Angela Glajcar
Angela Glajcar's paper objects embody sculpture and installation. They examine the way in which space is experienced using a material that is fragile and light. In the act of ripping and perforating a material that is traditionally used as a two-dimensional support, Glajcar gives paper a strong sculptural presence. The vertically hung sheets of white paper produce impressions of great depth drawing the viewer inward and explore the way space is experienced.
Born 1970 in Mainz, where she lives and works.
Education
1991-98 | Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürnberg as a student under Tim Scott, since 1996 as his master student |
Awards and Grants
2021 | Paper Art Award (bronze), Haus des Papiers, Berlin |
2010 | Regionale audience award in the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen |
2006 | Phönix Art Award |
2005 | Emy-Roeder-Prize |
2004 | Vordemberge-Gildewart-Scholarship |
2002 | ZONTA Art Award, Mainz |
2001/02 | Project Scholarship correspondence in space, Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Bavaria |
1999/2000 | Asterstein-Scholarship of the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate |
1998 | Workshop-Prize of the Erich Hauser Art Foundation |
Solo exhibitions
2020 | PAPERWORKS, Petershalle, Hakle GmbH, Dusseldorf |
2019 | PROSPECT, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah (U.A.E.) TORN SPACES, Galerie Untermann, Dortmund ONE IF BY LAND, in situ Installation, Powerlong Museum Shanghai, China TERFORATIONS, Galerie Philippe David, Zurich SNOWBLIND, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg BLANCO Y NERO, Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid |
2018 | ANGELA GLAJCAR, CARTE BLANCHE, Les3Cha centre d'art Châteaugiron (FR) |
2017 | TERFORATION 2.0, Museum Wiesbaden (permanent installation) |
2016 | SHIFTING SURFACES, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong |
2015 | PAPIER FÜR DIE EWIGKEIT, Gutenberg-Museum Mainz |
2014 | Galerie Nusser & Baumgart, Munich |
2013 | Galerie Nusser & Baumgart, Munich |
2012 | PURE PAPER, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld |
2011 | METALL PAPIER KOMPLEMENTÄR, Emsdettener Kunstverein, Emsdetten |
2010 | CARTA SPAZIALE, Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milan |
2009 | INNEN–RAUM–AUßEN, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach |
2008 | SECRET, Galerie Maurer, Frankfurt a. M. |
2007 | TÄNZE IM RAUM – PAPIERSKULPTUREN UND KUNSTSTOFFINSTALLATIONEN, Südwestrundfunk, Mainz |
2006 | ANGELA GLAJCAR SKULPTURALE PAPIERSKULPTUREN UND INSTALLATIONEN, Galerie B. Haasner, Wiesbaden |
2005 | ANGELA GLAJCAR CONTRARIUS, C. Wichtendahl Galerie, Berlin |
Group exhibitions
2021 | LUNAR SONATA, Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art South Korea (KOR) VIER ELEMENTE, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach |
2020 | GEHEIMNIS PAPIER, Museum Schloss Burgau Dueren |
2019 | ANGELA GLAJCAR - TERFORATION CHEONGJU, in situ installation, Cheongju Craft Biennial 2019 (KOR) HIGHLIGHTS, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Munich SENSE OF WHITE, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg |
2017 | DARK, LIQUID, Kunstverein Tiergarten in der Galerie Nord, Berlin |
2016 | NEW MASTERS VS MODERN MASTERS, Heitsch Galerie, Munich |
2015 | A TOUCH OF GLASS, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong |
2014 | WHITE SENSATION, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg |
2013 | ON THE EDGE, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York |
2012 | Andipa Gallery, London |
2011 | TERRA INCOGNITA, WELTBILDER – WELTERFAHRUNGEN, Altana Galerie, Dresden |
2010 | Sammlung Dellwing Speyer, Städtische Galerie, Speyer |
2009 | COLLAGEN. SAMMELN, Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg |
2008 | PAPIERKUNSTJAHR, Buchladen im Roten Haus, Titisee-Neustadt |
2007 | GEOMETRISK ABSTRAKTION XXVI, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm |
2006 | PAPIERARBEITEN – PAPERWORKS, C. Wichtendahl Galerie, Berlin |
2005 | PAPIER, Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden |