Ulrich Reimkasten

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Ulrich Reimkasten (born January 13, 1953 in Lichtenstein, Saxony ) is a contemporary artist and professor of painting and textile arts at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle . He lives and works in Halle (Saale) .

Life

After an apprenticeship as a pattern draftsman, Reimkasten studied textile design at the University of Applied Arts in Schneeberg from 1971 to 1974, finishing with the graphic reconstruction of a rococo wallpaper for the State Palaces and Gardens of Potsdam-Sanssouci . From 1974 to 1980 he received drawing lessons from the Spanish artist Josep Renau in Berlin-Köpenick . He studied in the department of tapestry design from 1975 to 1980 at the University of Industrial Design in Halle a . a. with Willi Sitte and Inge Götze. His diploma thesis was the 2.50 × 4.70 m large tapestry "Festive Scene", executed by the State Textile and Tapestry Manufactory Halle. In 1980 Ulrich Reimkasten was accepted into the Association of Visual Artists.

After completing his studies, Reimkasten continued to devote himself to tapestry. Together with his wife Antje Müller-Reimkasten he created a. a. the tapestries “Opus 1: Persian Variations” (1982), “The Skin” (1986) and “Archeteppich” (1991). From 1985 to 1988 Reimkasten received a scholarship in Berlin at the Akademie der Künste as a master class student with Herbert Sandberg . In 1990 Reimkasten was a co-founder of the artists' association “Art and Form” and was a board member until 1996.

In 1992 Ulrich Reimkasten was given a teaching position at the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle . In 1995 he was appointed professor in the art department, specializing in painting / textiles.

From 1995 to 1999 Reimkasten realized several architecture-related art projects, including a. in Jena, Magdeburg and Leipzig. From 2003 to 2004 he designed the chapel of St. Elisabeth in the St. Elisabeth and St. Barbara Hospital in Halle (Saale).

Since the turn of the millennium, painting has increasingly been at the center of Reimkasten's work. In an old warehouse in Blücherhof / Klocksin, mostly large-format pictures were created, with strong references to several trips to the Sierra Madre in northern Mexico, the paleolithic caves in France or the ancient Indian calendar (Tzolkin).

Reimkasten is the director of the SEPIA Institute for Textile Arts, which was co-founded in 2010 and within the framework of which numerous textile projects have been realized, e.g. For example, the exhibition “The Halle Tapestry” in Merseburg (2011) and “Luther's Last Journey” (2014), a monumental tapestry for the house where Luther died in Eisleben.

Commissioned work and creation (selection)

Reimkasten carried out various commissioned works, including for building-related art, the most important of which were in Berlin and Halle (Elisabeth chapel in the Elisabeth hospital in Halle ).

He took part in international competitions and exhibitions at home and abroad, u. a. Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Paris, USA.

Several of Reimkasten's works are in public ownership (Staatliche Museen Prussischer Kulturbesitz zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum; Oberfinanzdirektion Magdeburg; Friedrich Schiller University Jena ; Chamber of Industry and Commerce Mönchengladbach; Diakoniewerk Halle ; Economic Research Institute Halle).

2010
  • Foundation of SEPIA - Institute for Textile Arts , Halle - numerous project implementations, e.g. For example, the exhibition “The Halle Tapestry ” in Merseburg and “ Luther's Last Journey ”, a monumental tapestry for the house where Luther died in Eisleben
2011
2013
  • Acquisition of the two main plants "Blaue Sonne I" and "Blaue Sonne II" by the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP in Halle (Saale)
2014
  • Luther's last journey ; Tapestry , project of the Sepia Institute for Textile Arts; Joint work with Katharina Stark, Andreas Köppe and Soo-Youn Kim, 2.3 × 32.0 m, Luther's house where he died, Eisleben
  • Book publication Reimkasten - Bilder 2002–2013 Verlag Janos Stekovics
2015
  • Atrium, wall painting in the St. Joseph Hospital, Berlin, executed by Martin Feistauer
  • INNdigo, 3 staircases, wall painting; Innstrasse, corner of Stuttgarter Strasse, Berlin; Client LebensGut , Berlin
  • Acquisition of the main factory "Blaue Sonne III", factory installation in the foyer of the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP in Halle (Saale)
  • INNdigo, facade, wall painting; Innstrasse, corner of Stuttgarter Strasse, Berlin; Client LebensGut, Berlin

Awards

In 1995 Reimkasten won the “Art in Architecture” competition for three murals and floor inlays realized in 1996 with Lutz Rudolf for the new building of the law faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena with Lutz Rudolf.

In 2016 Reimkasten received the Halle Art Prize for his "lively, multifaceted work".

Exhibitions

  • Villa Kobe , Halle (Saale)
  • 2016: Landeskunstmuseum Moritzburg , Halle (Saale) (including October 2016 – January 2017: "woven dreams. The tapestry in central Germany. Reflections on jean lurçat")

First solo exhibition

  • Galerie Sophienstraße 8 in Berlin - paintings, drawings, prints and tapestry boxes

Notable students

Publications (selection)

  • Hospital - Human Capital Hospital Art , Ulrich Reimkasten (Ed.), 2009 , 272 pages, with 412 mostly colored illustrations, 21 × 28.5 cm, ISBN 978-3-89923-223-3
  • Hospital - Relief and Transparency , Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Department of Painting / Textile Arts (Ed.); 2007, 112 pages, 108 color photographs, paperback, 20 × 33 cm, ISBN 978-3-89923-147-2 '
  • Reimkasten - Pictures 2002–2013 , Eckhart J. Gillen (Ed.); 2014 , 224 pages, 365 mostly color illustrations, 22 × 27 cm, ISBN 978-3-89923-323-0
  • Ulrich Reimkasten - Drawing Tapestry Painting , Nicoletta Nelken (Ed.); 2006 , 224 pages, 199 illustrations, 24 × 32 cm, ISBN 978-3-89923-118-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ People - Burg Giebichenstein Art College Halle. In: Burg Giebichenstein Art College Halle. Retrieved on August 5, 2016 (German).
  2. ↑ Ulrich Reimkasten receives Halleschen Art Prize 2016 . In: Welt Online . April 25, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed August 5, 2016]).
  3. ^ Hallescher Kunstpreis 2016. In: www.hallescher-kunstverein.de. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Ulrich Reimkasten: HOME - Official website. In: reimkasten.de. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Rhyme box, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtenstein , Saxony