Thea Richter (sculptor)

Thea Richter (born February 28, 1945 in Ottendorf-Okrilla ) is a German sculptor and object artist .

Life

Thea Richter studied painting and graphics at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts from 1966 to 1971 . She has been working freelance since 1971. In 1989 she was one of the co-founders of the Dresden Secession 89 . Richter has been a member of the Saxon Academy of the Arts since 1998 .

Thea Richter lives and works in Ottendorf-Okrilla.

Works (selection)

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  Memorial for prisoners of war and forced laborers from the Soviet Union (1989), Heidefriedhof Dresden

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  Brunnen , Elblandklinikum Radebeul

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  Fountain milk cans , Hainwald, Görlitz

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 1979 Gallery North Dresden
• 1982 Leonhardi Museum Dresden
• 1983 Club of Intelligence Dresden
• 1986 Galerie Mitte Dresden
• 1986 Humboldt Gallery Berlin
• 1988 Berlin Cathedral
• 1991 Gallery Comenius Dresden
• 1992 Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
• 1993 Municipal Gallery Wetzlar
• 1994 Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken
• 1995 Art Space Saarbrücken, Gallery North Dresden
• 1996 Torhausgalerie Braunschweig
• 1998 Small gallery Alte Försterei Ilmenau
• 2004 Saxon Academy of the Arts
• 2005 Gallery three Dresden

Awards (selection)

• 1994 Gabriele Münter Prize
• 1994 Ernst Rietschel Art Prize from the city of Pulsnitz

literature

• Gert Clausnitzer: Artist in Dresden. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984
• Gert Clausnitzer: 14 artists from Dresden. Catalog Göttingen 1984
• Helmut Metzker: Homogeneity and designed continuity. In: Fine Arts 1988
• Ina Gille: Figure Concepts. Thea Richter. In: Fine Arts 1991

Web links

• Short biography on the website of the Saxon Academy of the Arts
• Short CV at sezession89.de
• Richter, Thea ( Memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Thea Richter on artfacts.de
• Thea Richter at the German Digital Library.