Zuzanna Skiba

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Zuzanna Zita Skiba
Zuzanna Skiba im Atelier (2021), fotografiert von Maria Schoening.jpg
Zuzanna Skiba in her studio (2021), portrayed by Maria Schöning
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Koszalin, Poland
Websitewww.zuzannaskiba.com

Zuzanna Zita Skiba (born 1968 in Koszalin, Poland) is a German artist. Her artistic media are primarily drawing and painting, but also photography, performance and video. She developed her own exhibition series as a curator under the theme Das verorte Verlangen_Kunst & Kartographie, as well as Hidden & Bad, Collier, tasty painting and Salon Philadelphia. Skiba is a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen Berlin and the Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen. She lives and works in Berlin.

Life[]

Zuzanna Skiba was born in Koszalin in Poland in 1968 as the daughter of German Ukrainians. The family moved to Germany in 1977 and settled in Bielefeld.

In 1988 Zuzanna Skiba completed her training as a cartographer in the map department of the City of Bielefeld and at City Hall and State Survey for Aerial Photography in Bad Godesberg. The focus of her training was topographic and thematic cartography, as well as terrain cartography and hachure. There she met her mentor, the painter and cartographer Werner Drimecker (1928 - 2011). From 1990 to 1995 Zuzanna Skiba studied painting under Inge Dörries-Höher and free drawing under Karl-Heinz Meyer at the FH Design in Bielefeld. She received her diploma in painting from Inge Höher on the subject of colour flow as irritation, the abandoned perspective (Farbfluß als Irritation, die aufgegebene Perspektive). She then did post-graduate studies on painting at the Academie Minerva in Groningen (Netherlands) under Johan van Oord and Jaap Berghuis. 1997-1998 she was a guest student at the Berlin University of the Arts on philosophy under Robert Kudelka on Kant's Critique of Judgement, as well as a postgraduate student in on Art in Context (Kunst im Kontext) from 2013 to 2014.[1]

Work[]

In her artistic work Zuzanna Skiba deals with the theme of magnetic fields, which she visualises as subjective cartography in her paintings and drawings. Terrain hachure, a cartographic drawing key, is her central means of representation. In cartography, hachure is used to depict the topographical nature of a landscape. Short lines are placed next to each other, following alternating directions and with variable density and length, in order to visualise landscape elevations in the two-dimensional top view of a map.

Zuzanna Skiba conceptually transfers the terrain hachure to natural and emotional energies, which appear on canvas or paper in amorphous, seemingly flowing and formations. The dotted structures seem to obtain their shape through magnetic influence and to change fluidly.[2] The origin of these magnetic fields are inner "landscapes" that are brought into the picture. Thus, the artistic process is a mental cartography that, in a state of continuous change, on the one hand feeds subjectively from the artist's memories and experiences, but on the other hand also refers to external contexts.[3]

Work cycles[]

Drawn[]

Zuzanna Skiba's concept is particularly clear in the work cycle Drawn.[4] In case of the pencil drawing, she works exclusively with the cartographic hachure of the terrain. Immersed in the process of her work, she places hachure line upon hachure line and creates a whole piece by piece without the lines touching. Through the flowing mobility of the surfaces, the magnetic fields develop a three-dimensional physicality that expands spatially into the depth of the picture. Skiba speaks here of painterly drawing.

Drawn on Painting[]

In the work cycle Drawn on Painting,[5] Zuzanna Skiba places hachure with a light oil pencil on dark planes painted with oil paint, thus making the drawing float above the painting like a detached plane. She detaches her landscapes, which are primarily two-dimensional from above, and adds additional perspectives: from above, from below and from the middle. The result are multi-layered - both on canvas and thematically - views that depict the full spectrum of cartography.

Embedded[]

In the work cycle Embedded[6] Zuzanna Skiba paints over drawings of magnetic fields with semi-transparent layers of paint. The results are organic forms in red, grey and brown hues, which embed the existing, hatched magnetic fields within themselves. Due to the multi-layered, glazing application of paint in gouache, acrylic varnish and originally also in food colour, these forms develop their dimensions.

Painted[]

Zuzanna Skiba's work cycle Painted[7] is the implementation of her pictorial concept using a purely painterly technique. Primarily executed in oil on canvas, sometimes supplemented by other materials such as tar or gold pigment, these works appear like aerial views of imaginary islands and volcanoes, abstracted as energy fields. The artist's painting technique, which has always been impasto, emphasises the organic character of her paintings.[8] The full crust of paint turns the pictures into landscapes themselves and refers back to the conceptual starting point of a cartographic art.

Exhibitions[]

Solo Exhibitions[]

  • Reversal of the visible, Gallery Jette Rudolph, Berlin, 1999
  • Painting & Drawing, Gallery Baal, Bielefeld, 2000
  • PURE, Galerie de Lavoisier, Berlin, 2001
  • from underneath_in the middle_from above, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, 2006
  • the wonderful blood, Galerie Weißer Elefant, Berlin, 2009
  • topos and humans, THE BIG DRAW, Galerie exhibeo, Berlin, 2012
  • magneticfields: mental_in flow, Galerie exhibeo, Berlin, 2012
  • magneticfields_painting with crust, Galerie exhibeo, Berlin, 2014
  • charged, Galerie Hartmann, Berlin, 2016
  • north cape and the drama of the landscape, Schillerpalace, Berlin, 2017
  • magneticfields and floating volcans, Mineralogical Collection of the Institute for Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, 2017
  • JE SUIS GUSTAVE, Galerie Hartmann, Berlin, 2018
  • The highest pleasure 1 _ painting with crust, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 2019
  • The highest pleasure 2 _ painting with crust, Gallery UTP, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, 2019

Group Exhibitions (Selection)[]

  • Bilder, Pulverturm Lemgo, 1995
  • Junge Kunst 1 - Stipendiaten stellen aus, Galerie Grabenheinrich, Gütersloh, 1995
  • Fragments Exchange, RHG Academy Minerva, Groningen, Niederlande, 1995
  • Das Lächeln des Prometheus, Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus, Herford, 1995
  • Stilleben, Galerie Lampingstraße, Bielefeld, 1996
  • Leerzeichen, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, 1997
  • 13. Nationale der Zeichnung, Galerie Oberländer Toskanische Säulenhalle, Augsburg, 1998
  • Offensichtlich - TeZuKa, Haus der Demokratie, Berlin, 1999
  • Zwischenraum, Fabrik Hoesch-Hallen, Attendorn, 2000
  • Kreis-Focusbilder, Schloß Freienfels, Museum Hollfeld, 2000
  • raumteilen: TeZuKa+16+1, Galerie brotundspiele, Berlin, 2000
  • EXIL, Galerie pussy galore, Berlin, 2001
  • ART AND SCIENCE, Global Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua-Universität|Tsinghua University, Peking China, 2001
  • art beyond limits II, Galerie pussy galore, Berlin, 2002
  • Stille – Stipendiaten stellen aus, Robert Koepke Haus, Schwalenberg, 2002
  • Was is(s)t ein Künstler?, portikussi, Offenbach, 2004
  • Eßzimmer, bki, Darmstadt, 2004
  • ausgezeichnet, Jubiläumsausstellung, KunstWerk e.V., Köln, 2005
  • 5 Positionen, Backfabrik, Berlin, 2005
  • Oder//Odra, 5.Deutsch-Polnisches Symosium, Tabakspeicher, Vierraden, 2006
  • der Blick – lautlose Sprache, Projektraum arttransponder, Berlin, 2006
  • verloren*gefunden, endmoräne e.V., Gutshaus Petersdorf, 2007
  • berlinerpool_artist, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 2008
  • biotop,tmp.deluxe, Berlin, 2008
  • Festival zur Wertschätzung von Kunst, tmp.deluxe, Berlin, 2008
  • down up, 18m Galerie für Zahlenwerte, Berlin, 2008
  • Gespräche unter den Linden, Galerie le Rayon Vert, Nantes, Frankreich, 2008
  • Anonyme Zeichner Nr 9, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, 2008
  • A book about death, the Emily Harvey Foundation gallery, 537 Broadway New York, USA, 2009
  • Das verortete Verlangen 1: Kunst & Kartographie, Projektraum arttransponder, Berlin, 2009
  • feedback 1989, Centre for Contemporary Art Lab im Hotel Dajti, Tirana, Albanien, 2009
  • Energische Vorhersagen, Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, 2010
  • Zeichnungen, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, 2011
  • Konstellationen, Kunstpreis Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, 2012
  • das verortete Verlangen 2: Kunst & Kartographie, Projektraum Alte Feuerwache, Berlin, 2012
  • Pokoj 5 polnische Künstlerinnen, Galerie Weißer Elefant, Berlin, 2013
  • pophits, ArtSpace RheinMain – Ölhalle, Offenbach, 2013
  • Lieber Künstler, zeichne mir!, Galerie Semjon Contemporary, Berlin, 2014
  • Das verortete Verlangen 3: Kunst & Kartographie, SCHAU FENSTER, Berlin, 2014
  • The Artist As Curator‘s Art vol. IV, SCHAU FENSTER, Berlin, 2014
  • Blinde Landschaften – Malerei, Pavillion Milchhof, Berlin, 2015
  • INSELSICHTUNG #2, piano alto & peninsula_lab, Berlin, 2016
  • ERSTE BOTSCHAFT_FROHE BOTSCHAFT, botschaft_UFERHALLEN, Berlin, 2016
  • Pophits covered Covers, Palais Breuner, Wien, 2016
  • Räume 1, Historische Victoria Räume, Berlin, 2016
  • JE SUIS GUSTAVE, station urbaner kulturen, Berlin, 2017
  • no limite / am Limit, Museu da UFPA, Belém, Brasilien, 2017
  • »Heimat?«, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, 2017
  • EKO MATERIA, National Museum Gdansk _contemporary art department: Schloßanlage Oliwa Danzig, Polen, 2017
  • objects in your eyes, charisschwarz, Berlin, 2017
  • Ecstasis Teresa, Alte Münze_Untergrund, Berlin, 2018
  • S/W, berlin weekly, Berlin, 2018
  • artistintheworld by André Smits, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, 2018
  • Der kartographische Blick, echolot.Linienscharen, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 2018
  • Pattern of invisible, Konstanty Szydlowski & Projetspace Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, 2018
  • seitenräume.linienscharen_Künstlerbuch als Unikat, Städtische Galerie, Ostfildern, 2019
  • tierisch_gut, Jubiläumsausstellung Kunstraum Rampe, Bielefeld, 2019
  • 25/25/25_Jubiläumsausstellung Rampe, Galerie van Laak-Bérenger, Bielefeld, 2019
  • Das grosse Schiff, VdBK1867, Torstrasse 111, Berlin, 2019
  • Crystals Plus, Polarraum, Hamburg, 2019
  • seiten/räume, Kunstbuch als Unikat_Linienscharen, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, 2019
  • SALON PHILADELPHIA, Gutshaus Philadelphia, Storkow, 2019
  • Flüchtige Entwürfe, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, 2019
  • CHIMERA, Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2019
  • interINTIMES_autoPORTRAIT, Galerie Lachenmann, Frankfurt am Main, 2019
  • seiten/räume, Kunstbuch als Unikat_Linienscharen, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 2019
  • BLASENFLIEGER _ Linienscharen, Städtische Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim Teck, 2019
  • fiftyfifty, The matter of duality, Paul Fleischmann Haus, Berlin, 2020
  • ... aus der Luft, Zuzanna Skiba & Werner Drimecker, Salongalerie Die Möwe, Berlin, 2020
  • 6 aus 60_schwarzweiss, VdBk1867, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum, Berlin, 2021

Collections[]

  • KPMG, Frankfurt am Main
  • Sammlung K, Wiesbaden
  • Watt Collection, New York
  • Sculpture Park, Tianjin/Peking, China
  • City of Berlin, Berliner Künstlerförderung
  • City of Leipzig
  • Treuhand, Frankfurt

Grants and Awards[]

  • 1995: First Erasmus-Grant at the RHG Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
  • 1997-2000: 1997-2000: Studiogrant, arthouse 23, Berlin-Kladow
  • 2000: Promotion of art, contract for work, City of Berlin
  • 2001: Tsinghua Academy of Art – National Museum of Modern Art, Beijing, China (Award)
  • 2002: Schwalenberg grant for painting, 6 months Artist in Residence, Institute for Regional Studies in Lippe, Lemgo
  • 2006: Artist in Residence, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Oder
  • 2007: lost*found, artist in Residence at endmoräne e.V., Gutshaus Petersdorf
  • 2008: artist’s award, Festival for the appreciation of art, tmp.deluxe, Berlin
  • 2011: Prize from the young academy of arts, Berlin (nomination)
  • 2012: Art Prize Tempelhof-Schöneberg | Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
  • 2016: Artist in residence, Fruholmen lonely island Residence, Norway
  • 2016: Käthe Dorsch & Agnes Straub Foundation, Berlin
  • 2013–2021: Studio at AR_29, Berlin senate administration and Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen Berlin

Puclications[]

  • Künstlerinnen und Künstler in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Kulturwerkes des Bundesverbandes Bildender Künstler, Westfalen Verlag, Bielefeld 1994, ISBN 978-3-88918-081-0
  • Das Lächeln des Prometheus, Mythenspiele, Katalog Gruppenausstellung, published by Daniel Pöppelmann. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 1995, ISBN 3-924639-49-3
  • Das verortete Verlangen: Kunst und Kartographie, 25. April bis 24. Mai 2008, Arttransponder e.V., published by Philipp Geist, Mensch-&-Buch-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86664-395-6
  • Abstraktion, Konkretion, Notation und Struktur, [Anlässlich der Ausstellung „Lieber Künstler Zeichne Mir!“ Part 1: „Abstraktion, Konkretion, Notation und Struktur.“ Semjon Contemporary, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst 1. 2. 2014 – 8. 3. 2014], Semjon Contemporary, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-045288-8
  • 39 Null_Macht & Ohnmacht, Magazin für Gesellschaft und Kultur, 2015, Tirol& Berlin, www.39null.com, ISSN 2282-4200
  • Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields, published by Zuzanna Skiba, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld / Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  • Eko Materia, Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku, Danzig, 2017, ISBN 978-83-937863-6-7

References[]

  1. ^ Zuzanna Skiba (2016), Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld / Berlin: Kerber Verlag, p. 122, ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  2. ^ Dorothée Bauerle-Willert (2016), Zuzanna Skiba (ed.), "Was ist eine Linie?", Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld / Berlin: Kerber Verlag, pp. 11 ff., ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  3. ^ Zuzanna Skiba (2016), Zuzanna Skiba (ed.), "Artist's Statement", Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld / Berlin: Kerber Verlag, p. 119, ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  4. ^ Zuzanna Skiba (2016), Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld / Berlin: Kerber Verlag, pp. 15 ff., ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  5. ^ Zuzanna Skiba (2016), Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld / Berlin: Kerber Verlag, pp. 37 ff., ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  6. ^ Zuzanna Skiba (2016), Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld/Berlin: Kerber Verlag, pp. 55 ff., ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  7. ^ Zuzanna Skiba (2016), Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld/Berlin: Kerber Verlag, pp. 87 ff., ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6
  8. ^ Christoph Tannert (2016), Zuzanna Skiba (ed.), "Einführung", Magnetfelder – Magnetic fields (in German), Bielefeld/Berlin: Kerber Verlag, pp. 7 ff., ISBN 978-3-7356-0204-6

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