Artsist Statement
In my interdisciplinary projects I question traditional gender roles and the change of contemporary body image in the digital age. For this I mainly use media like photography, video, sculpture and installations. My work is based on interdisciplinary areas such as feminism and media theory. In my studio practice, I come from a conceptual but intuitive approach that often deals with cultural or socio-political issues. First, I go through intensive research to subsequently develop a visual language. The body serves me as a raw material which I can edit and change in different ways. For the implementation of my installation work, I mainly use materials which are used for the industrial production of mass products.Making art for me is the attempt to manifest one’s own intimate biography through materials into the public and social discourse. This is not only about the form or the finished object, but rather about the process, the perspective and perception of a structure — all of which is defined by our dynamic surroundings, and contemplated through the tools, mediums, and technology of the present time and local place.
Ivonne Thein
*1979 in Meiningen, lives and works in Berlin
education
2003 - 2009
Diploma in Visual Communication with the majors Conceptual Photography and Video in the class of Prof. Susanne Brügger and Prof. Cindy
Gates, University of Applied Science
Dortmund, Germany
2007 Fine Art at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
grants / prizes
2019 studio grant from the Berlin Senate, Germany
2019 nomination DEW21 Kunstpreis, Dortmund, Germany
2019 Kunstfond Bonn, working grant for 2019, Germany
2010 IFA, grant for the show Body, Latvian Photography Museum, Riga, Latvia
2010 IFA, grant for the show Márgenes criticos, Estación Mapocho, Santiago, Chile
2009 Nomination for PDN30, US
2009 New York Photo Festival,
Honorable Mention, Fine Art, US
2008
C|O Talent 2008 Award, C|O Berlin Postfuhramt, Winner, Germany
2008 Celeste Prize Berlin, Honorable Mention, Germany
solo shows
2018 body options, Art55 Galerija, Niš, Serbia (catalog), Serbia
2010 Thirty-Two Kilos, Goethe Institut Helsinki, Finnland
Incredible Me, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009 Zweiunddreißig Kilo, Künstlerhaus BBK, Ulm, Germany
Thirty-Two Kilos, Goethe Institut, Washington DC, USA
2008 C|O Talents 10 / Zweiunddreißig Kilo, C|O Berlin, Postfuhramt Berlin, Germany, (catalog)
group shows (selection)
2019 DEW21 Kunstpreis, Dortmunder U, Dortmund Germany
Auf Herz und Nieren, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany
2017 Gesichter, Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden, Germany
Sie – Evas Erbinnen, Orangerie Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016 Stigmates, L'Association In Entremis et Marcel Burg, Strasbourg, France
2015 Fleischeslust, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany (catalog)
Ars Continuum, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, New York, USA
Mythos Schönheit, Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria, (catalog)
Keep Your Eyes Peeled, aff Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Love & Loss, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria, (catalog)
Woman: Powerfull and Powerless, Teutloff Museum, Bielefeld, Germany
2014 Alles schön und gut‽, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
Pop-Up, BERLIN ART WEEK, Temporärer Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany
Body Conscious, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury, New York, USA
Hijacked Volume 2 – Australien/ Deutschland, VHS-Photogallery, Stuttgart
2013 Körpersubjekte, Gallery FotoK, Wien, Austria
Die Leinwand des Leibes, Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden, Germany, (catalog)
boys ,n‘ girls – immer wieder anders, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
2012 Von Sinnen, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (catalog)
Hijacked Volume 2 – Australien/ Deutschland, Zephyr Galerie, Mannheim, Germany
Het Gewichtige Lichaam, Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Netherlands (catalog)
Das Institut – für Identitätskultur und Zeitgeschmack, Berlin, Germany
2011 Fedtsalon, Salon Neucologne, Berlin, Germany
Hijacked Volume 2, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
Hijacked Volume 2, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum, Adelaide, Australia
Hijacked Volume 2, Queensland Collage of Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Hijacked Volume 2, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
Body, Latvian Photography Museum, Riga, Latvia (catalog)
Het Gewichtige Lichaam, Museum Dr. Guislan, Gent, Belgium (catalog)
Hijacked Volume 2, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
Di cotti e di crudi, Fiera del Levante, Bari, Italy (catalog)
2010 New Visionares 2009, Tobacco Warehouse, New York City, USA (catalog)
6. International Festival of Visual Arts inSPIRACJE 2010, Szczecin, Poland (catalog)
Márgenes criticos, Estación Mapocho, Santiago, Chile
2009 Bin ich schön? Venus und andere Ideale in der Kunst vom 16. bis 21. Jahrhundert, Kunstsammlung der Veste Coburg, Germany
2009 Dark Side II, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Talents 2008, Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Bildschön, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany (catalog)
Öffentliche Erregung, Loop – Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna, Romanian Institution for Culture and Humanistic Research, Venice, Italy (catalog)
2007 EGO - Fotografische Positionen zum Ich, Wiesbadener Fototage, Talhaus Galerie, Wiesbaden, Germany (catalog)
Passion of Fashion, London Photographic Association, Holborn Studios, London, UK
Überblick – Konstruktionen der Wahrheit, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Museum Künstlerkolonie, Darmstadt, Germany (catalog)
publications (selection)
2017 Hochbetagt; Hrsg Günther Brandstifter, Marietta Mühlfellner, Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg
2015 Fleischeslust; Hrsg. Hoenes-Stiftung, Dr. Stefanie Date, Museum Villa Rot
2015 European Photography 97, The Photographic Figure
2015 Mythos Schönheit; Hrsg Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Hatje Cantz
2015 Love & Loss; Hrsg Lentos Linz, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Linz
2014 Von Sinnen – Wahrnehmung in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kerber
Verlag, Bielefeld
2012 Von Sinnen. Wahrnehmung in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kerber
2010 Hijacked Volume 2 – Australia / Germany; Hrsg Mark McPherson, Ute Noll, Markus Schaden, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
2009 Darkside II – Fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod; Hrsg Fotomuseum Winterthur, Steidl, Göttingen
2009 Bildschön – Schönheitskult in der aktuellen Kunst; Hrsg Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
2008 Heide Häusler, Ivonne Thein, Talents 10 / Zweiunddreißig Kilo, C/O Berlin e.V., Deutscher Kunstverlag, München
public and private Collections
Teutloff Photo and Video Collection
DZ Bank
CO Berlin
Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden