Maria Ondrej

Maria Ondrej , née Maria-Petra Sitte , later Maria-Petra Döring , (* 1965 in Leipzig ) is a German visual artist .

Life

Maria Ondrej studied plastic at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein Halle (Saale) from 1991 to 1996 and graduated with a diploma in fine arts . 1996 to 1998 followed a postgraduate course with Antje Scharfe, also at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein. Ondrej has been working as a freelance artist since 1996. In 2008 she created the Leipzig Etching Studio together with Vlado Ondrej in the Leipzig cotton spinning mill .

In 2010 Ondrej received a lectureship in the field of graphics at the University of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig . In 2013 she was the initiator of "Cliché verre reloaded - An attack on time", where an almost forgotten art technique was rediscovered. In 2014 Maria Ondrej was commissioned to design the bell decorations for two new church bells to be cast in the communities of Tragnitz near Leisnig and Altenbach .

Exhibitions and projects

Bells consecration on March 1st, 2015: The new bell for the church in Altenbach , designed by Maria Ondrej

2016: Maria Ondrej & Vlado Ondrej - on. Color etchings, exhibition at Thaler Originalgrafik Leipzig, November 5 - November 19, 2016
2016: TRANSMISSION: New York -> -> Leipzig , international art project "The Language Etching - Etching Ten" with six artists each from Leipzig and New York from July 22 to 30, 2016 in Leipzig, patronage: The US Ambassador in Berlin , John B. Emerson. Realization: Maria Ondrej and Vlado Ondrej, atelier for etching. A group exhibition of the LIA Leipzig International Art Program.
2016: International art project "The Etching Language" with six artists each from Leipzig and New York from February 9 to 28, 2016 in the New York Academy of Art. Patronage: The US Ambassador in Berlin, John B. Emerson. Ideas and curators of the artistic joint project: Maria Ondrej and Vlado Ondrej, atelier for etching, and Anna-Louise Rolland, LIA Leipzig International Arts Project.
2015: Factory exhibition of the spinning mill, May 1st to May 30th; Barcelona, Circulo del Arte, "Cliché verre reloaded - An attack on time", April 9th to May 30th
2014: Chemnitz, Neue Sächsische Galerie , "100 Saxon Graphics", Altenburg, Lindenau - Museum Altenburg, "Cliché verre reloaded - An attack on time"
2013: Leipzig, spinning mill archive massive; "Cliché verre reloaded - An attack on time", Winterthur, Switzerland, art in the building yard; "Atelier for Etching Leipzig with the master class Neo Rauch 2011"
2010: Leipzig, atelier for etching, spinning mill with Julius Popp , Sandro Porcu , Stella Hamberg, Clemens Meyer, Paule Hammer , Sebastian Gögel and Joachim Blank Leipzig, University of Graphics and Book Art, Picture Museum, interface print
2007: Co-initiator of the forum for contemporary ceramics, Halle / Saale
2006: Artistic director of the clay building project "Murmelbahnkrake" with students from the art education faculty in Leipzig for a day care center; Art project "Interzone" in cooperation with KulturFabrik Löseke e. V. (Hildesheim), node e. V. / Künstlerhaus 188 (Halle / Saale)
2005: Artistic director of the international ceramic symposium in Halle, Künstlerhaus 188
2004: Halle, Künstlerhaus 188: “Sequenzen” with Vlado Ondrej
2003: Kerameikon Varazdin Croatia

The market square in Machern with the water feature designed by Maria Ondrej

2002: Artistic design and implementation of the Macherner Marktbrunnen; Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf “Hairline cracks” represented with the work “Beginnings”; Artistic director 1. Ceramic Biennale Halle "Im Quadrat" Exhibition in Künstlerhaus 188
2000: Kaditzsch / Höfgen, international music festival "Höhrtron"
1999: Halle, Galerie Kunst im Keller; Macheren, France, town hall, contrasts
1998: Madrid, Universidad Complutense, "Art as luggage"; Salamanca, Casa de las Concas, "Art as luggage"; Radolfzell, Villa Bosch, "Blue"
1997: Halle, interim project, "Faces" with Thomas Rug, Christoph Meißner, Edgar Knobloch, Lars Petersohn, Christiane Junker, Vlado Ondrej, Bruno Raetsch, Christian Weihrauch; Bitterfeld, Galerie am Ratswall, "1st Bitterfeld Ceramic Prize"; Halle, department store on the market, "hairline cracks"; Kaditzsch / Höfgen, International Festival "What do we hear" work "fragile journey of sounds"; Berlin, Galerie Pankow, "Art as luggage"; Halle, Burg Galerie, "Art as luggage"
1996: Artistic design and implementation of the water cascade fountain on Eutritzsch's market square in Leipzig; Personal exhibition Kobe, Japan, B-Place Gallery, personal exhibition KANNenOBJEKT
1995: Halle, Galerie Talstraße , "Jugs and jug objects"; Prettin, Lichtenburg Castle, "Two butterflies in the air"; Bitterfeld, Galerie am Ratswall, "Figur"; Höhr-Grenzhausen
1993: Halle, Moritzburg Gallery

Awards and study visits

2006: Unified Prize - Citizens' Prize for German Unity 2006 from the Federal Agency for Civic Education for the art project "Interzone" (in cooperation with KulturFabrik Löseke eV (Hildesheim), Node eV / Künstlerhaus 188 (Halle / Saale))
2001: Scholarship from the Berlin Cultural Fund Foundation
1997: Study visit to England, Rochester
1996: Winner of the State Garden Show in Lichtenstein with the design of a solar fountain; Study visit to Japan
1995: Westerwald Prize, Westerwald Ceramics Museum

Publications

Cliché verre . Catalog for the exhibition Cliché Verre Reloaded - an attack on time . Spinnerei-Archiv Massiv, Leipzig (September 21 - November 16, 2013); Lindenau Museum Altenburg (January 18 - March 16, 2014); Kulturverein Winterstein, Nuremberg (summer 2014). Vlado & Maria Ondrej - Atelier for etching Leipzig. Texts: Susanne Altmann u. a., transl .: David Burnett et al. a. (Texts in German, English and Spanish), Berlin / Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-944903-01-9

literature

Ingrid Leps: Icons as a source of inspiration - Maria and Vlado Ondrej are drawing attention to themselves with a new collection of graphics. The artist couple from Machern (district of Leipzig) dedicates the new edition to the subject of icons . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, online and in the print edition Muldental, November 9, 2016, page 32
Haig Latchinian : From makers to Manhattan - fried eggs in the spinning mill. Art in the most exciting place in the world ... Etchings are her passion - Maria (50) and Vlado Ondrej (53) from Machern bei Wurzen are the undisputed number 1 in Central Germany in this regard. From the old spinning mill in Leipzig they have even managed to jump across the pond to New York. As “Topic of the day” (= a complete newspaper page) in: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, 23 December 2015, p. 31
Roger Dietze: New bell rings in Altenbach - further donations for church necessary. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, May 4, 2015, p. 26

Web links

family

Maria Ondrej is married to Vlado Ondrej . The couple has two sons; the family lives in Machern near Leipzig.

Individual evidence

^ Maria Ondrej | Contemporary etching studio. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Vlado Ondrej | Contemporary etching studio. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
^ Atelier for contemporary etching. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
↑ St. Pankratiuskirche Tragnitz - kirche-leisnig.de. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
↑ parish makers, Leulitz with Zeititz & Altenbach. Accessed July 1, 2019 (German).
↑ Welcome. Accessed July 1, 2019 (German).
↑ Thaler original graphic . Accessed July 1, 2019 (German).
↑ The City of Leipzig supports the exhibitions with funds from art funding. There has been a cooperation between LIA and the New York Academy of Art and the School of Visual Arts New York since 2010: Art students from New York receive scholarships to work in studios in the Leipzig cotton spinning mill and to get new ideas for their art. - Source: Haig Latchinian: From makers to Manhattan. As “Topic of the day” in: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, 23 December 2015, p. 31
^ Maria Ondrej | Contemporary etching studio. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
↑ DNB 1047373645
↑ Table of Contents
↑ publisher information. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ondrej, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sitte, Maria-Petra (maiden name); Döring, Maria-Petra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig

[1] Maria Ondrej | Contemporary etching studio. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

[2] Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Vlado Ondrej | Contemporary etching studio. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

[4] Atelier for contemporary etching. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

[5] St. Pankratiuskirche Tragnitz - kirche-leisnig.de. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

[6] parish makers, Leulitz with Zeititz & Altenbach. Accessed July 1, 2019 (German).

[7] Welcome. Accessed July 1, 2019 (German).

[8] Thaler original graphic . Accessed July 1, 2019 (German).

[9] The City of Leipzig supports the exhibitions with funds from art funding. There has been a cooperation between LIA and the New York Academy of Art and the School of Visual Arts New York since 2010: Art students from New York receive scholarships to work in studios in the Leipzig cotton spinning mill and to get new ideas for their art. - Source: Haig Latchinian: From makers to Manhattan. As “Topic of the day” in: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, 23 December 2015, p. 31

[10] Maria Ondrej | Contemporary etching studio. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

[11] DNB 1047373645

[12] Table of Contents

[13] publisher information. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .