Short films narrating fictional biographies into complex backgrounds of anecdotal science, ecological neuroses, and contemporary mythology with an eye for wit and the absurd. Referencing Computer Generated Imagery, the liquid visuals are entirely analogue, shot in real-time. They emerge through alchemic processes that bring ideas into matter.
Academic Qualifications
1996-97 MA in combined media, St. Martins School of Art
1990-94 BA Fine art - The Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
1989-1990 Foundation course Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Saskia Olde Wolbers is represented by Maureen Paley, London and Stigter van Doesburg Amsterdam.
Teaching
Saskia has lectured at the Slade School of Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art & Design, Royal College of Art & Design and Westminster University, and internationally at Michigan University in the U.S. and De Ateliers postgraduate programme in Amsterdam. She has taught in programmes from Fashion Design and Enterprise to Moving Image and Fine Art.
Professional Projects
Saskia has been awarded an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, as well as the Mondrian Fund and the Elephant Trust. She has received London Artists' Film and Video Award, the Baloise Prize at Art Basel, the Prix de Rome Film & Video Basisprijsand, the Charlotte Kohler Award and the Breathing Space Award. Five catalogues have been published on Saskia's work.
Saskia's recent solo exhibitions include an Artangel commission in London and shows at the Fondation Vincent van Gogh in Arles, Museum M Leuven in Belgium, Ota Fine Arts in Tokyo and Singapore, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Osram and the Goetz Collection in Munich, and Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Whitechapel Gallery, Tate Britain, The Hirshhorn museum Washington DC, MOCA San Diego and Art Gallery New South Wales Australia.
She has been invited to give talks and discussions for her Artangel project at the Type Archive London, Tate Britain, Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol and the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. She has served on selection committees for the 2015 East Sussex open, the RCA Metro Prize, Bloomsberg New Contemporaries, and Blink at Gasworks, London.
Publications and research outputs
Show/Exhibition
Sonar Jetty at Wet Wipes Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2025. Sonar Jetty at Wet Wipes. In: "DeptfordX Festival 2025", Empathy & Risk, London, United Kingdom, 12 - 20 July 2025.
Brewers Towner International Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2020. Brewers Towner International. In: "Brewers Towner International", Towner Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 6 October 2020 - 11 April 2021.
Beating around the Bush #6 Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2020. Beating around the Bush #6. In: "Beating around the Bush #6", The Bonnefanton, Maastrict, Netherlands, 6 March 2020 - 2 February 2021.
Kino der Kunst, Forbidden Beauty Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2020. Kino der Kunst, Forbidden Beauty. In: "Kino der Kunst 2020, Forbidden Beauty", Munich, Germany, 27 October - 1 November 2020.
Unreliable Biographers Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2019. Unreliable Biographers. In: "Unreliable Biographers", Van Gogh House London, United Kingdom, 1 June - 7 July 2019.
The Collection, Highlights for a Future Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2019. The Collection, Highlights for a Future. In: "The Collection, Highlights for a Future", S.M.A.K, Gent, Belgium, 16 March - 29 September 2019.
NON DUAL x QDQ: DREAM STATE Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2019. NON DUAL x QDQ: DREAM STATE. In: "NON DUAL x QDQ: DREAM STATE", Hoxton Cabin, London, United Kingdom.
Women's Work: Art from Southwark Collections Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. Women's Work: Art from Southwark Collections. In: "Women's Work: Art from Southwark Collections", Morley Gallery, Morley College, London, United Kingdom, 10 November - 21 December 2018.
Resilient Futures Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. Resilient Futures. In: "Resilient Futures", Thessaloniki Centre Contemporary Arts, Greece, 28 June - 23 September 2018.
From the Collection, Out of Time (collection display) Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. From the Collection, Out of Time (collection display). In: "From the Collection, Out of Time", S.M.A.K, Gent, Belgium, 2 June - 21 October 2018.
Telling Tales, Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. Telling Tales, Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers. In: "Telling Tales, Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers", Ota Fine Arts, Shanghai, China, 12 May - 1 July 2018.
Known Unknowns Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. Known Unknowns. In: "Known Unknowns", Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 21 March - 9 September 2018.
Phantom Limb: Art beyond Escher Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. Phantom Limb: Art beyond Escher. In: "Phantom Limb: Art beyond Escher", Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 26 January 2028 - 6 January 2019.
Gallery Collection Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2018. Gallery Collection. In: "Gallery Collection", Ota Fine Arts Shanghai, China, 20 January - 18 March 2018.
Pan O’ Rama, 360 BRNDWR 4 ( public art work) Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2017. Pan O’ Rama, 360 BRNDWR 4 ( public art work). In: "Pan O’ Rama, 360 BRNDWR 4 ( public art work)", Maastricht, Netherlands, 23 September 2017 - 30 June 2018.
Yes, these Eyes are the Windows, various screenings and exhibitions Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2016. Yes, these Eyes are the Windows, various screenings and exhibitions. In: "Yes, these Eyes are the Windows, Art Amsterdam, IDFA", EYE film museum amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015-2016.
Unmade, Anne Lindberg & Saskia Olde Wolbers, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2014. Unmade, Anne Lindberg & Saskia Olde Wolbers, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA. In: "Unmade, Anne Lindberg & Saskia Olde Wolbers", Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA, United States, October 10, 2014 through March 22, 2015.
Trailer shown at; Contemporary Art Society: Twixt Two Worlds at the Whitechapel Gallery Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2014. Trailer shown at; Contemporary Art Society: Twixt Two Worlds at the Whitechapel Gallery. In: "Contemporary Art Society: Twixt Two Worlds at the Whitechapel Gallery and Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne", Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 10 June – 31 August 2014.
Pareidolia, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2014. Pareidolia, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland. In: "Pareidolia, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland", Basel, Switzerland, june 2014.
Interloper shown at The Surface of The World : Architecture and The Moving Image, MCAD , Manila, Philippines Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2014. Interloper shown at The Surface of The World : Architecture and The Moving Image, MCAD , Manila, Philippines. In: "The Surface of The World : Architecture and The Moving Image, MCAD , Manila, Philippines", The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila,, Philippines, 06 June to 31 October 2014.
Yes, These Eyes are the Windows, The Artangel installation 2014 Olde Wolbers, Saskia. 2014. Yes, These Eyes are the Windows, The Artangel installation 2014. In: "Yes, These Eyes are the Windows 2014", Hackford Road London, Artangel, United Kingdom, April / June 2014.
