Konstanze Feindt Eissner

Konstanze Feindt Eißner (born December 16, 1966 in Dresden ) is a German sculptor and illustrator .

Life

Feindt Eißner began evening graphics studies at the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK) in 1982, and after a year switched to evening sculpture. She completed her studies in 1986. From 1986 to 1989 she studied plastic at the HfBK and received her diploma in 1991. In 1993 she began her freelance work as a sculptor, painter and draftsman. From 1999 to 2004 she was a member of the Dresden Sezession 89 group of women artists . Since 1990 she has been a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists . From 1996 to 2001 she was a member of the board of the Dresden Artists Association . From 2007 to 2010 she trained at the ALH Haan Fernakademie in the subjects of psychology and alternative practitioners for psychotherapy. From 2008 to 2012 she supplemented her training in systemic art therapy at the Institute and Atelier for Art Therapy Weißig, Dresden, where she has been a freelance lecturer since graduating. In 2010 she created the bronze prize figure for the International Dresden Peace Prize , which has been awarded annually by the Friends of Dresden Germany since then. The first prize winner was the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Michael Gorbatschow.

Konstanze Feindt Eißner works mainly with the materials marble, sandstone and other natural stones, but also with clay and bronze. Sculptures arise u. a. for public spaces, for sculpture gardens, graves, gardens and interiors.

Konstanze Feindt Eißner lives and works in Dresden. Her first marriage was to the artist and university professor Ulrich Eißner and she has two children.

Exhibitions

Konstanze Feindt Eißner has been exhibiting in numerous galleries in Dresden, Berlin , Baden-Baden , Bautzen , Brandenburg an der Havel , Bensheim , Bad Salzhausen , Wrocław , Chemnitz , Córdoba (Argentina) , Erlangen , Grimma , Güstrow , Görlitz , Laas (South Tyrol ) , Mauerbach , Munich , Prague , Frick AG , Laufenburg AG a . a. Cities.

Art in public space

"Conversation", Michelnauer Tuff, 2013, Bad Salzhausen spa gardens

• Sculpture collections of the Dresden State Art Collections
• Kupferstichkabinett Dresden
• Dresden Municipal Gallery
• Grave facilities:
  • Dresden: Striesener Friedhof (2 communal graves with bronze reliefs and 2 sandstone sculptures on private grave), Cottaer Friedhof (large sculpture on the central path), Loschwitz cemetery , Markusfriedhof ; Zschachwitz cemetery : memorial for unborn life (2005) and grave relief (bronze) on private grave, 2012, Trinitatisfriedhof : two-part bronze relief and 1 marble figure (2006), Graupa / b cemetery. Pirna: sandstone sculpture, 2005,
  • Berlin: Wilmersdorfer Friedhof , bronze relief

Sculpture public space:

• Bad Salzhausen / Nidda (Hessen): Sculpture Park: 2 large-format sculptures from Michelnauer Tuff, 2013
• Sculpture garden of the Galerie Felix, Dresden
• Pirna: Memorial to all victims of war, violence and displacement, 2003
• Limbach-Oberfrohna: Large sculpture dreaming / enjoying , bronze, 2003
• Heidenau: Einkehr , Sandstein, 2002
• Sculpture Park of the Volksbank Chemnitz, Chemnitz: Don't forget your dreams , sandstone
• Chemnitz / Kassberg, residential complex: arrival , sandstone, 2018

Pricing:

• 2010: Prize figure (bronze) for Dresden Prize

Prices

• 1995 Saxon State Prize for Design (team prize for a playground project in the rehabilitation center for visually impaired children, Chemnitz)
• 1999 1st prize in the art competition Kunst am Limbomar of the city of Limbach-Oberfrohna for a bronze figure for the forecourt design of the leisure pool
• 2002 Recognition in the Ruth Leibnitz Prize competition Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz
• 2003 1st prize in the city of Pirna's art competition for a memorial to victims of violence and displacement

literature

• "Kunst.Objekt.Mensch" exhibition catalog, university collections. ALTANA gallery of the TU Dresden, 2013. With texts by K.Weber, Prof. Dr. Schweickart, Maria Obenaus, Klaus Mauersberger and Kirsten Vincenz. ISBN 978-3-86780-347-2 .
• "Art Fair Dresden 2013". Exhibition catalog of the Künstlerbund Dresden, 2013.
• Konstanze Feindt Eissner graphics, sculptures, objects ", Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, 2012 With texts by Astrid Nielsen, Cornelia Ackermann and Jens-Uwe Sommerschuh, ISBN 978-3-86984-398-8 .
• Konstanze Feindt Eißner: Sculptures, drawings, graphics , with texts by Matthias Flug (art historian, Berlin, Dresden) and Karin Weber (art historian and gallery owner in Dresden). Philo Fine Arts Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-364-00620-2 .
• Hans-Peter Lühr and W. Kirsten: Artists in Dresden in the 20th century . Verlag der Bildenden Kunst Dresden, ISBN 3-86530-073-1 .
• Dresdner Sezession 89 eV 1989 to 2009, a chronicle, Galerie Comenius, Galerie Nord, Galerie Drei, text and image editors: Angela Hampel, texts: Karin Weber ISBN 978-3-00-029596-6 .
• Conni Licht: Appearance, the most beautiful Dresden grave figures

Web links

• Konstanze Feindt Eissner's website
• Literature by and about Konstanze Feindt Eißner in the catalog of the German National Library