Raul Walch
1980
born in Frankfurt am Main
lives and works in Berlin
Education
2008 - 2012
Fine Art, Institut für Raumexperimente of Olafur Eliasson, UdK Berlin
2005 - 2008
Sculpture, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee
2001 - 2004
Sociology and Latin American studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Scholarships and Awards (selection)
2021
Work scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2020
Residency, Paradise Air, Tokyo, Japan
Project funding, Kreativfonds, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Germany
2019
Work scholarship, Hessische Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany
Project funding, Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin, Germany
2018
Project funding, Goethe Institut Iraq
Scholarshio with andcompany&Co, Mouson Turm, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Project funding, Berliner Senat, Germany
2016
IBB Award for photography by Investitionsbank Berlin and Karl Hofer Society, Germany
Honorable Mention, Berlin Art Prize, Germany
2014
Head Sculptures, DeGesa Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2024
A Flag is a Piece of Fabric: Heat Flag (Aarhus), Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark
2023
Vom Wind getragen. Kollektive textile Assemblagen / Portés par le vent. Assemblages textiles collectifs, Matchbox, Schweigen-Rechtenbach, Germany/Wissembourg, France
NOTOPIA, Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig, Germany
2022
You Always Meet Twice, TARKIB, Baghdad, Iraq
2021
Down to Earth, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
unfollow, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
2019
The Sceptical Chemist, EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin, Germany
Auf der Grenze, Stiftung St. Matthäus, Kulturforum Berlin, Germany
2016
Azimut, Lichthaus, Arnsberg, Germany
2015
Fabrics & Space, Arai Associates, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Head Sculptures, DeGesa Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2012
West Southwest, Grey Sheep, Berlin, Germany
2009
Gestüm, Galerie Holzburg, Kassel, Germany
2008
Dochgogh, KSb, Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2024
Zukunftsmusik, Kulturprojekte Nueremberg, Germany
Euphemism of a Disquiet Day , Gr_und Berlin, Germany
(re)connecting earth - Kiel Nomadisch, Germany
IN A STATE OF FLOW, Kloental Triennale Switzerland
Radical Playgrounds, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Unite, Skulpturenmuseum Marl, Germany
Collapse is not a destination, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, Germany
Wenn die Sirenen heulen (handle with care), Alte Feuerwache Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Wenn die Sirenen heulen (it’s on us), Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg, Germany
2023
Frequently Asked Questions, n.b.k., Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
Wenn die Sirenen heulen (it’s on us), Weltecho, Chemnitz/SEXAUER, Berlin, Germany
(re)connecting.earth (02) – Beyond Water, Art and urban nature biennial, Geneva, Switzerland
Palmen aus Plastik. Sommer, Sonne, soziale Ungleichheit, Kunstmuseum Erfurt, Galerie Waidspeicher, Germany
ENERGY, CoolWater, Zwolle, Netherlands
Verwobene Texturen. Zeitgenössische Textilkunst aus Deutschland und Ungarn, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Germany
Common Ground, 8. Biennale Weiertal, Winterthur, Switzerland
Happiest Places, Kunstverein Siegen, Germany
To See a World in a Grain of Sand, Kunstverein zu Assenheim, Germany
2022
Territories of Waste. Über die Wiederkehr des Verdrängten, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
Nichts zu Hissen – Nothing to Hoist: Raul Walch & Studio Ukraine, Künstlerhof Frohnau, Museum Reinickendorf & Berlin TXL, Berlin, Germany
Balance, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart – Berlin, Germany
Mit der Tür ins Haus fallen. Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung des Bundes, Neues Museum – Saatliches Museum für Kunst und Design Nuremberg, Germany
In der Mitte des Wetters, Über Klima, Kunst und Mensch, Wetter- & Klima-Werkstatt Offenbach, Germany
ReEDOcate ME!, Floating University Berlin, Germany
Kunst gegen Rechts, Uferhallen Berlin, Germany
IDENTITÄT NICHT NACHGEWIESEN. Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung des Bundes, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
AS IF EVERYTHING IS FOREVER, Kühlhaus Berlin, Germany
TRANSGRESSIVE. Non-conformist Approaches to the Arts and the city, Kühlhaus Berlin, Germany
Soft Democracies, raumlabor-berlin, Olympiapark, Munich, Germany
Laboratoire Kontempo Miziki, ACUD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Threads in Motion, Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
2021
Nimmersatt? Imagining Society Without Growth, Kunsthalle Münster, LWL – Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
Cinema Lada 21, Draussenstadt – Call for Action, Berlin, Germany
Owned by Others, Part II, Berlin Museum Island, Germany
Fluid Realities, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin, Germany
Learnscapes, Floating University Berlin, Germany
Laboratoire Kontempo Kinzonzi, ACUD MACHT NEU, Kinshasa, Demokratic Republic of Kongo/Berlin, Germany
Kunst Gegen Rechts, Botschaft-Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
Umwege, UM Festival, Brandenburg, Germany
Common Ground, BUFA, Berlin, Germany
Oval Office, Neue Galerie Innsbruck, Austria
Die Balkone 2. Scratching the Surface, Berlin, Germany
Snitches Get Stitches, Front Views, Berlin, Germany
ParkPlatz, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
ENCORE!, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
Ruhr Ding: Klima, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Germany
The Rite of Spring, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Ressentiment/Risentimento, Kunst Merano Arte, Meran, Italy
Tape Modern #27, Berlin, Germany
Intersection Tamba, Centre Culturel Régional, Tambacounda, Senegal
suspense, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Die Balkone, Berlin, Germany
Zero Waste, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany
bis hierher und nicht weiter, Kunstverein Tiergarten/Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
Flagge Zeigen, Infected Landscapes, Brandenburg, Germany
Art Biesenthal, Brandenburg, Germany
Fight-Klub – Kunst Gegen Rechts, Botschaft Berlin / Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
Owned by Others, Museumsinsel, Berlin, Germany
2019
Active Texture – between Text and Textile, XC.HuA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
One Night Stand, Horse & Pony Project Space, Berlin, Germany
Alarmstufe Rot, Monologfestival, Theater Discounter, Berlin, Germany
2018
Freiheit zur Freiheit, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Digesture, Very Project Space, Berlin, Germany
Miete Strom Instagram, Walch & Winkler, Berlin, Germany
Verortung, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Thresholds. Limits of Space, BNKR, Munich, Germany
Intersections of Commen Space and Time, Space One, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Vol.2, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
Brauchen Wir Einen Linken Populismus?, Acud Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Bait Tarkib, Baghdad, Iraq
Flying Semaphores & Building Bridges, Floating University Berlin, Germany
Night Shift, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany
Muster Raum, Frontviews, Bauakademie Berlin, Germany
Mutterzunge, Babylon Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Perfect Match, Schaufenster Berlin, Germany
Umordnung, Berliner Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmonie, Germany
2017
The Event of a Thread, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Festival of Future Nows, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Odyssey, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Möhnesee, Germany
Blickachsen Skulpturen Biennale, Bad Homburg, Germany
Marking Triangles, Japanische Kulturstiftung, Cologne, Germany
Social Geometrism, Kask, Berlin, Germany
7 trans-phonies, Tokyo Wondersite Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Berlin Art Prize, Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany
IBB - Preis für Photographie, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
Der Enkeltrick in der Abstraktion, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Britzenale, Berlin-Neukölln, Germany
Hybrid Modus, Skulptur Bredelar, Bredelar, Germany
From Science To Fiction, Verein für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
2te 11te Interventionale, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
2015
Open Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
Shibuya Eggs, City Hall Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Cinema Lada, Modern Art Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ababa Opening on the Foam, Schloss Sacrow, Potsdam, Germany
Schlüssel zur Stadt, Projektraum Leipzigerstr., Berlin, Germany
2014
Festival of Future Nows, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Treffpunkte, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
Ideals – On Architecture, Power and Politics, Aedes, Berlin, Germany
Tomorror’s Island, Momoshima Art Base, Hiroshima, Japan
Inundumundumherum, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
Tokyo Story 2014, Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan
Revisiting Fukushima, Japan Syndrome at HAU, Berlin, Germany
Walk-In-Progress, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, China
Love Bazon Hate Brock, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany