Ian Waelder
Ian Waelder’s practice explores memory and trace by isolating archival histories and language in relation to his biography, working through the poetics of the accident and the repurposing of the discarded. Waelder’s work unfolds through the mediums of photography, sculpture, sound and installation.
A solo exhibition of Waelder’s work, Even in a language that is not your own, took place at the Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum, Palma, in 2023.
Works from this artist
About
Ian Waelder (b. 1993 in Madrid, Spain) lives and works in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Education
He studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, with Haegue Yang, Mark von Schlegell and Peter Fischli.
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions include Super Super Markt, Berlin (2024); Neuer Kunstverein, Gießen (2024); Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum, Palma (2023); Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome (2023); ethall gallery, Barcelona (2022); L21, Palma (2021); and the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki (2018).
Waelder’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (2023); Delfina Foundation, London (2023); Super Super Markt, Berlin (2023); Kunstverein Wiesen, Wiesen (2023); Francis Irv, New York (2023); Museum Stift Stams, Stams (2022); Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice (2021); Galerie Rolando Anselmi. Atina (2020); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2017); L21, Palma (2017); and the Contemporary Art Center of Galicia (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela (2014).
Collections
Ian Waelder’s work is part of public collections worldwide. These include the Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum, Mallorca; Palma City Council Collection, Mallorca; Camper Foundation, Mallorca; MMK, Frankfurt am Main; ADN Collection, Barcelona; GRECU Collection, Bucharest; and the Braunsfelder Family Collection, Cologne.
Exhibitions
Ian Waelder: Here not today
April 18 – June 9, 2024
Super Super Markt, Brunnenstr. 22, Berlin
Moving in
Karla Black, Zoë Carlon, Tatjana Danneberg, Karlo Kacharava, Nika Kutateladze, Paloma Varga Weisz, Ian Waelder
September 30 – October 31, 2023
Friends Apartment, Berlin
Selected press
Cooking Slowly
émergent magazine, Phin Jennings, 2024