Corinne Wasmuht

The more fast-paced and interconnected our world becomes, the more prescient Corinne Wasmuht’s large-scale paintings seem. Born in Dortmund, Germany in 1964, the 2011 Biennale participant began… Read more

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Background Information about Corinne Wasmuht

Introduction

The more fast-paced and interconnected our world becomes, the more prescient Corinne Wasmuht’s large-scale paintings seem. Born in Dortmund, Germany in 1964, the 2011 Biennale participant began collecting material for her collages during her studies at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts. The vibrant energy that permeates her works is the result of a painstaking creative process. She builds her works layer by layer on a wooden base, slowly assembling the finished image from countless overlapping elements.

The widely acclaimed artist can perhaps most accurately be described as an astute chronicler of modern life. Whether depicting architecture, street scenes or the digital world, her meticulously-assembled oil paintings serve as both an antidote to, and reflection of, the chaotic entropy of our world. In her Berlin studio, the artist digitally compiles and collates the thousands of individual photographs and images that will be used in each work. She then begins the lengthy, meditative painting process to bring her vision to life.

The resulting works overflow with color, detail and visual information, creating a hyperstimulating first impression. Surfaces and forms overlap and merge, challenging our concept of space and depth. Underpinned by an expert eye for composition, Wasmuht strikes a delicate balance between the deliberate precision of her application and her turbulent, rapidly-changing subject matter.

Awards

1994	ars viva-Preis, Cologne
2008	Heitland Foundation, Celle
2011	Oberrheinischer Kunstpreis, Offenburg August Macke Preis, Meschede
2014	Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis by the Academy of Arts, Berlin

Exhibitions

2017	Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
2016	SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
2015	Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
2014	Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
2011	Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
2010	Kunsthalle Nurnberg
2008	Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
2005	Vanishing Point, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio
2004	Wandbild, Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin Contemporary Art from Germany, Europäische Zentralbank, Frankfurt
2003	Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden Aus dem Archiv, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg