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Melanie Schlachter Peña
mschlachter [ at ] gmail.com
Mexican – German, lives and works in Berlin and Mexico
Education
2012 Master of Art, student of Prof. Thomas Zipp, University of Arts Berlin
2006-2008 Bachelor of Arts, Student of Rebacca Horn
2010 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Spanish Philology for teaching UdK/Freie Universität Berlin
Scholarships
2012-2013 „FONCA“ – National Fond for Culture and Arts form the Mexican government
2013 Nominated for the “President’s Prize of the UdK”
2012 “Elsa- Neuman” scholarship from the State of Berlin, for a project in Mongolia
2012 “Promos” (by DAAD ) scholarship for a residency at a Roy Hart Voice course, France
2009 „DAAD“ Scholarship for studies abroad, UNAM, Mexico
Collective exhibitions, artistic projects and film festivals
2015 Human and Nature, Germany
2014 Creacion en Movimiento, Mexico City
2013 Creación en Movimiento Veracrúz, Mexico
2012 Screening of “Video Therapy Session” at the Pratt Institute New York, USA
Performance of “Encounter II” at the exhibition “Tastenklänge” of Tho mas Zipp’s class in the Music Instrument Museum, Preußischer Culture besitz, Berlin
2011 Performance of “Encounter I” at the UdK, Berlin (Graduate Exhibition)
2010 “Junktionbox” exhibition with European and Iranian artists, Tehran, Iran Performance of “Operative Performances” at the HBC, Berlin
2009 Participant in the “Medios Multiples III” artist collective, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 “Urban Jealousy – Roaming Biennial of Teheran in Berlin” exhibition, Berlin
“Genderdrama” exhibition, Berlin
Final exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts degree for teaching, UdK Berlin
“Gut Liebenberg” exhibition by students in Rebecca Horn’s class, Berlin
“Flirting with Tehran” audio documentary at the 100° Festival for Theatre, Berlin
“Anadoma” Film Festival, Braunschweig, Germany
Second part of the experiment, “Invading the public space II”, with Berlin collective Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski’s students, Warsaw, Poland
2007 Performance of “Finding a Silent Dialogue” with Erick Meyenberg, Berlin
“Invading the public space” – one-month-long experiment comprised of daily “interaction sessions” in public spaces; work in a collective
“Reloading – Images Berlin – Tehran, Work in Progress” Interdisciplinary exchange between Berlin and Iranian artist, designers and theorists. Exhibition held at the Temporary School, Berlin and the Azad Gallery, Tehran
Languages
German, Spanish, English, basic French, basic Portuguese
Cooperations, projects and travel experiences in 30 countries like Iran, Mongolia, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Alaska just to name a selection.
