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Statement - My story in brief -
by Elke Daemmrich, February 2014


Renee Phillips, director of Manhattan Arts International New York wrote in 2013 :

"Elke Daemmrich is one of the most accomplished artists I know. As an award-winning artist she has had more
than 75 solo exhibitions, including several in museums in Europe and the United States. Her life as an artist
seems to come right out of a romantic art history book. Born in Dresden, East Germany, she moved to the
southwest of France, near Toulouse in 1994. She bought a medieval house, the birthplace of an archbishop of
Albi, where she lives and works today. She works tirelessly creating art and taking care of her professional
responsibilities."


I am painter and engraver.
At first I want to explain my working process :

In my childhood I worked always on paper, making drawings and gouaches.
Now my artwork includes only oil paintings on canvas and engravings on copper and zinc.
I have painted in oil since 1989 and have made engravings since 1997.
I use these traditional materials because they require my full and complete concentration.
The creative process involved in a big oil painting or engraving can take several months.


In brief, I would like to explain my creative process:

All that I do, I do directly: That is, I do not use projection. I do not prepare drawings on paper, nor on plate, nor on canvas
in advance. My creation is always a direct communication with an object that captures my attention and which becomes
the subject and direction of my work.

That communication can happen in my garden: for example, an insect like a praying mantis aroused my curiosity.
Or while swimming in the Mediterranean Sea near Valencia in Spain, I jumped and hit a big round immobile object then
quickly left the sea. The next day, while walking on the litoral, I discovered a beach with hundreds of medusas.
That gave me the idea for my oil painting “The swimmer”.
Also, it can arise from a political event like September 11, 2001, the war in Iraq or Fukushima, etc.


I want to follow with my professional history.
This part contain my exhibition activity, because showing my art is crucial to me.
I will also speak about the awards which I received.

I was born in 1964 in Dresden, East Germany. My father was a toolmaker, my mother a housewife.

I made my first paintings and drawings on paper in my early childhood. The art museums of Dresden, with their collections
of expressionist, impressionist and old masters, were my inspiration.

When I was 20 years old I decided to dedicate my life to my art. My parents disagreed, so I took sole responsibility for my decision.
From there on I was essentially on my own.

In 1985/86, I could not attend formal art schools as I was barred from doing so because my parents and I had refused to belong
to the communist party. That is why I went to drawing classes, subsidized by public organisations in Dresden. I also did research
at the Saxon regional liberary, where it was possible to access art editions from all over the world.
In this way I acquired my knowledge of art.

In 1988 I had my first solo exhibition in Dresden, with colour paper works.
In 1989 I painted my first oil painting, using the same method which I use today.

After the fall of the wall, from 1990 to 1994 I took part in the artist group "Leipziger Blauer Reiter”, with Manfred Martin der Ältere,
who is today an important contructivist in Leipzig. This organisation regrouped artists, who, during the regime of East Germany,
worked in formalistic matter but were excluded from recognition.

In 1993 I was awarded a grant from the foundation Kulturfonds Berlin for my project "The light of the south", which gave me
the opportunity to work 6 months in Lacoste, Provence, in the south of France. Thus fulfilling my wish to live outside of Germany.

On moving to France my constructive painting period, for which I had received the grant, took another direction.
I became fascinated with landscapes, light and energy. The conditions of life, nature and culture of the Mediterranean Region
became and remain the most important subjects in my art.

In 1994 I moved to the southwest of France. In the Gers, in Tournecoupe (departement of the Gers*) I bought a medieval house,
the birthplace of an archbishop of Albi, where I live and work today.

In 1996 the first bull appears in my painting. For this work "The martyrdom of Saint Saturnin" I was awarded first prize in the art
competition “De briques et des pierres” in Toulouse, France. The prize consisted of the purchase of the painting.

Also in 1996 I experienced the ritual of bullfighting. There is a bullfighting arena in Vic Fezensac, near my place of residence.
Because I didn’t understand this culture, my curiosity was aroused.

In the same year I proposed an exhibition-project to the Goya Museum in Castres, a French National Museum, which was sub-
sequently accepted. The director, Jean Louis Augé, requested that I also work on a series of etchings for the exhibition.
That request lead to my first copper engravings.
During the following two years I painted and did etchings and as well travelled to bullfights in Spain (eg. Seville, Madrid, Bilbao).
Then in March 1999 I had my solo show “Los toros” in the Goya Museum in Castres, accompanied by a portfolio of 4 of my
etchings in homage to Francisco de Goya “La tauromaquia” (one of the portfolios is the properity of the Bibliotheque Nationale
de la France - Paris) and a catalogue (500 copies, 40 pages), financed by the french State Ministry of Culture.

In the same year, I went to New York for two weeks after which I painted a series of New York paintings.
That was followed by a series of paintings based on the act of terrorism on September 11, 2001.

My large painting periods, have always been followed by etching periods :
In 1999 I worked in Fuendetodos, Spain, the birth place of Francisco de Goya; for another series in homage to Goya.
In 2003 I went to Erfurt, Germany, to the “Kartäuser Press”, where I created and printed a series of etchings.
For the same reason in 2005, 2010 and 2011 I went to the “Grafikwerkstatt” in Dresden.

In my graphical works I am not only inspired by the mediterranean region, but also by political situations like the war of Iraq
“Irak”, in 2003 and “Fukushima” in 2011. In 2010 “Irak” was selected for the exhibition of the Saint Leopolds Friedenspreis,
Stift Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria.

During all my work periods I have also made selfportraits.

Since 2003 I have been a member of the professional art organisation BBK in Germany. In the same year, I acquired my
professional status in France and received my professional tax return number. Finally I could live from selling my artwork.

I will follow with a describtion of my exhibition activity, because showing my art is crucial to me since I refrain from
explaining my works. For me, a painting should stand alone on its own right, strong enough to not require an explanation.

In 2007 and 2008 another project lead me to the Mediterranean Sea : I painted outside in the Costa Brava, Spain, in places
such as the Cap de Creus. This work period was shown in three solo exhibitions in museums of Catalognia :
in 2008 in the Museo de la Mediterrania in Torroella de Montgri and in the Modest Cuixart Foundation in Barcelona
and in 2010 in the Museo del Cantir d'Argentona. Another project will take place in the Maritim Museum, Barcelona.

To the present, I have had seven solo shows in Spain, in Bilbao, Zaragoza, Calatayud, Girona and Barcelona.
Twice the government of Aragon financed the catalogue, which accompanied my exhibitions in the gallery of the Artschool
in Zaragoza in 2002 and in the gallery of the UNED (university) Calatayud, Aragon in 2010.

Also I regularly exhibit my artwork in France. Here are some examples :
1998 Villa Beatrix Enea - Anglet, 2000 Art Center Raymond Farbos, Mont de Marsan, 2002 Gallery des arches - Paris,
2006 Maison des arts - Bages, 2007 Museum of modern and contemporary art - Cordes sur Ciel, 2009 Art Center - Bédarieux,
2010 Gallery La tête d’obsidiènne - La Seyne-sur-mer (the Conseil Régional of the Var financed the exhibition catalogue),
2012 Salles muséales Jean Hélion - Issoire (with a catalogue project), 2013 Galerie d'art contemporain, Palais Bénédictine,
Fecamp, Normandie.

Also in Germany :
1996 Gallery Kalinka - Dresden, 2004 Gallery am blauen Wunder - Dresden (catalogue), 2005 Gallery Schön - Bonn,
2005 Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus - Bonn, 2006 Gehagforum - Berlin, 2007 French Institut - Dresden,
2009 Art Museum - Eisenhüttenstadt, 2009 Gallery of Vattenfall - Gut Geisendorf - Neupetershain (the business company
Vattenfall financed the exhibition catalogue), 2009 Gallery Finkbein - Dresden, 2010 Gallery am Domhof - Zwickau,
2011 Kunstfoyer Volksbank Bautzen eG.
From July to October 2011 the chemical company of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH, exhibited my artwork in their own
gallery (53 oil paintings and 26 etchings from the last 15 years were shown in over 700 m2 of gallery space).
The BASF GmbH financed the exhibition catalogue (800 copies, 132 pages, with a text from the art critic Christoph Tannert,
Berlin).
In 2012 I had a very beautiful solo exhibition at the Museum Junge Kunst in Frankfurt/Oder. There I was also accociate curator
of my own exhibition.
In 2014 take place solo exhibitions at the Galerie 100 Berlin, at the Museum Otto Schäfer Schweinfurt and at the Kunstsalong,
Kunstverein, Schweinfurt.

Other important exhibitions took place in Europe in 2006 in the Gallery Spiren, Strassen Luxemburg and in 2008 in the BWA
Gallery Design in Wroclaw, Poland.

In 2008 I took part in two group shows in the USA :
1. Women in the arts at the Museum of the Americas in Doral, Miami, where I received an honorific mention for the best artwork
on paper with my copper engraving “The lovers”, in homage to the literary work of George Bataille.
2. The International exhibition of contemporary art in museums in the Latino art museum in Pomona, Los Angeles, there I received
the first prize for grafic artwork with my copper engraving “Los toros de Burdeos”.

exhibitions. Twelf of my solo shows included an exhibition catalogue.

My work has been purchased for public collections in Germany such as Sächsischer Landtag, EADS, Museum of Zwickau,
Helmholz-Zentrum Dresden, IFW Leibniz Institut Dresden, Volksbank Bautzen eG, Gesellschaft für Reaktor- und Anlagensicherheit
Garching and Köln etc. and for private collections in Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and Canada.

Since 2012 I have been member of the FONDATION TAYLOR - Paris and of the A.I.A.P.- Comité monegasque auprès de l'Unesco, Monaco.
The A.I.A.P. shows my work in 2013 in Osaka, Japon and 2014 in Milano, Italia.

In May 2013 I won a Jill Conner critic’s choice award in the juried competition “Celebrate the healing power of art”
Manhattan Arts International New York for my copper engraving “Bees” - 2013

Jill Conner wrote :

"Elke Daemmrich’s eloquent copper engraving “Bees” brings viewers up close to an evolving environmental
issue that is currently central to sustainability. Daemmrich presents these vibrant insects within a nest
of honeycomb and from multiple perspectives. The artist’s detailed renderings are so specific, layered
and mesmerizing that the lack of color becomes an afterthought. The circular rhythm of representation
keeps the eye moving throughout, examining bees up close and at a distance.
Elke Daemmrich’s utilization of mixed perspectives give rise to an awareness of a life so miniscule
yet profoundly significant. For Daemmrich, the truth is in the details."

In 2014 I've been awarded a $25,000 Individual Support Grant from the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Inc., New York, honoring my extensive career as a professional painter and printmaker.
This grant is awarded each year to twelve artists worldwide who have devoted their lives to developing their art
and have maintained a mature intellectual, technical and creative artistic development for a minimum of 20 years.

I'm also the winner of the "Prix Moulin à Nef" of VCCA Virginia, USA in 2015, which is given annualy for one artist
from the South-West of France, of the award "Acquisitions 2015" of the Colas Foundation, Boulogne- Billancourt / Paris
and in 2017 of the Prix de la commission nationale monégasque pour l'UNESCO, Monaco for my engraving series "Syria war".



* The New York Times, May 18, 2012 "Farm fraiche" by Christopher Petkanas,
six pages about the Gers, the French Tuscany, where I live.

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Solo exhibitions



2023
  • "La belle vie" Cyanotypies d'Elke Daemmrich, Salon A.I.A.P UNESCO, Salle d'exposition
    de la Principauté, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Flora mythologica und Grafische Werke aus drei Jahrzehnten" Stadtmuseum / Kleine Galerie, Döbeln, Germany.
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Malerei und Grafik" Kunstverein Eisenturm, Mainz, Germany.
  • "Zwischen den Welten" Kunstwandelhalle, Bad Elster, Germany.

2022
  • "Flora mythologica" Jardin Antique Méditerranéen, Balaruc les Bains, France.
  • "Rheingold und Elbsilber" Nicolaikirchhof, Kulturstiftung Leipzig, Germany.
  • "Zwischen den Welten" Galerie am Domhof, Zwickau, Germany.

2021
  • "Entre les mondes" Musée Hofer Bury, Laverune (Montpellier), France.
  • "Mein lieber Schwan" Richard Wagner Stätten Graupa, Pirna, Germany.
  • "Transformation-Malerei / Das grafische Werk" Gut Gödelitz, Döbeln, Germany.

2020
  • "Entre els mons" Galerie Societat L'Amistat, Cadaqués, Spain.
  • "Zwischen den Welten" Villa Eschebach, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Rheingold und Elbsilber / Transformation - Malerei von 1993 bis 2019" Galerie Art-In, Meerane, Germany.
  • "L'or du Rhin et l'argent de l'Elbe - Paysages de Wagner en gravures d'Elke Daemmrich" Goethe Institut, Toulouse, France.
  • "Von Land zu Land" Galerie im Klinkhardt-Bau, Wurzen, Germany.

2019
  • "Foreign affaires" Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • "Rheingold und Elbsilber - Wagnerlandschaften in Radierungen von Elke Daemmrich" Richard Wagner Stätten Graupa, Pirna, Germany.
  • "L'or du Rhin et l'argent de l'Elbe - Paysages de Wagner en gravures d'Elke Daemmrich" Hôtel Flottes de Sebasan, Pézenas, France.
  • "Elke Daemmrich - peintures et gravures" Galerie de l'ADPL, Gondrin, France.

2018
  • "La Méditerranée dans tous ses états", Musée Arts et Histoire, Bormes les Mimosas, France.
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Rotenfels" Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
  • "Annäherung an R. Wagner - engravings", Richard Wagner Stätten Graupa, Pirna, Germany.

2017
  • "Elke Daemmrich - La Méditerranée dans tous ses étâts", Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus, Narbonne, France.

2016
  • "La Méditerranée selon Elke D.", Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus, La Ciotat, France.

2015
  • "La Méditerranée selon Elke D.", Espace d'art - A.I.A.P. comité national monégasque, Principauté de Monaco.
  • "A Antoine de Saint Exupéry", IFW Leibniz Institut, Dresden, Germany.

2014
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Peintures et gravures", Galerie 100, Berlin, Germany.
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Mittelmeer trifft Schweinfurt - Malerei", SalonG - Kunsthalle, Schweinfurt, Germany (catalogue).
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Mittelmeer trifft Schweinfurt - Radierungen und Kupferstiche", Museum Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt, Germany.
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Konkretes und Organisches", Galerie am Blauen Wunder, Dresden, Germany.

2013
  • "Elke Daemmrich - peintures et gravures", Galerie d'art contemporain, Palais Bénédictine, Fécamp, France.
  • "La femme cachée", Espace Eqart - galerie d'art, Marciac, France (catalogue).
  • "ZOOM - Peintures et gravures", Gellert-Museum, Hainichen, Germany.
  • "Paradies und Apokalypse", Galerie im Malzhaus, Plauen, Germany.

2012
  • "Retrospective, paintings and etchings from 1993 to 2012", Salles muséales Jean Hélion, Centre Nicolas Pomel, Issoire, France (catalogue).
  • "Elke Daemmrich - Malerei und Grafik", Museum Junge Kunst, Packhof, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany.
  • Kunstraum bei Gabriele Muschter, Berlin, Germany.

2011
  • "Meer Farben entdecken", Gallery der BASF Schwarzheide GmbH, Schwarzheide, Germany (catalogue).
  • "Atem des Südens", Gallery in the Uniklinkum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Mediterran", Kunstfoyer Volksbank Bautzen eG, Bautzen, Germany.

2010
  • Artnîm, Stand L'ArtVues, Nîmes, France.
  • UNED, Salas de exposiciones, Calatayud, Spain (catalogue).
  • Gallery La tête d'obsidienne, la Seyne-sur-Mer (Toulon), France (catalogue).
  • "El meu Mediterrani", Museu del Cantir, Argentona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • "Mediterran", Gallery am Domhof, Zwickau, Germany.
  • "Toros", Gallery FZ Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.

2009
  • "Katalanische Meeresbilder", Gallery Finkbein, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Atem des Südens", Museum of Eisenhüttenstadt, Gallery in the Museum, Germany.
  • "Der Reichtum des Fremden - Katalanische Meeresbilder", Vattenfall, Gut Geisendorf, Neupetershain, Germany (catalogue).
  • Gallery La Capelleta, Céret, France.
  • "Elke Daemmrich - un monde habité par la couleur", Contemporary Art space, Bédarieux, France.
  • "Stier, Licht und Meer", Gallery in the Zahnärztehaus, Dresden, Germany.

2008
  • "Brau, llum, mar", Museum of the Mediterrania, Can Quintana, Torroella de Montgri, Girona, Spain.
  • Modest Cuixart Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
  • "Apokaliptyczny ogrod pani malarki", Design gallery, Wrozlaw, Poland.
  • "Paintings and etchings from 1997 to 2007", A. Marzelles Museum, Marmande, France.
  • La Mirondela dels Arts, Hôtel des Barons de Lacoste, Pézenas, France.
  • "Kraft des Südens", Art-In gallery, Meerane, Germany.
  • Gallery in the Leibnizinstitut, Dresden, Germany.

2007
  • French Institut, Dresden, Germany.
  • Gallery GRS, Garching - München, Germany.
  • Museum of modern and contemporary art, Cordes sur Ciel, France.
  • Maison des Arts, Bages (Aude), France.
  • Espace taurin, Béziers (in collaboration with the Museum of Bitérois), France.
  • Gallery GRS, Berlin, Germany.

2006
  • Gallery Sächsische Landesärztekammer, Dresden, Germany.
  • Gallery la vielle forge, Saint Paul de Vence, France.
  • Gallery Spiren, Strassen, Luxemburg (catalogue).
  • Gallery in the castel Augustusburg, Augustusburg, Germany.
  • Gallery in the Rheinisches Eisenkunstgussmuseum, Bendorf-Koblenz, Germany.

2005
  • Gallery Schön, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany.
  • Gehagforum, Berlin, Germany.
  • Chamber of the lawyers of Saxony, Dresden, Germany.
  • Radebeuler Kunstverein, gallery of Radebeul, Germany.
  • Gallery GRS, Köln, Germany.
  • Gallery Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus, Bonn, Germany.

2004
  • Gallery im Hexenturm, Kunstverein Jülich, Germany.
  • Kunsthaus am Museum, Trier, Germany (catalogue).
  • Gallery am blauen Wunder, Dresden.
  • Gallery Schwingeler Hof Wesseling (Koeln).
  • Museum of Schramberg, Germany.
  • Kloster Frenswegen Foundation, Nordhorn, Germany.

2003
  • Gallery in the Telekomfachhochschule, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Gallery in the Bundesfinanzakademie, Brühl, Germany.
  • Gallery art&more, Aachen, Germany.

2002
  • Gallery des arches, Paris.
  • Gallery in the artschool, Zaragoza, Spain (catalogue).
  • Peña taurine bayonnaise, Bayonne, France.
  • Gallery municipal, Arles, France.

2001
  • Gallery Element terre, Mont de Marsan, France.
  • Hotel Carlton, Bilbao, Spain.
  • Gallery municipal, Plaisance du Gers, France.

2000
  • Matra Marconi Space, Toulouse, France (catalogue).
  • Gallery municipal Vic Fezensac, France.
  • Gallery Scocco, Auch, France.

1999
  • "Los toros", Goya Museum, Castres, France (catalogue).
  • "Taureaux", Gallery La tour de cardinaux, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France.
  • Contemporary art center Raymond Farbos, Mont de Marsan, France.

1998
  • Villa Béatrix Enea, Anglet, France.
  • Gallery Arti Creation, Agen, France.
  • Gallery Bleu de Lectoure, Lectoure, France.

1996
  • Gallery Kalinka, Dresden, Germany.
  • Blaue Fabrik gallery, Dresden, Germany.
  • Atelier Tempo, Bordeaux, France.
  • Castel Fours, France.

1995
  • Abbey Flaran, France.
  • Cultural Center Saint Jerome, Toulouse, France.

1994
  • Castel Lavardens, Gers, France.

1993
  • Gallery Rahmen und Bild, Dresden, Germany.

1990
  • Gallery Kurz, Dresden, Germany.

1988
  • Gallery Club für Dich, Dresden, Germany.

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Group exhibitions

2023
  • "AWAGAMI - International Miniature Print Exhibition" Tokushima, Japan.
  • "IMMIGRANT CENTURIES" A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
  • "Lumière" Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition de la Principauté,
    under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "37. Leipziger Grafikbörse - Turbulenzen", Grafikmuseum Stiftung Schreiner, Bad Steben.
    Kloster Ilsenburg, Ilsenburg. Museum Schloss Burgk, Burgk, Germany (catalogue).
  • "43. Mini Print International of Cadaqués" Taller Galerie Fort, Cadaqués, Spain. Fundacio Tharrats d'art grafic,
    Pineda de mar, Spain. Galerie Etang d'Art, Bages, France. Wingfield Barnes, Wingfield, Great Britain (catalogue).

2022
  • "Rendez-vous" Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition de la Principauté,
    under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "37. Leipziger Grafikbörse - Turbulenzen", Museum für Druckkunst, Leipzig (catalogue, Germany).
  • "1. Internationale GCB Mini Print, Studio für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany.
  • "42. Mini Print International of Cadaqués" Taller Galerie Fort, Cadaqués, Spain. Fundacio Tharrats d'art grafic,
    Pineda de mar, Spain. Galerie Etang d'Art, Bages, France. Wingfield Barnes, Wingfield, Great Britain (catalogue).

2021
  • "Psychédélices - Expériences visionnaires en France" Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, Frankreich (catalogue).
  • "La force du détail" Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition
    de la Principauté, under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "22. Triennale Grenchen" Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland (catalogue).
  • "Jahresgaben" Kunstverein Frechen, Frechen, Germany.
  • "Die Freiheit frei zu sein" Gedok Mittelsachsen, Literaturhaus, Leipzig, Germany (catalogue) .
  • "41. Mini Print International of Cadaqués" Taller Galerie Fort, Cadaqués, Spain. Fundacio Tharrats d'art grafic, Pineda de mar, Spain.
    Galerie Etang d'art, Bages, France. Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Great Britain (catalogue).
  • "9ème Biennale de gravure" Galerie du Bout du Monde, Saint Hippolyte du Fort, France (catalogue).
2020
  • "Quelques autonomes splendeurs" Galerie Sens Intérieur, Port Gogolin, Golfe de Saint Tropez, France.
  • "Vivre l'ailleurs - une invitation au voyage" Les Vendémiaires, Saint Mathieu de Tréviers, France (catalogue).
  • "Festtafel" Ostsächsische Kunsthalle, Pulsnitz, Germany.
  • "Hüllenlos" Galerie im Café Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany.
2019
  • "Art & science" Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco,
    Salle d'exposition de la Principauté, unter Ehrenpräsidenz von S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Quand fleurissent les sculptures" Jardin Exotique, Principauté de Monaco.
  • "Hollydays - Flucht ins Äusserliche" Galerie Plonk Art, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Garten - Park - Landschaft" Schloss Reinhardsgrimma, Reinhardsgrimma, Germany.
2018
  • "Art en Capital" Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais de Champs Elysées, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "4ème Triennale de gravure en taille douce" Musée Raymond Lafage, L'Isle sur Tarn, France (catalogue).
  • "Salon d'automne", section engraving, avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "Köpfe" Galerie Hans, Dresden, Germany.
  • "25 Jahre Kunstverein, 45 Jahre Galerien in Meerane" Galerie Art In, Meerane, Germany.
  • "Sichtweisen II" Ministerium für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Weib-rations - Zukunftsvisionen von Frauen" Grüne Fraktion/Bündnis 90, Rathaus, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Manifestampe" Galerie P.A.R.C., Octon, France.
  • "100 Grafiken" Ostsächsische Kunsthalle, Pulsnitz, Germany.
  • "Sudestampe" Espace 14, Nîmes, France (catalogue).

2017
  • "RE:::FORMATION - JETZT HIER...(I/II) - Künstlerische Existenz als Selbstschöpfung - The end of TV - Altäre der Moderne"
    Städtische Galerie Ada, Meiningen, Germany (catalogue).
  • "être humain" Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition
    de la Principauté, under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Art en Capital" Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais de Champs Elysées, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "Salon Figuration Critique" Bastille Design Center, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "Wish you were here" A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  • "Art for Aleppo" Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, New York, USA.
  • "Biennale XL" Espace Nobuyoshi, Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher, France (catalogue).
  • "Jardins tropicaux" Musée Arts et Histoire, Bormes-les-Mimosas, France.
  • "Die Welt der Graphik" Galerie Felix, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Metropolis e le Edizioni d’Arte del Centro Internazionale della Grafica di Venezia"
    Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venedig, Italie.
  • "METROPOLIS" Bibliothèque Grand'rue, Mulhouse, France.
  • "Vegetal" Salle d'exposition du Jardin Exotique, Principauté de Monaco.
  • "Art Montpellier 2017" Galerie Sophie Julien, Beziers, France.
  • "Expo Feria 2017" Galerie Sophie Julien, Beziers, France.
  • "Pour le plaisir..." Galerie Sophie Julien, Beziers, France.

2016
  • "Generations X: Razzle Dazzle" A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA.
  • "Surréalisme - Dadaïsme", Galerie Sens Intérieur Port-Gogolin (Golfe de Saint Tropez), France.
  • "CHALLENGE 2016" Galerie Egregore, Marmande, France (catalogue).
  • "Bizarre" Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition
    de la Principauté, under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Post Human" First International Art Project, Galerie du Pêcheur, Principauté de Monaco.
  • "Semaine de la peinture européenne" Maison d'Europe, Montpellier, France.
  • "La gravure dans tous ses états" Galerie du P.A.R.C., Octon (34), France.
  • "Sudestampe" Galerie de la Salamandre, Nîmes, France.
  • "METROPOLIS" Museo Casa da Xilogravura, Campos do Jordao, Biblioteca Mario de Andrade,
    Sao Paulo und Museo do Trabalho, Porto Allegre, Brasilia.
  • « METROPOLIS » Galerie am Schwarzen Meer, Bremen, Germany.
  • « METROPOLIS » Constellation Studios - 2055 ‘O’ Street, Lincoln, Nebrasca, USA.

2015
  • "Biennale 109", Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "Acquisitions 2015", Fondation Colas, Boulogne-Billancourt / Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "Art en Capital", Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "RETROSPECTIVE Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - 10 ans de créations au Moulin à Nef » Chapelle Saint Catherine, Auvillar, France.
  • "Edges and curves", The Haggus Society - Julie Montenegro State Farm, Los Angeles, USA.
  • "Vignettes", The Haggus Society - Julie Montenegro State Farm, Los Angeles, USA.
  • "Artistes en residence", Galerie Dock Sud, Sète, France.
  • "9èmes Rencontres Artistiques Monaco Japon", Auditorium Rainier III, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Silberblick - Künstler sehen Künstler", Ostsächsische Kunsthalle, Pulsnitz, Germany.
  • "METROPOLIS, SAO PAOLO - VENEDIG - BERLIN", Druckwerkstatt des BBK - Bethanien, Berlin, Germany,
    Galerie Fünf Sinne, Halle und Kulturhaus Milbertshofen, München, Germany and American University Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center
    Washington, DC, USA.
  • "Exposition collective de fin d'année", Galerie Sens Intérieur, Port-Gogolin, France.
  • "Schätze des Kunstvereins", Kunstverein Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany (catalogue).
  • "3ème Triennale de gravure en taille douce", Musée Raymond Lafage, L'Isle sur Tarn, France (catalogue).

2014
  • "Art en Capital", Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • "OMA Artist Alliance Partnership Exhibition", Oceanside Museum of Art - Herbert B. Turner Gallery,
    Del Mar, Southfair, California, USA.
  • "Richesse", Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition
    de la Principauté, under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Wish you were hear", A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  • "Arte è felicità", Galleria d'Arte "V. Guidi" Cascina Roma, San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italia.
  • "METROPOLIS", Centro Internazionale della Grafica di Venezia, Venezia, Italia (catalogue).
  • "Künstler im Selbstbildnis – 100 Positionen", Ostsächsische Kunsthalle, Pulsnitz, Germany.
  • "Engel in Kunst und Literatur", Galerie Unterm Dach, Burg Beeskow, Beeskow, Germany.
  • "Gravures contemporaines", Atelier Blanc, Villefranche de Rouergue, France.
  • "Salon d'automne, 42ème édition", Colomiers (Toulouse), France (catalogue).
  • "Poesie d'Ô", Salon d'été, Prix d'art de la ville d'Agen, Centre André Malraux, Agen, France.
  • "Festtafel", Kreishaus, Güterloh, Germany.

2013
  • "Generations IX: The Red/Pink Show", A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  • "L'eau à l'oeuvre", Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco, Salle d'exposition
    de la Principauté, under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Principauté de Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Les Metamorphosées", Musée de la Halle Saint Pierre, Paris,
    edition of "La Bible de l'art singulier 2013-2014"
  • "Rencontres d'Art Contemporain", Musée Ingres, Montauban, France (catalogue).
  • "Welcome to Monaco", Grimaldi Forum, Principauté de Monaco, in ocasion of "Junior Chamber International
    of Monaco - European Conference 2013", sous la haute patronage de S.A.S. Le Prince Albert II.
  • "Open des artistes - Les faits divers", Galerie L'Entrepôt, Principauté de Monaco.
  • "Oasis", International artexhibition, Atrium -Twin Tower 21 Kyobashi - Osaka, Japan.
  • "7èmes Rencontres Artistiques Monaco Japon", Auditorium Rainier III, Principauté de Monaco.<
  • "Estampadura", Triennale Européenne de L’Estampe Contemporaine 2013, Toulouse, France (catalogue).
  • "Poesie d'Ô", Salon d'été, Prix d'art de la ville d'Agen, Centre André Malraux, Agen, France.
  • "Festtafel", Evangelische Akademie, Meissen, Germany.

2012
  • "8th Women International Exhibition", Latino Art Museum, Founders Building, Pomona, Los Angeles, USA.
  • "4ème Concours International d'Art Contemporain Gemlucart", Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Mythes, Mystères, Muses et Merveilles", Salon du Comité National Monégasque A.I.A.P. auprès de l'Unesco,
    Salle d'exposition de la Principauté, under the honnorary presidency of S.A.S. Le Prince ALBERT II, Monaco (catalogue).
  • "Salon d'été, Prix d'art de la ville d'Agen", Centre André Malraux, Agen, France.
  • "Von Adam bis Zielonka - die Kunstsammlung der Sächsischen Landesärztekammer, Erwerbungen 1996 - 2012",
    Galerie der Sächsischen Landesärztekammer, Dresden, Germany (catalogue).
  • "100 Sächsische Grafiken", Galerie im Sächsischen Landtag, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Festtafel", Galerie in der Orangerie, Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden, Germany.
  • "1. Dresdner Künstlermesse", Messe, Dresden, Germany.

2011
  • Contemporary art in the collection, Museum of modern and contemporary art, Cordes sur Ciel, France.
  • "KREUZ - Anstoss oder Ausrichtung", exhibition project of the Kunstdienst Dresden,
    33. Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag, Dresden, Germany.
  • "Room & style", Künstlerbund Dresden, Messe Dresden, Germany.
  • "Postoffen", Rosswein, Germany.
  • "20. Sommerausstellung", Gallery am blauen Wunder, Dresden, Germany.
  • "100 Sächsische Grafiken", Gallery Malzhaus, Plauen, Germany.

2010
  • International exhibition of contemporary art, Ostrale'010, Dresden, Germany (catalogue).
  • "100 Sächsische Grafiken", Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany (catalogue).
  • "Saint Leopolds Friedenspreis", Sala terrena, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
  • "Anglet, contemporary art in the municipal collection, Centro Cultural Amaia, Irun, Spain.
  • "Heads", Künstlerbund Dresden und Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Gallery Mitte, Dresden, Germany.
  • Contemporary art center Raymond Farbos, Mont de Marsan, France.
  • The municipal collection, Maison des arts, Bages, France.
  • Gallery Finkbein, Dresden, Germany.

2009
  • "Onades", Centre de arte experimental Vallgrassa, El Garraf, Barcelone, Spain (catalogue).
  • Contemporary art center Raymond Farbos, Mont de Marsan, France.
  • Contemporary art in the collection, Museum of modern and contemporary art, Cordes sur Ciel, France.
  • Villa Cent Regards, Montpellier, with the Maison de la gravure, France.
  • Gallery im Elysée, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Festtafel, Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresde, Germany (catalogue).
  • Festtafel, Kunstverein Wiligrath, Lübsdorf (Schwerin), Germany.
  • "Kunstmesse", Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany (catalogue).

2008
  • International exhibition of contemporary art in museums, Latin art museum, Pomona, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Women in the arts, Museum of the Americas, Doral, Miami, USA.
  • "Mar art", Museum of the Mediterrania, Can Quintana, Torroella de Montgri, Girona, Spain (catalogue).
  • Contemporary art center Raymond Farbos, Mont de Marsan, France.
  • Festtafel, Kreative Werkstatt, Dresden, Germany.
  • Festtafel, Design Gallery, Wrozlaw, Poland.

2007
  • Contemporary art center Raymond Farbos, Mont de Marsan, France.
  • Gallery IMP, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 100 Sächsische Grafiken, Sächsischer Landtag Dresden, Germany.

2006
  • 100 Sächsische Grafiken, Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany (catalogue).
  • Plaza de arte, Bayonne, France.

2005
  • Contrast gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Gallery Schön, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany.
  • Gallery artacademy (cabinet), Dresden, Germany.

2004
  • Gallery Le Biblion, Toulouse, France.
  • Gallery Schön, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany.

2003
  • Positive Signale, Gallery Carlos Hulsch, Berlin.
  • Gallery Inge Donath, Troisdorf, Germany.

2002
  • Spanish week, Lycée Bossuet, Condom, France.
  • Plaza de arte, Bayonne, France.
  • Coincidence III 2002, IGNIS art center, Köln, Germany.

2001
  • Gallery Galarza, Pau, France.
  • Conseil General, Montauban, France.
  • Gallery municipal, Castelsarrasin, France.
  • Plaza de arte, Bayonne, France.
  • Invité d'honneur, Salon d'art, Saint Martin, France.
  • Artists of the gallery, Gallery le rire bleu, Figeac, France.

2000
  • Gallery Scocco, Auch, France.
  • Gallery Galarza, Pau, France.
  • Artistes of the gallery, Gallery le rire bleu, Figeac, France.

1999
  • The municipal art collection, Villa Béatrix Enea, Anglet, France.
  • Gallery Portal, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
  • Artists of the gallery, Gallery le rire bleu, Figeac, France.
  • Gallery Scocco, Auch, France.

1998
  • Gallery Serge Garnier, Paris, France.
  • Gallery de l'Ermitage, Paris, France.
  • Trace, Biennal of etchings, Paris, France (catalogue).
  • Gallery Le rire bleu, Figeac, France.

1996
  • Portraitpainting today, Kalinka gallery, Dresden, Germany.
  • Art salon from Centraleurope, Maison de l'Europe, Paris, France.
  • De briques et de pierres, Cultural Center Saint Jérôme, Toulouse, France.

1994
  • Tafelmalerei des 21. Jahrhunderts, Gallery Club für Dich, Dresden, Germany.
  • Gallery Königsstrasse, Dresden, Germany.

1992
  • Gallery Am blauen Wunder, Dresden, Germany.
  • Paintings, Leonhardimuseum, Dresden, Germany (catalogue).

1991
  • Hommage à Pawel Filonow, Leonhardimuseum, Dresden, Germany.

From 1990 to 1994 group exhibitions with the artist group "Leipziger blauer Reiter".
in Leipzig, Hamburg, Mönchengladbach, Wasserburg (Bodenseekreis), Germany (catalogue).

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Awards and grants


2023
  • Project funding of the Saxon state capital of Dresden, Germany.

2021
  • Jury award, composed of professionals of the art world - section Painting,
    during the Salon A.I.A.P. Comité National Monégasque auprès de l'UNESCO,
    Principauté de Monaco.

  • Résidence Maison Emma, Les Vendémiaires, Saint Mathieu de Tréviers, Frankreich.

2020
  • Gastspielförderung Bildende Kunst, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen.

2019
  • Grant of the Ohio Art Councils and the City of Dresden,
    Residency Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

  • Residency grant, Richard Wagner Stätten Graupa, Pirna, Germany Part 2.

  • Second award of the Director of the Exotic Garden, section photographie,
    exhibition "Quand fleurissent les sculptures", Jardin Exotique, Principauté de Monaco.

  • Gastspielförderung Bildende Kunst, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen.


2018
  • Residency and purchase grant, Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg, Bad Kreuznach Germany.

  • Residency grant, Richard Wagner Stätten Graupa, Pirna, Germany Part 1.

2017
  • Award of the Commission Nationale Monégasque pour l'UNESCO,
    during the Salon A.I.A.P. Comité National Monégasque auprès de l'UNESCO,
    Principauté de Monaco.

2016
  • Soutien à la création, DRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France.

  • Médaille de Bronze, Société Académique Arts-Sciènces-Lettres, Paris, France.

2015
  • Prix Résidence Moulin à Nef, VCCA Virginia, USA.

  • Prix commande-acquisition, Fondation Colas, Boulogne-Billancourt / Paris, France.

  • Luxe Beat Magazine Award,
    "The Healing Power of ART", Manhattan Arts International, New York, USA.

  • Encouragement Fonds Avy-Pregniard, Fondation Taylor, Paris, France.

2014
  • Individual Support Grant,
    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., New York, USA.

2013
  • Jill Conner Critic's Choice Award,
    "The Healing Power of ART", Manhattan Arts International, New York, USA.

2008
  • First award for etching,
    International exhibition of contemporary art in museums, Latin art Museum, Pomona, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Honorific mention - etching,
    Women in the arts, Museum of the Americas, Doral, Miami, USA.

1996
  • First award "De briques et de pierres", Toulouse, France.

1993
  • Grant of 6 month from the foundation Kulturfonds, Berlin, Germany.


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Corporate collections

    France :

  • Bibliothèque Nationale de la France, Paris.
  • Musée Goya, Castres.
  • Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Cordes sur Ciel.
  • Collection d'art de la ville de Issoire.
  • Collection d'art de la ville de La Ciotat.
  • Collection d'art de la ville de Cérêt.
  • Collection d'art de la ville d'Anglet.
  • Collection d'art de la ville de Narbonne.
  • Paroisse Saint Sernin, Toulouse.
  • Collection d'art, Maison des arts, Bages (Aude).

    • Germany :

  • Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst.
  • Museen und Galerien der Stadt Schweinfurt.
  • Museum Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt.
  • Kunstverein Schweinfurt.
  • Sächsischer Landtag, Dresden.
  • Sächsische Landesärztekammer, Dresden.
  • EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke Dresden.
  • BASF Schwarzheide GmbH.
  • IFW Leibniz-Institut, Dresden.
  • Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf.
  • Volksbank Dresden Bautzen eG., Bautzen.
  • GRS Köln.
  • GRS Garching/München.
  • Hochschule für Telekommunikation, Leipzig.
  • Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen, Dresden.
  • Sächsische Zahnärztekammer, Dresden.
  • Neue Städtische Galerie Dresden.
  • Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz.
  • Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein Dresden.
  • Museen der Stadt Zwickau.
  • Gellert-Museum, Hainichen.
  • Richard Wagner Stätten, Pirna.
  • Ernst Rietschel Kulturring, Pulsnitz.
  • Stiftung Rheingrafenstein, Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg.
  • Kunstfonds der Stadt Dresden.

    • Spain :

  • Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.
  • UNED, Calatayud, Aragon.
  • Museo Javier de la Rosa, Agaete, Gran Canaria.
  • Societat l'Amistat, Cadaqués.
  • Fondo de arte, Aires, Cordoba.

    • Austria :

  • Stift Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Vienna.

    • USA :

  • Museum of the Americas, Doral, Miami.
  • Latin Art Museum, Pomona, Los Angeles.
  • Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, Californie.
  • Ohio Art Council.
  • Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio.



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