As a trained sculptor at college of Art, Berlin, I wanted to explore new 'sculpture' - material and was awarded a residency in Japan.
There I discovered, what a strong Material paper can be, if strong fibers are used to cast 3dimensinal Art works. In Addition to this, these strong fiber materials are pure nature without any chemical Additions and therefore last up to hundreds of years. This quality, among others, is the big difference to commonly known paper machee, which is only recycled industrial material of the lowest level and therefore does not survive many years.
I became obsessed with the wondrous and enchanting abilities of handmade paper as a sculptural material. Whenever I go to work at a new place, I always respond to that very surroundings which becomes the source of Inspiration. Like this two exhibited works were created in the backwaters of Kerala - and they could not have been created in the normal Studio environment.
Born in 1951, German
EDUCATION
1971,1977 University of Fine Arts, West-Berlin
1977,1984 Study trips to North and East Africa, Asia, Latin America
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Tao Art Gallery/group show
2018 Tao Art Gallery/ group show
2017 Tao Art Gallery / group show
2017 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2015 Artheritage Gallery, New Delhi (two women show)
2013 Indira Gandhi Centre for the arts, New Delhi (group show)
2010 Tao Art Gallery, Bombay
2006 Gallery Alternatives, Gurgaon
2006 Tao Art Gallery Bombay
2005 Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin
2004 Max-Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi
2002 Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin
2002 Libya Project, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
2001 German Exhibition at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Gallery S’Escala 3, Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain
2000 German Consulat General, New York, USA
1999 Deutsche Bank Tokyo, Japan
1999 Goethe-Institut, Cairo, Egypt
1998 Egyptian Museum, Berlin
1997 Bildhauer Foyer Constanze Pressehaus, Berlin
1996 Art Cologne, Galerie R. Springer, Berlin
1995 Project Bridge sculpture, Berlin
1994 Galerie Town Hall Tempelhof, Berlin
1993 Max-Planck-Institute for Education, Berlin
1993 Bank of Yamanashi, Japan
1992 Galerie Sophienstrasse 8, Berlin
1991 Kulturforum Villa Oppenheim, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 'Fractional Whole' Group Show by Artchill at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur
2018 Maximising the Minimal ,Tao Art Gallery ,Mumbai, India
2018 No Corners ,Tao Art Gallery ,Mumbai, India
2017 Silent Spectacle. Gallery’s 17th Anniversary Show ,Tao Art Gallery ,Mumbai, India
2016 Abstract Stories ,Tao Art Gallery ,Mumbai, India
2016 Gallery Collection January 2016 ,Tao Art Gallery ,Mumbai, India
2015 The Ecstasy of Art – 2 ,Tao Art Gallery ,Mumbai, India
AWARDS
2000 Edward F. Albee Foundation, NY, USA
1998 Stiftung Kulturfond, Egypt
1997 Grant for Japan
1995 Artist-in-residence, Yaddo, NY, USA
1994 Grant for Japan
1994 Artist-in-residence, Villa Montalvo, CA, USA
1993 Wiepersdorf Castle Award, Germany
1992 Award Senate of Berlin, Berlin
1991 Schwalenberg Award, Germany
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1988, 1993, 2002 Graphothek City Charlotte burg, Berlin
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2003 Senate of Berlin
1995, 1997 Artothek NBK, Berlin
1996 Art Collection Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin
1995 Art Collection Foreign Office, Berlin