Gloria Sogl (b. 1994, Munich, Germany) is a visual artist and art educator, working across various mediums such as installations, performance, text, and textiles. Central to Gloria’s practice is the art of weaving, which serves as a conceptual foundation and inspiration for much of her work and research. Her visual work captures the essence of patterns, narrating threads, individual and collective knowledge and the laborious art of textile making, intricately depicting the working bodies and tools. Through her work, Gloria delves into the contemporary landscape of art-making, forging deep connections with materials and intertwining narratives of textile traditions and automated production in the digital era.
Gloria’s exploration of the loom, a hyper-industrial machine with colonial roots, expands on traditional approaches, questioning the loom as a “timeless” machine amidst anti-modern processes. In this expansion, she strives for a method of unlearning and relearning, of writing and erasing, weaving and unraveling. By treating weaving as a counter-cultural technology, she explores its potential as an aesthetic detour with uncertain outcomes, aiming to further fray and redefine textile forms.
Gloria studied Fine Arts and Pedagogy in Munich and Nuremberg and graduated from Dutch Art Institute (DAI) in 2024. She received a Study Scholarship from DAAD (2023-2024), the Summerschool Salzburg Scholarship (2021), the German-Czech Scholarship from Bildwerk Frauenau and the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (2023), and the Debutant funding programme, as well as Project funding Scholarship from the Bavarian State Ministry for Sci ence and Art (2024). Gloria has participated in performances and exhibitions in various places, such as Bauhaus Dessau (2018), Haus der Kunst München (2019), Hinterconti Hamburg (2020), Kunstmuseum Celle (2021), Galerie der Stadt Schwarz, Austria (2021), Museum Moderner Kunst Wörlen (2021/22 and 2025), Nida Art Colony, Lithuania (2023), Association Essaouira Mogador, Morroco (2024) and Centrale Fies, Italy (2024), among others.
Education
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2022—2024 |
Studied at Dutch Art Institute (MA) |
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2020—2025 |
Studied at Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany with Nicole Wermers (Diplome) |
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2016—2022 |
Studied at Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Germany with Susanne Kühn and Michael Hakimi (Meisterschülerin) |
Solo Exhibitions
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2026 |
The Material Face of Data, Kloster Speinshart, Germany (with Johannes Kiel) |
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2025 |
Folds of Memory, Dreieinigkeitskirche München Bogenhausen, Germany (with Marjan Baniasadi) |
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Sensory Memory, Museum Moderner Kunst Wörlen, Passau, Germany |
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Where the Gaze Softens, Weytterturm Straubing, Germany |
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Digital Tenderness, Diploma show, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany |
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2024 |
Tactile Kinship, Performance, Aeroponic Acts, Centrale Fies, Italy |
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Tactile Kinship – Ertastbare Verwandtschaften, Alte Kirche Sandbach, Germany |
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2023 |
Spin a Tale, Anna, Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Germany |
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Mit jedem Faden, den sie knüpft, Landkreisgalerie Passau, Schloss Neuburg am Inn, Germany |
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2021/22 |
StArt Gloria Sogl: Prototyp_malerisch, Museum Moderner Kunst Wörlen, Passau, Germany |
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2020 |
Morphose, Merdinger Kunstforum, Germany (with Rebeka Schiessl) |
Group Exhibitions & Collaborative Projects (Selected)
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2025 |
GALERIE DER KÜNSTLER*INNEN, Munich, Germany |
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2024 |
Collective multimedia performance Meta/Mega TRANS – Modes of Narration, Dutch Art Institute x Archive, Association Essaouira Mogador, Morocco |
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Politics of Display, Vitsœ Munich, Germany |
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2023 |
Collective multimedia performance Could a sound persist – under sands – unseen?, Dutch Art Institute x Neringa Forest Architecture, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania |
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St. Egidien Nuremberg, Germany |
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2022 |
Kunstverein Passau, Germany |
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Ansbach Contemporary, 4. Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, Ansbach, Germany |
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2021 |
Akademie Galerie Nuremberg, Germany |
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Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria |
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Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany |
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2020 |
Hinterconti Hamburg, Germany |
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2019 |
Performance Rolling Tones with Raphaela Vogel, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany |
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Kunstmuseum Erlangen, Germany |
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2018 |
Bauhaus Dessau, Germany |
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Akademie Galerie Nuremberg, Germany |
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2017 |
Städtische Galerie Schwabach, Germany |
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2015 |
Galerie Neunzendorf, Austria |
Awards, Scholarships and Residencies (Selected)
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2026 |
Culture Moves Europe Grant, Goethe-Institut, EU – Residency at Basque Biodesign Center, Spain |
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Artist Residency at Praxis Digital Weaving Lab, Cleveland, Ohio |
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2025 |
Culture Prize, Dr. Franz and Astrid Ritter Stiftung |
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Artist Residency at Lottozero, Prato, Italy |
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2024 |
Ós Resideny, Icelandic Textile Centre, Iceland |
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Debutant Sponsorship Program, BBK Bavaria |
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Academy Association Prize, Academy of Fine Arts Munich |
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Project Grant, Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art |
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DAAD Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies in Fine Arts |
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2023 |
Culture Award for Emerging Artists, District of Passau |
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German-Czech Scholarship Programme, Bildwerk Frauenau, Academy of Fine Arts Munich |
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DAAD Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies in Fine Arts |
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2022 |
Scholarship Junge Kunst und Neue Wege, Free State of Bavaria |
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Prizewinner Junge Kunst 2022, Sparkasse Passau |
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2021 |
Scholarship from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art for attending the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg |