Stella Geppert
COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (long version) / Close Encounters Vol.02
2021, Dansehallerne c/o DEN FRIE, Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. Support: Dansehallerne, Danish Art Workshop, Goethe Institut, Zeitbasierte Künste BURG Halle, Medienwerkstatt Berlin. Photo: Tim Nowitzki
2021, Dansehallerne c/o DEN FRIE, Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. Support: Dansehallerne, Danish Art Workshop, Goethe Institut, Zeitbasierte Künste BURG Halle, Medienwerkstatt Berlin. Photo: Tim Nowitzki
READING LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: TRACTATUS LOGICO
1921 / 2017, Studio, Berlin, charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 170 cm. Photo: Eric Tschernow
1921 / 2017, Studio, Berlin, charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 170 cm. Photo: Eric Tschernow
LA MODULATION SISMOGRAPHIQUE
2023, The feminine prism: machines, oocytes, threads, potions, Drawing Now Art Fair – Le Salon du dessin contemporain, 16th edition, Paris/ France. Charcoal on canvas, strips, acrylic mirror, 70 x 110 cm. Photo: Gregoire Avenel – agency coolhuntparis
2023, The feminine prism: machines, oocytes, threads, potions, Drawing Now Art Fair – Le Salon du dessin contemporain, 16th edition, Paris/ France. Charcoal on canvas, strips, acrylic mirror, 70 x 110 cm. Photo: Gregoire Avenel – agency coolhuntparis
MM from the series H-MM-A-ZI-E
2022, Organ massage (stomach), Coal on canvas, string, canvas, 70 x 100 cm, outer messurements 80 x 100 cm, Photo: Eric Tschernow
2022, Organ massage (stomach), Coal on canvas, string, canvas, 70 x 100 cm, outer messurements 80 x 100 cm, Photo: Eric Tschernow
IMMERSION (collective)
2021, INCLUSIVE BREAK - A time among many others, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China. Performance on silicone print of the sleep drawing "Immersion #02" on linen, foam cushion, Solo performance: Wei Man. Photo: Guo Bin
2021, INCLUSIVE BREAK - A time among many others, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China. Performance on silicone print of the sleep drawing "Immersion #02" on linen, foam cushion, Solo performance: Wei Man. Photo: Guo Bin
IMMERSION #05
2021, Sleep drawing, Chalk, graphite, paper, 6 hours, 150 x 225 cm. Photo Eric Tschernow
2021, Sleep drawing, Chalk, graphite, paper, 6 hours, 150 x 225 cm. Photo Eric Tschernow
ANOTHER KIND OF DOCUMENTATION
2016, Idiopolis – Dialectics between subject and society, State Of Concept, Athens. Ceramic, tripod, dimension variable. Photo: Stella Geppert
2016, Idiopolis – Dialectics between subject and society, State Of Concept, Athens. Ceramic, tripod, dimension variable. Photo: Stella Geppert
TWO FEET SEVEN INCHES
2018, Power Plant, Kunsthal Nord, Copenhagen / Aalborg, Denmark. Performative sculptures. Filmstill: Stella Geppert
2018, Power Plant, Kunsthal Nord, Copenhagen / Aalborg, Denmark. Performative sculptures. Filmstill: Stella Geppert
Climbing up together (from the series Two feet Seven Inches)
2018, Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo Katrin Rother.
2018, Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo Katrin Rother.
PARASITÄRE VERHÄLTNISSE UND DIALOGE
2002, Underground Station Alexanderplatz U2, nGbK, Berlin.
Three-dimensional markings of leaning behavior / participatory installation in public space, 62 cushions, metal bands, paint. Photo: Stella Geppert
2002, Underground Station Alexanderplatz U2, nGbK, Berlin.
Three-dimensional markings of leaning behavior / participatory installation in public space, 62 cushions, metal bands, paint. Photo: Stella Geppert
ÉGALITÉ
2012, Undercover Sculptures, kjubh e.V., Cologne. 12 painted wooden bars, 12 spirit levels made of glass. Photo: Stella Geppert
2012, Undercover Sculptures, kjubh e.V., Cologne. 12 painted wooden bars, 12 spirit levels made of glass. Photo: Stella Geppert
InsideT (collective)
2020, Ablutions of the Tongue, The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark.
4K video, oversize drawing (400 cm × 500 cm), Charcoal, fabric, straps, pipes. Filmstill: Paul Rohlfs
2020, Ablutions of the Tongue, The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark.
4K video, oversize drawing (400 cm × 500 cm), Charcoal, fabric, straps, pipes. Filmstill: Paul Rohlfs
DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #02 (from the series: RE: CONSTRUCTION OF TOUCH)
2020, Disposition, Galerie Kabinet T., Czech Republic. Charcoal and oil pastel on paper, cloth, metal, 163 cm × 196 cm. Photo: David Pačut
2020, Disposition, Galerie Kabinet T., Czech Republic. Charcoal and oil pastel on paper, cloth, metal, 163 cm × 196 cm. Photo: David Pačut
AXES DE RÉSONNANCE ET GÉOGRAPHIES RELATIONELLES
2022, NADAR’ART Festival Danse et Arts visuels, Goethe Institut Rabat, Morocco, Performance. Photo: Yassine Alaoui Ismaili
2022, NADAR’ART Festival Danse et Arts visuels, Goethe Institut Rabat, Morocco, Performance. Photo: Yassine Alaoui Ismaili
LA CONSTITUTION DU CORPS TOUCHÉ PAR LES POUMONS
2020, Coal dust on paper, breath, 35 cm x 25 cm. Photo: Eric Tschernow
2020, Coal dust on paper, breath, 35 cm x 25 cm. Photo: Eric Tschernow
NoTTB-c Notations of Touch Through Breathing (collectively), 2023 / HOBNOB #4
Kunstraum FUGE, Berlin. Performance, installation, breath, charcoal on canvas. Photo: Ralf Bergel
Kunstraum FUGE, Berlin. Performance, installation, breath, charcoal on canvas. Photo: Ralf Bergel
Biography
Born 1967 in Gustedt, Lower Saxony
1993-1999 Study of sculpture and master class of Prof. Michael Schoenholtz
1999 - 2001 Scholarship for the promotion of young artists, work stays in New York and Tokyo
2003 "Breathing - The City", Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Since 2010 Professor for sculptural and performative practice, BURG Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
2013 Research grant on walking behavior in Venice, German Study Center Venice
2019 "COMMUNICATION CAPTURES", Dansehallerne c/o DEN FRIE Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 Nominated for the Marianne Werefkin Prize
2023 First solo exhibition at Galerie Georg Nothelfer
2024 Catalog grant, Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin
Lives and works in Berlin and Halle.
1993-1999 Study of sculpture and master class of Prof. Michael Schoenholtz
1999 - 2001 Scholarship for the promotion of young artists, work stays in New York and Tokyo
2003 "Breathing - The City", Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Since 2010 Professor for sculptural and performative practice, BURG Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
2013 Research grant on walking behavior in Venice, German Study Center Venice
2019 "COMMUNICATION CAPTURES", Dansehallerne c/o DEN FRIE Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 Nominated for the Marianne Werefkin Prize
2023 First solo exhibition at Galerie Georg Nothelfer
2024 Catalog grant, Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin
Lives and works in Berlin and Halle.
At the center of Stella Geppert's sculptural, performative and drawing work is the exploration of the body as a medium and material for communicative processes. In this examination of the material conditions of the body, the artist explores imaging processes as collective and individual actions. As a kind of "communication sculptor", she considers emotions and physical constitutions as three-dimensional forms, which she lends pictorial and sculptural form through collectively designed settings. Geppert's performative practices are usually carried out with prosthesis-like body extensions that function as recording tools and at the same time provoke specific emotional states. In elaborate sculptural experimental arrangements, intuitive situations are thus made possible, for example to make language-based movements of the head or unconscious body processes such as breathing or sleeping tangible in drawing or sculpture. Her graphic and sculptural works, whether created in public performances, interventions in public spaces or in the studio, are both imprints and traces. They are a vibrating in-between of snapshots of sensed body presences.