Birgit Werres
Birgit Werres (* 1962 in Stommeln ) is a German sculptor and draftsman who lives and works in Düsseldorf .
Life
From 1982 to 1988 she studied art at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Tony Cragg and Irmin Kamp , from 1987 to 1988 she spent at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht , Netherlands , before studying with Irmin Kamp as a master student in 1988 Graduated from the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Her unconventional sculptures and installation ensembles, which she composes from found objects and raw materials, are strongly influenced by the informal art of the 1970s, with which names such as Robert Smithson , Barry Le Va , Richard Artschwager , Bill Bollinger or Richard Serra can be associated.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2007: Atelier 340 Muzeum, Brussels ; 2006: Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne ; 2003: Kunsthalle Gießen ; 2000–2003: permanent installation at the Kunstmuseum Bonn ; 1999 Galerie Rolf Ricke , Cologne; 1996: Chisenhale Gallery, London ; 1992: Municipal Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach ; 1988: Stommeln Synagogue , Pulheim
Group exhibitions (selection)
2007: Lust for Life , Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz , Liechtenstein; Toutes les couleurs sont autorisées à condition que cela n'empeche pas le commer , Atelier 340 Muzeum, Brussels; 2006: Kamp class , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf ; 2002: Simply Art, Neues Museum, Nuremberg ; 2000: Birgit Werres - Richard Artschwager , State Art Gallery Baden-Baden ; 1994: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham , Alabama; Dorothea von Stetten Art Prize , Kunstmuseum Bonn ; The state of affairs Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne ; 1991: Gedachten gangen - thought corridors Museum Fridericianum Kassel and Provinciaalmuseum Hasselt ; 1990: 10 feet , Sandra Gering Gallery New York
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| SURNAME | Werres, Birgit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stomping |