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
Grants and Residencies
2023 Working Grant „Neustartplus“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn 2022 Grant by BBK Bundesverband Berlin for 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 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, Berlin 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, Berlin 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 Berlin 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 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 2011-2012 Cultural exchange stipend for New York City of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin 2010 Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Lukas of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 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 2005 Artist in Residence, Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin 2004-2005 Working Grant, Berlin Funding for Graduates (Nafög) Travel Grant, DAAD, UK 2003 awarded Aenne Biermann Preis for German contemporary photography, Gera
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Neue Galerie Landshut, Germany Art Space Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany DZ Bank Kunststiftung, Frankfurt, Germany
2023 Virgin Galactic (Duo Exhibition with Tycho van Zomeren) Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands Raum.Zeit.Falten (Duo Exhibition with Christiane Fleissner) Städtische Galerie Dachau, Germany World in Minds, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin Came so far for beauty (Duo Exhibition with Jennifer König) XPINKY Berlin hosted by KOP.12, Essen, Germany Northern Light, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin
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, Hay Art Cultural Center (Museum of Modern Art), 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
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 Sexton Blake, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus, Meerbusch, Germany Hyperloop, DB Museum / Museum for Communication, Nuremberg, Germany Heart Pitch, Art Space 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 The Hurlyburly is done, (Duo Exhibition with Patricia Lambertus) 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
2013 Paradise Shores, (Duo Exhibition with Patricia Lambertus) 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
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…, (Duo Exhibition with Susanne Kutter) Apex pro art e.V. Göttingen, Germany
2009 Pleasure Beach, (Duo Exhibition with Alexandra Schuhmacher) Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
2007 Astrid Busch, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin Ein Anderer, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany 35 Minuten, (Duo Exhibition with Kerstin Gottschalk) Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2024 Meike 9 – An exhibition in honor of Meike Jansen, Schau Fenster, Berlin and Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin Balanced, Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin Curator’s choice: Die Welt in einer Hand, Art Space Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany Zwischenwelten. Dialog der Dimensionen, Bilker Bunker, Dusseldorf, Germany DOORS. The present is a transitory space, the pool, Dusseldorf, Germany (P)Review, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2023 Accrochage, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany Schöne fremde Freiheit, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany Fantôme Show 2023, Laura Mars Gallery Berlin Lange Sicht, Villa Heike, Berlin Paper and Sound Festival, Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt- Haus, Berlin Au 79 Scheiße und Gold, boa-basedonart Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany Produktive Räume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld, Haus Lange Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany High Densitiy Soft Blur, KOP.12 Essen at XPINKY Berlin Shift!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany Fluidum, Milchhof Pavillon, Berlin get together, L’oiseau présente at BcmA art space, Berlin
2022 Raumkonzepte aus Papier, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany Blind Vision, initiated and realized by Matthias Mayer und Maik Schierloh, Treptow Ateliers, Berlin From Adlershof with Love II, Galerie XPinky, Berlin Alles IV, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin Die Grosse, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany Shifting, Art Space Ross 31, Dusseldorf, Germany Enviromental Abstraction, Laura Mars Gallery, Berlin Curator’s choice, Art Space 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 where the movement stays, with Ki Jun Kim, by ZER01NE Day, Seoul, Korea Körperschaften, Art Space STRoux, Berlin See Stücke – Fakten und Fiktion, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin Füllhorn, Galerie Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin Starke Frauen in Kunst und Kultur, Artists Association Malkasten, Dusseldorf
2020 See Stücke – Fakten und Fiktion, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany Cold Turkey, Art Space GLUE, Berlin Rings Like Silver Shines Like Gold, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus, Meerbusch, Germany Viral Empath, Art Space Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin (nicht) noch mal, bitte, Neuer Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany Alles III, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
2019 September in Berlin, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin Subversiv. Nominierung zum Kunstpreis, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin 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
2018 Catching the light, Kai10/Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany Tempel der Möglichkeiten, Art Space SALVE, Berlin Fischers Fritze, Goethe Institut Yerevan, Armenia 100, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin Alles I, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
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 The Berlin Case, Boris Yeltsin Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia on the move, temporary Project Space Greifenhagenerstr. 26, 10437 Berlin
2015 you knee them in the chin, Art Space Spor Klübü, Berlin 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 Abspann, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
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
2010 The Hidden Space, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK welten, Project Space „Forum Factory“, Berlin Invitation, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany Treacherous Path, organized by Julia Staszak, Galerie Nature Morte, Berlin Step toward home, Galerie Dam, Stuhltrager, Berlin Drizzle, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
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 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
2006 MAGMA, Goldrausch 2006, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2005 Hockstrecksprung,, Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin egal wo kann ich wandern, curated by Michael Bach, Galerie Lorch&Seidel, Berlin 7+, Festival of photography, temporary Project Space „White Trash“, Berlin Everybody’s darling, Art Space Schreiber Villa, Leipzig, Germany
2004 7, Month of Photography, temporary Project Space „Torstraße 205“, Berlin
2003 6.Aenne Biermann Preis, Museum for Applied Art, Gera
2001 Raus 2001, Projection on the back side of the New Museum, Nuremberg, Germany Knaupp&Co, Tilly-Kaserne, Nuremberg, Germany
Art Fairs
2024 Art Cologne, with Galerie Rupert Pfab Munich Highlights, with Galerie Nanna Preußners Art Dusseldorf, with Galerie Rupert Pfab Art Karlsruhe, with Galerie Nanna Preußners paper positions. berlin, with Galerie Nanna Preußners 2023 Art Cologne, with Galerie Rupert Pfab Munich Highlights, with Galerie Nanna Preußners Art Dusseldorf, with Galerie Rupert Pfab paper positions. berlin, with Galerie Nanna Preußners Art on paper Amsterdam, with 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 Misa.Art #3, König Gallery, Berlin 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 2024 Invited competition, School center, Gerichtsweg Leipzig 1st prize and realization 2025 2023 Competition, Federal Office for Radiation Protection 1st prize and realization 2025/2026 2022 Invited competition, Competence Center for Mobility at Aachen University of Applied Sciences 1st prize and realization June 2023 2021 Invited competition, art in public space, municipal school of music Treptow/Köpenick, Berlin Competition, Helmholtz Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich 2015 Invited competition, Fraunhofer Institute, Potsdam 2014 Invited competition, Karlsruhe reprocessing plant 2009 Invited competition, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Berlin
Curatorial and Teaching Activities
2022 Lectureship „Space and Atmosphere“, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Department of Architecture 2014 Scraps of Poetry, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA 2005-2011 Member and co-organizer of the artist-run exhibition space Stedefreund, Berlin
Public Collections
Monika Schnetkamp Collection, Düsseldorf 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 Museum für angewandte Kunst, Gera
Publications
2023 Astrid Busch, World in Minds. Publisher: Fantome Verlag, Berlin. Text: Wolfgang Ullrich, Astrid Busch 2022 Exhibition Catalogue, je n‘aime pas les angles droits, Maison des Arts Solange-Baudoux, Evreux, France, Text: Anne Jaillette Exhibition Catalogue, I remember birds and stones, Hay Art Cultural Center, Yerevan, Armenia, Text: Ruben Arevshatyan 2021 Astrid Busch, Le Havre. Brasilia. Mezamor. Wolfsburg, Publisher: Fantome Verlag, Berlin. Text: Dr. Stephan Erdmann 2021 SALON MAGAZIN No.18, Salon Verlag Köln 2020 Exhibition Catalogue, Bloody Bay Oasis, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf. Text: Dr. Noemi Molitor 2019 Exhibition Catalogue, Sexton Blake, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus Catalogue Astrid Busch as part of the solo presentation at Art Berlin 2018 Catching the light, Arthena Art Foundation Düsseldorf, Online Catalogue. Text: Ludwig Seyfarth 2017 Catalogue Artisterium 10, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition Catalogue Collage 1-Methode, Fotogalerie Wien 2016 Catalogue, The Berlin Case, Boris Yeltsin Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia 2014 Catalogue, Astrid Busch, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Fellowship, Bad Ems. Text: Ulrich Peltzer 2011 Catalogue, bis auf weiteres…, Kunstverein Apex pro art, Göttingen. Text: Dr. Barbara Scheuermann 2009 Catalogue, Photocinema, International Photography Festival, Derby, UK 2007 Catalogue, Fotosommer Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart Catalogue, Große Kunstausstellung, Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle (Saale) 2006 Catalogue, Astrid Busch – Photography, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin. Text: Ulrich Peltzer 2003 Catalogue, 6th Aenne Biermann Prize for contemporary photography, Museum of Applied Arts, Gera
Biography
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
Grants and Residencies
2023
Working Grant „Neustartplus“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2022
Grant by BBK Bundesverband Berlin for 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
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, Berlin
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, Berlin
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 Berlin
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
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
2011-2012
Cultural exchange stipend for New York City of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
2010
Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Lukas of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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
2005
Artist in Residence, Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin
2004-2005
Working Grant, Berlin Funding for Graduates (Nafög)
Travel Grant, DAAD, UK
2003
awarded Aenne Biermann Preis for German contemporary photography, Gera
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Neue Galerie Landshut, Germany
Art Space Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
DZ Bank Kunststiftung, Frankfurt, Germany
2024
Honeytrap, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany
Mapping Mysteries, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany
Urban Echoes (Duo Exhibition with Patricia Lambertus) Essenheimer Kunstverein, Germany
2023
Virgin Galactic (Duo Exhibition with Tycho van Zomeren) Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Raum.Zeit.Falten (Duo Exhibition with Christiane Fleissner) Städtische Galerie Dachau, Germany
World in Minds, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
Came so far for beauty (Duo Exhibition with Jennifer König) XPINKY Berlin hosted by KOP.12, Essen, Germany
Northern Light, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin
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, Hay Art Cultural Center (Museum of Modern Art), 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
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
Sexton Blake, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus, Meerbusch, Germany
Hyperloop, DB Museum / Museum for Communication, Nuremberg, Germany
Heart Pitch, Art Space 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
The Hurlyburly is done, (Duo Exhibition with Patricia Lambertus) 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
2013
Paradise Shores, (Duo Exhibition with Patricia Lambertus) 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
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…, (Duo Exhibition with Susanne Kutter) Apex pro art e.V. Göttingen, Germany
2009
Pleasure Beach, (Duo Exhibition with Alexandra Schuhmacher) Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
2007
Astrid Busch, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin
Ein Anderer, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
35 Minuten, (Duo Exhibition with Kerstin Gottschalk) Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2024
Meike 9 – An exhibition in honor of Meike Jansen, Schau Fenster, Berlin and Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
Balanced, Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin
Curator’s choice: Die Welt in einer Hand, Art Space Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
Zwischenwelten. Dialog der Dimensionen, Bilker Bunker, Dusseldorf, Germany
DOORS. The present is a transitory space, the pool, Dusseldorf, Germany
(P)Review, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2023
Accrochage, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany
Schöne fremde Freiheit, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf, Germany
Fantôme Show 2023, Laura Mars Gallery Berlin
Lange Sicht, Villa Heike, Berlin
Paper and Sound Festival, Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt- Haus, Berlin
Au 79 Scheiße und Gold, boa-basedonart Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Produktive Räume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld, Haus Lange Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
High Densitiy Soft Blur, KOP.12 Essen at XPINKY Berlin
Shift!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany
Fluidum, Milchhof Pavillon, Berlin
get together, L’oiseau présente at BcmA art space, Berlin
2022
Raumkonzepte aus Papier, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany
Blind Vision, initiated and realized by Matthias Mayer und Maik Schierloh, Treptow Ateliers, Berlin
From Adlershof with Love II, Galerie XPinky, Berlin
Alles IV, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
Die Grosse, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Shifting, Art Space Ross 31, Dusseldorf, Germany
Enviromental Abstraction, Laura Mars Gallery, Berlin
Curator’s choice, Art Space 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
where the movement stays, with Ki Jun Kim, by ZER01NE Day, Seoul, Korea
Körperschaften, Art Space STRoux, Berlin
See Stücke – Fakten und Fiktion, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin
Füllhorn, Galerie Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf
Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin
Starke Frauen in Kunst und Kultur, Artists Association Malkasten, Dusseldorf
2020
See Stücke – Fakten und Fiktion, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany
Cold Turkey, Art Space GLUE, Berlin
Rings Like Silver Shines Like Gold, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus, Meerbusch, Germany
Viral Empath, Art Space Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
(nicht) noch mal, bitte, Neuer Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Alles III, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
2019
September in Berlin, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin
Subversiv. Nominierung zum Kunstpreis, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
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
2018
Catching the light, Kai10/Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany
Tempel der Möglichkeiten, Art Space SALVE, Berlin
Fischers Fritze, Goethe Institut Yerevan, Armenia
100, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
Alles I, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
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
The Berlin Case, Boris Yeltsin Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia
on the move, temporary Project Space Greifenhagenerstr. 26, 10437 Berlin
2015
you knee them in the chin, Art Space Spor Klübü, Berlin
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
Abspann, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
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
2010
The Hidden Space, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
welten, Project Space „Forum Factory“, Berlin
Invitation, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany
Treacherous Path, organized by Julia Staszak, Galerie Nature Morte, Berlin
Step toward home, Galerie Dam, Stuhltrager, Berlin
Drizzle, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
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
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
2006
MAGMA, Goldrausch 2006, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2005
Hockstrecksprung,, Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin
egal wo kann ich wandern, curated by Michael Bach, Galerie Lorch&Seidel, Berlin
7+, Festival of photography, temporary Project Space „White Trash“, Berlin
Everybody’s darling, Art Space Schreiber Villa, Leipzig, Germany
2004
7, Month of Photography, temporary Project Space „Torstraße 205“, Berlin
2003
6.Aenne Biermann Preis, Museum for Applied Art, Gera
2001
Raus 2001, Projection on the back side of the New Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
Knaupp&Co, Tilly-Kaserne, Nuremberg, Germany
Art Fairs
2024
Art Cologne, with Galerie Rupert Pfab
Munich Highlights, with Galerie Nanna Preußners
Art Dusseldorf, with Galerie Rupert Pfab
Art Karlsruhe, with Galerie Nanna Preußners
paper positions. berlin, with Galerie Nanna Preußners
2023
Art Cologne, with Galerie Rupert Pfab
Munich Highlights, with Galerie Nanna Preußners
Art Dusseldorf, with Galerie Rupert Pfab
paper positions. berlin, with Galerie Nanna Preußners
Art on paper Amsterdam, with 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
Misa.Art #3, König Gallery, Berlin
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
2024
Invited competition, School center, Gerichtsweg Leipzig
1st prize and realization 2025
2023
Competition, Federal Office for Radiation Protection
1st prize and realization 2025/2026
2022
Invited competition, Competence Center for Mobility at Aachen University of Applied Sciences
1st prize and realization June 2023
2021
Invited competition, art in public space, municipal school of music Treptow/Köpenick, Berlin
Competition, Helmholtz Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich
2015
Invited competition, Fraunhofer Institute, Potsdam
2014
Invited competition, Karlsruhe reprocessing plant
2009
Invited competition, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Berlin
Curatorial and Teaching Activities
2022 Lectureship „Space and Atmosphere“, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Department of Architecture
2014 Scraps of Poetry, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA
2005-2011 Member and co-organizer of the artist-run exhibition space Stedefreund, Berlin
Public Collections
Monika Schnetkamp Collection, Düsseldorf
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
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Gera
Publications
2023
Astrid Busch, World in Minds. Publisher: Fantome Verlag, Berlin. Text: Wolfgang Ullrich, Astrid Busch
2022
Exhibition Catalogue, je n‘aime pas les angles droits, Maison des Arts Solange-Baudoux, Evreux, France, Text: Anne Jaillette
Exhibition Catalogue, I remember birds and stones, Hay Art Cultural Center, Yerevan, Armenia, Text: Ruben Arevshatyan
2021
Astrid Busch, Le Havre. Brasilia. Mezamor. Wolfsburg, Publisher: Fantome Verlag, Berlin. Text: Dr. Stephan Erdmann
2021
SALON MAGAZIN No.18, Salon Verlag Köln
2020
Exhibition Catalogue, Bloody Bay Oasis, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf. Text: Dr. Noemi Molitor
2019
Exhibition Catalogue, Sexton Blake, Galerie im Alten Küsterhaus
Catalogue Astrid Busch as part of the solo presentation at Art Berlin
2018
Catching the light, Arthena Art Foundation Düsseldorf, Online Catalogue. Text: Ludwig Seyfarth
2017
Catalogue Artisterium 10, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition
Catalogue Collage 1-Methode, Fotogalerie Wien
2016
Catalogue, The Berlin Case, Boris Yeltsin Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2014
Catalogue, Astrid Busch, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Fellowship, Bad Ems. Text: Ulrich Peltzer
2011
Catalogue, bis auf weiteres…, Kunstverein Apex pro art, Göttingen. Text: Dr. Barbara Scheuermann
2009
Catalogue, Photocinema, International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2007
Catalogue, Fotosommer Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Catalogue, Große Kunstausstellung, Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle (Saale)
2006
Catalogue, Astrid Busch – Photography, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin. Text: Ulrich Peltzer
2003
Catalogue, 6th Aenne Biermann Prize for contemporary photography, Museum of Applied Arts, Gera