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Riechert, Silke
Silke Riechert was born in 1961 in Augsburg and lives in Berlin. She studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where she was a student in Martin Honert’s master class. She uses photographs as a material – photographs that she takes of buildings. She is interested in high-rises, large volumes in the built environment, bodies and images of architecture.
Exhibitions and awards (selection):
Förderpreis der Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg, 2000; “Eintracht. Dynamo”, graduates from the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and Städelschule Frankfurt, 2000; “Bildwechsel. Aktuelle Malerei aus Sachsen und Thüringen”, Museum Gera, Kunstsammlungen Zwickau, 2000; Gerhardt-von-Reutern-Haus, Willinghausen, 2001; “Luckenwalde./Hutfabrik” [“Luckenwalde./Hat Factory”], Kunsthalle Vierseithof Luckenwalde, 2001; The German Pavilion, project space at ART Frankfurt (with Berthold Bock), 2001; “Bon direct”, Bonner Kunstverein, 2002; “settings 1”, loop-raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, 2003; Info Off Spring Kiosk, Dresden, 2004; “100 Mona Lisas sind besser als eine” [“100 Mona Lisas Are Better Than One”], Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, 2004.
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