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Vita

Valeska Peschke, born in Neustadt-Wstr. 1966., lives in Berlin;
1989-95 studied Visual Arts and Architecture at Hochschule der Künste, Berlin; M.F.A. 1997;
visiting artist and guest instructor at Art Center College of Design, USA, 1997-99;

Grants, Residences:
working stipend by Berlin Senat, 1996 ; Stipend for overseas studies granted by the Berlin Senate of Science, Research and Culture for Pasadena Art Center, USA, 1997-98; Artist Residence at Villa Aurora, Foundation for European/American Cultural Relationships, Pacific Palisades, USA, 2000 ; stipend for artists by the Berlin Senate of Science, Research and Culture; Artist in residence at Djerassi, CA USA, 2002; Artist residence at Sirius Art Center, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, 2002;

Exhibitions (selection):
Vulkanforschungsstation/Volcano Laboratory Berlin,Goldrausch 7, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, 1996;
Heaven, P.S.1 Museum, curated by Alena Heiss, NY, USA,1997;
Atlas Mapping, curated by Paolo Bianchi, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria,1997;
The Artist & and an Urban Environment, Art Gallery Slovenj Gradec, Slovenija, 1997;
Parkhaus, City in Shelves, Behrenstrasse Berlin, Germany, 1997;
Atlas Mapping, curated by Paolo Bianchi, Museum für Zeitgenšssische Kunst, Bregenz, Austria, 1998;
With/Out of Space, 'City in Shelves', Chinese Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 1999;
Mas Y Mas: City in Shelves, La Panaderia Gallery, Mexico D.F., 1999; Durchreise, 25 Years of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2000; Bungalow, City in Shelves, Z-2000 Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany, 2000;
City Index, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany, 2000;
Paseo Miramar, DAAD Gallery Berlin, 2001;
Catastrophico, curated by Ishiro Ireri, La Panaderia Gallery, Mexico DF, 2002;
Agua/Wasser, Museo Universitario de Ceincas y Arte, curated by Bernd Scherer, Goethe Institut Internationes, Mexico DF, 2002;
Mathematica, Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA, 2002;
Invitational, ACE Gallery NY, USA, 2002;
"the remaking of...", curated by Page & Hertzsch, Büro für Kunst, Dresden, Germany, 2002;

Soloexhibitions:
Volcanoes in Berlin, Produzentengalerie Kassel, Germany, 1997; Plutonics// Boxes, curated by Christoph Tannert, Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt a. M., Germany, 2000;
Instant Modernism, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2001;
Volcanes en Berlin y Campamento Paracaidista, ACE Gallery, Mexico D.F., 2001;
Volcanoes in Berlin/ Fuzzy Camp, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2001; Instant Home, Galerie im Mousonturm, curated by Walter Baumann, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2001;
Vamos, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Germany, 2002;
Ares & Pensares, SESC Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brasil, 2002;

Actions and Lectures
Bustours to the Volcanoes in Berlin, Kulturbuero Berlin Travelagency,1996;
Life on a Volcano, Chamber of Commerz, Berlin, 1995;
Fernerkunding, Symposium on Cartography, Frauenkulturhaus Bremen, D, 1996;
Try a Volcano, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, 1996;
Chimera, Volcano and Fuse, with Birgit Schlieps, Beyond Baroque, Venice, USA, 1999;