Astrid Busch

The artist's work includes installations, photographs, works on paper, objects and moving images. The starting point of her works are mostly architectural designs, which she examines for their sensual perceptibility and their effect on people. Her motifs refer to found and self-generated images that are transformed and changed in dimensions and then translated into space under complex lighting conditions on various image carriers. Different media and time levels are linked in the process, creating a dense network of references and a variety of possible readings. 

Astrid Busch studied fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, most recently as a master student of Prof. Katharina Grosse.

Born 1968 in Krefeld. Lives and works in Berlin.

2003Master class with Prof. Katharina Grosse
2000-2002Diploma Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
1996-2000Akademie der bildenden Künste Nuremberg, Germany
1990-1993Trained as a carpenter, Dusseldorf, Germany

Grants and residencies

2023Working Grant „Neustartplus“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2022Grant by BBK Bundesverband Berlin for innovative art project
Working Grant „Neustart Kultur“, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
Nominee for contemporary talents competition, Fondation Francois Schneider, France
2021Paper 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
2020Working 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
2019Project 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
2018Residency scholarship, Cultural Center “Fort!”, Le Havre, France
2017Residency 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
2016Working Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
Residency scholarship, La Forme Lieu d’exposition Art Contemporain Architecture, Le Havre, France
2014Project Grant, Berlin Senate for cultural affairs
2013Residency scholarship, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2012Project Grant, Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich, Germany
2011-12Cultural exchange stipend for New York City of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
2010Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Lukas des Landes Mecklenburg Vorpommern
2009Project Grant, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Stiftung Munich
Project Grant, Werkleitz Center for Media Art, Halle, Germany
2008International Workshop, Triangle Arts Association, New York, USA
2006Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt Fellowship, Post-Graduate Program for Women Artists, Berlin
Working Grant, Käthe Dorsch Stiftung, Berlin
2005Artist in Residence, Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin
2004-05Working Grant, Berlin Funding for Graduates (Nafög)
Travel Grant, DAAD, UK
2003awarded Aenne Biermann Preis for German contemporary photography, Gera

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
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Gera 

Solo exhibitions

2024Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
Mapping Mysteries, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg
Urban Echoes (with Patricia Lambertus) Essenheimer Kunstverein
2023Virgin Galactic (with Tycho van Zomeren), Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam
Raum.Zeit.Falten (with Christiane Fleissner), Städtische Galerie Dachau
World in Minds, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin
Came so far for beauty (with Jennifer König) XPINKY Berlin hosted by KOP.12, Essen
Northern Light, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin
2022je 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
2021weder Wüste noch Wald, Kunstraum Munich, Germany
Flächennutzungsplan, Kunstraum Korn, Berlin
2020Bloody 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
2019la 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, Galerie Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
2018sur mer, Kunstraum Neu Deli, Leipzig, Germany
sur mer, Cultural Centre Fort!, Le Havre, France
2017scenarios in question, Art Space Hammerschmidt und Gladigau, Erfurt, Germany
2016ce n’est pas un désert, ni une fôret, La Forme Gallery, Le Havre, France
Faked Death, Kunstzentrum Karlskaserne, Ludwigsburg, Germany
2015All colors agree in the dark, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany
reenter your life, Art Space Spor Klübü, Berlin
The Hurlyburly is done, Galerie des Westens, Bremen, Germany
2014Post Privacy, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
Funky Town, Kunstverein Gera, Germany
White Wash, WestGermany, Office for postpostmodern communication, Berlin
2013Paradise 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
2012Juniper Shade, German Consulate General, New York, USA
Casting Clouds, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA
Architectural Cream, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011Back Room, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
bis auf weiteres…, Astrid Busch & Susanne Kutter, Apex pro art e.V. Göttingen, Germany
2009Pleasure Beach, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
2007Astrid Busch, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin
Ein Anderer, Art Space Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany
35 Minuten, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin

Group exhibitions

2024Zwischenwelten. Dialog der Dimensionen, Bilker Bunker, Düsseldorf
DOORS. The present is a transitory space, the pool, Düsseldorf
2023Schöne fremde Freiheit, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
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, Düsseldorf
Produktive Räume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld, Haus Lange Haus Esters, Krefeld
High Densitiy Soft Blur, KOP.12 Essen at XPINKY Berlin
Shift!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg
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 #01, Art Space Julia Ritterskamp, Dusseldorf, Germany
Papier im Raum – Spatial Paper, Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin

2021Voids 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, Germany
Haus des Papiers, Museum für Bildende Papierkunst, Berlin
Starke Frauen in Kunst und Kultur, Artists Association Malkasten, Dusseldorf, Germany
2020See 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
2019September 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
2018Catching 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
2017Artisterium, 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
2016Meet 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
2015you knee them in the chin, Art Space Spor Klübü, Berlin
Kunstschau, das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria
2014Scraps 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
2013In Medias Res, Thermen am Viehmarkt, Trier, Germany
Unwilderness, Art Space „b-05“, Montabaur, Germany
Grantees of Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Staatskanzlei Reinland Pfalz, Mainz, Germany
2012Dumbo 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
2011Space Release, Stedefreund, artist-run gallery, Berlin
A Gift to Birds, organised by Max Sudhues, Project Space „Das Gift“, Berlin
2010The 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
2009Armella 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
2008Stedefreund 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
2007Scheinriesen, 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
2006MAGMA, Goldrausch 2006, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2005Hockstrecksprung, 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
20047, Month of Photography, temporary Project Space „Torstraße 205“, Berlin
20036. Aenne Biermann Preis, Museum for Applied Art, Gera
2001Raus 2001, Projection on the back side of the New Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
Knaupp&Co, Tilly-Kaserne, Nuremberg, Germany