| Vita - Grit Schwerdtfeger | |||||
| born | 1971 in Anklam | ||||
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| Education | |||||
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1990-97 |
Academy of Visual Arts with Astrid Klein and Joachim Brohm, Diploma
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| 2001 | Master of Art, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig with Joachim Brohm | ||||
| Longer periods abroad | |||||
| 2005 |
three months Asturias, Spain |
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| 2004 |
one year Rome, Italy |
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| 2003 |
three months Andalusia, Spain |
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| 1999-00 |
one year Castilla la Mancha, Spain |
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| 1999 | three months Cuba | ||||
| 1996 | three months Castilla y Leon, Spain | ||||
| 1994-95 | one year studies in Madrid (Spain) at the Facultat de Bellas Artes | ||||
| Selected Awards | |||||
| 2007 |
artist in residence kunst:raum sylt quelle |
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| 2006 |
artist in residence Künstlerhaus Lukas |
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| 2006 |
six months scholarship from the Kulturstiftung Sachsen |
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| 2005 |
travel grant of SMWK |
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| 2001 |
Promotionsstipendium of Saxonia |
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| 1999 |
DAAD travel grant for Cuba |
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |||||
| 2008 |
Distanz 2006, Corkin Gallery, Toronto (Canada) |
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| 2008 |
Distanz, Goethe-Institut Vilnius by Galerija Prospekto (Lithuania) |
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| 2007 |
Distanz, Kulturhaus Osterfeld, Pforzheim (Germany) |
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| 2007 |
Distanz, Corkin Gallery, Toronto (Canada) |
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| 2006 |
Distanz 2006, Galerie J.J. Heckenhauer, Berlin (Germany) |
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| 2005 |
Distanz, Galerie J.J. Heckenhauer, Berlin (Germany) |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions | |||||
| 2009 |
Mit Abstand - Ganz nah, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus (Germany) |
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| 2008 |
Solitude - Landschaft im Aufbruch, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop (Germany) |
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| 2008 |
Mit Abstand - Ganz nah, Museum der Stadt Ratingen (Germany) |
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| 2008 |
Mit Abstand - Ganz nah, Kunstsammlungen der Städtischen Museen Zwickau (Germany) |
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| 2008 |
Sylt, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg (Germany) |
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| 2007 |
Wenn der Sonnentau... Neuzugänge zeitgenössischer Kunst im Kunstfonds von 2005 bis 2007, Residenzschloss Dresden (Germany) |
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| 2007 |
Reale und konstruierte Orte, Galerie J.J. Heckenhauer, Berlin (Germany) |
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| 2006 |
Berlin-Leipzig, Galerie J.J. Heckenhauer, Berlin (Germany) |
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| 2004 |
salotto buono, gallery of Villa Massimo, Rome (Italy) |
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| 2002 |
connected studios, Berlin (Germany) |
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| 2002 |
Vier,10, Kupferstichkabinett Dresden (Germany) |
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| 2001 |
Land, Speck's Hof, Leipzig (Germany) |
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| 2000 |
Photographie - die Sammlung der Neuen Galerie d. Stadt Linz, now Kunstmuseum Lentos (Austria) |
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| 1998 |
(h)auswärts, Kunstverein f-Raum e.V. Leipzig (Germany) |
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| 1997 | fotografie, Torstrasse 179, Berlin (Germany) | ||||
| 1996 |
point of view, Galerie Le Manege, Berlin (Germany) |
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| 1994 |
149,2 kbm, former Amtsgericht, Lindlar (Germany) |
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| 1994 |
La Photographie en Saxe, Goethe-Institut Brüssel (Belgium) |
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| 1993 |
100 Jahre Fotografie an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig (Germany) |
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| catalogs | |||||
| 2008 | "Mit Abstand - Ganz nah. Fotografie aus Leipzig", Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld / Leipzig | ||||
| 2008 |
Denis Brudna, "Sylt", Altonaer Museum |
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| 2006 | Grit Schwerdtfeger, "Distanz", Galerie & Edition J.J. Heckenhauer, Berlin, edition 500, numbered | ||||
| 2006 | Neuer Leipziger Kunstverein, "Bildende Künstler in Leipzig", art.media Verlag | ||||
| 2002 | Grit Schwerdtfeger, "Land", Kulturamt Dresden, Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden, edition 400 | ||||
| 2001 | Peter Baum, "Photograhie - die Sammlung", Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz (now Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz) | ||||
| 1996 | Thomas Bruns, Martin Zellerhoff "149,2 kbm" accompanying documentation to the exhibition | ||||
| 1994 | "La Photographie en Saxe", Goethe-Institut Brussels | ||||
| 1993 | "Fotografie, 100 Jahre Fotografie an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig", Leipzig | ||||
| Bibliography | |||||
| 2008 | Povilas Vaitkevicius, Atstumas tarp nuobodulio ir idomumo, 7 menos dienos, 13/2008, p.7 | ||||
| 2008 | Rutos Bagdzeviciutes, "Idealios figures beieskant", Namas ir as, 4/2008, p.49 | ||||
| 2008 | Leah Sandals, "Insight from afar", National Post, March 27 | ||||
| 2008 | Fran Schechter, "Photos have fun with nature", NOW, March 20-26, 2008, p.73 | ||||
| 2008 | Palmyra Krupenkaite, "Vokiskoskulturo pavasaris", Lietuvos Zinios, 2008 02 27, p.5 | ||||
| 2008 | Cristina Franzoni, "Grit Schwerdtfeger", ZOOM Fotomagazin, März/April, pp.14-19 | ||||
| 2008 | Denis Brudna, "Sylt Insel zwischen Himmel und Meer", photonews 2/08 | ||||
| 2007 | Peter Goddard, "Connect with your inner tyke", Toronto Star, March 15 | ||||
| 2006 | EDIT Papier für neue Texte, Nr. 41, Kristina Tieke "Stehen, schauen, den Ball lupfen" und Nina Jäckle, "Könnte ist" | ||||
| 2006 | 2. Europäischer Monat der Fotografie Berlin, "Grit Schwerdtfeger - Distanz 2006" | ||||
| Collections | |||||
| Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden | |||||
| Sammlung Kunstmuseum Lentos, Linz, Austria | |||||
| Kupferstichkabinett Dresden | |||||
| private collections in Canada, France, England, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Austria | |||||
| Art Fairs | |||||
| Art Basel / Art Chicago / Toronto International Art Fair / photomiami / Berliner Liste / photolondon / parisphoto | |||||
| Grit Schwerdtfeger is represented by Corkin Gallery, Toronto | |||||
