The work of Evgenija Wassilew deals with auditory perception and addresses the fragility of communication and the uncertainty of knowledge. She combines drawing, performance, sculpture, text- and sound-based recordings, exploring the physical and psychological impact of sound, voice, writing and music.
contact(at)evgenija-wassilew.com
education
2008 DAAD Postgraduate year, Universität der Künste Berlin
2006 Diplôme national superieur des arts plastiques (Dnsap), Beaux-Arts de Paris
2004 Kwame Nkrumah University, KNUST, College of Art, Kumasi, Ghana, West-Africa
2001 Arts du spectacle, option théâtre/cinéma Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III
grants and residencies
2022 Arbeitsstipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2022 DIEresidenz, Die, one-month-residency, France
2022 dis-play, Ciao Container, Güterbahnhof, Areal für Kunst und Kultur, Bremen
2021 Projektstipendium, Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bildkunst
2020 Residency, Atelierhaus Salzamt Linz, Austria
2020 Sonderstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds Neustart Kultur
2020 Käthe Dorsch/Agnes Straub foundation printing grant
2019 Research Grant Fine Arts, Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin Senate
2018 Residency, Titanik AiR sound art, with Peter Strickmann, Turku, Finland
2018 Travel grant for Titanik AiR, Goethe Institut, Finland
2016 Braunschweig Projects/Sound Art Scholarship, Landesstiftung Niedersachsen
2016 Käthe Dorsch/Agnes Straub foundation project grant
2013 Berliner Senat, cultural exchange travel grant for Marrakesch Biennale
2011 Pollen, artist grant, artist in residence à Monflanquin, France
2008 DAAD postgraduate sholarship for Berlin, Germany
2007 Shakers, artist grant, artist in residence, Montluçon, France
2004 Bourse Colin-Lefranc, international travel grant for Ghana, West-Africa
selected exhibitions and performances, * solo/duo
2023
Warsaw-Kin-Berlin, curated by Elisabeth Sonneck & Katie Zazenski, Galeria Promocyjna, Warsaw
time is a waving, invited by Muriel Serf, da-da-da, MM,M, Saarbrücken *
Narval, invited by Stephanie Imbeau, Roaming Winters, Bärenzwinger, Berlin
2022
viermalvier, Die Macht des Schreibens und Lesens, Menschen Formen e.V., curated by Filomeno Fusco
Flanger in my mind, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin *
Ondes parasites, Dieresidenz, curation: Conny Becker *
dis-play, Ciao Container, Güterbahnhof Bremen *
Narval performance in: 48h Neukölln, invited by Mate Feles und Barnabás Sebessy, Zönotéca, Berlin
Narval, no one belongs here more than you, curated by Paulette Penje & Natalie Brück, Saarländische Galerie, Berlin
Narval, Sound Performance Event, curated by Alessandra Eramo, Errant Sound, Berlin
Narval performance in: Part I-IX, invited by Isabelle Schulte, Spoiler Aktionsraum
2021
Tracing the Intangible, Neuer Kunstverein Giessen
floating glass, restless minds & liquid lights, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin *
Kunstpreis Neukölln 2021, Galerie am Saalbau, Berlin
Narval, performance in: ein kleines Stück Unsichtbarkeit, Projektraum in der Alten Feuerwache, Friedrichshain
2020
être vent, performance during the exhibition „Underneath“, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten
Labyrinth Listening Walks, KGB Woche Berlin & Seanaps Festival Leipzig
2019
Mindmap, Kunsthalle.Ost, Leipzig *
être vent, with Peter Strickmann, konnektor, Forum für Künste, Hannover *
Narval, performance in: Organic Shapes, Jörg Hasheider, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin
2018
gravity’s pull, with Peter Strickmann, Hochparterre, Berlin
être vent, Out Now! Art in public space, One day festival, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Music Pieces for Voice Piece, ausland, Berlin, DE *
Why art?, Museum Ulm / kunsthalle weishaupt, Ulm, DE
être vent, Titanik Galleria studio space, with Peter Strickmann, Turku, FI *
Narval, performance in: Music Pieces for Voice Piece, ausland, Berlin, DE
2017
blind spot, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE
Open Studio & guests, Studio 831, H.34, Naumannpark, Berlin
Living Room, tête, Berlin
This is…auf der Schwelle, Bar Babette, Berlin
#weltraum, invited by Wenfeng Liao, auf dem Wolf, Basel, CH
Auf der Schwelle, Studio Daniel Lergon, Berlin
2016
Wandering Flutist, with Marc Philipp Gabriel, performance in situ, BS Projects, DE *
presence sensed, Braunschweig Projects, HbK Braunschweig, DE
Echos, Festival Imprudences, with Elise Vandewalle and Faye Formisano, Eglise St.Merri, Paris
True Mirror, Espace Commines, Paris
2015
Wandering Eyes, Jimei X Arles, International Photo Art Festival, Xiamen City, CHN
Trace a Line, C3, Berlin
A Salon about failure, lecture-performance, Kunstraum Ossastrasse, Berlin
Violin Piece For Voice Piece, with Max Sudhues, performance, Ghent, BE
Hors d’Oeuvre, The Secondary concern, tête, Berlin
Tabs#, Lage-egal, Berlin
2014
DisSonata, performance, Lange Nacht der Bilder, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin
Alle Tiere sind gleich, Städtische Galerie Pforzheim, DE
If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich? tribute to Julius Eastman, ESAV, Official Parallel Project of the 5. Marrakech Biennale, MA
Dritte Räume, with Bignia Wehrli and Judith Karcheter, Motorenhalle. Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden, DE
2013
Beautiful Minds, Art-Parcours, Campus Nord, Kleine Humboldt-Galerie, Berlin
Melos Amoris, Loge, Berlin *
Festival Appearances, Provincetown, USA
Philidor’s Ink, enblanco, Berlin *
Ausstellung n°7, Berlin Art Junction, GIZ-Haus, Berlin
2012
Pavillion visionnaire, Biennale Regard Bénin, Porto Novo, Bénin
Reading Distractions, with Bignia Wehrli, Das Gift/Giftraum, Berlin *
Jäger und Gejagte, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
2011
Seeing Things, Kleine Humboldt-Galerie, Lichthof der HU, Berlin
Kunstaktien, Uferhallen, Berlin
Antiphony, Pollen, Monflanquin, France *
Art Proxime, CIAM / La Fabrique, Traverse-Vidéo, Toulouse, France
Ausstellung n°4, Berlin Art Junction, GIZ-Haus, Berlin
,claque!, with Bignia Wehrli and Judith Karcheter, Studio Weser, Berlin
2010
(Dis)Sonate, Schalter, Berlin *
2009
Interstices et Porosité, Chapelle des Carmélites, Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse
2008
Versions, La Fortune, Espace RTT, Brussels
Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece
Video Salon, Galerija 10m2, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
2007
Palimpsestes, Orangerie de la Louvière, Montluçon, France *
2006
A l’instant précisément, Carré des Arts, Salon du Livre, Paris
2004
Gyata Dee , Alliance française, Kumasi, Ghana
Shortlist Prix du Dessin, Institut des Beaux-Arts, Paris
2003
En suspend, Ecole spéciale d’architecture de Paris