Irene Anton, * 27.04.1966 in Darmstadt - Germany

Member of the BBK Berlin and the BVBK Brandenburg (sections of the german association of professional artists)

 
Universitary education:
2002-2005University of fine arts Berlin-Germany (UdK), master-degree of art in context, specialisation in exhibition organisation and community arts - art in public spaces
1989-1994University of fine arts Berlin(UdK), degree in fashion and textile design
1988-1989University of Wuppertal(U-GH), basical year of industrial design
1986-1988Academy of fine arts (AKI) in Enschede - Netherlands
Since 2005workshops of landart and textile art for adults and children at schools
Since 1994working as a designer and artist

 
Soloexhibitions (selection)
2012Galerie "Konvex 99" in der neuen Kauffahrtei Chemnitz - Germany
2011"...denn nichts ist wie es scheint!", Niederlausitzmuseum, Luckau - Germany
2010"intervención", Museo Islita Guanacaste - Costa Rica
 "new textile connections", Bildungszentrum Raiffeisenhof in Graz - Austria
 "Topographiques Textiles", Galerie La Girafe in Brussels - Belgium
 "Benetzungen", Miope Galerie Berlin
2009"Conectate", Museum of contemporary art(MACUF), La Coruna-Spain
2008"TextileTopoGraphics", Miope Galerie Berlin
2007"conTextil 2", Galerie La Girafe in Brussels - Belgium
2006"Zweifelhafte Objekte",Galerie K Berlin
2005"conTextil" 1, Galerie "La Girafe" Berlin
 "errare humanum est" Galerie ZeitZone Berlin

 
Groupexhibitions (selection)
2012"Agorá" Miniartextil Como, Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo - Italy
 "ZOOART", Fresia Gardens, Cuneo - Italy
 "without borders" Triennial of Textile, Gallery Milosa Alexandra, Trencin - Slovakia
 "watertower artfest", Sofia - Bulgaria
 "48 Stunden Neukölln", Berlin
 "Turgut Pura Art Prize", Museum for painting and sculpturer, Izmir - Turkey
 "Banality and Grace", Gallery SVÚ Bratislava - Slovakia
 "Spektrale 5 - Im Weinberg, Kunst und Natur eine Einheit?", Luckau - Germany
 "Vernetzen²", Galerie Abraxas Augsburg and Galerie M, Potsdam - Germany
2011"ji ji", Surinaams Museum Paramaribo - Suriname, relief and installation
 Starke foundation Berlin, painting
 "Texpoart" Lasi - Romania, relief
 "Art Brandenburg Potsdam" - Germany
 "Ortung VII" Schwabach - Germany, installation
 WTA contemporary textile art biennial, Oaxaca - Mexico, installation
 Contemporary Art Ruhr(CAR), Essen - Germany, installation
 "Localize" Festival Potsdam - Germany, installation
 "Höhlerbiennale" Gera - Germany, installation
 "2B" Neue Galerie in der Bücherstadt, Wünsdorf-Waldstadt - Germany, installation and relief
2010 "lux et linea", Galerie M en Potsdam-Germany, objects y relief
 Starke foundation Berlin, reliefs
 "Late Light Shopping", Berlin-Neukölln, blacklight installation
 "1er encuentro de la red textilia iberoamericana", Omar Dengo Foundation in san José - Costa Rica, installation
 "Ostrale '10", international exhibition for contemporary art in Dresden - Germany, installation
 "International Baltic Minitextile-Triennial", Citymuseum of Gdynia - Poland
 Altes Museum Luckau, " Spektrale 4 - Schauplatz Gegenwart", Altes Museum Luckau, installation
2009Art Brandenburg Potsdam - Germany
 "1000+1Prax(e)is" at Goethe Institut Thessaloniki, exhibition in line with the 2nd Thessaloniki Biennial - Greece, organized by the museum of contemporary art
 "Simplex-Komplex", castle of Nove Mesto nad Metuj-Czech Republic, installation
 Minitextile-exhibition "Zoom" , Gallery X in Bratislava - Slovakia, object
 Textile Art Biennial Szombathely - Hungary, object
 "Mini Textile Art", 4th International Exhibition Kherson - Ukraine, relief
 "Blaue Nacht", Ehrenhalle Altes Rathaus Nürnberg, installation
 Arte Faleria Festival - Italy, textile object and installation
2008"Threading Trends", Alte Post Neukölln in Berlin, textile art
 "Matrix Natura", international Miniartextil exhibition in Como-Italy, Installation
 "Tina B", billboard textart, Prague - Czech Republic
 "Neukölln Exquisit", Alte Post Neukölln Berlin, installation
 Minitextile-exhibition "X" , Gallery X in Bratislava - Slovakia
 "Aquamediale 4" in Lübben-Germany, outdoor installation
 "Spektrale 3" , Altes Hafthaus Luckau-Germany, sound- and lightinstallation
 "Textile Trinity", Kunstraum t27 in Berlin, textile works
2007"Global Intrigue", European fibre and textile triennial, Museum Arsenals in Riga-Latvia
 "Aquamediale 3" in Lübben-Germany, textile outdoor installation
 Minitextile-exhibition "TEXTil", Gallery X, Bratislava - Slovakia
2006 "in rete", International, Miniartextil exhibition, Como - Italy
 Artist in residence "SUD-EST - Express", Hønefoss - Norway, installation
 Galerie K in Berlin, "Zweifelhafte Objekte", object
2005 "conTextil" 1, Galerie "La Girafe" Berlin, textile object
 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo-NL, "the bag incorporation", object
 Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, festival "Bewegter Wind", object and installation
2004 "Berlin entre dos aguas", MAC(museo de arte contemporáneo) in tránsito, Santiago de Chile, Installation

 
Residencies and Symposiums (selection):
2012Printmaking symposium BBK Augsburg - Germany
2011Artist in residence ARTCEB Botopasi - Suriname
 Residency "The Old School", Gorna Lipnitsa - Bulgaria
 Artist in residence of culture- and communication center (KCCC) Klaipeda - Lithuania
2010Moonrain Art Center, international symposium for textile outdoorinstallations "Quand les treize lunes entrelacent" at Moonrain Art Center, Val-des Monts/Quebec - Canada
2009 Residency "life examination" of the Kaunas Biennial - Lithuania, installation
 1st Scuplture Symposium Winterthur at Gallery Wyschür-Weiertal - Switzerland
2008"Simplex-Komplex" at Kunstbauwerk Vierraden and Berlin - Germany
 "ITS", Internatinal textile art symposium at Raiffeisenhof Graz-Austria
2007international landartsymposium "sites en ligne", Silly - Belgium
 "Im Fluss", 16th international landscape-plainair, Schwedt - Germany
2006 Residency "social transformation project", Gölazi -Turkey
 Residency "SUD-EST - Express", Hønefoss - Norway
 Residency "casaterra", Valle d'Itria/Céglie - Italy

 
Awards (selection)
2012Audience Award "Spektrale 5 - Im Weinberg, Kunst und Natur eine Einheit?", Luckau - Germany
 Honorable Mention "Turgut Pura Art Prize" Museum for painting and sculpture, Izmir-Turkey
2010 Audience award "Spektrale 4 - Schauplatz Gegenwart", Altes Museum Luckau - Germany, installation
2008Prizewinner of "Aquamediale 4" competition by BVBK Brandenburg, installation
2006 2nd prize of the landscapedesign-competition "labyrinth in the forest", Sakksala Art Radius in Finland, work out of the the labyrinth in 2007
2004 1st prize of the art competition "Bewegter Wind", winning object "flying carpet", region of lake Eder
2002 Finalist's diploma of the international textile-designcompetition "Premios ATEVAL" in Ontinyent/Valéncia-Spain
2001 Honorable mention of the international design competition "All Japan Chinese Carpets Promotion" in Kyoto-Japan

 
Grants:
2011Travelgrant Suriname by the german embassy Port of Spain - Trinidad
2010Travelgrant by the german embassy San José - Costa Rica
2009Residency grant "Gelderner Turmstipendium" in Geldern - Germany, object, installation, mixed media
2008Grant of the cultural department of Berlin-Neukölln for the project "Windraum" at "Rütli"- secondary school in Berlin
2006Grant of the cultural department of Berlin-Neukölln for the ART_IST outdoor-workshops in collaboration with Hella Böhm
2006Grant by Kunstkids e.V. for the project "Windige Klamotten" in cooperation with Ida-Ehre-Highschool in line with the "Windfest Hamburg"

 
Commissions (selection)
2012Pohoda festival Airport Trencin - Slowakia
2011Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, installation in line with the special exhibition "Windstärken"

 
Work in collections (selection)
 Culture- and communication center (KCCC) Klaipeda - Lithuania
 Museo Islita Guanacaste - Costa Rica
 Bernd Wiesend, Mülheim an der Ruhr - Germany
 Anita Moelans, Brussels - Belgium
 Celestine GmbH, Potsdam - Germany
 Collection Dr. Stefan Haupt, Berlin
 Collection Dr. Johannes Hess, São Paulo - Brasil

 
Upcoming (2012/13)
 Touring exhibition "without borders" Triennial of Textile, Bratislava (SK), Liptovsky Mikulás (SK), Uherské Hradiste (CZ), Györ (HU), Bielsko - Biala (PL)
 "Luft und Liebe", Niederlausitz Museum Luckau - Germany
 "Symmetry", Galerie M Potsdam - Germany
 Kunst- und Literaturpfad Loreley - Germany

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