Founding Director of The Wand
Founding Member of Secondary Narratives

melissasteckbauer at gmail.com
Born 1980 Tucson, AZ.

Education & Research
2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, B.F.A.
2006-2007 University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 The Sonancy of Falling and Standing Repeatedly, curated by Sylvia Sadzinski, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, Germany
2016 CADRE, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Turin, Italy, publication
2015 Melissa Steckbauer, Skopia Art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2014 Trans dans, Launch for Revue-Magazine, Lehrter 17, Berlin, Germany
2013 The Architectonics of Love, Liebkranz Galerie, Berlin, Germany, catalog
2012 A Sensuist's Guide, LSD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012 Melissa Steckbauer, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2011 One Night Stand, KIM Bar, Berlin
2010 Behind the Curtain and in the Closet, The Bella Building, curated by Isabella Levedag, Munich, Germany
2010 I The Hunter, Galerie Saupe, Berlin, Germany
2010 Half Camp, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France
2010 CARTE, Bureau Mathieu Cénac, Paris, France
2008 Melissa Steckbauer, Sottopasso, Livorno, Italy
2008 Sacred Artists & Animal Urges, IAF Shop, Fukuoka, Japan
2005 All Bound Up, ONE9ZERO6 Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 The Blind Leading the Blind #2, curated by Yann Perol and Christian Gattinoni, CAC La Traverse, Centre d'art contemporain d'Alfortville, France
2016 Survival Kit, Paul Philipp Heinze, Linards Kulless, Christoph Mühlau, J&K, Melissa Steckbauer, Magda Tothova, & Suse Wächter, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
2016 Empty Bellies, La galerie l'Axolotl, based on a novel by Anne-Laure Bonte, curated by Yann Perol, Toulon, France
2016 Stage diving in Luleå, with ƒƒ collective at Galleri Syster, Lulea, Sweden
2016 DIRTY MIND, Helge Leiberg, Reinhard Stangl, Hans Scheib, Sofie Bird Møller, Melissa Steckbauer, Sonja Alhäuser, curated by Christoph Tannert, Galerie Alte Schule Adlershof, Berlin, Germany
2016 HUG, TUCK, FOLD, PACK, ritual and performance by J&K (Installation), Christine Borch, Isabella Lewandowski, Melissa Steckbauer (Sensorium), part of Turm Turm Turm - die Galerie in drei Kapiteln: Formen, Erfahren, Verfassen, curated by Celina Basra & Melina Gerstemann, Berlin, Germany
2016 Accrochage d’été, Skopia Art contemporain, Francis Baudevin, Franz Gertsch, Alex Hanimann, Thomas Huber, Jean-Luc Manz, Claudio Moser, Melissa Steckbauer, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 HITZE IM HERZEN, SAND IN DEN AUGEN, tête, Berlin, Germany
2016 The Sensorium presented as a part of Mathilde ter Heijne’s, It Will Be!, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
2016 The Sensorium, with Paul Philipp Heinze, Neu West Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2015 Mending and Bending Remedies Beneath The Palm Tree, a durational happening with Paul Philipp Heinze, Linards Kulless, Christoph Mühlau, Janne Schäfer / J&K, Melissa Steckbauer, & Magda Tothova, Part of Vienna Art Week--Studio Visits, Palme13, Vienna, Austria
2015 Growing Silent by Frisk Flugt, collaboration with J&K, New Shelter Plan, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 A Night With ƒƒ: Help It Grow, an ƒƒ project organized by Janne Schäfer & Melissa Steckbauer, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
2014 SIND WIR BERLINER? (persone, animali, oggetti), Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Turin, Italy
2014 Art in Odd Places - Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2014 TAZ 3, A project by ƒƒ curated by Barbara Piwowarska, Teatr Studio at the Palace of Science & Culture, Warsaw, Poland
2014 Painting was a lady, Wonderloch Kellerland, NY, NY
2014 Auftakt, organized by Secondary Narratives, Kunstsaele, Berlin, Germany
2014 Bilder, die wir behalten / Elisabeth, curated by Manuel Wischnewski, Neue Berliner Räume, Berlin, Germany
2014 Deep Play: Double M Consultancy, organized by The Wand, Double M Consultancy, Berlin, Germany
2014 Deep Play: Korede, Corazón, organized by The Wand; venues include: Plakatwand-Moabit, Eisbox, La Dolce Vita, Otto-Spielplatz, Neue Heimat, Berlin, Germany
2014 Tribal Tribu-te, curated by Yann Perol, Metaxu, Toulon, France
2014 Mensch - inszenierte Fotografie - Erzählung, curated by Leo de Munk, Raum für Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
2014 Female Intervention, featuring ƒƒ and curated by Conny Becker, Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2014 Life & Times: Lampedusa, A project made possible by Viva con Agua, Millerntor Gallery #4, Hamburg, Germany, publication
2014 Present, Organized by Michaela Zimmer, Projektraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2014 Intimate Interactions, Curated by Ladislav Kesner, City Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic; catalog
2014 Die Ästhetik des Widerstands, curated by Moira Zoitl und Julia Lazarus, IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna; Galerie Im Turm, Berlin
2013 Let it Go, curated by Anne Fäser, Christine Nippe, and Heike Fühlbrugge, Souterrain, Berlin, Germany
2013 Passage, curated by Yann Perol in conjunction with Mois Européen de la Photo à Sofia, Fabrik, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 The History of Painting Revisited, performative event with ƒƒ, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin
2013 ƒƒ / Forma, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2013 Sleep Disorders, Atelier C3, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris France, & Manzoni Schäper Projekt, Berlin, Germany; catalog
2013 The Oracle, a project by ƒƒ, organized by Melissa Steckbauer & Mathilde ter Heijne, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 Dissident Desire, a project by ƒƒ, District, Berlin, Germany
2013 ƒƒ Collaborations, curated by Antje Majewski & Melissa Steckbauer, Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
2013 Pounds, Shillings, Pence, LSD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2013 Erogenous Zone, curated by Mathilde ter Heijne & Juliane Solmsdorf, Körnerpark & Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany
2013 Appel Artists Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Marathon-County, Wausau, Wisconsin; catalog
2012 After Image: The Photographic Process(ed), Cerritos College Gallery, curated by James MacDevitt, Norwalk, CA; catalog
2012 31 Women in Photography, Hasted Kraeutler, New York, NY 
2011 Ryoichi Nakamura, Melissa Steckbauer, Nobuyoshi Sato, & Erik Fiban, Kinosho Kikaku Fine Arts Modern & Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Park -- Life is for Loving, organized by Markus Shimizu, Berlin, Germany
2010 HIDDEN, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France
2010 Fresh, Das Hotel, curated by Ulf Saupe and J.M. Pozo, with Santiago Sierra, Rob Scholte, Berlin, Germany
2010 Jerk Offestival, with Superm (Brian Kenny & Slava Mogutin), Marion Auburtin, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France
2009 Home n’Gone, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France
2009 Hello World, Ito Folk Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2009 I Mostri, Van der Stegen Gallery, curated by Yann Perol with Federico Solmi, Pesce Khete, Vanessa Fanuele Paris, France, catalog
2008 Real Presence, Castello di Rivoli--Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Italy
2008 Real Presence, Legacy House, Belgrade, Serbia
2008 Animalia #1, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France
2007 Runde #2, Rathhaus Weißensee, Berlin, Germany
2007 Girl to Woman, Featuring Filter Translation Device, Overture Center Madison, WI
2005 Humans At War, curated by Harrell Fletcher, Ahrnsbrak Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI

Awards
2015 Ox-Bow Residency Award, Saugatuck, MI
2007 Artist Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006 Illuminations’ Artist Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2006 William F. Vilas Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2006 Study Abroad Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2005 Donors Award for Purchase, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2005 Committee Choice Award 77th Annual Juried Student Art Show, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2005 Edith L. Gilbertson Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2004 Anita Appel Artist Award, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2004 UW Madison Alumni Association Matching Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2003 Festival of the Arts Award, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2002 Appel Award, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI

Bibliography
2015 Berlin Artists, Till R.D. Cremer
2015 Sentimental Magazine, "Siren" A project by Melissa Steckbauer and Manuel Wischnewski, Issue 1, 2015
2014 The Architectonics of Love, catalog, with texts by Julia Strebelow & Jennifer Coates, published by DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG
2014 Wanda, die internationalen Künstlerfanzines mit wechselndem Namen
2014 tip, Berlin, Kuratoren und Kunsträume: Secondary Narratives, Philipp Koch, 01.09.2014
2013 Revue - Magazine for the Next Society, Featured Artist, "Naher. This incredible desire to share and be touched," Manuel Wischnewski; Issue 14
2013 Kunstmagazin, "The Architectonics of Love," Florence Reidenbach; 07.10.2013
2013 Berlin Art Link, "Exhibition // Melissa Steckbauer and The Architectonics of Love," Alexandra Borras; 07.03.2013
2012 Ein Magazine, "I have nothing to say," Issue 1, 2012https://www.weebly.com/editor/main.php
2012 Art LA Weekly, "after image: the photographic process(ed)," 11.05.2012
2012 Le Revue Monstre, Numéro 4 -- Testodrama
2012 Square Magazine 2.4, 01.15.2012
2011 Connect and Grow: Melissa Steckbauer 05.12.2011
2011 Berlin Art Link, "Between Intimacy and Form: Conversations and Connections with Melissa Steckbauer," interviewed by Elizabeth Feder, 06.28.2011
2010 Télérama, Laurent Boudier
2010 Access & Paradox, catalog, Published by SBO, Paris, France
2009 The Benefactor, "Melissa Steckbauer," interviewed by Cessa Cantrell, Late Summer, 2009
2009 I Mostri, Yann Perol, catalog, Published by Van der Stegen Galerie, Paris, France
2007 Art Neutopia – Summer – "Private Public" Minneapolis, MN, Issue 1, Volume 1
2005-2006 Illumination: The Undergraduate Journal of Humanities – Spring Issue

Artist-in-Residence, Professional Workshops, & Panels
2017 April 26, Beauty, roundtable with Chris Fenwick, Christina Dimitriadis, Joshua Fineberg, and Melissa Steckbauer; moderated and organized by Dennis Schep; Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
2016 September 14, On Radical Vulnerability: Hit the Ground, artist talk with Sadie Lune, on the occasion of DIRTY MIND, curated by Christoph Tannert, Galerie Alte Schule Adlershof, Berlin
2015 Ox-Bow, Artist-in-residence
2014 May 30, a panel discussion organized by Viva con Agua and curator Fabian Jentsch, Millerntor Gallery #4, St. Pauli, Hamburg 
2014 September 4th, Artist talk on the occasion of the exhibition Bilder, die wir behalten / Elisabeth, with Dana Linkiewicz, Antje Majewski, Sonya Schönberger, and Melissa Steckbauer
2014 December 1st, It's All in the Game a panel discussion on arts and politics, Verein Berliner Künstler, featuring: Manuel Wischnewski, Lukas Töpfer, Melissa Steckbauer, Julian Malte Schinde; moderated by Julia Müller, Frederiek Weda, and Kristina Hinrichsen
2013 November 26th, The Art Lover's Club & ƒƒ, at The Wand with panelists: Jen Ray, Melissa Steckbauer & Manuel Wischnewski; moderated by Birgit Rieger
2012 December 15th, Ecstasy, Iconography of Desire, and the Future of Transgression, at LSD Galerie with panelists Antje Majewski, Jeni Fulton, & Dennis Schep; moderated by Melissa Steckbauer
2010 Private Residency, Livorno, Italy
2008 Real Presence-Rivoli, Italy
2008 Real Presence-Belgrade, Serbia
2008 Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Curatorial
2013 The end is the beginning, co-curated with Ana Sanchez de Vivar, featuring AnimalNacht, Marion Auburtin & Benjamin L. Aman, Sergio Belinchón, Barbara Breitenfellner, Damien Cadio, Konstantino Dregos, James Edmonds, Leif Elggren, Juliette Fontaine, Thierry Fournier, Marc Freeman, Daniela Fromberg & Stefan Roigk, Juan Garaizabal, Agnès Geoffray, Stefan Kaminski, Laura López Paniagua, Marta Marcé, Myriam Mechita, Irina Novarese, Leandro Quintero, Jean-François Robardet & Simon Hitziger, Ruben Rodrigo, Bosse Sudenburg and Santiago Ydañez, November 29, 2013 - January 18, 2014, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 The Oracle, a project by ƒƒ co-curated with Mathilde ter Heijne.  Featuring over 200 participants, for a complete list please visit The Oracle. September 12 - October 6, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 Color Sharks, featuring Enrico Bertelli, Claudia Chaseling, Jared Lindsay Clark, Olivier Guesselé-Garai, Silke Kästner, Iwan van 't Spijker, and V&B (Alex Jacobs and Ellemieke Schoenmaker), June 6 - 30, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 Imaginary Landscapes, co-curated with Katharina Raab, featuring Artur Frank, Peter Freitag, Friedrich Herz, Antje Majewski, and Susa Templin, May 10 - 26, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 ƒƒ Collaborations, co-organized by Antje Majewski & Melissa Steckbauer, featuring Magdalena Bichler, Melanie Bonajo, Nine Budde, Alice Cohen /ƒƒ, Cullinan Richards, Ahu Dural, Memo Glitzer Trixi, Delia Gonzalez /ƒƒ, Lydia Hamann, Mathilde ter Heijne / ƒƒ, Eva Hettmer, J&K (Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard), Julia Lazarus, Antje Majewski /ƒƒ, Kaj Osteroth, Amy Patton, Katrin Plavcak /ƒƒ, Jen Ray /ƒƒ, Mathilde Rosier, Tanja Schomaker, Ulrika Segerberg, Juliane Solmsdorf /ƒƒ, Melissa Steckbauer /ƒƒ, Alex Tennigkeit, Mirjam Thomann, Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
2012 Things Take Time, featuring Anna-Katarina Gravgaard, William Wheeler, and Ayman Oghanna, October 14 - 19, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2012 LEAP, featuring Frank Eickhoff, Friedrich Herz, and Fabian Knecht, September 14, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2012 Sleep Disorders, co-curated with Marion Auburtin and Benjamin L. Aman, featuring Michael Barthel, Enrico Bertelli, Barbara Breitenfellner, Mirja Busch, Leif Elggren, Agnès Geoffray, Marthe Krüger, Benjamin L. Aman, Daniel Löwenbrück, Jean-François Robardet, August 2 - 16, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2012 Cognitio Arsphobiae : Show Therapy, co-curated with Alex Tennigkeit, featuring Caitlin Berrigan, Peter Böhnisch, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Sven Drühl, Anneke Eussen, Felix & Mumford, Robert Gschwantner, Sarah Goodrum, John Isaacs, Stefan Kaminski, Annegret Kellner, Kelly Kleinschrodt, Anna Lehmann-Brauns, Catherine Lorent, Antje Majewski, Veronika Schumacher, Ulrika Segerberg, Caro Suerkemper, Klaus-Martin Treder, and Klaus Winichner, July 14 - July 29, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2012 The Destructibles, featuring Anna Kostreva, Elizabeth Feder, Irina Novarese, Robert Gorny, Barbara K. Prokop, DJ Señor Eskimo Goldberg with a talk by architect Anna Weilhartner, June 22 - July 7, The Wand, Berlin, Germany

Director of Programming
2014 Voyage Voyage, Curated by Antje Majewski with assistant Curator Maria Dabow, featuring: Michel Aniol, Bianca Benenti, Maria Dabow, Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, Yusuf Etiman, Simone Gilges, Olivier Guesselé-Garai, Antje Majewski, Dirk Peuker, Mathilde Rosier, Philip Shafer, Jaro Straub, Sophie-Therese Trenka-Dalton, Katharina Wulff, Hendrik Zimmer, January 30 - February 22, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 Why art resembles manic depression, curated by Lukas Töpfer, November 29 - January 18, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 So Abstrakt!, curated by Christine Nippe & Sebastian Schemann, featuring: Isabelle Borges, Clara Brörmann, Mirja Busch, Ronald de Bloeme, Oliver Godow, Ulrich Hakel Holstein, Wonkun Jun, October 12 - November 17, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 Discipline(!), curated in three parts by Anna Redeker, featuring: Mariana Hahn, Dafni Barbageorgopoulou, and Eli Cortinas, July 7, 14, 21, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2013 Na, du alte Sau, curated by Stefan Kaminski, featuring: Tom Biber, Matthias Dornfeld, Carola Ernst, Franziska Hufnagel, Stefan Mannel, F. Muser, Alex Tennigkeit, Dominic Wood, March 17 - 31, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2012 Laughing, in the Mechanism., curated by Max Schrier, featuring: Stefan Saalfeld, Viktor Timofeev, and Marcelina Wellmer, October 26 - December 5, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2012 Cutting In Soma, featuring: Emmy Skensved and Grégoire Blunt, Wolfgang Ganter, Melissa Steckbauer, Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Sabine Dehnel, Marion Auburtin, TBASS ROBOT, with a performance by The Furious Golden Shower, May 4 - May 18, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
2008 Who are the People in Your Neighborhood, curated with Grown Up Goddess Transformation Process, featuring: Fredrick Ajode, Nathalie Becher, Sandra Becker, Johanna Bruckner, Petra Couwenbergs, Tjasa Ferme, Marlies Poeschl, Melissa Steckbauer, Marius van Berloo, Anna Weilhartner, BIKO Room, Brooklyn, NY