Veronika Witte
Veronika Witte creates a reflexive place, which shows identity as a complex construct. In her work, she applies a wide variety of media and art-forms including video, sculpture and installations as well as collaborations with other artists and scientists in interdisciplinary projects and scenic installations. Often her work conducts research along the border where different art disciplines meet. A central focus in all of her works consists of the role our bodies play in our present society and as a resource for future creation. Veronika Witte is interested in the limits of the body, in the ending of its up to now given ‚fatality’ and in the desire to reinvent oneself over and over again.
Veronika Witte studied at the Ecôle Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris/FR. She was invited to numerous exhibitions thoughout Europe and received several awards. Since 1999 she has been working closely with theaters (1999-2005 staatsbankberlin, leading the installation part; and creating stage design until now at the Saarland State Theater/DE and at the State Theater Bielefeld/DE).
Artist Info
Biography
Born in 1962 in Ahaus-Wessum, Westfalen, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education and career
2006
Guest professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris/F
2003
Mentoring program, Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin/DE
1993-1994
M.A. Fine Arts, Diplôme supérieure en arts plastiques, ensba, Paris/F
1988-1993
Studies of Fine Art, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris/F
1984
M.A. Pedagogy, University of Muenster/DE
Awards and Grants
2014
Award winner, vkunst – media art prize 2014, Frankfurt am Main/DE
2010
OPEN ACADEMY, Artists in Residence, Hanoi, Hue, Saigon/VR
Staatskanzlei Für Kultur des Saarlandes
Saartoto Stiftung Saarland
Maecenia Stiftung für Frauen in Kunst und Wissenschaft Frankfurt/DE
2007
artmix III, MinistËre de la Culture, Luxemburg/LU
2006
Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin/DE
Erwin und Gisela Steinerstiftung, Munich/DE
Kulturamt Berlin-Mitte/DE
2005
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Forschung und Wissenschaft
Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin
Marli Hoppe-Ritter Kunststiftung
2004
Stiftung Kulturfonds, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur Berlin
2003
Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin
1997
Grant by the Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg/DE
1995
Grant by the Institut pour des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris/F
1994
2nd International Performance Price, Konstanz/DE
Grant by Erasmus for Bezalel Fine Arts University, Jerusalem/IL
Selected solo exhibitions
2016
Das prachtvolle Gelb läuft über blasse Blätter, Museum of Culture, Hue/VR
The affective turn or the skin is faster than the word, with Mika Karhu, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
2015
Das prachtvolle Gelb läuft über blasse Blätter, Goethe Institut, Hanoi/VR
2014
Ao dais, Goethe Institut, Hanoi/VR
2013
Ortstermin, Gallery Nord, Berlin/DE
2012
Wenn Delphine von Walgesängen träumen, Gallery ABTART, Stuttgart/DE
2011
hier ist woanders, Kunstverein Viernheim/DE
2010
Kurt-Kurt, Berlin/DE
Liquid Identities-biofacts, Muncipal Gallery, Saarbruecken/DE
2008
wenn ich Çichí sage, luege ich, PENG! Raum für Kunst, Mannheim/DE
2007
wish you were here, Sophiensaele, Berlin/DE
2004
unexpected bodies, Kunsthaus Essen/DE
Discode, Gallery Zagreusproject, Berlin/DE
2003
ce n¥est pas la peine de pleurer, staatsbank, Berlin/DE
1999
Oh Tichy, Art Foundation Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart/DE
1998
Installations gonflable, La Gallery, Ecole des Beaux- Arts, Poitiers/F
1997
Das Luftschloss des Emaues de Charenton, Heart Gallery, Mannheim/DE
1993
Kunst VORORT, Zeche Blumenthal, Recklinghausen/DE
Selected group exhibitions
2019
The X – Part II, WHITECONCEPTS Gallery, Berlin/DE
Meeting Point, Toolbox-Finish German Art Space, Berlin/DE
2017
Kolonie Wedding | Berlin Contemporary Art in Finland, HYVINKÄÄ ART MUSEUM, Hyvinkää/FI
Narcissus, GRADSKA GALERIJA FONTICUS, Groznjan/RS
BEHOLD THE MAN, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg/DE
2016
Things to come, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig/DE
Embodiments, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
Menagerie ñ Animals in the Artzoo, Gallery Toolbox, Berlin/DE
2015
Me Naiset, Gallery Toolbox, Berlin/DE
2014
The inner wealth, Conference of the Visionaries, Berlin/DE
Revolution, Galerie Nord/KV Tiergarten, Berlin/DE
mon amie, vkunst, Gallery Greulich, Frankfurt/DE
2013
La Grande Migration, Millenaris Park, Budapest/HU
Der Blick zur¸ck nach vorn ñ 10 JAHRE ABTART, Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart/DE
On Dinh Dong, District, Berlin/DE
SaarART, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis/DE
2012
Fragmente, Muncipal Gallery, Mannheim/DE
Ortstermin, Reformationskirche, Berlin/DE
KuBa, Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhof e.V., Saarbr¸cken/DE
The universe is built on a plan, SAVVY Contemporary in cooperation with WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
Loopingstar, Video Art Festival in the public realm, Saarbruecken, Forbach/DE
2011
Projection numÈrique n∞2, une proposition des artistes video de Stèphane Pichard, Cinéma Accattone, Paris/F
Preview Aftershow, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
PREVIEW BERLIN, with WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
The End of the Dream, MicaMoca & WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
w u r m l o c h, Gallery Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/DE
private views – public images (HerzogenArt), KING KONG Contemporary Art Project, Mannheim/DE
2010
OPEN ACADEMY, Hanoi, Hue, Saigon/VR
2009
Space Matrix, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
Inselglueck, Gallery Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/DE
minimalism, Gallery Vanessa Quang, Paris/F
2008
Selbstausloeser, berg19 gallery, Berlin/DE
artmix III, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxemburg/LU
between fact and fiction, MediaArt from Berlin, Gallery of the Arts, Berlin/DE
re-construction of time, Gallery artMbassy, Berlin/DE
2007
Berlin-Roma, Preview Berlin, Gallery artMbassy, Berlin/DE
artmix III, Kulturbahnhof, Saarbruecken/DE
Inselglueck, Gallery Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/DE
2006
Magma, Goldrausch, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin/DE
Preview Berlin, with Goldrausch, Berlin/DE
Offices, Gallery Nord-Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/DE
Lametta, Projektraum 218, Berlin/DE
Quatre chants pour frachir le seuil, Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art, Aachen/DE
2005
site specific, Liget Gallery, Budapest/HU
Einstein on the Beach, Parochialchurch, Berlin/DE
2004
Gallery Zagreusprojekt, art forum, Berlin/DE
Ich du er sie es, Gallery Nord-Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/DE
Koerperbilder-Projektionen, Shedhalle Zentrum f¸r Kunst, Tuebingen/DE
POLISHED, Parochialchurch, Berlin/DE
2003
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Gallery Immanence, Paris/F
Berlin, Podewil, Berlin/DE
Der Ring der Nibelungen by R.Wagner, listening installation, staatsbankberlin/DE
2002
A-topia, Goethe Institute, Athens/GR
Koerperutopien, Volksbuehne, Berlin/DE
Internationaler Kunstpreis, Kunstverein, Cologne-Huerth/DE
2001
body check, Gallery Riemann, Euroszene Leipzig/DE
MaschinenTheater/figurative-kinetic art since Tinguely, Muncipal Museum, Heilbronn/DE
Muncipal Museum, Magdeburg/DE
Einstein on the beach, opera installation, staatsbankberlin/DE
2000
haute definition, Gallery Nathalie Pariente, Paris/F
ici on peut toucher, Gallery TnB FRAC, Rennes/F
nous nous sommes tant aimÈs, Palais des Expositions, Paris/F
1999
review, Heart Gallery, Mannheim/DE
keep your standart, Gallery Artis/ Maurer, Darmstadt/DE
Stipendiaten der Kunststiftung, Baden-Wuerttemberg/DE
Kunstverein Heilbronn, Villa Merkel Gallery, Esslingen/DE
Heimat, Kunstverein Eislingen/DE
1998
On Being an Angel, Sophiensaele, Berlin/DE
Theatre Pumpenhaus, Muenster/DE
Theatre SzkËne, Budapest/HU
Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim/DE
1997
Deutsche Nacht-Russische Nacht, Kunsthalle Mannheim/DE
Traverse, Mannheimer Kunstverein/DE
Jeune Peinture, Paris/F
1996
Skulptur Sued-West, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe/DE
Europ¥ Art, Genf/BE
Stelle Cadenti, Rassegna dí Arte Contemporanea, Bassano/IT
1995
Nayttelytila, Gallery Vapauden Aukio, Helsinki/FIN
p-Eins, p-Zwei, p-Drei, Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin/DE
International Performance Festival, Konstanz/DE
Theater im Pumpenhaus, Muenster/DE
le Palais (ensb-a), Paris/F
