Justine Otto
Justine Otto | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | State Academy of Fine Arts |
| Known for | painting |
Justine Otto (born 1974) is a German painter.
Life
[edit]Otto was born in Poland. In 1983, she moved to Germany. Between 1997 and 2000, she worked as a stage designer at the Municipal Theatre Frankfurt. In 1996, she studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main, and was a master student in professional free painting, where she studied with Peter Angermann and Michael Krebber. In 2003, she graduated.[1] Otto lives in Hamburg and Frankfurt.
Works
[edit]The central theme of her work are adolescent people and their feelings. Otto leaves its protagonists, mostly young girls, make puzzling actions. Otto takes a neutral observer position and confronts the viewer with the process of growing up. By soft merging into one another light and shadow zones interrupted by harsh color accents, it produces a strong vitality. This creates body landscapes that their characters a strong authenticity.[2]
Awards
[edit]- 2005: Volker-Hinniger Prize[3]
- 2005: nominated for the Ernst Schering Foundation Art of the Ernst Schering Foundation[4]
- 2011: Winner of the Art Prize of the Lüneburg Regional Association[5]
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1997: portico, Frankfurt
- 2001: Darmstadt Secession at the Mathildenhöhe / Darmstadt
- 2002: Exhibition Hall, Frankfurt am Main
- 2003: Städel, Frankfurt am Main
- 2006: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
- 2007: Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
- 2009: Collection Rusche, Schloss Corvey
- 2009: Collection Rusche, Museum Abbey Liesborn
- 2010: Bomann Museum
- 2011: Kunsthalle Darmstadt
- 2011: Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle / Saale
- 2011: Museum Schloss Gifhorn
- 2012: Jesuit Church Art Gallery, Aschaffenburg
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.lueneburgischer-landschaftsverband.de/fileadmin/download/Kunstpreis_2011/Vita_JustineOtto.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Justine Otto". Galerie von Stechow. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Volker-Hinniger-Preis". Kultur Atlas (in German). Archived from the original on 26 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Justine Otto - Sponsorship Award 2005 nominated". Schering Stiftung (in German). Archived from the original on 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Kunstpreis 2016/7". Lüneburgischen Landschaftsverband (in German). June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
