Education
MFA Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
BA Illustration, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE (Germany)
Fine Arts Foundation Year, University of Fine Arts, Hamburg, DE
General Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD / visiting scholar
Fine Arts Department, Shenkar College of Art, Ramat Gan, Israel / visiting scholar
Theater Studies, BA coursework, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
Exhibitions
2024
Painting Deconstructed, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY (forthcoming)
floating curtains, Underbridge Festival, Wei sraum, Innsbruck, Austria (forthcoming)
floating curtains, Underbridge Festival, Kunst und Gut, Hamburg, DE (forthcoming)
Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA (forthcoming)
You Know What You Know, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, NY
You Know What You Know, Space 776 Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Autumn Show, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
Genius Loci, Charles Moffett Gallery, New York, NY
Seeded Smolder, Mt Baldy Visitor Center, Mt Baldy, CA w/ Melanie Gandyra
2022
Many More, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Migrate, Clark County Wetlands Park, Las Vegas, NV w/ Tiffany Lin
2021
Arterial, Bullfrog Biennial, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, NV w/ Tiffany Lin
Zoom Zone, Mineta San Jose International Airport, San Jose, CA (permanent installation)
Tarot Trip, Museum Langes Tannen, Uetersen, DE
Tarot Trip, Schaltzentrale, Hamburg, DE
Almost Endless, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
2020
Making A Way, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Let's Face It, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2019
The Waste Land, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
A Crack In Everything, In Response, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Peace Is Power, Water Event, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY
Unnatural, Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin, DE
Small Phenomenon, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Daddy's Books, Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Anthrocenes, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Museum of Values, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE
Eco-Connectivity, Thaer Institute at Humboldt University, Berlin, DE
feel that other day running underneath this one, Times Square Space, New York, NY
Home, Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Textile Jahresgaben, Kleppart - Cultural Sciences Gallery, Paderborn, DE
Printfest, International Print Center (IPCNY), New York, NY
Codes, Williamsburg Public Library, New York, NY
Reading Room, Life Lessons Garage, Queens, NY
Chasing Color, TEDxColumbiaUniversity, Low Library, New York, NY
Performing The Library, Butler Library, New York, NY
Re-Art 21: This Is Not Here, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
MFA 1st Year Show, Wallach Art Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
2017
Cartography of Becoming Immaterial, Kleppart Gallery, Paderborn, DE / SOLO
Draw/Boston, Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
Printfest, International Print Center (IPCNY), New York, NY
The Tyranny Of Common Sense, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Elephant And Castle, 2025 Art and Culture, Hamburg, DE
Höhlen von Elephanta, Raum Linksrechts, Hamburg, DE
The Impossible Order, Center for Contemporary History, Wall Memorial Institute, Berlin, DE
2016
Dumbo, UFO Gallery, Hamburg, DE (duo w/ Silke Weißbach)
How Can We Communicate With Light, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
Salon In The Mill, Arts, Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY
Zur Ästhetik von Geschichte(n), 51th German Historian Day, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
Utopien für Stadtmenschen von Heute, Intern. Festival Kampnagel, Faktor, Hamburg, DE
Eins Eins Zwei, BA Ottensen Project Space, Hamburg, DE (duo)
2015
Parts To Whole - Interdisciplinary Printmaking, MICA Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Holzschnitt im Künstlerhaus, Frise Gallery, Hamburg, DE
Zur Hälfte Schwarz, Gallery Speckstrasse, Hamburg, DE
Residencies
Work-Trade Residency, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA (current)
The Knight Foundation Art + Research Center, ICA Miami, FL (remote)
A-Z West - Institute of Investigative Living, Joshua Tree, CA
Museum of Lithographic Art, Tidaholm, Sweden
Goethe Institute Paris, France
Arts, Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY
Artist House Lauenburg, Lauenburg at the Elbe, Germany
Café Anxiety Drawing Club, Chapter Two: Deep Drawers, by Joeun Kim Aatchim (online)
Collections
In Response Archive, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Permanent History Collection, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA
Grants
Morty Frank Fellowship through Columbia University, New York, NY
Summer Residency Fund through Columbia University, New York, NY
Fulbright Scholarship, German-American Fulbright Commission
LeRoy and Janet Neiman Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Visual Arts Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Andrew Fisher Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Glasier Scholarship through Columbia University, New York, NY
Quadrille Ball Scholarship, Germanistic Society of America
Dean's Travel Grant, Columbia University, New York, NY
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), USA PROMOS-Scholarship
Karl H. Ditze Foundation, International Mobility Support Fund
Karl H. Ditze Foundation, 'The Best Project' HAW Hamburg, 1st Prize
Honors
2022
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL, Nominee
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Artist-in-Residence, Finalist
Artists to Watch, Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Mulert Award, Fulbright Germany, Nominee, w/ Ruhee Maknojia and Priscilla Aleman
2020
Goldbek-Scholarship, Nominee, Hamburg, DE
2019
Dedalus MFA Fellowship in Painting/ Sculpture, Nominee through Columbia University
2014
Karl H. Ditze Foundation, 'The Best Project' HAW Hamburg, 1st Prize
Teaching
2024
Artist Workshop w/ Sam Axtell, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA (forthcoming)
2023
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Silkscreen I/II, Columbia University, New York, NY
2022
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Drawing Foundations in Illustration, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Drawing Foundations in Fashion Design, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
2021
Thesis Advisor and Committee Member, Textile Design Department, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Museum Exhibition, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Reduction Woodcut, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Artist-Run Gallery Exhibition, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Educator, Global Classroom Program, One To World, New York, NY (remote)
2020
Visiting Artist, Critical Theory, Prof. Leeza Meksin, Columbia University, New York, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Reduction Woodcut, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
2019
Sculpture Fellow, Visual Arts Department, Columbia University, New York, NY
17-18
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Relief Printing, Columbia University, New York, NY
Mentor, Undergraduate Visual Arts Program, Columbia University, New York, NY
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Print Into Motion, Columbia University, New York, NY
2016
Class Assistant, Silkscreen I/II, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Leipzig Book Fair, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Bibliography
2024
Meksin, Leeza. “Painting Deconstructed”, exhibition catalog, Space Sisters Press. (forthcoming)
Chidester, Katie. “Made in California”, exhibition catalog, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA. (forthcoming)
2022
Friedland, Nancy. “Performing The Library” catalog.
2021
Modes, Julia. “Toxic Beauty.” Art and Nature conference, Rijeka, 08 Oct 2021
Kveck, Wendy. “Outdoor sculpture at The Bullfrog Biennial.” Settlers + Nomads, 02 Dec.
Dewitz, Anne. “Kunststudenten stellen im Museum Langes Tannen aus.” Hamburger Abendblatt, 07 Sep.
”Printmaking Alumni Interview with Saskia Krafft.” LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York, NY
2020
Deng, Audrey. “Alumni Artists in Exhibit Responding to Coronavirus.” Columbia University, 29 Jun.
Gideon, Riana. “Yolanda Art Space Interview with Saskia Krafft.” YJ Projects
2019
Small, Zachary. “Gamble on Uncertainty.” Hyperallergic, 21 May.
Morrow, Cecilia. ”Columbia Thesis Show.” WKCR
2018
Woisczyk, Carmen. “Alltagsgegenstände mit Geschichte.” Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Telge, Sylvia. “Großes Interesse an Museum für Werte.” Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung
Colucci, Emily. “Anxiety And Fragmented Bodies In “This Is Not Here.” Filthy Dreams
2017
”Utländska Konstnärer Trivs På Litografiska Verkstaden.”, Västgota-Bladet, 14 Jul
2015
Things From Home, MICA International Affairs, Maryland Institute College of Art