ELIZA WAGENER

Eliza Wagener’s paintings begin with a thick layer of gesso on canvas, over which she introduces figures using ink layered with oil paint which she waters down with her brush to create transparency. Her encounters with human gestures form the foundation for the interactions between her figures, which then evolve intuitively and through chance, fostering an almost unsettling atmosphere filled with uncertainties surrounding the identities of the depicted bodies. There is a tension between the question of the personalisation of the figures and the understanding of them as universally valid, non-individualised gestures, as the translucent bodies interact with each other lingering on the canvas, raising questions about the temporality, or timelessness, of her compositions.

*1994 in Hamburg, lives and works in Glasgow, United Kingdom

EDUCATION

From SEP 2024 Master of Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art

2019-2024 BFA (Drawing/Painting) at HFBK Hamburg with Prof. Jutta Koether

2021-2022 Exchange at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris as part of the ASA programme (Art School Alliance) with Prof. Stéphane Calais

2016-2020 BA (Illustration) at HAW Hamburg

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO & DUO (SELECTION)

2023 Aus des Vorhangs Falten, Elektrohalle Rhomberg, Salzburg (AT)

2023 Glut, WerkStadt Neukölln, Berlin (GER) with Alban Rosenberger

2022 Jeder Abschied, Orbit, Hamburg (GER)

2021 Grüße aus dem Grünen, Galerie Gemüse, Hamburg (GER)

GROUP (SELECTION)

2024 Dirty Teeth, Denim Dreams, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden (GER) with Isabell Sterner

2024 Graduate Show, HFBK, Hamburg (GER)

2024 FRITTO MISTO VOL. 2 , IRL Gallery, New York City (US)

2024 DAY & NIGHT , Galerie Gruppe Motto, Hamburg (GER)

2024 Ghost Dance , IRL Gallery, New York City (US)

2024 ffffffffffffffffffffffffsSSSSSSssssoo000RRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkKkkkKkkkKk , Weserhalle, Berlin (GER)

2024 The Invisible College , Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg (GER)

2023 Hellblau, Lycra Raum, Hamburg (GER)
2023 Hülle, HausKunstMitte, Berlin (GER)

2023 Simsalabumm, Gut ist Gut. Villa, Hamburg (GER)

2023 2 Nice, Goldsmiths University, London (UK)

2022 Boxenstopp, ES-365, Düsseldorf (GER)

2022 Der Rouf, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (FR)

2021 ASA Open Studios, Hamburg (GER)

2021 Verpuppungen, GALERIE LADØNS, Hamburg (GER)

CURRENT & UPCOMING

APR 2025 Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg (GER)

JUL 2025 Westwerk, Hamburg (GER)

JUL 2025 Golden Pudel, Hamburg (GER)

PRIZES & GRANTS

2024-26 DAAD Grant for an MA programme abroad

2021-22 Grant from the Karl H. Ditze Foundation as part of the ASA programme (Art School Alliance)

OTHER

Since 2021 Co-curating Hamburg based webradio HALLO: Radio

+ monthly show L'intérieur sauvage

CONTACT

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Photography by Jan Schneidereit 2024

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