Linda Weiss
Lives and works in Leipzig + Berlin + New York, United States
Education
2002-2006 Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Master of Fine Arts, (Timm Rautert)
2000-2002 Academy of Fine Arts Berlin, (Karin Sander)
1998-2002 University of Fine Arts Berlin, (Free Class)
1994-2000 Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, (Diet Sayler)
Grants
07 International Curatorial & Studio Program New York, Ministry of Culture + Science Saxony
06-08 Hiwar Fanni-TransArt, group-project-related scholarship, DAAD
05 Project-related scholarship, slash, Käthe Dorsch Stiftung Berlin
04 Scholarship for Postgraduates, Ministry of Culture + Science Saxony
03 Scholarship, European Social Fund
01 Graduate Prize of Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
96 Award of Danner-Stiftung, Munich
Solo Exhibitions
07 relentless structure, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin
06 Vor aller Augen (In Front of everybody; film - still),
Galerie Condé, Goethe Institute, Paris (+Frank Berger) (Cat.)
03 Print/Video (Diploma), Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig (Cat.)
00 deha, HD (Hemdendienst; Society for the advancement of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Conservatory), Nuremberg (+Claudia Kugler)
99 In Perücke weggehen (Going out in Wigs), International Symposium Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
98 Solo Ex, Apartment, Nuremberg
97 Exhibit, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg (+Birthe Zimmermann)
Group Exhibitions
07 open studios, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
das böse (the evil), Filmfestival, areal28, Berlin
woman at the crossroad of ideologies, salon galic, Split (Cat.)
06 O46 II, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin
heimat (home), Filmfestival, areal28, Berlin
MeisterschülerInnenausstellung, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Leipzig
Kunstherbst, Kunstsalon, Berlin (Cat.)
A political feeling. I hope so, (Workshop with Emma Hedditch (London), UdK Berlin)
40jahrevideokunst.de was fehlt? (40yearsvideoart.de what misses?), Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin (Cat.)
Member of producer’s gallery Scotty Enterprises, Berlin
Import, Projectspace P1, University of Arts, Berlin
90 Sekunden (90 seconds), Filmfestival, areal28, Berlin
Merry Go Round, Projektspace Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
desiredescape.net (Workshop with Shelly Silver (NY), UdK Berlin), arsenal experimental, Kino Arsenal, Berlin
05 Edition, German Embassy, London
How it looks at you, Arario Gallery, Seoul (Cat.)
04 Just good news for people who love bad news, Galerie Eigen+Art, Leipzig
Videoscreening at Markus Freidl’s exhibition 'performing the video', Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nuremberg
How it looks at you, Galerie Kleindienst Leipzig, Art Cologne, Cologne
03 Silver & Gold, Galerie 20.21, Essen; Kunstfonds des Freistaates Sachsen, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden; Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg (Cat.)
01 raus 2001 - rückprojektion, Neues Museum, Nuremberg (Cat.)
show, (Workshop Berlin-People with David Lamelas (LA), UdK Berlin) (Cat.)
00 Klasse Sayler, Galeriehaus, Nuremberg
Thesis
03 Le Mépris - FEMMEIMAGE - About the image of women in the film “Le Mépris” by Jean-Luc Godard in relation to the film “Riddles of the Sphinx” by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen
Collections
Museum Bildende Künste Leipzig, Museum Folkwang Essen, Ariario Gallery Seoul, Stiftung Sachsen LB Leipzig, Different private collections
Installation 110 x 51 x inches & lbs.
Installation 157 x 118 x inches & lbs.
Photograph 8 x 12 inches








