Steffen Volmer

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Steffen Volmer (born February 3, 1955 in Dresden ) is a German graphic artist and book illustrator .

life and work

Volmer has lived in Chemnitz (then Karl-Marx-Stadt) since 1957 . His parents sparked his artistic interest. In 1974 he graduated from the extended secondary school in Chemnitz. He then worked as a stage worker until 1976 and for the German Advertising and Advertising Company (DEWAG). From 1976 to 1981 Volmer studied at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig, a. a. with Hans Mayer-Foreyt , Dietrich Burger , Heinz Wagner and Hartwig Ebersbach . Under the influence of Karl Krug and the printer Horst Arloth, he worked intensively with printmaking from 1977.

Volmer has been working freelance in Chemnitz since 1981. From 1982 to 1984 he was a master student with Gerhard Kettner at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts . Since 1982 he has participated in a variety of pleinairs . One of his favorite areas of work is the production of artist books. In 1985, Volmer founded VOSTE-Edition, a self-publisher for original graphic books and portfolios. He increasingly produced large-format color drawings, including one-off posters for theater performances and exhibitions. For his work, Volmer uses image carriers such as paper, fabric, cardboard, canvas or acrylic glass and likes to experiment with traditional pens and brushes for drawing, using chemograph paint, note ink, tea, pigments and turpentine. Since 1989 Volmer has devoted himself increasingly to the representation of the human figure. In 1995 he set up a studio in the Chemnitz art center VOXX, where he has space for large works on paper and canvas. From 1999 the first objects were created on and in acrylic glass. In 1994 Vollmer was a co-founder of the Kunst für Chemnitz association .

Artist books (selection)

  • 1986: attempted a boat trip.
  • 1988: the cage.
  • 1989: Arkona.
  • 1991: Upside down.
  • 1993: ABC printed matter. (With Wolfgang Henne)
  • 1996: wearing.
  • 1998: The garden. Passage-Verlag, Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-932900-08-2 (artist's book based on an original copy of a unique book)
  • 2000: unrest.
  • 2005: passage.
  • 2015: Headquarters.

Book illustrations (selection)

  • Sergei Salygin: Festival. Stories (with reproductions of 12 pen drawings). Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig 1983.
  • Jörg Kowalski: Doors (with 14 original graphics). burgart press Jens Henkel, Rudolstadt 1987.
  • Hermann Hesse : Pictors metamorphoses. A fairy tale. (with 16 original lithographs). Leipzig 1997.
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Tanaquil : From Giants and Gods (with original lithographs). burgart press Jens Henkel, Rudolstadt 2001.
  • Katja Lange-Müller : Bad Sheep (with 6 original etchings). Quetsche, Verlag für Buchkunst, Riesbülldeich 2007.
  • Klabund : Celestina. A book of Alt-Crossen stories (with 18 colored pictures and two original lithographs). Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2010.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1997: Eindhoven, Geraal Appelmarkt Gallery
  • 1987: Leipzig, Galerie am Thomaskirchhof
  • 2001: Chemnitz, Galerie Oben
  • 2002: Cologne, Galerie Röpke
  • 2002: Madrid, Arnes + Röpke Gallery
  • 2003: Hamburg, Galerie Borchardt ("Movement")
  • 2010: Tuttlingen, Municipal Gallery ("Inner City")
  • 2011: Chemnitz, institute building of the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ("Venture")
  • 2015: Chemnitz, Galerie Borssenanger ("Headquarters. Work from 2010 to 2015")
  • 2020: Chemnitz, art collections at Theaterplatz ("Passion")

Honors

  • 1996: Award from the Book Art Foundation (“Most Beautiful German Books”) for the unique book “Wear”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.galerieamsachsenplatz.de/vollmer.php
    https://www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de/ausstellungen/steffen-volmer/
  2. ↑ https://www.antikbayreuth.de/kuenstlerverzeichnis/Kunstler_T-Z/Volmer_Steffen_1955_Dresden_-_/volmer_steffen_1955_dresden_-_.html
  3. ↑ a b https://pirckheimer.blogspot.com/2015/10/zentrale-von-steffen-volmer.html
  4. ↑ https://galerie-borchardt.de/Ausstellungen/2003/volmer.html
  5. ↑ https://www.galerie.de/borssennager/ausstellungen_details-1934.html
  6. ↑ https://www.sister-mag.com/blog/zur-ausstellung-passion-von-steffen-volmer-in-den-kunstsammlungen-chemnitz/
personal data
SURNAME Volmer, Steffen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden