Justine Otto

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Justine Otto
NationalityGerman
Alma materState Academy of Fine Arts
Known forpainting

Justine Otto (born 1974) is a German painter.

Life

Otto was born in Poland. In 1983, she moved to Germany. Between 1997 and 2000, she worked as a stage designer at the

Municipal Theatre Frankfurt
. In 1996, she studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts (
Frankfurt am Main, and was a master student in professional free painting, where she studied with Peter Angermann and Michael Krebber. In 2003, she graduated.[1]
Otto lives in Hamburg and Frankfurt.

Works

The central theme of her work are adolescent people and their feelings. Otto leaves its protagonists, mostly young girls, make puzzling actions. Otto takes a neutral observer position and confronts the viewer with the process of growing up. By soft merging into one another light and shadow zones interrupted by harsh color accents, it produces a strong vitality. This creates body landscapes that their characters a strong authenticity.[2]

Awards

  • 2005: Volker-Hinniger Prize[3]
  • 2005: nominated for the Ernst Schering Foundation Art of the Ernst Schering Foundation[4]
  • 2011: Winner of the Art Prize of the Lüneburg Regional Association[5]

Exhibitions

  • 1997: portico, Frankfurt
  • 2001: Darmstadt Secession at the Mathildenhöhe / Darmstadt
  • 2002: Exhibition Hall, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2003: Städel, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2006: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
  • 2007: Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
  • 2009: Collection Rusche, Schloss Corvey
  • 2009: Collection Rusche, Museum Abbey Liesborn
  • 2010: Bomann Museum
  • 2011: Kunsthalle Darmstadt
  • 2011: Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle / Saale
  • 2011: Museum Schloss Gifhorn
  • 2012: Jesuit Church Art Gallery, Aschaffenburg

References

  1. ^ http://www.lueneburgischer-landschaftsverband.de/fileadmin/download/Kunstpreis_2011/Vita_JustineOtto.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Justine Otto". Galerie von Stechow. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Volker-Hinniger-Preis". Kultur Atlas (in German). Archived from the original on 26 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Justine Otto - Sponsorship Award 2005 nominated". Schering Stiftung (in German). Archived from the original on 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Kunstpreis 2016/7". Lüneburgischen Landschaftsverband (in German). June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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