Biography
Silke Schönfeld (*1988, Idar-Oberstein) is a fine artist and filmmaker. Her films are featured internationally in numerous exhibitions and at film festivals, e.g. in solo exhibitions at Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund (2024) and at Kunsthalle Bielefeld (2025). From 2020 to 2022 she was a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. For her works she received various grants and awards, such as Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis (German short film prize) in 2023 and Förderpreis des Landes NRW (advancement award of North Rine-Westphalia) in 2021. A recurring theme in Silke Schönfeld’s works is the continuous presence of national socialist thought and behavior in German society.