Birgit Knappe
Birgit Knappe was born in Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein. She is living and working in Berlin and Brandenburg.
Education
| 1976 - 1982 |
Student at the University of Arts, Berlin |
| 1988 - 1992 |
Teacher for sculpture at the University of Arts, Berlin |
| 1994 - 1997 |
guest professorship for sculpture at the Humboldt-University, Berlin |
| since 1982 |
free and commissioned work for inner and outer spaces |
Scholarships
| 1986 - 1988 |
fellowship of the Karl Hofer-Society, Berlin |
| 1993 |
fellowship of the Villa Serpentara in Italy (Academy of Arts, Berlin) and fellowship of the Artist’s House Selk, (government of Schleswig-Holstein) |
| 1994 |
fellowship of Ekely in Norway (ministry of culture, Schleswig- Holstein) |
| 1997 |
fellowship in the Artist’s Studios of Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2001 |
fellowship Artist’s House Lukas ( foundation of the cultural fonds) |
Symposium for sculpture
| 1989 |
Iinternational symposium for sculpure in Reinhardtsdorf/Elbsandsteingebirge and sculpure action at the Bordesholmer Sea (symposium of granite) |
| 1991 |
international symposium for stone sculpture , Budduso, Italy |
| 1992 |
nternational symposium “Simppetra”, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal |
| 1994 |
X. international symposium for sculpture, Horice, Czech |
| 1995 |
International symposium for sculpture, Ma’alot-Tarshiha, Israel |
| 1996 |
"MotoPerpetuo", I. International symposium for sculpture “MotoPerpetuo”, Pescocostanzo, Italy |
| 1997 |
IInternational symposium for sculpture of hard rocks, Angermünd |
| 1998 |
Symposium for sculpture in Iserlohn |
| 1999 |
“Prophets in the garden”,symposium for sculpture at the turn of the millennium,Anröchte/monastry of St.Johannis, Schleswig |
| 2000 |
Quarry of Schaumburg”, Rinteln |
| 2005 |
II. Symposium for sculpture Queen Elisabeth Hospital, Herzberge, Berlin |
| 2006 |
International symposium „Ventspils 2006“, Latvia |
| 2007 |
“Mare Nostrum“, Monterosso, Italy; „Stones by the River“, path of sculptures, Rheinlandpfalz, Konz |
| 2008 |
international symposium for sculpture “Pierre et Ciment”, Champagnole, France; IV. International symposium for sculpture, Davos, Swizzerland |
Exhibitions since 2000 (selection)
| 2000 |
exhibition of the Art Community Gifhorn "Exhibition of Contemporary Small Sculpture", Miyazaki, Japan |
| 2001 |
“Paths and streams” GEDOK-Brandenburg, Rangsdorf (with Sabine Schneider);
"International Small Stone Exhibition", Plaza Gallery, Tokio, Japan |
| 2002 |
”10 years Oslo-Ekely Fellowship” Brunswiker Pavillion, Kiel; “Homeland- Places” Groot Deel, Dangenstorf- Lübbow; “Lighted Paths”, installation of light in Schlosspark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel; “Perspectives”, Kunstamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin |
| 2003 |
“Local Arts”, sculptures in the cityhall Schöneberg, Berlin; “In the Wind”, action of landart in Ahrenshoop |
| 2004 |
“Water in between”, art in the city, Kunstverein Bad Aibling |
| 2005 |
“Ekely Fellowship”, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, Sculpture Park Motzen (Brandenburg), Landesschau Schleswig-Holstein, Burgkloster Lübeck |
| 2006 |
“Sculpure in Bissee”, exhibition of sculpture (May to October); “In the Wind”, art objects in the landscape, Ahrenshoop (August to September), “Best Wishes” painting and sculpture, gallery M. Fourage, Berlin ( November to December) |
| 2007 |
“Five”, Studio Neunzig, Kiel;
“Eye to Eye”, installation in the Institut für Bildbetrachtung, Berlin;
“Small Drawings”, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop |
| 2008 |
Galerie der Moderne, Berlin, sculptures of Birgit Knappe and photography of Vuk Karadzic |
Public collections
| Berlin |
Financial Ministry, Ministry for Traffic and Building, Berlin Gallery, Government of Berlin, Hospital KEH |
| Kiel |
House of Government |
| Bordesholm |
Bank of the lake of Bordesholm |
| Schleswig |
Sculpture Park of the monastry St. Johann |
| Bad Bramstedt |
Sculpture for the fountain at the city hall |
| Angermünde |
Promenade of the Münde lake |
| Iserlohn |
Institut of Gerontotechnologyl |
| Rinteln |
Sculpture park of the Geological Event Park |
| Buddusó (Sardinien) |
Sculpture park |
| Pescocostanzo (Italien) |
Sculpture park |
| Caldas da Rainha (Portugal) |
Sculpture park |
| Horice (Tschechien) |
Sculpture park |
| Ma'alot-Tarshiha (Israel) |
City park |
Further information you can get directly at Galerie-Förster.
Web-Site of the artist: www.knappe-kunst.de
