About
Franziska Windolf (b.1992) works and lives in Munich.
Franziska Windolf is an artist working with sculptures, textiles, graphics, and public space interventions. The starting point for new work is often a concept-driven exploration of formats that activate and animate objects, both literally and metaphorically. Recent projects include commemorative architecture, mappings, and wearable art. By combining manufactured objects, historical and archival images, and text, the work explores their journeys and cultural significance in changing environments and contexts, underlining silenced and marginalized aspects in the narrative. Scripted dialogue between the artist, local performers, and the audience is a strategy to provide entry points into the associative research that underpins the making. The artist creates collaborative and dynamic settings in public spaces, inviting people to explore societal questions from multiple perspectives. She often uses humor and playfulness to engage with complex issues, creating shared moments of joy and connection.
Contact
franzi.windolf@posteo.de
Education
2022 MA Sculpture at Royal College of Art, London.
2018 BFA Time-based media at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg. Exchange semester at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, and at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Selected exhibitions
2025
Transformation | Fokus > Europa VI. Schafhof Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern, Freising, de
Voices of Memory. Memory Studies Association, Prague, cz
2024
IDENT. House of Arts, Ústí nad Labem, cz
Archived Ruptures – Ruptured Archives. Collaboration, Intervention, Resistance. Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich, de
Global Munich. In Perspective. Kammerspiele, Munich, de
Meet The Memory Person. Interactive city walks in public space. Giesing, Munich, de
2023
Meet the Memory Person. A collaborative remembrance project. Open Studio, Workshop and Conversation. FLORIDA Lothringer 13, Munich, de
Meet the Memory Person. Public performances. Giesing, Munich, de
Toolbox with Sspatz, Compound Yellow, Chicago, usa
2022
Toolbox with Sspatz, Opaf, San Pedro, usa
RCA 2022 Graduate Show, London, uk
Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, Standpoint Gallery, London, uk
We won’t stop showing, Woolwich, London, uk
Scholarships / Awards
2024
Steiner Stiftung, catalogue funding, Munich, de
Project funding for Meet the Memory Person from the Department of Culture, District Committee 17, Migration Council, and Musenkuss. Munich, de
2023
‘Kunst für Uns!’, Professional Association of Visual Artists Munich and Upper Bavaria E.V. (BBK), de
LfA Förderbank Bavaria, catalogue funding, de
Käte Hamburger Kolleg global dis:connect, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), de
2022
Gilbert Bayes RCA Award, uk
Shortlist Kenneth Armitage Young Sculptor Award, uk
2020 – 2022
Scholarship for 2 year MA programme. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), de
2018 / 2019
Art School Alliance, K.H. Ditze-Stiftung, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, de
Erasmus+ scholarship
Exhibition exchange with the Art Department of the Goldsmiths, University of London
Residencies
2024
House of Arts, Ústí nad Labem, cz
2022-23
Artist in residence at Käte Hamburger Kolleg global dis:connect, in cooperation with the ERC-project METROMOD, LMU Munich, de
2022
Prick, Stitch, Vent & Pound, Standpoint Gallery, London, uk
Merzbau Summer School, Elterwater Merz Barn, Cumbria, uk
Lectures (l) / Workshops (w)
2024
Meet the Memory Person. Encountering Contemporary Monuments With A Handkerchief, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Art and Design, cz (l)
Meet the Memory Person, collaboration with teenagers and young adults, 103er Freizeittreff Giesing, Munich, de (w)
2023
Meet the Memory Person, collaboration with Giesinger*innen with international history, FLORIDA Lothringer 13, Munich, de
Meet the Memory Person, collaboration with sewers in exile, GOROD e.V., Munich, de
Sommer.dok “Erinnerst Du Dich?!”, NS-Dokumentationszentrum Munich, de
2022
The Object We Imagine Is Not Separate From Us. Käte Hamburger Kolleg global dis:connect, Munich, de
Walking feelers. Together with Clare Holdstock. Camberwell College of Arts, London, uk
Publications / Press / Texts
2025
Looking to the future with joy by Magdalena Wisniowska
2024
IDENT. Totoznost.
History Is What You Carry with You by Luísa Telles
Global Munich. In Perspective.
static, Vol. 3, No. 1.
HALLO München (08/2024)
2023
Meet the Memory Person, Klinger Verlag, Passau, de (ISBN 978-3-86328-198-4)
Online: https://metromod.net/2023/05/30/ sewing-workshop-for-a-performative- monument/ 2021
2021
Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials. Kunsthaus Hamburg, de (ISBN 978-3-930225-98-9)
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