Louisa Michaela Behr (she/her) lives and works in Zurich. She completed her bachelor's degree in art history and theatre and media studies at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and spent a semester abroad at Università degli Studi di Siena. This was followed by a master's degree in Curatorial Studies at Goethe University and the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts, both in Frankfurt am Main. Since August 2025, Behr has been a doctoral candidate at the Institute for Theatre Studies at the University of Bern.
In recent years, Behr has worked in various positions for art institutions such as Kunstpalais Erlangen, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Kunsthalle Portikus, Kunsthalle Basel and the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst. She also works as a freelance author, curator and producer for performance projects. Behr's texts have appeared in various print and online media, including Kunstbulletin, gallerytalk.net, SchirnMAG and art kaleidoscope. She writes regularly for artist and exhibition publications and recently co-edited the publication DEATH IN PEACE – Features with director Ayla Pierrot Arendt. In her role as a curator, Behr has organised solo and group exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Her experience as a producer for performance projects – such as at Haus der Statistik Berlin, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and Frankfurt LAB, both in Frankfurt am Main – has shaped her curatorial approach of combining visual and performing arts. As co-founder of the association Q.U.I.C.H.E. – Verein für Kulturreflexion (Association for Cultural Reflection), she also publishes anecdotal texts and organises readings and other events with the queer writing collective at cultural institutions in Basel and beyond.
Central to Behr's academic practice is the interplay between artistic production and theoretical engagement, as well as transdisciplinary research between theatre studies, gender studies and queer theory. In terms of content, she focuses particularly on artistic strategies for making marginalised bodies visible. She is currently researching queer-feminist productions in contemporary German-language theatre and their potential to deconstruct existing power relations.
