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Corina Gertz
Lives and Works in Germany.
Corina Gertz is a fashion designer who created collections for international companies in Europe and China.
She combines this with travelling widely to create fine-art projects and photo documentations that reflect her passion for the colourful diversities and cultural particularities of our world. Her main focus here is on clothing traditions, which, in the course of globalisation, are rapidly blurring into a uniform idea of beauty, to the detriment of individual expression. In this work, she emphasizes the distinctions of our differences, which speaks strongly of her stand against intolerance towards others. Corina’s independent projects are exhibited in international museums and galleries, and are available in book and film format.
In 2013 and 2014 Corina gave lectures and workshops at the Art Academy Kunming, at the University for Art Xijing in Xi’an, and at the Technical University Hubei in Wuhan, China. Since 2015 she teaches at the College of Art and Design at Beijing University of Technology.
Exhibitions / Art Projects
Some Work Examples:
©Corina Gertz – from the series Beauty of Kaokoveld Black & White photograph, 60 x 50 cm, 2002
from the series ‘Under Shiva’s Shield’ (married village woman in Rajasthan, shown by the orange veil), beaded and embroidered photograph, 70 x 50 cm, 2009
©Corina Gertz – Young Himba mother in front of a giant Coca Cola ad in Opowo, Namibia (translation of the question: What do you really need?), 3 x 2,16 m, 2011
©Corina Gertz – Bulk production of wedding dresses for the European market in Zhongshan, China (translation of the question: How important is the prize?), 3 x 2,16 m, 2011
2011
01.08. – 06.11.2011
“White Wedding Dress: 200 Years Of Wedding Fashion”, curated by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, @ Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia (G), (catalog: ‘The Wedding Dress’ by Edwina Ehrmann, V&A, London
17.12. 2011 – 22.04.2012
“Unveiled: 200 Years Of Wedding Dress” curated by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, @ the Museum of New Zealand (G), (catalog: ‘The Wedding Dress’ by Edwina Ehrmann, V&A, London
07.-09.01.2011
Postcards From the Edge for “Visual Aids”, CRG Gallery, New York (G)
03.04.-30.05.2011
Embracing Our Differences, Island Park, Sarasota, Florida (G) (catalogue)
24.06.-10-07.2011
KunstwerkSTADT Pößneck, Germany (S)
23.06.-26.06.2011
Water Bienniale, Bad Breisig (G)
2010
21.-26.09.2010
Under Shiva’s Shield, Visual Gallery, Photokina, Cologne (S) (catalogue), Jim Rakete, Michael von Graffenried, Annett Stuth, Stephan Zirwes
07.-17.06.2010
10 Festival for Fashion & Photography 8 Views, at Contemporary Gallery, Diehlgasse 51, Vienna (G) Corina Gertz, Alexandra Hager, Mira Loew, Rosa Rendl, Mangelware/Sandra Schmidt, Helga Traxler, modern martyr/Angela Wiedeman
12.03. – 30.03.2010
“ECO-Creations”, Longmont Council for the Arts / Muse Gallery, Longmont, Colorado (G)
04.07.-17.10.2010
The-zip-association, House of Silk Culture, Krefeld (G)
23.04.-05.05.2010
“Redux”,Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia (G)
2009
Feb.-March 2009
Artist in residence @ Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, Kris Scholz, Katherine Kiefer, Janet Pierce, Charles Merewether
Art Center, fashion illustration from recycled material, Mount Clement, Michigan (honorable mention) (G)
Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi (G), Kris Scholz, Katherine Kiefer
“Sowing Seeds”, International Artist Village Camp, SAR, Rajasthan (G), Terue Yamauchi, Bhupat Dudi, Judit Hettema, Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Chiman Dangi, Vagaram Choudhary, Aditi Kulkarni Kaman Art Gallery, Jodhpur (G) (catalog)
2008
Editor of the book Künstler Tatorte – Künstlersiedlung Franz-Jürgens-Straße about the artist colony in Düsseldorf in cooperation together with Annette Leyener and Kris Scholz, published by Edition Braus, Heidelberg
Kris Scholz, Annette Leyener
2007
3.2.-2.4.2007
Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit (G)
Dt. Architektur Museum, Frankfurt a. M. (G)
Pro Arte Institute St. Petersburg (G)
All exhibitions on behalf of the exhibition series “Shrinking Cities”, a project (2002-2008) of the Federal Cultural Foundation, under the direction of Philipp Oswalt (Berlin) in co-operation with the Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the magazine archplus (catalogue)
2006
10. 09. – 19. 11. 2006
10. Int. Architekturbiennale, Venice (G)
University of Tokio with Art Deco Museum, Tokio (G)
Pralt Manhatten Gallery / von Alen Institute, New York (G)
All on behalf of the exhibition series “Shrinking Cities” (catalogue)
2005
18.02. – 08.04.2005
“Beauty of Kaokoveld”, Syrius Galerie, Düsseldorf (S)
20.08.-15.09.2005
“Beauty of Kaokoveld”, Back Lane Art Gallery, Aachen (S)
2004
07.03.-03.10.2004
“Namibia, A Separated History”, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne (G) (catalogue)
Photo project Monet’s Garden in Giverny in cooperation with Kris Scholz on behalf of the Museum of European Garden Art, Düsseldorf
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