Paloma Varga Weisz

Paloma Varga Weisz (born 1966 ) is a German sculptor and illustrator.

Biography

Paloma Varga Weisz learned from 1987 to 1990 wood sculpture in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. From 1990-98 she studied at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf at Tony Cragg and Gerhard Merz. Her versatile work includes sculptures and installations mainly in wood and ceramics, as well as watercolors and drawings. " Paloma Varga Weisz sculptural oeuvre is characterized by obvious recourse to iconographic and craft traditions, combining history with contemporary artistic practice that reveals their genealogical roots only sparingly. "

She is the youngest daughter of Feri Varga, who has a Hungarian artist lived and worked mainly in France and Germany.

Paloma Varga Weisz lives and works in Dusseldorf.

Awards and scholarships

  • 2000/2001: Scholarship Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven
  • 2007: Marianne Werefkin Prize, Berlin

Exhibitions (selection)

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Literature (selection )

  • Maison de Plaisance: Rosemarie Trockel and Paloma Varga Weisz. Morsbroich Museum Leverkusen, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86984-360-5.
  • New Rhineland - the post- ironic generation. Distance Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-942405-20-1.
  • A million miles from home. Folkestone Triennial, CultureShock Media, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9562669-4-1.
  • Paloma Varga Weisz, Gilded Age. A Tale of Today. Catalog Kunsthalle Wien. Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nürnberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-940748-28-7.
  • Raumfürraum. Catalog Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Art Association of the Rhineland and Westphalia. Publisher of Walther König, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-88375-924-4.
  • Most Wanted: The Olbricht Collection. Publisher of Walther König, Cologne 2005.
  • Interviews 2 Gerald Matt, Kunsthalle Wien, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86560-364-7.
  • Of Mice and Men 4th Berlin Biennale, Hatje Cantz, 2005, ISBN 3-7757-1765- X.
  • Collection of contemporary art in K 21 art collection of North Rhine -Westphalia. 2005, Dusseldorf, ISBN 3-8321-7567-9.
  • Paloma Varga Weisz. Catalog Museum Kurhaus Kleve. Revolver Archive for Contemporary Art, 2004, ISBN 3-934935-16-8 u, ISBN 3-937577-43-2.
  • Paloma Varga Weisz. Ackermans collection, Xanten in 1999.
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