Artistic Associate
of the MFA-Programme »Public Art and New Artistic Strategies«
Marienstraße 14, room 101
99423 Weimar
phone: +49(0)3643 / 58 32 10
e-mail: carsten.saeger[at]uni-weimar.de
Consultations:
by appointment via e-mail
» carstensaeger.com
Vita
In his situational installations, performances and video installations, Carsten Saeger deals with the subjects of body, identity and memory. He was born in Halle (Saale) in 1988, studied Communication Design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (B.A.) from 2009 to 2015 and Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Diploma in Visual Arts) from 2015 to 2019. He participated in national and international group and solo exhibitions and received the 24th Federal Prize for Art Students in 2019. From 2019 until 2021 he has been lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig in the class for Installation and Spatial Art (Prof. Joachim Blank). His works are part of public collections and he received the Rome Price of the German Academy Villa Massimo in 2021. In 2023, he co-produced a documentary short film as part of the Professional Media Master Class (Werkleitz, Halle).