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DAVID WASCH
Born in 1987, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
EDUCATION
2018 | MA Film (Artistic Research), Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | BA Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2012 | Exchange Programme, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany, Prof. Toon Verhoef.
GRANTS | AWARDS | NOMINATIONS
2026 | Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), Artistic Development Grant (formerly Stipendium), The Familiar Part II.
2013 | Young Blood Award, nomination and special mention, Best of Graduates 2013, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | CONCORDIA Young Talent Competition, finalist and special mention, PAK Gistel, Belgium.
RESIDENCIES | ARTIST PROJECTS
2026 | GinDS, artist residency, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. Selected by curator Fiecke de Boeck.
2025 | Gastatelier De Vindplaats, artist residency, Stichting De Resident, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Artistic direction by Marike Hoekstra.
2024 | Project DUS, community-based artistic project, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by Marieke van 't Pad.
2017 | Arteventura, artist residency, Huelva, Spain.
PUBLICATIONS | ARTIST BOOKS
2026 | The Familiar Part II, artist publication documenting the residency and exhibition at GinDS, Hoofddorp.
2026 | The Black Shed: Notes from Below, artist book, writings and fragments developed during The Familiar – Part II.
2025 | The Familiar Part I, artist publication documenting the artistic process at Gastatelier de Vindplaats.
2024 | Artistic Research, online artistic research publication, www.david-wasch.com.
2018 | Master's Research Publication, Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam. www.visitorofthescreen.xyz (currently offline).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SCREENINGS
2026 | The Familiar Part II, residency exhibition, GinDS, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
2025 | The Familiar Part I, residency exhibition, Gastatelier De Vindplaats, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curatorial guidance by Naomi Jansen.
2025 | Close-up, video-painting-installation, Station 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2024 | A Life in a Day, A Day in a Life, film screening and artist talk, Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2024 | House of Looking, open studio presentation, Ithaca, New York, USA.
2024 | Gesture of the High Noon, video-installation in the project space's street-facing window, Project DUS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by Marieke van 't Pad.
2023 - 2024 | In Plain View #1 & #2, self-organised open-air exhibition, Wertheimpark & Oosterpark, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2023 | Inside Nature, Outside the Square #2: Poetics of Distance, video-installation, Station 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2023 | Afternoon Figure, presentation, Project DUS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2019 | A Life in a Day, A Day in a Life, video-installation, NDSM Warehouse, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2018 | Inside Nature, Outside the Square #1, audiovisual installation, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2017 | A Potential Still to Be Filmed, video-installation, Filmtheater Kriterion, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | Intermittence (Part I & II), Filmtheater Kriterion and Studio Sumatrastraat, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | Shmestafette, Café de Ruimte, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by Bart Verbunt and Robert van 't Veld.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 | Open Huis, presentation of The Familiar, BAP Artists' Community, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2024 | Station 23 Artists' Collective, group exhibition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by the collective.
2024 | Opsmuk Anniversary Exhibition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Organised by Opsmuk Artists' Collective.
2024 | Excreme, soundscape contribution to exhibition by Lieve de Vreede, GinDS, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
2019 | Goesting Artists' Collective, group exhibition, invited emerging artist, NDSM Warehouse, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2016 | Wintersale, part of Het Pleidooi, Project Space circa...dit, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
2016 | Video Shorts art programme, Filmtheater Kriterion, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by Kenneth Geurts.
2015 | TOON – Art Night, group exhibition, TOON, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Organised by Caatje van Leeuwen and Matthew Scott Cohen.
2015 | Galerie Bart Invites – Platform Platvorm, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by Anna Zwartjes and Bas van Wieringen.
2015 | GetFEDART Fair, Arnhem, the Netherlands. Curated by Neel Diekema.
2015 | Grenzeloos (Project 40 × 40), group exhibition, Galerie Tuur, Venlo, the Netherlands. Selected by Yvonne Rooding and Arjen Markenstein.
2014 | BORDERBODY – Mixing Identities, MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico, Almería, Spain; Palazzo Barone Ferrara, Bari, Italy. Organised by International ArtExpo.
2014 | BORDERLAND – The Entropy of Identities, international video art screening, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Organised by International ArtExpo.
2014 | Fragmentation & Feedback Loops, audiovisual performance with The Feedback Band, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2014 | ReVersed Poetry Film Festival, Perdu, Filmtheater Kriterion and OT301, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | Best of Graduates 2013, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | BlownAway, collaboration with Harpo 't Hart, Art Warehouse, Rotterdam. Curated by PUP Magazine
2013 | CONCORDIA Young Talent Competition, finalists' exhibition, PAK Gistel, Belgium.
2013 | KANTOR – A Music, Performance and Art Weekend, collaboration with Harpo 't Hart, organised by PUP Magazine
2013 | Beyond Babylon, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2012 | 6 People, 5 Canvases and a Dialogue, Retort Art Space, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2012 | Sommerausstellung, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany. Curated by Toon Verhoef.
2011 | Storage Space Exhibitions #1 & #2, Heesterveld, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2011 | Generatie IK, De Balie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2025 | Gastatelier De Vindplaats, Amsterdam (Bos en Lommer), the Netherlands. Collaborative artistic research with children aged 6–12, exploring imagination, memory and the experience of place through dialogue and collective making.
2024 | Project DUS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Participatory artistic research in which local residents respond to artistic questions by creating photographs and other material, subsequently developed into films and artworks.
2023-2025 | The Beach, Amsterdam (Osdorp), the Netherlands. Collaborative artistic projects and research with children aged 6–12, exploring collective making, imagination and exchange.
2023–present | Station 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Artist-run initiative focused on collective experimentation, shared artistic processes and exchange between artists.
ARTIST TALKS | LECTURES
2026 | The Familiar Part II, artist-led exhibition talk & tour, GinDS, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
2025 | The Familiar Part I, artist-led exhibition talk & tour, Gastatelier De Vindplaats, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2024 | A Life in a Day, A Day in a Life, film screening and artist talk, Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2023 | Artistic Research Presentation, Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2022 | Artistic Research Presentation, Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | Artistic Process, artist talk, Ignite Amsterdam #29, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curated by Evelyn Austin.
2013 | The Image, the Body and the Spectator, lecture and presentation, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
PRESS | MEDIA
2026 | NPO Radio 1, Dit is de Nacht, radio interview about The Familiar Part II, GinDS, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
2026 | SALTO 1, Open Huis, television interview, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2018 | Metropolis M, review of Inside Nature, Outside the Square.
2014 | It's LIQUID - International ArtExpo, artist interview.
2014 | AT5 – Rietveld TV, featuring David Wasch.
2014 | Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, SSBA Salon, review by Safae el Khannoussi.
2013 | VICE, Een passage uit De Vergeting van Daan Heerma van Voss, featuring illustrations by David Wasch.
2013 | Kunstbeeld, visual report, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Graduation Show.
2013 | Metropolis M, visual report, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Graduation Show.
COMMISSIONS
2014 | Het Land 32, artistic collaboration with writer Daan Heerma van Voss, combining drawings and text, De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam.
2013 | PUP Magazine, commissioned artwork for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, developed in collaboration with PUP Concepts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | De Vergeting, by Daan Heerma van Voss, drawings by David Wasch, De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam.
ARTIST INITIATIVES | PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023–present | Founder and participating artist, Station 23, artist-run initiative, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2015–2024 | Board Member and Treasurer, BAP Artists' Association, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2014–present | Member, BAP Artists' Live and Work Community, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2013 | Initiator and project coordinator of a 60-metre temporary public mural, developed with emerging artists and local residents, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.