Gabriele Sto\u0308tzer was born in Emleben, East Germany, in 1953.<\/p>\n
In the mid-1970s, she studied at a teacher training college in Erfurt, but was expelled for political reasons. Her further opposition activity earned her a one-year prison sentence. After being released, she became involved in art, running a gallery and creating her own works, which included not only photography, film, painting and performance, but also textiles, ceramics, created objects, art books and costumes. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Sto\u0308tzer co-initiated the first occupation of the Stasi (Ministry for State Security of the GDR) headquarters in Erfurt in order to prevent its files from being destroyed. After the political transformation, she continued her artistic work, participated in exhibitions and published eight books. The artist lives and works in Erfurt, teaching university seminars in Performance and delivering lectures on Feminist Art and Being a Contemporary Witness. In 2013, she was awarded the Federal Republic of Germany\u2019s Order of Merit for her social and political activities.<\/p>\n
During her studies, Sto\u0308tzer was an active resistance fighter. For drawing up a petition in defense of a fellow student who had been expelled from university, she was removed from the student roster. Afterwards, she was sentenced to forced labour. On the wave of protests about the revocation of Wolf Biermann\u2019s citizenship, the artist decided to draft a petition for the singer\u2019s release and transport it by train, but was caught by the Stasi. The authorities classified her act as insult to the state and sentenced her to a year in prison. From the end of her detention until the political changes in 1989, Sto\u0308tzer was under constant surveillance by the Stasi, who collected material on her activities. Her private life and creative activity were under surveillance, she faced provocations and in 1981 the independent gallery Im Flur [In the corridor], which the artist ran, was ordered to shut down.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the 1980s, Sto\u0308tzer concentrated on her own artistic work. She did not limit herself to a single medium. In addition to a novel about her experience in prison, she wrote short stories and poetry. After taking series of photographs, Sto\u0308tzer used to arrange them on boards designed by herself. Sometimes she designed art books from these series of works. She often used single photographs as postcards, later sent to friends. The artist was involved in collective and participatory activities. She collaborated with other artists in performances, photographs and films with a Super 8 mm camera. Together with female artists living in Erfurt, they founded the art group EXTERRA XX in 1984. Apart from Sto\u0308tzer, the group included Monika Andres, Gabriele Go\u0308bel, Ina Heiner, Angelika Hummel, Birgit Quehl, Claudia Bogenhardt, Tely Bu\u0308chner, Monique Fo\u0308rster, Harriet Wollert and Verena Kyselka. As the artist says, her time in prison taught her the importance of female solidarity and cooperation, which is why she was so keen to initiate the formation of new groups of female artists. Spontaneous group performances and public actions were often recorded, but the artists made films based on pre-prepared scenarios as well. Gabriele Sto\u0308tzer was also associated with the East German punk subculture and the squatting scene. Together with its members, she ran an underground publishing house and then involved them in her own artistic projects.<\/p>\n
Gabriele\u2019s work, like that of many female artists in the former GDR, has only just begun to be discovered in recent years. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions such as: re:act feminism, Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin (2008); Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in Eastern Europe, MUMOK \u2013 Museum of Modern Art, Vienna (2009), Zache\u0328ta \u2013 National Gallery of Art (2010), Warsaw; Voices of Dissent: Art on the GDR 1976-1989, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2016); 100 Ways of Thinking, Kunsthalle, Zurich (2018) and in the solo exhibition Conscious Inability: The Archive of Gabriele Sto\u0308tzer, GfZK, Leipzig. The artist\u2019s films were presented as part of the Trashing Performance programme, Tate Modern, London (2011) and at the 70. Berlinale \u2013 Berlin International Film Festival (2020).<\/p>\n
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Selected solo exhibitions:<\/p>\n
2024<\/p>\n
Didn’t I amuse you brilliantly?<\/em>, Galerie Steinek, Vienna, AT<\/p>\n ERASING A GLANCE. I BEAR MY WOUNDS OPEN<\/em>, Kunsthaus Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 2023<\/p>\n Die Austreibung aus dem Paradies<\/em>, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, DE<\/p>\n Body Gestures and Bodily Signs. Photography<\/em>, Galerie Pankow, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n The Expulsion from Paradise<\/em>, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, DE<\/p>\n 2022<\/p>\n Symbole des Ungesagten<\/em>, 1RWW Project Space, LOOCK Galerie, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2021<\/p>\n I come from a country that no longer exists<\/em>, Galeria Monopol, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Verf\u00fchrung<\/em>, LOOCK Galerie, Berlin<\/p>\n 2019<\/p>\n Conscious Inability. The Gabriele St\u00f6tzer Archive,\u00a0<\/i>GfZK, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n 2017<\/p>\n Das Brennen der Worte im Mund<\/i>,\u00a0 KTR Galerie, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n 2013<\/p>\n Schwingungskurve Leben<\/i>, Klassik Stiftung, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n 1993<\/p>\n Form in Form<\/em>, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 1988<\/p>\n W\u00f6rtherstra\u00dfe, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 1984<\/p>\n K\u00fcrschnergasse, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected group exhibitions:<\/p>\n 2024<\/p>\n Pauli Prize<\/em>, Kunsthalle Bremen, DE<\/p>\n Mother, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, DE<\/p>\n Outrageously Rebellious<\/em>, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, DE<\/p>\n Prologue to the 10th f\/stop \u2014 Festival for Photography Leipzig<\/em>, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n Soft Power<\/em>, DAS MINKS Kunsthaus in Potsdam, DE<\/p>\n Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation<\/em>, Harvard Art Museums\/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, US<\/p>\n Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc<\/em>, 1960s\u20131980s, Phoenix Art Museum, USA; Vancouver Art Gallery, CA<\/p>\n 2023<\/p>\n Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s\u20131980s<\/em>, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US<\/p>\n The Sixties Experiment<\/em>, Harvard Art Museums\/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, US<\/p>\n 2022<\/p>\n herzw\u00e4rts wild. Umbr\u00fcche 1982\u201397 K\u00fcnstlerinnen aus der DDR<\/em>, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, Cottbus, DE<\/p>\n Restless Bodies. East German Photography 1980\u20131989<\/em>, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, LT<\/p>\n Zerbrechlich! Ton, Scheibe, Bild: K\u00fcnstlerkeramik<\/em>, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, Cottbus, DE<\/p>\n Anti-Social Art: Experimental Practices in Late East Germany<\/em>, Tweed Museum, Minnesota, US<\/p>\n 2021<\/p>\n Stich f\u00fcr Stich. Faden um Faden. Textile Bild\/R\u00e4ume, <\/i>BLMK, Cottbus, DE<\/p>\n Maximal radikal. Textile Objekte, Filme und Performances aus Ost und West von 1970 bis heute<\/i>, BLMK, Cottbus, DE<\/p>\n Feministische Avantgarde aus der Sammlung Verbund<\/em>, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, DE<\/p>\n Entgrenzungen \u2013 Von \u00f6ffentlichen und privaten Sph\u00e4ren<\/i>, Kallmann\u2013Museum, Ismaning, DE<\/p>\n 2020<\/p>\n Work and Continuation<\/i>\u00a0(Werk und Fortsetzung<\/i>), Galerie Eigenheim, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Poetry & Performance. The Eastern Europe Perspecitve<\/i>, Contemporary Museum, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n 2019<\/p>\n Bewu\u00dftes Unverm\u00f6gen \u2013 Das Archiv Gabriele St\u00f6tzer<\/em>, Galerie f\u00fcr Zeitgen\u00f6ssische Kunst, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n Artists & Agents. Performance Art and Secret Services<\/i>, HMKV, Dortmund, DE<\/p>\n From Far Away. Images of the GDR,\u00a0<\/i>Museum Villa Stuck, Monachium, DE<\/p>\n Fotograf Festival X. Uneven Ground<\/i>, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, CZ<\/p>\n Die schaffende Galatea. Frauen sehen Frauen<\/i>, Kunsthalle Talstra\u00dfe, Halle, DE<\/p>\n Restless Bodies. East German Photography 1980\u20131989<\/em>, Rencontres d\u2019Arles, Arles, FR<\/p>\n Present Tense 2019: Task of Remembrance<\/i>, Chinese Culture Center Visual Art Center, San Francisco, USA<\/p>\n Poetry & Performance<\/i>, Motorenhalle Dresden, Dresden, DE<\/p>\n Palast der Republik. 1989\/2019. Come Together<\/i>, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2018<\/p>\n The\u00a0Medea Insurrection:\u00a0Radical Women Artists Behind\u00a0the\u00a0Iron Curtain<\/em>, The Wende Museum, Culver City, California, US<\/p>\n The\u00a0Medea Insurrection:\u00a0Radical Women Artists Behind\u00a0the\u00a0Iron Curtain<\/em>, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, DE<\/p>\n Anti-Image (Gegenbilder),<\/i> Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Deutschland<\/i>, Galeria Eigenheim, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n Hinter dem Spiegel<\/i>\u00a0(Po drugiej stronie lustra<\/em>), BWA Zielona G\u00f3ra, PL (works from collection of BLMK, Cottbus, DE<\/p>\n Poetry & Performance<\/i>, Verein Shedhalle, Zurich, CH<\/p>\n 100 Ways of Thinking<\/i>, Kunsthalle, Zurich, CH<\/p>\n Curators Choice<\/i>, Galerie Springer, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Traumwelten<\/i>, Kunsthalle Thalstra\u00dfe, Halle, DE<\/p>\n Feminismus und Klassenbewu\u00dftsein<\/i>, Sprechsaal, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Underground Improvisation<\/i>, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Left performance history<\/i>, nGbK, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Gerissene F\u00e4den<\/i>, BLMK \u2014Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, Cottbus, DE<\/p>\n 2017<\/p>\n Das Brennen der Worte im Mund<\/em>, Galerie Kunstraum KTR, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n Zwischen Ausstieg und Aktion. Die Erfurter Subkultur der 1960er, 1970er und 1980er Jahre<\/i>, Kunsthalle Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n The Present Order<\/i>, Galerie f\u00fcr Zeitgen\u00f6ssische Kunst, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i>A Sort of Sound \u2014 Klang in der Bildenden Kunst<\/i>, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n Handlungsanweisungen in der Kunst<\/i>, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n 2016<\/p>\n Gegenstimmen. Kunst in der DDR 1976\u20131989<\/i>, Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2015<\/p>\n Das Gl\u00fccksprinzip<\/i>, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n 2014<\/p>\n Re:bellion Re:ligion Re:form \u2014 K\u00fcnstler agieren im Umbruch<\/em>, The Kunstsammlungen Zwickau, Max Pechstein Museum, Zwickau, DE<\/p>\n So nah… weit fern. Bilder aus der Hafterfahrung<\/i>, Gedenk und Bildungsst\u00e4tte Andreasstra\u00dfe, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 2013<\/p>\n Schwingungskurve Leben<\/em>, Schiller-Museum, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n Zwischen Ausstieg und Aktion. Die Erfurter Subkultur der 1960er, 1970er und 1980er Jahre<\/i>, Kunsthalle, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n Re<\/i>.act<\/i>.feminism<\/i>, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2012<\/p>\n Abschied von Ikarus<\/em>. Bildwelten in der DDR<\/em> \u2013 neu gesehen<\/em>, Neues Museum, Weimar, DE<\/p>\n Re<\/i>.act<\/i>.feminism<\/i>, Fundaci\u00f3 Antoni T\u00e0pies, Barcelona, ES; Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn, EE; Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, DK; Galerija Miroslav Kraljevi\u0107, Zagreb, HR; Instytut Sztuki Wyspa, Gda\u0144sk, PL<\/p>\n 2011<\/p>\n Trashing Performance<\/i>, Tate Modern, London, UK<\/p>\n Entdeckt! Rebellische K\u00fcnstlerinnen in der DDR<\/em> Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, DE<\/p>\n 2010<\/p>\n PUZZLE: Die Sammlungsausstellung 2010<\/em>, GfZK, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n 2009<\/p>\n Subversive Praktiken. Kunst unter Bedingungen politischer Repression. 60er\u201380er \/ S\u00fcdamerika \/ Europa<\/em>, W\u00fcrttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, DE<\/p>\n Gender Check<\/i>, mumok \u2014 Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, AU<\/p>\n Ohne Uns! Kunst und alternative Kultur in Dresden \u2014 vor und nach \u00b489<\/i>, Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE<\/p>\n 2008<\/p>\n Feind ist, wer anders denkt<\/i>, Staatssicherheit, Hamburg, DE<\/p>\n Re<\/i>.act<\/i>.feminism<\/i>, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2006<\/p>\n Literarische Gegenwelten<\/i>, Literaturhaus, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n In Z\u00fcgelloser Sprache<\/i>, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Gef\u00e4hrliche Machwerke<\/i>, Th\u00fcringer Landtag, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 2005<\/p>\n ostPunk! \u2013 too much future<\/i>, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Engel<\/i>, Andreaskirche, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 2004<\/p>\n Engel<\/i>, Winkelcentrum NOVA, Utrecht, DE<\/p>\n 2003<\/p>\n Lieber zu viel als zu wenig. Kunst, Musik, Aktionen zwischen Hedonismus und Nihilismus [1976\u20131985]<\/i>, nGbK, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n G\u00f6ttinnen<\/i>, Nieler Schule, Kranenburg, DE<\/p>\n 2001<\/p>\n Todesmaske von Engeln getragen<\/i>, Kunsthaus, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 2000<\/p>\n Eros & Chaos<\/i>, Galeria Alex 18, D\u00fcsseldorf, DE<\/p>\n Apokalyptische Visionen<\/i>, Stadtbibliothek, Zeitz, DE<\/p>\n 1999<\/p>\n Innensichten: Kunst in Th\u00fcringen<\/i>, Gera Art Collection (Kunstsammlung Gera), Gera, DE<\/p>\n Art is ego<\/i>, Das Labyrinth, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 1998<\/p>\n Politeia. Deutsche Geschichte nach 1945 aus Frauensicht<\/i>, Bonn Women\u2019s Museum (Frauenmuseum), Bonn, DE<\/span><\/p>\n Boheme und Diktatur in der DDR<\/i>, Historisches Museum, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Deutschlandbilder: Kunst aus einem geteilten Land<\/i>, Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 1997<\/p>\n 12. Kunstmesse<\/em>, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, DE<\/p>\n 1996<\/p>\n Unikum unikat<\/i>, Kunsthaus, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 1995<\/p>\n Keramish Atelier, Utrecht, NL<\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n Kunsthaus, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 1991<\/p>\n Atlantis \u2014 Irgendeine Vergangenheit<\/i>, Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE<\/p>\n Atlantis<\/i>, Ballhaus im Nordpark, D\u00fcsseldorf, DE<\/p>\n Treibholz<\/i>, Rathaus,\u00a0Mainz, DE<\/span><\/p>\n 1990<\/p>\n Jojo Klubhaus, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Jugendklub Apotheke, Chemnitz, DE<\/p>\n Literaturclub, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n La Vilette, Paris, FR<\/p>\n 1989<\/p>\n Galerie Nord, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n 1988<\/p>\n St. Augustine’s Monastery, Erfurt, DE<\/p>\n 1984<\/p>\n K\u00fcnstler Fotografieren, Fotografierte K\u00fcnstler<\/i>, Galerie Mitte, Dresden, DE<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-4352","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/4352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}