Sascia Bailer

Sascia Bailer is a researcher, writer, and curator working at the intersection of care, contemporary art, and structural change.

Research

Her practice-based PhD at the Zurich University of the Arts and the University of Reading examined the ambigous relationships between curating and care (completed in March ´2024). Her dissertation is forthcoming as a book with the publisher transcript in November 2024. She is regularly invited to develop artistic/curatorial concepts for public programming, to give workshops and lectures, and to form part of panel discussions, podcasts, and moderated conversations (see Upcoming). She teaches at the Post-Graduate Programme in Curating at the ZHdK in Zurich.

Academic Backround & Fellowships

She holds a PhD in “Practice in Curating” from the University of Reading and the Zurich University of the Arts, an MA in “Theories of Urban Practice” from Parsons School of Design and a BA in “Communication and Cultural Management” from Zeppelin University. Her scholarly and curatorial work has been supported by several grants and fellowships, including the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (SWW DTP), the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), the Provosts Scholarship from Parsons, a “Graduate Student Fellowship for Art and Social Justice” by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics in New York, and doctoral funding from the British Arts & Humanities Research Council (South West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership)…