Within her work Ella Becker searches for complex simplicity, resonating the spaces and surroundings she encounters, assembling layers of lines, shapes and often monochrome color in pencil, watercolor and photography. After studying visual arts in Dresden and Istanbul Becker has lived and worked as a nomad across many countries around Europe and Asia. She is now based in her hometown Berlin.
EDUCATION
2006 – 2008 BA cultural science and art history at Technische Universität Berlin
2008 – 2014 diploma in Visual Arts / painting and graphics at HfBK Dresden
2012 guest studies at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi Istanbul, Turkey
2014 – 2016 Meisterschüler post gradual degree in Visual Arts, HfBK Dresden
PROJECTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
from 2021 Berlin Artist studio program, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa & GSE Gesellschaft für Stadtentwicklung
2015-2021 mailart project performance series including editions from Paris/France, Wroclaw/Poland, Vienna/Austria, Chongqing/China, Colombo/Sri Lanka, Berlin/Germany & Tallin/Estonia
2019-2020 project assistant for curator Constanze von Marlin; publication and exhibition of the offcial german 70th anniversary of percent for art by Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung
2019 artist in residence Rausch, Begehungen Chemnitz
2019 studio scholarship Villa Heike / CoGalleries Berlin
2019 artist in residence at Mullegama Art Center, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2018 artist in residence destination unknown, Venlo, Netherlands
2018 artist in residence at Organhaus, Chongqing, China, funded by the city of Dresden
2014 -2017 conception and lectures for Workshops for art teachers and students, Dresden_ART HfBK Dresden
2017 artist in residence of the town of Chiusa, Italy
2017 curator „MeisterschülerInnen“ at Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen
2017 crowdfunded artist residency in Vienna (connected to Post aus Wien)
2016 2nd stage competition percent for art for a school campus in Dresden
2016 percent for art for Studentenwerk Dresden
2015 gopea funding
2014 Kulturpaten Dresden project funding
2013 -2014 10plus10-project: self-directed interdisciplinary collaboration of visual arts and art science students
2011 co-founding of Dresden off space f14 – Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst
SHOWS
2023 soft neon, Werkgalerie, Dresden (solo)
2021 contemporary opportunities, Alte Münze, Berlin
2021 nothing's gonna change my world, gr_und Berlin
2021 Weserhalle art auction, Weserhalle, Berlin
2019 art for humanism, Kunsthalle im Lipisusbau, Dresden
2019 Postcard Perspectives, Artspace Untitled, Oklahoma City, USA
2019 Rausch, Begehungen Chemnitz (cat.)
2019 Berlin perspectives, CoGalleries Berlin
2019 postcarded, Anton Art Center, Mount Clement, Michigan, USA
2018 One for everyone and not for anyone, Organhaus Chongqing, China (cat.)
2018 spatial relations, sehsaal Vienna, Austria
2018 destination unknown, Venlo, Netherlands
2018 l’angle du hasard IV, Castellezgasse, Wien
2017 Addition, Subtraktion, Multiplikation, Division, Mican Offspace Vienna, Austria (solo)
2017 crossing borders, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2017 altonale19 art festival Hamburg
2017 gopea: 55 duitse kunstenaars, Villa de Bank, Enschede, Netherlands (cat.)
2017 hier: Artists in Residence 2017, Chiusa, Italy (solo)
2017 MeisterschülerInnen, Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen (cat.)
2017 Kunztmarkt, Kunztraum Dresden
2016 Do Wrocławia, do Wrocławia, MWW Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław, Poland
2016 Hängung #3, GersonHöger Galerie Hamburg
2016 Zeichnerische Interventionen, Kunst am Bau Studentenwerk Dresden (solo)
2016 Zur Zeit, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2016 Ella Becker im Studio Esther Stocker, Vienna (solo)
2016 I’ve seen a dying eye, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2015 Kunstpreis junger westen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (cat.)
2015 DELTA, espacio gallery, London
2015 GOOD FELLOWS, galerie m2a, Dresden
2015 Material und Geist, galerie gerken, Berlin
2015 just dropped in, l'amour, Paris
2015 Bilderladen, Galerie Holger John, Dresden
2015 F14 ALLSTARS, F14 - Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst Dresden
2014 Varolmayan Resimler, Mixer, Istanbul
2014 Schlussstrich, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz, Dresden
2014 Diplomausstellung, HfbK Dresden (cat.)
2014 Ostrale O14, Ostrale Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden (cat.)
2014 Karawane, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2014 Supersalon, Salon Pendant, Dresden
2014 staring into clouds, Galerie Aula, Brno, Czech Republic
2013 Keine Angst im Dunkeln, Altana-Galerie, Dresden (cat.)
2013 we are happy to share what we know with you, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
2013 Friendly Takeover, Kunsthaus Dresden
2013 Jahresausstellung, HfBK Dresden
2013 Miro Miro, Salon Pendant, Dresden
2013 Verbotene Ägyptologie, friday exit, Vienna
2013 PART Kunstschau, Peng, Mainz (cat.)
2013 Sternzeit 41986,0, Galerie Brühlsche Terrasse, Dresden (solo)
2012 mild at heart, Galleria Maniero, Rome
2012 contribution to FAKE HOULA OUPS by Katharina Kretzschmar, Dresden
2012 f14 Landpartie, Semperhof Freigut Eschdorf
2012 Studioausstellung Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg
2012 Kaschmir wäscht man mit der Hand, geh 8, Dresden (cat.)
2012 Junge Kunst in Sachsen, Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Hellerau, Dresden
2012 Frühwerk, f14 - Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden
2011 Abendschau, HBK Braunschweig
2011 Lillehammer, Senatssaal HfBK Dresden (solo mit Justus Bräutigam)
2011 Metrien, f14 - Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden (solo)
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstichkabinett
Städtische Galerie Dresden, Grafische Sammlung
town of Chiusa, Italy
Studentenwerk Dresden