Simon Lässig

Education

2012 – 2015
Kunstakademie München, Munich, DE

2016 – 2020
Städelschule Frankfurt, DE, w. Willem de Rooij


Solo and Duo exhibitons

2023
Peter Mertes Stipendium, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE (upcoming)
Duo-show with Elene Chantladze, LC Queisser, Tbilisi, GE (upcoming)

2021
Fanta-MLN, Milan, IT (solo)
miart 2021, w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Milano, IT

2019
FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT (solo)
Paris Internationale, w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Paris, FR

2017
Grenzen des Wachstums, w. Vera Lutz, Jan Kaps hosting saxpublishers, Cologne, DE


Group exhibitions

2022
Jahresgaben 2022, Kunstverein München, DE
Kino (Part 2), Fluentum Collection, Berlin, DE
I am the secret meat, organized by Tolia Astakhishvili, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
Not Expecting Much, UA26, Vienna, AT

2021
Jahresgaben 2021, Kunstverein München, DE
A selection of videos from: Darcy Lange Work Studies (1972-77), Organised by Simon Lässig, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Portraits, DE
Joint Ventures, hosted by KOW, Berlin, DE

2020
Films selected by Simon Lässig as part of the program of events on the occasion of the exhibition Not Working - Artistic production and matters of class, Kunstverein München, Munich, DE
Graduation show, Portikus, Frankfurt, DE
Relax – it‘s all online, Lars Friedrich, Berlin, DE
Douze regards obliques, Stefano Faoro, Simon Lässig, Sam Pulitzer, Gili Tal, Fanta-MLN, Milan, IT

2019
Darcy Lange: Work Studies in Schools, A selection of videos from Study of Three Birmingham Schools (UK, 1976, 1⁄2 inch video transferred to digital, black and white, sound, approximately 12 hours), Organised by Simon Lässig, Mavra, Berlin, DE
projections, Nous Moules, w. Vera Lutz, Vienna, AT

2017
Bunter Protest, w. Vera Lutz, Zacharias Wackwitz, Taylor Macklin, Zürich, CH

2016
Taylor Macklin at Paris Internationale, w. Ariane Müller, Stefan Burger, Kerry Downey, Jen Rosenblit/ Joanna Seitz, Miriam Laura Leonardi, Constantin Thun, Hannah Weinberger, Paris Internationale, Paris, FR
The Vedettes Showboat, w. Jazz Bar in collaboration with saxpublishers, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, FR
Studentenstadt, collaboration w. Anna Fehr, Vera Lutz, Zacharias Wackwitz, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, IT
Das Gespenst der Freiheit, 15 Einreichungen, w. Jazz Bar, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, DE

2015
Ratatouille (Teaser), 89plus residency, Paris, FR
Ratatouille, Shanaynay, Paris, FR
Tbilisi Triennial, My Home is My Castle, Tbilisi, Georgia, GE


Grants and Residencies

2023
Peter Mertes Stipendium, Bonn, DE

2022
Stamba D block, Tbilisi, GE


Other Projects

2017 – 2018
Die Welt, artist run space, w. Vera Lutz, Zacharias Wackwitz, Berlin, DE

2015 – 2016
Jazzbar 089, artist run space, w. Anna Fehr, Vera Lutz, Zacharias Wackwitz, Munich, DE


Publications

2023
Simon Lässig and Elene Chantladze, co-published by LC Queisser, Tbilisi, GE and saxpublishers, Vienna, AT

2017
Als wir plötzlich keine Stars mehr waren, w. Vera Lutz, saxpublishers, Vienna, AT

Press

Francesca Gavin: Tolia Astakhishvili’s Eerie Ostalgia, in: Frieze, September 27, 2022.
Ewa Borysiewicz: DO WHAT IS NECESSARY, NOT BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN. Curated by, Vienna, 2022, in: Spike Art Magazine, October 28, 2022.