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Merav Leibküchler
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2012 -2019 Master student, Visual Arts Studies at the University of Arts, Berlin, Germany – Class Prof. Thomas Zipp
2017-2018 Exchange semester at the Art University „Belas-artes ulisboa“, Lisbon, Portugal.
2007-2010 Contemporary dance and choreography studies at the “MASPA” (Matte Asher School For The Preforming Arts) Kibbutz Gaaton, Israel
Grants / Awards
2025
Nomination, Kunstpreis Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Germany.
2024
Nomination, 7th International André Evard Prize, Kunsthalle Messmer, Riegel, Germany.
Nomination, Kunstpreis Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Germany.
2022
NEUSTART KULTUR, grant for freelance visual artists, Germany.
NEUSTART KULTUR, funding for digital mediation formats for visual artists, Germany.
Nomination, Art Prize of the District of Alzey-Worms, Germany.
2021
Project funding, DIS‑TANZEN, Germany.
PArt Fund, Spiegelberger Foundation, Hamburg, Germany.
2020
PArt Fund, Spiegelberger Foundation, Hamburg, Germany.
Nomination, President’s Prize, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
2019
Recognition Award, Helmut Thoma Foundation, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
2017
Erasmus+ scholarship.
2014
Young Talent Scholarship, International Summer Academy, Venice, Italy.
Artistic career, selected station
Final exam- University of the Arts Berlin 2019 - Painting
> Large format oil painting, room installation, performance, music composition, video shooting.
> During the study various individual and group exhibitions
Volksbühne Berlin „Bauhaus - Ein rettendes Requiem“ by Schorsch Kamerun
> Performance - play, dance with Anne Tismer, stage design, cloth installation
Collaboration with the artist Meix Meier - Barosphere
> Video shoot for video installation and exhibition, life performance, choreography
Museum FLUXUS
> Large-format 3D room installation with rope, cloth, thread and painting
Theatre „Gut - Reaction“
> Stage play with life painting, 60min, three performances
Venice - Summer Academy
> Performance, video installation, video shoot, photography
Dance studies
> Modern and contemporary dance education
> Dance and choreography, stage performances, solo pieces and group performances
Artistic practice
Merav Leibküchler is a performer and multimedia artist exploring presence in the state of nonexistence, and dimensions within the void. What lies in the gap between presence and nothingness? What is the difference between matter and energy? What does the void look like?
Leibküchler draws inspiration from Albert Einstein's relativity theory and quantum mechanics regarding mankind's understanding of the universe and the ability to expand outside our narrow orbit and see as well as experience the hidden facets of existence.
Her background in the performance art field and her formal training as a painter allows Leibküchler to combine traditional art practices with advanced new media techniques fusing an analogue approach with a digital one, shifting between tradition and innovation.
In her work she examines the boundaries between abstract and figurative styles, using elementary and geometric forms, rich textures and patterns creating new compositions; eliciting a consciousness of space and surface, portraying a state in which a fragmented past, present, and future are unified.