Mischa Leinkauf
born 1977 in East Berlin, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Berlin born and based artist mischa leinkauf deals with the hidden possibilities of urban environments and various kinds of limitations of spaces through borders, rules and architecture. Through interventions in quasi-natural systems of order, he provokes situations that create temporary confusion and open up spaces for a possible recoding. His actions are subversive antics in the unruly and playful Debordian tradition of the dérive, but here the experiential immediacy and spontaneity is counterbalanced by a conceptual framework of precise planning and execution. Recent exhibitions include düsseldorf photo+ Biennale for Visual and Sonic Media, Fondation FIMINCO/Centre Culturel Coréen Paris, Fonds régional d’arts contemporain Alsace, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstverein Jesteburg and Ludwig Forum.

From 2007 to 2018, Leinkauf was part of the artist duo Wermke/Leinkauf and received numerous awards worldwide and exhibited internationally at venues such as Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Japan, Helsinki Art Museum, Moderna Museet Stockholm, ZKM Karlsruhe, Kunstmuseum Bonn and Manifesta 11.

In 2023, Leinkauf will have his next solo exhibition at signs and symbols.

selected works (both Leinkauf and as Wermke/Leinkauf)