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Isa Melsheimer Biography
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1968 |
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Born in Neuss (Germany)
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1989 |
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Received university-entrance diploma
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1991 - 1997 |
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Studies at HdK Berlin with Georg Baselitz
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1999 |
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Scholarship Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems
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2001 |
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Scholarship Schloß Plüschow, Mecklenburg
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2002 |
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Scholarship Stiftung Kulturfonds, Berlin
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2002 |
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Glenfiddich Prize for Advancing Young Artists
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2005 |
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Artist in Residence Program, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
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2005 |
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Artist in Residence Program, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Italia
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2005 |
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Awarded a scholarship from the Senate’s Administration for Science, Research and Culture, Berlin, Germany
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2007 |
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Artist in Residence Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
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2008 |
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Foreign exchange scholarship from the Senate of Berlin for Istanbul
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2008 |
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Art prize of the city of Nordhorn
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011 - 2012
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Mondes Inventés, mondes habités, Mudam Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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2010
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Mittelland, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
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2010
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Carré d'Art Musée d'art contemporain in Nîmes, France
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2009
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Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2009
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La Pintura y sus Alrededores, Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
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2008
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Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany (cat.) (solo)
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2008
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Fremdenzimmer, Stiftung Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany (cat.) (solo)
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2008
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Madonna und wir, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
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2008
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On Produceability, Alti Aylik, Istanbul, Turkey, Lizabeth Oliveria L.A., Los Angeles, USA
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2007
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Palisadenparenchym, Gallery Danese, New York, USA
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2007
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bookish relations, Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Berlin, Germany
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2007
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Jardins d'amis, Immanence, Paris
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2007
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The Thread, Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia (cat.)
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2007
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M for M, Time Festival, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent (cat.)
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2007
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Inky Toy Afinitas, Cerealart, Project Room, Philadelphia
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2007
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Einstellungen, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck
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2007
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Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung, Europäische Triennale für kleinformatige Skulptur, Murska Sobota, Slovenia (cat.)
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2007
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Hyperboloïde, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris (solo)
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2007
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Tiefes Rauschen, Guestroom Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich (solo)
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2007
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Mönchehaus-Museum, Goslar (solo)
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2006
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Gegestände, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
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2006
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Concrete, Sausage and other Team Ghosts, after the butcher - showroom for contemporary fine arts, Berlin
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2006
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Das Queens Hotel heißt jetzt Best Western, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin (solo)
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2006
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Asterism / Artists living in Berlin, Museo Tamayo arte contemporáneo, Mexico City (cat.)
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2006
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Wuchern, Art Statement, Art 37 Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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2006
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Projectrooms, Arco Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2006
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Dépendance, Brussels (solo)
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2005
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36 x 27 x 10, White Cube Berlin in the Palast der Republik, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Geliehene Landschaften, Projektraum der Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris (solo)
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2005
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The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas (solo)
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2005
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Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2005
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Drift, Aktuelle Positionen der Zeichnung, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (cat.)
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2005
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Modellräume, Bühnen, Spielfelder, Versuchsanordnungen, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany (cat.)
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2005
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Kritische Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (cat.)
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2004
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The built, the unbuilt, and the unbuildable, Overgaden Institut for Samtidskunst, Kopenhagen / Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2004
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Corridors, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands (solo)
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2004
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Un-built cities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Small talk – Performative Installation #2, Lily van der Stokker, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin (solo)
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2003
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Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg (solo)
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2003
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Future7, Berlin (solo)
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2002
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Come-In, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V., Stuttgart, Germany
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2002
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Galerie Thomas Rehbein, Cologne (with Michael Dreher) (solo)
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2002
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Projektraum Rosenthaler 11, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2002
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dreiineins, essor gallery project space, London, UK
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2002
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WeltModel, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden
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2001
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Kunstraum München, Munich (solo)
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2001
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New Heimat, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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2001
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Patterns of life, Schloß Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany
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2000
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Behausung, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1999
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Station, Der Kunstraum im Mousonturm, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (with Sandra Rauch) (solo)
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1999
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Rosa für Jungs hellblau für Mädchen, NGBK, Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
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1999
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Arbeitsproben, Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
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1999
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Visitez ma tente, Bahnhof Westend, Berlin, Germany
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1997
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Focus, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (with Karl-Heinz Schwind) (solo)
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1997
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c/o HdL, Haus des Lehrers, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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| Literature |
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2009
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Catalogue, text by Roland Nachtigäller, interview between Isa Melsheimer and Katrin Wittneven, 32 pages, 30 b/w and colored illustrations, stapled, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, 2009
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2008
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Isa Melsheimer Fremdenzimmer, catalogue, text by Klaus Gallwitz, Jutta Mattern, Marcel Raabe and Pelin Tan, biography and list of publications, 56 pages, 16 colored illustrations, Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf, ed. Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, 2008
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2007
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Isa Melsheimer, catalogue, text by Bettina Ruhrberg, 62 pages, 41 color illustrations, softbound, ed. Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar 2007
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2005
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Isa Melsheimer, catalogue, text by Stefan Ripplinger, biography and list of publications, 124 pages, ca. 80 colored illustrations, clothbound, Wiens Verlag, Berlin 2005; Special edition of 22/III, signed and numbered, in a hand made fabric slipcase
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2002
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Gouachen, 64 pages, 28 color illustrations, bound, Wiens Verlag, Berlin 2002
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1999
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Isa Melsheimer, catalogue, 16 pages, 24 color illustrations, stitched, Bad Ems 1999
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