Melissa Steckbauer

Melissa Steckbauer was born in Tucson, USA, in 1980. She lives and works in Berlin. Melissa Steckbauer was a member of the collaborative artist network ƒƒ, and founding director of the exhibition space, The Wand, she lives and works in Berlin. After a comprehensive focus on painting – she has been developing a body of work on paper, exploring all of the facets and complexities of this medium. Since 2006 she is also working with photography. Melissa Steckbauer‘s intricate shapes and compositions evoke emotions and human connections. Using paper as an „image-bearer,“ she explores vulnerability and the importance of sharing. Her art invites viewers to engage with life‘s complexities.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
`The Sonancy of Falling and Standing Repeatedly´, curated by Sylvia Sadzinski, Galerie im Turm, 2018, Berlin, DE;  `CADRE´, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, 2016,Turin, IT;  Melissa Steckbauer, Skopia Art contemporain, 2015 Geneva, CH; `Trans dans´, Launch for Revue-Magazine, Lehrter 17, 2014, Berlin, DE;
`The Architectonics of Love´, Liebkranz Galerie, 2013, Berlin, DE; `A Sensuist's Guide´, LSD Galerie, 2012, Berlin, DE;  Melissa Steckbauer, Western Exhibitions, 2012,Chicago, IL, US.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
`Kaminski und seine Freunde´, Kulturkirchen Liebfrauen, 2025, Duisburg, DE;
`Touchy-Feely: Seoul´, Alternative Space LOOP, 2025, Seoul, KR
`Wo*man*kind´, 2025, Berlin, DE; `The Sensorium as a part of Touchy-Feely!´, West Den Haag, 2024, Den Haag, NL; Focus On: Melissa Steckbauer & Estrid Lutz, Galerie Kandlhofer, 2023, Vienna, AT; `BOYS BOYS BOYS´, Migrant Bird Space, 2023, Berlin, DE; `Pornotopia Revised´, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, 2022, Vienna, AT; `La somme et l’absence, essentiellement´, Skopia Art Contemporain, 2021, Geneva, CH; `O TEMPORA O MORES´, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, 2021, Turin, IT.