Karl Menzen

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Karl Menzen (born April 11, 1950 in Heppingen ) is a German sculptor whose sculptures are often in public places.

He studied materials science at the Technical University of Berlin and graduated with a degree in engineering . He was employed by Volkmar Haase and has been working as a freelancer since 1986. He lives and works in Berlin. Since 1987 he has shown his works at exhibitions in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Dresden, Potsdam, Zwickau, Chemnitz, Amstelveen, Milan, Mantua and San Sepolcro, among others.

Sculptures of his are in public spaces, for example in Berlin, Salzgitter , Radebeul , Gröditz (Saxony), on the Hoher Fläming art hiking trail and in the Gottorf Castle Sculpture Park (Schleswig-Holstein). Karl Menzen received 1st prize in the art competition for the southern route of the Hoher Fläming art hiking trail.

Exhibitions

Division - Providence - Overcoming (Gottorf Castle, Schleswig)
Doppelherme (1988), Manfred von Richthofen Strasse in Berlin-Tempelhof
Spire with wings (1989/90), Kaiserdamm 6a, in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Versus (1993), Kurfürstendamm 132a, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Gegen-Satz (2002), erratic garden in Kähnsdorf
Tanz Solo (2008), Skulpturenallee in Bad Homburg

1988

  • A feat of color (NGBK and Berlin Cultural Council)

1989

  • Winter Quarter (Schöneberg Art Office and NGBK)
  • Opening with M. Friedrichs-Friedländer, V. Haase , H. Press ( Haus am Lützowplatz , Berlin)
  • Sculpture in the park with V. Haase, Matschinsky-Denninghoff , H. Press, G. Seibert, R. Valenta, (Kunstamt Tempelhof, Berlin)
  • Sculpture in steel (Tempelhof Art Office, Berlin)

1990

  • Steel pieces with Matthias Friedrich (gallery "orbis pictus" Berlin)

1991

  • Gemini No. 1 with Frank Mehnert (Galerie am Wall, Waldshut)

1992

  • Signalement Berlin 1992 with V. Haase, Matschinsky-Denninghoff, G. Seibert, R. Valenta
  • Exhibition with Alfred Schmidt (Galerie am Neuen Palais, Potsdam)

1993

  • dance with Matthias Friedrich and Frank Mehnert (Galerie am Domhof, Zwickau)
  • Exhibition with Matthias Friedrich and Frank Mehnert (Gallery D 19, Chemnitz)
  • Exhibition with Frank Mehnert (Altzella Monastery Park, Nossen)

1994

  • Licht ins Dunkel with Nina Neumaier (Meridianhaus on Telegrafenberg, Potsdam)
  • Exhibition with Margaret Hunter (Galerie am Neuen Palais, Potsdam)
  • syn with Frank Mehnert (Former synagogues in Gelnhausen and Ahrweiler)

1996

  • Exhibition with Alfred Schmidt (Galerie am Neuen Palais, Potsdam)
  • Exhibition with Frank Mehnert (Galerie Punkt & Partner, Dresden)
  • Sculpture garden Group exhibition at the Poller Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
  • Metropoli group exhibition in Milan
  • Sculpture garden at Klostersee 10 sculptors from Berlin (Institute for Arts and Crafts in LIW, Lehnin)

1997

  • Graphite and steel exhibition with Heike Stephan in the studio bildende kunst (Kommunale Galerie Kulturamt Treptow, Berlin)
  • Hommage a Piero della Francesca Exhibition with the Italian group Venature in Sansepolcro (Arezzo), Italy
  • Exhibition with the Italian group Venature (Palazzo Ducale di Revere, Mantua) Herbstsalon (Galerie am Neuen Palais, Potsdam)
  • Mask and face group exhibition (gallery in Herlengasse, Gelnhausen)

1998

  • Exhibition with the Italian group Venature (La Posteria Gallery, Milano)
  • Sculpture Park 6 Sculptors in the garden of the Les Beaux Arts gallery, Berlin
  • Naturarte exhibition with Italian sculptors in the Arsenale di Bertonico, Lodi / Milano
  • syn 2 with Salvatore Carollo (former synagogue in Gelnhausen)

1999

2000

2002

2003

  • Symposium 4th KiC sculpture symposium in Büdelsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein
  • Exhibition with the group Fluss (Galerie im Rathaus Tempelhof, Berlin)

2004

  • Solo exhibition Galerie am Klostersee, Lehnin
  • Exhibition with Peter Haller and Volker Henze (Galerie am Dom, Brandenburg)

2005

  • Exhibition with Klaus Zylla (Galerie am Klostersee, Lehnin)
  • The Cross in Contemporary Sculpture Group exhibition in Lehnin
  • Paint and steel with Elvy Lütgen (Kunsthalle Wiesenburg, Brandenburg)
  • Exhibition at Wilhelminenhof in Kiel

2006

  • STEPS group exhibition in Stade
  • Lust exhibition with Frank Mehnert (Großsedlitz Baroque Garden, Saxony)

2007

  • Between space exhibition with Beatrice Dettmann (Kunstraum t27, Berlin)
  • Exhibition with Arno C. Schmetjen (Ruhnke Gallery, Potsdam)

2008

  • Exhibition with Christl Maria Göthner and Gudrun Petersdorff (English Church Cultural Center, Bad Homburg vdH)
  • Art-Land-Schaffen installation with Frank Mehnert (Kunsthalle Wiesenburg, Brandenburg)
  • swop exhibition by the group Fluss, Berlin, with the group Block, Budapest (Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin)
  • bir exhibition by the group Fluss in the Turkish House, Berlin

literature

  • Berlinische Galerie: Commemoration and memorial. Drafts to commemorate the deportation and extermination of Berlin's Jewish population, Berlin 1988.
  • Kunstamt Berlin-Tempelhof: steel sculpture in the park. Documentation of an exhibition, Berlin 1989.
  • Finally, Wurlitzer: sculptures and monuments in Berlin. Berlin 1990.
  • New Society for Fine Arts: The Art of Color. An experiment in city and landscape. Berlin 1990.
  • Heinz Spielmann: Rolf Horn Collection and Foundation. Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Schleswig 1995.
  • Pino Di Gennardo: i modi della scultura. Milan 1997.
  • Karl Menzen: Steel sculptures. ex pose publishing house Hansgert Lambers, Berlin 2001.
  • Karl Menzen: steel factory. Sculptures. ArtInFlow publishing house, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-938457-12-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Menzen, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Heppingen