Christoph Hildebrand
Christoph Hildebrand (* 1959 in Emmendingen ) is a German visual artist and installation artist .
Life
Christoph Hildebrand studied mathematics, physics, architecture and art in Freiburg, Vienna and Berlin from 1977 to 1988. In 1985 he graduated with a Master of Arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna , where he until 1988 master student was. From 1988 to 1991 he received a scholarship from the Wehrle-Werk Foundation Emmendingen and from 1991/92 an international scholarship from the Berlin artist program of the DAAD in Melbourne, Australia. In 1992/93 he was a visiting artist at the School of Media Art at the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales in Sydney .
Hildebrand works with a wide variety of materials, "from precast concrete parts to children's toys to electronic tickers and digitally animated neon contours, from which he creates both handy multiples and facade-filling light sculptures." He installed his art in public spaces in Germany and other countries.
Christoph Hildebrand lives and works in Essen and Berlin .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1993, Sydney , 3rd International Symposium on Electronic Arts
- 2004, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück , installation WORDS
- 2008, Beijing : National Art Museum of China
- 2014, Kunstmuseum Celle : Light crossing , light installation in the St. Marien town church
Well-known works (selection)
- 2003, Lippstadt Light Promenade , Arche
- 2010, RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture : Time , installation of twenty clocks of different sizes on the regatta tower on Lake Baldeney in Essen
Web links
- c-hildebrand.de , website of the artist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Hildebrand: »Culture advertising pillars« | »Pictogram stele « , in: RÜDELUX. Light Art Mile Rüttenscheid , ed. from the working group Capital of Culture of the Rüttenscheid eV interest group, Essen 2007, p. 14 f .; on-line
- ↑ a b c d Christoph Hildebrand , Ruhrlights light art project at RUHR.2010 , archiv.ruhr2010.de, accessed on September 2, 2014
- ↑ Joana Breidenbach: WORDS, An Installation by Christoph Hildebrand ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accompanying text, European Media Art Festival, April 21 - May 23, 2004
- ↑ Installation as part of the special exhibition headlights. Light art in Germany in the 21st century. Part 2 . See also the catalog of the same name, 2014
- ^ Christoph Hildebrand , Light (Art) Region of Europe. Hellweg - a light path, Lippstadt
- ↑ Christoph Hildebrand - Time , archiv.ruhr2010.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hildebrand, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emmendingen |