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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

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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 (Städelschule) in 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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  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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