Vera Bourgeois

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Vera Bourgeois (born July 5, 1961 in Dillingen / Saar ) is a German artist.

The artist dedicates her work to art photography , action art and, increasingly, contemporary wall painting . In the course of time she taught as a lecturer at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig .

biography

Early years

Vera Bourgeois grew up in Dillingen / Saar . She attended the Dillinger Gymnasium, where she later received the general university entrance qualification.

1981 to 1986

  • Studied art education and sociology in Giessen and Frankfurt am Main.
  • Studied fine arts at the universities in Berlin and Hamburg

1986 to 1992

Since 1986 she has been attracting public attention through objects, installations and performances (examples: Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Gießen, Hamburg, Marburg, Rüsselsheim, Basel, Rotterdam, Moscow). Even then, Vera Bourgeois followed her principles of always appearing independently and freely in her artistic work.

1992 to 1995

For the first time, the artist turned to wall painting . Vera Bourgeois drew attention to herself with her artist group "Wendemaler". She uses various facets of contemporary wall painting to give expression to her artistic work.

1996 to 2000

During this period, the artist deals with various individual artistic projects. Among other things, she worked on a video and interactive installation in Berlin (1996), two years later she made a significant contribution to an exhibition of Frankfurt artists (1998). In 2000 Vera Bourgeois was a guest at HIFA (Harare International Festival of the Arts in Harare / Zimbabwe).

since 2001

From 2001 the artist devotes her attention to various teaching activities

  • since 2010 teacher at the upper level of the Heinrich Böll School in Hattersheim

Works and works

Like many artists, Vera Bourgeois took up the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and tried to process these events through her artistic work. She stretched large sheets over the streets of the city ( New York City ), full of personal messages, wishes and dreams of the people of the world.

With her work "My Own House" (Hanover 2002) Vera Bourgeois carried out a detailed construction drawing of an original dwelling. Here the artist focused on the basic needs of every human being, away from the materialistic ideology of our society.

In one of her most famous photo projects, she deals with the subject of sleep and rest ("Billie's sleep", 2005). Here she stages a sleeping child at night.

Furthermore, she made an artistic appearance through her involvement in Africa. In two projects ("Africa", 2002–2005 and "African Portraits", 2007) she documents the living conditions of the local population.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1992: "Soil and mineral", installations, A3 Gallery, Moscow
  • 1993: "Empty rooms", wall painting, Tyrochprudnigalerie Moscow
  • 1993: "Inside and outside - a memorial for Käthe Kollwitz and Ernst Barlach
  • 1996: Conservation (IV), video and installation, Kampnagel K3 / Hamburg
  • 1997: "Balanced Sofa", installation at the invitation of Mike Hentz / Macroland Semperdepot / Vienna
  • 1998: father images, video installation, cascade capacitor / Basel
  • 1999: Home / Summit meeting "Quick change", collaboration with Diane Torr / New York, Migros Museum / Zurich
  • 2000: HIFA Harare International Festival of the Arts, exhibition in the National Gallery Harare / Zimbabwe
  • 2001: Begging, video installation, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg
  • 2002: Guest studio Frankfurt, guest Kate Davis (London)
  • 2004: Performance Festival Cochabamba / Bolivia
  • 2016: "Inner aspects of nature", installation, Rödelheim art studio, Frankfurt
  • 2017: Vulnerabilia, interactive initiation, KloHäuschen, Munich

Awards

1st prize at "Border Crossing - Visual Artists Working Scenically" (in Munich 1995)

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Art that comes into conversation with people - Vera Bourgeois. In: roedelheim.blogspot.com , October 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c Vera Bourgeois - Biography. In: k4-galerie.de .
  3. ↑ http://www.klassebourgeois.de/vera-bourgeois/vera-bourgeois.html
  4. ↑ http://www.vera-bourgeois.com/Bilder/vb_mich_zutiefst_beruehrend.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.vera-bourgeois.com/Bilder/vb_my_own_house.pdf
  6. ↑ Alexandra Flieth: Rödelheim artists exhibit in their studios. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse , September 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ The toilet house. In: das-klohaeuschen.de .

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personal data
SURNAME Bourgeois, Vera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen / Saar