Elli Ott
elli ott is a visual artist who grew up at the Baltic Sea and is currently based in Aachen, Germany. Through sculpture and installation she explores the interconnections of human bodies and other bodies-of-water. She is interested in body memory, in relating vulnerabilties, in shared materialities and (hi)stories that challenge the idea of discrete bodies. Her work is informed by her degrees in politics, wooden boat building, craft design and art. Her research spans various other fields of interest, including ecology, psychology and physics. Her work has been exhibited in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. She received different scholarships, such a one-year-scholorship by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and took part in artist-in-residence programms at Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop (2024), Salmastra, Sicily (2025) and Kunstverein zu Rostock (2025).
Selection 30 X 30 X 30
title: flint 1-3
year: 2025
dimensions: 25x30cm
medium: sea water, indian ink
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Exhibitions:
10-11 25 30x30x30, Group Exhibition, Gallery Marieke Severens, Maastricht, NL
12-01 25 Quantum, Group Exhibition, Kunstverein zu Rostock
2025 Wasserwerke, Galerie Viti, Aachen
2024 Wat er al is, Mariastraat 13, Maastricht, NL
2024 When the Rape Blossoms, the Needlefish Spawns, (solo), Belgian Customhouse, Raeren, BE
2024 Oceanic Feeling, Atelier Berg&Kather, Aachen (solo)
2023 Competition Holzbewegt08, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg
2023 Competition Talente, IHM, Munich
2022 Unter der Brücke = auf der Schwelle, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch, Berlin
2020 polis, Bureau Europa, Maastricht, NL
2020 Group Exhibition, odapark, Venray, NL
2018 Drehmomente, Krönungssaal Aachen
2018 exhibition during a short film festival, haus matthéy, aachen
2017 Momentopname, Raststätte, Aachen
2017 Designforum Aachen, Aula Carolina, Aachen
2017 Competition Holzbewegt05, Museum der Arbeit Hamburg
2017 Competition Manufactum Staatspreis-NRW, MKK, Dortmund
Residencies and Scholarships:
06-07 2025 Residency and Scholarship, Kunstverein zu rRostock
01-03 2025 Residency and Scholarship, Salmastra, Catania, IT
04-05 2024 Residency and Scholarship, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop
2019-2020 One-Year-Scholarship DAAD
2008-2011 Scholarship Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
Awards:
2023 Audience Award Holzbewegt08
2023 Technic Award, Talente-Meister der Zukunft
2020 Encouragement Award, Scriptiekunst, Masterthesis ‘templates’
2017 Special Award ‘Mensch und Raum’, Holzbewegt05
