Asta from Unger
Asta von Unger (born June 2, 1970 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German painter.
life and work
From 1999 to 2005 von Unger studied philosophy and literature in Bochum and with Umberto Eco in Bologna . Subsequently, von Unger was a master student in the Günther Förg class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 2010 she graduated in painting . Today von Unger lives and works as a visual artist in Munich and Berlin .
Von Unger is particularly interested in processes in her work. Her works examine all options of the material and thus the interplay of color and image carrier. The pictures are mostly large format.
Since autumn 2018, von Unger and other Munich artists have been using a row of shops on St.-Bonifatius-Straße in the Munich district of Obergiesing . The temporary shop window galleries show changing exhibitions under the title Windows .
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2009: Dissolving under ground , Akademiegalerie , Munich
- 2013: Asta von Unger: works on paper and canvases , Galerie Artclub Ponyhof, Munich
- 2014: Who knows the beginning and who knows the end , Galerie Artclub Ponyhof, Munich
- 2016: A perfect day , Fourteen ArTellaro, Tellaro
- 2018: Creating from Nothingness , Britta von Rettberg Gallery, Munich
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2011: Possible. Perhaps , Old Prison , Freising
- 2011: Not a place to meet , Plomari Art Festival, Lesbos , Greece
- 2012: The new opening , Kreativquartier, Munich
- 2013: Atlantis , Atlantis Festival, Munich
- 2014: torpedo. The last step , installation, Leonrod House for Art, Munich
- 2015: #Querblick weiß_grau_schwarz , Big Pond Artworks, Munich
- 2017: XX / XY , Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich
- 2017: In the new G'wand , Atelier Dorothea Seror , Munich
- 2017: Greetings from Munich , Britta von Rettberg Gallery, Munich
- 2018: Window, vol. II , Obergiesing shop window gallery, Munich
- 2018: Annual review , Britta von Rettberg Gallery, Munich
Scholarships (selection)
- 2008: Scholarship from the International Summer Academy Salzburg
- 2011: Studio funding from the City of Munich
- 2011: Funding from the Erwin and Gisela von Steiner Foundation , Munich
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In transit . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 8, 2018, accessed on December 11, 2018.
- ↑ Close color . In: Münchner Feuilleton , accessed on December 11, 2018.
- ^ Exhibition: Asta von Unger: Creating from Nothingness . In: Weltkunst , accessed on December 11, 2018.
- ↑ New exhibition: Everything is possible . In: Münchner Merkur , September 23, 2011, accessed on December 11, 2018.
- ↑ #Cross-view white_grau_schwarz . In: artipool , September 23, 2011, accessed December 11, 2018.
- ^ Space for art: shop window galleries in Obergiesing . In: Münchner Wochenanzeiger , September 17, 2018, accessed on December 11, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unger, Asta from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd June 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main , Germany |