Edith Urban

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CURRICULUM

Edith Urban, born in Germany in 1956, lives and works in Rome since 2003. Working at the »borders« of painting, writing, sound and rhythm, often she uses decontextualized fragments to compose series of essentially monochromatic paintings. She developed this approach studying fine arts with the Viennese artist Hermann Nitsch at the Academy of Fine Arts »Städel« in Frankfurt am Main (1995-97) where Nitsch held the professorship for interdisciplinary art. As a former literature student (she holds a Master’s degree in Economy and German philology) Edith Urban has always been fascinated by the interface of painting, text and rhythm: how a phrase or a even a single word that she turns over repeatedly and rhythmically in her mind triggers the process of »composing« a painting. The fragments consist of everything from short statements, allusions, lines of poetry, reflections and dialogues to a catchy tune or a line from a popsong. She uses these fragments stripped from their original context like mantras, repeatedly writing them into the wet paint, in multiple layers. Doing this, they inevitably become aesthetically important graphic elements in the painting: sometimes bold letters occupying ample space, sometimes letters that are small and almost apologetic.Art Fair Frankfurt

INDIVIDUAL SHOWS AND GROUP-SHOWS in recent years include

2023 mi sposto tra le stelle (con G. Spengler e C. Angus) Temple gallery Rome, a cura di Anna Maria Panzera e Shara Wasserman || 2022_un'artista | un'opera, Fondazione Scelsi, Roma, a cura di Irmela Heimbaecher (p)|| 2021 _ le altre opere, Museo Napoleonico || 2020 _ sketch, Galleria La Nuova Pesa || 2019 _ un certaine regard, curated by Tiziana Musi, Galleria La Nube di Oort, Roma [c] _ Art Fair Frankfurt ottobre 31/novembre 3 _ MacroAsilo Atelier #1: ottobre 2019 _ STILLE, curated by Ulrich Meyer-Husmann, Kunstverein RheinMain Floersheim [i] || 2016__ tra le righe, curated by Marcello Carriero, Galleria Miralli, Viterbo [i] [c] || 2015__ what do you think I'd see if I could walk away from me?, a project with Lucio Gregoretti, curated by Tanja Lelgemann, Galleria Luigi di Sarro, Rome [c] [i] _ side by side, curated by Serafini Amato, Galleria Monti, Rome [i] _ Il mito sepolto, curated by Luigi Paolo Finizio, Museo dei Brettii, Cosenza [c] 2013__ io sono un’altra, curated by Ulrich Meyer-Husmann, Galleria La nube di Oort, Rome [c] [i] and Galleria Vertigo, Cosenza || 2012__ Maria und Marie, curated by Ulrich Meyer-Husmann, Kunstverein Germersheim [i] _ second edition, Colonia 210, Spinnerei Leipzig [i] _ 2010__ transformation, curated by Ulrich Meyer-Husmann, Galerie im Landtag, Mainz [i]  2009__ denken-fühlen-sein, Katholische Akademie, Trier [i] _ The silent space between and around words, curated by Shara Wasserman, Temple Gallery, Rome [c] [i] _ insiemi non disgiunti, curated by Rosa Pierno, Galleria La nube di Oort, rome [c] _ al di là delle parole, curated by Pia Candinas, Galleria Studio Tiepolo38, Rome [c] [i]

[i] _  individual show or 2-person-show

[c] _ catalogue

 

 
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LAST NIGHT I DREAMED...IN THIS DREAM I WAS ON A TIGHTROPE... _ laurie anderson 'tightrope' | 140 x 100 | 2021 | mixed media on canvas
...AND I'M TIPPING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO KEEP MY BALANCE... _ laurie anderson 'tightrope' | 140 x 100 | 2021 | mixed media on canvas
IF I GOT RID OF MY DEMONS, I'D LOSE MY ANGELS... _ tennessee williams | 63 x 51 | mixed media on paper | 2021
IF I GOT RID OF MY DEMONS, I'D LOSE MY ANGELS... _ tennessee williams | 63 x 51 | mixed media on paper | 2021

Events at Rome Art Week

27 Oct 2023 | 17:30-21:00
Edith Urban

Free admission
Open Studio
Studio Edith Urban
via f. casini, 6 - Roma
26 Oct 2022
Edith Urban

Free admission
Open Studio
Studio Edith Urban
via f. casini, 6 - roma
27 Oct 2021 | 16:00-21:00
Edith Urban

Free admission
Open Studio
Studio Edith Urban
via f. casini, 6 - roma
28 Oct 2020 | 15:00-19:00
Edith Urban

Admission only by invitation
Open Studio
Studio Edith Urban
Via Filippo Casini, 6 - Roma
22 Oct 2019 | 18:30
Il paradosso della visione
Luigi Trucillo & Sonia Gentili - Literature
Free admission
Event
Art Exhibition Link - Artists Studio Roma
Borgo Pio, 125 - Roma
24 Oct 2018 | 17:00-22:00
Edith Urban

Free admission
Open Studio
Studio Edith Urban
Via Filippo Casini, 6 - Roma
12 Oct 2017 | 18:00-22:00
Edith Urban

Free admission
Open Studio
Studio Edith Urban
Via Filippo Casini, 6 - Roma
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