Katharina Wendler is a curator, writer and art historian, based in Berlin.

 

Founder and director of in conversation with, an exhibition series based on dialogue.

Founder and director of nova space, the university gallery of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. 

Member of Saloon, a network for women in the arts.

Member of International Council of Museums. 

Member of the German Association for Art History.

 

 

POSITIONS

 

current (since 09/2018):

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar – Curator / Academic Associate, Faculty of Art and Design

 

previous:

Studio Karin Sander, Berlin – Head of studio & exhibitions

Safn Berlin – Director

Daniel Marzona Galerie – Associate director

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin – Gallery assistant

 

assistantships / internships:

i8 Gallery, Reykjavik

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin

Galerie upstairs berlin (now: Bastian), Berlin

University of South Florida – Contemporary Arts Museum, Tampa, FL

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Master of Arts – Art History, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Bachelor of Arts – Cultural Sciences and Business Psychology, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Additional studies at Freie Universität Berlin (Art History) and the University of Iceland, Reykjavik (Art History)

 

 

GRANTS

 

Goethe-Institut Denmark/Iceland, 2024 / Project grant

Hochschulpreis für Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2023 

Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut Brussels, 2023 / travel grant

Bauhaus.Module, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2021 / special teaching grant 

Kreativfonds, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2020 / Project grant

Kreativfonds, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2019 / Project grant

Myndlistasjóður – Icelandic Visual Arts Fund, Reykjavik, 2018 / Project grant

Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs, Berlin, 2016 / Fine arts research grant

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2013 / Scholarship