Susanna Brenner is a visual artist working across video, sculpture, installation, and drawing. Since 2020, she has re-established an independent visual art practice after an extensive period working within performance and theatre contexts. Her sculptural works—constructed from metal and textile wire, painted with acrylic—create fragile, tension-filled spatial narratives. Her drawings often accompany or extend these sculptural environments.

EDUCATION

MA Fine Art, Plymouth University, UK

MFA Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL

BA Fine Arts / VAV, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL

Diploma Edelsmeden (Goldsmith), München, DE

GRANTS / AWARDS (SELECTED)

2024 – Cultuurfonds, Gemeente Weesp, Stichting van Drosthagen, PLW

2023 – Erfgoedspektakel Award, Vriendenloterij

2022 – AFK Grant: KAIROS (co-production Julidans)

2017 – AFK Grant: AFTERIMAGE

2012 – Mondriaan Fonds & AFK Grant: Mapping 12 Min, Reykjavík

RESIDENCIES (SELECTED)

2023 – Gemaal de Lynden (8-week solo residency), Lijnden, NL

2021 – STIP Amsterdam (research period), NL

2019 – ShamaanBanaan (residency & curating), Amsterdam, NL

2018 – Kunsten Centrum BUDA, Kortrijk, BE

2017–2015 – PACT Zollverein (multiple sessions for AFTERIMAGE series), Essen, DE

2013 – Grand Theatre, Groningen, NL

2007 – Citemor Festival, Montemor-o-Velho, PT

2002 – Research Residency on Bollywood Cinema, Mumbai, IN

SELECTED PRESS / PUBLICATIONS

2024 – A Woman’s Magazine, Tekenkabinet XII catalogue

2023 – Haarlemmermeer Dagblad, HCnews

2022 – Julidans Magazine

2021 – Tekenkabinet IX catalogue

2018 – Theaterkrant.nl (**** review, AFTERIMAGE)

2015 – Essen Tageszeitung

2008 – Tubelight 55

VIDEO/STAGE DESIGN (2007–2021)

Nicole Beutler projects, Sanja Mitroviç, Oneka von Schrader, Bart Oomen, Susanne Marx.

VIDEO DOCUMENTATION/TRAILER (2007–2021)

Including: Het Concertgebouw, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Nationale Opera & Ballet, 48

Hour Cinekid, Capella, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, MaisonDahlBonnema, Nicole Beutler

projects, Best of the West, Interartists, Theater Frascati, SNDO theaterschool, CODARTS, Ulrike

Quade company, Ondertussen Museumn8t

TEACHING/VIDEOcoaching

Het Concertgebouw, InHolland, 4West, Operatie Periscoop, Gemeente Amsterdam,

Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Ithaka School, Kunst&Zorg Cordaan