Suntje Sagerer lives in Berlin, Germany, whose interdisciplinary practice spans drawing, painting, Sculpture, and digital works. She is the founder of the Minimal Art Gallery (MAG), established in 2014, an innovative exhibition format that presents contemporary artworks in miniature scale. Conceived as both a serial multimedia sculpture and a social sculpture, MAG challenges conventional exhibition spaces and redefines how art can be produced, displayed, and collectively experienced.

Sagerer’s work investigates social structures and contemporary conditions. Through the interplay of diverse media, she reorganizes cultural and societal phenomena, offering new perspectives on their underlying dynamics. Her practice is shaped by a strong DIY ethos and a deliberate independence from traditional art-world hierarchies, allowing her to create her own artistic platforms and modes of distribution. Her works reveal unexpected visual constellations while inviting viewers into an active, participatory encounter.

Sagerer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden, receiving her Diploma in Fine Arts in 2011 and completing a postgraduate Meisterschüler program with Prof. Christian Sery in 2015. The birth of her daughter in 2010 significantly influenced her early artistic direction: limitations of time and space led her to experiment with miniature formats and staged photographic scenarios using vintage GDR dollhouse interiors. This resulted in her acclaimed series Masters of Society (2013), which critically examines family structures and the societal expectations imposed on women and mothers in the arts. The series was exhibited internationally, including at the East China University in Shanghai, and laid the conceptual foundation for MAG.

Sagerer has been awarded numerous grants, residencies, and project fundings, including an Artist Grant from the Cultural Foundation of Saxony (2025), a Bias FLINTA* Projects Residency (2023), Neustart Kultur/Stiftung Kunstfonds (2022), the Zygote Press Travel Grant in Cleveland, Ohio (2016), and multiple project fundings supporting the development and international expansion of MAG.

Through her multifaceted practice and the long-running MAG project, Suntje Sagerer has created a distinctive artistic position that merges conceptual rigor with an accessible, socially engaged format—establishing her as a relevant figure in contemporary art and its alternative modes of exhibition.

Exhibitions (Selection 2006–2025)

2025

Fata Morgana, MAG Social Rooms, Berggut Oschatz

2024

I’m Happy to Join with You Today, MAG Social Room, Apres Studio, Dresden

2023

Reflecting FLINTA Perspectives* (Group Show), Graz, Austria

Studie zum Geschehen, Installation, Bias FLINTA* Projects, Dresden

(S)Out Law_sinse 1 – Revelation of the Hidden, Kunstgehäuse, Dresden

Vigies – Land Art Interventions, Fürst-Pückler-Park Branitz (June–October)

2022

ROLEPLAY, Bias FLINTA* Projects, Dresden (Group Show, 02.09.–24.09.2022)

Monolith, Stach/Sagerer, Kratzr Records, Dresden (20.07.2022)

2021

MAG Meine Freunde, Alte Molkerei, Radebeul

2019

MAG Formatsprengung, Zentralwerk, Dresden

2018

MAG Jedermann, Periscope, Salzburg, Austria

MAG Parkour der Gegenwart, Loschwitz, Dresden

MAG Pussy Deluxe 2, Galerie Weltecho, Chemnitz

2017

MAG Horror Vacui, Produzentengalerie, Dresden

2016

MAG Home, Red Base Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

MAG Foreign Affairs, Zygote Press, Cleveland, USA

2015

Bewegungsparallaxe, Galerie für junge zeitgenössische Kunst, Chemnitz

Our Hands Are Feet, Galerie Synkoop, Vienna, Austria

Minimal Art Gallery / Schools of Art, Oktogon, HfBK Dresden

What Kind of Room Is Behind This Door, Mikky Burg, Dresden

Lactosetoleranz, Alte Molkerei, Radebeul

2014

Minimal Art Gallery / Reloaded, Galerie Baer, Dresden

Minimal Art Gallery / 18 Artists on 2 m², Galerie Mikky Burg, Dresden

C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen

Lackierte Zimmerpflanzen – An Exhibition on and about Photography, Mikky Burg, Dresden

Opening Exhibition Atelier Mikky Burg, Dresden

2013

Collapse – Another Perspective of Examining Cultural Collision, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

PART Kunstschau, Mainz

2012

Evolution of Society, F14, Dresden

hÖchstWASSER, 4th Dresden Biennale, Wasserwerk Saloppe, Dresden

2011

Ein Schicksal Planet Erde, Diploma Exhibition, HfBK Dresden

2010

Senatssaal, HfBK Dresden

2008

Parasiten, Oktogon, HfBK Dresden

2007

Vier Köpfe, vier Bilder, Glasbodenatelier, HfBK Dresden

2006

Solo Exhibition, Experimentalraum, HfBK Dresden

Estudiantes de Erasmus, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain