Stefan Knauf (*1990 in Munich, Germany; lives and works in Berlin, Germany) frequently brings together industrial materials and symbolically charged forms in his artistic practice. He investigates questions of transformation, technologically inflected conceptions of nature, and the social conditions of the present.
The artist studied Fine Arts and Industrial Design at the University of the Arts Berlin, and Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, New York. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Global Change Management from the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development. 
Recent solo exhibitions include As Hope Is Last to Die, Livie Gallery, Zurich (2026), When Beginnings End, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin (2026), Forever Again, Haus Coburg, Delmenhorst (2025) and Diorama (with Robert Grunenberg), Eyes Only Galerie, Munich (2023). Selected group exhibitions include Power Lines, Mercedes-Benz Art Collection, Budapest (2026), I Will Look Into the Earth, Kunsthalle Helsinki (2025); Where Are We Now, Philara, Düsseldorf (2025); Hallen 06, Wilhelmhallen, Berlin Art Week (2025); Nous n’irons plus au bois…, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin (2025); Paradise, D.D.D.D pictures, New York (2024) and Nachts wach, Livie Gallery, Zurich (2024). His works are held in public collections including the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection, Stuttgart, the Miettinen Collection, Berlin, and the Sammlung Peters-Messer, Berlin/Viersen.