Sabrina Labis (*1990 in Zurich, lives in Berlin) is an artist and filmmaker. She deals with concepts and processes of technology and architecture to unveil and question their underlying value systems, gender relations, power structures, and historical contexts. With its specific digital subcultures and aesthetic practices, the internet is an essential source of inspiration and material for the artist. Based on ongoing research processes, she creates poetic, multimedia pieces combining diverse materials, through which she shares her observations with viewers.
Sabrina Labis has presented her works in solo shows and group exhibitions at Museum of Art Lucerne, Museum of Art Bonn, Centre Pompidou Paris, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), German House New York and many more. She has been awarded with the Exhibition Prize of Museum of Art Lucerne and the Elsa-Neumann-Grant of the State of Berlin. She is a guest lecturer at Lucerne School of Art and Design (2019–2022) and University of the Arts Berlin (2022/23, 2024).
She holds a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from Lucerne School of Art and Design (2011–2014) and is a Graduate of University of the Arts Berlin, where she studied Experimental Video and Media Art (2014–2018).
GRANTS / AWARDS
2019 – 2020
Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium des Landes Berlin / Elsa-Neumann-Grant of the State of Berlin
2016 – 2018
Deutschlandstipendium / Scholarship
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung / German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
2016
Projektbeitrag / Project Grant
Fachstelle Kultur, Kanton Zürich / Department of Culture of Canton Zurich
2016
New York University – Berlin Culture Prize 2016
New York University, New York
2015
Ausstellungspreis der Kunstgesellschaft Luzern / Exhibition Prize of the Art Society Lucerne
Kunstmuseum Luzern / Museum of Art Lucerne
RESIDENCIES
2019
Nadjas Nail Art Residency, Berlin, http://nadjas-nail-art-residency.org
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Personal Color Correction, o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern, CH
2017
You are the only one, Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS (selection)
2024
International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, IHRFF 19th edition, Tirana, AL
2023
FRIENDS, Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation & Instytut Fotografii Fort, Warsaw, PL
2022
New acquisitions for the n.b.k. Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k), Berlin, D
World of Networks - Résaux-Mondes, The Wrong video program Centre Pompidou, Paris, F
2021
The things I tell you will not be wrong, SCOPE - Biennale für Medienkunst & Fotografie, Hannover, D
CLUSTERED MINDS, The Wrong TV, Online Streaming & IRL at Nuit Blanche Paris, F
ART Erhaltung, Kunstverein Kleinmachnow, D
2020
SUPERFREIGHT, ArcadeCampfa, Cardiff, UK
2019
Transmediale Vorspiel, Acud Berlin Mitte, D - with panke.gallery
Young Talents, SAP Headquarters, Walldorf, D - with galerie burster Berlin
2018
Touching from a distance, Literaturhaus Berlin, D
2017
PERFORM!, Videonale.16, Kunstmuseum Bonn, D
Revising Landscapes, Sodu4, Vilnius, LT
Current Situation, Zwingli Kirche, Berlin, D
2016
Guest as a Host, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA
Jahresausstellung 2015, Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH
2015
Plattform 15, EWZ-Unterwerk Selnau, Zürich, CH
Arte Tutoriales, Laagencia, Bogotá, CO
Andere Räume, Freies Museum, Berlin, D
2014
(?)-!-? - Carte Blanche, Nextex, St. Gallen, CH
RoundAbout, Kunstplattform akku, Emmenbrücke, CH
2013
Anstelle von Tisch, Erfrischungsraum, Luzern, CH
Aufräumen, Offspace Tatort, Luzern, CH
Painthings, Guido Zäch Institut, Nottwil, CH
TEACHING
2024
Guest Lecturer, Seminar summer semester 2024
"My camera, my rules – Grundlagen Bewegtbild I"
Department of Visual Communication, University of the Arts Berlin
2022/23
Guest Lecturer, Seminar winter semester 2022 / 23
"How to Make a Revolution – Feminist Video Art from the n.b.k. Video-Forum"
Department of Art & Media, University of the Arts Berlin
2019 – 2021
Guest Lecturer, Seminars
"Video Art 2 – Foundation Programme"
Department of Fine Arts, Lucerne School of Art and Design, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2017 – 2018
Meisterschülerin
University of the Arts Berlin
2014 – 2017
University of the Arts Berlin
Graduate of Experimental Video Class
with Prof. Nina Fischer
2011 – 2014
Lucerne School of Art and Design
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts
IMPRINT
Studio Sabrina Labis
Saalburgstr. 3A
12099 Berlin
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