Artist Profile: Luisa Baldhuber
Luisa Baldhuber (born 1994, lives in Munich/Germany) studied art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 2015 to 2021 and received the Debutant Prize in 2021. From 2018 to 2019, she studied fine arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and received an Erasmus scholarship for the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, in 2023. In February 2025, she completed her studies as a master student under Prof. Peter Kogler at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She had her first institutional solo exhibition, “Afterglow,” at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 2024-2025. Baldhuber has been awarded several residencies, including the A-Z West Work Trade Residency, HDTS, Joshua Tree, California, USA, in 2023, and the Rocking S Art Ranch Artist Residency, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, in 2024. In 2025, she received the CeU Art Award. Together with Charmaine Poh – Deutsche Bank “Artist of the Year” 2025 – Baldhuber will participate in the Art Düsseldorf Fair 2026 with the Behncke Gallery. Luisa Baldhuber's artistic interest lies in the relationship between color, space, and light and how these influence our perception of space. Baldhuber is currently a PS61 Studios scholarship holder for the year IV - 2025/2026 in Munich.
Image credit:
Luisa Baldhuber. Afterglow
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst Munich, 2024
Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Education
2021 – 2025
Study of fine arts as “master student” of Prof. Peter Kogler, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, diploma
Sep 2023
Study of fine arts, Universitat de Barcelona, Erasmus scholarship
2015 – 2021
Study of arts education with Prof. Matthias Wähner and Prof. Tanja Widmann, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, 1st state examination, debutant award for “outstanding artistic achievement“
2020
Guest study of fine arts with Prof. Pia Fries, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2018 – 2019
Study of fine arts with Prof. Paul Petritsch,
Department for site-specific art, University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Erasmus scholarship
2013 – 2014
lived and worked in Cape Town, ZA
Awards & Scholarships
2025
CeU Art Award
Scholarship for PS61 Studios, Munich
Nomination for US-Scholarship for artists by the Bavarian government
2024
Rocking S Art Ranch Artist Residency, Phoenix, Arizona US
Nomination for Van Look Prize, Freiburg
Solstice (site specific light installation), 2025
Wallpaint, LED RGBW light, wood frame
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Archaeology III, 2025
Glass, digital print on paper, acrylic paint, metal clips
64 x 50 cm
75°08'03.4"N4°29'40.0"W, 2025
Dichroic glass, digital print on foam board
11 x 15 x 3,5 cm
2°58'35.8"N 71°08'13.6"W, 2025
Dichroic glass, digital print on aluminium
71 x 52 x 5 cm
Archaeology IV, 2025
Glass, digital print on paper, acrylic paint, metal clips
63 x 48 cm
Archaeology I, 2025
Glass, digital print on paper, acrylic paint, metal clips
24 x 23 cm
33°44'35.2"S 20°32'10.3"W, 2024
Dichroic glass, digital print on aluminium
136 × 62.5 × 4.5 cm