Christa Closer
Christa Näher (born February 24, 1947 in Lindau ) is a German artist (painting, drawings).
Life
She studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin and was a master class student with Martin Engelman .
In 1984 she was represented at the group exhibition From Here - Two Months of New German Art in Düsseldorf and in 1992 at DOCUMENTA IX in Kassel.
From 1987 to 2014 she was a professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.
Prices
- 1988: Karl Ströher Prize , Frankfurt am Main
- 1988: Konstanz Art Prize
- 1989: Art Prize of the City of Koblenz
- 2002: 1822 Art Prize
- 2019: Hans Thoma Prize , Bernau
Solo exhibitions
- 1975 artist from Lake Constance, Constance
- 1977 Meersburg Castle
- 1982 Galerie Arno Kohnen, Düsseldorf also 1983, 1985 and 1986
- 1983 Bonner Kunstverein
- 1984 Kunstmuseum Luzern also in 1987 and 1989
- 1984 Janine Mautsch Gallery, Cologne
- 1985 Susan Wyss Gallery, Zurich
- 1987 Berlin Art Association
- 1987 Morsbroich Castle
- 1987 Galerie Grässlin Ehrhardt Frankfurt
- 1987 Galerie Capitain, Cologne
- 1987 Galerie de Aizpuru, Madrid
- 1988 Westfälischer Kunstverein , Münster
- 1990 Tanit Gallery, Munich
- 2000 The painting and the beautiful, Kunstraum Innsbruck
- 2000 Times are changing - On the way, Kunsthalle Bremen
- 2001 Man in the Middle - Deutsche Bank Collection
- 2001 Museum of Modern Art - Wörlen Foundation, Passau
- 2001 From impression to expression - Grässlin Collection Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
- 2001 The painting and the beautiful, Frankfurter Kunstverein
- 2002 Christa Näher - BUBEN
- 2002 Bärbel Grässlin Gallery, Frankfurt / Main
- 2005 Christa Näher - Paso Español
- 2005 Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Seville
- 2006 Bärbel Grässlin Gallery, Frankfurt / Main
- 2006 Kunstverein Assenheim - Assenheim Castle
- 2017 Kunstverein Konstanz
Group exhibitions - selection
- 1983 Transit Berlin - Düsseldorf, Kutscherhaus Berlin
- 1984 From here - two months of new German art in Düsseldorf
- 1985 Treibhaus, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf
- 1986 Vienna River, Secession Vienna
- 1987 Ten: Ten, Kunsthalle Cologne
- 1988 The penchant for architecture in contemporary painting, Frankfurt
- 1989 Refigued Painting, Toledo
- 1991 13 artists at 7 locations, Kempten (Allgäu)
- 2015/16 The 80s - Figurative Painting in the FRG, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum
- 2015/16 Figurative painting in the FRG in the 80s, Groninger Museum, Groningen Groninger Museum
- 2018/19 The Invention of the New Wild - Painting and Subculture around 1980 , Aachen Ludwig Forum
Represented in public collections
- Daimler Contemporary , Berlin
- Kunsthalle Bremen
- Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe
Book illustrations
- Charlotte Birnbaum: Bon! Bon! From the magic of sweet dishes , Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86560-909-0
Magazine article about the artist
- art Art Lexicon of Contemporary Artists, August 1990, page 101
- art untitled (horse), room II, issue October 1990, page 128
Fonts
- Christa Closer. 26 years of the Städelschule Frankfurt am Main. 1987 - 2013 , Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3960982715
Web links
- Literature by and about Christa Näher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christa Näher on kunstaspekte.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Closer, Christa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist (painting, drawings) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau (Lake Constance) |