ABOUT

ELENA CARR

German, Australian

2011 – 2018 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich GER with Prof. Res Ingold, Dr. Alexis Dworsky, Prof. Stephan Dillemuth // Master of Arts for Interdisciplinary Projects and 1st State Examination
2016 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna AT with Prof. Judith Huemer

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

Selection

2022
ALLES IMMER JETZT Group exhibition of BBK members curated by Maria Justus, Youngjun Lee, Dirk Neumann and Fumie Ogura | Galerie der Künstler:innen (Munich GER)
THINGS BEING FRIENDS Group exhibition curated by Amanda Elena Conrad, Hannah Gieseler, Nora Mertes and Johanna Kintner | Berlin Tempelhof, Gebäude 501 (Berlin GER)
ARTIST RESIDENCY IN MOTHERHOOD (GER)
2021
EINE ORTSBESCHWIMMUNG Immersive performance, as part of TKI_open_21 of the Tiroler Kulturinitiativen | Municipal Swimming Pools (Innsbruck and Telfs AT)
LETZTE LOCKERUNG Group exhibition curated by Jonas Beutlhauser | W1 (Regensburg GER)
2020
POETRY IN MOTION Lecture curated by Insa Wiese | International Short Film Week (Regensburg GER)
NACHTWÄCHTER:INNEN Exhibition inside the Schlafbunker curated by KunstRäume am See and Gerd Holzheimer | Max-Planck-Institut (Andechs GER)
2019
Z COMMON GROUND Group exhibition curated by Laura Lang, Loomit and Daniel Man | Gewerbehof at Zschokkestraße (Munich GER)
TROCKEN SCHWIMM SYNC, a swimming act Performance as part of Haben und Brauchen in Wien, curated by Tim Voss | Künstlerhaus (Vienna AT)
PAPER FEED FEST Group exhibition curated by Risograd | Schaumbad Freies Atelierhaus (Graz AT)
2018
ALLTAGSBÜHNE BADEANSTALT, EINE ORTSBESCHWIMMUNG Performance | Bath house Sargfabrik (Wien AT)
PopUpKunst IM KOMPLOTT Group exhibition curated by Katja Sebald and Elena Carr | Marstall von Schloss Berg (Berg at Lake Starnberg GER)
K IN SUMMERCAMP Performative study curated by WIENWOCHE | WERK X (Vienna AT)
VERLEGENE ANEKDOTEN Performance curated by Maximiliane Baumgartner | Der Fahrende Raum (Munich GER)
KÜNSTLER:INNEN AUS DER UMGEBUNG Group exhibition curated by Alinde Rothenfußer | Kunsthaus Orplid in the Granary (Percha/Munich GER)
HALTUNG EINNEHMEN Teach-In curated by Johanna Hoehmann and Anne Schulz | Münchner Kammerspiele (Munich GER)
DIE LANGE NACHT DER MÜNCHNER MUSEEN with Stoff auf dem Kopf | Munich Refugee Council (Munich GER)
2017
CINEMA ROMĂNESC Installation and filmscreening | PAO (Potoc RO)
RETURNING HOME Performance-Installation (performer), directed by Jos Porath | Artlake Festival (Niederlausitz, GER), Gelegenheiten (Neukölln-Berlin GER)
DAS GEHIRN SCHWIMMT DOCH AUCH Lecture Performance curated by TAMTAM | Salon Irkutsk (Munich GER)
LIEDERLICHE SUBJEKTE Performance curated by Jonas Beutlhauser | Weytterturm (Straubing GER)
2016
HIGHLIGHTS International Art Fair Munich with Stoff auf dem Kopf as part of PLATEAU | Otto-Galerie (Munich GER)
KARL&FABER PRIZE OF THE FOUNDATION ART ACADEMY MUNICH Group exhibition | KARL&FABER (Munich GER)
WIR HUNDE / US DOGS Performance-installation by SIGNA as part of Wiener Festwochen | Volkstheater (Vienna AT)
ARTWORK OF THE MONTH Solo exhibition curated by Katja Selbald | Katharina von Bora-Haus (Berg at Lake Starnberg GER)
MÜDE MANÖVER Intervention curated by Anne Schulz | Münchner Kammerspiele (Munich GER)
2015
SCHMIEDE WERKSCHAU Group exhibition | Media Art Festival (Hallein AT)
WHAT’S THE DEAL? LAB Group exhibition as part of the Moving urban cultures Festival | Kreativquartier (Munich GER)
RAUMSTATION Group exhibition | Kunstpavillon (Munich GER)
2014
SURVIVAL KIT Filmscreening How to project and spell | Chisenhale Gallery (London UK), Circuits & Currents (Athens GR), Lothringer13_Florida (Munich GER), Galerie Kullukcu & Gregorian (Munich GER)
FAHRRADKINO Temporary installation in public space, curated by Karnik Gregorian | Isarbalkon, Corneliusbrücke (Munich GER)
ASH WEDNESDAY OF THE ARTISTS Visual and spatial design of the Ash Wednesday service curated by Karnik Gregorian and Elisabeth Lutz | Frauenkirche (Munich GER)
GALOOPIEREND Exhibition | Gallery Kullukcu & Gregorian (Munich GER)
2013
JUNGE KUNST curated by BBK | Kunsthalle Kempten (GER)
RAIL DOMINO Installation in public space in collaboration with Rooftoptiger, curated by Castlemaine State Festival (Castlemaine AUS)
>750 VOLT Group exhibition | AkademieGalerie (Munich GER)
2012
LIBERTAS Group exhibition curated by Amnesty International Munich | Farbenladen (Munich GER)

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2022
JUNGE KUNST UND NEUE WEGE scholarship program of the bavarian state
2018
TASSILO CULTURE AWARD of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
2017
CULTURAL SPONSORSHIP AWARD FOR SCULPTURE
2016
Nominated for the KARL&FABER PRIZE, Foundation of the Munich Art Academy
NESTROY PRIZE | Category Special Prize for Wir Hunde/Us Dogs by SIGNA, Vienna AT
ERASMUS scholarship: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna AT with Judith Huemer | Department Art with extended painterly space action/sculpture/installation in public space
2014
RESIDENCY at Circuits & Currents (Athens GR), Coordination: Anja Kirschner and Nikos Arvanitis
DAAD FUNDING Survival Kit Educational and artistic research programme in collaboration of the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
RESIDENCY at SCHMIEDE Media Art Festival, Hallein AT as part of What’s the Deal? by the Cultural Department of Munich
1999
PUMUCKL DRAWING COMPETITION AWARD

CURATION & CONCEPTION

2021
EINE ORTSBESCHWIMMUNG with Franziska Schindler as part of TKI_open_21 by Tiroler Kulturinitiativen | Municipal Swimming Pools (Innsbruck and Telfs AT)
2019
TROCKEN SCHWIMM SYNC, a swimming act with Jonas Beutlhauser, as part of Haben und Brauchen in Wien, curated by Tim Voss | Künstlerhaus (Vienna AT)
2018
ALLTAGSBÜHNE BADEANSTALT, EINE ORTSBESCHWIMMUNG | Bath house Sargfabrik (Vienna AT)
PopUpKunst IM KOMPLOTT curated by Katja Sebald and Elena Carr with exhibiting artists Elena Carr, Jonas Beutlhauser, Lea Wilsdorf, Lorenz Schreiner and Marius Meusch | Marstall von Schloss Berg (Berg at Lake Starnberg GER)
2017
CINEMA ROMĂNESC with Katharina Deml and Lea Wilsdorf (PAO Potoc RO)
2014
GALOOPIEREND with Franziska Wirtensohn and Michael Wittmann | Galerie Kullukcu & Gregorian (Munich GER)