Natacha Mankowski
BIOGRAPHY
Natacha practices architecture in the surface. Her work evolves around her ongoing investigation in the immersive qualities of architecture and its practice as an all inclusive experience. By radically liberating her praxis from it's conventional tools or classical forms of architecture, she creates spaces to return to the very essence of her view as an architect.
Her work has been presented at various international art centers including : Zentrum fur Kunst ind Urbanistik (Berlin, GE) 2014 ; the Watermill Center (NY, USA) 2015, Pole muséal de Lisieux – Ateliers Intermédiaires (Lisieux, FR) 2015, Ceci Foundation (Berlin, GE) 2016, New Day Gallery (Berlin, GE) 2016, Souvenirs (Berlin, GE) 2016, the Epigraphic Museum (Athens, GR) 2018, Deschool and ISO (Amsterdam, NL) 2019.
Natacha Mankowski has also collaborated with a range of artists, designers and curators for projects, festivals and site-specific venues such as : Month of Performance (Berlin, GE) 2014, Kreuzberg Pavillion (Berlin, GE) 2014, Berlin Art Week 2015, Traverse Festival (Toulouse, FR) 2016, Festival of Lights (Berlin, GE) 2016, Berghain (Berlin, GE) 2015 – 2017, Design Parade (Toulon, FR) 2018, Get Lost – Art Route (Amsterdam, NL) 2019.
She has been invited to numerous artist residency programs around the world, such as : Villa Lena (IT) 2015, The Brooklyn Navy Yard (NY, USA) 2015, the Watermill center (NY, 2015), Mana Contemporary (NJ, USA) 2016, Le Consulat (Paris, 2018), Palazzo Monti (Breshia, 2019). Since 2015, Natacha Mankowski has been teaching and speaking about her work at institutions, such as the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.
Natacha Mankowski is part of the Taylor Foundation in Paris and was the recipient of the Tony Garnier Prize, for Architecture and Urbanism awarded by the Académie Française d’Architecture in Paris.
EDUCATION
2012 HMONP, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2011 MA in Architecture, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France
2009 University of Cincinnati - DAAP College, Cincinnati, USA
2004 University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - La Sorbonne, Paris, France
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS - TWO PERSONS SHOWS
2020 Wirligig, Deschool, Amsterdam, Netherland
2018 Monument, Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece
Support - Surface, Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France - with L. Jaffuel
2017 Space is non static, Corbusierhaus, Ceci Fondation, Berlin, Germany
2016 In the zone, New Day Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 The Island, Watermill Center, New York, USA
Zoo experiment, Konzulat, Berlin, Germany
2014 Animal Space, Ains Ah, Berlin, Germany
Space Oddity, Das Gift, Berlin, Germany
White Hole, ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020 Pause in your flight, HVW8, Berlin, Germany
Art Rotterdam, with Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherland
2019 Nude, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium - Curated by Boris Devis
Dune, De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands - with M. Van Olst
Art Route 2019, Get Lost, Playstation Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Curated by F. Parot
2018 Morceaux Choisis II, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. De Brosses
Design Parade III, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France - Curated by P. Yovanovitch
2017 Morceaux Choisis I, Bubenberg, Paris, France - Curated by C. Bonnie More
The Voice of Doxa, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by Zona Dynamic
Festival of lights, Fernseheturm, Berlin, Germany
B&W, Novado Gallery, NJ, USA
Suno 2, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender - Curated by N. Sayes
Working Promesse, Biennale 2017, St Etienne, France - with L. Jaffuel - Curated by O. Peyricot
New Day Galerie, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Paul Ferens and Charles Benjamin
2016 The Waves, Ceci Foundation, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender
Suno, The Hospital Galerie, Berlin, Germany - in coll. with R. Bender
Souvenirs, Berlin, Germany - with R. Bender
Only Lovers, Le coeur, Paris, France - Curated by Timothé Chailloux
Team Spirit, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY, USA - Curated by Andrea Cote
Trait, Pôle muséal, Lisieux, France - Curated by Fleur Helluin
2015 Memory and Places, Describing Architecture, Dublin, Ireland - Curated by Antoin Doyle
Turn around bright eyes, Berghain, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes
2014 Berlin Art Week - Konzulat, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Nadia Sayes
Same Standing - 166, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Mina Minov
Flat Spaces, installation, Stadtumbau, ZKU Berlin, Germany - Curated by Studio OSK
I am an Oasis, MoP, Berlin, Germany - Curated by Zona Dymanic and V. Chomaz
2013 East River, Gallery MC, New York, USA
2011 Diagrams, ESA, Paris, France
2010 104 Manifesto, 104, Paris, France
RESIDENCIES
2020 Deschool, Amsterdam, Netherland (2 months)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Breshia, Italie (1 month)
2018 Le Consulat de la Gaité, Paris, France (2 months)
Epigraphic Museum of Athens, Greece (1 month)
2017 Bundanon Trust, Sydney, Australia (2 weeks)
2016 ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (3 months)
2015 Villa Lena, Tuscany, Italy (2 months)
Watermill Center, New York, USA (1 month)
Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, USA (1 year)
2014 ZKU, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistiks, Berlin, Germany (4 months)
GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany (1 month)
TEACHING
2016 Studio for Immediate Spaces, Dep. of Art and Architecture, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
ARCHITECTURE
2013 Dominique Perrault Architecture, Paris, France
2012 AAD, Architecture Anne Démians, Paris, France
2011 Department of Parks and Recreation, New York, USA
2010 Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, France
Vito Acconci Studio, New York, USA
PUBLICATIONS - PODCASTS
2019 Art gives Sloterdijk a soul, by Edo Dijksterhufs, Het Parol, Amsterdam, NL - 29.06.2019
2018 Studio Talks - Conversations with artists & architects on architecture and space, Kindle
2017 Sun Leisure Industry, Take me on podcast, Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee Radio, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Index, Self Publication for the Design Biennale 2017, St Etienne, France
The Waves, Les Vagues, Die Wellen - Rituel series, Self Publication, Berlin, Germany
2015 Broadsheet, Dublin, Ireland
2014 GlogauAir, Catalogue, Berlin, Germany
Voyeurs, Catalogue, MPA, Berlin, Germany
Fun Palace, Catalogue, Le livre d’Art, Paris, France