EDUCATION
2025
Meisterschülerin, Schirin Kretschmann — Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
2021–2025
Bildende Kunst, Malerei, Klasse Schirin Kretschmann — AdBK München
2016–2022
Bildende Kunst, Bildhauerei, Klasse Hermann Pitz — AdBK München
2017–2019 Meisterschule für das Holzbildhauer Handwerk, München
2013–2016 Berufsschule für das Holzbildhauer Handwerk, München
PROMOTION & AWARDS
— Debütant*innen Förderung, 2025
— 1. Preis, Neue Welten, RotaryClub, 2025
— Nominierung Academie Positions, 2022
— Nominierung Karl und Faber Preis, 2022
— Stipendiatin der Bernhard Borst Stiftung, 2022
— Preisträgerin Danner-Preis, Meisterschule für Holzbildhauer Handwerk, 2018
— Nominierung Danner-Preis, BFS für Holzbildhauer Handwerk, 2016
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2026
Forensic Logic, Kooperationsprojekt Galerei Filser & Gräf, München mit Mara Projects London/Tirana
Witness with Closed Eyes, Einzelausstellung, Florida, München
5 Jahre, Neue Welten, Bergson Gallery, München
2025
Debütant*innen 2025, Kunstverein München
Fragments of a Fragile Future, BMW Foundation, München
Tendenze, talenti, scoperte, Galleria Sacchetti Young, Schweiz
Echo, Kunstverein Ingolstadt
Parts of me, Galerie Filser und Graf, tgbartprojects, München
Kunst Kontor, Nürnberg
Diplomausstellung, AdBK München
2024
strive thrive arrive, Galerie Burster, Berlin
Upsi, Space NN, München
1,5 EuroShop, Space NN, München
Diplomausstellung, AdBK München
2023
Glühen, Kösk, München
Cherries on top, Galerie Judith Andreae, Bonn
Dispersionen, Galerie der HBKsaar, Saarbrücken
Tafeldienst, AkademieGalerie, München
I’ll be the wind, the rain and the sunset, VogelArt, Lenbach Palais, München
dragoner.01, Dragonerareal, Adlerhalle, Berlin
Young Hearts, VogelArt, Briennerstr. 6, München
Jahresgaben, Augsburger Kunstverein
2022
Kein Plan widersteht der ersten Berührung, Klasse Pitz, Kunstpavillon München
if by skin we don’t include the eardrum, Richard-Strauss-Str. 7, München
Code Dragon, GabiSpace, München
to the land, Perlacher Forst
TOTAL INVOLVEMENT Current Voices of Post-Vandalism, Projektraum 145, Berlin
Lindau Biennale, Klasse Kretschmann, Eiskeller, Lindau Insel
Kontaktgrill, Super Center Court, München
Karl und Faber Preis, Nominiertenausstellung, München
to grip and grasp, LaGarasch, Klasse Kretschmann, Kunstverein Ebersberg
Academie Positions, Nominiertenausstellung, Berlin
Allerbeste Aussichten, Sammlung PEAC, Freiburg
2021
WLAN, Musical Art Performance, Glockenbachwerkstatt, München
Eggarten, Klasse Pitz, Eggartenstraße, München
Klasse Kretschmann, Lazy Gallerie, München
Touch away, online, Klasse Kretschmann
Spa, Augsburger Kunstverein
2020
5, ille Gallerie, München
BlueBottle, Video- und Soundinstallation, Forum Schwanthalerhöhe, München
2019
Master School for Wood Sculpture, Künstlerhaus München
WLAN, Musical Art Performance, Freiflächen Jahresausstellung der AdBK
WLAN, Musical Art Performance, Krauthammer 8, Milla Club, München
Masterpiece, Meisterschule für Holzbildhauer Handwerk
Tabata von der Locht (born 1996 in Munich) lives and works in Munich. From 2016 to 2025, she studied Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (AdBK), initially in the sculpture class of Hermann Pitz and later in the painting class of Schirin Kretschmann, where she was appointed Meisterschülerin (master student). Prior to this, she completed vocational training as well as the master craftsman program in wood sculpture in Munich.
Her works have been presented in numerous exhibitions, including at Galerie Burster, the Augsburg Kunstverein, Galerie Judith Andreae, the PEAC Collection, the BMW Foundation, and the Lindau Biennale.
She has received several awards and scholarships, including the Debütantenförderung (2025), a scholarship from the Bernhard Borst Foundation (2022), the Danner Art Prize (2018), as well as nominations for the Karl & Faber Prize and Academy Positions Berlin (both 2022).
Tabata von der Locht develops an independent artistic practice at the intersection of painting, textile, and installation. The starting point of her work lies in inconspicuous traces of the urban environment—such as chewing gum residues, graffiti, poster fragments, or markings—which she removes directly from surfaces using a technique she has developed herself and transfers into her works.
In the studio, these collected fragments are further processed, combined, and transformed into textile collages. The result is multilayered works that oscillate between abstraction and documentation.
Her works reveal hidden stories and open up new perspectives on everyday surroundings. By transferring urban traces into the exhibition space, she creates poetic visual environments that connect memory, encounter, and materiality.
Please observe copyright for all works © Tabata von der Locht