Marten Schech

Marten Schech (* 1983 in Halle (Saale) ) is a contemporary German sculptor , installation artist and percussionist .

Life

The sculptor, who was born in Halle (Saale), was involved in monument conservation from 1999 to 2004. From 2008 to 2015 he studied with Wilhelm Mundt at the Dresden University of Fine Arts , at the University of Leeds and the Düsseldorf Art Academy and graduated with a diploma. He lives and works in Berlin and Dresden . Because of the narrative qualities of their traces of use and their grown uniqueness, he works his sculptures and installations from old building materials and partially reproduces them with new materials. His sculptures are subjects with their own story. For his sculptures of architectural sculptures, "Architectural plants", he is also inspired by the Chamaechorie , the spreading strategy of plants via wind and fruits, e.g. B. the steppe roller. He received the Caspar David Friedrich Prize in 2017 for his architectural sculptures, some of which are made from historical materials .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

2014: RE, Förderverein Current Art (FAK), Institute for Art History, Münster
2016: Slug Cave, Kabakon, Leipzig
2017: Marten Schech Minor changes, (as part of the Caspar David Friedrich Prize), Caspar David Friedrich Center Greifswald
2017: Körnig meets Marten Schech, Hans Körnig Museum , Dresden
2018: Tumbling Follies, Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt
2019: Pinkhouse, one-room house c / o, Mannheim Haus Arbeit, Galerie Bernau, Bernau near Berlin
2020: "Lichtung", site-specific installation in the atrium of the Ernst-Barlach-Haus , Hamburg on the occasion of the exhibition "Werden, that is the solution!" - Scenes for the 150th birthday of Ernst Barlach , Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg

Group exhibitions

2011: Springhouse, Dresden
2011: Hunger drives the beast out of the forest, Galerie Die Schöne Stadt, Halle (Saale)
2012: Auxiliary Constructions - makeshift constructions, Kunsthaus Dresden
2012: Various Stages / Salon Rähnitz, Kunsthaus Dresden
2012: NKOTB II, Galerie Baer, Dresden
2013: A World of Wild doubt, Kunstverein Hamburg
2014: Body Matters, Rottstr. 5, Kunsthallen, Bochum
2014: boesner art award 2014 <, Märkisches Museum Witten
2014: almost currently, exhibition for the 250th anniversary of the HfBK Dresden, octagon of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
2015: Wing B: Open Day, Historic Prison, Meißen
2015: Just dropped in, l'Amour, Paris, France
2015: Split and Combine / Part 1: Schamwand, Runde Ecke, Riesa Efau, Dresden
2016: To Wroclaw, Museum of Contemporary Art (MWW), Wroclaw, Poland
2016: Just Physical Sculpture Exhibition <, Box Club Olympia eV, Leipzig
2016: Down Grade, Earth Gallery, Dresden
2016: Work Out, Brühlsche Galerie, Dresden
2016: OSTRALE blows OR, Browar, Wroclaw, Poland
2016: In front of you, the sea or the asphalt, the damage ..., Pillnitz Castle, Dresden
2017: What Can Be Done to Make Trouble ?, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
2017: Springhouse 2017, European Center for the Arts Hellerau
2018: Altered States - Substances in Contemporary Art, Kunstpalais Erlangen
2018: Grabenblicke, Bärenzwinger, Berlin
2018: Arsenal, Intershop Interdisciplinaire, Leipzig
2018: Patchwork, Cologne
2019: Guest House, London, Chronicle, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin
2019: Pieces for Kalbe, Kalbe
2019: Art for Humanism, Kunsthalle im Lipsius-Bau, Dresden
2019: Sommerfrische , Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt

Collections

Dresden City Gallery - Art Collection

Awards / Scholarships

2012-2017: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
2014: Nomination> boesner art award 2014
2015: Marion Ermer Prize
2017: Caspar David Friedrich Prize
2019: Working grant art fund

Catalogs

2013: A World of Wild Doubt, Wordpress Verlag, text: Dorothee Böhm, Kunstverein Hamburg
2013: Terms of Exhibiting (from A to Z), Terms of Exhibiting (from A to Z); Petra Reichensperger, Wordpress Verlag
2014: Marten Schech; Text: Marten Schech,

downright momentary; Matthias Flügge, Susanne Greinke, Dietmar Rübel, University of Fine Arts Dresden boesner art award 2014; Text: Marten Schech, boesner GmbH holding + innovations

2015: Marten Schech, Marion Ermer Prize 2015, Marion Ermer Foundation
2017: What Can Be Done to Make Trouble; Marten Schech & Christiane Schürkmann, Reimer Verlag, Edition Imorde
2018: Altered States - Substances in Contemporary Art, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Milena Mercer, Hatje Cantz
2019: Traces of Architectures Projections, Bärenzwinger Berlin, Kerber

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personal data
SURNAME	Schech, Marten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor, installation artist and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)