Winnie Herbstein. Photo: Matthew Arthur Williams Winnie Herbstein
Winnie Herbstein graduated from Glasgow School of Art (Environmental Art). Formerly a committee member at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. Herbstein studied on the Women in Construction course at the City of Glasgow College and is a founding member of Slaghammers, a woman, trans and non-binary metal workshop. Her work focuses on historical and contemporary forms of organising, in relation to housing and the architecture and formation of space. She was a resident at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2021-2023).
In 2024, Herbstein and René Boer will start the research project Contemporary Conflict within the fellowship Community and Conflict in an Urban Environment, a collaboration between Framer Framed and the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.
