Suntje Sagerer lives in Berlin, Germany, whose interdisciplinary practice spans drawing, painting, Sculpture, and large-scale multimedia installations. 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.

Born in 1982 in the GDR and trained initially as a design assistant, 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.

Since its founding, the Minimal Art Gallery has evolved into a long-term artistic project with numerous exhibitions across Europe, the United States, and Asia. Selected exhibitions include MAG Social Rooms (Berggut Oschatz, 2025), MAG Burnout (Kunstgehaeuse Dresden, 2023), MAG Mobile Supromo (CAC Málaga, 2023), MAG Mothers INN Volume One (GIF Vienna, 2023), and MAG Gunst der Stunde (Albertinum Dresden, 2022). Beyond MAG, Sagerer has participated in international group and solo exhibitions such as VON.SICH.SELBST. (C. Rockefeller Center, Dresden, 2025), OUT LAW since 1 (Kunstgehaeuse Dresden, 2023), Vigies (Fürst-Pückler-Park Branitz, 2023), Collapse (Shanghai, 2013), and the 4th Dresden Biennale (2012).

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.

Exhibition with MAG/Minimal Art Gallery

(2014 -2025)
MAG Social Rooms, Fata Morgana Socialis, Berggut Oschatz, 27.4. – 06.Juli 2025
MAG Burnout, Kunstgehaeuse Dresden, 17.08. – 06.10.2023
MAG Mobile Supromo, CAC Malaga, Spain, 02.03.2023
MAG Mothers INN Volume One, GIF Vienna, 19.01.-31.01.2023
MAG Gunst der Stunde, Albertinum Dresden, 2022
MAG Mobile_Groupshow 1, C.Rockefellercenter Dresden, 2022
MAG Meine Freunde, Alte Molkerei Radebeul, 2021
MAG Formatsprengung, Zentralwerk Dresden, 2019
MAG Jedermann, Periscope, Salzburg, 2018
MAG Parkour der Gegenwart, Loschwitz, Dresden, 2018
MAG Pussy Deluxe 2, Galerie Weltecho Chemnitz, 2018
MAG Horror Vacui, Produzentengalerie, Dresden, 2017
MAG Home, RED BASE Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesien, 2016
MAG Foreign Affairs, Zygote Press, Cleveland/ Ohio, USA, 2016
MAG Schools of Art, Oktogon der HfBK Dresden, 2015
MAG Reloaded; Galerie Bear, Dresden, 2014
MAG 18 Künstler auf 2 qm, Galerie Mikky Burg, Dresden, 2014

Group and Solo Exhibitions

2025
“VON.SICH.SELBST.”, C.Rockefeller Center Dresden, 26.04.2025

2023 
I´m happy to join with you today, MAG Social Room, Après Studio at 11. Stock, Januar 2024, DD
OUT LAW since 1/Revelation of the hidden, Galerie Kunstgehaeuse, DD Neustadt, 17.8. – 6.10.2023
Vigies, Land Art Interventionen, Fürst-Pückler-Park Branitz, 02. Juni – Oktober 2023

2022
Monolith, Stach/Sagerer, Kratzr Records, 20.07.22, DD
Roleplay, Bias Finta, 02.-24.9.2022, DD
Prolog ­­Heft für Zeichnung & Text, Westwerk Hamburg

2015
Bewegungsparallaxe, Galerie für junge zeitgenössische Kunst, Chemnitz
Our hands are feet, Galerie Synkoop, Wien, Österreich
What kind of room is behind this door, Mikky Burg, Dresden
Lactoseintoleranz, Molkerei, Radebeul

2014
C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, Kunstmesse, Essen
Lackierte Zimmerpflanzen, Eine Ausstellung mit und über Fotografie, Mikky Burg, Dresden
Eröffnungsausstellung Atelier Mikky Burg, Dresden

2013
Collapse – another perspective of examining cultural collision, East China University, Shanghai

2012
Evolution of Society, F14, Dresden
hÖchstWASSER, 4. Dresdner Biennale, Wasserwerk Saloppe Dresden

2011
Diplomausstellung, HfBK Dresden