Katharina Krenkel
Katharina Krenkel (* 1966 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is a German graphic artist and sculptor.
Life
Katharina Krenkel completed an interdisciplinary degree in art and design at the Saar College of Fine Arts and graduated in 1993 with a diploma in communication design. She has been working as a freelance artist since 1989. She lives and works in Köllerbach .
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Katharina Krenkel works both graphically and plastically, with wool and other crochet materials such as garbage bags, wire, video tapes and rubber profiles. Her crocheted "soft sculptures" contradict the conventional understanding of sculpture, which prefers "hard" materials. She also creates embroidery drawings.
Working in public collections
- Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
- City of Neumünster
- City of Saarbrücken
- Ministry for Education, Family, Women and Culture Saarland
- State Central Bank of the Saarland
- Fashion museum in Ludwigsburg Palace
- Albstadt Art Museum and Albstadt Museums
- St. Wendel District Cultural Heritage Foundation
Exhibitions
- 2015 DIE TEXTILE - Festival for textile art, Schmallenberg
- 2015 Crochet Laboratory, Cloth Makers Museum Bramsche
- 2014 Crochet Laboratory, Cloth and Technology, Textile Museum Neumünster
- 2014 Häkelkosmos, German Textile Museum
- 2014 Crocher en Plein Air, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
- 2013 Creation story, 2nd attempt, Stadtmuseum Beckum
- 2011 The Story of Creation, 2nd attempt, Heyne Art Factory , Offenbach am Main
- 2010 SOS - lifebuoys in the nave, Johanneskirche Saarbrücken
- 2009 The Story of Creation, Maschenmuseum Albstadt
- 2008 In the alchemy laboratory, Bosener Mühle cultural center, Bosen
- 2007 Rock formation, CIGL, Schifflange, Luxembourg
- 2006 Everything football - or what ?, Museum St. Wendel, St. Wendel
- 2005 with skin and hair, Kunsttempel Kassel
- 2003 with small checks and large patterns, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren
- 2002 STOFF, Galerie Albstadt
literature
- Crochet Laboratory - Soft Sculptures by Katharina Krenkel, Museum Tuch + Technik, Neumünster / Tuchmachermuseum Bramsche (publisher), Neumünster, 2014
- Katharina Krenkel: Creation Story - 2nd attempt, Heyne Kunst Fabrik (Ed.), Offenbach, 2011
- Krenkel & Himmel: Wanted and booked, Saarl. Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, 2006
- Katharina Krenkel: Die Welt in Heimarbeit / OW Himmel: At home in the archive, Museum St. Wendel, St. Wendel, 2003
- STOFF painting plastic installations, Galerie Albstadt, Albstadt
- Kunst-Bau - art collection of the LZB in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, St. Johann Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2000
- Katharina Krenkel: Home & Herd & Dogs, Museum Illingen (ed.), Illingen, 1998
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krenkel, Katharina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |