Erika Harbort

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Erika Harbort in front of her Wunderhorn plant in Oelsnitz in the Ore Mountains

Erika Harbort (born Erika Decker ; born March 28, 1954 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a German sculptor and painter.

Life and education

Erika Decker was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt in the GDR (today Chemnitz) in 1954. Her father was the architect Martin Decker . Her mother worked as the secretary of the Association of Architects in Karl-Marx-Stadt.

After graduating from the Karl-Marx-Oberschule in Chemnitz in 1969 , intensive preparation for an artistic degree followed. First she completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman until 1973, then until 1975 an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor in Dresden at Elbe Naturstein. Erika Decker studied sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden and graduated with Gerd Jaeger in 1980 .

Erika Harbort worked as a freelance artist in Chemnitz from 1981, from 1984 in Zwickau and from 1999 in Glauchau . From 1998, Harbort had her second job in Greece on the island of Paros , where she worked intensively with marble. There she also took part in competitions and held numerous exhibitions. Since then she has lived and worked in Paros in winter and in Glauchau in summer.

In 1992 she founded a summer academy on the island of Rügen . From 1994 to 1995, Harbort held an honorary professorship for plastic design at the West Saxon University of Zwickau in the applied arts department in Schneeberg. From 1997 to 1998 she was an honorary professor for graphic design at the Freital University of Applied Sciences. In the 2010s she held sculpting workshops for school children.

In 2016 Harbort married the landscape gardener and landscape designer Ludwig Taeger.

Working in public space (selection)

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As a sculptor, Erika Harbort made large-format works out of marble, steel and bronze. Numerous works were created for public spaces. Her paintings and graphics accompanied the sculptural process and complemented the form-finding in the three-dimensional object. Increasingly she created landscape studies in Greece with ink, charcoal and acrylic paint.

  • Reclining , 1983, bronze, Gablenz swimming pool, Chemnitz ⊙
  • Harlequin , 1987, bronze, puppet theater, Zwickau ⊙
  • Fountain of Friendship , 1989, marble, bronze, collaboration with Jo. Harbort , Robert-Schumann-Platz, Zwickau ⊙
  • Dreaming , 1997, Stein, Brauhaus Zwickau, since 2005 the inner courtyard of the Hotel and Restaurant Alte Münze , Zwickau ⊙
  • Stone of Life , 1998, fountain in the entrance area of ​​the Werdau District Hospital ⊙
  • Mining , 2000, mural and sculpture, Sparkasse Zwickau
  • Musicians and Fools , 2001, fountain on Torgau market square ⊙
  • InSicht project , 2002, glass fiber reinforced concrete, Brückenstraße, Chemnitz
  • Butterfly tree , 2006, marble, Botanical Garden, University of Leipzig ⊙
  • Balance , 2007, marble, Heinrich-Braun-Hospital, Zwickau ⊙
  • Seated with dove , 2008, bronze, Rudolf Virchow Hospital, Glauchau ⊙
  • Freedom and Unity Monument , 2011, city center, Zwickau ⊙
  • Wunderhorn , 2012, stainless steel, Germany Schachhalde, Oelsnitz im Erzgebirge ⊙

  • Fountain at the market square Torgau Musicians and fools

  • Lying , swimming pool Chemnitz-Gablenz

  • Brunnen, Zwickau city center

  • Butterfly tree , Leipzig Botanical Garden

  • Sculpture Balance , Heinrich-Braun Hospital Zwickau

  • Seated with a pigeon , Rudolf Virchow Hospital Glauchau

  • Zwickau Freedom and Unity Monument

  • Sculpture and mural marble + metal , mining theme

  • Harlequin , Zwickau in front of the puppet theater

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1984: Young Artists of the GDR , Berlin
  • 1987: Reality and sculptor's drawing , Berlin
  • 1989: Art exhibition in Berlin
  • 1989: Sensitivities , Zwickau City Museum, domed halls
  • 1989: Small sculpture exhibition, Damascus
  • 1992: 6 Sächsinnen Frauenmuseum Bonn. Saitensprung A project in collaboration with the Zwickau Municipal Museum
  • 1992: Kubuskunsthalle Duisburg
  • 1992: Art Femina USA
  • 1992: 1st Dresden Art Fair
  • 1992: Women artists in the mirror of their time , Galerie am Domhof Zwickau
  • 1994: Zeitblick art from Saxony
  • 1999: Project Archaic - Symbols - Signs funded by the Chemnitz Regional Council
  • 2001: InSicht project , Chemnitz
  • 2001: Tojamura International Sculpture Bienial, Japan
  • 2001: 2008, Galerie am Sachsenplatz, Leipzig
  • 2001: Gallery Five Senses, Halle
  • 2008: Paros
  • 2009: Art Figura, Schwarzenberg
  • 2012: New Saxon Art Association European Center Hellerau Dresden
  • 2014: Balance , Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau
  • 2016: Paros
  • 2017: Aphrodite and Landscape , Laser Center at Mittweida University
  • 2018: Dance on the volcano , Galerie am Domhof, Zwickau
  • 2019: Mediterranean impressions , gallery in the old castle, Weida

Symposia with stone (selection)

Catalogs

  • String jump . Women's Museum Bonn, 1994.
  • District Office Köpenick of Berlin (ed.): Sculptor on the subject: Arte Noa. Human animal environment . Alter Markt Gallery, 1995.
  • Art and Building - Commissions from the Free State of Saxony 1991–2004 . Saxon State Ministry of Finance. Staatsbetrieb Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement, 2004, ISBN 978-3-00-016435-4 .
  • Erika Harbort. Sculptures and graphics . funded by the Zwickau Cultural Office. Mugler Verlag, Wüstenbrand 2005.
  • Göpfersdorf Holzaktion - Catalog for seven years of Göpfersdorf wood sculptors' plein air . 2007.
  • Chemnitzer Künstlerbund eV (Hrsg.): Work show . 2010.
  • Förderverein Villa Arte eV Chemnitz (Ed.): Erika Harbort. Figurations. Wood. Stone. Graphic. A selection of works from 1983 to 1997. Funded by the Vogtland-Zwickau Cultural Office. Chemnitz 2014 (42 pages).

Web links

Commons : Erika Harbort  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erika Harbort. In: art-sculptur.de. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ What is Erika Harbort actually doing? - News from the region - Torgauer Zeitung. In: torgauerzeitung.com. January 18, 2014, accessed January 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Holidays with creative accompanying music. In: zeit.de. February 25, 1994, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Holiday offers in Zwickau. In: otz.de. July 6, 2018, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  5. ^ Sculptor workshop in the historic village - Alter Gasometer Zwickau. In: alter-gasometer.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Erika Harbort. In: fkwbh.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Discover Saxony's museums - exhibition - Erika Harbort dance on the volcano - archive. In: sachsens-museen-enthaben.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  8. ↑ New location for Sculpture Dreaming - TV Westsachsen. In: westsachsen.tv. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  9. ^ Art installation "Poetry of Energy" - City of Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. In: oelsnitz-erzgeb.com. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Sculptures and sculptures in downtown Chemnitz. In: stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ InSicht project. In: blog.ckbev.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  12. ^ Gallery on Sachsenplatz. In: galerieamsachsenplatz.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Gallery Five Senses: Glass faces and marble women. In: mz-web.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  14. ^ Paros Life - Erika Harbort Exhibition -. In: paroslife.parosweb.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Έκθεση της Erika Harbort στην Πάρο. In: koinignomi.gr. Retrieved January 2, 2020 (Greek).
  16. ↑ "Aphrodite and the Landscape" in the laser center. In: blick.de. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Citizens' Academy: Review of Art Exhibitions. In: hs-mittweida.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Discover Saxony's museums - exhibition - Erika Harbort dance on the volcano - archive. In: sachsens-museen-enthaben.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Events detail. In: vogtland-tourismus.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  20. ^ Sabine Richter: Works of art formed from a raw block . In: Lahn newspaper . No. 214 , September 14, 1994, pp. 16 ( Online [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).
  21. ^ Sculpture symposium: Schumann in steel, sandstone and wood - City of Zwickau. In: zwickau.de. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Gallery of Waldenburg: newsdetails. In: galerievonwaldenburg.com. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Ostalbkreis.de - 07/27/2017: Torso-Weg in Abtsgmünd. In: ostalbkreis.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Zwickau, reports, reports, photos Sculpture Symposium Sculptor Art. In: derzwickauer.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  25. ^ City of Glauchau - News. In: glauchau.de. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Man, Stone and City - Ines Springer - MdL. In: ines-springer.net. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Harbort, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthes, Erika (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Karl Marx City