Paula Doepfner
born 1980 in Berlin, lives and works in Berlin
Education
- 2008
- Meisterschülerin, Prof. Rebecca Horn, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE
- 2005
- Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, studies with Roger Ackling, GB
- 2002-2008
- Studies of Fine Arts, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE
Solo exhibitions
- 2019
- For the trees to drop, Stiftung St. Matthäus, Berlin, DE
- 2018
- Nothing for it, Studio Krimm, Berlin, DE
- Next Time I See You, Galleria Mario Iannelli, Rome, IT
- 2017
- Babe, I've left you somewhere in the rain, Una Vetrina, Rome, IT
- YOU and ME, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- 2016
- Put it right here (or keep it out there), Kunstverein Reutlingen, DE
- 2015
- Me and the devil, we're walking side by side, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, DE
- Take It Right Back, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC, US
- 2014
- Whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed, Galerie Laurent Mueller, Paris, FR
- 2013
- Rollin' High and Mighty Traps, S2A, New York, US
- 2012
- Try my dear, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- More than I can hide, Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, Brilon, DE
- 2011
- But my nerves were kicking, Ionion Center for the Arts, Kefalonia, GR
- 2010
- Promessus, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- Fallen, Stadtmühle Willisau, Lucerne, CH
- 2009
- Im Schlaf ohne Schlaf, St. Johannes Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin, DE
- 2006
- Huatan, with Yoav Pasovsky, Schillerhöfe, Berlin, DE
Group exhibitions
- 2019
- +1, Safe Gallery, Berlin, DE
- Diözesanmuseum, Bamberg, DE
- Kunst, Psyche, Gesundheit, shortlist, FBZ der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, DE
- Fire in the mind, Galleria Mario Iannelli, Rome, IT
- 2018
- Abenteuer Freundschaft, Kunstsaele, Berlin, DE
- Bataillon d'Amour, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, DE
- Generali, Galleria Mario Iannelli, Rome, IT
- Marianne Werefkin-Preis 2018, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, DE
- 2017
- Lost in Transition - vom Flüchtigen, Ephemeren, Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt, DE
- Berliini - Nastola, Taarasti Art Center, Nastola, FIN
- Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium, artQ13, Rome, IT
- Mermaids and Unicorns, Peer to space's online exhibition
- Learning from big mistakes, Galerie Tanja Wagner, New York, US
- (un)mediated nature, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- On botany, BLOK art space, Istanbul, TR
- 2016
- UM-Festival, curated by Marc Wellmann, Uckermark, DE
- You are what you are, Galleria Mario Iannelli, Rome, IT
- The Big Other, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- 2015
- The Vacancy, temporäres Kunsthaus, Berlin, DE
- Wo ist hier? #2: Raum und Gegenwart, Kunstverein Reutlingen, DE
- 2014
- Ease your Window Down, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, DE
- Ego Editions, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- 2013
- Mono-no-aware, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, AUS
- Real Naturally, Kunsthalle Lana, Merano, IT
- Ausstellung 8, Berlin Art Junction, Berlin, DE
- Blumen/Flowers/Blomster, Galerie Mickael Andersen, Berlin, DE
- 2012
- Zeichnungen von Bildhauern, Kunstverein Mainz, DE
- Plants talk II, Kunstverein Potsdam, DE
- Discussing Metamodernism, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- Zeichnungen, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, DE
- Ausstellung 5, Berlin Art Junction, Berlin, DE
- 2011
- Plants Talk, Naturhistorisches Museum Witzenhausen, DE
- kommen sie nach hause, Steff Adams, Köln, DE
- Ausstellung 5, Berlin Art Junction, Berlin, DE
- Mythos Wald, Brilon, DE
- Funkhaus Art Prize Exhibition, Berlin, DE
- Kunstaktien in den Uferhallen, Berlin, DE
- 2010
- Die Tür geht nach Innen auf, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- glauben, dass…, Shedhalle Tübingen, DE
- Leben Lieben Leiden, Kunstverein Celle, DE
- Aka Symbol part two, Hbc, Berlin, DE
- Wrong Love, A Foundation, Liverpool, GB
- I wish myself an exhibition, West Germany, Berlin, DE
- Aka Symbol part one, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
- Girloverkill, Bethanien, Berlin, DE
- 2009
- Zeigen, eine Audiotour, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, DE
- Pancake Astronaut, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
- Access All Areas, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, DE
- Imke Folkerts Preis, Greetsiel, DE
- 2008
- Klasse Rebecca Horn, Schloß Liebenberg, Brandenburg, DE
- Meisterschülerausstellung, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE
Scholarships and awards
- 2018
- Nominated for Marianne Werefkin-Preis, DE
- 2015
- Artist in residence, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC, US
- 2011
- Art Prize Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, DE
- Nominated for Funkhaus Art Prize, DE
- Artist in residence, Ionion Center for the Arts, Kefalonia, GR
- 2010
- Artist in residence, Albert Koechlin Stiftung, Lucerne, CH
- Artist in residence, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, ISL
- 2008/09
- Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium des Landes Berlin, Nafög-Scholarship, DE
Artist talks and performances
- 2019
- Performance with James Banner (double bass), Stiftung St. Matthäus, Berlin, DE
- 2018
- Reading and talk: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, with Wolfgang Hottner, Michael Müller,
- Patrik Sebastian, Leszek Stalewski, Kunstsaele, Berlin, DE
- 2017
- Artist talk: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, with Michael Müller, good to talk,
- Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, DE
- Performance with Tuomas Usvaala (double bass), Taarasti Art Center, FIN
- 2016
- Artist talk, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, DE
- Performance with Daniel Sundy (double bass), Kunstverein Reutlingen, DE
- The big other, lecture with Katja Ulmer, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- 2015
- Workshop and lecture, Culture Keepers, Prince George's African American
- Museum & Cultural Center, Washington, DC, US
- Artist talk with Chanel Compton and Kirsten Weiss, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC, US
- 2014
- In conversation, artist talk with Durs Grünbein, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, DE
- 2013
- Performance with Steve Whipple (double bass), S2A, New York, US
- 2011
- Performance with Hakeem Holloway (double bass), Berlin Art Junction, DE
- 2010
- Lecture, Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, Brilon, DE
- 2009
- Performance with Gregor Fuhrmann (cello), St. Johannes Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin, DE