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Ute Kathrin Beck

Her inventive ceramic vessels are impressive thanks to the unity and dynamism of form and sculptural ornament. Ute Kathrin Beck avails herself of the freedom to create sculptures that still allude to containers, yet evoke diverse associations through their physicality and imagery. Primordial marine animals are suggested by the three-footed pieces that earned her Baden-Württemberg’s state prize in 2012, while her “Sissi” vases interpret a popular theme in recent culture. This ceramist is clearly inspired by playing with formal and imagistic references and by the dialogue between shimmery inner surfaces and matte exteriors decorated with porcelain slips or metal oxides. Practical containers become cult objects and ornamental pieces which are simultaneously archaic and contemporary. Each creation expresses her distinctive view while inspiring and disconcerting its viewers.

Vita

1986 – 89		Pottery apprenticeship
1989 – 92		Study ceramic design, Ceramic Center Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
1991		Study stay at West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, England
1992 – 94		Architectural ceramics workshop manager
1993		Master certificate, State Award Winner Rheinland Pfalz
1994 – 96		Studies of Interior architecture (Rosenheim College)
since 1996		Own ceramic studio
2015		Artist in Residence, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Exhibitions

2012		Glashaus, Villa Waldberta, Feldafing “GESTALTUNG.KUNST.HANDWERK 2012”, Landesausstellung Kunsthandwerk, Ulmer Museum
2013		Cheongju International Crafts Bienale, Cheongju, Korea “PAS DE DEUX”, Zeitgenössisches Kunsthandwerk aus Belgien und Baden-Württemberg, RP Karlsruhe
2014		Porzellankunst aus der Republik China (Taiwan) und Baden-Württemberg, RP Karlsruhe Landesausstellung “GESTALTUNG KUNST HANDWERK” Baden-Württemberg 2014, RP Karlsruhe Zeitgenössische künstlerische Keramik (Partnerland Finnland), Schloss Ludwigsburg
2015		“Edition 2015”, Keramikmuseum Staufen “Talents”, Tendence – Messe Frankfurt Artist in Residence, Yingge Ceramics Museum Taipei, Taiwan
2016		“Behind the Seen”, Art Hall Porvoo, Finland Solo exhibition “Taubenturm”, Dießen am Ammersee Ceramica Multiplex, member of the German exhibition “Keramicon”, Varazdin, Kroatia “Glas and Art Workshop Exhibition” at LUME Galerie, Aalto Universty, Helsinki, Finnland “Keramik der Gegenwart – Ceramique actuelle”, Castle of Ludwigsburg FOCUS:VESSEL – The Vessel in Ceramics and Porcelain, Keramikmuseum Westerwald Mobilia Galerie, Cambridge MA, USA “Nah und Fern”‚ art project, Starnberg Glas and Art Workshop Exhibition at LUME Galerie, Aalto Universty , Helsinki, Finnland
2017		Ateliertage 2017, Palmenhaus Villa Waldberta, Feldafing RÉVÉLATION 2017, Grand Palais,Paris, Biennale International „LE BANQUET“ Exhibition „IMPROVISATION“, Taubenturm in Diessen, mit Doris Bank, Kati Jünger und Susanne Mansen Exhibition „ARTGENOSSEN”, Projektraum LOTTE, Stuttgart mit Julia Münzing, Schmuck „LICHT UND SCHATTEN“, Galerie Nonnenmacher, Nattheim
2018		International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu (Turkey) Von Tisch und Tafel, Residental Palace, Ludwigsburg Les journées de la Céramique Place St-Sulpice, Paris Starnberg Ufert Aus, Museum Liebenweinturm, Burghausen
2019		KERAMIK DER GEGENWART / CERAMIQUE ACTUELLE, Residental Palace, Ludwigsburg Radical Craft, Direktorenhaus, Berlin Bdk BUGA ART PROJECT, Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn (National Garden Show) Tischkultur- Von Tisch und Tafel, Galerie Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd ZEUGHAUSMESSE 2019, Altes Historisches Museum, Berlin
2020		Solo Exhibition , Keramikmuseum Staufen : Gitter&Glitter Radical Craft 2, Direktorenhaus Berlin, Museum for Art Craft Design 100 Jahre- Dannerprize, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich Kunst Gestaltung Handwerk,Exhibition -Ministerieum for Economie-, Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe
2021		„Les Fleurs du Mal“, PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART, Köln TERRALHA – Festival Européen Ceramique, Saint Quintin la Poterie, Frankreich SILKE SPITZER & UTE KATHRIN BECK, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm „Les Journées de la Céramique“, Saint-Sulpice, Paris „Drei Keramische Positionen“, Kulturamt Stadt Nürtingen MK&G MESSE – Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Collections		State representation of Baden-Württemberg, Berlin Yingee Ceramics Museum, NTC, Taiwan Contemporary Ceramics Museum, Bolu, Turkey Musée Ariana, Geneva

Awards

2012		State award winner “Design Art Craft” Baden Württemberg (Staatspreis)
		Prize of The City of Ulm
2014		WCC EUNIQUE Award, short listed
2015		Artist ind Residence, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2020		State award Winner „Design Arts Crafts`, Baden Württemberg, Nominiee Danner- Prize, 2020, Finisher
2021		State Award „German CRAFT“, gouvernement of Hesse, Finalist

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