ART Galerie 7
SILVIA SIEMES
ARTWORKS
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illustrations: © VG Bild Kunst, Bonn
photography: Thomas Rissler, Tengen
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Silvia Siemes was born in Freiburg in 1960. After her Abitur, she initially completed training at a technical college, where she acquired first skills in design and sculpture. Afterwards, she studied sculpture at the art academy in Bremen, where she received her master diploma from Professor Bernd Altenstein.
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Humans, their existence, as well as the question of human life are the central themes of Silvia Siemes work. Using terracotta, she creates naturalistic and delicate human effigies, which hold a very emotional and moving charisma. A part of Silvia Siemes working process is to stain clay in varying colours, in order to paint her sculptures with it, which thereby obtain a skin-tone-like effect. This reflects the emotional dispute within her working process, which aims to create a human effigy made of natural and ductile material. Nowadays, humans are usually depicted digitally by technical means, consequently it is of great importance to Silvia Siemes to create her figures manually. Although the appearance of her sculptures is shaped by her typical style, they yet represent very individual personalities and types. Silvia Siemes’ sculptures all seem to be lost in thought, but at the same time tell us their own personal stories about human existence at the present time.
© Martina Strilic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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1960
born in Freiburg
1983-87
studies at the State Selb porcelain school, training as a ceramic modeler and mould designer
1987-95
sculpture studies at the University of the Arts Bremen, Vehring, Otto, Altenstein
1995-96
master student of Prof. B. Altenstein
1996
Co-founding of the studio community "Fabrik 84" in Beuren
2003
1. Keramiksymposium, Gmunden, Austria
2004-07
studio scholarship of the Landkreis Esslingen
2006
work-scholarship, Zukunftswerkstatt Mariposa, Teneriffe
2010
"Intonation", Keramiksymposium, Deidesheim
2012
Lehrauftrag für Bildhauerei, college for arttherapy Nürtingen
2013
Winner of the 7th Prize "Figurativ/Skulptur in Keramik", Nassauische Sparkasse, Wiesbaden
2016
Symposium Terra Arte, Alte Ziegelei, Hundisburg
exhibitions / participations (selection)
2018
"ABOUT CLAY", European Ceramic Art, Fiskars, Finnland
Marina Sailer - Malerei | Silvia Siemes - Bildhauerei, Art Galerie 7, Cologne
"SUMME DER TEILE", Kunstbezirk in Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Stuttgart
Art Karlsruhe (Galerie Steinberger, Weikersheim) one artist show
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2017
„Das kleine Format“, Art Galerie 7, Cologne
Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Steinberger, Weikersheim
"Das Ewig-Weibliche...", Galerie Keim, Stuttgart
ART SALZBURG CONTEMPORARY 2017 with Galerie Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen
Groupexhibition – Galerie Klose, Essen
2016
“li-la-leben“, Galerie Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen (with Sabrina Krökel)
Galerie Klose, Essen
Galerie Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten (with Christa Mayrhofer, Karin Pliem);
Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm
Galerie Gering, Frankfurt (with Joerg Eyfferth, Clemens Erlenbach)
2015
"Figur & Abstraktion", Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg (with Michael Cleff)
Einblicke", Bund freischaffender Bildhauer, Städtische Galerie, Kirchheim u.T. ; "Heim_Spiel III", Galerie Keim, Stuttgart
Galerie Cyprian Brenner, Schwäbisch Hall (with Elke Wree)
2014
"Second Faces", Nassauische Sparkasse, Wiesbaden
"heute hier morgen dort", Scholarship students of Landkreis Esslingen, The Municipal Gallery, Machon Hamayim Gallery, Givatayim, Israel
"Dialog der Generationen", Galerie Friederike Zeit, Deidesheim
Kunstverein Nürtingen
"Fundstücke", Galerie Ulrich Gering, Frankfurt
Galerie Vera, Lindbeck, Isernhagen
2013
Galerie für GegenwartskunstGallery for contemporary art Galerie Ulrich Gering, Frankfurt
Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar
Galerie Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen (Hannover)
Galerie Keim, Stuttgart
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
7. Förderpreis der NASSAUISCHEN SPARKASSE 2013, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen
Galerie Artlantis, Stuttgart
2012
"Figürliches", Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg
Städtische Galerie, Kirchheim
2011
pro arte kunststiftung, Ulm, Bremer Kunstfrühling (Galerie Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen)
Galerie Bollhorst, Freiburg; Galerie Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen
2010
Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm
Galerie Anna-Maria Burger, Munich; Galerie Keim, Stuttgart
15. Galerientage in Mannheimer art club (Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg)
Galerie Roland Aphold, Allschwil / Basel
2009
Galerie Keim, Stuttgart
Galerie Roland Aphold, Allschwil / Basel
Sonja Steinberger Galerien, Weikersheim
Galerie Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen
"Westerwaldpreis 2009 – Keramik Europas", Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen
"Gegenüberstellung", Kasino Galerie, Höhr-Grenzhausen
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