Niklas Goldbach lives and works in Berlin. After studying Sociology at Bielefeld University and “Photography and Video” at the Unversity of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, he was awarded with a “Meisterschüler” degree at the University of the Arts Berlin in 2005. In 2005 he received the Fulbright Grant New York and majored in the MFA program of Hunter College, New York City in 2006.

Niklas Goldbach received several sholarships and has presented his video installations and photographic works in numerous solo shows and group exhibitions in venues like the as the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Mori-Art Museum, Tokyo, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.bk., Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Cornerhouse, Manchester, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, Berlinische Galerie Museum for Contemporary Art Berlin and the Short Film Festival Oberhausen.

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