Viktoria Sophie Conzelmann is an interdisciplinary artist based in Leipzig, Germany.
She creates sculptures, installations, photo collages, works on paper, and happenings. Her work permeates questions on relations, life cycles and the hidden capacities of things. Transformative processes build the centre of her work. Biochemical and geological processes triggered by energies such as light, fire or water take center stage. Her work is formed by solid materials such as steel and glass, transitional materials such as chemical compounds, and organic materials such as the produce from her garden.
She holds a Diploma in Fine Arts/Photography from the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig with Prof. Heidi Specker and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, Arts and Media from the University of Constance. In 2020, Conzelmann was awarded the Art-Science-Economy-Grant of North-Rhine-Westphalia by Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen. She has since received residency fellowships in Switzerland, Sweden and Germany. In 2023, she received the Atelierstipendium Deutsche Bank AG, allowing her to further her research on the material qualities of glass and stainless steel.
grants
2024 Research grant, Kulturhauptstadt Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH
2023 Atelierstipendium Deutsche Bank AG
2022 Artist in residence, slot_, Lucerne, Switzerland
2021 Local resident, PILOTENKUECHE International Art Program, Leipzig, Germany
2020 Artist in residence, SASSO Residency, Vairano, Switzerland
2020 Art-Science-Economy Grant by the county North-Rhine-Westfalia, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
2017 Artist in residence, Rävemåla Residency Programme, Sweden
shows
2024
XXX, 30. Leipziger Jahresausstellung, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei Leipzig
2023
Q4/23, ODP Galerie, Leipzig
Not Quite Yet, ODP Galerie, Leipzig (solo)
PREVIOUS III, ODP Galerie, Leipzig
Fairy Fountain, Haus der Statistik, Berlin
2022
Short Show, ODP Galerie, Leipzig
Field, Abbe-Zentrum Beutenberg, Jena
in conversation_in relation, Kunstpavillon Luzern, Switzerland
PREVIOUS II, ODP Galerie, Leipzig
A5, AS/EM, Leipzig
Zyklen, Gutz, Berlin (solo)
The Sun Rises When It’s Ready, ODP Galerie, Leipzig (diploma show)
2021
Red is the light we see through, Galerie Gänge, Leipzig (solo)
Come Closer, Halle 14 UG, HGB satellite exhibition for fStop Fotofestival Leipzig
Language Gaps, Galerie KUB, Leipzig
Play_Deep_Play, Instagram exhibition
Ich erinnere mich immer noch an morgen, Win50, Leipzig (solo)
2020
Feed The Organism, Happening, Leipzig
2019
MATIÈRE, Camberwell College of Art, London
Science-Fiction-History, Gallery of EESAB - Quimper, France
2018
Graben, Let us stop here, SMAC Gallery Berlin (contribution to poster edition)
2017
Täglich hebt und senkt sich die Erde um 25 Zentimeter, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (pre-diploma show)
publications
2024 zoom, fanfold with banderole, Edition/200
2023 I lost my idea of gravity, 34 RISO prints, Edition/30
2018 Erde bis Kopf Dreiklang Magazine 01/18, Opera Leipzig, in cooperation with Anna Maria Krezel