Phoebe Lesch

My work oscillates between object and event, constantly striving to find a form in which this oscillation remains visible. I model with clay: a body emerges. I use bronze or stone: the body is there. I assert a strong presence of bodies because I believe in the subject, in its free will. I work with my body and voice, with figure, with digital media and with drawing as a process of condensation and dissolution, in order to reaffirm my connection to the world. Reflecting on space is essential for me, which is why I consider myself primarily a sculptor. Is space social, physical, temporal? Where does space begin and end? How can I present art in space? The frame, the pedestal: that is the point where artistic work becomes really complex and thoroughly interesting.

Born in Munich, Germany. Holds a Master in Applied Linguistics (Italian/French) from Grenoble University, France, as well as a Diploma from Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Germany, where she studied with Gerhard Merz. Major exhibitions include her participation in the project MACROAsilo in Rome, Italy in 2018-2019, the 2020 1st prize for urban sculpture from Kunstverein Ebersberg, Germany for "Wie Belfagor über die Alpen kam...". In 2021, she took part in the Alligator:Go! Festival, Munich as a performer. In 2022 and 2024, she undertook extensive research trips to Egypt and Sudan and in July 2026 she showed her work at the group exhibition Anima Mundi - Visions at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy. Her work was funded by Fonds DAKU, Berlin, Germany and the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich, as well as by the State of Bavaria.

PUBLICATIONS Maske und Maskerade, Art Award of Bernd und Gisela Rosenheim Foundation 2018 Zimmer frei im Hotel Mariandl 2000 – 2017, Hotel Mariandl / Café am Beethovenplatz and Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich Wo bitte geht's nach Arkadien?, exhibition catalogue edited by Kunstverein Ebersberg 2019 Macro Asilo Diario, Azienda Speciale Palaexpo 2018-2019, Editor: Giorgio de Finis Ultraspazio: Lo spazio espositivo come laboratorio educativo e artistico, Aurora Alberti, Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, 2020-2021 RESIDENCIES 2012 International Summer Academy Salzburg, Austria 2016 Skulpturensommer Davos, Switzerland 2017 Académie Galan, France 2025 Arteventura, Spain