Christian Rösner
Christian Rösner (born August 20, 1969 in Bamberg ) is a German sculptor who specializes in animal and human figures.
Life
Rösner grew up in Munich and from 1991 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg under Professor Christian Höpfner . During his studies he won the class prize of the Academy of Fine Arts and took part in sculpture symposia in Lenora and Rostock . In 1997 he won first prize in the competition for the design of the Saumarkt in Gunzenhausen ; his plans were implemented. In the same year he became a master student. In 1998 he won another victory in a competition to design a new door handle and the old main portal of St. Clara Church in Nuremberg. Here, too, his plans were turned into reality. In 1998 Rösner, who now lived as a freelance sculptor, won the design competition Kunst am Brombachsee and since 2000 his lizard figure, a concrete cast based on a wooden template, can be seen on the southern bank of the Kleiner Brombachsee . In 1998 he also took part in the sculpture symposium in Georgensgmünd . A year later he won the debut award of the Bavarian State Government Show Saws at the Wald Holz Umwelt campaign in Nuremberg. In 2000, recordings were made in his studio for the series of studio visits of Bavarian television; the show was on January 6, 2001. Rösner was a participant in the wood sculpture symposium in Kronach in 2000 and won the first art prize of the Nürnberger Nachrichten in the same year .
Working in public space
In the spa gardens of Treuchtlingen there are the figures lurking (concrete cast after wood, installed in 1997) and If I were a bird (poplar, sawn, installed in 1999). The pig rider (bronze after clay, erected in 1997) can be seen at the Saumarkt in Gunzenhausen . The lizard (concrete cast after wood, sawn, erected in 1999/2000) is located on the south bank of the Kleiner Brombachsee near the dam between the Kleinem and Großem Brombachsee .
In 2008, the Room of Silence designed by Rösner was inaugurated at Nuremberg Airport . Since 2009, his wooden sculpture Steller and Manatee has been standing in the researcher's hometown. Bad Windsheim . In October 2011, a group of figures made of oak was completed in Rodgau ; The figures represent the five parts of the city, which together carry a wooden snake, symbolic of the connecting Rodau .
Honourings and prices
- 1999: BBK's debut award from the Bavarian State Government
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2001 Gallery 2Bananas, Nuremberg
- 2002 Tammen & Busch Gallery, Berlin
- 2003 Artis Gallery, Darmstadt
- 2004 Gallery Sculptur, Bamberg
Exhibition participation
- Double exhibition with Beate Denga in the Bürgerhaus gallery in Schwabach , 2004
- Heaven and hell. Dante's Divine Comedy in Modern Art, City Museum Erlangen, 2004
- The Circle 2004, Kunsthaus Nürnberg, 2004
- Class reunion, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, 2004
- District Gallery Nuremberg, 2004
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Rösner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet presence of the artist
- Upper Franconia culture atlas
- Biography and works, Galerie Sculptur ( Memento from June 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Vita Christian Rösner
- ↑ Water snake made of oak in: FAZ from October 1, 2011, page 60
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rösner, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |