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SARAFINA MCLEOD (*1994 EUGENE, OREGON, USA) (SHE/HER/THEY/THEM) IS A SLOW LIVING BEING REFERING TO HERSELF AS A GERMAN / US-AMERICAN ARTIST AND HUMAN. SHE LIVES AND WORKS IN LEIPZIG (GERMANY) TOGETHER WITH HER COLLEGUE AND COMPANION LISI CANELA, WHO IS IDENTIFIED AS A DOG. HER INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKS DEPICT PERFORMATIVE MOMENTS THAT EMERGE FROM A PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING FORMS OF RESEARCH AND INTELLECTUALITY TROUGH THE BODY AND MOVEMENT. RELATING TO INTERMEDIATE AREAS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND EXISTENCE, SHE UNDERSTANDS HER BODY, AND OTHER BODIES, AS PLACES AND POINTS OF ACTIVE FUNCTIONS IN FORMS OF RELATION TO POINTS IN SURROUNDING SPACES.
SARAFINA MCLEOD IS CURRENTLY STUDYING IN THE MEISTERSCHÜLER:INNEN PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS IN PERFORMATIVE ARTS WITH ISABEL LEWIS AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS LEIPZIG (GERMANY). SHE ALSO STUDIED WITH DOROTHEA SCHÜRCH AND VALERIAN MALY IN A MASTER PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS IN PERFORMANCE ART AT THE BERN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS (SWITZERLAND). SHE COMPLETED HER DIPLOM DEGREE IN FINE ART STUDYING WITH AURELIA MIHAI, DONNA KUKAMA, SVENJA KREH AND THOMAS RENTMEISTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS BRAUNSCHWEIG (GERMANY) AND AT THE MALMÖ ART ACADEMY (SWEDEN).

EXHIBITONS 

 

 

2022                CANELA´S AND MCLEOD´S HOUSE (DOGHUMANHOUSE), CABANE B, BERN

 

                        CONTEMPLATING A PLACE, TAFELHALLE NÜRNBERG

 

                        CONTEMPLATING A PLACE, TANZZENTRALE FÜRTH

                        

                        FINDING BALANCE, ALTE SCHREINEREI, BERN

       

                        ACT PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, BIEL

 

2021               THOMAS RENTMEISTER UND MEISTERSCHÜLER*INNEN: SKULPTUR_OBJEKTKUNST_INSTALLATION, STÄDTISCHE GALLERIE                                      EICHENMÜLLERHAUS  LEMGO

 

                       GAP* THE MIND, FESTIVAL UNTER FREIEM HIMMEL, KUNSTVEREIN DIE H_LLE E.V, BRAUNSCHWEIG

 

                       HOLD HANDS RESIDENCY EXHIBITION, KUNSTVEREIN LEIPZIG

 

2020-2019      OCCURANCE WITH DIS-PLAY IN HANNOVER BRAUNSCHWEIG AND TIMISOARA

 

2019               LOOSING TOUCH, MÖNCHEHAUS MUSEUM GOSLAR

 

2018              ANFORDERUNG AN EINEN STUHL, KUNSTSCHAUFENSTER WOLFSBURG

 

                      INSZENIERTE WIRKLICHKEITEN, KELLER DREI, HANNOVER

 

                       INTERIORA PATENT, RITTERGUT LUCKLUM

 

2017              TIGHT INTERSECTION, GALLERIE DES WESTENS E. V., BREMEN

 

2016              ABSTAND MIT ANSTAND, KONNEKTOR FORUM FÜR KÜNSTE, HANNOVER

 

2015              SARAFINA MCLEOD AND ARNOLD MCLEOD, CAFÉ OMAR, ULM

 

2014              EMBARGO, AUSTELLUNGSRAUM EMBARGO, ULM                

2022              SOMATIC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

 

2021              HOLD HANDS RESIDENCY 

 

2018-2022     SCHOLARSHIP FROM STUDIENSTIFTUNG DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES

 

2013              NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARD, USA

 

                      SCHOLASTIC ART AWARD STATE OF VERMONT, USA 

 

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