René de Sans is a queer Berlin-based visual artist who works mainly with photography and film. Her primary artistic interests include the exploration of human bodies as visual, visceral, and psychological landscapes that express, incarnate and question ideas of identity, gender, sexuality, and taboo. René de Sans’ art plays with, explores, and deconstructs normative ideas in search of alternative, authentic and diversified modes of expression. Her style incorporates a wide array ranging from minimalistic and emotionally charged portraits to highly stylized symbolic poses and metaphorical scenes that sometimes evolve into visually abundant surrealist dreamscapes. René is Co-Founder and Co-Curator of Karada House Berlin, a queer collaborative art space that explores the boundaries of the body, art, and the multitude of interactions between them. Karada House is a body-positive open space based on collaboration, enthusiastic consent, and respectful communication.

Group Exhibitions

Exhibition in the Course of the PFF Berlin, Moviemento, Berlin (2016) • Photo Exhibition: Erotic Art / Photobastei, Zürich (2015) • Beton Bruch Festival Berlin / Art Exhibition in the course of the Festival, Berlin (2010) • Beton Bruch Festival Berlin / Art Exhibition in the course of the Festival, Berlin (2008)

Solo Exhibitions

Collected Works, Karada House, Berlin (2019) • Collected Works, Boutique Bizarre, Hamburg (2017)

Film Screenings

Screening of "Jasko Trying Hard" at Porny Days Kunst Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland (2017) • Screening of "Locked" at La Fête du Slip, Lausanne, Switzerland (2017) • Screening of "Locked" at Pornydays Kunst Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at CineKink Tour, Chicago, Miami, Oakland, Portland, USA (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at Nachtschatten Filmfestival, Munich, Germany (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at CineKink - The Kinky Film Festival, New York, USA (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at Cinerotic Film Festival at the Dirty Show, Detroit, USA (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at BRIEFS: East Bay Express’ Erotic Short Film Competition, Oakland, USA (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at Erotic&Bizarre Art Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain (2016) • Screening of "Locked" at Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong (2016)