Matthias Körner (painter)
Matthias Körner (born August 12, 1954 in Cottbus ) is a German painter , draftsman , graphic artist and photographer .
Life
From 1971 to 1982, Körner trained as a nurse , occupational therapist and potter . From 1984 to 1986 he completed private studies in painting, among others with Rainer Zille . He has been working as a freelance artist since reunification and has undertaken several work, exhibition and project trips since 1993, initially mainly to European countries and from 1996 to Morocco and Uganda . He has also been taking photos since 2000. After a workshop for students at the School of Fine Art at Makerere University in Kampala in 2000, he was given a teaching position there in 2005.
In particular, he deals with the health and environmentally friendly etching / gravure printing technique intagliotype . Körner, who has been regularly involved in exhibitions since 1987, had his first solo exhibitions in Guben (Small Gallery), in Potsdam (Trapez Gallery) and in his home town (Galerie Haus 23) in 1990 , followed by others at home and abroad.
Realized art projects in public space by him are located at the motorway service stations Fläming ( A 9 ; since 1995) and Freienhufen ( A 13 , 1997), at the Brandenburg University (since 1997), in Neuküstrinchen -Neuranft in Oderbruch since August 15, 1998 the Oder flood monument "Flood Sign", in the foyer of the Brandenburg State Chancellery (since 2001), in the Lübben District Court (since 2003) and in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the State of Brandenburg (MBJS; since 2006). His works can be found in the Neubrandenburg art collection , the Museum Burg Beeskow , the collections of the MBJS, the German Consulate in Krakow , Commerzbank Berlin and Potsdam , the Sparkassen Finsterwalde and Cottbus, the Lotto Brandenburg , the Landesbank Berlin , the Ugandan German Cultural Society (UGCS) and the Museum of Macedonia in Skopje .
Awards
- 2009: Brandenburg Art Prize in the "Painting" category
- 2012: Brandenburg Art Prize in the "Graphics" category
Publications
- Painting and drawing. Self-published, Cottbus 1991.
- Painting and drawing. [Exhibition November 30, 2004– January 30, 2005; Brandenburg Art Collections Cottbus ; Gallery of the Heron book house; Sparkasse Spree-Neisse ] ; published in Perdita von Kraft (Ed.): With a view to 2006 - Art from Cottbus , 2004. ISBN 978-3-928-69684-5
literature
- Matthias Körner. In: Nicoletta Nelken: Zeitmaschine Lausitz. Landscape and mining. Fine arts of the Lausitz in the 20th century. Verlag der Kunst , 2003, p. 101. ISBN 978-3-364-00611-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Painting and graphics. New gallery of the Teltow-Fläming district , Gutenberg-Haus, Wünsdorf , March 19, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koerner, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cottbus , German Democratic Republic |