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Sibylle Peretti Biography
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1964 |
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Born in in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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1984 - 1987 |
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Training as a Glass Designer, State School for Glassmaking, Zwiesel, Germany
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1987 - 1993 |
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Studies under Prof. Karl Marx and Prof. Renate Lewandowski, Academy for Fine Arts, Cologne, Germany
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1993 |
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MFA in Sculpture and Painting, Academy for Art and Design, Cologne, Germany
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In my work I explore the lack of harmony between human beings and nature and our inability to become one with the natural world. My sculptures and paintings exemplify the tension between beauty and disease, intimacy and distance, innocence and knowledge.
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Since 5 years I work on THE SILENT CHILDREN SERIES, where I take children images out of medical books, remove them from time history and any social environment to place them in a diaphanous, dreamy world to let them play in mysterious dramas.
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The children I express are healed through an intimate and mystical connection to nature.
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My wish is to create pieces that are sensitive, magic and touching, forcing us to ask questions of our identity and the way in which we experience ourselves in the world.
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For some time I am fascinated by several cases of Feral Children who grew up only with the companionship of animals or as confined children who lived with no or little contact to other human beings, or social civilization.
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They keep our fascination because they function as a transmitter between the human and the natural world. They are full of wonder, mystery, sensibility for senses we already lost and may hold answers how we see ourselves and our boundary to nature.
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Lives and works in New Orleans, LA, USA and Cologne, Germany.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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“Mobile Memorabilia Museum”, Club S&S Installation during Prospect 1, New Orleans, LA, USA
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2009
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“The Unusual Kind”, Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, LA USA (SOLO)
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2008
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“Silent Springs”, Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA (SOLO)
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2008
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“Spielplatz”, Sibylle Peretti, Stephen Day, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA
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2008
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“Human Nature – Social Construct”, Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, LA, USA
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2007 - 2008
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“Und Immer Sehnt Sich Fort Das Herz”, Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich
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2007
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“How to Survive in the Woods”, Shaw Center for Arts, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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2006
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“New Work”, D & A Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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2006
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“New Work”, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA, USA
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2006
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“Coburger Glaspreis”, Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany
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2006
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“XX”, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Danmark
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2005
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“Hybrid”, Palma Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
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2005
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“New Work”, Museum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Germany
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2005
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“Lucy’s Room to Breathe”, DU-AG, Munich, Germany
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2005
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“Silent Children”, Galerie B, Sinzheim, Germany (SOLO)
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2004
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“First Lessons in Beekeeping”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA (SOLO)
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2004
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“Glass in the Bigger Picture”, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
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2004
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“Vitreous Matters”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
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2003
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“Through the Looking Glass”, Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA, USA
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2003
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“Corporal Identity”, MAK Frankfurt, Germany / Museum for Art and Design, New York, NY, USA
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2003
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“Muelheimer Kuenstler”, Museum Alte Post, Muelheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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2002
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“1822”, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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2002
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“History of Desire”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
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2002
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“Scmerzschatten”, Kulturbunker Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
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2001
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“Silent Children”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA (SOLO)
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2000
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8. Triennale fuer Form und Inhalte, MAK Frankfurt, Germany, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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1999
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“Hairsute”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA (SOLO)
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1998
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“Zirkus”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
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1997
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“Kompanions”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA (SOLO)
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1996
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“Y Mythos”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
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1995
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“Fairy Tales”, Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
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1995
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“Arbeiten Auf Papier”, BBK, Cologne, Germany (SOLO)
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1994
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“Die Begehbarkeit des Unvermeidlichen, Kunsthaus Ostbayern, Viechtach, Germany
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