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ALEXANDER SCHARF (*1990 in Munich) works and lives in Munich.

Education


2024: State Examination in Art Education, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2022: Diploma in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2020: Master Student of Prof. Alexandra Bircken
2020 - 2021: Media Art Scholarship & Study Residency, HfG Karlsruhe
2017 – 2021: Sculpture with Prof. Alexandra Bircken, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2016 – 2024: Art Education with Prof. Res Ingold and Prof. Sandra Schäfer, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2015 – 2017: Sculpture and Time-Based Media with Prof. Stephan Huber, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2011 – 2014: State-Certified Communication Designer for Graphics and Media, Designschule München
2010: General University Entrance Qualification (Abitur), Luitpold Gymnasium Munich

Work Experience


2023: Art Mediation, Schafhof – European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising
2021 – present: Chair & Artistic Director, Rosa Stern Space e.V. / NEBYULA, Art Association, Munich
2019 – 2022: Artistic Advisory Board Member, Junge Haus der Kunst Freunde, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2018 – 2020: Student Assistant to Alexandra Bircken, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2016 – 2018: Student Assistant, Media Workshop, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2014 – present: Co-Founder & Art Director, Team Hula, Motion & Graphic Design Studio, Munich/Berlin

Voluntary Work


2022 – present: Co-Founder and Chairman, Rosa Stern Space e.V. / NEBYULA Art Association
2020 – 2022: Artistic Advisory Board Member, Society of Friends of the Haus der Kunst Foundation e.V.
2019 – present: Team Hula Radio Show – Internetcore, Internet Radio Station Radio 80000 e.V., Munich

Teaching Assignments / Workshops / Lectures


2025: Teaching Assignment: Meta Flesh - Real Avatars, Seminar, AdBK Munich
2025: Workshop: The Inner Frontier, Workshop 2, NEBYULA/Rosa Stern Space, Munich
2025: Artist Lecture: Media Class of Prof. Andreas Greiner, Muthesius University, Kiel
2024: Workshop: Print, Collect!, Transit Film Festival, Kulturenraum M26, Regensburg
2022: Lecture as part of the lecture series Munich Network – Opportunities and Perspectives of Artistic Practice, Art History, Academy of Fine Arts Munich

Awards / Scholarships / Grants


2025: Project Funding: Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung
2025: Project Commission: BBK Verbindungslinien, Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts
2023: Award: Best Galleries and Off-Spaces in Munich, with Rosa Stern Space e.V.
2023: Grant: NEUSTARTplus Plattformen, Stiftung Kunstfonds, with Rosa Stern Space e.V.
2022: Scholarship: Junge Kunst und neue Wege
2022: Shortlist: Rotary Club Art Prize in cooperation with the Academy Association Munich
2021: Award: Best Galleries and Off-Spaces in Munich, with Rosa Stern Space e.V.
2020: Scholarship: Study Residency, Media Art, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe)

Solo Exhibitions


2024: PHANTOM TOUCH, Exam Show, Munich
2022: ETERNALS, Riviera Records, Munich
2022: DAYLIGHT, Diploma Show, Munich
2021: JASON, Rosa Stern Space, Munich
2019: GENPOOL BABY EXTREM, AkademieGalerie, Munich
2018: LAMBORGHINI CRYING, Kösk, Munich
2018: BARBIEHAUS & EKELKLAUS, Obahoha Project, Munich

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects


2025: THE INNER FRONTIER, NEBYULA/Rosa Stern Space, Munich
2025: TOO SOON TO SAY - THE UNCONFRENCE, Various Others, Bayrischer Hof, Munich
2024: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, Transit Filmfestival, Regensburg
2024: ZUCKER, Galerie Mitte/Nebyula, Bremen/Munich
2024: MESSIER SUBJECTS, Nebyula/Rosa Stern Space, Munich
2024: FRAGMENTS OF SONIC EXTINCTION 3, Zirka Space, Munich
2024: UPSI, Space N.N., Munich
2024: BLECH-REISEN, Projektraum Ritterstraße, Berlin
2023: SLIPPING INTO BRIGHTNESS, Various Others, Zirka Space, Munich
2023: ALCHEMY OF HOPE, ReBonkers, Varna, Bulgaria
2023: VIDEO CLUB EDITION 12, Same Heads, Berlin / The Living Gallery, New York
2023: MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN, Projects 154, Empfangshalle, Munich
2023: YOUNG ART, Lost Weekend Gallery, Munich
2023: SOFIA ART WEEK V, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022: SPACE OPENING, Unsorted Systems, Munich
2022: GNADE, Galerie der Künstler*innen, BBK, Munich
2022: APOCALYPTIC HEDONISM, Rosa Stern Space, Munich
2022: TURN BACK TIME, ReBonkers, Varna, Bulgaria
2022: JANUAR, Goldberg Galerie, München
2021: AM ENDE GEWINNT DER TROLL, Orangerie, Munich
2021: SOFIA ART WEEK IV, Aether Art Space, Sofia, Bulgaria
2021: AMBIENT DU PASSAGE, Contribution für Kalas Liebfried, Goethe Institut, Paris
2021: TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HUNTING, Kunstpavillon, Munich
2021: TEAM HULA - ILLE GALERIE, ille Galerie, Munich
2020: DRAWING RESTRICT, Rosa Stern Space, Munich
2020: TEAM HULA - MOPED, Goldener Reiter, Munich
2019: GEFLÜGELT OHNE AUGEN SPIELT DER KNABE, Kunst Block Balve, Munich
2019: TEAM HULA - RAINBOW ROAD, Sehr Wohl, Munich
2019: NOT SO FAR, Zradzil Project, Antwerpen, Belgium
2018: TEAM HULA - DAS SUPRA NATURA PROTOKOLL, iV - Kunst und Forum, Munich
2017: BILLBOARD, AkamdieGalerie, Munich
2016: KLASSEN, Streitfeld Project, Munich
2016: TEMPEL, Monticule Festival, Domaine de Gayfié, France
2016: UNBOXING PANDORA, Kunstpavillon, Munich

Website Projects


2025: FRAGMENTS OF SONIC EXTINCTION / COLLECTION, Website Project with Kalas Liebfried
2024: FRAGMENTS OF SONIC EXTINCTION / EDITION 3, Website Project with Kalas Liebfried
2023: FRAGMENTS OF SONIC EXTINCTION / EDITION 2, Website Project with Kalas Liebfried
2022: FRAGMENTS OF SONIC EXTINCTION / EDITION 1, Website Project with Kalas Liebfried

Publications


2025: Defragmentation - Fragments of Sonic Extinction Vinyl
2024: Das transformative Potential und die Verschmelzung der Grenzen
2023: Am Ende gewinnt der Troll – Katalog zur Ausstellung
2021: amp wall monument confrontation - Vinyl
2021: AkademieGalerie München 2014 - 2019
2021: Obscure Ambient
2017: Das Huber Narrativ – Die Klasse Stephan Huber


Selected Press




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