NATASCHA STELLMACH

THE LETTING GO | BOOK & EXHIBITION

December 25, 2025 by nataschastellmach

What would you like to let go of? The Letting Go (2012–2026) is an intimate performance practice by Natascha Stellmach, shaped by the intersection of visual art, psychotherapy, embodied research, and Buddhism. At its core is a Bloodline tattoo—performed without ink—through which participants engage the question: “What would you like to let go of?” This book gathers, for the first time, 130 previously unpublished encounters—shared through participant-contributed selfies, reflections, and the artist’s own account. Interwoven with evocative photography and essays, […]

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L’ŒIL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE | INTERVIEW

December 18, 2025 by nataschastellmach

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THE LETTING GO | SYDNEY

August 1, 2025 by nataschastellmach

I’m excited to be presenting THE LETTING GO as a guest speaker at this year’s Australian Psychoanalytical Society’s Annual Conference on August 30, 2025. I’ll be discussing this decade-long body of work as an art practice, interwoven with my academic research that deepens its context. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Matthew McArdle will follow with a paper reflecting on how the themes in THE LETTING GO resonate within the field of psychoanalysis. The session will be chaired by the Psychoanalyst Rise Becker. […]

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LINDEN NEW ART | MELBOURNE

November 25, 2024 by nataschastellmach

LINDEN POSTCARD SHOWDecember 7, 2024 – February 2, 2025 LINDEN NEW ART26 Acland Street, St Kilda, 3182 LETTING GO OF MY THINGS is a new series of works that couples my clothes from the 80s through the 2000s with intimate stories (written on paper from the 80s). The works are “portraits” and capture aspects of my Berlin/Melbourne artist life, illustrating how memory and clothing intertwine. Three works from the series are launching at this iconic Melbourne show. Read all the […]

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MIT HEISSER NADEL | BERLIN

February 14, 2024 by nataschastellmach

MIT HEISSER NADELCurated by Jan Brokof + Jan KageFebruary 16 – March 17, 2024 Opening: Friday, February 16th, 19hr – MidnightSCHAU FENSTER Raum für KunstLobeckstr. 30-35, 10969 Berlin This is a work from THE LETTING GO that’s never been seen. The word DEARTH says all the things, from Dear to Death.

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BORIS+NATASCHA | PIRMASENS

February 14, 2024 by nataschastellmach

Rarely seen BORIS+NATASCHA works are part of Boris Eldagsen’s Retrospective in Pirmasens.Two series are on show:9 works from our 2008 DEATH ON TOUR series of Polaroids with textand 5 works from our golden frottage series ORACLE. Forum Alte Post, PirmasensBoris Eldagsen, Zurück in die ZukunftFebruary 20 – April 7, 2024

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VOYAGE | PART 1

June 28, 2023 by nataschastellmach

The work, “Free Passage”, is the first in the performance project, VOYAGE, which researches identity, migration, slow travel, sustainability and the sea. It is inspired by my parents’ immigration from Germany to Australia. The Queen Frederica pictured above is the ship they traveled on in 1967. That’s them standing on the bow. The Pilot Project, Part 1 of VOYAGE was supported by a juried grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds (German Arts Council). This blog describes a 2022 sea-crossing I completed as […]

Categories: news • Tags: neustartkultur, performance, performance art, photography, stiftungkunstfonds, works on paper

GIANT STEPS ART AUCTION | MELBOURNE

February 17, 2023 by nataschastellmach

February 20 – March 5, 2023 The Giant Steps Art Auction includes a previously unexhibited work of mine, created with artist Moira Bushkimani during a Goethe Institut artist residency in Kenya (more on the residency below). The auction proceeds go to supporting the wonderful work that Giant Steps do for children with autism. Bid for Me and Moira, Nairobi until March 5 and you’ll be supporting this great cause. The auction includes works by 30 artists: Maree Clarke, Callum Morton, […]

Categories: news • Tags: artist residency, body, Brush Tu, contemporary art, cross cultural, cultural exchange, female power, Goethe Institute, gratitude, identity, moira bushkimani, performance art, photography, Sana Sanaa, selfie

FEEL FREE | BERLIN

August 20, 2022 by nataschastellmach

FEEL FREE | Group Show at SCOTTY Berlin August 26 – September 24, 2022 Opening: Friday, August 26th, from 7 pmCatalogue Launch: Friday, September 16, 7 – 10 pm (Berlin Art Week) FEEL FREE Curated by Lisa Junghanß Olivia Berckemeyer, Charlotte Bastian, Antje Blumenstein, Barbara Breitenfellner, Laura Bruce, Jonas Burgert, Max Dax, Martin Eder, Tine Furler, Axel Geis, Beate Gütschow, Gregor Hildebrandt, Sabine Hornig, Sofia Hultén, Jeroen Jacobs, Lisa Junghanß, Andreas Koch, Julia Krewani, Joep van Liefland, Catherine Lorent, Karla […]

Categories: news • Tags: group exhibition, neustartkultur, photography, scottyberlin, stiftungkunstfonds, works on paper

KUNSTBIENNALE | SCHWABACH

July 16, 2021 by nataschastellmach

ORTUNG 12 KUNSTBIENNALE: im Zeichen des Goldes | Schwabach August 7 – 22, 2021 Vernissage & Jury Prize: 7/8/21, 11:00Finnisage & Audience Prize: 22/8/21, 17:00 BORIS + NATASCHA ARE BACK!Armed with art and a deadly twinkle we’re pleased to be exhibiting together again after almost 10 years. What advice would the (in)famous Dead offer us today? We’ve created new ORACLES with the famous Dead for the 12th edition of this German biennial, which explores all that is golden. Join us […]

Categories: news • Tags: frottage, group exhibition, identity, photography, Wagner+Partner, works on paper

BABES BITCHES & QUEENS

December 17, 2020 by nataschastellmach

BABES BITCHES & QUEENS is both an empowerment programme and a new artistic project. It invites you to explore your dark and golden shadow traits with me to create a Superpower Archetype that will help you navigate these strange times with more ease. And this archetype will not only relate personally, but also help you nail your focus for positive social change. Across four confidential online sessions, we’ll dive into archetypes such as the lover, healer, mother, whore and warrior […]

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SANA SANAA / GOETHE INSTITUT RESIDENCY | NAIROBI

October 19, 2019 by nataschastellmach

October 24 – Christmas, 2019 Honoured to be nominated for the inaugural Sana Sanaa arts residency, supported by Goethe Institute and in association with Brush Tu Artist Collective. This “twinning” or reciprocal artist residency was unique because of its focus on cultural exchange and mentoring: one artist was selected from Germany (lucky me) to live and work in Nairobi for 2 months and another from Kenya to do the same in Berlin: Moira Bushkimani. We were both concurrently in Berlin […]

MFA | MELBOURNE UNI

June 14, 2019 by nataschastellmach

Successful completion of my Master of Fine Art (Interdisciplinary Practice) I’m pleased to announce that Melbourne University have awarded my research (on longstanding project, The Letting Go) with a distinguished H1. An introduction to the exegesis is below (Naked Awareness: The Private Performance of Inscribing Skin). Deepest gratitude to all those who supported this endeavour: all thanked in the exegesis acknowledgements (& below). There is indeed wonder in our wounds. NAKED AWARENESS: THE PRIVATE PERFORMANCE OF INSCRIBING SKIN RESEARCH STATEMENT […]

Categories: news • Tags: bloodline tattoo, body, identity, impermanence, performance art, photography, ritual tattoo, self-awareness, selfie, The Letting Go, vulnerability

TAGESPIEGEL | GERMANY

November 4, 2018 by nataschastellmach

Categories: news • Tags: body, frottage, group exhibition, identity, photography, The Letting Go, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner, works on paper

PORTRAIT EXTENDED | BERLIN

October 22, 2018 by nataschastellmach

October 12 – November 17, 2018 (extended till November 24) Wagner+Partner | Berlin Portrait Extended includes five new intimate works by Natascha Stellmach that address the changing notion of the self, via personal polaroids with text, paint and nail polish, and frottage (made with the artist’s body). The works in Portrait Extended take into account the search for identity, image and origin. To what extent are we autonomous, or guided by outside forces? And how much power does history and […]

Categories: news • Tags: frottage, group exhibition, identity, photography, Wagner+Partner, works on paper

SILENT GREEN BODY 2 | BERLIN

October 4, 2018 by nataschastellmach

16 WORKSHOPS: October 4 – 7, 2018 12 – 14h silent green Kulturquartier Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin Created by Natascha Stellmach in association with silent green silent green BODY is a project I’ve created in association with silent green, an innovative and interdisciplinary Berlin cultural institution. Now in our second year, it’s grown to 16 workshops, across 4 days. Come experience creative workshops on food preparation, dance, yoga, silence, bodywork and sex – to nourish and motivate you, inside and […]

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THE LETTING GO | NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TV

January 12, 2018 by nataschastellmach

EXCERPT FROM THE DOCUMENTARY “TATTOOS II” Commissioned by Galileo Spezial for German National Commercial Broadcaster Pro 7 Thnx to the inspiring documentary crew from pqpp2. Respect and gratitude to participants Thilo and Alena. Below are Alena’s reflections in the weeks post-session. ENGLISH below Natascha, du hast mich auf eine Reise geschickt! Es steht alles Kopf. Zuerst der Schmerz. Das Tattoo auf meiner Brust, genau da, wo sich alles zusammen zieht, wenn ich KAMPF denke. Es war brutal. Du ganz […]

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EIKON AWARD | AUCTION

November 23, 2017 by nataschastellmach

One week only: Nov 23 – 30, 2017 EIKON AWARD (45+) – AUCTION The three photographs on offer through Eikon are from the Agent Provocateur series, created during performances at art fairs, galleries and Documenta13. Here I invited visitors to choose from one of the countless responses to my controversial 2008 project, Complete Burning Away. I then wrote this on their skin and photographed it. These statements (from vitriol through to praise) critique the merits, ethics and parameters of the […]

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Natascha Stellmach, Playdate with Valentin, 2017

SILENT GREEN BODY | BERLIN

October 4, 2017 by nataschastellmach

6 Sundays: October 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 & November 5, 2017 12 – 14h silent green Kulturquartier Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin Created by Natascha Stellmach in association with silent green Creative Practitioners: Dino Spiri • Al Chem • Susanne Feld • David Young • Petra Trojan • Natascha Stellmach silent green BODY is a project I’ve created in association with silent green, a unique Berlin cultural space I am passionate about. Now in its second […]

Categories: news • Tags: body, experiential workshop, group exhibition, pen tattoo, performance, personal development, PLAYDATE, somatic practice

UNEASE – DAS UNBEHAGEN | BERLIN

September 12, 2017 by nataschastellmach

September 8 – 16, 2017. Art Week Berlin Wagner+Partner | Berlin This group exhibition includes four works from Stellmach’s series Blood and can be understood as a commentary on our times by approaching the theme of unease. Artists: Bastian Börsig • Claas Gutsche • Eckart Hahn • Benedikt Hipp • Susi Jirkuff • Stefan Kürten • Eva Lauterlein • Erwin Olaf • Lars Ramberg • Jakob Roepke • Natascha Stellmach • Raissa Venables • Rob Voerman Stellmach’s works at first appear delicate and personal, familiarly […]

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KÖRPER*SELBST | BERLIN

October 16, 2016 by nataschastellmach

October 21 – November 19, 2016. Wagner+Partner | Berlin What does it mean, to have a body and to form an identity? This group exhibition addresses this question in numerous ways: through photography, installation, film and painting – and by artists across three generations. Artists: Andreea Cioran • Izabella Gustowska • Ren Hang • Eckart Hahn • Natascha Stellmach Stellmach’s floor to ceiling installation of a selection of photographs and testimonials from The Letting Go** reveal participants’ oft-fragile and frequently powerful […]

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F.A.L.D | BERLIN

August 30, 2016 by nataschastellmach

September 14, 2016, from 8pm (20h) till late Kosmetiksalon Babette | Karl-Marx-Allee 36, 10178 Berlin Curated by Natascha Stellmach (as part of Babette’s yearly “This is …” invitation to artists) Artists: Birte Bosse • Boris Eldagsen • Matthew Gingold • GODsDOGs • Susa Pankrath • Thomas Rentmeister • Natascha Stellmach • Lyndal Walker with Melanie Jame Wolf/Savage Amusement “Fuck Art Let’s Dance” is an evening of performance, video and music, exploring diverse conversations with and on the body and invoking […]

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A NEW LANGUAGE | HASTINGS

August 3, 2016 by nataschastellmach

September 10 – 25, 2016. 1066 Contemporary Arts Festival Hastings UK | curated by Christopher Winter. The group exhibition, A New Language explores language shifts and cultural changes – and those instigated by the Hastings invasion of 1066. The group of international artists descend on Hastings as an ‘artistic invasion’, with their works investigating themes of acceptance, alienation and displacement in foreign culture. BORIS+NATASCHA’s work from their Oracle series, Words Lie, is a frottage from the grave of Oscar Wilde, […]

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PUNK. IT’S TRACES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | BARCELONA

March 16, 2016 by nataschastellmach

May 13 – September 25, 2016. MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona | curated by David G. Torres. This major touring exhibition echoes the important presence of Punk as an attitude. Noise, refusal, violence, destruction, alienation, anarchy, nihilism and sexuality are explored and accompanied by references to bands, texts, music, and iconic works. A bilingual 380-page publication is available. As in the graphic designs of Jamie Reid or the collages by COUM Transmissions, the dolls of Natascha Stellmach display sexual […]

Categories: news • Tags: Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, fear, group exhibition, installation, MACBA, photography, worry doll

PUNK. IT’S TRACES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | VITORIA

October 4, 2015 by nataschastellmach

October 23, 2015 – January 31, 2016. Artium Vitoria | curated by David G. Torres. This major touring exhibition echos the important presence of Punk as an attitude. Noise, refusal, violence, destruction, alienation, anarchy, nihilism and sexuality are explored and accompanied by references to bands, texts, music, and iconic works. What “PUNK. Its Traces in Contemporary Art” proposes is not just another dull exhibition in which a movement is dissected and castrated. It’s no death certificate, basically because what is […]

Categories: news • Tags: CA2M Museum Madrid, fear, group exhibition, installation, photography, worry doll

THE LETTING GO | FÜRTH

September 30, 2015 by nataschastellmach

October 10 – November 8, 2015 Kunst Galerie Fürth, Germany | curated by Rebecca Suttner | The Letting Go is part of the group exhibition Skin Stories – Tattoo & Kunst in association with net:works festival. Featuring works by artists Timm Ulrichs, Wim Delvoye, et al, Skin Stories – Tattoo & Kunst goes beyond the pop cultural phenomenon of tattoos to contextualise conceptual body art within the age of digital and social media. The exhibition and events programme is part […]

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THE LETTING GO | HAMBURG

June 17, 2015 by nataschastellmach

July 25 + 26, 2015. Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg. Performances as part of the exhibition ‘Tattoo’. Project information: ENGLISH / DEUTSCH. PRESS TV – Hamburg 1 | Diese Tattoos verschwinden von selbst Hamburger Abendblatt | Wenn das Museum zur Tätowierstube wird – Review by Heinrich Oehmsen Eingeschrieben mit Blut. Künstlerin Natascha Stellmach tätowiert Sehnsüchte und Ängste | MK&G Pressetext Edit

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STORM IN A TEACUP | MORNINGTON

June 17, 2015 by nataschastellmach

July 24 – September 27, 2015 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Victoria, Australia | curated by Wendy L. Garden. This group exhibition reflects upon tea drinking in Australia. Introduced by the British colonials, the afternoon tea party was an attempt to ‘civilise’ the land. Beginning with elegant paintings of the afternoon tea table from E. Phillips Fox and Arthur Streeton, the exhibition goes on to explore the darker side of tea drinking and the social and environmental impacts of the humble cup […]

Categories: news • Tags: alter ego, Babes & Bitches, group exhibition, I Don't Have a Gun, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, photography

PUNK. IT’S TRACES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | MADRID

March 12, 2015 by nataschastellmach

March 26 – October 4, 2015. CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Madrid | curated by David G. Torres. This major touring exhibition echos the important presence of Punk as an attitude. Noise, refusal, violence, destruction, alienation, anarchy, nihilism and sexuality are explored and accompanied by references to bands, texts, music, and iconic works. What “PUNK. Its Traces in Contemporary Art” proposes is not just another dull exhibition in which a movement is dissected and castrated. It’s no death certificate, […]

Categories: news • Tags: CA2M Museum Madrid, fear, group exhibition, installation, photography, worry doll

#TABS – ARTIST BOOKS | BERLIN

January 6, 2015 by nataschastellmach

January 9 – February 27, 2015. Lage Egal Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin | Curated by Pierre Granoux. A group exhibition celebrating the artist book, with over 200 participating artists and publishers. Stellmach’s artist book, The Book of Back explores a dark family story told across Germany and Australia, underpinned by the poetic idea of Zerissenheit – being torn between lands, between worlds, or simply being torn. The work was created at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin where Stellmach was Australia Council […]

Categories: news • Tags: artist book, Australia Council for the Arts, catharsis, childhood, group exhibition, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Lage Egal Raum für Aktuelle Kunst, mixed media, photography, studio residency, The Book of Back, vulnerability

CROSSWORDS 2 | BERLIN

November 2, 2014 by nataschastellmach

November 8 – December 20, 2014. Jordan/Seydoux — Drawings & Prints | Lage Egal Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin | Curated by Pierre Granoux & Jordan/Seydoux. This group exhibition set across two Berlin locations, explores text-based art. From anagrams and palindromes to the playful use of text in new contexts. BORIS+NATASCHA showcase four works on paper from their ongoing project Oracle, in which they ‘channel’ messages from the (in)famous Dead, via their tombstones – beginning with the Godfather of frottage, […]

Categories: news • Tags: BORIS+NATASCHA, Egon Schiele, frottage, grave rubbing, group exhibition, Jordan/Seydoux, Max Ernst, Oscar Wilde, R.W. Fassbinder, works on paper

UNSEEN 2014 | AMSTERDAM

September 9, 2014 by nataschastellmach

September 18 – 21, 2014. Wagner+Partner, Booth 32, Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam | with artist Miklos Gaál. Known for creating socially critical works that blur the boundaries of the personal, historical and imaginary – each of the new works in Stellmach’s ongoing series, I Don’t Have a Gun begins with a single film frame, scanned from the artist’s 1970’s Super-8 home movies inclusive of its black edges. Following detailed intervention by Stellmach, the result becomes a rousing exploration of self-image, […]

Categories: news • Tags: 2 person exhibition, alter ego, Babes & Bitches, bloodline tattoos, catharsis, empowerment, I Don't Have a Gun, photography, taboo, The Letting Go, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner

THE LETTING GO | BERLIN

August 31, 2014 by nataschastellmach

September 6 – 7, 2014. Berlin Festival Art Village | curated by Jan Kage. Installation + Performances: 12hrs/day – 13:30 to 01:30 – all sessions booked out. See The Letting Go for more information in English and German, including a short film.

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin Festival, bloodline tattoo, catharsis, installation, Jan Kage, mindfulness, performance, photography, solo exhibition, The Letting Go, vulnerability

BORIS+NATASCHA, 2011, Oracle from the grave of Friedrich Nietzsche, Röcken, frottage on handmade paper, 47 x 66 cm, unique piece

KIK ONE | BERLIN

February 12, 2014 by nataschastellmach

February 28, 2014 from 9pm. Kino International Kunst (KIK one), Berlin. The inaugural KIK – ONE NIGHT ONLY | BORIS+NATASCHA invite you behind the scenes of the iconic Kino International and into the red room, to sample their cocktail “poison bliss” and to also view works from their solo ouvres. Artists: BORIS+NATASCHA • Amir Fattal • Julian Rosefeldt • assume vivid astro focus • Thorsten Brinkmann • Boris Eldagsen • Amir Fattal • GODsDOGs • Folke Köbberling / David Moises […]

Categories: news • Tags: BORIS+NATASCHA, frottage, grave rubbing, group exhibition, Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, works on paper

SCHEITERN – so many ways to fail | BERLIN

October 15, 2013 by nataschastellmach

November 22, 2013 – January 18, 2014. Wagner + Partner Berlin | This group exhibition explores notions of ‘failure’ beyond the quintessential fact and questions whether in art it is even possible to fail? In Stellmach’s project The Letting Go, intimate, personal ‘failings’ become the literal foundation for self-awareness and transformation. See THE LETTING GO for more information. Artists: Anna + Bernhard Blume • Marcel Broodthaers • Miklos Gaál • Claas Gutsche • Eckart Hahn • Mike Kelley • Lars Ramberg […]

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, bloodline tattoo, catharsis, failure, group exhibition, inkless tattoo, Marcel Broodthaers, Mike Kelley, photography, Scheitern, The Letting Go, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner

COMPLETE BURNING AWAY – The ashes of Kurt Cobain | BENDIGO

September 14, 2013 by nataschastellmach

September 14 – October 20, 2013. Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre Bendigo, Australia. Opened by Kelly Gellatly, Director Ian Potter Museum of Art Melbourne. [Featuring an encore performance of Romitelli’s Trash TV Trance by Mauricio Carrasco] In 2008, Natascha Stellmach sent out an international call, inviting six volunteers to join her in smoking the ashes of the dead rock star, Kurt Cobain, in a private, undocumented ritual. Immediately hype, hysteria and intrigue spread across 58 countries, while the online world erupted […]

Categories: news • Tags: Bendigo, catharsis, installation, Kelly Gellatly, Kurt Cobain, Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre, Mauricio Carrasco, mixed media, photography, solo exhibition, unique, video, vulnerability

Natascha Stellmach, 2007, Sewing Calms Me Down, archival ink on photo rag, 120 x 84 cm, courtesy Wagner+Partner

UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR | AMSTERDAM

September 12, 2013 by nataschastellmach

September 26 – 29, 2013 | Wagner+Partner, Booth N 20. Natascha Stellmach at Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam with artists Erwin Olaf and Miklos Gaál. SELECTED PRESS Handelsblat Amsterdam | Review September 27, 2013 (Nederlands)

Categories: news • Tags: 3 person exhibition, alter ego, Amsterdam, art fair, photography, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner

I DON’T HAVE A GUN | BERLIN

June 15, 2013 by nataschastellmach

June 7 – August 31, 2013 (exhibition extended) Wagner + Partner Berlin. Supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council | The Aussie-German art darling’s provocative show blends fact with fiction, confronting the contemporary concept of burnout while celebrating renewal. Exberliner, 2013 This solo exhibition and performances is informed by an experience of burnout in the artists’ own life. Stellmach does not dwell on the negative aspects of the syndrome – instead her insights are evocative and hilarious and […]

Categories: news • Tags: alter ego, Australia Council for the Arts, Babes & Bitches, bloodline tattoo, burnout, catharsis, inkless tattoo, installation, performance, photography, solo exhibition, unique, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner

COCK & BULL STORIES | BERLIN

January 10, 2013 by nataschastellmach

January 11 – March 3, 2013. Kit Schulte Contemporary Art Berlin | Curated by Kit Schulte & Agnes Hoffmann. This group exhibition celebrates the art of fantastic and delusional ideas. Natascha Stellmach hit the headlines in 2008 when she invited the public to join her in smoking the ashes of Kurt Cobain, which resulted in a massive media response. This evoked a dramatic reaction from the public (what we’d now call a ‘shit storm’), to the extent of sending the […]

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, catharsis, group exhibition, Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Kurt Cobain, vulnerability

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN REALITY | BERLIN

November 1, 2012 by nataschastellmach

November 2 – 30, 2012. Wagner + Partner Berlin in association with The European Month of Photography. Following her successful participation at dOCUMENTA(13), Australian artist Natascha Stellmach’s new work tackles fear and intimacy, themes the artist consistently places under her scurrilous lens. Photographic prints which are scans of grotesque worry dolls that the artist has made, become adult totems to project fears onto and embody narcissism, failure, prejudice and murder. An installation involving an artist book encloses a dark erotic tale […]

Categories: news • Tags: artist book, Berlin, Erica Jong, European Month of Photography, fear, Fear of Flying, group exhibition, installation, photography, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner, worry doll

DOCUMENTA(13) | KASSEL

August 2, 2012 by nataschastellmach

Aug 3, 2012. dOCUMENTA(13), Building 42, Hauptbahnhof Kassel | Curated by Critical Art Ensemble. PERFORMANCE – pen tattoos + installation (works from Complete Burning Away) Informed by the controversy around her major project with the ashes of Kurt Cobain, the “tattooed” statements critique the role of the artist and contemporary art in society. Visitors were invited to choose one of the countless responses to Stellmach’s project, but only from a pool of responses which debated “art”. This was then written […]

Categories: news • Tags: catharsis, Documenta, Kurt Cobain, pen tattoo, performance, photography, vulnerability

AGENT PROVOCATEUR | BERLIN

July 5, 2012 by nataschastellmach

July 6, 2012 from 19:00 | Wagner + Partner Berlin. PERFORMANCE – pen tattoos + installation (from Complete Burning Away) Informed by the controversy around her major project with the ashes of Kurt Cobain, the “tattooed” statements critique the role of the artist and contemporary art in society. Visitors were invited to choose one of the countless responses to Stellmach’s project, but only from a pool of responses which debated “art”. This was then written onto their skin by the […]

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, catharsis, Kunst Kontakter, Kurt Cobain, Kylie Minogue, pen tattoo, performance, photography, Wagner+Partner

TOKYO LOVE | TOKYO

May 24, 2012 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – mixed media | May 24 – 31, 2012 | In support of cancer charity, Keep-A-Breast Foundation Japan | Space O Tokyo | Curated by Yasha Young

Categories: news • Tags: cancer, charity, group exhibition, Keep-A-Breast Foundation, mixed media, Tokyo, unique, vulnerability

Natascha Stellmach, 2012, Annica & Simon wearing Wiseblood, Lisbon, ink on photo rag, 40 x 60cm

AGENT PROVOCATEUR | MELBOURNE

March 30, 2012 by nataschastellmach

PERFORMANCE – photography, pen tattoos, slide show, photo studio (works from Complete Burning Away) | March 30, 2012 | Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne

Categories: news • Tags: Anna Pappas Gallery, catharsis, Kurt Cobain, Melbourne, pen tattoo, performance, photography

WHAT HAPPENED TO GOD? | LEIPZIG

March 3, 2012 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – installation, works on paper (from BORIS+NATASCHA’s Oracle) | March 3 – April 1, 2012 | Halle 14 Leipzig | Curated by Frank Motz

Categories: news • Tags: Alois & Klara Hitler, BORIS+NATASCHA, Frank Motz, Friedrich Nietzsche, frottage, grave rubbing, group exhibition, Halle 14, installation, Leni Riefenstahl, Max Ernst, Oracle, R.W. Fassbinder, unique, works on paper

Natascha wearing GibsonGeek93, USA, 2012, ink on photo rag, 40 x 60cm

PULSE | MIAMI

December 1, 2011 by nataschastellmach

SOLO PRESENTATION & PERFORMANCES – photography, works-on-paper, pen tattoos, photo studio (works from Complete Burning Away) | December 1 – 4, 2011 | Wagner + Partner, Booth Impulse 1–105

Categories: news • Tags: art fair, catharsis, Kurt Cobain, Miami, pen tattoo, performance, photography, solo exhibition, unique, Wagner+Partner, works on paper

BORIS+NATASCHA, 2010, Oracle from the grave of Jim Morrison, Paris, frottage on handmade paper, 47 x 66 cm, unique piece

ORACLE ‘NITE’ | MAK VIENNA

October 20, 2011 by nataschastellmach

SOLO EXHIBITION & HAPPENING – works on paper, video, séance (works from BORIS+NATASCHA’s Oracle) | October 25, 2011 | MAK Nite Lab Vienna

Categories: news • Tags: Antonio Salieri, BORIS+NATASCHA, frottage, grave rubbing, Jim Morrison, MAK Nite Lab, Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien, Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, solo exhibition, unique, video, works on paper

PICA SALON | PERTH

June 16, 2011 by nataschastellmach

As a response to our desire for answers and absolutes, the work-on-paper Artist Statement is a framed envelope with Stellmach’s handwritten text (“That’s confidential and kind of magic”) imprinted onto a black wax seal. Inside the sealed envelope is a personal message from the artist. Or is there? Opening the envelope destroys the artwork and renders it worthless on the art market. The work was produced as part of Stellmach’s major project, Complete Burning Away – The Ashes of Kurt […]

Categories: news • Tags: group exhibition, Kurt Cobain, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, works on paper

FANTÔMES & CAUCHEMARS | BEAUVAIS

May 9, 2011 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – installation, video, artist book, mixed media (works from The Book of Back) | May 13 – August 21, 2011 | Espace Culturel Beauvais | Curated by Marie-Luz Ceva & Gaïdig Lemarié

Categories: news • Tags: artist book, BORIS+NATASCHA, childhood, Espace Culturel Beauvais, group exhibition, installation, mixed media, Nobuyoshi Araki, The Book of Back, video, vulnerability, worry doll