Miriam Ferstl * 1986

lives and works in Munich and in the Upper Bavarian Forest

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Education

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• Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Diploma in Fine Arts 2026
  Professors: Armin Linke, Flaka Haliti, Johanna Reich, Dieter Rehm

• Project class with the artist duo Cooking Sections, 2019

• Microscopical research at LMU Microbiological Institute, 2019/2020

• University of Bayreuth, Theatre, German Literature and Media Studies, B.A. 2009

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Awards & Grants

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• Studio Grant from the Free State of Bavaria (2022)

• Curt Wills Award (2021)

• Anniversary-Scholarship, City of Munich Foundation (2020)

• Future Art Prize, Schwandorf District (2019)

• Grant: Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Pilchuck Glass School, USA (Workshop/Residency, 2022)

• Residency in Klenova, CZ, granted by Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, 2019

• Ambassador, Schwandorf District (2024)

• Nominated for the Marianne Brandt Award (2020)

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Collections

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• Munich Re Art Collection

• Collection of the Bezirk Oberpfalz

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Selected Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2025 – Armada, Curt Wills-Stiftung, Munich
2024 – Ankern in Wolken, Stadtgalerie Alte Feuerwache, Stadtmuseum Amberg
2022–2023 – Illusion Machine, Grauer Hof, Aschersleben
2020–2022 – Light Cells, Munich Re Art Collection, Munich
2020 – Light Cells, Projection on Berlin Memorial Church
2019 – 100 Billion Chamber of Wonders, Artionale Munich, ESG
2019 – Uniti Nella Luce, German Embassy to the Holy See, Rome, Italy
2017 – Božansko Svjetlo, HDLU Meštrović-Pavillon Zagreb, House of Croatian Photography
2017 – Light Cells, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, White Cube (HR)
2017 – Divine Light, Loggia, Hvar (HR)
2017 – Divine Light, Galerie ANAÏS, Munich

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Group Exhibitions (selection) 

 

2026 –  Mirror, Mirror, Gallery Wunderkunst, Neue Siederei München

2026 –  Aspekte, BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz, Kunstraum Regensburg

2026 –  Reading Kokon, BBK Art Space, Regensburg

2026 –  Diploma Exhibition Kokon, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
2025 – Re:Generation, Wunderkunst x Neue Siederei, Munich
2025 – Don´t Forget About Me, Kloster Speinshart
2025 – Mirror, Mirror, Alte Glasschleife Murnthal
2024 – Eine etwas andere Ausstellung, Regensburg
2024 – Munich Highlights, Gallery Wunderkunst, Munich Residence
2024 – Circle Of Water, Textile Museum St. Gallen, Switzerland
2024 – Studio Studies, Collector´s Atelier, Pullach
2023 – Rosa Immergruen, DG Kunstraum Munich
2023 – Wilde Kränze, Atelier de Valérie, Munich
2022 – Liebe, Berliner Schaufenster, Berlin
2021 – Raumgreifen, Werksviertel Mitte, Munich
2021 – Waidblick, Badehaus Maiersreuth
2021 – Seeds From Tomorrow – Gardening Stängle & Limmer, Munich, Project class with the Artist Duo Cooking Sections
2021 – Super mARkT Frische Lieferung, Rewe Munich
2021 – Questions For The Echo Chamber, Academy Gallery Munich
2021 – Project Class "Cooking Sections", Academy Gallery Munich
2020/21 – And The Forests Will Echo With Laughter – Wald ohne Bäume in Kunst und Wissenschaft, ERES-Stiftung, Munich
2020 – Exakt Grey Areas, Foundation Art and Nature, Bad Heilbrunn
2020 – Experiencing Landscape, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf

2019 – Yoko Ono – Peace Is Power, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
2019 – Marianne Brandt Award – Industry Museum Chemnitz (Nominee)
2019 – Aus der Strömung I, Kunst Block Balve, Munich
2019 – Together, Kösk Galerie, Munich
2019 – Photography Class, Fotoklasse, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
2018 – International Light Art Biennal, Hildesheim
2018 – Danner-Stiftung, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

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Residencies

2022 – Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA
2019 – Klenova, Czech Republic (organized by Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus)

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Other Activities

Since 2025 – Cultural Ambassador, Stiftung Kulturzukunft Bayern
Since 2024 – Ambassador, Schwandorf District
Since 2021 – Curator, Curt Wills-Stiftung
Since 2023 – Workshops at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
2021 – Host of the TV program Was uns bewegte, BR Television
2021 – Curator, Stiftung Kunst und Natur, Nantesbuch
2019 – Publication of the photo-text book Von der Mitte gehalten with photographs from the series Lichtzellen, Claudius Verlag
Since 2019 – Workshops on photography/art for the Federal Volunteer Service
Since 2017 – Art tours, including the Goetz Collection and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Since 2018 – Lectures, including Interference Light Art Festival, Tunis