Angela Grauerholz
Angela Grauerholz (* 1952 in Hamburg ) is a German- Canadian photographer and installation artist .
life and work
Angela Grauerholz studied graphic design at the Alsterdamm Art School in Hamburg from 1972 to 1976 , and from 1974 to 1976 literature and linguistics at the University of Hamburg . In 1976 she emigrated to Montreal , Canada, where she obtained a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 1980 .
In 1980 she was one of the founders of the Artexte Information Center and worked in the archive until 1986. In 1988, Grauerholz was appointed to a chair at the École de design de l'UQAM , where she was director of the design faculty from 2008 to 2012.
At the beginning of her career, Grauerholz photographed black and white , in the 1990s she also experimented with color photography . Angela Grauerholz's photographs are characterized by “their own timelessness”.
“For decades, Angela Grauerholz has been consistently building a body of work that evokes place, memory and archives, time past and present” / “For decades, Angela Grauerholz has consistently created a life's work that focuses on space, memory and archives, the past and the present remembers ”, said Edward Burtynsky at the presentation of the Scotiabank Photography Award .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1990: Biennale of Sydney , Australia
- 1992: documenta IX , Kassel
- 1995: Carnegie International , Pittsburgh
- 1991: Angela Grauerholz: Photographs. Westphalian Art Association , Münster
- 1995: Angela Grauerholz (photographies 1990–1995). Art Association Hanover , Hanover
- 2015: In Order to Join - the Political in a Historical Moment. Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
Awards
- 2015: Scotiabank Photography Award
- 2014: Governor General Award in Visual and Media Arts , Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa
- 2013: Shortlist of the Scotiabank Photography Award , Toronto
- 2006: Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas , Québec
literature
- Friedrich Meschede , Chantal Pontbriand: Angela Grauerholz: Photographs. Christian Lacourière (translator). Westfälischer Kunstverein (January 1, 1991) ISBN 978-3-92504-7-152 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13th-20th September 1992 - catalog in three volumes, volume 1, page 154; Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0
- ↑ Galerie Thomas Schulte Angela Grauerholz ( Memento from March 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 26, 2016 (English)
- ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia Angela Grauerholz , accessed on March 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Concordia 'Plucked from a dream': Angela Grauerholz wins the $ 50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award. Retrieved March 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ CBC News Scotiabank Photography Award goes to Angela Grauerholz of Montreal , accessed on March 27, 2016 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grauerholz, Angela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Canadian photographer and installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |