Edgar Endress
Edgar Endress (* 1970 in Osorno , Chile ) is a Chilean artist whose works are exhibited internationally, including in various institutions in Germany . He lives in Washington, DC
life and work
Edgar Endress began studying economics at the Technical University Metropolitana, (Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana), Santiago de Chile in 1989 . In 1994 he switched to visual communication at the Institute for Art and Communication (ACROS), which he completed in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts . Funded by a fellowship from Syracuse University , New York, he studied there as a master class student from 1999 and obtained the title Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in 2001 .
In the 1990s, Endress took part in the art biennial for video and electronic art in Santiago, where he received various awards. Further grants followed, such as a 2001 grant from the Grand Marnier Foundation at Lincoln Center , New York. In 2002 he received an artist-in-residence grant from the CICV Herimoncourt Foundation France. In 2003 he was awarded by the Fondart, Santiago. In 2003 he was a visiting lecturer at Mercer County Community College. In the following year he worked as artist in residence at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, where he was funded by a fellowship and in 2005, as the coordinator of the academy, organized a symposium. In 2005 he was visiting professor at George Mason University .
In his work, Endress primarily deals with the topics of flight and immigration. In his films as well as on a painterly and graphic level, he develops different perspectives and implements them playfully.
His works can be seen at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires , Museum of Fine Arts Boston , Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia , Madrid , among others .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2016: Badischer Kunstverein , Karlsruhe "We Refugees - Of the Right to Have Rights"
- 2015: 4th Ghetto Biennale, Port-Au-Prince
- 2015: Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart "The Beast and the Sovereign"
- 2015: Gallery of Tuzla, Tuzla The International Portrait
- 2015: Museu d'Art Contemporani of Barcelona "La Bestia Y EI Soberano"
- 2011: Kreeger Museum Washington, DC "In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists"
- 2008: The Center of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv "Videozone 4"
- 2008: Museu de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires "Contemporano 22nd Discoursos narrativos"
- 2005: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile, "La 7, Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios de Santiago"
- 2003: Ifa Gallery ( Institute for Foreign Relations ), Stuttgart "Visa or the Prevention of Traveling"
Web links
- Edgar Endress homepage
- Edgar Endress on artfact
- Dietrich Heissenbüttel Edgar Endress in an interview with Dietrich Heissenbüttel , Center for Art and Media (ZKM), January 2014, accessed on May 30, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edgar Endress Film and Video Art. Accessed June 5, 2016 .
- ^ Edgar Endress Fellowship Schloss Solitude. Retrieved June 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Edgar Endress at George Mason University. Retrieved June 5, 2016 .
- ^ Edgar Endress in the Württembergischer Kunstverein. Retrieved June 5, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Endress, Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osorno , Chile |