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EDUCATION
Ph.D., 2016, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Dissertation Title: Walking the Gentrifying Streetscape: Artistic Practice in San Francisco’s Mission District (2006-2016), Advisor: Dr. Marina Peterson (Performance Studies/ Ethnography), Dr. Michael B. Gillespie (Film Studies), Dr. Jennie Klein (Art History), Rajorshi Ghosh ( Sculpture + Expanded Practice)
M.A. of Fine Art and English Education, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany, April 2012 (with distinction)
Thesis (Painting/Art Education): Black Mountain College: The Influence of John Dewey’s Theories on (Art) Education. Examination Committee: Prof. Klaus-Peter Bussee (Art Education) , Prof. Walter Gruenzweig (American Studies)
International Graduate Exchange Student, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, 2009-2010
B.A. of Fine Art and English, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany, Spring 2009 (with distinction)
Thesis (Painting): Paul Auster: “The world is in fragments and it is my job to put it back together again.” Examination Committee: Prof. Jan Kolata (Painting), Prof. Bettina van Haaren (Printmaking)
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
European Academy of Fine Arts e.V., Trier, Germany, Spring 2005
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017
“Walking Enos Park: Who is your neighborhood?” Solo-Exhibition, University of Springfield Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL
Pop-Up Gallery Exhibition, Solo-Exhibition, “Home-Sick,” Enos Park Artist Residency Residence, Springfield, IL
2015
“This Morning, I leave the House,” Site Responsive Installation, Two-Person Installation, Collaboration with Danielle Wyckoff, Art Downtown, Grand Rapids, MI
2009
“Creative Spaces: A Metropolis in the Making,” Solo-Exhibition, George Mc Govern Foyer, Dortmund University, NRW, Germany
“Chapter 4,” Two-Person Show, Astrid Kaemmerling und Frederic Roos, Depot, Dortmund
“Dauerleihgabe der Werke Schöne Aussicht(en) I + II,” Solo-Exhibition, Foyer Emil- Figge-Str. 60, TU Dortmund, Dortmund, NRW, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Fundamental Complication, Group Exhibition, Curated by Mel Prest, Participation with The Walk Discourse, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, (forthcoming: November 7 - December 4, 2019)
Transiting 2, Group Exhibition, Organized by Lawrence Gipe & Brooke Grucella, Joseph Gross Gallery University of Arizona, AZ, (forthcoming: May 20 - Sept 5, 2019)
Crossing Walls, Audio-Walk created for The Body Electric, curated by Cancance Huey/ Re.riddle, 41 Ross Gallery of the Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Texchange, Contribution to Performative Action with project HOME-SICK, led by Cayla Skillin Brauchle and Danielle C. Wyckoff, Southern Graphics Council International, Dallas, TX
The BodyWalk, Walking Performance The Walk Discourse, San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries, CA
2018
ReHome, Group Exhibtion and Performance with Community Walking Laboratory & The Walk Discourse, curated by Amy Kisch and Candance Huey together with the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, Gallery 200, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
The Walk Discourse, Saunter, Treck, Escort Parade (S.T.E.P.), Group Exhibition, Curated by Christina Freeman, Emireth Herrera and Moira Williams, Queens Museum, NY
The Walk Discourse, Saunter, Treck, Escort, Parade (S.T.E.P.), Group Exhibition, Curated by Christina Freeman, Emireth Herrera and Moira Williams, Flux Factory, NY
”Hallucinatory Aspects of Ethnographic Work,” Collaborative Installation, Oficina del Conservador de la Ciudad/Cultural Center, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
RitualWalk, Walking Performance The Walk Discourse, Islamic Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
CloudWalk, Walking Performance The Walk Discourse, Desire Trails, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Kala Artist’s Annual Group Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“Community Walking Laboratory,” Exhibition at ARTExchange, College Art Association Conference, L.A., CA
2017
Walking Enos Park: Audio-Walk, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Enos Park Community Walking Laboratory, Performance, Enos Park, Springfield, IL
Art For Living Space, Group Show, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA Museum), Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
American Fiber, Juried Group Show, 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
Walk & Talk, Performance, 100 Days Action, Yerba Buenna Gardens, San Francisco, CA
100 Days Action, Group Show, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
“From These Mountains: Black Mountain School, 2016,” Group Show, Elberson Fine Arts Center, Salem College, NC
2016
“Knowledge of the Path,” Collaborative Performance, Black Mountain School, Black Mountain, NC
“Walking Performance,” E.M. Wolfman, Oakland, CA
“Inner Cities,” Group Show, E.M. Wolfman, Oakland, CA
2015
“Artissima,” Juried Art Fair, Turin, Italy
“Performance with RaumlaborBerlin,” Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
“Majestic Member Show,” Group Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
2014
“Process Show,” Group Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
“Expansion,” Group Show, Appleton Gallery, Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, Shawnee State University,
Shawnee, OH
“Tracing thoughts: Capturing processes of (anti)academic artistic research,” Collaboration,{Re}happening, Black Mountain, NC
Spatial Topologies, Collaborative Four-Person Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
2013
“Majestics Member Show,” Group Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
“Character Profile,” Group Show, Guest Artist, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
“Open Studios,” Group Show, The Ridges, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2012
“Bau-Werke,” Group Show, PHOENIX See Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Dortmund, Germany
2011
“Rundgang 2011,” Group Show, Campus City, Dortmunder U | Center for Art and Creativity, Dortmund,
Germany
2010
“Ferndiagnose,” Group Show, Curated by Sandra Dichtl, Fritz-Schramma-Halle, Cologne, Germany
“Aktion “Ruhr-Still-Leben” A40 Highway, Cultural Capitol Project, Salon-Atelier,
Performance, Dortmund, Germany
“Schlechte Kunst zum kleinen Preis,” Group Show, Salon-Atelier, Dortmund, Germany
2009
“Kavanah,” Outdoor Exhibition, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
22zehn, Juried Group Show, Salon-Atelier, Dortmund, Germany
“Kreative Klasse Ruhr 2009,” Group Show, Union Gewerbehof, Dortmund, Germany
“Rundgang 2009,” Group Show, TU Dortmund, Germany
“Zeigt uns die Kreativen,” Traveling Group Exhibition, Kultur.Unternehmen.Dortmund, Ruhr Area, Germany
Opening Exhibition of Salon-Atelier, Group Show, Salon, Dortmund, Germany
2008
“Rundgang 2008‚” Group Show, Lindemannschule, TU Dortmund, Germany
2007
“Rundgang 2007‚” Group Show, TU Dortmund, Germany
2006
“Rundgang 2006‚” Group Show, TU Dortmund, Germany
GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS
2019
Alternative Exposure Grant for The Walk Discourse, Southern Exposure in Partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Facebook Artist in Residence Program, San Francisco, CA
Creative Capital Artist Retreat, Creative Capital Artist Retreat, taking place June 13-16, 2019 at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (Invitation only, forthcoming)
2018
Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation & Creative Capacity Fund, San Francisco/Los Angeles, CA
2017
Enos Park Artist Residency Fellowship, Springfield, Illinois
Annual Convention Scholarship, Americans for the Arts & San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco
Quick Grant, Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco
2016
Travel Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco/Los Angeles
Emerging Arts Professionals – San Francisco/Bay Area Fellowship 2016-17
Vermont Studio Center Artist-Residency, partial Fellowship, (forthcoming May 2017)
2015
Artist-residency Scholarship, UNIDEE – University of Ideas, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy
Original Work Grant, Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University
Creative & Scholarly Activity Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University
2014
Graduate Fellowship, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University
2013
Travel Grant, Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University
Creative & Scholarly Activity Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University
Original Work Grant, Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University
Graduate Fellowship, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University
2012
Purchase Award, Schoene Aussicht(en) I + II, TU, Dortmund
Graduate Fellowship, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University
2010
Max Kade Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, Chalottesville, VA
2009
Third Prize in Photography, Zeigt uns die Kreativen, Juried Art Show, Kreativwirtschaft Dortmund
2008
First Prize in Painting, Rundgang 2008, Juried Art Show, TU, Dortmund
ARTIST BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2018
Rita, Elia. Studio Sessions: Astrid Kaemmerling. 2/27/2018. Art Practical. https://www.artpractical.com/column/studio-sessions-astrid-kaemmerling/
Unknown, 50 Jahre - 50 Koepfe: Zwischen Kunst und Wissenschaft - Drei Fragen and Dr. Astrid Kaemmerling. 7/13/2018. https://www.tu-dortmund.de/uni/de/Uni/aktuelles/meldungen/2018-06/18-06-21-50Koepfe_Kaemmerling/index.html
Home-Sick, Ginger Magazine, Fall Issue #14, Fall 2018, p. 10-13, https://www.gingerzine.net/issue-14
2017
Lazarra, Amanda. UIS Visual Arts Gallery announces its summer Enos Park artist-in-residence. 5/19/2017. http://spotlight.uis.edu/2017/05/uis-visual-arts-gallery-announces.html?m=0
Rushton, Bruce. Enos Park presses ahead. 5/11/2017. http://npaper-wehaa.com/illinoistimes/2017/05/11/#?article=2917537
Faingold, Scott. A Walk on the Artistic Side. 7/6/2017. http://illinoistimes.com/print-article-18874-print.html
Faingold, Scott. Modernism and Residency. 6/22/2017. http://illinoistimes.com/article-18805-modernism-and-residency.html
Faingold, Scott. “Scott Faingold With Updates From The Springfield Art Association” 6/27/2017. http://www.npr.org/podcasts/478898671/illinois-edition
2016
King, Daniel. Interdisciplinary Artist/Scholar Driven by Wanderlust, Desire, and Curiosity. 1/6/2016. https://www.ohio.edu/finearts/whats-happening/news-story.cfm?newsItem=4535A131-5056-A81E-8D4D3BC04612E37F