Wren Bisley is a transdisciplinary artist, writer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany.
selected group shows:
Wren Bisley is a transdisciplinary artist, writer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany.
selected group shows:
Universität der Künste Berlin Rundgang '24, The Failures (Abschlussaustellung/Graduation Exhibition). Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany. August 2024.
Documenta 15. Lensbased Variety Show and Tell. Temporary Home / ruruhaus, Kassel, Germany. June 2022.
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. Conditions of a Necessity: under paving stones, the garden. Baden-Baden, Germany. September 2020.
Funen Art Academy. despite the blue clouds and the white sky. Funen, Denmark. March 2020.
Kreuzberg Pavillion. Deep Nation, curated by OmsK Social Club. Berlin, Germany. August 2018.
Schwarzwaldallee. Warm lights travel on my ghostly hands, curated by Karim Crippa. Basel, Switzerland. March 2017.
Impossible Projects Space. Meatspace, curated by COVEN Berlin. Berlin, Germany. November 2016.
West Germany. Volume 12: RAVE. Curated by Ying Colosseum. Berlin, Germany. November 2016.
Obst und Gemüse. Garden of Eves. Berlin, Germany. October 2016.
Plateau Gallery. Mirror Mirror. Berlin, Germany. August 2016.
selected writing projects:
WIE WIR TRAUEN. Contributing writer. Published by REBOUND Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 2024.
SURGE: an image of eternity. Limited edition pixie book for the exhibition Surge by Grüner & Vogelius at Platform, Nikolaj Kunsthal. Published by Little Virgil, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2024.
Bad Ideas - Selected Writings from the American Realism Course. Contributing writer and editor. Published by ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, February 2020.
selected performances and readings:
Union. Performance/reading as guest of Sylvester Vogelius at Trans Aesthetics. Copenhagen, Denmark. September 2024.
Cashmere Radio. PlusX x drift, collaboration with Sam W. Harper. Berlin, Germany. November 2019.
Night Embassy. Opening Party by MOVE.UNLTD. Berlin, Germany. November 2019.
Centro de Acercameinto a lo Rural. Mountain Hauntology, curated by Inland. Madrid, Spain. August 2019.
Trust. Performance reading with Ana Gzirishvili for drift.1. Berlin, Germany. June 2019.
Gone Fishing. 10 Hours Behind… Ahead, collaboration with Sam W. Harper. Leipzig, Germany. August 2016.
selected curation:
drift. Ongoing curatorial project documenting and archiving performative works. Co-founded with Sam W. Harper. Berlin, Germany. Since 2019.
DUVE Berlin. The New Liquid Model, group exhibition with Jala Wahid, Shade Therét, Rindon Johnson, Julia Colavita, and Adam Chad Brody. Co-curated with Harriett Henderson. Berlin, Germany. July 2017.
Verge Gallery at The Depot Artspace. Nicolas Bisley: The Quiet Forgotten. Auckland, New Zealand. February 2016.
Power Lunches. ELITIST. London, United Kingdom. February 2015.
selected press:
Lawler-Dormer, Sophia. "Berlin’s 13 Best Art Shows of 2017." Sleek Magazine, 20 Dec. 2017.
Thaddeus-Johns, Josie. "Internet Artists Bridge The Gap Between Username And Body." Vice Magazine, 11 Nov. 2016.
awards:
Metatron Prize for Rising Authors of Fiction. Shortlist. Montreal, Canada. 2021.
Please note: Previously credited using various other names such as Cherub and Naomi.
For collaborations and inquiries:
wren.bisley@gmail.com
Born in Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa (Hamilton, New Zealand).
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Diplom / BA+MFA Combined
Universität der Künste Berlin, Class of Prof. Dr. Hito Steyerl and Mykola Ridnyi (Lensbased), 2017–2024.
Visiting Student
MA English Studies: Literature, Language, Culture, Freie Universität Berlin, 2023–2024.
Exchange Semester
Grad Art, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2019/20.
Certificate in Fine Arts
Whitecliffe College, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), NZ, 2014.