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Maya Graber (born 1974 in Sempach ) is a Swiss sculptor and medalist .
Life
After attending the independent Farbmühle design school in Lucerne from 1990 to 1992, Graber completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor in Hochdorf LU from 1993 to 1997 . After a year of freelance work in Emmenbrücke and employment in the Bellform art foundry in Neuheim ZG, he studied sculpture with Bernd Göbel at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle from 1999 to 2005 in Halle an der Saale . From 2002 to 2003 she was an exchange student for one semester at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon . In 2005 she received her degree as a qualified sculptor. Her diploma thesis was a life-size group of figures made of colorfully pigmented grout in Halle an der Saale. The three figures were willfully destroyed after a short time. As a result, a community foundation was set up under the title “Helft Frau Roth”, which collected the financial means for the restoration of the bronze figures in order to set an example against destruction and violence in the city of Halle.
Following her studies, Graber was Bernd Göbel's master class student until 2007 .
Since 2000 she has been making medals at the suggestion of Bernd Göbel . They now occupy a large part of their work, and Graber's work is characterized by the frequent use of the metal bismuth, which is rarely used in numismatics , and alloys containing bismuth.
Graber lives and works in Geschinen in the canton of Valais and in Halle an der Saale.
Sculptures and reliefs (selection)
- Sculptures Group A encounter in the middle in Halle an der Saale , pigmented grouts, 2005 (thesis, three life-size sculptures)
- Sculptures Group A encounter in the middle in Halle an der Saale , bronze, 2006 (three sculptures and a plaque, a replacement for the willfully destroyed sculptures of the previous year)
- Triptych Council Loggia , three-part bronze plate on the market square in Halle an der Saale, 200 × 300 cm, 2006
- several reliefs of the crypt arches of the Stadtgottesackers in Halle an der Saale, 2007
- Coat of arms above the main entrance of the Leopoldina in Halle an der Saale
Medals (selection)
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Medal for the 60th anniversary of the Kölner Münzfreunde , made in silver, 2017
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- Summit boomerang , on the occasion of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm 2007 , cast iron, 150 × 100 mm, 2007
- Alter Ego & Helvetia , regarding Swiss war weapons exports and minaret bans, bronze, 140 × 90 mm, 2009
- Chimera indulgence. Then and now. On the importance and impact of the Reformation, bronze, 95 × 112 mm, 2011
- Galgenwald , bronze, 120 mm wide, 2012
- Kairos , bismuth alloy, 82 × 122 mm, 2015
- 450 years of Hessen Darmstadt , bismuth alloy, 75 × 75 mm, 2017
- Hazel Brugger - Slam Poet , bismuth alloy, 110 × 110 mm, 2017
- 60th anniversary of the Kölner Münzfreunde , Bismut / 3 Ex. Silver , 2017
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2017 Exhibition "Wesensarten" in the vaulted cellar of the Museum Schloss Neuchâtel
Exhibition participation
- 2007 International Federation of Medallic Art (FIDEM) International Medal Exhibition in Colorado Springs
- 2010 International FIDEM medal exhibition in Tampere
Awards
- 1996 Prize of the City of Yverdon-les-Bains, sculpture symposium 250 years of JH Pestalozzi
- 2001 first prize in the student medal project of the British Art Medal Society
- 2004 Prize for foreign students from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- 2006 Award of the German Medalist Prize Johann Veit Döll of the city of Suhl and the German Society for Medal Art
- 2007 "Prix encouragement" medal award from the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Neuchâtel
- 2007 Peter Parler Prize of the German Foundation for Monument Protection as a member of Bauhütte Stadtgottesacker e. V. in Halle an der Saale for the redesign of the Stadtgottesackers
literature
- Joachim Penzel: A Requiem in Stone. The redesign of Halle's Stadtgottesacker by contemporary artists. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2017, ISBN 978-3-95462-931-2 (with a detailed description of the reliefs created by Graber and her colleagues).
Web links
- Maya Graber's website
- Maya Graber , website of the German Society for Medal Art, with images of numerous medals by Graber
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c “Help Frau Roth” campaign , website of the Halle Community Foundation, accessed on October 21, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Maya Graber , website of the German Society for Medal Art , accessed on October 21, 2018.
- ↑ a b CV , Maya Graber's website, accessed on October 21, 2018.
- ↑ a b Maya Graber - Wesensarten , website of the German Society for Medal Art, accessed on October 21, 2018.
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| SURNAME | Graber, Maya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sempach , Switzerland |