| Born in Hannover | |
| 1987 – 1988 | Mathematics Studies at the University Hannover |
| 1988 – 1992 | Graphics and Design Studies at the Fachhochschule Hildesheim / Holzminden |
| 1992 | Diploma in Graphics and Design (BA / MA) |
| 1993 – 1998 | Fine Arts Studies at the Braunschweig Academy of Arts |
| 1996 | Diploma in Fine Arts (BA / MA) |
| 1997 | Meisterschülerin – Final degree of Postgraduate Study of Fine Arts |
| Scholarships and Awards | |
| 2023 | Nomination for the NORDWESTKUNSTPREIS, Wilhelmshaven Art Hall |
| 2021 | Travel Grant for International Projects, Senate Department for Culture and Europe Berlin |
| 2018 | Support by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds of the project “SEX ROLE” (ProjectSpaceFestival) |
| 2015 | Residence fellowship Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
| 2015 | Nomination for the Scholarship of the Berliner Senat for Tokyo |
| 2011 | Nomination for the Scholarship of the Berliner Senat for New York and Los Angeles |
| 2010 | Support by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Brandenburg, Germany |
| 2009 | Winner of the audience award from ‘Media in Space’/Installation, ‘22. Stuttgarter Filmwinter’ |
| 2007 | Support of project Gelée Royal by federal state BadenWürttemberg, Germany |
| 2002 | Support by the Stiftung Nord/LB Öffentliche |
| 2002 | Support by the Braunschweigischen Vereinigten Kloster- und Studienfonds |
| 2002 | Support of project Flickering Shoes by township Braunschweig, Germany |
| 2001/ 2002 | Scholarship of the Art Foundation in Meinersen, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| 2000 | 1st artist award 2000 – ‘Objects between Art and Design’ in Gifhorn, Germany |
| 1997 | Support of the project ‘In Space’ by federal state Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Soloexhibitions / Lectures (selection) | |
| 2022 | PlayTime – Smiatek´s Wonderful Times, STERNSTUDIO Gallery, Vienna, Austria |
| 2021 | 2021 – An Earthly Odyssey, MuseumsQuartier Q21, ASIFA, Vienna, Austria |
| 2020 | Lecture „Spinning In Space or How Real Is Reality?“ within the Masterclass Artistic Research „Globe Playhouse – Expanded Animation Worlds“, Film University Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany |
| 2019 | Lecture „Johanna Smiatek – Moving objects and installations“, Schröder & Kalender: 43. Jour Fix, Märzgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | Kulturfestspiele (Cultural Festival), Castle Neuhaus, Lübben, Germany |
| 2017 | SWEET NOTHINGS – On Stage, ZAGREUS PROJEKT, Berlin, Germany |
| 2016 | MOST WANTED – Hier finden Sie das Glück (you may find happiness here), rosalux, Berlin, Germany |
| 2015 | Must-have, museum FLUXUS+, Potsdam, Germany |
| 2008 | Only made for You, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Galerie für aktuelle Kunst, Germany |
| 2007 | Gelée Royal, oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany Like a Jello on Legs, Galerie R31, Berlin, Germany |
| 2002 | Exhibited and Removed, Kunstverein Gifhorn, Germany In the End something Else…, Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig, Germany To a Pretty View, Künstlerhaus Meinersen, Germany |
| 1997 | In Space, Künstlerhaus Hannover, Germany |
| Groupexhibitions (selection) | |
| 2024 | PAR(I)TY WITH US – The 10 Million Euro Exhibition, aquabitArt Galerie, Berlin (upcoming) |
| 2023 | FABRIK, roam projects e.V., Berlin ZERO TOLERANCE, Spor Klübü, Berlin TRYST Art Fair, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA Limits of Enlightenment, oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany Untouched Touched, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany NORDWESTKUNST, Wilhelmshaven Art Hall, Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
| 2022 | BLIND VISION, Rathenau Halls, Berlin Anonymous Drawings, Gallery Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany Saloon On Paper, Hygiene Museum Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
| 2021 | PUNTO Y RAYA FESTIVAL 2021, TRANSFORMATIONS Exhibition, KÜNSTLERHAUS, Vienna, Austria Berlin Art Week, Ivo Wessel Collection, Berlin Direct Auction II, Gallery Die Ganze Freiheit, Berlin 20 Years of ZAGREUS, ZAGREUS PROJEKT, Berlin Miracle / OKO 2021 ARTS FESTIVAL (EYE NEVER SLEEPS), Castle Ostromecko / Municipal Gallery Bydgoszcz / New Palace, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| 2020 | …You’ve Got Mail!, MOM Art Space, Hamburg, Germany The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Beautiful, Kunstverein Hochrhein / Villa Berberich, Germany ALLES III / ALL III, studio in the HOCHHAUS, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | “PEACE – dont make me laugh // You A Two Minute Brother”, Spor Klübü, Berlin Könnte Aber Doch, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart ART’s Birthday, museum FLUXUS+, Potsdam, Germany |
| 2018 | The Artist As Curator´s Art, Arty Party, Schaufenster, Berlin ÄRMEL AUFKREMPELN ZUPACKEN AUFBAUEN!, Spor Klübü, Berlin WonderWoman ART b!tch, Bar Babette, Berlin SEX ROLE (curated by Johanna Smiatek), SchauFenster, Party Arty, Berlin, Germany Glory, Glory, Halleluja!, Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany ALLES / ALL, studio in the HOCHHAUS, Berlin, Germany |
| 2017 | 10 Years Kunstverein Neukölln, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin, Germany The Drawing Hub Fundraiser Silent Art Auction, Curated by Jan Philipp-Fruehsorge, Berlin, Germany Presence, Criticism, Utopia, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany “…The Risk of Tumbling into Emptiness”, Herta Müller’s ‘Traveling on One Leg‘, Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany Seepferdchen und Flugfische (Seahorses And Flying Fish), Forum Alte Post, Pirmasens, Germany |
| 2016 | Seepferdchen und Flugfische, Thermen am Viehmarkt, Trier, Germany I want to be a shine at the very top, oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany Genese Dada – 100 Jahre Dada: Seepferdchen und Flugfische, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen/Bonn, Germany |
| 2015 | Fortune (Glück), VITRINE-FN #26, Friedrichshafen, Germany Made in Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany You knee them in the chin…, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany Die schwarze Spinne, oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2014 | IWF – Mördertreff, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany Anonymous Drawings 2014, based in Berlin. Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany Warten auf die Hausdurchsuchung, Galerie Hotes International Fine Art, Berlin, Germany Dear Artist, draw for me! Part 1: abstraction, concretion, notation and structure, Semjon Contemporary – Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany POWER.DELUSION.VISION. The tower and urban giants in the sculpture, Museen Heilbronn, Germany |
| 2013 | POWER.DELUSION.VISION. The tower and urban giants in the sculpture, Museen Heilbronn, Germany The End…my only friend, Neues Problem, Berlin, Germany REMIX – 10 years in the mix!, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany Schau Fenster Schau curated by Uwe Poth, SCHAU FENSTER, Party Arty, Berlin, Germany Pandora’s Box – 100 years of Franz Kafka’s Judgement, oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, Germany Anonymous Drawings 2013 selection, Temporary Art Centre Eindhoven (TAC), Eindhoven, The Netherlands Anonymous Drawings 2013 selection, Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Anonymous Drawings 2013, Galerie Nord / Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany THE MIRROR OF NARCISSUS. From Mythological Demigod to Mass Phenomenon. Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2012 | THE MIRROR OF NARCISSUS. From Mythological Demigod to Mass Phenomenon. Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria Cocaine – blows my brain.., Spor Klübü, Berlin Salon Salder, Art Collection Museum Castle Salder, Salzgitter, Germany Constellations, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany Anonymous Drawings Selection, Kunstakademie Århus, Denmark |
| 2011 | UNSCHARF. Nach Gerhard Richter, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Shadows of the bright, Showroom Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany Menschenskinder, Galerie Fasanen 37, Berlin, Germany Salon Kuiperdomingos Projects, Story Hotel, Berlin, Germany Anonymous Drawings, sihlquai55, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2010 | ROHKUNSTBAU XVII, Atlantis II, Hidden Histories – Imagined Identities, Schloss Marquardt, Potsdam, Germany Anonymous Drawings, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany stranded in the future, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany Schuster/Schneider 2 and friends, Freies Museum Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | Anonymous Drawings Nº10, blütenweiss, Künstlerhaus Betdanien, Berlin, Germany DIN A 6, Kunstraum t27, Berlin, Germany Nelson Mandela must be free, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany passing through, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Galerie für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin,, Germany Romantische Maschinen. Kinetische Kunst der Gegenwart (Romantic machines. Contemporary kinetic art), Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany Liste Basel (Anonyme Zeichner/Anonymous Drawings, blütenweiss), Switzerland Zirkus Minimus, Walden Kunstausstellungen, Berlin, Germany 22. Filmwinter, Media in Space, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2008 | Anonymous Drawings Nº9, blütenweiss, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 5. Berliner Kunstsalon (Galerie Kunstpunkt Berlin), Germany Anonymous Drawings Selection, Otterndorf, Germany Anonymous Drawings Nº8, blütenweiss hosted by meinblau e.V., Berlin, Germany AUTOKINO kinetic sculptures selected by Marc Wellmann, ZERN II, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | zeichnen, Zeichnung, Zeichen, Kunstraum t27, Berlin, Germany Fine Art Cologne, Cologne (Galerie Kunstpunkt Berlin), Germany inneROUTEr, MuseumMAN, Chile 4. Berliner Kunstsalon (Galerie Kunstpunkt Berlin), Germany Hentz, Lange, Smiatek, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Galerie für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin, Germany Anonyme Zeichner Nº7, blütenweiss zu Gast bei GLUE, Berlin, Germany |
| 2006 | Independent Biennial Liverpool 2006, Museum MAN, Liverpool, GB City of Women, Frauenmuseum Berlin, Germany hautnah, Kunstraum t27, Berlin, Germany Homesickness, Otto-Nagel-Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
| since 1992 | participations in national and international exhibitions |