Christiane Wachter
curriculum vitae
| 1966 | born in Erfurt |
| 1984-1985 | apprenticeship as a hand weaver in Crimmitschau/Thuringia |
| 1985-1986 | Tapestry weaver in Halle (Saale) |
| 1986-1988 | apprenticeship as a potter in the Schaddelmühle near Grimma/Saxony |
| 1989-1994 | student at the Hochschule für Kunst und Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle (Saale) |
| 1994 | since then freelance work as an artist |
| lives and works in Erlln near Colditz |
Christiane Wachter's collages offer us insights into poetic, narrative, and at the same time enigmatic, surreal worlds of images. The torn, cut, glued, painted over, or stenciled fragments, applied to a wide variety of materials, become an impressive tactile and sensual experience. ... Inspired by everyday life and travel, landscape and architecture, as well as people and sculpture, are the central motifs in Christiane Wachter's work. Models from the artist's private sphere are mixed with artistic creations from an imaginary pool of memories of travels, city and church spaces, collections, and exhibition venues.
Auszug aus der Laudatio anlässlich der Eröffnung der Ausstellung »Christiane Wachter | Roland Zigan - Collage & Plastik« am 19.6.2025
further exhibitions
| 2008 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) |
| 2009/2010 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig |
| 2010 | 17. Leipziger Jahresausstellung (participation) |
| 2010/2011 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) |
| 2011/2012 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) |
| 2012 | Kunstmuseum Lände Kressbronn a. B. (participation) |
| 2013 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig, with Andreas Wachter (participation) |
| 2013/2014 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) |
| 2015 | Galerie Irrgang, Berlin, with Susanne Wurlitzer (participation) |
| Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) | |
| Raiffeisenbank Grimma eG, Colditz, with Andreas Wachter (participation) | |
| 2015/2016 | Galerie Irrgang, Berlin, with Stefan Knechtel (participation) |
| 2016 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) |
| 2018 | GALERIE HIMMEL, with Bruno Raetsch (participation) |
| 2021 | Galerie im Bürgerhaus, Zella-Mehlis |
| 2022 | Rathausgalerie Grimma, with Andreas and Leonhard Wachter (participation) |
| 2023 | Galerie Westphal, Berlin, (participation) |
| 2025 | GALERIE HIMMEL, with Roland Zigan (participation) |
| Stadtmuseum/Kleine Galerie, Döbeln, with Leonhard Wachter (participation) | |
| Kulturgut Quellenhof, Garbisdorf, with Leonhard Wachter (participation) |
