Antje Blumenstein
Antje Blumenstein's work is divided into series and groups of works in which, in addition to a wide variety of materials and techniques, various topics and questions are dealt with. With her current works, Antje Blumenstein focuses on the basic elements of abstract art: lines, surfaces and colors, dominated by reduction and clear formal composition.
The works from her “lines B” series each consist of four Plexiglas panels in two different colors and subtly milled lines, placed a few centimeters apart. When you approach the fluorescent wall works, two of the artist's statements become obvious: that the works also contain the reflection of the viewer in the colored surfaces and that the closer you get to the works, the more space is created.
The reflection in the reflection, the interaction of the lines, the gradations of the color shades and the effect of the radiation on the wall testify to her questioning of surface, space and line.
In her works made of paper, reduction and a clear formal composition dominate. In the group of white paper works “Five Lines”, five lines can always be seen, which result from folds and lines applied with a pencil. Spatiality is created here by the play of light and shadow on the relief-like surfaces.
After studying graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, she studied painting and graphics at the HfBK Dresden as a master student with Prof. Eberhard Bosslet.
Born 1967 in Dresden. Lives and works in Berlin.
| 1991-94 | Studies graphic design, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg |
| 1993-94 | Guest studies, HfBK Dresden |
| 1994-97 | Studied painting and graphic, HfBK Dresden |
| 1997-99 | Master student under Prof. Eberhard Bosslet |
| 2011 | Lecturer SOAK Dresden |
Awards and grants
| 2021 | Residency fellowship of The Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf |
| 2019 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
| 2014 | Project advancement Käthe-Dorsch- and Agnes-Staub-Stiftung |
| 2012 | Project advancement Käthe-Dorsch- and Agnes-Staub-Stiftung |
| 2005-06 | Studio scholarship Backfabrik Berlin |
| 2001 | Artist-in-Residence, Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| 2000 | Working scholarship Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf |
| 1999 | Robert-Sterl-Preis, Sammelstiftung Dresden |
| 1997-99 | Stipend of the state of ministry for science and art, HSP III |
Blumenstein's artworks are part of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kunstfonds, and numerous private collections such as Collection Grauwinkel, Berlin; Collection Schroth, Soest; Hanten-Schmidt Collection Cologne/Dresden/Vienna, Krieger Collection, Berlin.
Solo exhibitions
| 2022 | Antje Blumenstein & Anton Quiring, Verortung, Neue Galerie Landshut Tom Mosley & Antje Blumenstein, viel Licht - viel Schatten, Raum Schroth at Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest Antje Blumenstein + Torsten Ruehle: Linear Stereo, Villa Heike, Berlin |
| 2020 | Antje Blumenstein - tactics of lines, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg |
| 2017 | cross straight and turn around ..., Kunsthaus Erfurt |
| 2016 | lines, Galerie Hammerschmidt & Gladigau, Erfurt |
| 2014 | five lines, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin (cat.) |
| 2012 | lokal, Contemporary Art Basement Albertinum, Dresden |
| 2010 | Kunstkammer No. 7, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin |
| 2008 | die hälfte des himmels, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin |
| 2007 | anyone can get into heaven, Galerie Changing Role, Naples |
| 2006 | Himmel und Hölle, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin |
| 2005 | neues Wachstum, Galerie rekord, Berlin |
| 2003 | join us, Galerie rekord, Berlin |
| 2002 | you will be showered by attention, Galerie Kermer, Leipzig |
| 2000 | reservoir, büro für kunst, Dresden - Ausstellungsprojekt Berlin |
| 1999 | passgenau, Robert Sterl Haus Naundorf, Dresden |
| 1998 | objekte, Kulturrathaus, Dresden |
Group exhibitions
| 2023 | CULTURE.CONTACT.CONCRETE - Schroth Collection visits Veszprém |
| 2022 | MEET US ON JUPITER Die Obiger Galaxis, Axel Obiger, Berlin METALINIEN, B-Part Am Gleisdreieck, Berlin |
| 2021 | TRASH to IMPRESS, Polarraum, Hamburg Editions and Small Formats, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg |
| 2019 | small matters - Kunst im kleinen Format, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg |
| 2018 | Fläche, Linie, Struktur - Antje Blumenstein, Aurelia Gratzer, Barbara Rosengarth, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg |
| 2017 | the flying field, Projektraum Berlin |
| 2016 | paper Works II, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin |
| 2015 | you knee them in the chin..., Spor Klübü, Berlin |
| 2014 | Timberrrr, HORSEANDPONY Fine Arts, Berlin |
| 2013 | Phänomen, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin |
| 2012 | es war einmal – was nie gewesen ist, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf |
| 2011 | Erika Mustermann Collection, Berlin |
| 2010 | 48:08:59 N 11:33:42 E, Galerie Martin Mertens, München |
| 2009 | Formation, Uferhallen, Berlin |
| 2008 | Kunstinvasion, Berlin |
| 2007 | Wir haben keine Probleme, Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway |
| 2006 | Wir haben keine Probleme, Backfabrik, Berlin |
| 2005 | total kaputt, Galerie Abel-Raum für neue Kunst, Berlin |
2004/05/12 | Galerie Baer, Dresden |
| 2003 | rekord, Galerie rekord, Berlin |
| 2002 | bifokal, Technische Sammlungen Dresden, Kunsthaus Hamburg |
| 2000 | CaféHelga/Galerie Goldankauf - kunstraum, Munich |
| 1999 | Vier/8, Leonhardimuseum, Dresden (cat.) |
| 1998 | Künstliche Beatmung, Puschkinvilla, Dresden |
