Felix Sattler

Under the direction of Felix Sattler, the TA T has been developing and presenting research-driven exhibition formats since 2013, offering multilayered perspectives on material culture, collections, and institutional narratives. His curatorial approach is grounded in the integration of knowledge from a wide range of disciplines and communities.
Sattler’s projects have addressed subjects as diverse as the art and design history of unicellular algae, knowledge practices surrounding replicas, and the postcolonial controversies associated with museums and human remains. Since 2024, his research has focused on inclusive, multisensory approaches to the deep sea and marine scientific collections. In close collaboration with blind and visually impaired participants, his project DEEP_ABILITIES explores practices and theories of access, care, and the queering of the deep sea’s dark ecologies.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2024 Hoerner/Antlfinger: Parrot Terristories, TA T
• 2022 DAOULA | sheen. West African Wild Silk on Its Way, mit Karin Krauthausen und Laurence Douny, TA T
• 2022/23 UnBinding Bodies. Lotosschuhe und Korsett, co-curated with Jasmin Mersmann and Evke Rulffes, MARKK Hamburg (2022) and TA T (2023)
• 2020 Oliver Thie: Die Wahrheit über den Ursprung der Welt, TA T
• 2019 The Meshwork of Things: The Collection Showcase of the Humboldt-Universität, with Sarah Becker and Jessica Korp, TA T
• 2018 The Dead, as far as [ ] can remember, TA T
• 2017 Replica Knowledge. An Archaeology of the Multiple Past, with Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw and Konrad Angermüller, TA T
• 2015/2017 Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag: SINUS (2015) / SYNTH (2017), TA T
• 2015 Mehr von Weniger. Die Sehnsucht nach Einfachheit und die Lust am Überfluss, with Nina Wiedemeyer, Vögele Kultur Zentrum, Pfäffikon SZ
• 2009 Diatomeen – Formensinn, Phyletisches Museum Jena

CV

• Since September 2013: Head and Curator, Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Since 2024: Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
• Since September 2019: Associated Investigator, Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2015–2018: Associated Member and Co-Lead, Research Focus “Collecting and Exhibiting,” Cluster of Excellence Image Knowledge Gestaltung, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2011–2018: Managing Director and Project Lead, Dr. Nina Wiedemeyer & Felix Sattler Exponenten GbR
• 2007–2013: Artistic Associate, Faculty of Media, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
• 2000–2006: Studies in Media Culture and Media Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Photomedia / Time-Based Art, College of Fine Arts, UNSW Sydney