Petra Mattheis
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Petra Mattheis | |
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 Petra Mattheis, Leipzig, Germany, 2017 | |
| Born | Moers, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig |
Petra Mattheis (born 1967 in Moers) is a German Artist und Photographer. She became known for her artistic engagement with the topic menstruation.
Biography[edit]
Mattheis studied communications design at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden and graduated in 1994 with a diploma. She studied Fine Arts at the Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz from 2002 to 2006 and finished with a diploma as well. From 2007 bis 2009 she was a student in the master class of Joachim Blank at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig.[1][2]
Works[edit]
With her website Become A Menstruator[3] as well as with installations and prints, Mattheis investigates menstruation in an artistic, playful approach, questions cultural-historical developments and today's way of dealing with one's own body in our society.[4] Each motif of the blood-red prints in her series BAM – Become a Menstruator corresponds to a fertile year in the life of the artist. While each print is a handmaid original, the size of the edition corresponds with the sum of the periods she had during this year. Thus, Mattheis not only addresses a taboo,[5] her works also receive an autobiographical character.[6]
Solo exhibitions[edit]
- 2006: Überwiegend Schwarz auf Weiß, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden[7]
- 2009: Pulsierender Pfirsich, Kuhturm, Leipzig[8]
- 2011: Hinter den Worten, Gallery Queen Anne, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig[9][10]
- 2015: Arts and Crafts Week at Panty Camp, Gallery The Grass is Greener, Leipzig[11][12]
- 2017: Riding the Red Tide, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig[13]
- 2018: Become a Menstruator Booth, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig[14]
- 2019: Shark Weeks, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt[15]
- 2022: Wantalon App, Parcours #zeitzseeing [16]
- 2023: Am Fluß, Kalktor, Zeitz[17]
Selected group exhibitions[edit]
- 2004: Zwischen, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, with Ilka Meyer[18]
- 2011: East of Fresno, group exhibition for contemporary art, The Hatchery Art Space, Badger, California[19]
- 2012: Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen, Bellevuesaal with Klaus Lomnitzer, Wiesbaden[20]
Awards and scholarships[edit]
- 2006: Förderstipendium der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- 2007: Preis der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- 2016: Project grant from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate[21]
- 2021: Denkzeit-Stipendium, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
- 2022: Modul C, BBK Innovative Kunstprojekte Projektförderung [22]
- 2022: Neustart Kultur, Stipendium
- 2022: Work grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds[23]
- 2023: Award for "Gespräche über Kohle" (Conversations about coal) [24]
- 2023: Project funding for Parcour "Schatten" (Zeitz) of the Wantalon App, Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt [25]
Publications[edit]
- Nassauischer Kunstverein e.V.: Petra Mattheis und Ilka Meyer. Catalog of the exhibition Zwischen – Petra Mattheis, Ilka Meyer, 9 May to 13 June and 29 June to 11 July 2004; Part of the exhibition series Perspektiven der Zukunft. With contributions by Christian Rabanus, Botho Strauß and Ilka Meyer. NKV, Wiesbaden 2004
- Mithu Sanyal: Vulva, Die Enthüllung des unsichtbaren Geschlechts, Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, 2017, S. 202–203, S. 210
- Barbara Streidl: feminismus, Reclam-Verlag, 2019, S. 12–13
- Mithu Sanyal: Identitti, consonni Verlag, Spanien, 2023, Titelcover
- MDR Documentary by Maksym Melnyk „East“: Accompanying the development of „Am Fluß“, Zeitz 2023
References[edit]
- ^ Ausgezeichnete Dissertationen 2006/2007 Archived 14 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, (PDF) S. 48 f.
- ^ Balmoral- und Landesstipendiatinnen und -Stipendiaten 2016
- ^ Become A Menstruator, becomeamenstruator.org, 2015
- ^ Tobias Maier: Jawohl, Mann! Menstruation und Mythos: Petra Mattheis stellt blutrote Prints von Haien, Bären und Tampons aus, der Freitag, 18. Juli 2015
- ^ Okka Rohd: Menstruation: Das rote Tuch, Mai 2016
- ^ Caroline Ausserer: Der Werwolf in mir, Interview with Petra Mattheis, 22. Juli 2015
- ^ Petra Mattheis / Mainly black on white, Nassauischen Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 21 and 22 December 2006
- ^ Kuhturm Leipzig
- ^ Portfolio Petra Mattheis, Gallery Queen Anne, 21 June 2011
- ^ Poetisches Forum – Hinter den Worten – Petra Mattheis, 20 August 2011
- ^ Petra Mattheis: »Arts & Crafts Week at Panty Camp«, Gallery The Grass is Greener, 20 June to 25 July 2015
- ^ »Become a Menstruator«, Petra Mattheis in conversation with Mithu Sanyal, Gallery The Grass is Greener
- ^ Riding the Red Tide, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
- ^ Become a Menstruator Booth, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
- ^ Shark Weeks, Atelierfrankfurt
- ^ #zeitzseeing, Zeitz
- ^ Am Fluß, Zeitz
- ^ Zwischen, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
- ^ Group Show: The Hatchery: East of Fresno, Artslant, 24 September 2011
- ^ Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen, Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, 3 to 27 May 2012
- ^ "Was sich abzeichnet – Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten des Künstlerhauses Schloss Balmoral und des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz 2016/17". Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "BBK Bundesverband - Projekte - NEUSTART KULTUR - Modul C". Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "NEUSTART KULTUR-Stipendien für freischaffende bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler, 2. Auflage" (PDF). Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Revierpionier – Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Entscheidungen sind gefallen! Förderung von 39 Kunstschaffenden und Projekten". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official Website of Petra Mattheis
- Project Become A Menstruator
- Project Wunderwesten
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