Sven Gatter
Sven Gatter (born December 12, 1978 in Halle (Saale) ) is a contemporary German photographer .
life and work
Gatter grew up in Bitterfeld . From 1999 to 2006 he completed a degree in applied social sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt , which he completed with a thesis on the subject of "Photographic images as sources of empirical social research". From 2004 to 2005 he attended the evening academy of the Academy of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig and from 2010 to 2011 the Ostkreuz School for Photography in Berlin . Since then he has been investigating the post-communist transformation processes in East Germany in his artistic and photographic work . For this purpose, he combines his own images and texts with found archive material and thus condenses them into subjective narratives.
He lives in Potsdam and Berlin .
honors and awards
Gatter was awarded the Lotto Brandenburg Art Prize in the photography category in 2016 and in 2018 received a three-month residency grant for the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf from the Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research and Culture .
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2017: “Sven Gatter. Bloom times (photographs and texts) ”in the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art, Cottbus
- 2017: “Sven Gatter. Air Ships ”in the State Representation of Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin
- 2015: “ Goitzsche , Photographs 2010–2015” in the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Industry and Film Museum
- 2010: “Ordinary People, Photographs”, solo exhibition in the Galerie Alles Possible, Berlin
Group exhibitions
- 2019: "Brandenburg Art Prize 2019" in Neuhardenberg Castle
- 2019: “Landpartie”, group exhibition of the Wiepersdorf scholarship holders in the Brandenburg Ministry for Science, Research and Culture, Potsdam
- 2018: "Brandenburg Art Prize 2018" in Neuhardenberg Castle
- 2017: “View Shift” at the ZKR Center for Art and Public Space, Schloss Biesdorf , Berlin
- 2016: Exhibition of the winners of the Lotto Brandenburg Art Prize in the House of Brandenburg-Prussian History , Potsdam
- 2016: “The Third Look” in the Stadtgalerie Kiel
- 2016: “Perspectives on German Unity” at the Lindenstrasse 54/55 Memorial , Potsdam
- 2015: “The Third Look” in the Willy-Brandt-Haus , Berlin
- 2011: “Opus Photography Prize”, group exhibition in the gallery of the University of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken
Web links
- Website by Sven Gatter
- MOZ, "Putting the Change in the Picture", from January 30, 2019
- Sven Gatter on ZDF in the program: "United and yet not one? Barbara Hahlweg on the road in Eastern Germany", October 3, 2018
- rbb Kulturradio, "Guest: Sven Gatter", July 17, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the University of Graphics and Book Art Leipzig , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ↑ Website Kunstpreis-Fotografie, Prize Winner 2016 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2018 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. , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Website of the Brandenburg Ministry for Science, Research and Culture , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Website of the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art, Exhibitions, Review , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ↑ Everything possible. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Brandenburg Art Prize / Neuhardenberg Castle Foundation. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
- ^ Wiepersdorf goes Potsdam | MWFK. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
- ^ Website of the Schloss Neuhardenberg Foundation, Brandenburg Art Prize , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Website of the Lotto Brandenburg Art Prize, Prize Winner 2016 , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Website of the Stadtgalerie Kiel, Der third Blick , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Website of the Friends of the Willy-Brandt-Haus, Der third Blick , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Exhibition website “The Third Look” , accessed on May 27, 2018
- ↑ Sven Gatter | Biography. In: Sven Gatter. Retrieved on July 7, 2019 (German).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gate, Sven |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |