Artist Statement
In my work I am interested in bringing the medium of photo-
graphy into a space of associative ambiguity, which runs against its tradition of representation and depiction. I create an atmosphere of timelessness and melancholy by showing places and actions that have no spatial or narrative roots.
The focus is on semi-public spaces marked by traces of the private, and on actions that elude clear attribution. Through creating visually charged images, by reduction and separating elements, I aim to capture these as multi-layered scenes where subliminal attributions to gender and other social, cultural and migrant identities oscillate. In this context, combining sensory aspects with criticism of social stereotypes is important to me.
Sandy Volz lives in Berlin. She works as an artist and freelance photographer.
EDUCATION
1995–1998
Studies of Art Education, University Bremen
1999–2007
Studies of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Bremen
2003
Photo assistant of Katharina Bosse, New York, USA
2006
Diploma of Fine Arts
2007
Meisterschülerin of Prof. Rolf Thiele and Prof. Peter Bialobrzeski
EXHIBITIONS
2016
The Distancing Which Regards Me, Lage egal, Berlin
Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, The Alkazi Foundation of the Arts, Goethe-Institut New Dehli, India
2015
Me and the others, Kunstverein Lüneburg (Solo)
The photo book exhibition, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Als Fremde verwechselt, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2014
Me and the others, Künstlerinnenverband Gedok, Kunstfrühling, Bremen (Solo)
Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Goethe-Institut Mumbai, India
Reflexion - Ästhetische Referenzen, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt
2013
Vom hier und jetzt, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
Circulation(s), Festival de la jeune photographie européenne, Galerie Côté Seine et Trianon, Paris, France
Lost & Found, Künstlerhaus Launeburg, Lauenburg (Solo)
2012
Young Masters, Sphinx Fine Art, London, UK
Young Masters, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London, UK
Kill Your Darlings, IPK Festival, Neues Kunstforum, Cologne
Kill Your Darlings, Photoplatz, Berlin
As deep as you can, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
2011
Look11 / Liverpool International Photography Festival, Liverpool, UK
Wir tanzen GAK: Here`s to me and you, Danuta Kurz, dilettantin produktionsbüro, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
Valie Plus-Pocket Archive, Bildwechsel, Ausland, Berlin
Farbfest, Kill Your Darlings, Bauhaus, Dessau
Kill Your Darlings, Städtische Galerie, Bremen
Kill Your Darlings, Galerie Robert Morat, Hamburg
2010
Fotobuchfestival, Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2009
Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Freelens Galerie, Hamburg
2008
Cities on the Edge, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, curated by John Davies
L.A.Galerie Lothar Albrecht, ARCO, Madrid
L.A.Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Art Cologne, Cologne
Photokina, Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Photokina, Cologne
Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Cima-Centre of International Modern Art, Kolkata, India
Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt
2007
Beyond Identity, Goethe-Institut Cairo, Egypt
Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin
PRESENATIONS, SCREENINGS AND TALKS
2016
Outstanding Bremerin, Focke-Museum–Bremer Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
2014
Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Kunstarchiv, Darmstadt
Noise Art, fotokunstbremen, Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen
2013
Circulation(s), Festival Fotografia European, Reggio Emilia, Italy
The Library Project, PhotoIreland, Dublin, Ireland
Info on books, Bar Babette, Berlin
2012
Bevor the curtain / Avant le rideau, mark, Salon, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen
2011
Unfolding perspectives, Beyond Identity, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
2010
Tagung der Deutschen Fotografischen Akademie, Kill Your Darlings, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Kill Your Darlings, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt
Fotobuchfestival, Kolkata Heritage Photo Project, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2008
Cities on the Edge, Contemporary Urban Center, Liverpool, UK
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2013
Second Prize, Portfolio Review, Deichtorhallen, Haus der Photographie, Hamburg
Grant, Landesstipendium Schleswig-Holstein, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
2012
Shortlisted for the Young Masters Art Prize, London
Second Prize, Portfolio Review, European Month of Photography, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Shortlisted for the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2013
Grant, Stiftung Insel Hombroich
2011
Grant, Senator für Kultur Bremen, Kill Your Darlings
2010
Grant, New York, Künstlerinnenverband Gedok Bremen
Grant, Senator für Kultur Bremen
2008
Nominated for the Bremer Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst/Bremen Art Award for Emerging Art
2007
Achitecture Photography Prize, Senator für Bildung und Wissenschaft Bremen
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