visual artist currently based in Essen, Germany
mail@mercedeswagner.com
2013 - 2018 MA Photography Studies and Practice, Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, Germany
2015 - 2016 Research in Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Chile, Brazil
2015 Masterclass Contemporary Photography, Centro de la Imagen Lima (Institute for Photography), Peru
2006 - 2011 BA Scenography and Costume, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Germany
2004 - 2006 Philosophy, Gender Studies, Economic & Social Studies, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
Grants
2019
2018
Project Funding, The Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Folkwang University of the Arts
Deutschlandstipendium, public-private scholarship by the Federal Government of Germany
2017
shortlisted for Folkwang Prize 2017, Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, Germany
Exhibitions
2019
2018
ExExoArtefakt, Folkwang Finale, Sanaa Gebäude, Zollverein Essen
Mantas International Young Photographers, Daegu Photo Biennale 2018, Daeguart Factory, Daegu, Korea
We will pick you up again, Videoscreening @Rundgang 2018, Zollverein Essen
Touch Raum Z13, Essen (solo)
Photoprojekte Bauschau 2007-2018 Baustelle Schaustelle, Photo Düsseldorf
2017
Irgend / Fast hier, Sanaa Building Zollverein, Folkwang Preis 2017, Essen
Irgend / Fast hier, Stopover/Zwischenhalt, UG im Folkwang, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2014
Kanal_A, Rundgang Fotografie, Auktionshaus Schützenbahn, Essen
two pass, Krisen des Sichtbaren, Pasinger Fabrik, München
2011
...können wir das bitte sehen?, Ballhof 2, Hannover
2010
Vol. 10, Seilbahn Expo Plaza, Hannover
Publications
2018
Encounter V History of Photography in Daegu, International Young Photographers Exhibition, Photo Artists Society of Korea: Photography Exhibition, Fringe Photo Festival, Galleries Association of Daegu: Special Photography Exhibition, catalogue, Daegu Photo Biennale 2018 (p. 151)
International Young Photography Exhibition, Katalog, Daegu Photo Biennale 2018, South Korea
2017
Stopover/Zwischenhalt < Broschüre, UG im Folkwang, Museum Folkwang Essen
Irgend < Künstlerbuch, handgefertigt, Essen
2014
Schöne neue Welt, HANT Magazin für Fotografie < Nr. 04, S. 108-109 (https://www.hant-magazin.de/?page_id=1918)
Folkwang UdK < Broschüre, Photokina Academy 2014, Köln