Eva von Platen

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Eva von Platen (born July 18, 1965 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German artist, filmmaker and professor of fine arts .

Biographical

Eva von Platen began studying painting in Florence in 1987. She then studied visual communication from 1988 to 1994 at the Offenbach am Main University of Design . In 1995 she received a working grant for New York City from the Hessian Cultural Foundation . At the same time, von Platen was working as a draftsman and director of commercials. From 1997 to 1999 she undertook postgraduate studies in the field of media and film at the Art Academy for Media Cologne .

After working as a writer for film and stage, from 2002 to 2005 she worked as a draftsman and illustrator for the children's television station WDR. In 2003 and 2004 she was teaching visual communication at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences . Since 2005 she has held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg . Eva von Platen has received many awards and grants for her work. Her illustrations have appeared in international publications and magazines. She participated in numerous film productions.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2019 "Significant", Marburger Kunstverein
  • 2018 "The big claim of the small picture", Galerie Barbara Vienna, Berlin
  • 2017 Gabriele Münter Prize 2017, Academy of the Arts, Berlin
  • 2015 Triennial Drawing, Art Museum Erlangen
  • 2013 “Super Visions - Drawing and Being”, Museum Schloß Moyland, Bedburg House
  • 2010: "Functions of Drawing", Museum of Modern Art , Frankfurt am Main
  • 2008: "Familiar Terrain - Current Art in or Around Germany", Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
  • 2004 9th Small Sculpture Triennial , Fellbach
  • 2001: "Frankfurter Kreuz", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt , Frankfurt am Main
  • 1999 "Change of Scenes XVI", Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main

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personal data
SURNAME Platen, Eva von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and university professor, professor of fine arts
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main