Past Exhibition
EnglishABOUT THE ARTIST
Franziska Fennert
(b. 1984, Germany, lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Franziska Fennert is a German artist, born in the former socialist East Germany, who has been
living in Indonesia since 2013. She primarily works with sewn objects and paintings, seeking
healing from her Wendetrauma (German-German Reunification). The takeover of the former
GDR by the Federal Republic of Germany deeply shook her family and indirectly led to the
death of her father years later. Her stay in Indonesia enables her to reflect on a value system
other than capitalism and to search for spiritual roots.
Through her work, she aims to understand human behavior, economic constructs, and social structures in a global context. Since participating in the Nature Art Residency in Tsukuba, Japan, in 2018, she views the emancipated environment as a necessary part of a progressive social system. Joining the Indonesian Upcycle Forum the following year, she investigates circular economy and Javanese spirituality as an alternative to capitalism (linear economy).
In 2020, Franziska initiated the construction of a temple made of plastic scraps melted into stones next to the Piyungan garbage dump in Yogyakarta, which then collectively evolved into Monumen Antroposen. The goal is to transform global society in terms of a social and ecologically oriented circular economy that honors the respective ancestors of a geographical regioncountry/place.
Franziska graduated as a master student at the Dresden University of Fine Arts in 2011 with the state scholarship of the Free State of Saxony. Four years earlier, the solo exhibition "Everything is Rites/Semua adalah Upacara" at Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta, was the culmination of her Darmasiswa Fellowship.
As the chair of the German-Asian association cover E.V. from 2012-13, she organized international exhibitions in Dresden and Shanghai. For the occasion of the project in public space "Vision of a Social Evolution," sponsored by Lawangwangi, Artsociates Bandung, and the German Foreign Office, she moved back to her chosen home, Indonesia.
Through her work, she aims to understand human behavior, economic constructs, and social structures in a global context. Since participating in the Nature Art Residency in Tsukuba, Japan, in 2018, she views the emancipated environment as a necessary part of a progressive social system. Joining the Indonesian Upcycle Forum the following year, she investigates circular economy and Javanese spirituality as an alternative to capitalism (linear economy).
In 2020, Franziska initiated the construction of a temple made of plastic scraps melted into stones next to the Piyungan garbage dump in Yogyakarta, which then collectively evolved into Monumen Antroposen. The goal is to transform global society in terms of a social and ecologically oriented circular economy that honors the respective ancestors of a geographical regioncountry/place.
Franziska graduated as a master student at the Dresden University of Fine Arts in 2011 with the state scholarship of the Free State of Saxony. Four years earlier, the solo exhibition "Everything is Rites/Semua adalah Upacara" at Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta, was the culmination of her Darmasiswa Fellowship.
As the chair of the German-Asian association cover E.V. from 2012-13, she organized international exhibitions in Dresden and Shanghai. For the occasion of the project in public space "Vision of a Social Evolution," sponsored by Lawangwangi, Artsociates Bandung, and the German Foreign Office, she moved back to her chosen home, Indonesia.
| EDUCATION | |
| 2009 | German Diploma Master at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden // Academy of Fine Arts Dresden |
| 2007 | Study Tour in China (Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai) |
| 2008 | Darmasiswa Scholarship in Yogyakarta from the Indonesian Government |
| 2011 | Meisterschülerin mit einem Stipendium des Freistaates Sachsen // Advanced Master Studies at Academy of Fine Arts Dresden with Grant of the Free State Saxony, Germany |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2020 | Fragile Abundance at NuNu Fine Art, Taipei |
| 2018 | Heaven is mindset, Visma Art Gallery, Surabaya |
| 2017 | Heaven is mindset, Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery, Semarang |
| 2015 | Place the king in the right position, Sangkring Art Project, Yogyakarta* |
| 2014 | Place the king in the right position, Lawangwangi, Bandung* |
| (*supported by Goethe-Institut Jakarta and ARTSociates Lawangwangi Art and Science Estate, Bandung, Indonesia) | |
| 2013 | Contemporary Fairytales - Zeitgenössische Märchen, Börse Stuttgart |
| Die Hirschkuh säugt den Tiger, Galerie Michaela Helfrich, Berlin VISION OF A SOCIAL EVOLUTION, with an art residency at Lawangwangi | |
| ARTSociates, Bandung, with support from the Federal Foreign Office of Germany | |
| 2012 | let down anchor, sanlorenzo-arte, Poppi, Italia |
| 2010 | Franziska Fennert, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin |
| 2008 | Everything is Rites, Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia with support from KOONG Gallery, Jakarta |