Christiane Erdmann
WORKS // INFO // BIOGRAPHY // EXHIBITIONS // COLLECTIONS
WORKS
Christiane Erdmann | Waschbär | 2012 | Holz | 135 x 30 x 30 cm
Christiane Erdmann | Elch | 2012 | Holz geölt | 304,8 x 101,6 x 101,6 cm
Christiane Erdmann | Trampeltier | 2012 | Holz geölt | 120 x 40 x 40 cm
Christiane Erdmann | Eule #1010 | 2012/20 | Holz, farbig gefasst | 135 cm
Christiane Erdmann | Eule #1008 | 2012/20 | Holz, farbig gefasst | 122,5 cm
ARTIST
Christiane Erdmann
Christiane Erdmann, born in Bonn in 1950, grew up in Istanbul and Berlin. She learned ceramics and sculpture at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden. For three years she lived and worked in Rome, where she focused on photography and ceramics. Back in Wiesbaden, she worked as a stage designer for the Mannheim National Theater, the Wiesbaden State Theater and the Wiesbaden Court Theater in Paris.
In a studio of the artists’ association Walkmühle in Wiesbaden, which she co-initiated, Christiane Erdmann’s sculptures are created, which the artist works out of large blocks of wood. In elaborate work steps, filigree and at the same time dynamic figures are peeled out of solid trunks of various woods.
Especially the diverse animal world offers the artist the subjects for her works, which appear with her partly individually or but in whole packs. In addition, the female figure can be found again and again as a motif in her work. However, it is never the anatomically ideal body that the artist is interested in. Rather, she individualizes a type of woman who cannot be categorized, who shows weaknesses, but at the same time appears self-confident and strong.
In her latest works, she devotes herself not only to fauna but also to various scenic representations, most of which are defined by a female figure as the protagonist. As with her animal sculptures, it is moments of movement that are captured. Entirely in keeping with the natural material of wood, the qualities of movement and rigidity correspond and equally compete in her sculptures.
Christiane Erdmann’s works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and are represented in many public and private collections. Together with the artist Trash/Treasure, Christiane Erdmann was a prize winner of the 2009 Sculpture Park in Mörfelden-Walldorf.
BIOGRAPHY
1950
Born in Bonn.
1951 – 59
Childhood in Istanbul
1959
Move to Berlin
1969 – 77
Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden, study of ceramics, sculpture and photography Fachhochschule Wiesbaden. Diploma in design
1977 – 80
Worked at the Hessian State Theater, Wiesbaden
1980 – 83
Relocation to Rome. Work focus on ceramic sculpture and photography/film
1983 – 90
Own stage design and assistant stage design (Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Pariser Hoftheater Wiesbaden)
1983 – 92
Focus on photography
1991 – 93
Main focus on metal sculpture since 1994 Main focus on wood sculpture
1994 – 03
Studio scholarship at the Kunsthaus Wiesbaden
2005
Founding member of the “Künstlerverein Walkmühle”, Wiesbaden
2009
Lectureship at the academy of fine arts, the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020s
Betörend, GALERIE RUPRECHT CONTEMPORARY, Wiesbaden
25. Skulpturenpark, Mörfelden-Walldorf
2010s
2016
“Holzskkulpturen” together with Wulf Winckelmann (painting), Salon Clemensstrasse 9, Munich
“Holzskulpturen” together with Wulf Winckelmann (painting), Gallery Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg, Germany
Exhibition together with Andrea Damp, Gallery Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2015
Art in Licher barns, ARTHERB by Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar
Wulf Winckelmann & Christiane Erdmann, Schaalsee Gallery, Dargow
2014
Interim report “Holzwerke aus zwei Jahrzehnten”, Galerie Kerstner, Kronberg i. Ts.
Gallery Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main
Gallery Hovestadt, Nottuln/Münster
Gallery Cerny + Partner, Wiesbaden
2013
Woodworks, Museum Schloss Wehen, Taunusstein/Wehen
Takt der Stille, Barbara von Stechow Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
Gallery Kerstner, Kronberg i. Ts.
Gallery Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg
2012
The Touch Of Nature, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Near and far, Gallery Cerny + Partner, Wiesbaden, Germany
People, Animals, Wide Worlds, Gallery Michael Schmalfuß, Berlin
2011
Salon Clemensstrasse 9, Munich
“KulTournacht 2011”, City Hall Heiligenhafen, Heiligenhafen
2010
Laureates of the Sculpture Park 2009, Municipal Gallery, Mörfelden-Walldorf
Galleria Le5venice, Venice, Italy
Art Karlsruhe, Barbara von Stechow Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Football artists, Eintracht Frankfurt Museum, Frankfurt am Main
2000s
2009
Neue Arbeiten, UBS Bank, Wiesbaden
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Eurohypobank, Eschborn
3x klingeln, Mainz
Skulpturen im Park, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Preisträger
2008
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main
2007
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt am Main
Global Art Source, Zürich, Schweiz
2006
DKD – Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Wiesbaden
Galerie Lindern, Lindern
Galerie CP, Wiesbaden
2005
Galerie Needien, Neede, Holland
Regionalgalerie Südhessen, Darmstadt
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China (Katalog)
2004
Gallery Holly Snapp, Venedig, Italien
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt am Main
2003
Galerie Leonardis, Oberursel
Global Art Source, Zürich, Schweiz
2002
Airportclub, Frankfurt am Main
Werkstatt im Exil, Basel, Schweiz (Projekt)
2001
Museum Schloss Wehen, Taunusstein
Aventis/Internistenkongress, Rhein-Main-Halle, Wiesbaden
Galerie Leonardis, Oberursel
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt am Main
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt
2000
Galerie Artlantis, Bad Homburg
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt am Main
Rhein-Main-Halle, Wiesbaden (Katalog)
1990s
1999
Taunusfilm, Wiesbaden
1998
DKD – Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Wiesbaden (Katalog)
1996
Nassauische Sparkasse, Wiesbaden
1995
Galerie der Gegenwart, Wiesbaden
1994
Historisches Rathaus, Maintal/Frankfurt
Produzentengalerie, Wiesbaden (Katalog)
1992
Galerie Büchergilde Gutenberg, Wiesbaden
1980s
1982
Villa Morasco, Rom, Italien
Gallery ON, Rom, Italien
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Die Walkmühle Wiesbaden – Von der Industriebrache zum Kulturort, Künstlerverein Walkmühle e.V., Wiesbaden
2017
„STILLEBEN. ABSTRAKTE FARBARBEITEN“, Galerie Kerstner, Kronberg i. Ts.
„KOSTBAR“, Galerie Cerny + Patner, Wiesbaden
Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg
2015
„Accrocharge“, Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Berlin, mit Elvira Bach, Oliver Czarnetta, Anke Eilergerhard, Liu Guangyun, Bim Koehler, Hans Scheib, Willi Sieber
„ART MEETS INTERIOR #1“, Galerie Kerstner, Kronberg i. Ts.
„Summertime“, Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg
„20 JAHRE MUSEUM IM WEHENER SCHLOSS 20 JAHRE KUNST IM SCHLOSS 20 POSITIONEN“, Taunusstein /Wehen
Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Berlin
„Galerie CERNY + PARTNER zu Gast im Weingut Baron zu Knyphausen“, Galerie Cerny + Partner, Eltville am Rhein
„Art Madrid´15 Cibeles“, Galerie Michael Schmalfuß, Art Madrid´15 Cibeles
2014
Galerie Michael Schmalfuß, Marburg , mit Elvira Bach, Oliver Czarnetta, Thomas Jessen, Peter Simon Mühlhäußer, Hans Scheib, Robert Weber
2013
RÜCKBLICK 2013, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main
Mutterbilder, Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg
2012
„Schwarz-Weiß“, Galerie Cerny + Partner, Wiesbaden
2011
Rückblick 2011, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main
New Talents, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main
UBS Bank, Wiesbaden
2010
Incontro, Galerie CP, Wiesbaden
Skulptur plus, Galerie Jutta Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf
Sommernachtstraum, Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg
2009
LandschaftSkulptur, Galerie CP, Wiesbaden
summertime, Galerie Michael W. Schmalfuß, Marburg
2008
The Beach, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main
2007
Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden
2005
Haus der Kunst, Große Kunstausstellung, III. Dimension, München
Nord Art 2005, Büdelsdorf
2003
Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt
Museum Schloss Wehen, Taunusstein
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt am Main
1999
Backyardgallery, Wiesbaden
1995
Kunsthaus, Wiesbaden
1994
Kunst im Weinberg, Kulturamt, Wiesbaden
1993
Kunsthaus, Wiesbaden
FAIRS since 2002
Art Chicago, USA
Art-Fair Köln, Germany
Art Karlsruhe, Gemany
Art Madrid-Cibeles, Spain
Contemporary Artfair, Palmbeach USA
Fine Art Cologne, Germany
Nord-Art, Hamburg, Germany
Zürich Artfair, Zürich, Switzerland
COLLECTIONS
Artothek, Wiesbaden
Bank Sarasin, Hong Kong, China
DKD – Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Wiesbaden
Credit Suisse, Hong Kong, China
Hang Lung Real Estate Agency, Hong Kong, China
Heraeus Holding, Hanau
Horizon Suite Hotel, Hong Kong, China
Morgan Stanley, Frankfurt am Main
Bank Paribas, Hong Kong, China
Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd., Hong Kong, China
Sheraton Hotel, Hong Kong, China
Tschira Stiftung, Stuttgart
UBS Art Foundation, Zürich, Schweiz
Union Square, The Harbour Side, Hong Kong, China
Westdeutsche Immobilienbank, Deutschland