VITA
Sarah Degenhardt

lives and works in Karlsruhe and the Allgäu (Germany)

2019/2020 Masterclass of Prof. Leni Hoffmann
02/2019 Diplome degree Fine Arts (painting/graphic), State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (DE); Meisterschüler-entitlement
2018 Internship at „Harbinger“, artist-run project space & books in the
back in Reykjavík, Iceland
2017/2018 Exchange semester at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux
Arts de Paris (FRA), with Bernard Piffaretti/ Silvie Fanchon/ Dominique Figarella
2016-2019 Editorial staff member of the publication project „Staubhaus“
2015 Exchange semester at École Supérieure d’Art La Réunion (FRA)
2015 - 2019 Studies of Fine Arts (Malerei/Grafik) at State Academy of Fine Arts,
Karlsruhe (DE) with Prof. Silvia Bächli, Markus Vater and Prof. Leni Hoffmann
2011 General higher education entrance qualification (A-levels)


Grants Residencies Prizes

2023 German Study Centre Venice, federal cultural foundation (DE)
2022 1st prize Art in Architecture Competition Federal Court of Justice (Ka, DE)
2022 work grant of Stiftung Kunstfonds Neustart Kultur program (DE)
2022 Award of the archdiocese Rottenburg (DE)

2021 art3, Valence, work grant, art fonds Baden-Württemberg, in collaboration with Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Institut Français Stuttgart
2021 X-Treme Women Art Prize (3. prize)
2021 Village is the new City, work grant BARAC, Mannheim

2020 Graduate‘s grant of the federal state of Baden–Württemberg

2019 SÍM-residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017/18 Scholarship of DFJW/OFAJ
2016 Residency Künstlerstadt Kalbe
2015, 2017, 2018 ERASMUS+ scholarships

Exhibitions (sel.)

02/2023 el centro ha muerto, viva el centro, Goethe Institut Buenos Aires (AR)

09/2022 always crashing in the same car (solo), Art3 contemporain, Valence (FR)
09/2022 Kunstnacht Kempten (Allgäu) (DE)
05/2022 Vulnerable, Diözesanmuseum Rottenburg (DE)
03/2022 Memories from Tomorrow, Reykjanes Art Museum, (IS)

12/2021 OCUPA festival, GNRATION, Braga (PT)
11/2021 Down by the River, Delphi, Freiburg (DE)
09/2021 Neuland, Merck Areal, Ludwigsburg (DE), winner of the open call
09/2021 Seasons of Media Arts, curated by ZKM | Center for Arts and Media and the City of Karlsruhe, two works in the cityscape of Karlsruhe (DE)
06/2021 TOP 20, Meisterschüler:innen of AdBK Karlsruhe, Kunstverein Heilbronn (DE)
02/2021 Casarona, projections at night, ßpace, projectspace die Anstoß e.V., Karlsruhe (DE)
02/2021 A thin line, University Gallery SA KURA University of Arts in Aichi (JPN)

12/2020 City to City, UNESCO Cities of Media Arts, Art and Tech Days Košice (SK) (online)
09/2020 The Fragile Edge, Majolika Galerie, Karlsruhe (DE)
08/2020 Den Zeiten, Class of Leni Hoffmann, Sybelcentrum, Karlsruhe (DE)
07/2020 The Void, Furore Festival 2020, Ludwigsburg (DE) (online)
05/2020 Two Liquids, ßpace, Karlsruhe (DE)
03/2020 Motion Media Arts Center, Austin, TX (US) (postponed due to Covid-19)

12/2019 Spegilmynd, SÍM-gallery, Reykjavík (ISL)
04/2019 Karlsruher Künstlermesse, Regierungspräsidium, Karlsruhe (DE)
02/2019 Waterscapes (graduation show), Kunstakademie Karlsruhe (DE)

12/2018 Höhenluft 15.2, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe e.V., Ettlingen (DE)
09/2018 switch to art, Brückenhaus, Ulm (DE)
07/2018 Kanu Islands, Fabrikhalle Mornewegstr., Darmstadt (DE)
02/2018 Blue Room, Kalinowski-Raum, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe (DE)
01/2018 Le Flash, Beaux Arts, Paris (FRA)

09/2017 switch to art, Ulm (DE)
04/2017 Westsüd, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe (DE)
03/2017 1,63, Orgelfabrik, Karlsruhe Durlach (DE)

04/2016 Kunsthoch 46, Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle (Saale) (DE)
03/2016 zwetschgenernte, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe (DE)
01/2016 Off-Space gallery weekend, Why Yes, Karlsruhe (DE)