MARA OLSCHOWKA
1997 born in Konstanz
lives and works in Karlsruhe
2023 - 2024 Masterclass of Prof. Tatjana Doll, Meisterschüler-entitlement
2017 - 2023 Study of Fine Arts at the AdBK Karlsruhe with Prof. Tatjana Doll,
Prof. Marijke van Warmerdam und Andreas Arndt
2020 Exchange Semester at Kungl. Konsthögskolan Stockholm with Prof. Ming Wong
Solo Exhibition
2024 Pooling, Künstlerhaus Karlsruhe
2023 Sprung zum Flug (Jump to Fly), SOLOS Project space, Karlsruhe
Tiere und Andere (Animals and Others), Diploma Exhibition, AdBK, Karlsruhe
Kumasi Star, Kejetia Market, Kumasi (GH)
Group Exhibitions (sel.)
2024 TOP 24, Meisterschüler*innen Exhibition, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe and Schloss Ettlingen
28 $, ART Karlsruhe and AdBK Karlsruhe
LHCN (Lonely Heart Club Night), Karlsruhe
Piano Terra, Alter Schlachthof, Karlsruhe
Donaueschinger Regionale
675 km, Galerie Burster, Berlin and Karlsruhe
2023 Karlsruhe to Kumasi, 6.682663, -1.574128, Kumasi (GH)
coming and going, blaxTARLINES KUMASI Project Space, Kumasi (GH)
HART 2 HART, Forum Kunst, Rottweil
Braeburn, ZKM Pavillon, Karlsruhe
2022 Ich, als Schwester (Me, as Sister), with Lin Olschowka, Orgelfabrik, Karlsruhe
This Space Exist Without Me, Laube, Karlsruhe
2021 zwei tage später (two days later), ßpace, Karlsruhe
Nicht Küssen Nicht Hauen (No Kissing No Hitting), Festival Hall and Castle Park, Durlach
2020 H A, hus116, Stockholm (SWE)
2019 Danke Platon (Thanks Platon), Kalinowski Offspace, Karlsruhe
BIOS-4, Poly Gallery, Karlsruhe
Escape Room, Luis Leu Offspace, Karlsruhe
Residencies/Prizes
2024 Scholarship from the Friends of the Academy to Los Angeles (USA)
2023 Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation to Kumasi (GH)
2022 Akademie Prize, Karlsruhe
Publications
2024 Individua Catalog: Act - A Performative Act by Mara Olschowka, A Book by Jana Trampert;
Jana Trampert (Editor), HfG Karlsruhe, 2024
2023 Contribution to: Salon Magazin, Issue #23 - August 2023, Gerhard Theewen and
Marcel van Eeden (Editors), Köln: Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2023
contact: e-mail: olschowka.m@gmail.com
instagram: maraolschowka