Diemut Schilling

Diemut Schilling (born November 16, 1965 in Bremen ) is a German sculptor and university lecturer .

Schilling lives and works in Wuppertal . Since 2011 she has been a professor for drawing and printmaking at the Alanus University of Art and Society .

Live and act

Schilling grew up in Hamburg and came to Wuppertal in 1984. In 1986/87 she studied at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice and then in 1987 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Tony Cragg . In 1990 she received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and in 1992 she became a master student in the Tony Cragg class and received a Belgian “Transfer” scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1993 he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation in Moscow and in 1997 a Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship.

Since 2008, Schilling has been a lecturer in drafting, spatial representation and free-hand drawing in the media design department at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .

From 1999 to 2009 she gave classes and numerous workshops for the artists of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany / International. From 2000 to 2011 lecturer for freehand drawing and illustration in the design department at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences . In 2004 she taught at the Darmstadt Junior Academy, Hesse for gifted students. In 2007 she was a lecturer for “Design-Movement-Identity” in Faculty 4 at the University of Siegen , where she held a substitute professorship for “Aesthetics and Communication” in the Faculty of Art in 2008/09.

In 1999 she initiated the annual light and art campaign Lichterwege in the Ostersbaum residential area .

Works

Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany (Ed.): That's me! : creative design with children . Verl. An der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2005, ISBN 978-3-86072-942-7 .
Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany (Ed.): That's how I see it! : creative design with children . Verl. An der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2005, ISBN 978-3-86072-965-6 .

Exhibitions

1989: Rome, Palazzo Valentini Rome, Schneider Gallery
1990: Heraklion, Palazzo San Marco
1990: Nantes, II Salon International de la Gravure
1990/91: Wuppertal, Barmen Art Gallery
1992: Hamburg, TuuH
1992: Lucerne, cultural panorama
1992: Wuppertal, Kunstraum
1992: Aachen, New Aachen Art Association
1993: Ghent, St. Peters Abbey
1993: Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle
1993: Wuppertal, Alte Posthalle
1994: Charleroi, Galerie Ephemere
1994: Charleroi, Musee des Beaux Arts
1994: Vaasa, Ostrobothnian Museum
1994: St. Petersburg, Gallery 21
1994: Freiburg, Elisabeth Schneider Foundation
1994: Wuppertal, art space
1995: Wuppertal, Barmen Art Gallery
1995: Wuppertal, "Ort" gallery
1996: Wuppertal, Epikur Gallery
1996: Hamburg, Chaos Art Gallery
1997: Bucharest, National Gallery of Contemporary Art
1997: Wuppertal, Immanuelskirche
1998: Essen, Lekon Gallery
1999: Remscheid, tool museum
1999: Tilburg, Resy Muijers Gallery
1999: Wuppertal, Böhler Hofgesellschaft
2000: Cologne, Galerie Roccoco
2000: Dresden, Octagon of the University of Fine Arts
2000: Halle, Giebichenstein Castle
2000: Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle and Kunstverein
2001: Wuppertal, Galerie Junge
2001: Remscheid, Municipal Gallery
2001: Wuppertal, from the Heydt Museum
2002: Tilburg, Resy Muijers Gallery
2003: Wuppertal, Immanuelskirche
2003: Wuppertal, Galerie Junge
2007: Eschbachtal, "In Streams"
2008: Seoul, Baum Art Gallery
2008: Seoul, Hanjoen Plaza Gallery
2010: Lünen, cultural capital project 2010 "Walking over water"

Performances

1995: “The Eternal Flame” in “Ort”, Wuppertal
1995/98: “Mockba” in “Cyt”, Wuppertal Summer Academy Studienstiftung, St.Johann
1996/98: "Mockba" Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
1999: “Splinters” in the Böhler Hofgesellschaft, Wuppertal
2000: “Splinters” at the Dresden Art Academy
2001: “Splinters” at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Applied Sciences, Halle
2001: “Splinters” in the Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
2004: “Splinters” at the University of the Arts, Bremen
2004: “Soglia” in the Böhler Hofgesellschaft, Wuppertal
2011: “Fahrt auf ein Faden”, production with Caroline Keufen (drama) and Ute Völker (accordion) Galerie Barczat, Wuppertal

Participation projects in public space

since 1999: light show "Lights Paths" (annually), participation of 26 institutions in the district
2005: Light and dance production “Brückenzauber”, Solingen, participation of around 2000 passers-by
2006: Redesign of the “Schleswiger Str” bus stop, Wuppertal, with 100 residents involved
2007: Event "Stair Run", Wuppertal, participation of approx. 1000 citizens of Wuppertal
2007: Temporary installation “Message in a Bottle”, Morsbachtal, participation of approx. 2000 people
2007: Redesign of the “Am Clef” pedestrian underpass, participation of 200 young people
2008: Redesign of the "Schleswiger Staircase", Wuppertal, participation of 250 residents
2008: Redesign of the “Flensburg Staircase”, Wuppertal, participation of 400 residents
2009: "Nachtaktiv" light show at Paffendorf Castle, Bergheim, participation of 30 young nature park guides and local associations
2010: “Fire” (production with Camilo Milton (dance)) Keramion, Frechen
2010: "Garden Dance " (production with Mark Sieczkarek (dance)) Castle Park, Castle Brühl
2010: “Erde” (production with Ruth Amarante (dance)), Waldau, Bonn “Wasser” (production with Caroline Keufen (theater)), cloth factory, Euskirchen Ruhratoll
2010: “MuseLabor”, cultural capital project 2010 Essen, participation of 1200 children from 44 schools, 10 professors from the physics faculty at the University of Duisburg / Essen
2011: “Move!”, Redesign of the underpass Rheinhauser Str., Moers, participation of 200 residents
2012: Redesign of the Pressburg staircase, participation of 120 residents

Redesign of the "Flensburg Staircase"
Light trails
Light trails
Light trails

Awards and honors

2001: Promotion Prize of the von der Heydt Culture Prize
2005: 2nd prize NRW "social city" for " ways of lights "
2009: Prize of the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Architects, "NRW lives"
2009: Award from the Federal Ministry of Construction: " National Prize for Integrated Urban Development and Building Culture "
2009: Award "Model Project of the Social City NRW"
2009: Award as "Robert Jungk Future Project" for stair design in public spaces

Web links

Diemut Schilling: website. Retrieved March 16, 2015 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Prof. Diemut Schilling, Department of Education: Brief Vita. Alanus Hochschule gGmbH , accessed on March 15, 2015 .
↑ Udo Garweg: Wuppertal artist directory . Ed .: Sabine Fehlemann . From the Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 978-3-89202-042-4 .
↑ PROF. DIEMUT SCHILLING (born 1965). (pdf) rat-kulturelle-bildung.de, accessed on March 15, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b Manuel Praest: Diemut Schilling: In action for the Easter tree. Westdeutsche Zeitung , January 31, 2013, accessed on March 15, 2015 .
↑ Manuel Praest: The light trails were again a shining spectacle. Westdeutsche Zeitung , February 6, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schilling, Diemut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 16, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen

[Alanus_Kurzvita-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Prof. Diemut Schilling, Department of Education: Brief Vita. Alanus Hochschule gGmbH , accessed on March 15, 2015 .

[2] Udo Garweg: Wuppertal artist directory . Ed .: Sabine Fehlemann . From the Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 978-3-89202-042-4 .

[rat-kulturelle-bildung_Kurzvita-3] PROF. DIEMUT SCHILLING (born 1965). (pdf) rat-kulturelle-bildung.de, accessed on March 15, 2015 .

[WZ20130131-4] Manuel Praest: Diemut Schilling: In action for the Easter tree. Westdeutsche Zeitung , January 31, 2013, accessed on March 15, 2015 .

[WZ20150205-5] Manuel Praest: The light trails were again a shining spectacle. Westdeutsche Zeitung , February 6, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2015 .