Ute Behrend
Ute Behrend (* 1961 in Berlin ) is a German artist , publisher and lecturer .
biography
Behrend's photographs and video installations have been exhibited internationally and are represented in many public collections. After studying photography, she published her first book “Girls some Boys and Other Cookies” at Scalo Publishers in 1996 in Zurich .
So far five monographs have been published by her.
Her last book, "Bärenmädchen / Bear Girls", was published in 2019. This work was shown in Israel , Spain , Lithuania , Germany , Greece , Switzerland and the Netherlands and received numerous honorable mentions as well as the Julia Cameron Prize and the German Photo Book Prize .
Her latest work “Back to Nature” was nominated for the Merck Prize 2020.
Ute Behrend lives and works in Cologne .
Another focus of her work is visual editing . She is co-founder of the BUMMBUMM BOOKS publishing house and a member of the German Photographic Academy (DFA) and the DGPH.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2018 Being a Child, Mülheim an der Ruhr Art Museum, Mülheim an der Ruhr Facade and camouflage, Scope Gallery, Hanover
- 2016 Singapore International Photography Festival
- 2014 Second Glance / Small Silent City, Galerie I'm Kreuzgang, Kloster Obermarchtal Second Glance / Small Silent City, FHV Galerie Dornbirn, Dornbirn Austria
- 2013 Indoor plants / Small Silent City, Kulturhaus Osterfeld eV, Pforzheim Conifer Club / Second Glance, Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin
- 2012 Mermaids, Museum Art of the West Coast, Alkersum / Föhr
- 2009 The room behind the wall | Dr. Dormagen Guffanti Foundation, Cologne
- 2008 Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne 2007 Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne
- 2005 Museum Ludwig, Cologne Gallery 11, in the Gruner Jahr press house; Hamburg
- 2004 Sabine Schmidt Gallery Cologne Goethe Institute Sofia Gallery
- 2000 Bodo Niemann Gallery, Berlin
- 1999 Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne
- 1996 Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne Leckri Photography Group, Gent
- 1995 Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne
Group exhibitions
- 2019 Anarchy, Helsinki, Photo Festival Phantasy, Israel, Photo Festival Fotofestival Athen, Photobookshow Nida International Photography Symposium, Photobookshow, Lithuania
- 2016 With Different Eyes - The Portrait in Contemporary Photography | Kunstmuseum Bonn With different eyes - The portrait in contemporary photography | Kunsthalle Nürnberg and Kunsthaus Nürnberg
- 2014 Espy Photography Award
- 2014, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK eleven eleven | Photographs of the Cologne Carnival, laif Galerie, Cologne
- 2012 Paris Photo, Au Grand Palais, Paris views and windows | Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich Kolga Award 2012 "The best Photos of the year" Tbilisi, Georgia Mistigris - Contemporary German Photography, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2010 Shifting Realities .... Photography and its realities | HALLE ZEHN / Cap Cologne eV, Cologne
- 2009 Welde Art Prize | Sparkasse Schwetzingen Revision | Gallery Sabine Schmidt, Cologne
- 2008 Mistigris- Contemporary German Photography | Lichtblick gallery, Cologne
- 2007 Art Cologne University of Texas, Dallas Small Silent City | Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne Quiet Afternoon | Galerie Claudia Delank, Cologne (with Anna Vogel)
- 2006 The Palace of the Dragon Queen | Galerie Claudia Delank, Cologne Galerie Burg, LE-Musberg Märchen | Exhibition, DFA in Leinfelden
- 2004 Hotel Eden, Ludwigturm, Duisburg 44 in 10, Sabine Schmidt Gallery, Cologne KunstKöln, special show
- 2003 KunstKöln Museumsmühle Küppersbusch, Duisburg Art Cologne Paris Photo
- 2002 european award for women photographers, Florence, Italy Heimat | Kunsthaus Dresden City Museum Saarbrücken kunstKöln Reykjavik Museum of Photography Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
- 2001 kunstKöln Art Cologne
- 2000 ARCO Madrid Art Cologne
- 1998 ARCO Madrid Kunsthalle Koblenz Kunsthalle Hamburg sunnyside | Galerie Crista Burger, Munich Art Cologne, Förderkoje
- 1997 Kunsthalle Nürnberg Museum of Applied Arts, Gera Some Kind of Heaven | South London Gallery, London Someone Else with My Fingerprints | David Zwirner Gallery, New York John Hansard Gallery, Southampten The Garden of Eden | Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen Respekt, Glossy Munich
- 1996 Friedrichshain Cultural Office Photo Gallery, Berlin LEKRI (Galerijgroep Photography), Ghent Christa Schübbe Gallery, Düsseldorf The social view | Art Frankfurt Artforum Berlin City-by-Sights | Otto-Nagel-Galerie, Berlin 1995 Museum for Applied Arts, Gera Photo Days Herten Art Multiple, Düsseldorf
- 1994 City u. District - Sparkasse Pforzheim, Pforzheim Gallery Acud, Berlin Stadtkunst, Cologne
- 1993 Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
- 1992 Museum for Art and Cultural History, Dortmund
Funding / prizes
- 2020 8th Merck Prize, nominated (D) Verzasca Photo Festival Award, finalist (CHE)
- 2019 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, open theme, Professional Section, Winner (ESP) The Emerging Photographer Fund, Finalist (USA) Felix Schoeller Photo Award, Portrait, Shortlist (D) Art Photography Award / Lens Culture, Finalist (NL) Hellerau Photography Award, Nominated (D) German Photo Book Prize, Bronze (D) Helsinki Photo Festival, Award, Finalist (FI)
- 2014 Espy Photography Award
- 2014, shortlist (GB)
- 2012 Kolga Award, Shortlist (GEO) 2011 Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, scholarship
- 2009 Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti Foundation, Welde Art Prize scholarship, finalist
- 2008 German Photo Book Prize
- 2009, houseplants, nominated
- 2007 Art Fund Foundation | Book project "Indoor Plants"
- 2004 Toyota Photo Art Prize
- 2002 European Award for Women Photographers, Florence, finalist (I)
- 2001 scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia without changing residence
- 2000 DGPH Otto Steinert Prize, finalist (D)
- 1997 Förderkoje, Art Cologne
- 1990 DAAD scholarship
Books
- 1996 - Girls some Boys and other Cookies
- 2005 - fairy tales
- 2008 - houseplants
- 2011 - eleven o'clock
- 2011 - The Last Year Of Childhood
Teaching assignments
- 2015 teaching position at the Academy for Communication Design, Cologne
- 2008–2009 teaching position at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences
- 2007 teaching position at Merz Academy, University of Design, Stuttgart
- 2005 teaching position at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Austria
- 2002 Art goes to school, an art project at a grammar school, initiated by the Saarland State Chancellery
education
- 1993 diploma with André Gelpke
- 1990 University of Graphic and Book Art Leipzig
- 1987–1993 studies, photo design, FH Dortmund
- 1985–1987 studied communication design, Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences
- 1979–1982 carpenter apprenticeship
Collections (selection)
- Collection FC Gundlach
- Kasper König collection
- Sprengel Museum Hannover
- Mülheim an der Ruhr art museum
- Artothek Cologne
- LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Web links
- Official website
- Ute Behrend at photography-now
- Profile at the DFA
- https://kwerfeldein.de/2019/07/08/baerenmaedchen-ute-behrend/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behrend, Ute |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist, publisher and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |