SILKE EVA KÄSTNER

EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS (SELECTION)
2010 »ICH WICHT« Kunstraum Potsdam curated by Dr. Catherine Nichols// Mooncone in »Landschaften I-IV« Galerie der Künstler, BBK M¨nchen// Double Burial in »Alle auf eins« showroom Frankfurter Tor// videoscreening, artist talk, workshop, performativ installation at centrum- Neukölln, Berlin invited by Kate Squires// Art Karavan International 2010 initiated by Inder Salim interventions at Shimla, Jammu, Kashmir, Delhi presentation at M.F Husain Gallery, Jamia Millia Islamia //Janu Jawaharlal Nehru University// Sarai/ Delhi
2009Splendid Isolation - Goldrausch 2009, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Berlin// Beitrag zur Audiotour »Zeigen«von Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin// Sanfte Wende, Projektraum Eulerstrasse Berlin
2008 "Marigold" public project with the Queens Museum of Art and Corona Plaza Initiative, Queens, New York, 11368-3398 // "Swing Space", Komoshita Langan 148 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11217
2007 "How are you Mr. Hammonds?" ­ Performance »New York States of Mind«,Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin // »Arigato«Ackerstrasse 18, Berlin
»skip around the corner«Gallery Waschhaus, Kreuzberg, Berlin
2006 »Subitus Sanctus«, Art Forum Berlin, Elisabethkirche ///
»unknown brothers« Video- bricks, Malmø, Sweden ///
»Hana«Japan expedition Tokyo, Kyoto, Kumano, and Beppu, on tour with 15 female artists, show at Deluxe Club
Roppongi Hills, Tokyo/ Katsura- Akademie Karlsruhe- Freiburg// yellow tape Johanneskirche Freiburg
2005 »Where did you sleep last night?« Studiogallery
1. Shantiroad, Bangalore, India /// »E(i)« Projektraum Scherenbergstrasse, Berlin /// »Delhi belly« Mart Stam Prize Winner, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum of Modern Art, Berlin
2004 »claire de lune«, Wunder der Prärie- international festival, Mannheim /// »flatbush« leichte massaker, Berlin, curated by
Leonhard Emmerling

AWARDS
2010 Ifa grant for Kashmir points Charlie
2009 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT
2008 DAAD Scholarship for one year in New York
2005 DAAD travel grant to India »Research trip with
light luggage« from Kashmir to Bangalore
2004 NaFÖG Young Artists Scholarship from Land Berlin
2004 Mart-Stam-Award for Painting

EDUCATION
2008 Night School, New Museum, New York
2004 Master-Class-Student of Prof. Katharina Grosse,
KHB Berlin
2002 stay at Glasgow School of Art, exchange program
1998/04 studies in Fine Arts at UdK Berlin,
Kunsthochschule Berlin and Akademie der Künste Karlsruhe

CATALOGUE
2009Kippmomente, supported by Goldrausch e.V
2009Licht Raum Farbe supported by Mart Stam Gesellschaft