about

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, the university gallery of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

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

Member of ICOM Deutschland, the International Council of Museums.

POSITIONS

current:

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

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar – Curator / Artistic associate, Faculty of Art and Design

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

Guillaume Bruère, artist, Berlin

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