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ROLAND FUHRMANN
 
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Roland Fuhrmann
1966 born in Dresden, Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany
Education

1991-1995 Study in the faculty of metal sculpture at the Hochschule für Kunst + Design Halle, Burg Giebichenstein.
1995-1997 Study at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Tony Brown and Christian Boltanski
1998 Diploma for fine arts

Grants

2000-01 Grant from the German-French Cultural Council of Paris.
2000 "Kaiserringstipendiat 2000" prize from the Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art in Goslar
1997-98 Graduate scholarship from the Land Saxony-Anhalt.
1998 Work scholarship from the Stiftung Kulturfonds, Berlin.
1995 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) funding scholarship for the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Museum of Art Goch: 'VALUTA'
2004 Spielhaus Morrison Gallery
2000 Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art Goslar

Group Exhibitions

2006 Kunstverein Bregenz / Austria: 'Steiler Konter'
2006 European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Osnabrueck
2005 46th October Art Salon Belgrade
2005 ART FORUM Berlin
2005 Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin
2005 M°A°I°S 6, The Free Will, Bunker der arena Berlin
2005 Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz
2005 Landesausstellung Tirol LA05, Hall / Austria
2004 ARTIADE - Olympics of Visual Art, Athens.
2004 Spielhaus Morrison Gallery, Berlin.
2003-04 Berlin-Moskau 1950-2000, Gropius-Bau Berlin
2003 Berlin art project of the NY Arts Magazine.
2003 Grosse Kunstausstellung Halle, Villa Kobe, Germany (audience prize).
2002-03 art kite museum Detmold / Germany.
2002 "Helden der Arbeit" art festival, Berlin-Schöneweide.
2002 Zeppelin-Museum Friedrichshafen / Germany.
2002 Architektursalon 1, Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle (Saale).
2002 Projektraum Galerie Matthias Kampl, Berlin.
2002 PYROTEKTURA in an underground water reservoir in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
2002 BRAIN UP, Palais du Congrés, Paris, (1st prize).
2001-02 Gallery ARSENAL in Poznan, Poland.

Projects

Art and construction:

2007 RED MOUNTAIN, City Hall of Goch / Germany (in realization)

2006 sequence analysis "Treibender Rhythmus", Palucca Schule Dresden - Hochschule für Tanz

2003 SAND BENCH, memorial to the flood relief volunteers at Bitterfeld / Germany.

2001 ORNISONORIUM, in the building of the faculty of informatics and artificial Intelligence at the Martin-Luther-University in Halle / Germany.

2001 THREAD OF LIFE, in the courtyard of the faculty of genetics at the Martin Luther University in Halle / Germany.

2000 RAINY WAY, in the courtyard of the Stadtwerke Halle GmbH in Halle / Germany.

2000 MAX PLANCK STRUCTURE, in the lobby of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle / Germany.

1998 LIGHT ENCOUNTER, a kinetic installation running through 5 floors of an office building of the Stadtwerke Halle GmbH in Halle / Germany.

Collections

Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art Goslar
various privat collections

Bibliography

Press release:

DBZ, Deutsche Bau Zeitschrift, Aug. 2006, p. 7: "Treibender Rhythmus - Skulptur in Dresdner Tanz-
Schule übergeben", article from Benedikt Kraft

NRZ, Neue Rhein Zeitung, August 11, 2006, p. 4: "Wenn der Bundesadler knirscht" (about the exhibition
VALUTA at the Museum Goch) article from Andreas Daams

Rheinische Post, 12. August 2006, p.B6: "S-Draht und eine Tonne Weltgeld" (about the exhibition
VALUTA at the Museum Goch) article from Matthias Grass

AD, Architectural Digest. The beautiful houses of the world ( journal ), edition 10 / October 2004 "Best of Germany" 150 reasons to love Germany, reason 87: The Euro Eagle / "BIG JUMPING JACK" from Roland Fuhrmann http://www.ad-magazin.de

"Der Tagesspiegel", Aug 28, 2004, Kunst & Markt ( art and business ), article in the German newspaper: "Memento Motori - Roland Fuhrmanns kinetische Objekte"

"FAZ ", July 31, 2004, Kunstmarkt, article in the German newspaper: "Konfuser Sommer in der City - In Berlin: Meese/Oehlen, Yves Oppenheim, Roland Fuhrmann" http://fazarchiv.faz.net

"DIE WELT", July 23, 2004, edition Berlin, article in the German newspaper: Berlin art market : „Elektromechanische Poesie - Roland Fuhrmann verzaubert die Welt bei Spielhaus Morrison" www.welt.de/data/2004/07/23/309053.html

"Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung" Potsdam, August 7 / 8, 2004, article in the German newspaper: "Produktivitäts-Simulatoren" Momentum mobile mit 5 Künstlern in der Schiffbauergasse http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/cms/ziel/604050/DE/

"Mitteldeutsche Zeitung", April - August 2003, 9 articles ( "Sand bench" Bitterfeld ) http://archiv.mz-web.de

Dresdner Kulturmagazin, Juli 2000, German culture magazine, article from Susanne Altmann: "Dresden-Paris-Goslar, Kinetische Kunst von Roland Fuhrmann“

Catalogues:
2006 Roland Fuhrmann, exhibition catalogue VALUTA at the Museum Goch, August-October '06
KEHRER Verlag Heidelberg, ISBN 3-939583-15-4 and ISBN 978-3-939583-15-8

2006 " Smart Art ", European Media Art Festival (EMAF) Osnabrueck 2006, May 10 - June 18, 2006
catalogue publisher: H. Nöring, A. Rotert, R. Sausmikat, ISBN 3-926501-27-B

2005 "Art That Works / Catch Me !", 46. October Art Salon Belgrade / Serbia, Oct. 01 - Nov. 18, 2005 catalogue publisher: Belgrade Culture Center, ISBN 86-84235-49-5

2005 "Die Zukunft der Natur" The Book to the Landesausstellung 05, Tirol, May 14 - Nov. 06, 2005 publisher: Martin Heller & Benedikt Erhard, Tappeiner Verlag, Lana / Italy, ISBN 88-7073-367-X

2005 "The free will", Arena Berlin, M°A°I°S 6, June 16 - July 31, 2005 (english two) catalogue: Verlag Hans Schiler Berlin, ISBN 3-89930-069-6

2005 "Lob der Torheit" - Don Quijote (Praise of foolishness), July 05 -Sept. 04, 2005 catalogue publisher: Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz, ISBN 3-937176-04-07

2004 ARTIADE – Olympics of Visual Art, Athens / Greece

2003 Berlin-Moskau 1950-2000, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung,
Berlin: ISBN 3-89479-060-1

2003 Grosse Kunstausstellung Halle

2002 "Luftschiffe, die nie gebaut wurden" ( Zeppelins that were never built ) Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen ISBN 3-86136-076-4

2002 BRAIN UP, Paris, Europa Editions: ISBN 2-913628-10-9

2001 "Je t’aime de loin", Gallery ARSENAL in Poznan, Poland ISBN 83-86932-97-X

Links

www.rolandfuhrmann.de
www.spielhaus-morrison.com

Contact
Kniprodestraße 114a
10407 Berlin
Phone: 0049 (0)30 42804818
Email: post@@rolandfuhrmann.de
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