Karin Nenz
Karin Nenz (* 18th October 1945 in Sollnitz as Karin Gabriele Grigat ) is a German glass designer and glass artist.
life and work
After graduating from high school, Karin Nenz completed an apprenticeship as a glass cutter in Weißwasser / OL and studied from 1965 to 1970 at the Halle University of Industrial Design, Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as the first student in the then newly established glass design department at Ilse Decho with a diploma Graduation.
From 1971 to 1980 she worked under the name Karin Bubetz until she took the name Nenz.
Karin Nenz lived in Halle and initially worked in Neuhaus am Rennweg as a qualified designer. Then she independently learned the craft of blowing glass in front of the lamp. From 1978 to 1988 she worked as a freelancer in her own studio in Zeitz and Suhl. Here she also developed her technique of interior design for glass objects. In 1988 she moved to Würzburg , where she was accepted as a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists. She continued to work here in her studio in Würzburg-Heidingsfeld until 2016.
Works in public collections
- Art collections of the Veste Coburg
- State Gallery Moritzburg, Halle
- Museum of Glass Art, Lauscha
- Museum Schloss Pillnitz Dresden
- State Museum Schwerin
- Art collections of castles and gardens, Schwerin
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
- Würzburg Tourist Office
- Wertheim Glass Museum
- Immenhausen Glass Museum
literature
- Catalog: "Art Exhibitions Dresden", Association of Fine Artists - GDR, 1972,1982,1986
- Catalog: "Art in the Halle District", Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, 1975
- Catalog: "Glass from two millennia", Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, 1977
- Catalog: "Glass and Porcelain", Ilse Decho, Museum des Kunsthandwerk Leipzig, Grassimuseum , 1978
- Catalog: "Glass from Derenburg", VEB Glaswerk Harzkristall, 1983
- Catalog: "Glass of the GDR II", Galerie Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1983
- Catalog: "Glass", Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt, 1984
- Catalog: “Handicrafts from the Suhl District”, Staudenhofgalerie, Potsdam, 1984
- Catalog: "9th Art Exhibition of the District of Suhl", Association of Visual Artists - GDR, 1984
- Catalog: "Karin Nenz", Galerie im Steinweg, Suhl, 1985
- Catalog: "Second Coburg Glass Prize for Modern Glass Design in Europe", Art Collections of the Veste Coburg, 1985
- Catalog: "Glass, Graphics", Galerie Kunst der Zeit, Dresden, 1985
- Catalog: "Modern Glass, 17 Artists from the GDR", Städt.Museum Göttingen, 1985
- Catalog: "Glass rooms, Nenz, Waschke, Witteborn", Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt, 1987
- Catalog: "Glass of the GDR VI", Galerie Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1987
- Journal: "Portrait Karin Nenz" by Rudolf Kober , visual arts / GDR issue 3, 1988
- Journal: "Playing with structures", Schott Informations, 1996
- Journal: "Juego Con Estructuras", Arte Y Regalo, 1997
- Book: "New glass and studio glass", Clementine Schack von Wittenau, 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1619-1
- Catalog: "Coburg Glass Prize 2006", Art Collections of the Veste Coburg, 2006
- Catalog: “3. Immenhäuser Glass Prize ", Immenhausen Glass Museum, 2006 ( Download )
- Journal: Article "Immenhausen, Coburg, and Munster", Neues Glas Heft 3, 2006
- Catalog: "50 von 100", Kunstverein Talstraße eV Halle, 2015, ISBN 978-3-932962-80-6
Web links
- Image index of art & architecture
- German National Library (DNB)
- Autobiographical stories "Entrance Examination for Studies" (Video)
- Art glass blower in the Thuringian Forest after 1945
- Lamp glass catalog of the Veste Coburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article “I want to be there with a lot”, from GDR magazine “Sonntag”, No. 49/1987 p. 7
see literature
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nenz, Karin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grigat, Karin (maiden name); Bubetz, Karin (first married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German glass designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sollnitz |