Roland Summer

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Roland Summer (born June 22, 1955 in Feldkirch ) is an Austrian ceramist .

Life

Roland Summer studied architecture at the University of Graz from 1974 to 1980. After graduating, he made the decision to work as a ceramist. In 1985 he founded his own workshop in Velden am Wörther See .

He developed his own technique and does not work on the "fast" potter's wheel, but slowly builds up his ceramics centimeter by centimeter out of himself. The ceramics are not glazed in the classic way, but coated with a separating layer after the biscuit firing, which flakes off after cooling and leaves special traces on the ceramic due to the subsequent reduction in sawdust (smoking).

In 2000 he was involved in the exhibition "Porcelain for Meissen, Max Adolf Pfeiffer in honor", which was carried out in collaboration with the Meissen porcelain factory in Leipzig.

Since 2007 he has been a member of the International Academy of Ceramics AIC.

Awards

  • 1995 Prix de la Ville de Carouge
  • 1995 Theodor-Körner-Förderungspreis
  • 1997 LIKUM - 5th Triennial for Small Ceramics Zagreb
  • 2000 Premio L'Alcalaten L'Alcora Concurso de Ceramica
  • 2001 Honorable Mention Biennale Icheon South Korea
  • 2004 Diessen Ceramic Prize "Ceramic Pairs"
  • 2005 Premio de Ceramica Aragon Zaragoza - 2nd prize
  • 2008 Bavarian State Prize
  • 2011 2nd Prize Biennale Talavera de la Reina
  • 2015 Recognition Award Triennial Unicum Ljubljana

Works in public collections

  • Graz / A - Styrian State Museum Joanneum
  • Dresden / D - Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Pillnitz
  • Deidesheim / D - Lotte Reimers Foundation
  • Leipzig / D - Grassi - Museum
  • Höhr-Grenzhausen / D - Ceramic Museum Westerwald
  • Munich / D - The New Collection Pinakothek der Moderne
  • Cologne D - Kolumba Diocesan Museum
  • Carouge / CH - Musée de Carouge
  • L'Alcora / E - Museo de Ceramica
  • Zaragoza / E - Colección CAI de Arte Contemporáneo
  • Chatsworth House / UK - The Devonshire Collection
  • Shanghai / China - Arts & Crafts Museum
  • Fuping / China IAC Museum Hall
  • Taipei / Taiwan - Yingge Ceramics Museum
  • Icheon / South Korea - World Ceramic Center
  • Talavera de la Reina / E - Museo de Ceramica Contemporanéa
  • Gmunden / A - Kammerhof Museum Gmunden
  • Mungyeong / South Korea - Mungyeong Ceramic Museum
  • Landshut / D - Landshut museums
  • Eckernförde / D - Museum Eckernförde
  • Dublin / IRL - State Art Collection of Ireland
  • Sencur / SL - Muzej Sencur

literature

  • Short biography and sources, pp. 299-300. In: Susanne Fink, Cornelia Rothmund: Fine arts in Vorarlberg. 1945-2005. Biographical lexicon. Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bucher-Verlag, Hohenems 2006, ISBN 978-3-902525-36-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Summer, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ceramist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldkirch