Magic is part of my life and my work. It's about the infinite space of image. Some official stations of my artist journey
Artist
Author
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selected key processes
| 2020 | First poems. First mise-en scène photography |
| 2018 | First mircrostories. First sculpture- and object concepts |
| 2017 | Cosmic course change. New direction in my soul journey |
| First digital drawings and digital photo drawings | |
| 2016 | Publication of the essay A VIEW OF THE SELF: WINDOWS AND PICTORIAL SPACE. A DISCOVERY IN PABLO PICASSO’S EARLY WORK in the exhibition catalague of the exhibition PICASSO. WINDOW TO THE WORLD, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-7774-2484-2 |
| 2015 | Symposium Lecture A VIEW OF THE SELF: WINDOWS AND PICTORIAL SPACE. A DISCOVERY IN PABLO PICASSO'S EARLY WORK, Symposium "Picasso. Window to the World", Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg |
| 2014 | Symposium Lecture THE ARTIST ESTHER HORN ABOUT HER VIEW OF PICASSO'S EARLY WORK, ACC gallery + Bauhaus university, Weimar, Germany |
| 2011/12/13 | Art historical discovery in the early work of Pablo Picasso. Writing the essayistic treatise A VIEW OF THE SELF: WINDOWS AND PICTORIAL SPACE. A DISCOVERY IN PABLO PICASSO’S EARLY WORK. The text initiates the exhibition PICASSO. WINDOW TO THE WORLD. Symposium lecture as part of the exhibition. Publication of the treatise in the exhibition catalog, Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, 2016 |
| 2010 | Residency Stay, Lost Gen Space / Goethe Institut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2008 | Presentation of montanaberlin at ART SWAP EUROPE, Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
| 2006 | Co-Foundation (together with Christian Heilig) and Co-Curation of the Off Space and Art Project montanaberlin, Brunnenstraße, Berlin |
| 2003/05 | Lecturer for painting, Academy of Fine Art Münster |
| 1992 | M.A. |
| 1986 | Academy of Fine art Münster |
| 1984 | University of Münster / Studies in philosopy / German language and literature |
public communication: STATIONS OF THE JOURNEY__grants | fundings/awards
| 2020/21 | ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY Lichtenberg Studios Berlin |
| 2011 | Sponsorship / Federal State Government Berlin for the Exhibition Project 'B/W_Borderline', montanaberlin, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2010 | Grant of the Käthe-Dorsch- und Agnes-Straub-Foundation, Berlin |
| ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY, Lost Gen Space, Goethe Institut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| 2008 | Sponsorship / Federal State Government Berlin for the Exhibition Project 'Light Strike', montanaberlin, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2007 | Sponsorship / Federal State Government Berlin for the Gallery Project montanaberlin |
| 2002 | ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY & Project Grant Foundation 'Künstlerdorf Schöppingen', Germany |
| 1997 | ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY & Exhibition Project City de Monastir, Tunisia Funded by the City of Münster and UNESCO |
| 1996 | Studio Grant / City of Münster |
| 1994 | ARTIST IN RESIDENCY STAY / Federal State NRW, 'Cité Internationales des Arts', Paris |
adventure of transformation: solo (selected)
| 2014 | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU DON'T - A Journey, Würzburg Art Society, Germany |
| Let's Call It Nature, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany | |
| 2010 | SPLENDID ISOLATION, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany |
| 2009 | Mean Shadow Of A God, (with Christian Heilig), DAC [de Simoni arte contemporanea] Gallery, Genoa, Italy |
| 2008 | INCIDENT AT A CORNER, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany |
| The Dark Way, spor klübü, Off Space, Berlin | |
| BLIND DATE, Margalef & Gipponi Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 2007 | Esther Horn. Painting, David Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany |
| 2006 | We, Two Dogs Slurping The Light Out Of the Puddles At A Deserted Gas Station. The Night With Feverish Yellow Towards The Highways And Qhe quickies, We Pee Them Blue, Ahlers gallery, Göttingen, Germany 1) |
| In The Still Of The Night, Neukölln Art Society, Berlin, Germany | |
| Light Rider, montanaberlin, Off Space, Berlin | |
| 2005 | Inbetween.World, Kunsthaus Gallery, Erfurt, Germany |
| 2004 | Esther Horn. Paradise, ArtForum Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca |
| 2003 | Esther Horn. Painting, Unna Art Society , Germany |
| 1) Exhibition title after a poem by Andrea Heuser, Munich | |
adventure of transformation: in group (selected)
| 2023 | ZERO TOLERANCE, one night group show, Spor Klübü, Berlin |
| MONDAY ART SALON, chapter 50: “every image is a projection”, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin | |
| 2023 | THE UNICUM IN THE AGE OF TECHNICAL REPRODUCIBILITY, part 2_The unicum as a book, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin |
| 2022 | *Kabinett solo* in an exhibition with Juha Sääski, Kenneth Pils, Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa, TOOLBOX Gallery, Berlin |
| 2021 | Pink Panic, Neukölln Art Society, Berlin |
| 2020 | #roomwithaview, Lespai_cm, Barcelona |
| #roomwithaview, design without borders, Kiscell museum, Budapest | |
| 2018 | 100, Axel Obiger gallery, Berlin |
| 2017 | HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA, OFFLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING, NYC |
| 2016 | HOW TO FIND TRUE LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN THE PRESENT DAY, curated by Sebastian Nebe, co-curated by Esther Horn, Bikini Berlin House, Berlin |
| CROSSWORDS 3, Lage Egal projectgallery //Jordan/Seydoux gallery, Berlin | |
| "Ecstasy", Ahlers gallery, Göttingen | |
| 2015 | THE LICHTENBEG STANDARD A4 landscape, Zwitschermaschine, Berlin |
| 2014 | 23 by 23, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen Germany |
| Satellite #4 PORTRAIT DRAWING IN SERIES, Axel Obiger Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| Fake Rabbit. Dedicated to the 543. anniversary of Dürer, for example, Münsterland Gallery, Emsdetten, Germany (C) | |
| 2013 | FAR AFIELD AND DEEP INSIDE Imagery of the night, Municipal Gallery, Fürth, Germany |
| TWILIGHT ZONE - RETURN OF THE SHADOWS, montanaberlin @ Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany | |
| Rendezvous Des Amis, montanaberlin dates in a hotel / one night show /, Hotel Kaiserhof, Münster, Germany | |
| Subversion & Abyss, Bewegung Nurr, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2012 | lineaRES, Symposium | Drawing, Manor Heinersdorf, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany |
| THE END screening/Finissage of the exhibition „Matthias Beckmann – The Visitor. Invitee: Hans Pfrommer“, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany | |
| 2011 | Rendezvous Des Amis, montanaberlin dates in a hotel / one night show /, art'otel, Berlin, Germany |
| B/W_Borderline, montanaberlin @ Espoonsilta Gallery / Temporary Off Space PERTIK, Tapiola/Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2010 | Kuala Lumpur Dreaming, Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2009 | Llight Strike, montanaberlin @ Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden |
| To Remember Or What We Call History, The Collection of the WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 2008 | Adversial Absorption of BP, (invited by Ruppe Kosellek), F.I.T., Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Mindscape, montanaberlin@ARTRMX COLOGNE Vol. 01 “Where Is My Mind?”; Cologne, Germany (C) |
| 2006 | Model And Reality: Stop Making Sense, montanaberlin, Berlin, Germany |
| Model And Reality: The Adamant Accuracy Of The Coincidence, montanaberlin, Berlin, Germany | |
| One, Two, Three, Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, Germany | |
| Deeply Superficial, montanaberlin, Berlin, Germany | |
| Drawing Depicted, Kunstverein Ingan, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2005 | Space Flight 3, Faust Art Center, Hannover, Germany |
| Paradise Wanted ?, Con-Sum, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 2004 | Painting 04, Contemporary Positions in painting, Art Center Recklinghausen, , Germany(C) |
| Class!, WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany(C) | |
| 2002 | Hörster Fensterschau, Ü Gallery, Münster, Germany |
| Landscape, Schlieper Gallery, Hagen, Germany | |
| 2001 | From Fritz Winter to Martin Kippenberger. The collection of the Westfalian Assurances, Museum of Münster, Germany (C) |
| Art Award 2000, Savings Bank, Magdeburg, Germany | |
| Drawing Space, Artists in Residence Center, Dortmund, Germany | |
| Image Area, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria (C) | |
| A Gift for Münster, MunicipaI Gallery, Münster, Germany (C) | |
| 1998 | The Schilden-Project, Hengelo NL / Glanerbrug, (C) |
| 1996 | In Transit, Art Center Lotharingerstraße, Munich, Germany (C) |
| 1996 | Spectacle '94, Museum of Dortmund, Germany |
| 1993 | Colour and..., Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach, Germany (C) |