May your growth be steady
And may you laugh with joy.
The fineness of your heart
Has prepaired for you the field
On which you must blossom.
Picander
from the Peasant Cantata
of Johann Sebastian Bach
Silvia Willkens
| 1953 | Born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany |
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1971 |
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany |
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1972 |
Studied history of art, University Stuttgart, Germany |
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1974
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Continued studies at the Art Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
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1979
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Masters Degree Working as a free lanced artist since |
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1981 |
Study trip to California, San Francisco, Los Angeles |
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1987
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Study trip to Senegal, Westafrica, took part in the exhibition “Germano-Senegalaise”, Centre Dynamique in Dakar |
| 1990 | Travel stipend for the Art Symposion in Kutaisi, West Georgia |
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1994 |
Two months stay at Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso |
| 1998 | Start of numerous stays and art projects in Italy |
| 2004 | Moved to her studio in Oestrich-Winkel, Rheingau, Germany |
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Silvia Willkens lives in Mainz.
Awards
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1988 |
Young Artists Prize, State of Rhineland Palatinate, Germany |
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1994 |
Art Prize for Painting, Bad Kreuznach, Germany |
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Art Competitions and Projects in Public Spaces
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1990 |
“Four Instruments”, Forecourt of the Technical Center, University Mainz |
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1992
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1. Prize in the City of Wiesbaden Competition for the Foyer Design of the Elly-Heuss-School, Wiesbaden, Germany |
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2008
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Mural (exterior) for the new Factory of the Krumpholz Company, Unterlangenstadt/Kronach, Germany |
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2009 |
Mural ( interior) of Manoir de Cleuyou, Quimper, Bretagne, France |
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2012
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1. Prize in the Competition for the Forecourt of the Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany |
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Teaching Positions
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1984– 2002
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Lectureship for Drawing and Colour Design in the Polytechnic for Graphic Design, Wiesbaden; for Art and Design in the Catholic Polytechnic, Mainz; for Drawing and Painting in the Fine Art Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
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Exhibitions (Selection, since 2001)
| 2014 | “Demoiselles et Garcons”, Galery Hertz, Louisville, KY, USA |
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2013
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“Demoiselles”, Galerie Rother, Wiesbaden, Germany Galerie Tent, Koblenz, Germany Art Karlsruhe, Germany ( Rother) KIAF Seoul, Korea (Rother) Rosenrot, Mannheim, Germany Bauverein, Darmstadt, Germany |
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2012
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Gallery Kwai Fung Hin, Hong Kong, China Art Karlsruhe, Germany (Rother) KIAF, Seoul, Korea (Rother) |
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2011
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Art Karlsruhe, Germany (Rother) Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (Rother) |
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2010
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Galerie Rother, Wiesbaden, Germany Art und Antique, Wiesbaden, Germany |
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2009
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Gallery Needien, Neede, Netherlands “Ricordare”, Galerie Tent, Koblenz, Germany |
| 2008 | Gallery Hertz, Louisville, KY, USA |
| 2007 | Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hannah Bekker, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
| 2006 | “Postcards from Italy”, Museo del Tulle, Panicale, Italy |
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2005
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Art Miami, Florida, USA (Kwai Fung Hin) Galerie Tent, Koblenz, Germany |
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2004
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Gallery Holly Snapp, Venice, Italy Thalhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany |
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2003
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Galerie Kasten, Mannheim, Germany Gallery Kwai Fung Hin, Hong Kong, China |
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2001
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Schloss Waldhausen, Mainz, Germany Bellevuesaal, Wiesbaden, Germany “Transfiguration”, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY, USA |
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