Elko Braas, *1992

Education and Employment

2024 – 2029: Research Assistant / Academic Staff, New Media Research Area - Kunsthochschule Kassel
2022 – 2024: Research Assistant / Academic Staff for Digital Portfolio and Exhibition Formats – Kunsthochschule Kassel
2021 – 2022: Master Student (*Meisterschüler*) under Prof. Florian Slotawa
2024 – 2025: Co-founder of RANGE Sound Festival
2013 – 2021: Fine Arts Studies under Prof. Florian Slotawa, Kunsthochschule Kassel
2013 – 2021: Fine Arts, Kunsthochschule Kassel
2012 – 2014: Art History and Sociology, University of Kassel
2011: High School Diploma (*Abitur*)

Selected Exhibitions

2026: Unfinished Reality: China–Europe Video Art Exchange Exhibition - China - Wuhan
2026: Radio Art Contribution - CPDP.ai - Brussels
2025: Kassel Art Award of the Dr. Wolfgang Zippel Foundation - Kasseler Kunstverein
2025: Nordwestkunst - Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
2025: The Engine Room 2025: International Sound Art Competition - London
2025: Industrial Tension - Installation - 0->1 Gallery @ Joey Ramon Gallery - Rotterdam
2024: RANGE Sound Festival - Installation - Kassel
2024: Drums, Dance, Lights - Multimedia Dance Performance - Musikbunker Kassel
2024: Unwelt/Umwelt - Performance - Tokonoma e.V. - Kassel
2023: Cat Woywod x Thinfoilresistor - Performance - Mimikri e.V. - Kassel
2022: Thinfoilresistor – Concert – Randfilm e.V. – Kassel
2022: Routine gewinnen (Klasse Slotawa) – Exhibition Hall Kunsthochschule Kassel
2022: Chirales Labor für händische Zwischenstände – Kunsthochschule Kassel x ELCH1319 - AVZ Kassel
2021: Listening Session – Tokonoma e.V. – Kassel
2021: Ask our diverse world – ICAD Tsinghua – China
2021: wild things, tender narrations – Final Exam – Documenta Halle
2021: Fact and Fake - 387 - BBK Kassel
2020: Chirales Labor für händische Zwischenstände – Kunsthochschule Kassel x ELCH1319 - KHK Kassel
2019: Monitoring - 36th Kasseler Dokfest – Kasseler Kunstverein
2018: Kassel-Prag Hybrid Inconvenience – NoD Gallery – Prague
2017: Klangland 17 - Kassel
2017: Observer’s Anamnesis – Mansfeldpalast – Prague
2017: Keeping it balanced – Heimspiel – New Media – Kassel
2016: Thinfoilresistor – Concert – Kasseler Kunstverein
2016: less is more – Interim Kassel
2015: Jour Fixe – Klasse Slotawa – Kassel
2014: 55° 8 N 8° 31 0 - 28-12-14 12:35:47 - Rømø

Publications

2023: Labor für händische Zwischenstände – ELCH1319 - Kunsthochschule Kassel

Awards and Grants

2025: Kassel Art Award of the Dr. Wolfgang Zippel Foundation, City of Kassel
2019: Sparkassen Versicherung Award, Annual Exhibition (*Rundgang*), Kunsthochschule Kassel
2017: Annual Exhibition Award (*Rundgang*), Kunsthochschule Kassel
2016: Sound Award – Annual Exhibition (*Rundgang*), Kunsthochschule Kassel
2015: Nominated for the ADKV Trailer Contest "Art for Art"
2015: Annual Exhibition Award (*Rundgang*), Kunsthochschule Kassel

Projects

2024 – 2026: RANGE Sound Festival
2026: Kasseler Open Studios (*Kasseler Atelierrundgang*)
2023 – 2026: Kasseler Dokfest Monitoring Jury

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