Education
2016- 2019
— Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Diplom /MA degree in media art. Leipzig, DE
2007- 2010
— Otago Polytechnic School of Art. Bachelor of Visual Arts degree in textile art. Ōtepoti, Aotearoa (Dunedin, NZ)
2015- 2016
— Universität der Künste. Research Center for Proxy Politics (Guest). Berlin, DE
2013- 2014
— Kunsthochschule Weissensee. Textile and surface design (discontinued). Berlin, DE
Other education
2013
— Kawashima textile school. Kasuri weaving. Kyoto, JP
2012
— Fabric Workshop & Museum. Postgraduate apprenticeship. Philadelphia, US
2026
— La Fabrique des Arts Residency. Fondation Fiminco, Paris-Romainville, FR
2025
— Hypertextile residency. Cortex Frontal. Arraiolos, PT
— Center Rog. Boundaries & Frictions residency. Ljubljana, SI
2024
— JRC makerspace. European Commission, EU Science Hub. Maker in residence. Ispra, IT
2023
— AiR Green. Norske tekstilkunstnere. Artist in residency. Noresund, NO
2022
— Neustart Kultur stipend. Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn. Bonn, DE
— Contextile Textile Art Biennial. Artist in residency. Guimarães, PT
— Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. Maker/ creator fellowship. Delaware, US
2021
— Research stipend. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur & Europa. Berlin, DE
— Travel grant. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur & Europa. Berlin, DE
2018
— nGbK 60 year anniversary of art in the underground. Winner anonymous competition. Berlin, DE
2009
— Prize of the spinners and weavers guild of Otago, Ōtepoti, Aotearoa (Dunedin, NZ)
2026
— Matassa. CAAB, Beja, PT
2025
— Fabric Visions. Esche Museum. Kulturhauptstadt Chemnitz 2025. Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE
2023
— Material. SCOTTY, Berlin, DE
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2022
— UIVO 12 Mostra de Ilustração. Maia, PT
— Contextile 2022 Contemporary Textile Art Biennial. Guimarães, PT
— Lumbung Lounge with Guerilla Architects. Kulturbahnhof. Kassel, DE
— Anonyme Zeichner. Galerie im Körnerpark. Berlin, DE
2021
— X-Raum. Kunstpunkt Gallery. Berlin, DE
— Animated Urban Spaces. PAF Performing Arts Festival. Berlin, DE
2020
— Hand2Mouth. Curriculum Vogues. Online
— Welt in Teilen. Kunstverein St. Pauli. Hamburg, DE
— Meeting Time. Taipei Co̶n̶Temporary Art Center. Taipei, TW
— Survival 18 Wasteland. Przepompownia Port. Wrocław, PL
2019
— re-space. Kunstpunkt Gallery. Berlin, DE
— Not Here, Not Now- Infected Memories. Kunstverein Leipzig. Leipzig, DE
2018
— nGbK 60 Jahre Kunst im Untergrund. Ubhf Alexanderplatz. Berlin, DE
— Porschismus #12. C.Rockefeller Center for Contemporary Art. Dresden, DE
2017
— Cultural Memory in the Present. Gallery of Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Leipzig, DE
2014
— Farbfest 2014. Bauhaus Dessau. Dessau, DE
2010
— Best in Show. Objectspace. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, NZ)
—2009 Graduate Exhibition. Blue Oyster Art Project Space. Ōtepoti, Aotearoa (Dunedin, NZ)
2009
— Instructional models. Blue Oyster Art Project Space. Ōtepoti, Aotearoa (Dunedin, NZ)
2021
— Zeit der letzten Brachen II. Draussenstadt. Senatsverwartung für Kultur und Europa. Berlin, DE
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2019
— Zeit der letzten Brachen. 2019, nGbK station urbaner kulturen. Berlin, DE
2025
— Fabric Visions. Catalogue. Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE
2024
-Makers in Residence Report: Artistic Explorations of the Arctic. European Comission JRC. Ispra, IT
2022
— maybe. Magazine 2022. Kalamari Klub. Conceptual photo project. Heidelberg, DE
— Contextile 2022 Contemporary Textile Art Biennial. Catalogue. Guimarães, PT
— Gamescenes.org. Blog: https://www.gamescenes.org/2022/04/game-art-lars-preissers-homenome-2019-2021-.html
2021
— Mittendrin Magazin von Die Linke. Artist portrait. Berlin, DE
2020
— Survival XVIII Wasteland Festival. Katalog. Wroclaw, PL
— 99% Urban. Blog: http://www.99prozenturban.de/zeit-der-letzten-brachen, Online
2019
— taz (die tageszeitung). Review (26.04.2019). Berlin, DE
2012
— Textiles: The Art of Mankind. Shoeser. Thames & Hudson. UK
— Warp and Weft: Woven Textiles in Fashion, Art & Interiors. Hemmings. A&C Black. UK
— Scope contemporary research topics. Issue 08/2012. Aotearoa (NZ)
2011
— Crop Magazin No. 2. Drawings of AAA performance. Aotearoa (NZ)
2010
— Otago Daily Times. Review (04.02.10). Aotearoa (NZ)
2009
— Otago Daily Times. Review (23.04.09 und 07.05.09). Aotearoa (NZ)