Vera Vehring

Vera Vehring (* 1944 in Höhr-Grenzhausen ) is a German ceramist . She lives and works in Syke - Henstedt ( Lower Saxony ).

Life

Vehring comes from a family in Höhr-Grenzhausen that has been committed to ceramics for 400 years. From 1966 to 1969 she completed an apprenticeship in ceramics in Höhr-Grenzhausen, the stronghold of ceramics. From 1969 to 1972 he studied at the State College for Ceramic Design in Höhr-Grenzhausen and from 1972 to 1977 he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Kassel with Walter Popp . Since 1974 she has had a studio together with Fritz Vehring in Syke.

Vehring received several teaching positions at universities:

• 1981 University of Art and Music Bremen , teaching assignment for ceramics
• 1988–1989 University of Kassel , teaching assignment for ceramics
• 1989–1990 University of Oldenburg , teaching position for sculptural design

Works in museums and public collections (selection)

Vehring's ceramic works can be found in museums and public collections in Germany (Ceramic Museum Berlin, Focke Museum Bremen, Veste Coburg collections, Museum of Arts and Crafts Frankfurt, Kestner Museum Hanover, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne) and in the Netherlands ( Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam).

Awards / honors

Vera Vehring received several prizes and took part in international ceramic symposia:

• 1978 Award of the State of Lower Saxony
• 1981 Appointment as a member of the Académie Internationale de la Céramique in Geneva
• 1983 Award for arts and crafts, Bremen
• Member of the "Group '83"
• 1988 State Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg for European Arts and Crafts, Stuttgart
• 1998 Culture Prize from the district of Diepholz

Publications

• together with Fritz Vehring: Ceramic works. In memory of the exhibition in May 1977 in the Ludger Köster Art Chamber, Mönchengladbach. (Texts: Gerhard Gerkens ). Kunstkammer Ludger Köster, Mönchengladbach 1977, 30 p. M. numerous Fig.

literature

• Ingrid Vetter: Ceramic in Germany - 1955–1990 Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1997, pages 22, 57, 86, 127, 134 f., 138–141, 163, 213 f., 220, 272 f., ISBN 3-925369-77 -5 .
• Fritz and Vera Vehring - Ceramic Sculpture. In: Culture Prize Winner of the Diepholz District 1989 to 2006. (Ed .: Susanne Hinrichs; Ed .: Gemeinnützige Stiftung Kreissparkasse Syke), Diepholz 2007, pp. 72–79
• Ingrid Vetter: Modern ceramics of the 20th century. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2007, pages 28, 41, 73, 119, 193, 228, 229-230, 246, ISBN 978-3-89790-275-6 .
• Ingrid Vetter: Walter Popp and his legendary "Kasseler Schule" , Museum for Modern Ceramics Deidesheim, 2014, pages 15, 24, 27; ISBN 978-3-00-046094-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Vera Vehring in the catalog of the German National Library
• therein: Vera Vehring