
2000-2002 Diploma Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, Germany 1996-2000 Akademie der bildenden Künste Nuremberg, Germany 1990-1993 Trained as a carpenter, Dusseldorf, Germany
Scholarships and awards
2023 Working Grant „Neustartplus“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2022 Project Funding, BBK Project Office Berlin Neustart: Innovative Art Projects Working Grant „Neustart Kultur“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
Nominee for contemporary talents competition, Fondation Francois Schneider, France 2021 Paper Art Award (silver), Haus des Papiers, Berlin
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA INITIAL Special Grant, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Artist in Residence, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany
Cultural exchange stipend for Istanbul of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe 2020 Working Grant „Neustart Kultur“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
Residency scholarship, Kunstdepot Göschenen, Switzerland
Cultural exchange stipend for Brasilia of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe Production Grant, Paper Residency, Berlin
2019 Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW
Project Grant, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Stiftung, Munich, Germany Artist in Residence, State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
Nominee for art award of Haus am Kleistpark
2018 Residency scholarship, Cultural Center “Fort!”, Le Havre, France
2017 Residency scholarship, Frauenkulturbüros NRW for Yerevan (Armenia) and Tiblisi (Georgia) Residency scholarship, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
Artist in Residence, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gartow, Germany Project Grant, Käthe Dorsch und Agnes Straub Stiftung, Berlin
2016 Working Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
Residency scholarship, La Forme Lieu d’exposition Art Contemporain Architecture, Le Havre,
France
2014 Project Grant, Berlin Senate for cultural affairs
2013 Residency scholarship, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2012 Project Grant, Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich, Germany
2011 Cultural exchange stipend for New York City of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe
2010 Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Lukas des Landes Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany
2009 Project Grant, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Stiftung Munich, Germany
Project Grant, Werkleitz Center for Media Art, Halle, Germany
2008 International Workshop, Triangle Arts Association, New York, USA
2006 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt Fellowship, Post-Graduate Program for Women Artists, Berlin
Working Grant, Käthe Dorsch Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
2005 Artist in Residence, Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin, Germany
2004 Working Grant, Berlin Funding for Graduates (Nafög)
Travel Grant, DAAD, UK
2003 awarded Aenne Biermann Preis for German contemporary photography, Gera, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Kunstraum Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany 2024 Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany Essenheimer Kunstverein, Essenheim, Germany
2023 Virgin Galactic, Frank Taal Galerie, Rotterdam, Netherlands RaumZeitFalten, Neue Galerie Dachau, Germany
world in minds, Studio im Hochhaus, kommunale Galerie Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany Northern Light, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin, Germany
2022 je n’aime pas les angles droits, Maison des Arts Solange-Baudoux, Evreux, France Viking Venus, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany
I remember birds and stones, Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
Porschestraße 60, Wolfsburg, in cooperation with Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany Supercluster, Künstlerloge Ratingen, Germany
2021 weder Wüste noch Wald, Kunstraum Munich, Germany Flächennutzungsplan, Kunstraum Korn, Berlin, Germany
2020 Bloody Bay Oasis, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany
Driven by Dreams, Kunst-Station, Main Station Wolfsburg, Germany
geraubt, gefälscht und gierig gesammelt, Hetjens - German Ceramic Museum, Dusseldorf Dye Room, Avalanche Art Space, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
2019 la mer, le vent, la pluie, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany Sexton Blake, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus, Meerbusch, Germany
Hyperloop, DB Museum / Museum for Communication, Nuremberg, Germany Heart Pitch, Galerie Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
2018 sur mer, Kunstraum Neu Deli, Leipzig, Germany sur mer, Cultural Centre Fort!, Le Havre, France
2017 scenarios in question, Art Space Hammerschmidt und Gladigau, Erfurt, Germany 2016 ce n‘est pas un désert, ni une fôret, La Forme Gallery, Le Havre, France
Faked Death, Kunstzentrum Karlskaserne, Ludwigsburg, Germany 2015 All colors agree in the dark, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany
reenter your life, Art Space Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany
The Hurlyburly is done, Galerie des Westens, Bremen, Germany 2014 Post Privacy, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
Funky Town, Kunstverein Gera, Germany
White Wash, WestGermany, Office for postpostmodern communication, Berlin, Germany
2013 Paradise Shores, Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Made in Balmoral, Gallery of Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany Pie in the Sky, Art Space Berlin Weekly, Berlin, Germany
2012 Juniper Shade, German Consulate General, New York, USA Casting Clouds, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA
Architectural Cream, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York, USA 2011 Back Room, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
bis auf weiteres..., Astrid Busch & Susanne Kutter, Apex pro art e.V. Göttingen, Germany 2009 Pleasure Beach, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
2007 Astrid Busch, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany Ein Anderer, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
35 Minuten, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2023 Schöne fremde Freiheit, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany
Papier und Klang Festival, Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt- Haus, Berlin, Germany
Produktive Räume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld, Haus Lange Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany FOTOGRAFIE - Fotokunst aus NRW, Kunstverein Kunst und Haltung, Dusseldorf, Germany Lange Sicht, Ausstellungsraum Villa Heike, Berlin, Germany
High Densitiy Soft Blur, Galerie XPinky, Berlin, Germany Shift!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany
Alles V, Studio im Hochhaus, kommunale Galerie Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany Came so far for beauty, Kunstraum KOP.12, Essen, Germany
Fluidum, Milchhof Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
2022 Raumkonzepte aus Papier, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany Blind Vision, Treptow Ateliers, Berlin, Germany
From Adlershof with Love II, Galerie XPinky, Berlin, Germany Alles IV, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany
Die Grosse, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany Shifting, Kunstraum Ross 31, Dusseldorf, Germany
Enviromental Abstraction, Laura Mars Gallery, Berlin, Germany Curator‘s choice #01, Kunstraum Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
Papier im Raum-Spatial Paper, Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin 2021 Voids of Presence - Between Past and Future, Galerie Nord / Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
where the movement stays, with Ki Jun Kim, Art Space Soma 300, Berlin, Germany where the movement stays, with Ki Jun Kim, by ZER01NE Day, Seoul, Korea Körperschaften, Project Space STRoux, Berlin, Germany
See Stücke - Fakten und Fiktion, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany Füllhorn, Galerie Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin, Germany
Starke Frauen in Kunst und Kultur, Artists Association Malkasten, Dusseldorf, Germany 2020 See Stücke - Fakten und Fiktion, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany
Cold Turkey, Art Space GLUE, Berlin, Germany
Rings Like Silver Shines Like Gold, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus, Meerbusch, Germany Viral Empath, Art Space Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
(nicht) noch mal, bitte, Neuer Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany Alles III, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany
2019 September in Berlin, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany
Subversiv. Nomination for the Art Award, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany Die Grosse, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Territory and Disruption, State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
Der Schein der Dinge, Scotty, Project space for contemporary art and experimental media, Berlin Alles II, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany
2018 Catching the light, Kai10/Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany Tempel der Möglichkeiten, Art Space SALVE, Berlin, Germany Fischers Fritze, Goethe Institut Yerevan, Armenia
100, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany Alles I, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany
2017 Artisterium, 10th International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia Festival Fotografischer Bilder, Städtische Galerie im Leeren Beutel, Regensburg, Germany COLLAGE I - METHODE, Fotogalerie Vienna, Austria
Background, Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot, France
STRATIFIED. Fragmentierte Welt(en), das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria 2016 Meet me at the Newsstand, Art Space kiosk.6, Weimar, Germany
Verrat der Dinge, Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Germany
DIS/APPEAR - Fotografische Materialtäten, Gedok Galerie Berlin Proche banlieue, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany
The Berlin Case, Boris Yeltsin Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia
on the move, temporary Project Space Greifenhagenerstr. 26, Berlin, Germany 2015 you knee them in the chin, Art Space Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany
Kunstschau, das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria 2014 Scraps of Poetry, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA
Die vier Säulen, Kunstwerk Köln, Germany
criss-cross, Art space Hammerschmidt und Gladigau Erfurt at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin DEW21 Kunstpreis, Museum für Kunst-und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, Germany
UM Festival, Uckermark, Germany
Focus Female, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany
Echo Chamber, CIAT Contemporary Institute for Art and Thought, Berlin, Germany Abspann, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany
2013 In Medias Res, Thermen am Viehmarkt, Trier, Germany Unwilderness, Art Space „b-05“, Montabaur, Germany
Grantees of Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Staatskanzlei Reinland Pfalz, Mainz, Germany 2012 Dumbo Arts Festival, New York, USA
re*turn, Halle 20, Art Space „Auf AEG“, Nuremberg, Germany
the presence of the past in the future, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin 2011 Space Release, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
A Gift to Birds, organised by Max Sudhues, Project Space „Das Gift“, Berlin, Germany 2010 The Hidden Space, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
welten, Project Space „Forum Factory“, Berlin, Germany Invitation, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany
Treacherous Path, organized by Julia Staszak, Galerie Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany Step toward home, Galerie Dam, Stuhltrager, Berlin, Germany
Drizzle, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 Armella Show, organized by Kunsthaus Erfurt, Altes Innenministerium, Erfurt, Germany Attention, Erlkönig, Gebäude, ... , Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst, Zwickau, Germany lebt und arbeitet in..., Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Germany
Feel the force, curated by Clare Goodwin and Liz Murray, CGP artist led gallery, London, UK Photocinema, International Festival of Photography, Derby, UK
2008 Stedefreund at Wharf Road Project, V22, The Wenlock Building, London, UK
Three positions - one place, Monat der Fotografie, Golab, Lab for analog photography, Berlin Open Studios, Triangle Arts Association, New York, USA
Wide angels, mit Sinta Werner and Markus Wüste, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
2007 Scheinriesen, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin, Germany
Fotosommer Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany Große Kunstausstellung, Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle, Germany
13. Weldekunstpreis, Sparkasse Heidelberg/Schwetzingen, Germany Alles Gute liebe Kunst, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006 MAGMA, Goldrausch 2006, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin 2005 Hockstrecksprung, Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin, Germany
egal wo kann ich wandern, curated by Michael Bach, Galerie Lorch&Seidel, Berlin, Germany 7+, Festival of photography, temporary Project Space „White Trash“, Berlin, Germany Everybody’s darling, Art Space Schreiber Villa, Leipzig, Germany
2004 7, Month of Photography, temporary Project Space „Torstraße 205“, Berlin, Germany 2003 6.Aenne Biermann Preis, Museum for Applied Art, Gera, Germany
2001 Raus 2001, Projection on the back side of the New Museum, Nuremberg, Germany Knaupp&Co, Tilly-Kaserne, Nuremberg, Germany
Art Fairs
2023 Art Cologne, mit Galerie Rupert Pfab
Munich Highlights, mit Galerie Nanna Preußners Art on paper Amsterdam, mit Galerie Rupert Pfab
paper positions. berlin, mit Galerie Nanna Preußners Art Düsseldorf, mit Galerie Rupert Pfab
2022 Art Cologne, with Galerie Rupert Pfab Art Dusseldorf, with Galerie Rupert Pfab
paper positions. berlin, with Galerie Rupert Pfab 2021 paper positions. berlin, with Galerie Rupert Pfab
paper positions. berlin, with Haus des Papiers Berlin 2019 Art Berlin, solo presentation with Galerie Rupert Pfab 2009 Preview Berlin, with Stedefreund
2008 Art Athina, with Stedefreund, Greece Preview Berlin, with Stedefreund
2006 Preview Berlin, with Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt Art IT
Public Art Projects
2023 Competetion Bundesamts für Strahlenschutz in Neuherberg, München, Germany
2023 Competetion Bundesfinanzministerium Berlin, Germany
2022 1st place, Art in public space, Competence Center for Mobility of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany
2021 Invited competition, Art in public space, municipal school of music Treptow/Köpenick, Berlin 2nd place Competition, Art in public space,
Helmholtz Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich
2015 Invited competition, Art in public space, Fraunhofer Institute, Potsdam
2014 Invited competition, Art in public space, Karlsruhe reprocessing plant
2009 Invited competition, Art in public space, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Berlin
Other Activities
2022 Lectureship „Space and Atmosphere“, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt Department of Architecture
2005-2011 Member of artist-run gallery Stedefreund, Berlin
Public Collections
Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin Hetjens - German Ceramic Museum, Düsseldorf
State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia Museum Goch,
Artothek Nuremberg Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf Kunstsammlung Jena
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Technikmuseum Berlin