LIN MAY SAEED

1973, Würzburg – 2023, Berlin
She lived and worked in Berlin.

1995-2001 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf  (under Luise Kimme and Tony Cragg).

2000 Scholarship Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
2006 Scholarship for Sculpture Gasmesserhaus, Zürich-Schlieren.
2011 Peter-Mertes-Stipendium des Bonner Kunstvereins

Solo Shows

2025
Kunsthalle Bern, CH. (c: iLiana Fokianaki)    (September 2025)
Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre, NL. (c: Xander Karkens)    (May 2025)

2024
GAMeC, Bergamo, IT. (c: Lorenzo Giusti)
Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.

2023
Milo, Art:Concept, Paris, FR.
The Snow Falls Slowly in Paradies. A dialogue Renée Sintenis (c: Kathleen Reinhardt), Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, DE.
Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, US.

2021
Rami, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Sipgate Shows, Dusseldorf, DE.

2020
Arrival of the Animals, The Clark Art Institute (c: Robert Wiesenberger), Williamstown, US.

2019
Lin May Saeed & Max Brand, What Pipeline, Detroit, US.
Girl with a Cat, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.

2018
Biene (c: Joe Scotland), Studio Voltaire, London, UK.

2017
Djamil, Lulu (c: Chris Sharp), Mexico City, MX.

2016
St. Jerome and the Lion, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, CH.
Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.

2015
The Silence of Animals, Julius Casear project space, Chicago, US.

2014
Notes on animals, Galerie Thomas Flor, Berlin, DE.

2013
Der Wolkenkratzer, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Grane, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
dok25a, Duesseldorf, DE.

2011
abc – art berlin contemporary, Solo Presentation, Jacky Strenz, DE.

2010
Liberation, Galerie Thomas Flor, Dusseldorf, DE.
Nelly Sachs Park (with Jens Ullrich), Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.

2009
Nelly Sachs Park (with Jens Ullrich), Center Berlin, DE .
Ankunft der Tiere, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Open Space, Art Cologne, Solo Presentation, Jacky Strenz, DE.

Diesseits der Alpen : Hunger – Jenseits der Alpen : Durst
Atelier Klaus Winicher, Berlin, DE.

2008
Arm und Reich. Lin May und Alex Jasch, Glaspavillon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, DE.

2007
vor Christus, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Trommeln in der Nacht, Kurfürstenstr.15/16 Berlin, DE.
Freie Liebe (with Maria Loboda)(c: Doris Mampe and Vanessa Ohlraun), Center, Berlin, DE.

2006
sculpta´gy + dwoonings, Galerie Flor, Düsseldorf, DE.

2005
Villa in Phoenix.Innen. Dämmerung, Center, Berlin, DE.
Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf (with Jens Ullrich), DE.
Frühes 18. Jahrhundert (with Jens Ullrich), Adeline Morlon Art Direction, Düsseldorf, DE.

Group Shows

2025
Für Alle! Demokratie neu gestalten, Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, DE.    (June – October 2025)

2024
Manifesta 15, Barcelona, ES. (September-November)
The Lifes of Animals (c: Joanna Zielinska), M HKA, Antwerp, BE.
The Parliament of Marmots (c: Lorenzo Giusti with Marta Papini as associate curator), Biennale Gherdëina 9, Ortisei, IT.
For Margot, (c: Harald Thys and Miguel Wandschneider), Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels, BE.
The Park as Lover (c: Katharina Klang und Marion Eisele),  Lantz’scher Skulpturenpark 2024, Dusseldorf, DE.
Stories from the Ground, (c: Martin Germann), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE.
Actual Fractals, Act II (c: John Riepenhoff), Sculpture Milwaukee , Milwaukee, US.
Für Alle! Demokratie neu gestalten, Bundeshalle, Bonn, DE.
Songs for the Changing Seasons (c: Filipa Ramos and Lucia Pietroiusti), Vienna Climate Biennale, Vienna, AT.

2023
Der König ist tot, lang lebe die Königin (c: Udo Kittelmann), Museum Frieder Burda;, Baden-Baden, DE.
Spark Birds (c: Xander Karkens), buitenplaats, Kasteel Wijlre, NL.
Hang don’t cut (c: Slavs and Tatars), Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, DE.

2022
We Belong To Each Other, An Exhibition on Joy (c: Chus Martínez), Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, DE.

2021
Painting in Person. The new Collection of Fondazione CRC (c: Carolyn Chrystof-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria), Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco a Cuneo, IT.
Eurasia -A Landscape of Mutability (c: Joanna Zielinska and Nav Haq), Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, BE.
Amsterdam Sculpture Biennale, ARTZUID 2021 – Imagine (c: Cintha van Heeswijck), NL.
La Mer Imaginaire (c: Chris Sharp), Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, FR.
Espressioni (c: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Marcella Beccaria, Marianna Vecellio and Fabio Cafagna), Museo Castello di Rivoli, Turino, IT.
IUCN World Conservation Congress (c: Alice Audouin & Catherine Bastide), Marseille, FR.

2020
Winterfest (c: Veit-Laurent Kurz, Saim Demircan, Nicola Lees), Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, US.
Crack Up – Crack Down (c: Slavs and Tatars), Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL.
El oro de los tigres (c: Ana Mendoza Aldana), Air de Paris, Romainville, FR.

2019
Biennial of Graphic Arts (c: Slavs and Tatars), Ljubljana, SVN.
City Prince/sses (c: Hugo Vitrani and Chris Sharp), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR.
Good Space Communities -oder das Versprechen von Glück (c: Andreas Baur), Villa Merkel, Esslingen, DE.

2018
Wilderness (c: Esther Schlicht), Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, DE.
Class Reunion – Works from the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, mumok, Vienna, AT.
Splendor Solis, The Approach, London, UK.
Predatory Behavior, T293, Rome, IT.
Art and the City (c: Christoph Doswald), Zurich, CH.
I Wanna Be Your Dog #2. Animal Liberation in Contemporary Art, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE.
Metamorphosis (c: Chus Martínez), Museo Castello di Rivoli, Turino, IT.

2017
La fin de Babylone (c: Chus Martínez), KölnSkulptur #9, Cologne, DE.
“image/reads/text” – The Happy Fainting of Painting #2 (c: Hans Jürgen Hafner & Gunter Reski), Galerie Krobath, Vienna, AT.
The World Without Us, Brennan & Griffin, New York, US.

2016
9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Center for Style, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin, DE.
Trumpets, Bianca d’Alessandro Gallery, Copenhagen, DK.
Animal Lovers (c: Anne Hölck, Mareike Maage, Friederike Schmitz, Hörner/Antlfinger),
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst / NGBK Berlin, DE.
X. Bienal de Nicaragua (by invitation of Sam Lipp and Miguel Bendana), NIC.

2015
Animal Turn – die Hinwendung zum Tier (c: Elke Keiler), Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, DE.
Blocking (c: Jesse Stecklow), Martos Gallery, Los Angeles, US.

2014
Brücke im Dschungel, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, DE.
Corruption Feeds (organized by Will Benedict and David Leonard), Bergen Kunsthall, NO.

2012
Contributes to The Worldly House.
An archive inspired by Donna Haraway‘s writings on multi-species co-evolution compiled
and presented by Tue Greenfort. documenta 13, Kassel. DE.
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE.
Feierabend (with Matthias Dornfeld, Lutz Braun, HP Zimmer) Reception, Berlin, DE.
Center, Berlin, DE.

2011
Impossible Vacation, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, USA.
Schatten & Wesen – 9 Ausstellungen im Kunstverein Schwerte 2008 – 2010,
Bookrelease and Deli Vegan with LIN MAY, Nachtfoyer Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE.

2010
Ich Tier ! (Du Mensch), (c: Chathérine Hug, Isabel Reis and Dimitrina Sevova)
Perla Mode/Dienstgebäude, Zurich, CH.

2009
Der alte Mann und das Meer, with works by: Elfriede Bodem, Salvatore Dali, Matthias Dornfeld,
Markus Ebner, Chris Lipomi, Jens Ullrich, Johannes Weth, Studio Lin May, Berlin, DE.
Regarding Düsseldorf 4, 701 e. V. Düsseldorf, DE.

2008
Arm und Reich. Lin May und Alex Jasch, Glaspavillon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, DE.
societae su i ma logica (with Jochen Lempert and Jens Ullrich), Kunstverein Schwerte, DE.

2007
Trommeln in der Nacht, Kurfürstenstr.15/16 Berlin, DE.

2005
Villa in Phoenix.Innen. Dämmerung, Center, Berlin, DE.
Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf (with Jens Ullrich), DE.
Frühes 18. Jahrhundert (with Jens Ullrich), Adeline Morlon Art Direction, Düsseldorf, DE..

2004
Travellers Health (with Vicky Wehrmeister and Gotscha Gosalishvili), Center, Berlin, DE.
Abstrakter Expressionismus in der zeitgenössischen figurativen Skulptur, Galerie Johann König, Berlin, DE.

2003
Bitte schreiben Sie eine vernichtende Kritik über meine Spezies,
wir können nur überleben wenn wir wenige bleiben
(with Saskia Paul u. Alexander Kurz), Center, Berlin, DE.

Bibliography and Reviews (selection)

2024
Lorenzo Graf, Keine leichte Sache. Lin May Saeed in der GAMeC, in: PASSE-AVANT, June 26, 2024   >>
Lilo Ruminawi, „Thinking Like a Mountain“ at GAMeC Bergamo and the 9th Biennale Gherdeina, in: Arts of the Working Class, June 21, 2024    >>
Will Jennings, Far-Reaching Roots at the 9th Biennale Gherdeina, in: Canvas, June 27  >>
Survey on Lin May Saeed, in: Mousse Magazine 87—Spring 2024, p. 44-91
Astrid Mania, “Animal Crossing”, in: Texte zur Kunst, Issue 133, Mar 2024, p. 142-145

2023
Robert Wiesenberger, “Lin May Saeed”, in: Texte zur Kunst, Issue 132, Dec 2023, p. 242-245
Pablo Larios, “Lin May Saeed’s Acts of Cross-Species Empathy”, in: Frieze, Nov 16, 2023 >>
Contemporary Art Quarterly archive released on November 2, 2023 >
Lin May Saeed at Georg Kolbe Museum, in: Contemporary Art Daily, Nov 2, 2023 >
Chus Martínez, “Lin May Saeed – Remembering the sculptor’s transformative compassion”, in Artforum Oct,
Jesi Khadivi, Lin May Saeed’s “The Snow falls Slowly in Paradiese”, in: e-flux criticism, Oct 16, 2023 >
Tom Mustroph, “Schakale aus Styropor”, in: TAZ, Oct 5, 2023 >
In Memory of Lin May Saeed, documenta archive, Sep 11, 2023 >
Maria Ossowski, “Im Paradies fällt der Schnee langsam”, Audio report, RBB, Sep 11, 2023 >
Emily Watlington, Appreciation/ Lin May Saeed, 1973-2023, in: Art in America, Sep 5, 2023 >
Simone Sondermann, “Abschied von Lin May Saeed”, in: Weltkunst, Sep 1, 2023 >
Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, “Die Tierbefreierin”, in; Monopol Magazin, Sep 1, 2023 >

2021
Lin May Saeed at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Aug 12, 2021  >
Christoph Schütte, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 5, 2020, p. 41  >
Speaking Beyond Language: Lin May Saeed Interviewed by Osman Can Yerebakan, in: Bomb Magazine, Feb 11, 2021  >

2020
Terence Trouillot, Lin May Saeed’s Non Human Animals, Review, in: Frieze, Dec 29, 2020 >
Lin May Saeed at The Clark, Contemporary Art Daily, Oct 14, 2020 >
Arrival of the Animals, The Clark Art Institute Williamstown, Monograph ed. by Robert Wiesenberger, Yale University Press  >
Emily Watlington, The Art of Animal Liberation, Review, in: Art in America, Oct 6, 2020 >
Holly Bushman, Arrival of the Animals, Review, in: The Brooklyn Rail, Jul, 2020  >

2019
Good Space – Communities oder das Versprechen von Glück, Villa Merkel, Exh. Catalogue ed. by Andreas Baur, Esslingen 2019, p.1-25 
Tom Jeffreys, Review The 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts,  in: Art Agenda, Jul 19, 2019 >
Emily Watlington, Review Lin May Saeed at Jacky Strenz, in: Artforum Critics’ Picks, May 2019 >
Lin May Saeed at Contemporary Art Daily, Jun 26, 2019  >
Christoph Schütte, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jul 13, 2019, p.38

2018
Wildnis, Schirn Kunsthalle, Exh. Catalogue ed. by Esther Schlicht, Frankfurt/Main 2018, p. 147
Sabine Weier, About Activism, Beuys and spotted Hyenas, in: Schirn Magazine  >
Gilda Williams, Review Lin May Saeed, Studio Voltaire London, in: Artforum International, Nov 2018, Vol. 57, No. 3
Chris Sharp, Lin May Saeed’s Slow Burn, in: Mousse Magazine No. 63, April-May 2018, p.250-257  >
Metamorphoses – Let Everything Happen to You, Museo Castello di Rivoli, Exh. Catalogue ed. by Chus Martínez, Turino, 2018 .

2017
Owen Duffy, Review Lin May Saeed, Lulu, Mexico City in: Frieze, Nov 25, 2017
Lin May Saeed at Lulu, Contemporary Art Daily, Nov 13, 2017
Magali Arriola, in: Frieze, Critic’s Guide, Lulu, Mexico City – Oct 24, 2017

2016
Aoife Rosenmeyer, in: Art in America, Dec 12, 2016  >
Lin May Saeed at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Apr 4, 2016  >
Lin May Saeed at Nicolas Krupp, Contemporary Art Daily. Nov 2, 2016  >

2015
Lin May Saeed at Julius Caesar, Contemporary Art Daily, Nov 20, 2015  >

2014
Lin May Saeed at Thomas Flor, Contemporary Art Daily, Nov 13, 2014  >
Lin May at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, AR Aug 10, 2014  >
Lin May at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Jan 8, 2014  >

2013
Lin May at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Oct 14, 2013  >
Chr. Schütte, Grane, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 19.10.2013, 50  >

2012
Lin May at Bonner Kunstverein, Contemporary Art Daily, May 3, 2012   >

2011
Schatten & Wesen – 9 Ausstellungen im Kunstverein Schwerte 2008 – 2010,
Exh. Catalogue ed. by Christian Freudenberger and Markus Karstieß, Text by Stefanie Kreuzer and Ullfried Weingarten, Schwerte 2011, p. 16ff.; 108.

2010
Chr. Schütte, Jenseits von Eden, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,  12.03.2010, 48  >
S. Karich, Altarbilder unserer Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Kunstmarkt, 27.02.2010, 40 >
Lin May and Jens Ullrich at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Feb 23, 2010  >
Lin May and Jens Ullrich at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, AR Aug 29, 2010  >
Lin May at Thomas Flor, Contemporary Art Daily, Nov 20, 2010   >

2009
Chr. Schütte, Frau mit Hund, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14.04.2009, 38  >
Lin May at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Jul 28, 2009  >
Regarding Düsseldorf 4, Catalogue 701 e.V., Düsseldorf 2009.