Martin Mindermann

Martin Mindermann (* 1960 in Bremen ) is a German ceramic artist. He created v. a. Raku pottery .

Life

Mindermann completed an apprenticeship as a painter from 1977 to 1980. From 1984 to 1990 he studied at the University of the Arts in Bremen with Dorothee Colberg-Tjadens and Fritz Vehring . 1994–2005 he participated in the studio community Altes Pumpwerk in Bremen. In 2003 he got a teaching position at the University of the Arts in Bremen. Mindermann has had his own studio in Oyten since 2005. In 2013 he received a teaching post from the State Ceramic School in Landshut .

Awards

• 1988: Ceramic Prize from the Frechen Cultural Foundation
• 1988: Medaille d'Or d'Emaille, Xlime Biennale Ceramique d'Art Vallauris
• 1989: 1st prize contemporary ceramics, Offenburg
• 1990: City of Verden Prize
• 1992: Bavarian State Prize and Gold Medal
• 1993: Bremen advancement award for arts and crafts
• 1996: 1st prize contemporary ceramics, Offenburg, together with Elisabeth Wischeropp
• 1996: Auguste Papendiek Prize, Bremen
• 2003: Euregio Prize, Raeren Ceramic Museum , Belgium
• 2009: 1st prize from the Koblenz Chamber of Crafts

Working in public collections

• State museums of Prussian cultural heritage
• Decorative Arts Museum Berlin
• State Museum Bremen
• Veste Coburg Ceramic Museum
• Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf
• Keramion Frechen
• Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg
• Ceramic Museum Westerwald , Höhr-Grenzhausen
• Grassi Museum Leipzig
• Museum am Burghof Loerrach
• Ritterhaus-Museum Offenburg
• State Museum Oldenburg
• Württemberg State Museum Stuttgart
• Taipei City Art Museum , Taiwan
• Etelsen Verden Castle
• Emslandmuseum Schloss Clemenswerth
• Museum Eckernförde

literature

• Margetts Martina: International Crafts, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991 (p. 32)
• Ceramik Review, issue 134 3/4 1992 (page 20)
• Neue Keramik, issue 11/1993 (pages 828–831); Issue 12/1995 (p.734).
• Andrews, Tim: Raku-A Review of Contemporary Work, London: A&C Black, 1994 (p.24,25,55-57)
• KeramikMagazin, Issue 3/1994 (p. 7), Issue 5/1999 (pp. 6–9)
• Kunsthandwerk & Design, issue 6/96 (pp. 16–21)
• Ceramik Art Monthly, Korea, issue 7/1996 (pp. 38–39)
• La revue de la céramique et du verre, volume 93, 3/4 1997 (pp. 38–39)