Patrizia Bach lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul.
She studied Visual Communication and Fine Art in both cities.
Exhibitions and Presentations
2017
Groupexhibition, Galerie Parterre Berlin
Zeichensprache(n) – Zeichnerinnen und Zeichner der Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (October 2017)
Lecture, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (03.01.2017)
"Past, in Each of its Moments be Citable – an Exhibition Project on Walter Benjamin’s Concept of History in the City of Istanbul", in context of the lecture "Jour Fix"
2016
Exhibition, Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin
"Patrizia Bach as guest at studio Nanne Meyer"
Exhibition, DEPO Istanbul, Turkey "Past, in Each of its Moments be Citable – an Exhibition Project on Walter Benjamin’s Concept of History in the City of Istanbul" (Conception, realisation and artistic participation ) with Sezgi Abalı, Patrizia Bach, Dogu Çankaya, Juliane Eirich, Benjamin Maus, Lara Ögel, Neriman Polat, Cagrı Saray, Elena Tezak, Andreas Töpfer, Bilal Yılmaz
2015
Exhibition and lecture, International Academy of Art, Ramallah, Palestine
"On the Colors and Symbols in Walter Benjamins Arcades Project" in context of the conference "Walter Benjamin in Palestine – on the Place and Nonplace of Radical Thought"
Exhibition Projektraum LOTTE, Stuttgart; a cooperation with the Museum of Literatur, Marbach, Germany
(Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach)
"On the Colours and Symbols of Walter Benjamins Arcades-Project",
2014
Lecture and Launch of the Webseite www.benjamin-passagen.de Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Hanseatenweg,
as part of the event "Schwindel der Wirklichkeit" , (the swindle of reality), artist talk with Knut Ebeling und Siegfried Zielinski
Exhibition at Galerie Vice Versa, Berlin,
"On the Colors and Symbols in Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project", opening with an artist talk between Patrizia Bach and Nanne Meyer
Lecture and Presentation, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Berlin
Artist talk with the philosopher Kathrin Busch (UdK, Berlin) as part of the event A-Z Lesegruppe in der Sammlung Marzona, (museum of contemporay art)
Exhibition Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
Exhibition of the Nafög scholarship holders, STIPVISITE,
2012
Groupexhibition, Walter Benjamin’s New Year Tree, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Author Group: Patrizia Bach, Erdmut Wizisla (Walter Benjamin Archiv, Berlin), Dmitry Gutov and David Riff, Alexander Ivanov, Sergey Sitar, Olga Chernysheva.
2011
Degree-Show, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
"On the Colors and Symbols in Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project"
Presentation, Museum Neukölln, Berlin
Presentation of the Tomiko Archive in context of the series of lectures on the social role of photography and artist talk with the photographer Stefan Koppelkamm
minimusikhol, Istanbul
Screening Tomiko Archive – in the mountains
Scholarships
2018/2019:
Akademie Schloß Solitude
7 months grant and residency, fine arts
selected by Catherine David
2017:
Berliner Senat research scholarship
2016:
Berliner Senat scholarship
for the project "past in each of its monent be citable" – an exhibition project on Walter Benjamin's Concept of History in the City of Istanbul
Goethe Institute, Istanbul
Support for the realisation of the project Past, in Each of its Moments be Citable – an Exhibition Project on Walter Benjamin’s Concept of History in the City of Istanbul
2014–2015:
DAAD-scholarship
Six-month scholarship for the project " "past in each of its monent be citable" – an exhibition project on Walter Benjamin's Concept of History in the City of Istanbul, in association with the Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
2014
Funding Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
for the book-publication "On the Colors and Symbols in Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project"
2013–2014:
Nafög (Elsa Neumann) Scholarship
One-year scholarship for the artistic-scientific project "On the Colors and Symbols in Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project".
2012:
Moscow, Russia scholarship from the Goethe Institute and NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod:
Six-week Scholarship on the traces of Walter Benjamin's „Moscow Diary“, with the following exhibition in the (National Centre for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod, December 2012
2017
Patrizia Bach: Über die Farben und Symbole in Walter Benjamins Passagenarbeit, Revolver Publishing, Berlin
Texts: Kathrin Busch, Knut Ebeling.
(upcoming – supported by Kunstfond, Bonn, 2015)
The Lost Diagrams of Walter Benjamin
Edited by Helen Clarke and Sharon Kivland; Essays by Helen Clarke, Sam Dolbear and Christian A. Wollin, London 2017; Seiten 40–41
2016
Patrizia Bach: Zeichnungen zu Walter Benjamins Passagenarbeit / Kathrin Busch: Das Bild zur Lektüre. Zu den Zeichnungen von Patrizia Bach,
in: Anderes Wissen, edited by Kathrin Busch, Merz Akademie Stuttgart, Paderborn 2016; pages146–187.
Her Anıyla Alıntılanan Geçmiş – Walter Benjamin‘in Tarih Kavramı Üzerine bir Sergi Denemesi; ‘Past in Each of its Moments be Citable’ – an exhibition project on Walter Benjamin‘s Concept of History in the City of Istanbul, edited by DEPO, Istanbul 2016; catalogue [Text: Caroline Adler]
Kişisel geçmışler ve kent belleği, in: Istanbul Art News, Juli/August 2016, Nr. 33, Istanbul, Turkey 2016; page 30 [Text: Ulya Soley].
Angelus Novus‘un Gözlerinden İstanbul‘a bakmak, in Tarih, Juli 2016, Nr. 271, Istanbul, Turkey 2016; pages 24–25 [Text Seçil Yersel].
Meleğin kanatları, in: Express, Sommer 2016, Nr. 144, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016; Seiten 10–16 [Text: Ezgi Bakçay].
(texts on the exhobotion-project: ‘Past, in Each of its Moments, be Citable / Her Anıyla Alıntılanan Geçmiş – an exhibition project on Walter Benjamin’s Concept of History in the City of Istanbul’)
2015
Von Lumpen und Funken. Notate zu dem Plakat von Patrizia Bach. Über die Farben und Symbole in Walter Benjamins Passagenarbeit, in: Design und Kunst, Magazin der Hochschule Luzern; November 2015, Nr. 5, edited by Elke Rentemeister, Fred Truninger, Stefanie Bräuer, Robert Müller, Ute Holl, Luzern, 2015, pages 4 & 32–34 [Text: Marie Luise Knott].
2014
Et eget oppslagsverk. Patrizia Bach er på sporet av hyperteksten i Passasjeverket. in: Vagant Magazin, Nr. 3/2014, Oslo, Norway 2014, edited by Audun Lindholm, pages 48–54.
Patrizia Bach. Über die Farben und Symbole in Walter Benjamins Passagenarbeit
Posteredition, 84,1 × 118,9 cm, Edition of 50, Revolver Publishing, Berlin.
ЕЛКА ВАЛЬТЕРА БЕНЬЯМИНА Exhibition Catalogue: Walter Benjamin’s New Year Tree, edited by NCCA, (National Center for Contemporary Art), Nizhny Novgorod, Russio 2014; pages 72–75 & 158–159.
2010
Chinepinev / Cuentos de los Baure, Proyecto de la documentación del idioma Baure [History of Baure. Projcktdocumentation of the Baure-language], edited by the University of Leipzig, Swintha Danielsen, Lena Terhart.
2009
Olympiade Peking, in: Ein Magazin über Orte Nr.5 – Tatort, Frühjahr 2009, edited by Elmar Bambach, Julia Marquardt, Birgit Vogel, Berlin 2009; pages 54–56
Anonyme Zeichner Nr.10, edited by Galerie Blütenweiß and Kunstraum Kreuzber/Bethanien, Berlin
Streching –Schreibtischzeichnungen, in: Ein Magazin über Orte Nr.4 – Schreibtisch, Herbst 2008, edited by Elmar Bambach, Julia Marquardt, Birgit Vogel, Berlin 2009; pages 54–56