Natascha Borowsky

Natascha Borowsky (* 1964 in Düsseldorf ) is a German photographer .

Live and act

Career

From 1987 to 1994 she studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf , in the class of Bernd Becher , whose master class she became. In 1994/1995 she stayed at the Cordova Institute in Vancouver . Then (1997/1998) she pursued a work project in Vancouver and Sechelt (British Columbia) , Canada. Borowsky held a teaching position for photography from 2006 to 2008 at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld. Borowsky lives in Düsseldorf.

reception

Natascha Borowsky's works can be found in public art collections in Germany. She had solo exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland, and group exhibitions have taken her to the Netherlands, Finland, Russia and Switzerland. Her work is documented in several publications.

technology

"In front of mostly monochrome picture backgrounds which, like the selected natural objects or artefacts, can consist of organic or inorganic substances, Natascha Borowsky positions the respective object in the center of the picture in order to always photograph it in daylight ."

idea

“My photographs from the last few years, which each show individual found objects in a pictorial context, have aspects of portraits . Time plays an important role in my work. Photography always shows something that was, that existed in the past, that was the present at the time it was taken. In addition, the material I work with is marked by traces that have been created over an indefinite period of time. So it is always a reference to something that happened in the past. "

- Natascha Borowsky : In: Guest performance. Exhibition catalog. Düsseldorf 2009. p. 24.

Awards

Scholarships

• 2001: Residency grant from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , Ringenberg Castle .
• 2002: Residency grant from the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation .
• 2008: Residence grant from the Goethe Institute , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
• 2009: Residency grant from the Cultural Office of the City of Düsseldorf, Chongqing , China.
• 2011/2012: Residency grant from the Kunststiftung NRW in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Mumbai , India.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

• 2011: KOSMOS. Schwäbisch Hall Art Association .
• 2010: present. Municipal gallery Eichenmüllerhaus, Lemgo .
• 2008: plastic. Chasa Jaura Museum , Valchava.

Group exhibitions

• 2017/18: Magical nature. Franz Gertsch , Simone Nieweg , Natascha Borowsky , Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf
• 2012: The own and the other in photography - An exhibition for Hannah Höch . Project space Deutscher Künstlerbund , Berlin.
• 2011: Back from Chongqing. With Neringa Naujokaite. Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf.
• 2010: To nature. The ALTANA art collection visits the Langen Foundation , rocket station, Hombroich.
• 2009: Karl Blossfeldt , Plant Studies and Related Positions. Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur , Cologne. (In collaboration with the Berlin University of the Arts .)
• 2009: guest performance. Photo and video artist in the Hetjens Museum. Hetjens Museum , Düsseldorf.
• 2008: distances. New Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Ahrenshoop .
• 2006: The Sublime is Now! The sublime in contemporary art. Franz Gertsch Museum , Burgdorf, Switzerland.
• 2006: Artifacts, Plastic, Vanishing Point. Positions in contemporary photography. With Boris Becker and Cornelia Wruck. Recklinghausen art gallery .
• 2005: Frontal7. Düsseldorf photography. Nykyaika Photographic Center, Tampere , Finland
• 2003: Wonderlands - Perspectives of Current Photography. Küppersmühle Museum , Grothe Collection, Duisburg.
• 2002: Transistor I. EXPORT. Museum Het Valkhof , Nijmegen.
• 2002: “today until now”, contemporary photography from düsseldorf, part II. Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf.
• 2001: Karl Blossfeldt and Natascha Borowsky. Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne.
• 2000: 2356 KM. Art from Düsseldorf in Moscow. New Manege, Moscow .
• 1998: post naturam. Municipal exhibition hall Haverkamp, Münster / Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt .

Works in public collections (selection)

• Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne.
• Deutsche Bank Collection , Munich.
• Collection Robert Bosch Stiftung , Berlin.
• Museum Kunstpalast collection , Düsseldorf.

literature

• Margret Baumann: Natascha Borowsky. Plastic. On the occasion of the exhibition “Vanishing Point. Plastic. Artifacts. Positions in contemporary photography by Cornelia Wruck, Natascha Borowsky and Boris Becker. “Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2006/2007. Ed. v. Ferdinand Ullrich and Hans-Jürgen Schwalm. Cologne 2006, ISBN 978-3-939753-06-3 .
• Rupert Pfab : Between home and heaven. New trends in Düsseldorf photography. In: today until now. Contemporary photography from Düsseldorf. Volume 2. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, 2002, ISBN 3-9808208-3-1 . (Also about Laurenz Berges, Natascha Borowsky, Nina Pohl and Lois Renner .)
• Barbara Hofmann-Johnson and Sally Schöne: Guest performance. Photo and video artist in the Hetjens Museum. Exhibition catalog. Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 3-9804529-8-0 . Pp. 22-24, 68, 72. Online

Web links

• Works by and about Natascha Borowsky in the catalog of the German National Library
• Natascha Borowsky at the Goethe-Institut Singapore
• Photographs by Natascha Borowsky on the Reckermann Gallery website
• Natascha Borowsky on the website of the SK Stiftung Kultur
• Natascha Borowsky at kunstaspekte.de
• Natascha Borowsky at photography-now.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Natascha Borowsky at the German Association of Artists , accessed on June 8, 2013.
2. ^ Barbara Hofmann-Johnson: Natascha Borowsky. In: Barbara Hofmann-Johnson and Sally Schöne: Guest performance. Photo and video artist in the Hetjens Museum. Exhibition catalog. Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 3-9804529-8-0 . P. 22. ( Online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , At issuu.com , accessed on June 9, 2013 .)  
3. ↑ Description on the website of the organizer accessed on June 8, 2013.
4. ↑ Gisela Kuoni: Inspiration can literally be found on the street. In: Die Südostschweiz , July 31, 2008. P. 7. Online ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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. (PDF, 188 kB), accessed on July 6, 2013. 
5. ↑ Description ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. on the website of the Dt. Artist Association, accessed June 8, 2013. 
6. ↑ Description at photography-now.com , accessed on June 8, 2013.
7. ↑ catalog. See literature.
8. ^ In the exhibition archive on the museum website, accessed on June 8, 2013.
9. ↑ at issuu.com , accessed June 8, 2013.