Paulina Brunner was born and raised in Mannheim. She lives and works in Cologne. 

In her work, she moves between the interface of word and body, text and movement. Artist's books, dance and performance are among her forms of expression. Paulina Brunner's works are represented in both private and public collections (Klingspor-Museum Offenbach, KOLUMBA Cologne). 

From 2016 to 2021, she studied at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle specializing in book art and at the Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Norway, focusing on drawing and printmaking. Since 2023 she is continuing her studies at the Centre for Contemporary Dance in Cologne.

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Exhibitions

• 14.01.2024 - 20.01.2024 Group exhibition 'soft hearted', Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

• 12.01.2024 - 14.01.2024 Group exhibition 'more strange things', silent green, beton hall, Berlin

• 04.05.2023 - 13.05.2023 Group exhibition 'Re:enchanted bodies', Pop-up Gallery at Einkaufszentrum Rolltreppe, Halle (Saale)

• 04.05.2023 - 07.05.2023 Group Exhibition 'Am Wegesrand gehen, die Uhr tickt...', Magma Maria, Offenbach

• 16.07.2022 - 31.07.2022 Group exhibition 'Steadfastness.', Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle (Saale)

• 17.03.2022 - 20.03.2022 Group exhibition 'Plan B', Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin

• 26.03.2021 - 28.03.2021 Group exhibition 'Oh hell yea humanity Part #2', Milchsackfabrik, Frankfurt

• 28.11.2020 - 15.01.2021 Group exhibition 'A line with an axe', Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle (Saale)

• 22.10.2020 - 26.10.2020 Group exhibition 'Oh hell yea humanity', Kunsternes Hus, Oslo (Norway)

• 24.07.2020 - 23.08.2020 Group exhibition 'X-Ray', Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin

• 24.06.2020 - 20.07.2020 Group exhibition 'Heaving 89', KOLUMBA Art Museum, Cologne

• 26.11.2018 - 02.12.2018 Group exhibition at the CfSHE gallery, Tokyo (Japan)

• 23.11.2018 - 30.11.2018 Group exhibition 'This is not a bookstore', Burg2, Halle (Saale)

• 22.07.2017 - 03.09.2017 Group exhibition 'Pictures of storytelling', Klingspor-Museum Offenbach

Projects and dance pieces

• October 2024 dancer and co-creator in 'HABITAT' (Choreography: Wencke Kriemer)

• April 2022 - March 2023 Participation in the international performance project 'clear the stage', Zukunst e.V., Berlin

Scholarships

• October 2024 - October 2024 Scholarship holder as part of Bundesministerium für Bildung's 'Deutschland Stipendium'

• June 2023 - August 2023 Scholarship holder as part of  Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalts 'Kultur ans Netz' scholarship

• October - November 2022 Scholarship holder as part of  Institut Français d'Italie in dialogue with Goethe-Institutes 'Nouveau Grand Tour' scholarship

• September 2022: Scholarship holder as part of Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.' summer academy 'live on art'

• January - June 2022: Scholarship holder as a part of Stiftung Kunstfonds' Kickstarter scholarship

Prizes and residencies

• 18.10.2022-17.11.2022 artist in residence at Kulturfactory in Domicella, Italy, as a part of Nouveau Grand Tour scholarship, Institut Français d'Italie in dialogue with Goethe-Institut

• 22.07.2018 - 25.08.2018 Artist in residence at the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan 

• September 2017 Winner of the 'Pictures of storytelling' competition for designing a book cover, Klingspor-Museum Offenbach

Publications

• 2022 Interview with #HorstundEdeltraut, online here

• 2020 'A line with an axe', exhibition catalog

• 2018 'Writing down, filing up', artist's books from the Burg-Buch-Labor, catalog