Waltraud Funk

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Waltraud Funk (* 1957 in Immenstadt im Allgäu ) is a German sculptor and photographer.

Life

Waltraud Funk was born in Immenstadt in the Allgäu in 1957. After graduating from high school in Kempten (Allgäu) , she studied social pedagogy from 1975 to 1977 at the comprehensive university in Eichstätt . Then she began an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor with Baldur Geipel at the college for carpenters and wood sculptors in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . Her sculpture studies took her to Karlsruhe to study with Otto Herbert Hajek and Hiromi Akiyama at the Academy of Fine Arts . Waltraud Funk lives as a freelance artist in Immenstadt.

Working in public space

  • Sentio ergo sum (object)

  • Sewing silk (object)

  • Facade design of Montfortstrasse, Immenstadt

  • Madonna

  • Atrium with design skin from words

  • Altar and ambo of the Evangelical Church, Immenstadt

  • 2019: Facade design on Montfortstrasse Immenstadt
  • 2014: District Office Oberallgäu
  • 2013: Protestant Church in Immenstadt
  • 2012: City of Immenstadt
  • 2011: St. Nikolaus Offenbach
  • 2010: Skin from words , Immenstadt
  • 2010: Study collection diocese Augsburg
  • 2009: Art Sculpture Basel 09 , Basel ( Switzerland )
  • 2007: H2 - Center for Contemporary Art , Augsburg
  • 2006: St. Nikolauskirche, Immenstadt ( Maria Gravida )
  • 2004: Justice Center Würzburg
  • 2003: Immenstadt vocational school
  • 2001: Kempten correctional facility (Allgäu)
  • 2000: Speyererhof Clinic in Heidelberg
  • 1995: Church of the Redeemer Immenstadt (altar, ambo, candle holder and cross in the chancel)
  • 1994: Allgäumuseum Kempten (Allgäu)
  • 1987: City of Immenstadt
  • 1985: City of Wangen
  • Participation in the exhibition Die Südliche | Die Südliche (2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012–2016)

Prizes and awards

  • 2015: Art Prize of the Oberallgäu district
  • 2006: BBK colleague award (Federal Association of Visual Artists) Swabia-South
  • 2004: 1st prize in the Justice Center Würzburg competition , together with Gerhart Kindermann and Christian Hörl sculptor
  • 2001: 1st prize in the Kempten correctional facility (Allgäu) , together with Gerhart Kindermann and Christian Hörl
  • 1990: Art Prize of the City of Kempten (Allgäu)
  • 1979: 1st prize in the technical college for wood sculptors, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Web links

literature

  • OH Hajek: Explanation on the observation of nature: on the prerequisites for art to arise Horst Poller Verlag, Stuttgart 1982.
  • Waltraud Funk, Christian Hörl, Gerhart Kindermann: From outside and inside: a project. Eberl-Verlag, Immenstadt 2006.
  • Waltraud Funk: Works 1989-1994. Graphic companies Eberl, Immenstadt 1994.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tour through the Erlöserkirche in Immenstadt with works by Waltraud Funk ( Memento from November 19, 2004 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ^ The art award of the Oberallgäu district for Waltraud Funk - sculpture "The Year 2015". In: diesüdliche.de. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Funk, Waltraud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Immenstadt