Imke Rust
Imke Rust (born February 7, 1975 in Windhoek , South West Africa , today Namibia ) is an artist from Namibia and former curator of the National Art Gallery of Namibia .
Life
Imke Rust is the descendant of a white missionary family who emigrated to what was then German South West Africa. She studied art at the University of South Africa and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts . As an artist, she is known for experimenting with new techniques and images that make political statements on topics such as rule and violence . She won first prize twice at the Standard Bank Namibia Biennale (2001 and 2005).
The artist spent three months (March to May 2006) in Germany at the invitation of the DAAD's Berlin artist program and supported by a grant from the Bremen citizenship and the Bremer Heimstiftung . The history of the city of Bremen is closely linked to Namibia. Her works were shown alongside those of Michael Weisser from April 28 to May 25, 2006 in the exhibition "Namib" under the patronage of the Goethe-Zentrum Namibia in the media center in Bremen. This was followed by exhibitions from October 4 to 27, 2006 in the visitor center of the Federal Press Office , from November 16 to December 8, 2006 in the town hall of Berlin-Reinickendorf and from July 27 to August 6, 2010 in the Bank Windhoek Omba Gallery.
Rust is married to the full-time film editor and part-time musician Steffen Holzkamp. The couple live alternately in Brandenburg and near Windhoek.
Artistic awards and grants (selection)
- 2004 Center, Windhoek, on behalf of the German Embassy and the Goethe Center, as part of the German Culture Weeks
- 2004 3rd Prize Category: Sculpture, National Ceramics Biennale, PAN.
- 2005 First Prize (Overall Winner), Standard Bank Namibia Biennale
- 2006 Bremen Art Scholarship (Bremen House of Representatives / Home Foundation): Artistic scholarship in Bremen, Germany (March - May 2006)
- 2006 DAAD 'ArtistsinBerlin Program Artistic Scholarship in Berlin, Germany (September - October 2006)
- 2007 Advisory Board of the Goethe Center / Namibian-German Foundation, Windhoek
- 2008 Huang Hua Art Project: three-week work stay in Beijing with the Swedish artist Torsten Jurell .
- 2008 woman, September 2008, Wild Art Gallery, Franco Namibian Cultural Center, Windhoek
- 2010 Made in China, July, Bank Windhoek Omba Gallery, Windhoek
- 2010 gold rush mood, graphic gallery Neumann, Berlin
- 2011 juror of the “shared experiences” jury for fine arts (July 20, 2011) together with 5 other experts from Namibia and Berlin: Prof Hercules Viljoen, Ervast Mtota, Peter Herrmann, Gabrielle Horn, Christoph Tannert
- 2011/12 grant from the National Arts Council of Namibia to support her Land Art project
- 2012 Award at the Our Coast Your Photo competition
- 2012 founding and (former) board member of the Visual Artists of Namibia Association (VAN solo exhibitions 2012)
- 2015 Co-curator of the exhibition 'Understanding' in Charkiv, Ukraine, September 2015
- 2016 Invitation to International LandArt Maastricht 2016 and Stories of Rain - Global Nomadic Art Project South Africa
- 2016 Public sculpture on behalf of the German consulate in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Permanent exhibitions
- Graphothek, Berlin
- Art Gallery of Namibia , Windhoek
- Arts Association of Namibia, Windhoek
- European Union, Windhoek, Namibia
- Etosha National Park , Namutoni - Permanent Land Art Installation, Namibia
Web links
- Homepage Imke Rust
- Interview in Namibia Economist ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album "Unpaid Vacation" Holzkamp's second spring. Deutschlandfunk , January 12, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rust, Imke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th February 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Windhoek |