Maximilian Zschiesche (born 2000 in Karlsruhe) is an interdisciplinary artist. He studied Exhibition Design and Scenography at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe) as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), with minors in Media Art and Media Philosophy, as well as an exchange semester at The New School in New York in the Department of Media Studies.
His work explores the concepts of the natural and the artificial, focusing particularly on questions of perception and the relationships that arise from them. To manifest his observations and reflections, he translates them into entities with a prop-like character, which he often produces in collections/editions and presents as loosely interwoven installations, videos, or performances. Aiming for patterns of perception and relations to become playfully tangible.
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EDUCATION
2025
2023
HfG Karlsruhe, scenography diploma (M.A.)
The New School (New York), exchange semester Media Studies
SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2025
2023
2022
2019
Sprint residency of the hoepfner foundation
scholarship of the German Academic Foundation
(Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
exchange scholarship of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation
(Baden-Württemberg Stipendium)
nominated for the festival of youth theater (Theatertreffen der Jugend)
Masterclass scholarship of ZKM
Try Out scholarship from the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2025
2024
2023
2022
2019
Enter, Exit, Enter, Enter, Exit. / Orgelfabrik / Karlsruhe, Germany
Ambassadors / ZKM Pavillion / Karlsruhe, Germany
Memory Rhythm (Performance) / Post Colonia festival / Marina di Massa, Italy
My Little Farm / Badischer Kunstverein (Art Karlsruhe) / Karlsruhe, Germany
Komm nach hause bevor es dunkel wird / Studio Hö / Karlsruhe, Germany
Einstürzende Neubauten / ZAK Zitadelle Spandau / Berlin, Germany
Masterclass #10 / ZKM / Karlsruhe, Germany
How do we play? / 111 Conselyea Street / New York, USA
Einstürzende Neubauten / Goethe-Institut Angola / Luanda, Angola
Disruptive Worlding / ZKM Pavillion / Karlsruhe, Germany
Die Sippe (Performance)/ P8 / Karlsruhe, Germany
Masterclass #5 / ZKM / Karlsruhe, Germany
Kaputt (Performance) / Badisches Staatstheater / Karlsruhe, Germany
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