Barbara Szüts

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Barbara Szüts (* 1952 in Bad Bleiberg ) is an Austrian artist.

Barbara Szüts

Life

Szüts was born in Bad Bleiberg in Carinthia in 1952 and grew up in Bad Ischl and Baden . From 1974 to 1980 she studied painting with Carl Unger at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . From 1986 to 2010 she lived, first in Hamburg, then in Cologne. From 2004 she was a lecturer at the Free Academy Cologne, responsible for fine art. Numerous works shape the cityscape of Cologne today. Since the end of 2010 she has moved her center of life and her studio back to Vienna.

Szüts, Natur 05, 2007

Works

Szüt's artistic work includes sculpture, drawing, painting and light sculpture . In 1987 the first wall objects carved out of plastic were created in Cologne, which she called "epigrams". From 1998 she worked on the cycle of works for Johann Sebastian Bach's “Art of Fugue”. She spent 2001 as “artist in residence” at the Hotel Chelsea in Cologne, where she developed light sculptures from guest fingerprints and satellite images from space.

Her latest works are objects made of stainless steel or aluminum that appear scriptural and have titles such as “Mirroring”, “Overlay”, “Space” or “Nature”. In chalk or pencil drawings, the artist first "translates" lines of motion onto paper, then into sculptures. With the help of a computer program, the lines of the drawing are digitized and first printed out as small variants on paper, which they then process. Finally, the sculpture is removed using the same process using a laser or water jet. Their preferred materials are stainless steel and aluminum because they absorb the light and colors of the environment. Originally coming from the surface, the finished sculptures appear spatial and mobile, which can be enhanced by appropriate lighting or the arrangement of several objects one behind the other. They are designed both for the wall and as room installations and can be hung or placed as desired and thus create very different impressions. The artist attaches great importance to the lighting, which gives her works a different effect depending on where the light comes from and how the metal was polished.

Space 1, 2 & 3, exhibition view, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg 2014

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2013
  • Spaces 2013, Kunstraum Walker, Klagenfurt
  • Spaces 2013, Freihausgasse Gallery, Villach
2009-2010
  • Mirroring, location Friedberg / Augsburg train station
2009
  • 1st prize sculpture competition of the city of Friedberg / Augsburg, realization 2010
2008
  • Trinitatiskirche, overlay 2008, Cologne
  • Kunstverein Unna, sculpture and drawing, Unna
2003-2007
  • L-Gallery, Moscow
2004
  • University of Music, module cross over line, sculptures-music-environment, Cologne
  • Sculpture and drawing, Bank for Social Economy, Cologne
2002
  • Hotel Chelsea, light sculpture, with Gallery C. Schüppenhauer, Cologne
2001
  • Gallery C. Böer, Art of Fugue, Sculptures and Works on Paper, Hanover
  • artist in residence, Hotel Chelsea, Cologne
2000
  • Antoniterkirche, Art of Fugue, 1999 - 2000, Cologne
1999
  • 1st prize sculpture competition, module A, Future 1999, Association for Art and Culture Attendorn, model. Image. Sculpture, Cologne Gate, Attendorn
1996
  • Galerie V. Rolandseck, Still Moves, Rolandseck
  • Charterhouse Cologne, cloister, module B.96, sculptures-image-environment, Cologne
1995
  • Gallery V. Rolandseck, Felder 1995, Sculpture Park, Rolandseck
1994
  • Zeitkunst gallery, three sculptures in one city, sculpture-music-environment with Werner. Pirchner, Kitzbühel
  • Stadtmuseum Siegburg, module p. 94, Siegburg
1992
  • Schönblick House, Sculpture Park, Heimbach
1990
  • Prof. Dr. G. Ott, Ev. Waldkrankenhaus Bonn, installation room 264, Bonn
  • Austrian Federal Ministry, installation in the stairwell, Vienna
1986
  • Gallery in the GEW house, painting, Hamburg
1978
  • Galerie Gumpendorf, painting, Vienna

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

2014
  • Curhaus of the Dompfarre St. Stephan in Vienna, together with Valentin Oman
  • September exhibition, Galerie Kovacek & Zetter, Vienna
  • Worlds, Walker Gallery, Ebenau Castle, Weizelsdorf, Rosental
  • The other view. Collector and artist, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg near Vienna
2013
  • Sculpture Park Galerie Walker, Ebenau Castle, Weizelsdorf, Rosental
  • Poetry of the material, Grenz Art Gallery, Hollabrunn
2012
  • Annual exhibition in the artaffair gallery, Regensburg
  • Annual exhibition, Small Gallery Vienna
2011
  • Sculpture Summer, Galerie Depelmann, Langenhagen
2010
  • Mixed media, Artaffair, Regensburg
  • European Sculpture, “Diversity and difference in practice”, Nave Gallery, Grugliasco / Turin
  • Art group, Salon Schmitz, Cologne
2009
  • Overlaps II, Galerie Judith and Caroline Walker, Ebenau Castle, Weizelsdorf, Rosental
  • Sculpture Garden Sürth, Helga Neef, Cologne
  • Beelden in Auxiliatrixpark, Venlo, Netherlands
  • Friedberger Sculpture Path, Rose Mayer Haid, Friedberg / Bavaria
2008
  • Overlays, Judith Walker Gallery, Ebenau Castle, Weizelsdorf, Rosental, Mediterranean Biennale, Longing for Beauty, Cologne
  • 30 years of Galerie Depelmann, Langenhagen
2007
  • All my guests, paper museum / Come, Düren
2006
  • Works on Paper, A. Horstmann-Osterloh Gallery, Cologne
  • Op den Ijzerenberg, Winksele, Tuintentoonstelling, Brussels
2005
  • Beelden in Auxiliatrix, sculptures, Venlo, Holland
  • Lo Spirito del Lago, Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy
2004
  • Sculpture Summer, Galerie Depelmann, Langenhagen
  • Art for private gardens, Sürth Sculpture Garden, Cologne
  • Project Act 1: Cologne-Tunis, Cologne City Hall and Ville de Tunis
2002
  • KUBUS, Municipal Gallery, Hanover
  • Strong women and steel, sculptures, ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, Duisburg
2001
  • Zinnober ', C. Boer Gallery, Hanover
  • Sculpture, Charlotte Sailer Gallery, Knowledge
2000
  • Europe on site II-2000, You & Me, Westend station, Berlin
  • Cheap Art, Netz, Werft, Cologne
  • The white spot stays white, Galerie Michael Schlieper, Hagen
  • Close contact 2: body contours, Kunsthaus Langenberg, Langenberg
1999
  • Module cross over line ', sculpture, Europa Artline, Borken
  • The space between things', sculptures, Köln Salon eV, Cologne
1998
  • Art in the City II, Lifestyle, Sarah Station, Supastore, Bregenz
  • Art.Ist.innen, Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg near Vienna
1997
  • Close contact 1: the skin, the clothes, the house, Kunsthaus Langenberg, Velbert / Langenberg
  • Multiples, Multiple Box, Frankfurt
1995
  • Lichtklang 95, The long night of electronic sounds, sculptures, Module Media Flora 95 with Herbert A. Mitschke, Kunsthaus Flora, Berlin
  • In candlelight, carved objects, Buchmann Gallery, Cologne
1994
  • Drawing and sculpture, Galerie Villa Rolandseck, Rolandseck
  • Sculpture, Galerie de Zoete, Zeeland
1993
  • Module Media 93, Leonardo, interActiva in the Cinedom Cologne, sculpture-music-environment with HA Mitschke, Cologne
  • International network project skin up snake 93, Venice Biennale, Casino
  • Container Biennale Venezia 1993, Venice
1992
  • European sculptures in the Kurpark, Europ. Cultural center Galerie Vi lla Rolandseck, Bad Neuenahr
  • Homage to Mrs. Wright, sculpture and voice, with Ralf Löhnhardt, Friedemann Dähn, Haus Schönblick, Heimbach
  • Multiple, Zumtobel Gallery, Vienna
1990
  • Young art in Europe, summer studio, carved objects, Hanover
  • Model Museum, Women's Museum, Bonn
  • AN 90 ', European artists in the Nippes repair shop, Cologne
1989
  • Kunstverein Baden near Vienna, Austria
1983
  • Bathers 83, Beethoven House, Baden b. Vienna, Austria
1982
  • Gallery on the Stubenbastei, Vienna
1981
  • Picture and shrine, Cselley Mill, Burgenland, Austria
  • Künstlerhaus, class of Prof. Carl Unger, painting, Vienna
1980
  • Drawing, gallery on the Stubenbastei, Vienna
1979
  • Super show, Galerie Kunst-Depot, Vienna
1978
  • Konfrontationen 78, Ministry of Finance, class Prof. Carl Unger, Vienna
  • Drawing, Junior Gallery, Vienna

Prices

  • 2010: 1st prize: sculpture “Spiegelung 2009–2010”, Friedberg / Augsburg
  • 1999: 1st prize: Sculpture "Future 99", Attendorn

Public and private collections (selection)

Sculptures in public space: (selection)

  • Reflection 2009–2010, location Friedberg / Augsburg station
  • University of Music, Inner Courtyard, Cologne
  • Hotel Chelsea, Jülicher Str. 1, Cologne
  • Town house Cologne, Deutz, Magistrale DE, Hof, Willy Brandt Platz, Cologne
  • Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, A, purchase
  • Willy Brandt Platz, Cologne, purchase; Listed in 2003
  • Cologne roundabout, Attendorn
  • Wall painting, multi-storey car park at the cathedral, Cologne
  • Private park in Bensberg / Cologne
  • Gutenbrunner Park, Baden, A
  • Overbergplatz in Dülmen
  • H. Pohl, Robert Boschstrasse 6, Cologne
  • Velbert / Langenberg

bibliography

  • Galerie Kovacek & Zetter GmbH (ed.), September exhibition 2014, Austrian art of the 20th and 21st centuries, Vienna 2014
  • Galerie Depelmann Edition Verlag GmbH (publisher), 30 years of Galerie Depelmann, with texts by Herbert Droste, Lisa and Hargen Depelmann, Verlag Depelmann, Langenhagen 2008
  • Szüts, Barbara, Skulptur 2007. Nature 1-5. Barbara Szüts, Cologne 2007
  • Galerie Depelmann Edition Verlag GmbH (Ed.), Barbara Szüts. Works from 1999–2006, with texts by Jürgen Raap, Andrea Brandl and Claudia Böer, Verlag Depelmann, Langenhagen 2006
  • Kraft, Hartmut (Ed.), Lo Spirito Del Lago 1997–2006, Salon Verlag & Editions, Cologne 2006
  • Galerie Depelmann Edition Verlag GmbH (ed.), Plastic and sculpture for gardens. Gardens for plastic and sculpture, Galerie Depelmann Edition Verlag GmbH, Langenhagen
  • Lutz, Anja (Ed.), Shift! // 19.99 - A Commercial Shift !, Gutenbergverlag / Lutz & Libera GbR, Berlin 2002
  • Aigner, Carl: Abstraction - Autonomy - Media, in: Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum (Ed.), Art after 1945. Masterpieces from the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, with texts by Carl Aigner, Alexandra Schantl, Markus Brüderlin, Landesverlag, St. Pölten 2002
  • Schütz, Sabine: Barbara Szüts, Art of Fugue 1999 - 2000, in: ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG (Ed.), Strong Women and Steel, catalog for the group exhibition from March 14th to April 25th, 2002, ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, Duisburg 2002
  • Schütz, Sabine: Barbara Szüts. Art of the Fugue 1999 - 2000, in: Steel Goes Art, catalog for the group exhibition Hannover Messe 2001, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, Duisburg 2001
  • Barbara Szüts. Sculptures. Charterhouse Cologne 1996, with texts by Erich Witschke and Jürgen Raap, Verlag Schuffelen, Pulheim 1999
  • Kunsthaus Langenberg eV (Ed.), Touch II: Body Contours, group exhibition catalog with texts by Norbert Bauer, Udo Vogt, Klaus Flemming, Gerhard Stäbler, Herbert Griesmann, Verlag Klartext, Velbert-Langenberg 2000
  • City of Borken, Open Art Gallery, Borken District and Aalten Municipality (ed.), Europa Artline Borken 1999. Art without borders in Borken & Bredevoort, group exhibition catalog, Borken 1999
  • Grasegger, Friedrich: Barbara Szüts. Stele in Gutenbrunner Park in Baden, in: Office of the Lower Austrian State Government (Ed.), Published Art. Art in Public Space Lower Austria Volume 4, 1995–1997 (1998), Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, St. Pölten 1998, 128-129
  • Kunsthaus Langenberg eV (ed.), Touch I: the skin, the garment, the house, group exhibition catalog with texts by Norbert Bauer, Udo Vogt, Klaus Honnef, Jürgen Raap, Herbert Griesmann, Verlag Klartext, Essen 1997
  • Evangelical City Church Association Cologne (ed.), Modules, Kartause Köln, with a text by Erich Witschke, Kölnische Verlagsdruckerei, Cologne 1996
  • ArToll Kunstlabore.V. (Ed.), ArToll-Labor, group exhibition catalog with a text by Jürgen Kisters, Rosendahler Werkstätten GmbH, Bedburg-Hau 1995
  • Witschke, Erich: Galerie Rolandseck - Barbara Szüts, in: Interest Group Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland Galleries eV (ed.), Rhineland-Palatinate: Sculptures in Public Space, Mainz 1995
  • Zorggroep Noord-Limburg (ed.), Beelden in Auxiliatrix, group exhibition catalog Auxiliatrixpark, Venlo 2004
  • Stadtmuseum Siegburg (ed.), Barbara Szüts, solo exhibition catalog with a text by Gabriele Klaes-Rauch MA, Siegburg 1994
  • Rauch, Gabriele: Barbara Szüts - Parabolic Swings, in: Apex No. 20/94, edited by Wolfgang Schulz, Cologne 1994
  • Interaktiva (Ed.), Module Media 93.Barbara Szüts: interactive skulpturen-musik-environment, catalog for the group exhibition at the Cinedom Cologne, Interaktiva, Cologne 1993
  • Artist in residence: Barbara Szüts - skin up snake, in: Casino Container Biennale Venezia 1993 (Ed.), Network Nomads, group exhibition catalog, Venice Biennale, Venice 1993
  • Deutsche Messe AG (ed.), Summer studio. Young art in Europe, catalog for the exhibition and work project by David Galloway in the Hanover exhibition halls, with a text by David Galloway, Verlag Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich 1990
  • Ambruz, Jan, AN 90, Jan Ambruz, Nina Iwanowa Lwowna, Ellen Keusen, Vladimir Kokolia, Piotr Kurka, Karel de Meester, Peter Spillmann, Barbara Szüts, Helga Wiehs. 15-21 Nov. 1990 Nippes repair shop, Cologne 1990
  • University of Applied Arts Vienna (Ed.), Konfrontationen 78, catalog for the joint exhibition of the master class C. Unger, University of Applied Arts, Vienna 1978

TV reports

  • Artist portrait: Barbara Szüts, WDR art scene, WDR television, Cologne 1995

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Szüts, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Bleiberg