Bischoff, Benedikt

Bischoff, Benedikt

Artistic Associate | Art Pedagogy

Benedikt Bischoff (born in Erlangen in 1978; maiden name: Ender) studied Fine Art and Art Education at the Kunsthochschule Kassel of Fine Arts and the Städelschule in Frankfurt. He graduated in 2004 with the land art project ‘Terra Sphäre’ and completed his master’s degree under Prof. Alf Schuler in 2006. In 2013, he passed the First State Examination to qualify as a teacher at secondary schools (art/Catholic religious education) at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.

Since 2005, he has assisted the artist Jason Rhoades, contributed to installations and performances for Art Basel Miami Beach, and supported collaborations with Paul McCarthy for the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Hauser & Wirth (Zurich). Between 2006 and 2008, he took part in international exhibitions, including at theTime-Based Art Festival in Portland. He also realised projects as part of the artist duo ‘taeglichdigital’.

At the same time, from 2015 onwards, he worked as an art and class teacher at special needs schools and in early years teacher training, and carried out numerous art and film projects with children and young people. From 2020 to 2022, he undertook further study in special educational needs at the University of Oldenburg. Since 2026, he has been conducting research as part of the project ‘IT WORKS_ Aesthetic Practice as a Developmental Movement in Open Artistic Processes’ within the Department of Art Education at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.