curriculum vitae
Franziska Koch was born in Nuremberg in 1991 and lives and works in Leipzig.
Koch is represented by ASPN Leipzig.
2017 – 2024 diploma of painting / printmaking at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig with Christoph Ruckhäberle, Henriette Grahnert and Franziska Holstein
2021 – 2022 Erasmus scholarship at the institut supérieur des arts et du design de Toulouse, FR, supported by a scholarship from the Franco-German Youth Office
2011 – 2017 B. Sc. Psychology, M. Sc. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden
Solo and group exhibitions (selection)
2026
Neuzugänge zeitgenössischer Kunst im Kunstfonds 2025. Vertretung des Freistaates Sachsen beim Bund, Berlin (14.01. – 19.04.2026)
2025
WdBK. Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden
Wintersalon 2025. Kunstverein Meißen e.V.
WIN / WIN. Die Kunstankäufe der Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen 2025.
Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz
Nailed it. ASPN, Leipzig
LIFE SEX LOVE. Galerie Biesenbach, Köln
2024
tingling fingers (solo). ASPN Galerie, Leipzig
An die Kandare. BSMNT gallery, Leipzig
Rundgangsauktion 2024. Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig
Showcase #2. Culterim Gallery, Berlin, DE
2023
Deframed. ASPN Galerie, Leipzig
Werke aus der Sommerresidenz. Culterim Gallery, Backshop, Berlin
lit clit. (duo) Salon Similde, Leipzig
Durchlaucht. Gellertmuseum Hainichen, Hainichen, DE
No parents #7. (duo) Salon Similde, Leipzig
2022
No parents. Risotop spezial. Salon Similde, Leipzig
Labyrinth. Malerei-Klasse Ruckhäberle. Kunsthalle Pfaffenhofen, DE
publication d’éclairage #5. Lieu commun, Toulouse, FR
Passanten, Mädler-Art Forum Leipzig
2021
Are we not plunging continually? II, Circuits + Currents, Athen, GR
Are we not plunging continually? I, LindeNOW #17 festival, NYG West, Leipzig
Building Bodies, A&O Kunsthalle, Leipzig
Residencies and scholarships
2025 Artistic residency, Jardin Rouge, Marrakech, MA
2023 Scholarship for the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, AT
2023 Artistic residency, Gutshof Biesenthal, Culterim Gallery, DE
2011 Josef-Peter-Kleinert-Prize 2011 of the Theaterverein Fürth e.V. in the category „visual arts“
Public collections
Hildebrand Collection, Leipzig, DE
Kunstfonds, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, DE
Montresso* Art Foundation, Marrakech, MA