Lola von der Gracht (In Project)

Freie Kunst (MA Sculpture), Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

2019 – 2020       
Prof. Dominique Gonzalez - Foerster (Meisterschüler-Diploma)

2016 – 2018       
Prof. Trisha Donnelly

2014 – 2016       
Prof. Rita McBride

Lebt und arbeitet in Berlin. 

 

Selected Exhibitions and Performances

 

2025             
Kunst im Untergrund (Project in public space), neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), Berliin
NIP SLIP (Performance), Volksbühne, Berlin
NIP SLIP (Performance), Kunstraum Mitte, Berlin
sore arms & french tips (Solo Exhibition), Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
PROVENCE: Dreams (Group Exhibition), Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (CH)

 

2024
Drifting between pictures of the mind (Group Exhibition), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin 
Group Exhibition, Artists Inside, Berlin 
Amnesia Of Balance (Group Exhibition), The Moment, Berlin 
NIP SLIP (Performance), Eine Strasse, Markus Ambach Projekte, Düsseldorf 
Paris Drawings (Solo Exhibition), Sandy Brown, Berlin
 

 

2023
Cork Street Banners Commission (Public Art Project), Cork Street & Serpentine Galleries, London (UK) 
Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale (Public Art Project), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK) 
Eldorado (Performance), The Thursday Company, directed by Benjamin Cantu and Matt Lambert, Netflix
i need you (Poetic intervention), Croisements - Rencontres de Montmartre, Cité International des Arts, Paris (FR)
CARPARK (Group Exhibition in public space), Berlin
Untitled Performance, Cité International des Arts in partnership with the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (FR)
 

 

2022      
in/visible (Group Exhibition), Cité International des Arts, Paris (FR)
No Sex with Robots (Group Exhibition), Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
I got you covered (Group Exhibition), Raum www, Berlin
Let your ( ) do the talking (Group Exhibition), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
you & me (Exhibition and Happening) curated by Council+, leer studios, Berlin
Queering the Narrative (Group Exhibition + Public art project), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
Lensgirl (Film and Performance), Reference Festival, Berlin
Opening Hours (Group Exhibition), Treptow Ateliers e.V., Berlin
Feminismuss (Group Exhibition), K4 Kulturbureau, Düsseldorf
 

 

2021            
gender piracy (Group Exhibition), Kunstraum Hase29, Osnabrück 
NIP SLIP & Ydegirl Live (Performance), Grüner Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin
Inspiration Imagination Dedication (Research Project + Exhibition), Cheers For Fears NRW + Ringlokschuppen, Mülheim an der Ruhr 
The Longing of the Spirit (Group Exhibition), Untere Auguststraße 26, Vienna (AUT) 
We Look At Images To Not Be Alone (Group Exhibition) and Performance, Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (BE)
Journey Through A Body (Group Exhibition), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf 
We Are Known By Many Names (Sociocultural Group Project + Solo Exhibition), Brunnen e.V. Mouches Volantes, Köln
It’s Easy To Believe (Solo Exhibition), FONDA, Leipzig
Coming To Voice. Graduates of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Die Hässlichen Vögel (Performance), Reference Realities at Planetarium, Berlin
 

 

2020              
Molly’s House (Group Exhibition), EXILE Gallery, curated by Festival, Vienna (AUT)
25 von 78 – Intern. Medienkunst Video des Monats, Dortmunder U Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund (w/ Isabella Fürnkäs)
I am known by many names (Performance), FFT Düsseldorf
 

 

2019              
Die Hässlichen Vögel (Performance), DISAPPEARING BERLIN, Schinkel Pavillon e.V., Berlin
KGB Sounds – Die Nacht der Künstler*innenbands (Performance), Arbeitskreis Kommunale Galerien Berlin Kunstverein Tiergarten
Die Hässlichen Vögel (Performance), Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London (GB)
Schrottplatz der Gefühle (Performance), Musikbrauerei, Berlin
 

 

2018            
Die Hässlichen Vögel for Stefano Pilati Random Identities (Performance), Montréal (CAN)
Die Hässlichen Vögel @ OASE (Performance), Berghain, Berlin
A Strong Desire – body politics + sexual identity whilst living under a capitalist regime (Group Exhibition), PS120, Berlin
Morning! (Group Exhibition), Milieu, Bern (CH) (w/ Isabella Fürnkäs)
Elite 17 (Group Exhibition), Krieg, Hasselt (BE)
Pledge|Turn|Prestige, Experimental Film and Video Art Festival of KHM Köln und Kunstakademie Düsseldorf students, Ampcafé, Tokio (JP)
 

 

2017              
Institut for Succes 2.0 (Group Exhibition), Statens Museum for Kunst | National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (DK) 
PLAY, Video- & Performance Festival, Düsseldorf und Köln
Shell She’ll Crack (Installative Performance), King Georg Köln (w/ Jonas Wendelin)
All Day Breakfast (Group Exhibition), Reading (UK) (w/ Nora Berman)
Pledge|Turn|Prestige, Experimental Film and Video Art Festival, Aether, Sofia (BGR) + FAR OFF, Köln 
 

 

2016                
Video of the Month | Dortmunder U, Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund (w/ Isabella Fürnkäs)
CURRENTS OF THE CITY - New positions on the relationship between art, urbanism and the public (Group Exhibition), Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (w/ I. Fürnkäs)
#MyVeryFirstSoloShow, New Day Gallery, Berlin
One Month: After the materialization (Group Exhibition), Temporary Gallery, Köln
Slohagenhallah: A Reservoir Of Trust, Institut Français / Goethe-Institut, Ramallah (PS) (curated w/ Jeppe Ugelvig)
Do You Think We Can Get Through This? (Installative Performance), 52 Rue Notre Dame De Nazareth, Paris (FR) (w/ Jaana-Kristiina Alakoski)
Shift Your Base II (Performance), Simultanhalle, Köln (w/ Isabella Fürnkäs)
2500 (Performance), Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (w/ Isabella Fürnkäs)
#meditation4artists (Performance), Manifesta 11, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich (CH)
 

 

2015            
Empty Subject, Aw:Re:Re:Fwd: Lensbased Class of Hito Steyerl + Guests (Group Exhibition), Leipziger 63 Berlin
Seesaw Policy (Duo-Exhibition), Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf (w/ Isabella Fürnkäs)

 

 

Selected Stipends and Awards

2027                   
MaltAir Residency (DK)

2024                   
Artists Inside Fellowship 

2024                   
ars viva-Preis 2025 (Shortlist)

2023                  
Art Explora Foundation Stipend at Cité International des Arts, Paris 

2022                   
#TakeHeart Residency BiP (Bündnis internationaler Produktionshäuser), Fonds Darstellende Künste 

2022                   
Stiftung Kunstfonds Kickstarter Grant for Graduates of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 

2021                  
Peter Mertes Stipendium (Shortlist)

2021                  
Von Rundstedt Förderstipendium 2021

2020                  
NRW Bank Kunstpreis 2020 Audience Award

2018                  
Residency Stipend of the Cité International des Arts, Paris

2017                  
Travel Stipend to excellent students of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen and Kunst -und Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf