Chelsea Leventhal
*Berkshire County, USA, lives in Berlin, DE
Education
2016 Master of Arts / Sound Studies, UdK Berlin
2011 Aufbaustudium Elektroakustische Musik / HfM Franz Liszt, Weimar
2008 European Course for Music Composition and Technologies at IRCAM in Paris, Technische Universität Berlin & UdK Berlin.
2007 Bachelor of Arts / Grinnell College, USA.
Selected Exhibitions and Commissions
* site-specific/commissioned work, **solo or two-person exhibition
2025
Galerie Mazzoli | Berlin, DE — "Conference of Echoes"
Gaswerk e.V. | Weimar, DE — "BEFORE THE FLOOD: Flow in Trance," curated by Vivi Morais
drj Projects | Berlin, DE — "...and going on"
2024
Art in Transit | Bangalore, IN — "The Hands, Amplified — The Voices, Responding"**, collaboration with maraa and Big Bang
Chromart Gallery | Berlin, DE — "Home: A Journey to Identity and Belonging," curated by Georgina Koutifari-Magklara
Werkstadt | Berlin, DE — "Inside the Map"**, duo show with Douglas Henderson
2023
Brücke Museum | Berlin, DE – “ONSITE Festival”* organized by Poera Collective
Hošek Contemporary | Berlin, DE – “Psychoanalysis of Fire”**
Henry Ford Bau | Berlin, DE — “Dual Use" curated by Jason Merrill Benedict
2022
Hilbertraum | Berlin, DE — “The Rampant Wall”, project by Ruth Wiesenfeld
Zönotéka | Berlin, DE — “Into the Light”*,**
2021
Labor Neunzehn, Berlin, DE – “Portals/Anchors”**
I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, USA – “20th anniversary Audio walk”
Hellerau European Centre for the Arts, Hellerau, DE – “Parkour”
Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, TR – “Dystopia Festival” curated by Jeremy Woodruff and Selçuk Artut
2020
Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin, DE – “Dear Resident,”** curated by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa
2019
Haus Am Kleistpark, Berlin, DE – “Schöneberger Art”
I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, USA – “Site-responsive ArtBiennale”*
2018
Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE – “Lost Times”*,**
Nicosia Municipal Multipurpose Center, Nicosia, CYP – “Traces—Green”**
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Witten, DE*
Studio 8, Berlin, DE – “Vibrant Matter”
Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE – “Eine Enzyklopädie des Zarten,”* curated by Anne Brannys
2017
Stadtschloss Kapelle, Weimar, DE – “Die Kapelle und das
spezifische Gewicht der Zeit,”* curated by Anne Brannys
HBK, Braunschweig, DE – “Department of”
Vierte Welt, Berlin, DE – “Klangtour 2017”*
2016
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, DE – “Marler Medienkunst-Preise 2016”
Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, DE – “Nexus”
Fondation Hippocrène, Paris, FR – “Cachet de la PosteFaisant Foi”
2015
Galerie Weißer Elefant, Berlin, DE – “Undertones”*
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE – “Performing the Black Mountain Archive”
Deutschland Radio Kultur, DE – “Kurzstrecke 40”
Hi-Res! Agency, Berlin, DE – “Resonanz: Klang.Kunst.Gesellschaft”*
MaerzMusik Festival, Berlin, DE*
2014
Atelier Georges Meliés, Paris, FR – “Park in Progress 14”**
“Jours des Arts + Sciences,” Orleans, Tours + Bourges, FR
2013
Museo delle Donne, Bolzano, IT – “Museruole Festival”
2012
De Kabelfabriek | Delft, NL – “Buitengewoon”*
Ohrenhoch der Geräuschladen | Berlin, DE – “Home”**
Grants
2023 Travel grant | Culture Moves
2022 Travel grant | Goethe Institut
Work grant | Neustart Kultur/Kunstfonds
2021 Project grant (Module C) | Neustart Kultur
2020 Work grant - Arbeitsstipendium Ernste Musik und Klangkunst | Senatverwaltung Berlin
2018 Travel grant | Goethe Institut
2017 Work grant / Residency - “Braunschweig Projects” | Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
Competitions
2023 Recommendation for realization, Competition for art in public space "Künstlerisches Denkzeichen Siegfried Translateur“ – Berlin, DE (Permanent memorial realized in November 2023)
2016 Finalist, European Sound Art Award | Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten – Marl, DE
Residencies
2025 Künstlerhaus Lukas — Ahrenshoop, DE
2024 bangaloREsidency | Goethe Institut – Bangalore, IN
2023 Titanik AIR | Titanik Galleria – Turku, FI
2022 Sound Art Lab – Struer, DE
2020 Art-in-Garden Residency | Hellerau European Center for the Arts —Hellerau, DE
2019 Residency/Commission - Site-responsive Art Bienniale | I-ParkFoundation – East Haddam, USA
2018 Interfaces Residency | EUC – Nicosia, CYP
2014 Park-in-Progress Residency | Pépinières Européenes pour Jeunes Artistes – Paris, FR
2013 Residency/Commission for the ZKM Klangdom | Center for Art and Media (ZKM) – Karlsruhe, DE
2012 Buitengewoon Residency | id11 – Delft, NL
Teaching
2019-present Guest Faculty, Sound Studies and Sonic Arts M.A., University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin
Seminars: "Dwelling, Thinking, Listening: The Domestic Soundscape" (2021, 2024), "Documenting Sound Art" (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025), "Site-Responsive Sound" (2022), Supervision: Third-semester projects, Master's projects.
Curatorial
2025 Crossfade, Hošek Contemporary
2023 Sonic Drift Festival, Hošek Contemporary, Funded by MusikFonds e.V.
Collaborations
2024 "Inside the Map" with Douglas Henderson
2021-present “Sounds of Labor” with Maara Media and Arts Collective Bangalore
2014 “Still/bewegt” with Anni Küpper
2012 sound for Edith Kollath's exhibition “Sinneswandel”