Silvia Siemes

Silvia Siemes (* 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a contemporary German sculptor . One focus of her artistic work is figural sculpture made of terracotta .

biography

Silvia Siemes completed an apprenticeship as a ceramic model and mold designer at the State Porcelain School in Selb from 1983 to 1987 . From 1987 to 1995 she studied sculpture at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen with Professors Fritz Vehring , Waldemar Otto and Bernd Altenstein , whose master class she was from 1995 to 1996. In 2004 she was awarded a three-year studio grant by the Esslingen district . In 2006 Silvia Siemes received a working grant from the German gallery owner Hans-Jürgen Müller for his future project Mariposa on Tenerife . In 2013, Siemes was awarded the internationally advertised “Ceramics Prize from Nassauische Sparkasse ”.

She has been exhibiting in institutions, museums and galleries since 1992 and has been represented at German and European art fairs since 2004.

Siemes has lived and worked in the climatic health resort of Tengen, district of Konstanz , since 2015 .

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In her artistic work, Silvia Siemes focuses on a classic sculpture theme: the human figure. The sculptural approach of her works made of engobed terracotta is characterized by a relaxed directness, an irritating this-sidedness that is underlined by careful abstraction and restrained coloring.

The figures act cautiously distant and refuse any pathos. The physiognomy fluctuates between typification and portraiture. Expressivity in expression, in gestures, is deliberately avoided by the artist in favor of inner calm: everyday life is implied. Silvia Siemes' protagonists assert themselves through a self-focused presence.

Picture gallery

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  Half figure , 2012, terracotta, engobed, height: 85 cm

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  Half figure , 2011, terracotta, engobed, height: 85 cm

Works in public collections (selection)

• Ceramic Museum Gmunden , Austria
• Nassauische Sparkasse, Wiesbaden
• Art collection of the city of Kirchheim unter Teck
• Art collection of the city of Weingarten
• PSD Bank, Stuttgart
• Future workshop Mariposa, Tenerife
• Art collection of the regional council, Karlsruhe
• Art collection of the Esslingen am Neckar district
• pro arte ulmer art foundation, Ulm

literature

• in exhibition catalog Experimental 20 , publisher: Friends of Culture and Local History Gottmadingen , 2018, ISBN 978-3-9812692-6-0
• in exhibition catalog About Clay, European Ceramic Art, Fiskars Village, Finland , 2018, ISBN 978-951-98746-8-5
• in the exhibition catalog Terra Arte, 15th workshop weeks in the Hundisburg brickworks , publisher: Landkreis Börde , 2017
• Individual catalog Silvia Siemes sculptures 2010–2014 , Ed .: Silvia Siemes, Tengen , 2015
• in G: sicht 1, humaNature: Art from Stuttgart and the Region , Ed .: Nicole Fritz , Gatzanis Verlag , Stuttgart , 2014, ISBN 978-3-932855-60-3
• in realism, 45 years of German sculpture , Ed .: Karina Türr , Isernhagen , 2014, ISBN 978-3-7319-0008-5
• in exhibition catalog German Contemporary Arts & Crafts, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, Korea , ISBN 979-11-951018-1-8 (00630)
• in the exhibition catalog Figurative, Sculpture in Ceramics, Ceramics Prize 2013 , Ed .: Nassauische Sparkasse Wiesbaden , 2013
• in New Ceramics - The European Ceramics Magazine , Issue No. 6/2011 (Title)
• Individual catalog Silvia Siemes sculptures 2008–2010 , Ed .: Silvia Siemes, Beuren , 2011
• in the exhibition catalog Ceramics in Europe , Westerwald Ceramics Museum , Höhr-Grenzhausen , 2009, ISBN 978-3-930081-17-2
• in Hans-Jürgen Müller The story of an idea: Mariposa , Neuer Kunstverlag, Stuttgart , 2008, ISBN 978-3-938023-33-4
• in KeramikMagazin Europa , issue No. 6/2007
• Single catalog Silvia Siemes Schweigen um zu Listen , Ed .: Landratsamt Esslingen am Neckar , 2007, ISBN 978-3-924123-65-9
• in Hans-Jürgen Müller Mariposa: Magic of a Garden , Wasmuth, Tübingen , 2007, ISBN 978-3-8030-3323-9
• in the art collection of the Esslingen district , publisher: Esslingen am Neckar district office , 2007, ISBN 978-3-925589-41-6
• in the exhibition catalog Die Bremer Bildhauerschule , Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen , 2004, ISBN 3-924412-48-0
• in the exhibition catalog Ceramics Europe , Ceramics Museum Westerwald , Höhr-Grenzhausen , 2004, ISBN 3-930081-14-8
• in the exhibition catalog 1st Ceramic Symposium Gmunden , Association for the Promotion of European Ceramic Artists , Gmunden (Austria), 2003, ISBN 3-901572-04-X
• in exhibition catalog Förderpreis Keramik 2000 , publisher: Nassauische Sparkasse Wiesbaden , 2000, ISBN 3-930081-13-X
• in the exhibition catalog Keramik Offenburg , publisher: Stadt Offenburg , 1999
• in the exhibition catalog European Ceramics , Ceramic Museum Westerwald , Höhr-Grenzhausen , 1999, ISBN 3-930081-11-3

Web links

• Website of Silvia Siemes
• Literature by and about Silvia Siemes in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the Nassauische Sparkasse from August 1, 2013