Claire Waffel
*1978 Lüdenscheid
2015 - 2016
Artistic Associate Master's degree programme "Public Art and New Artistic Strategies", Fakultät Gestaltung, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Education
2002 - 2004
MA in Photography, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
1998 - 2002
BA Media Studies with Honours Language, University of East Anglia, Norwich
2000 - 2001
Arts du Spectacle, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Please Do Not Touch The Ceiling, East Slovakian Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
2011
Places Have Been, Bezalel / Yaffo 23, Jerusalem
2011
Zuschnitt Zermatt, Goethe-Institut, Jerusalem
2009
Eventual Encounter, Schillerpalais, Berlin
2006
Vertraut & Inventory, Lifebomb Gallery, Berlin
2003
Fragile Being, Arcola Theatre, London
Performances
2016
- Flow Instabilities, Montag Modus, Collegium-Hungaricum Berlin (CHB)
- Flow Instabilities, Art Spin Berlin
2015
- Kommerz Was Yesterday, as part of "4 h", Künstlerhaus Dortmund
- Kommerz Was Yesterday, Igor Metropol (as part of the OFF-Biennale), Budapest
- Sundowner # 6, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2016
- Baustelle Europa / Europe Under Construction, Kunsthaus Dresden
- You Say Art I Say What, Projekt Zentrum Berlin der Stiftung Mercartor Berlin
2015
- Imaginary Bauhaus Museum as part of 2. Berliner Herbstsalon, Gorki Theater, Berlin
- ART Kreuzberg 2015, Mahela Rostek / Claire Waffel, Berlin
- Vot ken you mach?, MWW Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw
2013
- Anonyme Zeichner, Kunstverein Tiergarten / Galerie Nord, Berlin
- Vot ken you mach, Kunsthaus Dresden
2011
- Kate Squires / Claire Waffel, Centrum, Berlin
- All you need is love, Skalitzer 140 temporary, Berlin
2010
- Harder But Still Easy, Projektraum 1, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
- TTTT, Skalitzer 140 temporary, Claire Waffel, Alessandro Vitali, Robert Quint,
Sabrina Schieke, Irina Kromm, Berlin - Unsichere Räume, Flat 1 temporary, Vienna
- Wuträume, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
- Remix 4, The forgotten bar project/ Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
2009
- Visaczki, Waffel, Sevcuk & Antena, MeetFactory, Prague
- #5copy, Kantine AquaCarré, Berlin
- To be blue, K-Salon, Berlin
- Start Here, Fridey Mickel, Berlin
- Tease, Art Fair 03, Cologne
- Zirkus Minimus, Walden, Berlin
- KunstRäume, Kulturtransistor, Kail
- Portrait of the Artist(s), Fridey Mickel, Berlin
- Supermarket Kunstmesse, Stockholm (also in 2007 & 2008)
2008
- Von Jetzt Bis Dann, Goldrausch 2008 , Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
- From Dusk till Dawn, Arts Gallery, University of the Arts, London
- Wir sind immer für Euch da, Kunsthaus Dresden
- Einlandung, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow
- Bigfoot, Berlin
- Artforum Berlin
2007
- W G Sebald, Symposium, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich
- Art and Remembrance, Islington Central Library and Town Hall, London
2006
- Eisenberger, dies ist doch kein Porno, Galerie Lisi, Bregenz
- The Elephant Vanishes, workshop and group presentation, Tate Modern, London
- …from Disney to DNA, Natural History Museum Oxford, Oxford
2005
WIP, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (also in 2004)
2004
- Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London
- International Open Image Competition, Waterloo Gallery, London
Residencies/Awards
2012
K.A.I.R., Kosice Artist in Residence / Kosice 2013, European Capital of Culture, Kosice Slovakia
2011
Gateway `11 Residency, Bezalel / Yaffo23, Schir and Goethe-Institut Jerusalem
2009
- MeetFactory, Goethe Institut Prague
- Kulturtransistor, Kail
2008
Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin
2007
Schloss Plüschow, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Plüschow
2004
- Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London
- Sproxton Prize, best work during MA degree show, London College of Communication
- London Photographic Awards, Fine Art Competition, London
Publications
2017
The space between whitewashed murals and walls, in: Der Neue Mensch - Die Neue Welt. BauhausEINS
2012
Romboid, 5-6 / 2012, Architectural Detail as a Symptom, by Ivana Komanická
2009
Lost in Translation, Berliner Projektfond Kulturelle Bildung
2008
- Threads in Time, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin
- taz berlin, Artist potrait, Berlin
- Die Kunst des Alterns, Wir sind immer für Euch da, Kunsthaus Dresden, NGBK Berlin
- Are you always working, Schloss Plüschow, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus
- Art and Remembrance, Art Office, London, ed. Isabel Vasseur
2006
Schöngeist, 11 th issue, Winter 2006, ApoDion Verlag, Berlin
2004
- Source Photographic Magazine, Winter 2004, 41st issue, Belfast, Ireland
- Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery
Screenings
2013
Kunst Film Fest #1, Centrum, Berlin
2010
Spatial Relations, Centrum, Berlin
2010
A Dinner Date With Family Affairs, Gartenstudio, Berlin
2009
Monday Night Lectures, ACC Galerie Weimar
2008
Moabiter Kulturtage, Berlin
2004
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Curatorial Projects
2010
Spatial Relations, Centrum, Berlin
2010
A Dinner Date with Family Affairs, Gartenstudio, Berlin
2009
Generation 1989, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Collections
2008
University of the Arts Collection, London