born in Liverpool, UK, based in Berlin
2001—2002
MA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1996—2003
Freie Kunst, Kunstakademie Münster
2019—2025
Professor in Fine Arts, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
since 2025
Professor for sculpture, Hochschule Hannover
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
Past Pavilion, ICA, Köln
2023
Ein Ort für Vögel, Modell 1, BETON Berlin
Uran und andere Szenarien, Spor Klübü, Berlin
2018
A present that with each step departs … , Goethe Institut Hong Kong
2017
The Cloisters Model, Part 1, Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York
Rooms in Chapters, Ginkgo Space, Beijing
Schutzgebiet, Eigen+Art Lab, Berlin
2016
Status of Lost Imagery, Palazzo Altemps, National Museum Rome
2016, 2014
A Room Recalls, K21, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
2015
Uninhabited Space, NuN Projects, Berlin
2014
Der verlorene Raum, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Pax und Concordia, wartend, Kunstverein Braunschweig
2013
Reversed Fiction, CFCCA Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
2012
White Cube Longing, Seven Sites Project, Manchester
2011
Gewicht des Sehens, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
2010
The Electric Return, LoBe Berlin
2009
Regarding Branches of Shops and Trees, Skulpturi, Copenhagen
2006
Jugend forscht, etc., Klara Wallner Gallery, Berlin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Base Notes and Place Holders (part 2), Site Gallery, Sheffield
Could this property be your next project?, Collections Haus N and SteDi, Berlin
Base Notes and Place Holders (part 1), Euca Annex, London
2023
Gastarbeiterinnen, Kurt-Kurt, Berlin
Last Laugh, Nationalmuseum, Berlin
2022
La promesse d'une autre rive, Espace Croisé, Roubaix
What I like, Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
Micrologies, Irenic Projects, Los Angeles
Olevano Romano. Vermessung eines Mythos, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo, Rome
Die letzte Tüte, NochMall, Berlin
2021
UM Wege, UM Festival, Fergitz
Porös, Sculplobe, Berlin
Die Balkone 2, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2020
Responsive Curating, Kunstraum München, München
Voir une Voie 701, Spain Street, New Orleans
Note di Sguardi, Bibliothek am Wasserturm/Museum Pankow, Berlin
Smoke a Grid like Grapevine does, Scharaun, Berlin
Die Balkone, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2019
There is Fiction in the Space Between, n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Part of the Labyrinth, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
Exhibition on Flash Drive, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bengalore
2018
Leaps and Bounds, ISCP, New York
Kunst und Kohle, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
The Power Plant, Kunsthall Nord, Aalborg
Bric-a-Brac, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
2017
When Thoughts Become Work, MAW Gallery, New York
Whatever, Ping Pong, Basel
Silent Empire, Funkhaus Berlin
2016
about:blank, MACRO Testaccio, Rome
I Can‘t Do More Than I do, Ginkgo Space, Beijing
Madeleine, insitu, Berlin
2015
Ein Garten in Dahlem, Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin
2014
Unseen Presence, IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Scraps of Poetry, Deutsches Haus, New York
2013
LA-Berlin, & Model, Leeds
Le Future commence ici, FRAC Nord, Dunkerque
2011
Kritische Masse, Oktogon, Dresden
Born after 2011, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2010
DESTROY DESIGN, MUDAC Lausanne, Arhus Kunstbygning; MARRES Maastricht
2009
Speculations on the End of Interieurs, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lissabon
2008
Sculpt-o-mania, Stadtgalerie Kiel
Passé/Present, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing
2007
Tulsa, Galway Arts Center, Galway
2006
ON-OFF, Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken
Westfälische Kulturarbeit, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster
Lieber Friedrich, Kunstverein Kassel
Esplanaden, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
2005
Critical Mass, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm
2004
Wochenmarkt, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
2002
Face-Off , Kettle‘s Yard, Cambridge
Selected Projects
2016
Bodenmomente, RAG, Deutsche Steinkohle Herne: floor-casts, 7th level of the coal-mine Auguste Victoria; RAG Deutsche Steinkohle Herne
2015
Zwei Häuser, Goethe Institut Brussels: 6 lightboxes for a new building
2009
Ein Detail, HSE Darmstadt:Site-specific artwork
2007
Air Traffic, EMI London: 5 installations for CD and Plattencovers
2004
Gedenkort der Budenvertreibung, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster: Site-specific artwork
Selected Awards
2019
Artist Residency, IASPIS Göteborg
2018
Artist Residency, Goethe Institut Hong Kong
2017
Artist Residency, Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe
2016
Artist Residency, Casa Baldi, Casa Baldi, German Academy of Rome
2015
Working Grant, Kunstfonds
2014
Artist Award, Tisa von der Schulenburg Stiftung
2014
Artist Residency, Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin
2013
Artist Award, Kunstmuseum Bonn and Stadt Bonn
2012
Artist Residency, Breath Residency, CFCCA Manchester
2011—2013
Fellowship, Dorothea-Erxleben-Programm HBK Braunschweig
2010
Project Grant, Gesellschaft für Westfälische Kulturarbeit GWK
2008
Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW
2005
Artist Residency, Künstlerhaus Schloß Plüschow
2004
Travel Grant, Kunststiftung NRW
2003
Artist Award, Gesellschaft für Westfälische Kulturarbeit GWK
Studio Grant, First Base ACAVA London
2002
AHRB Postgraduate Award, University of London
Artist Award, Fritz-Terfloth Stiftung
Meisterschüler of Ulrich Erben
2000
Artist Award, Förderverein der Kunstakademie Münster
Scholarship, Studienstiftung des Bischöfl. Cusanuswerks
Selected Bibliography
Julia Draganovic, Deutsche Akademie Rom (Ed.), Olevano Romano, Vermessung eines Mythos, Deutsche Akademie Rom
Villa Massimo, 2022, Antonia Low, p.56,74, 84, 117
Susanne Lorenz (Ed.), Grund, Approach, Exercise, with a text by Antonia Low and many other artists, 2021, published
by Textem Verlag
Marius Babias, Michaela Richter (Ed.), There is Fiction in the Space Between., Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k, 2019
Antonia Low, p.110-115
RuhrKunstMuseen (Ed.), The Battle of Coal, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, 2018, Antonia Low, p.92-97
RuhrKunstMuseen (Ed.), Kunst&Kohle, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, 2018, Antonia Low p.78-79
CCS Bard (Ed.), Sourcebook, ISCP New York, 2018, Antonia Low, p. 230-262
Verena Krieger, Jonas Zipf (Ed.), Erkundungsbohrungen – Ein dezentrales Denkmal für Eduard Rosenthal, Antonia Low
p.106 -110
Jiang Wei (Ed.), Rooms in Chapters, Antonia Low, with a text by Ludwig Syfarth, 2018, published by Ginkgo Space Production
Henrik Broch-Lips (Ed.), Power Plant, Stella Geppert, Antonia Low, Tina Maria Nielsen, with a text by Lisa Rosendahl, Henrik Broch-Lips, 2018
Ann-Katrin Günzel “Antonia Low”, in: Kunstforum, issue February 2015
Kunstmuseum Bonn/Kunstverein Braunschweig (Ed.), Der verlorene Raum/Pax und concordia, wartend, with texts by Laura Mansfield, Ludwig Seyfarth, Gergana Todorova, 2014 published by Kettler Verlag
Städtische Galerie Nordhorn (Ed.), Inventar, Antonia Low, with texts by Veronika Olbrich, Julia Gwendolyn Schneider, Alexandra Heimes, Andreas Schlaegel, 2012 published by The Greenbox Verlag
Nils Plath “Antonia Low”, in: Frieze d/e, Autumn issue 2011
FRAC Nord – Pas de Calais (Ed.), Destrøy Design, Mudac, Arhus Kunstbygning, 2011 Antonia Low, p.214ff.
Die Gestalten (Ed.), Erratic, Antonia Low p.174-175
Christian Egger, Christian Mayer (Ed.), “Absperrungen”, in: Paper, issue October 2009, p.12-19
GWK - Gesellschaft zur Förderung der westfälischen Kulturarbeit (Ed.), Low Deluxe/Antonia Low, with a text by Hilde Teerlinck, 2008, published by argobooks
Peter Kruska, Sculpt-o-mania, Neue Skulpturen aus Deutschland, Stadthalle Kiel, 2009, Antonia Low, p.32ff.
Die Gestalten (Ed.), Tactile, Antonia Low, p.169,161,169
Kunstverein Kassel: Antonia Low. 2006. (published in the series “Lieber Friedrich,”)
Béatrice Josse, Enrico Lunghi and Ralph Melcher (Ed.), onoff. 2006 p.148ff.
Mark Gisbourne, Face off, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 9.11.02 -5.1.2003, Antonia Low, p.11ff.