Paula Doepfner (born in Berlin - July 1980) is a German artist. She lives and works in Berlin, Germany.[1] Paula Doepfner's multimedia body of work encompasses textual works on paper, reinforced glass objects, installations in glass, ice and organic matter and sound performances. Her drawings, delineated in miniature script on fine Japanese paper, are based on sketches made while observing brain surgery and autopsies at the Charité Berlin. The texts themselves are drawn from medical documents on human rights abuses. They also bear traces of philosophical and lyrical sources such as Anne Carson, Paul Celan, Joyce Mansour and Robert Musil. Doepfner’s work combines various perspectives on states of mind, incorporates the passing of time and lays bare subcutaneous organic structures. Her work proceeds from what constitutes human experience, a complex combination of science, philosophy, literature and art.[2]

Paula Doepfner

Life and career edit

Doepfner graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design, where she studied with Roger Ackling and she graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts as master student of Rebecca Horn. Her works are part of public collections such as Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.[3]

Solo exhibitions edit

  • 2023 "Darkness at the break of noon", Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany[4]
  • 2022 "I went to the crossroads", Akademie der Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, Germany[5]
  • 2021 "Today and tomorrow, and yesterday, too, the flowers are dyin' like all things do", Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, Germany[6]
  • 2019 "For the trees to drop" Stiftung St. Matthäus, Berlin, Germany[7]
  • 2018 "Next Time I See You", Galleria Mario Iannelli, Rome, Italy[8]
  • 2017 "Babe, I’ve left you somewhere in the rain", Una Vetrina, Rome, Italy[9]
  • 2016 "Put it right here (or keep it out there)" Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany[10]
  • 2015 "Take It Right Back" Goethe Institute, Washington, D.C.[11][12]
  • 2014 "Whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright", Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
  • 2014 "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed", Galerie Laurent Mueller, Paris[13]
  • 2013 "Rollin' High And Mighty Traps", S2A, New York; Performance with Steve Whipple
  • 2012 "Try my dear," Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin[14]
  • 2012 "More than I can hide", Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, Germany
  • 2011 "But my nerves were kicking", Ionion Center for the Arts, Kefalonia[15]
  • 2011 "Mehr Zeit bedeutet nicht mehr Ewigkeit", Performance with Hakeem Holloway, Berlin Art Junction
  • 2010 "Promessus", Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin[16][17]
  • 2010 "Fallen", Stadtmühle Willisau, Lucerne
  • 2009 "Im Schlaf ohne Schlaf", St. Johannes Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin; Performance with Gregor Fuhrmann

Scholarships and awards edit

  • 2024 "Hans Platschek Preis für Kunst und Schrift", nominated by Prof. Marion Ackermann[18]
  • 2023 Artist scholarship, Krull Stiftung[19]
  • 2021/22 EHF Stipend, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, Germany[20]

References edit

  1. ^ "DAS BLATT Paula Doepfner". Curated Affairs. June 16, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "feature-paula-doepfner". re future Lab (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. ^ "Neuerwerbungen-zeitgenoessischer-bildender Kuenstlerinnen". SMB Berlin (in German).
  4. ^ "Kupferstich-Kabinett: Studiensaal | Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden". kupferstich-kabinett.skd.museum/ (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  5. ^ "Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Begabtenförderung und Kultur - Paula Doepfner | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung". kas.de/de/home (in German). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  6. ^ "Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Begabtenförderung und Kultur - Paula Doepfner | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung". kas.de/de/home (in German). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  7. ^ "paula-doepfner-for-the-trees-to-drop-1 | Stiftung St-Matthaeus". stiftung-stmatthaeus.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  8. ^ "autori-paula-doepfner| Una Vetrina". unavetrina.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  9. ^ "paula-doepfner| Galleria Mario Iannelli". marioiannelli.it. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  10. ^ "Rückblick | Kunstverein Reutlingen". kunstverein-reutlingen.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  11. ^ "Washington - Events - Goethe-Institut USA". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  12. ^ "DC: "Take It Right Back: Works by Paula Doepfner" : GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  13. ^ "Paula Doepfner — When Lilacs Last in The Dooryard Bloomed — Galerie Laurent Mueller — Exhibition". Slash Paris. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  14. ^ http://www.galerielaurentmueller.com/en/artistes/view/11/doepfner-paula Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Paula Doepfner Solo Exhibition, Kefalonia 2011 | Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture". www.ionionartscenter.gr. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  16. ^ "Paula Doepfner | Notes on metamodernism". notesonmetamodernism.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  17. ^ "Galerie Tanja Wagner | Berlin". www.tanjawagner.com. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  18. ^ "Hans Platschek Preis für Kunst und Schrift". hans-platschek-stiftung.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  19. ^ "Stipendiaten & Projekte 2011-2024". krull-stiftung.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  20. ^ "Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Begabtenförderung und Kultur - Paula Doepfner | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung". kas.de/de/home (in German). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

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