Johanna Failer
She is currently undertaking doctoral studies at the HfBK Hamburg, where she is writing her doctoral thesis on Catholic motifs in contemporary art.
Grants and awards

2026 (awarded) Residency grant at the Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, funded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony (awarded)
2025 Iniciarte grant, funded by the Junta de AndalucÃa
2025 Shortlisted for the ‘jung&gegenständlich’ Art Prize of the Lake Constance District
2025 Residency grant at Künstlerhaus FRISE, Hamburg, funded by the Dresden Office for Culture and Monument Protection and the Hamburg Authority for Culture and Media.
2025 PhD scholarship from the Cusanuswerk
2024 Finalist for the Marenhalm Art Prize
2024 Work acquired by the University of Seville Collection
2023 Project funding from the Town of Doña MencÃa and the BotÃn Foundation as part of the DMencia Art Festival, Doña MencÃa, Córdoba
2022 Sevilla Crea Art Prize (Young Artists’ Fund of the City of Seville)
2021 ‘Neustart Kultur’ project grant from the Kunstfonds
Residency grant from the Faberllull Foundation, Olot
2020 Residency grant from the Antonio Gala Foundation, Córdoba
2019 Residency grant from the Centre Culturel les Abattoirs de Bomel, Namur
Study grant from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation – Career Development Grant 2019–
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7 Funding from the Kreativ network for the establishment of the art criticism forum ‘halbsieben’
2014 Study grant from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation – Basic funding 2014–2018 Exhibitions
(selection)
2025 Post-it, Espacio0 GalerÃa, Huelva
A bunker of one’s own, Galerie Frise, Hamburg (solo)
Duro Ruido Blanco, Espacio0 GalerÃa, Huelva
2024 Platafina, Estudios Retiro, Seville
This is all yours, Galerie Goldstudio, Halle (solo)
All in/all ex, Antiquarium, Seville (duo)
Un gesto aparentemente mÃnimo para que corra el aire, Kulturzentrum El Soto, Móstoles, Madrid (solo)
2023 Wintersalon, Kunstverein Meißen
Schatten, interactive exhibition, Wantalon, Zeitz
Se Vende, Pabellón PelÃcano, Seville
Proyecto Válme, Casa de la Provincia, Seville
2022 blablabla, Galerie Espacio ArquemÃ, Seville
Lines Fiction, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
50 Uhr, Kunstraum Geh8, Dresden
Pausa, Magasé Art Gallery, Seville
2021 OFF, La Caja Blanca, Málaga
Closing Exhibition, Antonio Gala Foundation, Córdoba
Segurar o tempo, Portalegre Castle, Portugal
2020 Meister 2020, Motorenhalle, Dresden
Roadshow, State Office for Road Construction and Transport, Dresden
Lifesize2, Weserhalle, Berlin
2019 Localities, Seemeon29, Sofia
Paths that Emerge as We Walk, Dresden University Hospital (solo exhibition)
Altas Cumbres, Project Space at Tapfheim Station (solo exhibition)
Lifesize, C. Rockefeller Centre of the Arts, Dresden
With or without stones in our pockets, Galerie Brühlsche Terrasse, Dresden
2018 Existence, Oktogon, HfBK Dresden
Talking Modern, Kunstraum Geh8, Dresden
2017 Fail/Verfehlt, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz
Anhalten und Entfliehen, Galerie Brühlsche Terrasse, Dresden
2016 Retourne-moi dans mes propriétés, Galerie Brühlsche Terrasse (duo show)
Closeness and Distance, MKC Cultural Centre, Skopje
Island presents, La Vallée, Brussels
I’ve seen a dying eye, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2015 Delta, Espacio Gallery, London
Birds and Saints, Zeitenströmung, Dresden
Active at SKM since January 2024.
Here you can see the last eight works sold
