Biography
Sara Kramer is a Danish-American artist (*1985 in Copenhagen, Denmark) based between Copenhagen and Berlin. Kramer’s research-based art practice employs various media, including sculpture, video, and performance, with an emphasis on glass and transparency. In her practice glass is perceived as an intriguing lens for examining space and materiality as its inherent impermanence reflects the mutable nature of perception and interpretation. It is through its shifting forms and meanings that her work examines the interplay between space, form, and context within contemporary urban landscapes.
*Maternity leave March 2023 through October 2024
Education
2019 Meisterschüler Degree at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
2012 – 2017 Diploma Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
2009 – 2012 Basic Year & Fine Arts studies at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam
Solo and Duo exhibitions
2022 Trajectory Island, Garage Arts Platform, Enna in Sicily, Italy
2021 Costa da Morte (w. Kristoffer Kjærskov) Faro Vilán, Camariñas in Spain
2020 Amorphous Solid, The Main Library of Hvidovre in Denmark
2019 Vita Activa, Alte Münze, Berlin
2017 Maneuverable Strategies in X m2 (w. Vibe Overgaard), Floating Projects, Hong Kong
Selected Group exhibitions
2023 (((transponder))) (part of CTM Festival), Berlin
2022 OFFFENCE, curated by Katharina Wendler & Sophia Scherer, Spoiler.Zone, Berlin DE
2021 Our Economy, Haus 3, Berlin DE
2021 MONSTERSUPPE, curated by Stine Kähler, Kit Leunbach et al. KØS – Museum for Art in Public Spaces, Køge in Denmark
2021 Liebe, Arbeit, Kino, Online-Exhibitions curated by Susanne Schmitt, Rausprojekt, Berlin
2020 Haus.Wien, curated by Marie Gagnon, Fanny Hauser, Bruno Pristauz, Johanna Thorell & Edin Zenun, Vienna
2019 No sense of place, only a mirror for reflection, curated by Kristoffer Kjærskov, Kunsthal ved siden af, Svendborg in Denmark
2018 Inclusive Nation, curated by Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Gerðasarfn – Kópavogur Art Museum, Iceland
2018 Cryptopian States, curated by Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Residence of The Icelandic Ambassador in Berlin
2018 Heute oder Morgen, curated by Vitamin-C, at Plus.Dede, Berlin
2018 Venus of Urbino, Performance, m. Mirce Liljehult & Búi Rouch, ‘Performing Arts Festival Berlin’ (PAF), Berlin
2018 Misplaced Women?, Project, concept and curation by Tanja Ostojic, Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz, Berlin
2017 The Return of the Critic, curated by Mario Margani & Sascha Hundorff, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, DE
2016 Work Work Work, curated by Lena Marie Emrich, LEAP, Berlin
2016 Neutral Dynamic Stability (w. Jill Kiddon & Hrefna Hörn Leifsdóttir), Möbelhaus A-z, Berlin
2015 Golden Tours, curated by Vibe Overgaard, Copenhagen
2014 Schwindel, Haus am Moritzplatz, Berlin
2013 Hello Goodbye, ‘Haus Much / Schlemmer’, Bauhaus Museum, Dessau in Germany
Since 2018, Member of ‘Havebiennalen’ Art Collective, organizing art biennials in Denmark
Residencies
*Upcoming: November 2024 – January 2025 The Danish Institute in Athens, Greece
2024 The Danish Institute in Rome (Academia di Danimarca), Italy
2021 Garage Arts Platform, Enna, Sicily in Italy
2019 Fundación Valparaíso (funded by the Beckett Foundation), Mojacar in Spain
2018 Residency at ‘Statens Værksteder For Kunst’, Copenhagen
Stipends
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR – Kickstarter Stipendium, Kunstfonds, Germany
2021 Residency funding, The Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark
2020 / 2021 / 2022 Work Stipends, The Danish Arts Foundation
2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 Production Grants, The Danish Arts Foundation
2016 Oticon Foundation
2015 Minister Erna Hamilton Stipend for Science and Art
Honors and relevant work experience
2024 Artist-in-resident at Tingbjerg School’s Youth Club (part of ‘Huskunstnerordning’), Denmark
2020 Finalist for the Danish BKF Art Prize for Best Artist-Run Space in Denmark, awarded to the Art Collective ‘Havebiennalen’ formerly known as KOLONIEN
2020 Artist talk at FLUK (Fyns Laboratorie for Ung Kunst), Svendborg in Denmark
2017 Organizer of LARP & Workshop at Floating Projects Art Space (w. Vibe Overgaard), Hong Kong
2020 Contributing Art Editor at CANVAS Magazine, UAE
2016 – 2020 Art Editor at Ran Dian Magazine, Hongkong / Berlin