Karin Polenz

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Karin Polenz (* 1962 in Wanne-Eickel ) is a German artist (sculpture and drawings).

Active in the visual arts since 1982, it was shaped by Joseph Beuys , in the area of ​​sculptural design by Bruno Unkhoff and in the intellectual implementation by the artist EL SOKO . From 1986 to 2001 she worked in the department of the virtual computer world in the computing center of the University of Oldenburg . There she began developing her own technology for realizing works of art on a virtual level. In 1992 she began to use the medium of photography artistically.
The participation in an archaeological textbook by Rolf Bärenfänger from 1990 to 1993 on the Plytenberg in Leer enabled her to gain extensive impressions in this area. In 2001 she returned to the art scene with a series of works - Perspektive Gegenwart plus - in the gallery in the house in Hamburg. Publication of the series of works - Civilization - 2002. This was followed by the management of an art project in the Museum Leer and a first solo exhibition in the Böke Museum . She received the appointment to the - Karl Ludwig Böke Society eV -. In 2003 she took part in the art mile in Leer and in 2004 in the kunst altonale in Hamburg.

She lives in Herne , Leer (East Frisia) and Uedem

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2001–2002: Gallery in the house - work series Perspective Present
  • 2001–2002: Kunsthandlung Dankwardt - series of works vis a vis
  • 2001–2002: Art gallery Villa Basse - plastic picture boxes
  • 2002: Leffers Galerie - art variety group exhibition - an initiative of the district council of women in the district of Leer.
  • 2002: Art project Museum Leer for a museum solo exhibition - tendency - in the Böke Museum
  • 2002: Böke Museum - tendency
  • 2002: Art Fair Gallery - interlunium series
  • 2002–2003: T-Punkt-Galerie - Die FINE-ART-Drucke
  • 2003: Artfabrik Hamburg - plastic picture boxes
  • 2003: Participation in the art mile Leer with the plastic picture box - Peace 2003
  • 2003: Atelier in the goldsmith's workshop - interlunium series
  • 2004: Participant in the Kunst altonale Hamburg in the Artfabrik Hamburg - series of sculptural picture boxes
  • 2004: Atelier in the goldsmiths exhibition - GLOBAL2004
  • 2004–2005: Villa Basse art gallery - series of works -, joint exhibition with Jens Springhorn
  • 2005: Atelier in the goldsmith's - GLOBAL2005

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personal data
SURNAME Polenz, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist (sculpture and photography)
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanne-Eickel