Gesche Würfel is a visual artist based in the U.S.. She received her her MFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, and her Diploma in Urban Planning from the University of Dortmund, Germany.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2007, Würfel was selected as one of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries. In 2014 and 2016, she was selected for the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards. Some of her recent exhibitions include solo shows at the Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, NC; Schwerbelastungskoerper/Museum Tempelhof-Schoeneberg, Berlin; Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR; New York Public Library and Field Projects, New York, NY; Wolk Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA; Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC; Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Her work was featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, WIRED, DIE ZEIT online, Foto8, Cahier Fotografie, Younger than Jesus, Art Actuel, StadtBauwelt, ARTCO and was presented on WNYC – New York Public Radio and many other outlets.

Her first monograph, Basement Sanctuaries, was published by Schilt Publishing in Spring 2014.