about

Sig Waller was born in Swansea (Wales), and spent her early years roaming the beaches and woodlands near her home, inventing stories and adventures. Her father was an American historian who dressed like a tramp, her mother a German psychologist and housewife. The family foraged for food, brewed ale, collected driftwood and threw wild parties.

As a teen, Sig yearned for the bright lights of the big city and at age 18, she went to study Fine Art & Art History at Goldsmiths College, London. While at college, Sig became involved in the squatting scene, and spent many subsequent years immersed in the intrepid world of anarchic living. After graduating from Goldsmiths, she initially went on to work in animation, music videos and design.

In 1995 Sig relocated to Berlin, and it was here that she returned to art-making. Adopting the alias S.I.G., she created Dreamlands , an expansive series of TV paintings, which toured venues in Europe, culminating in a solo show in New York in 2001.

Sig´s son Sky was born in 2002, after which the artist suffered from postpartum depression. It was from this dark place that she painted Desert Storm, a reflection on the political climate during the Iraq War.

In 2006, Sig moved back to London. Here she began writing and making art from litter collected off the streets. Deciding against bringing up a child in the Big Smoke, Sig & son relocated to Brighton on the south coast of England. She received an MA in Fine Art from the University of Brighton in 2010.

While in Brighton, Sig discovered a passion for antique fabrics and embroidery and began working on Parlour Games , an ongoing drawing project. In 2013, her Shadow Monster first came into being. Concurrent with this, Sig started working on Happy Homes. This marked a turning-point in Sig’s art, as her work became increasingly personal and analytic.

Sig eloped back to mainland Europe shortly before the UK referendum on Brexit. Her ensuing series Hell is Empty is a satirical reflection on the politics of Brexit and Trump.

Since 2017, Sig has been curating Running with the Wolves , a Folk-Horror & magick themed touring exhibition. In 2022, Sig founded the Tao Twins together with her husband Udo Zöls. The Tao Twins are a multidisciplinary artist collective focussing on the intersection of nature and magic.

Sig’s painterly focus is currently on the monstrous feminine, which has become a leitmotiv in recent years. The archetype of the witch also exerts an increasing fascination on the artist.

Sig is now based in Saarbruecken, on the German border to France, where she lives with Sky and their dog Doli. When she isn’t making art, Sig is busy restoring the old family home - the Hexen Haus and rescuing her garden - the Jungle from the wild. Sig is a practicing chaos witch, with a keen interest in the healing properties of plants, crystals and nature.


S.I.G. is represented by C4 Kunsthandel in Berlin.

Ilia Castellanos: +49 177 79 828 78
Kerstin Jasinszczak: mail@cc4.de


education

2010 MA Fine Art
University of Brighton
1988 BA Fine Art / Art History
University of London, Goldsmiths College

selected exhibitions

2024Blind Spots, 35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Kafka_100, Sali e Tabacchi, Saarbruecken, Germany
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2022AKTIONALE IV, Verein Berliner Kuenstler (VBK), Berlin, Germany
Running with the Wolves II, 35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Nadelwerk, Klosterscheune Zehdenick, Zehdenick, Germany
Werkschau #2, Galerie Z22, Berlin, Germany
Insekten Show, 35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Dangerous (solo)Pineapple Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2021On the Road / Eine feministische Intervention, Galerie Asterisk, Berlin, Germany
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District 8, C4, Berlin, Germany
In Every Dream Home a Heartache (solo), Galerie Z22 in cooperation with C4, Berlin, Germany
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2020Textile Art, 35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Stay Home, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Quarantaene, 35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
LETZTE LOCKERUNG, Saarlaendisches Kuenstlerhaus, Saarbruecken, Germany
HERBSTSALON 2020, KUBA, Saarbruecken, Germany
Tage der bildenden Kunst, Garelly Haus, Saarbruecken, Germany
2019BREXIT, 35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami, New York, USA
Let's Talk About the Anthropocene, University of Brighton Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton, UK
papierpapier, Saarlaendisches Kuenstlerhaus, Saarbruecken, Germany
2018Radical Social Practice, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, UK
Postcards From The Edge, Gallery 524, New York, USA
Neue Echtheit, Festival 48 Stunden Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (solo), Saarlaendisches Kuenstlerhaus, Saarbruecken, Germany
2017Running with the Wolves, 35Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Something Witchy, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2016Milk the Body, Hellwighaus der Kuenste, Saarbruecken, Germany
Goodbye to Love (solo), 35Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
2015Punto Linea Superficie, LAB4, San Cataldo, Italy
PLAY - an art event in a warehouse, Cultivate, London, UK
Die Lichtenberg Norm, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin, Germany
2014Strongly Weak, LAB4, San Cataldo, Italy
Barbara Cammarata, Elena Consoli, Sig Waller, Museo a Cielo aperto di Camo, Camo, Italy
happiness is a warm gun, 35Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
(with Trash/Treasure)
If you go down in the woods today, Brighton Fringe Festival, Brighton, UK
From Here & There, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado, USA
Drawing From Here & There, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK
Camouflage Project, Museo a Cielo aperto di Camo, Camo, Italy
2013Happy Homes, 35Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
(with Chris Shaw Hughes)
Portas Abertas, Forum Eugenio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal
ex-ca-vate-site-one, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
Kitchen Girls Vol. 2, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
Girls Aren't Funny, A-Side B-Side Gallery, London, UK
2012The Door Prize for Painting, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, UK
The Green Show, Hillyard, Urbandale, Iowa, USA
BEEP Painting Prize 2012, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK
La Lum di Mortsch (solo), HAECCCC 0+865 Residency, Bolzano, Italy
2011GOMI (solo), Freedom Autonomy Club, London, UK
Monte Verita, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany
WHO IS - WER IST?, Saarlaendische Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sweeping Up the Mess, Hillyard, Urbandale, Iowa, USA
Trans-Siberia, Trans-Siberian Arts-Centre, travelling from Moscow, Russia to Beijing, China
2010Postgraduates 2010, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset, UK
2009Kunstbiennale Kleinzetelvitz, Kunstverein Klein Zetelvitz, Greifswald, Germany
2005Ansichtssachen, Gallery Andreas Engler, Berlin, Germany
2004Tiny Machinery, Aggregat, Berlin, Germany
2003Galerie Expo 3000 Reloaded, Lothringer Laden, Munich, Germany
Disposition #1 - Female Art Berlin, Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg, Germany
2002A Nudo, Antonio Battaglia Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Nacht # Berlin, Galerie Dida, Graz, Austria
Hotel Romantica (solo), Engler & Piper, Berlin, Germany
20012001 Reality, Pussy Galore Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Figurationen, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
Dreamlands (solo), Priska C. Juschka & American-European Fine Art, New York, USA
2000Hedges, Pussy Galore Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The 18 Bahnen of the Bewegungselite, Haus des Lehrers, Berlin, Germany
The Return of the Bewegungselite, Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany
Moving Up, Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany
Z2000 (Present Representation), Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
Rocket Art, Mau Mau Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1999Gilbert Muttonbery's World of Game, Galerie Meinblau, Berlin, Germany
Playroom Berlin, Gallery Thor Zimmermann, Cologne, Germany
1998Blut & Blumen, c4 gallery, Berlin, Germany
(with Anja Fuchs)
Honig (solo), Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany