About
Franziska Windolf (b.1992) works and lives in Munich.
I am an artist working with sculptures, textiles, graphics, and public space interventions. My recent projects include commemorative architecture, mappings, and wearable art. I create complex collaborative and dynamic settings in public spaces, inviting people to explore societal questions from multiple perspectives. Often, I use humor and playfulness to engage with challenging topics, creating shared moments of joy and connection. My starting point for new work is a concept-driven exploration of formats that activate and animate objects, both literally and metaphorically. By combining manufactured objects, historical and archival images, and text, my work explores their journeys and cultural significance in changing environments and contexts, underlining silenced and marginalized aspects in the narrative. Scripted dialogue between local performers, the audience, and myself provides entry points into the associative research that underpins my making.
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. Performances 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. Performances in public space. 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, Bonn, 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
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