Carola Uehlken is a curator, writer and visual artist based in Berlin. Currently she is interested in global transport mechanisms and the stigma of the criminal; microbiotic systems and the way they inform human behaviour and well-being; baroque and biomimetic architecture as well as manta rays. She writes articles for catalogues and independent publishing platforms.
Press and Public Relations
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, since May 2020
Associate Director
House of Egorn, Berlin, 2018 - 2019
Gallery Administrator
House of Egorn, Berlin, 2016 - 2018
Artistic Director
BABEL Berlin, 2017 - 2018
Artistic Director
LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, 2015 - 2016
Cats, Buckets & Ropes
critical circle discussing projects in process, Berlin, since 2016
Independent Curator, artist and writer since 2013
2020
Swimming Pool - Troubled Waters, curatorial assistance for Valeria Schulte-Fischedick, artists: C& Center of Unfinished Business (Yvette Mutumba, Julia Grosse, Mearg Negusse), Daniel Bozhkov, Nina Canell, Mounir Gouri, Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir, Klara Hobza, Fermín Jiménez Landa, Santiago Mostyn, New Mineral Collective (Tanya Busse und Emilija Škarnulytė), Sandra Vaka, Ulrich Vogl, Ming Wong, ZEVS + film programme by Olaf Stüber with works by Hanna Arvela, Alice Creischer, Rä di Martino, Monira Al Qadiri, Julika Rudelius, Corinna Schnitt, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Gold all in my Veins, a multi sensoric guided tour, Sara Gurevitsch, Carima Neusser, Carola Uehlken & John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal, Outokumpu Old Mine Residency, Finland
The Nature Within, interdisciplinary workshop on microbes and human behavior, Italienske Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
2019
Glossary of Rotating Actions, Janine Eggert and Ash Moniz, Kelder Projects, London
The Value of Flowers, Daniel Kiss, Manuela Leinvoss, Carola Uehlken, Adriano Costa, Part One, Cologne
2018
THE MOBILE HOUSE TURNS WITH THE SUN, Niklas Goldbach, Verena Issel, Martijn In 't Veld, Marion Orfila, House of Egorn, Berlin
Hangzhou Hope Translation Agency, with Arthur Debert, Lola Göller, Benjamin Zuber, studio Göller, Berlin
Pierre-feuille-drapeau: Attaque sure le monde réel, screening with Arthur Debert: Ismail Bahri, Maming, Shana Moulton, Pilvi Takala, Wermke / Leinkauf, Musique Volantes, Metz, France
Babel - LELAB, art festival, organised with Arthur Debert, Lola Göller & Benjamin Zuber, participants: aaajiao (Xu Wenkai), Awu, Wu Ding, Kenneth Dow, Chen Hangfeng, Zhang Lehua, Da Mian, Maming, Hu Renyi, Jessie Yingying Gong, Offshore College Shanghai, Alisson Schmitt, Deyi Studio (Paul Devautour & Yilan, Cheng Ran, Bi Rong Rong, Song Xi, Li Xiaofei, Wang Xin, Yuan Yuan, Ma Yongfeng, Wang Zhibo, Ning Zuohong. Supported by ifa Insitute for Foreign Relationships
BABEL V, Michael Pohl, BABEL, Berlin
BABEL VI, Sara Björg Bjarnadottir, BABEL, Berlin
BABEL VII, Tiphaine Calmettes, Chen Hangfeng, Franziska Klötzler, Hanwei Li, Vincent Scheers, Club Sandwich, Saverio Tonoli, Ma Yongfeng, BABEL, Berlin
CONNECTING... , with Lola Göller, Benjamin Zuber & Arthur Debert, SPZ Prague
2017
BABEL I, John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal, Daniel Bickett, Arthur Debert, BABEL, Berlin
BABEL II, Kyoung Jae Cho, Isak Han, special guest: Soja Juretschko, BABEL, Berlin
BABEL III, John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal, Brad Henkel, Nana Pi Aabo Larsen, Andreas Hoem Roysum, BABEL, Berlin
BABEL IV, Capucine Vandebroeck, Marion Orfila, Dietrich Meyer, Lola Göller, BABEL, Berlin
2016
Neuschwanstein, Performance with Arthur Debert, Depot 4.9 - Nachrichten aus der Gegenwart 2 (News from the Present 2), Kunsthallen Rottstraße, Bochum
Extended City Dreams, Klötzler & Uehlken, video, 3:08 min
I lost my Phone in S(e)oul - Kunst-Spionage und Introspektion, Lecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
2015
False Firmament / 空, Berndnaut Smilde, LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai
Light Gap / 隙光, Li Qing, LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai
The Cooling Effect /冷却塔, Mou Huan, LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai
DRINKING A DRINK, SINKING A SHIP / 看一看 想一想, Catherina Cramer, Nicholas Grafia, Susanne Griem, René Haustein, Niklas Heidemann, Philipp Höning, Daniel Hundt, Seungyho Jung, Sumi Kim, Christian Klement, Luisa Kömm, Johannes Leßke, Sebastian Liebl, Ill Jong Park, Jan Partke, Roman Podeszwa, Hanna Schneider, Meike Schulze-Hobeling, Stephanie Sczepanek, Katharina Siemeling, Vakho Sikharulidze, Kyoung Jae Cho, Manuel Talarico, V Art Center & LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai. Supported by Chronus Art Center & Goethe Institute Shanghai
What does ... What does it mean, to be independant ... mean?, Lecture, Independant Art Space Festival 2015, I Project Space, Beijing
Per Se, Nina Schuiki, Oh la Art Space, Shanghai
INTER-YOUTH, with Ma Nan & Sheng Zi, International Art Award in the Museum of the China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou
Snake 2.0, Katy Roseland, Jiang Jun, Wong Dan, bcp Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai
Snake, with Sun Qidong, Gao Shan, René Haustein, Inga Krüger, Gisa Pantel, Wang Hongfeng, Wu Ding, Zhang Mai, Daniel Kiss, bcp Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai
Talkshow, performance with Wang Xin & Katy Roseland, Moca Pavillon, Shanghai
SÖYLE BÖYLE, sound-performance, Klötzler & Uehlken, depot 4.9, Muenster
Searching for the beast within the Arts, Egill Saebjörnsson, organised at Chronus Art Center, supported by Goethe Institute, Shanghai
COSMOS, curatorial assistance for artistic director Li Zhenhua, Minsheng 21st Century Museum of Art, Shanghai
2014
WATCH YOUR STEPS, Ash Moniz, Felix Kalmenson, Hu Weiyi, Wong Man, Double Fly Art Center, Wang Xin, Ruben Gaehrken, Soeren Beineke, Minsheng Art Museum & bcp Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai
The Need of Doing Shows - Curatorial Practice in the neighbourhood and over long distances, Lecture, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
Ring Around the Dowser, Tim Woodward, with team of FAK13, Geographical Museum, Muenster
ALLEREIN (ALL-IN), sound-performance, Klötzler & Uehlken, Municipal Ruller-Haus EV, Rulle
TRIAD, installation + book release (TO DIG WHOLES), Klötzler & Uehlken, Academy of Fine Arts, Muenster
A Compagnia di Poveglia, performance, Kloetzler & Uehlken with jazz musicians David Boato and Francesco Sucal, Venice
2013
Goys and Birls, with Clara Napp, in collaboration with the specialist conference: Inside. Outside. Others. The body in the work of Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault. Bettina Dettmer & Willi Kramer, Ivan Geddert, Betsy Flock & Jan Partke, Gisa Pantel, Egill Saebjoernsson, Anne Staab, Benjamin Zuber, Academy of Fine Arts, Muenster
fak13, with Lejla Aliev, Manuel Talarico & Jan Enste, programme: Bahar Taheri, Shana Moulton, Alban Muja, Tim Woodward, fak13 Foerderverein für Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Muenster, supported by ifa Institute for Foreign Relationship, Cinema Muenster, Geological Museum Muenster, Sparkasse Muensterland-Ost, Institute for Cultural Affairs, Muenster
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS CHURCH, fak13 Münster, funeral for the exhibition programme with a performance by Shana Moulton and music by Walking Blues Prophets, fak and Gaststätte Kranefeld, Münster
TEXTE ZUR KUNST, image-editorial internship, Berlin (edition nr.90: "Wie wir arbeiten wollen (How we want to work)"
RESEARCH TRIPS
HANGZHOU / Shanghai funded by ifa Institute for Foreign Relationship (Kuenstlerkontakte), 2018
TIMISOARA / Rumania, 2017
SHANGHAI / BEIJING funded by PROMOS (ministry for research and education), 2014 - 2015
TEHERAN funded by Sparkasse Muensterland-Ost, 2013
PRISHTINA funded by ifa Institute for Foreign Relationships, 2013
TEXT & PUBLICATION
"Swimming Pool - Troubled Waters", exhibition catalogue, editing, 2020
"Beungradigungen im Dienste der geistigen Revolution (De-Straightening on behalf of the Intellectual Revolution)", Klara Hobza, Swimmingpool - Troubled Waters, catalogue text, 2020
"In cycles we burn", Sandra Vaka, Swimmingpool - Troubled Waters, catalogue text, 2020
"Modern Talking", Event Horizon, Janine Eggert & Philipp Ricklefs, catalogue text, 2020
"Unreliable Blue", Uncertain Image, Andrea Brandão, catalogue text, 2019
"Drifters", exhibition text, The Mobile House Turns with the Sun, House of Egorn, 2018
"If I were a house", with Arthur Debert, KONTAKT #30, publication by Alex Chevalier, 2018
"The Pyramid 2000", Shine on, you pretty pyramid, Lola Göller, catalugue text, 2017
"The Seven Wonders", Matiére Grasse, 2017
"CCOOPS, ON COOPERATION", artist book, self-published with Clara Napp, Leipzig, 2015
"Zero zero one", The Cooling Effect, exhibition catalogue, self-published, LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, 2015
"THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR FEET OPPOSITE OURS", exhibition text, Berndnaut Smilde, LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, 2015
"CAROLA", Interview with editor Chen Zhou, published in [soft], Shanghai, 2015
"THE CHINESE (C)DREAM" Ye Funa, Scope Magazine (issue 013), Beijing, 2015
"The Three Body Problem", catalogue text, Nina Schuiki, Per Se, Ohla Art Space, Shanghai, 2014
"TO DIG WHOLES", Klötzler & Uehlken, artist book, self-published, Muenster, 2014
هگرپزرم Marz-e por Gohar, Bahar Taheri, fak Foerderverein fuer aktuelle Kunst, exhibition catalogue, Muenster, 2013
"Die Nervosität der Teile (The Nervousness of the Parts)", exhibition text, published in ÜBERKREUZ (CROSS-OVER), Daniel Lergon, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt, 2013