Veronika Veit (artist)
Veronika Veit (* 1968 in Munich ) is a German artist . Her work includes sculptures , installations, animations , short films and photographs . In 2006 she was awarded the Bavarian State Prize for Fine Arts .
Artistic career
Veit studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1989 to 1995. For her objects, sculptures and installations, some of which she combines with computer animation and sound effects, she was awarded the Bavarian State Prize for Fine Arts in 2006. She lives and works in Munich.
While Veit dealt with everyday objects in her earlier works and posed the art-historical question of the relationship between image and object, she focuses on people in her new large-format and multimedia installations. Veronika Veit traces out similarities and differences, insecurities, poses or simply the special peculiarities of people, which she vividly expresses in her sculptures (on average approx. 100 cm high).
Veronika Veit has made several video films since 2010. The stories told are amusing and entertaining at first, but dangerous, violent interactions between people are always lurking.
Individual works (selection)
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The video work Die Faust (2010) shows a supposed idyll and its disturbance: Accompanied by the sounds of a piano etude, a mother holds strands of gray wool in a living room in the 1960s, the daughter winds the thread into a neat ball. The table is set for coffee. Suddenly a male fist hits the table from the left and a live trout jumps around between the dishes. The mother puts it in the coffee pot, the wool continues to be unwound. But the scene repeats itself - the fish cannot be removed from view. Then the mother hits the table with her fist; and this time she bites off the fish's head, chews it up in disgust, and swallows it. She puts the body of the fish in the coffee pot. The girl looks on, disturbed, and ends up bringing her mother a small mirror without being asked. Obviously, he knows that the mother now wants to trace her lips, which suggests that the child is not experiencing such a scene for the first time. The film was shown in the summer of 2016 at the Five Lakes Film Festival in the program Das Fremde im Eigenen .
In Bessere Zeiten (2015) , the viewer first sees a construction trailer furnished with tables and armchairs in front of them, into which they can look. You see a video recording of two men who used to sit and wait in the car. As their absurd conversation shows, their contact with the outside world has long been broken off. Veit, according to the jury for the award for fine arts of the state capital Munich , “with the installation alludes to the insecurity and irrational fears of many people about catastrophes, but at the same time creates a situation of discomfort for outsiders, which not least leads to critical reflection initiates one's own attitude towards currently relevant social motives ”.
The multimedia installation “Im Bunker” from 2017 deals with the same topic. A bunker-like, khaki-colored body was set up in front of the Gasteig . A screen showing a film is installed in a recess. The everyday life of a family of four can be seen in the bunker.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
| year | exhibition |
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| 2009 | At eye level, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken |
| 2008 | At eye level, St. Johannes Evangelist Church, Berlin |
| At eye level, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein | |
| At eye level, art space, envelope | |
| First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin, curated by Sarah Belden, Art Athina, Athens | |
| Veronika Veit, Nina Menocal, Mexico City | |
| 2007 | Wake-Up Call, upstairs berlin, Berlin |
| 2005 | Substitute, upstairs berlin, Berlin |
| 2003 | transform I - III, Gallery ZAGREUS projekt, Berlin |
| 2002 | babyballs, Etalage, Breda , Netherlands |
| fast_still, Städtische Galerie Bruckmühl | |
| 2001 | Product lines, Association for Original Etching Munich |
| 2000 | Everything has to go, Artothek Munich |
| 1999 | Half measures, Neue Galerie Dachau |
| 1998 | Whole Milk, Downham RD 64, London |
| Leichterhaben, Sendlinger Kulturschmiede, Munich | |
| 1997 | Transpirent, Municipal Gallery, Wertingen |
Group exhibitions
| year | exhibition |
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| 2016/2017 | No Place Like Home, Haus der Kunst , Munich (video film Die Faust (2010) ) |
| 2016 | Exhibition of the works of the artists nominated for the advancement award for fine arts , advancement award for architecture , advancement award for design , advancement award for photography and advancement award for jewelry of the state capital Munich , Lothringer13 , Munich |
| 2009 | In between - the art of growing up, artists' association Walkmühle, Wiesbaden |
| ... Stands for Attitude, Locuslux Gallery, Brussels | |
| EHF 2010 - Benefit Exhibition, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin | |
| 2008 | light, Nina Menocal, Mexico City |
| Utopia, CC Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist , Belgium / Machinefabriek-Koningsweg, Vlissingen , Netherlands / binnenkoer Stadhuis, Aalst , Belgium | |
| Soul stripper @ projet midi, Brussels | |
| 2007 | Triennial of Small Sculptures: Joke, Satire, Irony and Deeper Meaning, Murska Sobota , Slovenia |
| Carlos Aguirre, Oscar Cueto, Angel Delgado, Martin & Sicilia, Atelier Morales, Veronika Veit, Embassy of Mexico, Berlin | |
| Scholarship holders of the Else Heiliger Fund (EHF), Konrad Adenauer Foundation , Berlin | |
| Else Heiliger Fund (EHF) 2010, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin | |
| Bavarian Art Prize 06, Professional Association of Visual Artists Munich | |
| 2006 | Veronika Veit, Frank Halmans, Galerie Van den Berge, Goes , Netherlands |
| The New View Indicator # 2, Galerie Van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands | |
| NORDENFJORDS 2006 - Art from Berlin, Kunstbygningen i Vrå, Denmark | |
| 2005 | Winter magic, upstairs berlin, Berlin |
| 24 h, Association for Original Etching Munich | |
| Exhibition for the 12th Aichach Art Prize, Kunstverein Aichach | |
| Behind the Silence, Galerie Katja Ried, Munich | |
| Translocation of virtual reality, IN SITU gallery, Aalst, Belgium | |
| 2004 | ArtBox Gallery, Frankfurt |
| 1st Berlin Art Salon, Galerie expo 3000, Berlin | |
| true lies, museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland / Kallmann Museum , Ismaning | |
| 2003 | pocket, Eugen Lendl Gallery, Graz |
| waves, Breda, Netherlands | |
| 2002 | Zipp, Kunstverein Kassel |
| Film by the sea, 4th International Film Festival, Vlissingen, Netherlands | |
| Pocket, Association for Original Etching Munich | |
| Ein + Ander, Kunstverein Passau / Neue Galerie Landshut / VHV Munich | |
| 2001 | Intimate, Neue Galerie Landshut |
| 8th Triennial Small Sculpture , Fellbach | |
| Free elections, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden | |
| Guest list, Fürstenfeldbruck | |
| Artionale, Munich | |
| Felt - Between Chaos and Order, Museum Bellerive, Zurich | |
| 2000 | Things in the art of the XX. Century, House of Art, Munich |
| Dusted off, Neue Galerie Dachau | |
| First years of professionalism 19, BBK (Professional Association of Visual Artists) Munich | |
| 1999 | Bildwuchs, Kunstverein Ulm |
Awards
Scholarships
- 2007: Else Heiliger Fund (EHF) grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation eV, Berlin
- 2004: Working grant from the Art Fund Foundation , Bonn
- 2000: Project grant from the City of Munich
- 1998: DAAD scholarship for Great Britain
literature
- 2008: Veronika Veit: At eye level, eye to eye, Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg
- 2007: European Triennial of Small-scale Sculpture Murska Sobota: Joke, Satire, Irony and Serious Meaning, Galerija Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota
- 2007: W. Stürzl / M. Hardmeier (ed.), RADAR. Texts on contemporary art, Stuttgart
- 2005: galerie upstairs (ed.): Veronika Veit: substitute, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld, ISBN 978-3-938025-17-8
- 2004: True lies, lies and truths, Reinhard Spieler, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf / Kallmann Museum, Ismaning
- 2003: Pocket, Association for Original Etching, Munich
- 2001: 8th Triennial Small Sculpture Fellbach 2001, front-view, rear-view, cultural office of the city of Fellbach, Fellbach
- 2001: Felt - between chaos and order, Museum Bellerive, Zurich
- 2001: Guest list, artists' association Fürstenfeldbruck eV, Fürstenfeldbruck
- 2001: Promotion Prize of the City of Munich: Veronika Veit, Cultural Department of the City of Munich , Munich
- 2000: Dusted off, Neue Galerie Dresden, Dresden
- 2000: Nineteen, First Years of Professionalism BBK, Gallery of Artists, Munich
- 2000: Things in the art of the XX. Century, House of Art, Munich
- 1999: Veronika Veit: Halbe Dinge, Zweckverband Dachau Galleries and Museums, Neue Galerie Dachau / Artothek Munich
Web links
- Veronika Veit on kunstaspekte.de
- Homepage of the artist
- Homepage of the gallery upstairs berlin
- Veronika Veit at artnews
- Veronika Veit on artnet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kunstverein Konstanz - Veronika Veit. (No longer available online.) In: kunstverein-konstanz.de. April 22, 2012, archived from the original on December 10, 2016 ; accessed on December 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ culture-online: No Place ... In: culture-online.net. January 1, 1980, accessed December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ video - art - film. In: video-art-film.de. Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d State Capital Munich, Editor: Sponsorship Awards 2016 from the State Capital Munich for fine arts, architecture, design, photography and jewelry. In: muenchen.de. Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Profile: Veronika Veit. In: reflektor-m.de. March 29, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ State capital Munich, editor: In the bunker. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
- ^ House of Art - Detail. In: hausderkunst.de. November 23, 2011, accessed December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Promotional prizes of the state capital Munich - Lothringer 13 Halle. In: lothringer13.com. May 18, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Veit, Veronika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |