BIO
Ian Waelder Vásquez (b. 1993, Madrid) is a Spanish artist and publisher. His practice explores memory and trace by isolating archival fragments and language in relation to his biography, working through the poetics of the accident and the repurposing of the discarded. He works across photography, sculpture, sound and room installations.
He has held solo exhibitions and presentations at Kestner Gesellschaft (Hannover, 2025), carlier | gebauer (Berlin, 2025), LISTE with diez gallery (Basel, 2024), Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani (Palma, 2023–24), Rolando Anselmi (Rome, 2023), ethall (Barcelona, 2022), the Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki, 2018) and Centro Párraga (Murcia, 2018), among others.
His work has been included in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), Petrine (Paris), Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona), Delfina Foundation (London), carlier | gebauer (Berlin), Francis Irv (New York), Kunstverein Wiesen (Wiesen), Nassauischer Kunstverein (Wiesbaden), Salón (Madrid) and La Casa Encendida (Madrid).
Earlier in his studies, he took part in publications and readings within Mark von Schlegell’s Pure Fiction seminar at Kölnischer Kunstverein (Cologne), Kunsthalle Portikus (Frankfurt am Main), Johanne (Frankfurt am Main) and Ashley (Berlin).
He has participated in residencies at Laurenz-Haus Foundation (Basel, 2025–26), WIELS Center for Contemporary Art (Brussels, 2024) and HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística (Lisbon, 2016). Recent awards include the DZ BANK Kunststiftung Grant (2023–24) and the Städelschule Portikus e.V. Graduation Prize (2023).
UPCOMING
2026
CV
EDUCATION
2017 - 2023
RESIDENCIES
2025/26
2024
2016
2015
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
2018
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
PUBLICATIONS
2025
2024
2023
2021
2020
2019
AWARDS/GRANTS
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2013
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Ian Waelder Vásquez (b. 1993, Madrid) is a Spanish artist and publisher. His practice explores memory and trace by isolating archival fragments and language in relation to his biography, working through the poetics of the accident and the repurposing of the discarded. He works across photography, sculpture, sound and room installations.
He has held solo exhibitions and presentations at Kestner Gesellschaft (Hannover, 2025), carlier | gebauer (Berlin, 2025), LISTE with diez gallery (Basel, 2024), Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani (Palma, 2023–24), Rolando Anselmi (Rome, 2023), ethall (Barcelona, 2022), the Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki, 2018) and Centro Párraga (Murcia, 2018), among others.
His work has been included in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), Petrine (Paris), Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona), Delfina Foundation (London), carlier | gebauer (Berlin), Francis Irv (New York), Kunstverein Wiesen (Wiesen), Nassauischer Kunstverein (Wiesbaden), Salón (Madrid) and La Casa Encendida (Madrid).
Earlier in his studies, he took part in publications and readings within Mark von Schlegell’s Pure Fiction seminar at Kölnischer Kunstverein (Cologne), Kunsthalle Portikus (Frankfurt am Main), Johanne (Frankfurt am Main) and Ashley (Berlin).
He has participated in residencies at Laurenz-Haus Foundation (Basel, 2025–26), WIELS Center for Contemporary Art (Brussels, 2024) and HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística (Lisbon, 2016). Recent awards include the DZ BANK Kunststiftung Grant (2023–24) and the Städelschule Portikus e.V. Graduation Prize (2023).
UPCOMING
2026
- GAK Bremen
- diez, Amsterdam
CV
EDUCATION
2017 - 2023
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
RESIDENCIES
2025/26
- Stiftung Laurenz–Haus Residency, Basel (CH)
2024
- WIELS Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels (BE)
2016
- HANGAR - Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisboa (PT)
2015
- NauEstruch, Sabadell (ES)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
- accompaniment. LAURENZ, Vienna (AT)
- thereafter. Curated by Alexander Wilmschen, Emilia Radmacher. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (DE)
- cadence. carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
2024
- even in a language that is not your own. LISTE Art Fair Basel with diez, Basel (CH)
- Here Not Today. Super Super Markt, Berlin (DE)
- Bystander (Moth Joke). Curated by Isabelle Tondre. Neuer Kunstverein, Gießen (DE)
2023
- even in a language that is not your own. Curated by Francesco Giaveri. Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum, Palma (ES)
- mezzo staccato (romantic gestures), Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome (IT)
2022
- Is it like today?, ethall gallery, Barcelona (ES)
2021
- “¿Por qué no son todos así, como yo debiera ser?” (Why aren’t they all like that, as I should be?), L21. Palma (ES)
2019
- Solo Project. Present Future Section at Artissima, Torino (IT)
- Teo’s Pink Panther. Las Palmas. Lisbon (PT)
2018
- Das Kniegelenk. L21. Palma (ES)
- we feel untied, but why?. Curated by Sonia Fernández Pan. Centro Párraga, Murcia (ES)
- Who would be interested in an empty parking lot?. Project Space. Finnish Museum of Photography. Helsinki (FI)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
- ...to leave a space in which the din of war might die down. Curated by Juliane Bischoff. Nsdoku München (DE)
- Group Show. diez, Amsterdam (NL)
- Louder, Taller, Uglier, Weirder – Learning from Weeds. Curated by Anaïs Senli, Lorena Juan, Sonia Fernández Pan, Sylvia Sadzinski. Kunstraum Kreuzbeurg/Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
- What does it mean for a place to be loved? Curated by Hana Halilaj. ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
- There is a guy standing in front of a fan on a hot summer's night reminiscing about the past. Curated by Haris Giannouras. Linienstraße, Düsseldorf (DE)
- (Prototypes). Curated by Michael Heym. Lore Deutz. Cologne (DE)
- Art Basel, with carlier | gebauer, Basel (CH)
- Basel Social Club, with diez & carlier | gebauer, Basel (CH)
- Burn The Diaries, Read Them Out Loud. Curated by Gina Merz. Kunsthalle Wien – Karlsplatz, Vienna (AT)
- Surrounding You: Part II. carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
- Yours truly (working title). Curated by and the editions. Callirrhoë, Athens (GR)
- Maresfield Gardens. Petrine, Paris (FR)
2024
- There’s More ot the Problem. Curated by Francesco Giaveri. META Spatiu, Timisoara (RO)
- Open School – Open Studios Day WIELS Artist Residency. WIELS Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels (BE)
- Förderstipendium 2023/2024. Kunststiftung DZ Bank, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
- Prender la mirada. Curated by Esmeralda Gómez Galera. Casal Solleric, Palma (ES)
- Identities. Curated by Jonathan Levy. Rothschild & Co, Zürich (CH)
- Un cuarto cálido (Toma estas paredes por piel) – Avelino Marín Collection. Sala Verónicas, Murcia (ES)
- The Invisible Structure of the Universe: Part II. carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
- I Opened the Curtain to See What Lays Behind. carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
- Personal Showcase II. Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome (IT)
- Attitudes Bootlegged (SHH...). La Galerie Imaginaire. Online.
2023
- A=A, B=B. Curated by Pep Vidal. Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (ES)
- Tearoom Relay – Pit Stop. Delfina Foundation, London (UK)
- Moving In. Super Super Markt, Berlin (DE)
- Art-O-Rama Marseille with ethall gallery. Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille (FR)
- GROTTO. Städelschule Graduates. Curated by Melissa Destino. Danziger Platz 12, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
- Rocking Meadows. Curated by Sung Tieu. Kunstverein Wiesen, Wiesen (DE)
- Stick n Poke. Curated by Alana Alireza & Geraldine Belmont. FOMO Art Space, Zurich (CH)
- Search Party – Ben Edmunds invites friends. Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent (BE)
- Balusters. Francis Irv, New York (US)
2022
- ...and then night! Curated by Aurélien Le Genissel. Rodríguez Gallery, Poznań (PL)
- Losing by winning - Edith Stein. Curated by Dr. Hubert Salden. Museum Stift Stams (AT)
- Three course menu. Curated by Curatorial Studies (Städelschule/Goethe University). Fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
- The Hotel Show. Curated by Anna-Lisa Scherfose, Alke Heykes, Sarah Müller, Seda Pesen. Pearl Hotel, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
2021
- WALKING, RUNNING, FALLING. Curated by Francesco Giaveri. L21 LAB, Palma de Mallorca (ES)
- I've got a suitcase of memories that I almost left behind. Time after time. Joey Ramone Gallery. Rotterdam (NL)
- Future School, Korean Pavilion. Venice Architecture Biennale (IT)
- Touch Release. In collab with Tom Engels. Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (DE)
- Going nowhere. SPOILER. Berlin (DE)
2020
- UN MOMENTO ATEMPORAL. 35 AÑOS DE CREACIÓN INJUVE, curated by David Armengol at Tabacalera, Madrid (ES)
- The Hawt Show II. Galerie Rolando Anselmi. Atina (IT)
- El instante antes de que algo suceda. Curated by Allelón (María Lucía Marcote García & Adriana A. Leanza). IEB booth, ARCO Madrid (ES)
- Sunday Show. Laurel Project Space. Amsterdam (NL)
2019
- From Outside Or From Within But From Another Angle. Joey Ramone Gallery. Rotterdam (NL)
- Open Mike. Pure Fyction Workshop. Kölnischer Kunstverein. Cologne (DE)
- Pure Fyction Mausoleum. Johanne. Frankfurt am Main (DE)
- Rundgang. Städelschule. Frankfurt am Main (DE)
PUBLICATIONS
2025
- Chi esce entra. A Tribute Exhibition to a Disappearing Building. Simon Würsten Marin – Max Planck Institute for Art History - Bibliotheca Hertziana. Published by Dario Cimorelli Editore
2024
-
Here Not Today. Published by Super Super Markt
- Un Cuarto Cálido (Toma Estas Paredes Por Piel) – COLECCIÓN AVELINO MARÍN.
Published by Sala Verónicas
2023
- GROTTO. Published by Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule
2021
- Federico Waelder (FRIEDRICH) - Heutigen Records
- Breadcrumb. Art & Sandwiches. Ed. Cristina Ramos & Eliot Z. Felde. Published by Onomatopee Projects
2020
- Ich Bin Sandra (Nine Poems) – On a workshop by Karl Holmqvist. Published by Printer Fault Press
2019
- Ian Waelder – Looking, Finding, Living, Sharing. Published by Printer Fault Press
AWARDS/GRANTS
2025
-
HAP – Hessisches Atelier Programm 2025/2029, basis, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
2024
- Friends of Liste Support. LISTE Art Fair, Basel (CH)
2023
- Städelschule Portikus e.V. Absolventenpreis
- Kunststiftung DZ Bank Förderstipendium 2023/24. Frankfurt am Main (DE)
2022
- Art Nou Prize - Barcelona Art Galleries. Barcelona (ES)
- Art-O-Rama Prize - Art Nou Primera Visió. Barcelona Art Galleries. Barcelona (ES)
- Städelschule Rundgang “Felix von Saucken” Prize. Städelschule. Frankfurt (DE)
2021
- Deutschlandstipendium. Städelschule. Frankfurt (DE)
2013
- Full Contact Prize. SCAN Photography Festival, Tarragona (ES)
- Honor Mention. Premi Ciutat de Palma, Mallorca (ES)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025
- Review by Sonja Tezler, Flash Art International (November, 2025)
- On “cadence”, at “Seen & Read” by Isabelle Graw for Texte zur Kunst (online)
- “Falling Notes: Ian Waelder at carlier | gebauer” – Review by Gabriela Acha for Berlin Art Link (online)
- Watchlist – Monopol Magazine. By Silke Hohmann (print & online)
- “cadence” at carlier | gebauer. Exhibition text by Chus Martínez (online)
2024
- “From Memory” by Christian Rattemeyer. OSMOS Magazine Issue 27 (print)
- “Das Geheimnis des Lebens / The Secret of Life” by Christina Leber. Kunststiftung DZ BANK (print)
- “Haptic Memory” Interview by Marie Oucheriff. PW Magazine (online)
- “Ian Waelder: Today’s News Will Always Be Tomorrow’s History”by Carina Bukuts. MOUSSE Magazine #88 (print & online)
- “What Remains” interview by Àngels Miralda for Daily Lazy (print)
- Review by Emile Rubino of the solo exhibition “even in a language that is not your own”at Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum, Palma. PROVENCE Magazine March Newsletter (online)
- “Cooking Slowly”. Review by Phin Jennings. émergent magazine (online)
2023
- Exhibition text by Francesco Giaveri – Booklet “Even in a language that is not your own”. Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum Palma (print & online)
- Conversation between Ian Waelder and Francesco Giaveri – Booklet “Even in a language that is not your own” Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum Palma (print & online)
- “Images For Times When Language Fails Us” by Carina Bukuts – Booklet “Even in a language that is not your own” Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum Palma (print & online)
2022
- “How to draw a family tree” – Review by Luisa Del Prete. Exhibition “Is It Like Today?” – ethall gallery, Barcelona. PASSE-AVANT Magazine (online)
2021
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
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Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (DE)
- Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum, Mallorca (ES)
- Palma City Council Collection, Mallorca (ES)
- Camper Foundation, Mallorca (ES)
- BRAUNSFELDER Family Collection, Cologne (DE)
- Rothschild & Co, Zürich (CH)
CONTACT:
carlier | gebauer (Berlin/Madrid)
mail[at]carliergebauer.com
www.carliergebauer.com
diez (Amsterdam)
diego[at]diez.gallery
www.diez.gallery
Email:
com[at]ianwaelder.info
Instagram:
@ianwaelder
carlier | gebauer (Berlin/Madrid)
mail[at]carliergebauer.com
www.carliergebauer.com
diez (Amsterdam)
diego[at]diez.gallery
www.diez.gallery
Email:
com[at]ianwaelder.info
Instagram:
@ianwaelder