Petra Mattheis
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Petra Mattheis | |
|---|---|
 Petra Mattheis, Leipzig, Germany, 2017 | |
| Born | Moers, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig |
Petra Mattheis (born 1967 in Moers) is a German Artist und Photographer. She became known for her artistic engagement with the topic menstruation.
Biography
Mattheis studied communications design at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden and graduated in 1994 with a diploma. She studied Fine Arts at the Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz from 2002 to 2006 and finished with a diploma as well. From 2007 bis 2009 she was a student in the master class of Joachim Blank at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig.[1][2]
Works
With her website Become A Menstruator[3] as well as with installations and prints, Mattheis investigates menstruation in an artistic, playful approach, questions cultural-historical developments and today's way of dealing with one's own body in our society.[4] Each motif of the blood-red prints in her series BAM – Become a Menstruator corresponds to a fertile year in the life of the artist. While each print is a handmaid original, the size of the edition corresponds with the sum of the periods she had during this year. Thus, Mattheis not only addresses a taboo,[5] her works also receive an autobiographical character.[6]
Solo Exhibitions
- 2006: Überwiegend Schwarz auf Weiß, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden[7]
- 2009: Pulsierender Pfirsich, Kuhturm, Leipzig[8]
- 2011: Hinter den Worten, Gallery Queen Anne, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig[9][10]
- 2015: Arts and Crafts Week at Panty Camp, Gallery The Grass is Greener, Leipzig[11][12]
- 2017: Riding the Red Tide, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig[13]
- 2018: Become a Menstruator Booth, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig[14]
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2004: Zwischen, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, with Ilka Meyer[15]
- 2011: East of Fresno, group exhibition for contemporary art, The Hatchery Art Space, Badger, California[16]
- 2012: Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen, Bellevuesaal with Klaus Lomnitzer, Wiesbaden[17]
Awards and Scholarships
- 2016: Projektstipendium des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz[2]
Publications
- Nassauischer Kunstverein e.V.: Petra Mattheis und Ilka Meyer. Catalog of the exhibition Zwischen – Petra Mattheis, Ilka Meyer, 9 May to 13 June and 29 June to 11 July 2004; Part of the exhibition series Perspektiven der Zukunft. With contributions by Christian Rabanus, Botho Strauß and Ilka Meyer. NKV, Wiesbaden 2004
References
- ^ Ausgezeichnete Dissertationen 2006/2007, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, (PDF) S. 48 f.
- ^ a b Balmoral- und Landesstipendiatinnen und -Stipendiaten 2016
- ^ Become A Menstruator, becomeamenstruator.org, 2015
- ^ Tobias Maier: Jawohl, Mann! Menstruation und Mythos: Petra Mattheis stellt blutrote Prints von Haien, Bären und Tampons aus, der Freitag, 18. Juli 2015
- ^ Okka Rohd: Menstruation: Das rote Tuch, Mai 2016
- ^ Caroline Ausserer: Der Werwolf in mir, Interview with Petra Mattheis, 22. Juli 2015
- ^ Petra Mattheis / Mainly black on white, Nassauischen Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 21 and 22 December 2006
- ^ Kuhturm Leipzig
- ^ Portfolio Petra Mattheis, Gallery Queen Anne, 21 June 2011
- ^ Poetisches Forum – Hinter den Worten – Petra Mattheis, 20 August 2011
- ^ Petra Mattheis: »Arts & Crafts Week at Panty Camp«, Gallery The Grass is Greener, 20 June to 25 July 2015
- ^ »Become a Menstruator«, Petra Mattheis in conversation with Mithu Sanyal, Gallery The Grass is Greener
- ^ Riding the Red Tide, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
- ^ Become a Menstruator Booth, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
- ^ Zwischen, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
- ^ Group Show: The Hatchery: East of Fresno, Artslant, 24 September 2011
- ^ Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen, Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, 3 to 27 May 2012
External links
- Official Website of Petra Mattheis
- Project Become A Menstruator
- Project Wunderwesten
