Archive
Solo Exhibitions
2025
ON THE ETCH, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Motherhood, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe @ ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Uncensored, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (C)
2024
Zeiterfahrung, Museum Goch, Goch, Germany (C)
2023
inside#out, Galerie Bachlechner, Graz, Austria
2022
ZUSAMMEN, POLARRAUM, Hamburg, Germany
HOW IT LOOKS INSIDE OF ME, Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz, Germany
2021
SZENENWECHSEL X: Annegret Soltau, Hochheimer Kunstsammlung, Hochheim a.M., Germany
KörperSPRACHE (BodyLANGUAGE), Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (C)
2020
COURTESY (with Elvira Bach), Museum Bensheim, Germany
STITCHED (with Stefania Beretta), Maurer Zilioli Gallery, Munich, Germany
INPUT / OUTPUT (with Elvira Bach), Kornfeld Gallery, 68projects, Berlin, Germany
PERSONAL IDENTITY, Franz Swetec Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
SPIDER, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK
2019
HIDE AND SEEK: Janicot and Soltau, Online Exhibition, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK
GETEILTES SELBST (SHARED SELF), Haleh Gallery, Berg/ Starnberger See, Germany
2018
PREGNANT, Frieze Masters – Spotlight, One Woman Show, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK
SELF, Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts, München (in cooperation with Brouwer Edition), Germany
2017
DAS KONSTRUKT ICH – das ge-zeichnete Selbst (THE CONSTRUCTIVE ME), Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2016
TEILEN _ VERBINDEN (SHARE_ CONNECT), Kunsthalle der Sparkassenstiftung, Lüneburg, Germany
2015
PERSONAL IDENTITY, Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts, Munich, Germany
2014
EINHEIT UND TRENNUNG (ONENESS AND SEPARATION), Frauen Museum, Bonn
2013
PULSE MIAMI ART FAIR, Selected works by Annegret Soltau, Miami, USA, Courtesy: Galerie Anita Beckers
SUMMA ART FAIR MADRID, Madrid, España, One Woman Show, Courtesy: Galerie Anita Beckers
ZEIT-ERFAHRUNG (TIME-EXPERIENCE), Maurer Zilioli – Contemporary Arts, Brescia, Italy
IDENTITY, Haleh Gallery, Berg/Starnberger See (with Shadi Ghadirian) (C)
2011
Marielies Hess-Kunstpreis (Marielies Hess Art Prize), Goldhalle des Hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt, Germany
KÖPFE – Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Fotomontagen (HEADS – Drawings, Etchings, Photo Collages), Gallery Rothe, Frankfurt, Germany
2010
SELF PERFORMING, Gallery Merkle, Germany, Stuttgart (C)
2009
ARBEITEN 1975 – 2009 (WORKS 1975 – 2009), Gallery Friebe, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2008
MAL BIN ICH FRAU, MAL BIN ICH MANN (SOMETIMES I’M A WOMAN, SOMETIMES I’M A MAN), Gallery Caesar & Koba, Hamburg, Germany
2007
PERSONAL IDENTITY, Fraunhofer Institut, Darmstadt, Germany (C)
2006
ICH SELBST – Werkschau (MYSELF – A Retrospective), Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany (C)
NACHTBLICKE (VIEWS OF THE NIGHT), Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005
NICHTS IST WIE ES SCHEINT (NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS), Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany
2004
TAG & NACHT (DAY AND NIGHT), Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany
2003
ZEIT-ERFAHRUNG (EXPERIENCING TIME), Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
INS GESICHT GESCHRIEBEN (PART OF MY FACE), Gallery Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany
2000/01
EDITIONEN 1977-2000 (EDITIONS, 1977 – 2000), Gallery Merkle, Stuttgart, Germany (C)
TOCHTER – TOTEM (DAUGHTER – TOTEM), Gallery Oliver Schweden, Munich, Germany
2000
VERWANDLE ICH MICH ODER MUTIERE ICH ? (METAMORPHOSIS OR MUTATION?) Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany (C)
ART COLOGNE, Galerie Buschlinger, Wiesbaden (with Nan Hoover), Germany (C)
1999/2000
FEMALE GENEALOGY, Project Room, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA (C)
1999
generative (generative), Goldstrom Gallery, New York, USA (C)
EDITIONEN 1979 – 1999 (EDITIONS, 1979 – 1999), Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany
1998
DER KÖRPER ZIEHT DAS DENKEN AN (THE BODY CLOTHED IN THOUGHT), Evangelische Akademie, Arnoldshain
IM KALEIDOSKOP (IN THE KALEIDOSCOPE), Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany
ZWISCHEN LEBEN UND TOD (BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH), Evangelische Begegnungsstätte, Pforzheim – Hohenwart, Germany (C)
1997
PUBERTÄT (PUBERTY), Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria (C)
1996
NADELSTICHE (THE PRICK OF THE NEEDLE), Gallery Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany
1994-95
ZEITERFAHRUNG (EXPERIENCING TIME), Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany (C)
1994
DER NABEL DES TRAUMS (THE BIRTH OF THE DREAM), Gallery Hübner & Thiel, Dresden, Germany
HEILUNG (HEALING), Städtische Galerie am Markt, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (C)
FOTO-INSTALLATION 1986-1994 (PHOTO INSTALLATION, 1986-1994), Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
ARBEITEN DER LETZTEN 10 JAHRE (WORK FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS), Gallery Anita Beckers, Darmstadt, Germany
1993
KONJUNKTUREN DES ZUFALLS (THE CYCLES OF COINCIDENCE), Galley Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany
KÖRPERLACHEN (LAUGHING WITH THE BODY), Gallery Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany
HAUTNAH (AGAINST THE SKIN), Liebfrauenkirche, Frankfurt, Germany (C)
1992
KOPFGEFÜHLE & KÖRPERDENKEN (FEELING WITH THE MIND, THINKING WITH THE BODY), Studio Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
1991
FRAGMENTE DES ICHS (FRAGMENTS OF THE SELF), Kunstverein/Städtische Gallery/Vulkan-Galerie, Mainz, Germany (C)
1990
COLLAGE-DECOLLAGE, Galerie eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
1989
ANALOGIEN 1973-1989 (ANALOGIES, 1973-1989), Gallery Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany
1988
MAGISCHE BLICKE (ENCHANTED VIEW) – in the eyes of animals, Fotoforum, Bremen, Germany
GRIMA – with children and animals, Künstlerhaus Selk, Schleswig, Germany (C)
IM FELSENMEER (CHAOS OF ROCKS), Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany
1987
LA MAMMA, Video installation, Goethe-Institut, Rome. Italy
NEUE ARBEITEN AUS ROM (NEW WORKS FROM ROME), Gallery Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany
1986
MUTTER-GLÜCK (MOTHERHOOD), photo restitchings, Barbara Gross Gallery, Bergen/Munich, Germany
1985
FOTO-TABLEAUS (PHOTO TABLEAUS), Gallery Karin Friebe, Darmstadt
KÖRPER-BILDER (BODY IMAGES), Gallery Quaresso, Munich, Germany
1984
LEBENS-ZEICHEN (SIGNS OF LIFE), Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany (C), Galeria Teatre Stu, Cracow, Poland (C)
1983
Galerie Alain Oudin, Paris, France
SCHWANGER (PREGNANT), video installation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany (C)
1980
FOTORADIERUNGEN (PHOTO ETCHINGS), Werkstatt-Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1979
GRAPHIC/PHOTO/VIDEO, Intakt-Galerie im Griechenbeisl, Vienna, Austria
LOS-LÖSUNG (LETTING GO), performance with Inge Rumey, GEDOK Art Week, Kiel, Germany
1978
RADIERUNGEN (ETCHINGS), Nada Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
SPINNE (SPIDER), drawings, Gallery Karin Friebe, Darmstadt, Germany
1977
BEGEGNUNG (ENCOUNTER), performance with Bernadette Baumann, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
1976
ZEICHNUNGEN – RADIERUNGEN – PLASTIKEN (DRAWINGS – ETCHINGS – SCULPTURES), Gallery Karin Friebe, Darmstadt, Germany (C)
VER-BINDUNGEN (TIES), Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
1975/76
PERMANENTE DEMONSTRATION (PERMANENT DEMONSTRATION), Gallery Kunstwerkstatt, Darmstadt, Germany
1974
RADIERUNGEN (ETCHINGS), Gallery Garuda, Darmstadt, Germany
1971
OPERNGESELLSCHAFT (OPERA COMPANY) – Wood figures, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany
(C) = catalogue
Group Exhibitions
2025
GESAMPELTE GESTALTEN, Kunstverein Gera, Gera, DE
XCHANGE, Schloss Köthen, Köthen, DE
ALTER. Grafik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Augustinermuseum, Freiburg i. B., DE
OUR VOICES, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, DE
Venus Rebellion, Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin e.V., Berlin, DE
THE STORY THAT NEVER ENDS, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
STAND UP. Feminist Avant-garde, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, DE
CHIPS & FLIPS, Galerie Richter & Wallis, Hamburg, DE
WE. The body as a sign, Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr, DE
STAGE, Galerie Bachlechner, Bregenz, AT
ARCO Madrid, Galerie Anita Beckers, Madrid, ES
A NEW LOOK AT PHOTO HISTORY: Treasures from the Solander Collection, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, USA
ACTS OF CREATION: ON ART AND MOTHERHOOD, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK
2024
Paris Photo 2024, Galerie Anita Beckers, Paris, FR
PHOTOGRAPHIE EN POINTURE, c|e contemporary, Milan, IT
ACTS OF CREATION: ON ART AND MOTHERHOOD, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK
MOTHER, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, DE
4-3-2-1 DARMSTADT, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, DE
Art Vienna, Galerie Bachlechner, Orangerie Schönbrunn, Vienna, AT
GROW IT, SHOW IT, Museum Folkwang, Essen, DE
HAMBURG MEETS CHANGWON, Polarraum, Hamburg, DE
FOTOGRAFINNEN UND FILMEXPERIMENT, Kurzfilmfestival, Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, DE
IKON/IKONE/KULTBILD, Darmstädter Sezession, Designhaus, Darmstadt, DE
ACTS OF CREATION: ON ART AND MOTHERHOOD, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK
PHOTO BASEL 2024, Galerie Anita Beckers, Volkshaus Basel, Basel, CH
KOLLAGIERT, AUCH OHNE LEIM, Stiftung Schlosshof Bodenburg, Bad Salzdetfurth, DE
STADT DER FOTOGRAFINNEN, Historisches Museum, Frankfurt am Main, DE
20 JAHRE SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Albertina, Wien, AT
ACTS OF CREATION: ON ART AND MOTHERHOOD, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
PROGRAMM, Galerie Bachlechner, Graz, AT
2023
PARIS PHOTO 2023, Galerie Anita Beckers, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, FR
SELF ON STAGE, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main, DE
KOCHEN PUTZEN SORGEN, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, DE
HH_CHANGWON, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon-si, KR
TOD BROWNING’S ARTCLUB – EPISODE 1, Ku’damm Berlin, Berlin, DE
XCHANGE, Salle Jacky Vauclair, Clamart (Paris), FR
ART VIENNA, Galerie Bachlechner, Orangerie Schönbrunn, Vienna, AT
FUTUR VII – THE FESTIVAL FOR PERFORMANCE AND FILM, Open Air Strandkorb-Kino Övelgönne, Hamburg, DE
VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2023, Galerie Anita Beckers, Kursalon Vienna, AT
VERMEER CONTEMPORARY, CSR.ART by DEEDS.LAB, Berlin, DE
ZWISCHEN NADEL, FADEN, FILZ UND WEBSTUHL, Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt, DE
PAPIER & KLANG, Haus des Papiers, Berlin, DE
MATTER, NON-MATTER, ANTI-MATTER. Past Exhibitions as Digital Experiences, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
HIER BIN ICH – Künstlerinnenselbstporträt, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, DE
OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN, Richard Saltoun, London, UK
ANGST – Krisenindikator oder Überlebenstrieb? Künstlerverein WALKMÜHLE e.V., Wiesbaden, DE
LUISA CATUCCI GALLERY MATRIXIAL SPACES, Berlin, DE
ACTION, GESTURE, PERFORMANCE: FEMINISM, THE BODY AND ABSTRACTION, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
MIRROR OF SELF, Hangar – Photo Art Center, Brussels, BE
ARTGENÈVE, Palexpo SA, Le Grand-Saconnex, CH
2022
MATTER, NON-MATTER, ANTI-MATTER. Past Exhibitions as Digital Experiences. ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
I THOUGHT I WAS AN ALIEN, POLARRAUM Hamburg
PARIS PHOTO 2022, BECKERS + KORNFELD, Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, FR
AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Works from the Solander Collection, London, UK
KIND ALS PINSEL – Kunst machen, Mutter sein, Galerie Obrist, Essen, DE
KÖRPERBILDER: Intimimacy – Deconstruction – Interaction, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
VENEDIGSCHE STERNE, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland (C)
A FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE, Les Rencontres D’arles, Arles, France (C)
ENTANGLED, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany
REBELDES – Laboratorio Experimental de prácticas artísticas feministas, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, CL
HEROINES-HELDINNEN, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, RS
ICH=ICH?, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Stuttgart DE
X-Chance, Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe DN15 6TB, North Lincolnshire, GB
NO WAR! PROJECTSPACE ROME, Roma, IT
FOTO WIEN, Festivalzentrale: Atelier Augarten, Vienna, Austria
WIR SIND! Frauenmuseum, Bonn, DE
New Arrivals | From Salvador Dalí to Jenny Saville, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, GB
2021
IN THE NOW: GENDER AND NATION IN EUROPE, LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
ONE ARTIST – ONE MINUTE – 40 Jahre Fotohof, Stadtgalerie Lehen, Salzburg, AT
NEW WORKS IN THE COLLECTION – from Abramović to Warhol, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK
TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
BIRTH CULTURES, Museo della Donne Merano, Meran – South Tyrol, IT
LUXEMBOURG ART WEEK, Galerie Obrist, Luxembourg, LU
PARIS PHOTO, Galerie Anita Beckers, Paris, FR
FRAUENKÖRPER, Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (C)
MUTTER!, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany (C)
FEMALE SENSIBILITY, Lentos Museum, Linz, AT (C)
COSMOSCOW INTERNATIONAL, Cosmoscow, Moskau, RU
BODY ECSTATIC BODY ECLECTIC BODY ECCENTRIC, Ulay Foundation, Ljubljana, SI
POSITIONS BERLIN ART FAIR, Galerie Anita Beckers, Berlin, Germany
PHOTO LONDON 2021, Richard Saltoun, London, UK
SOMMERAUSSTELLUNG 2, Galerie Heimo Bachlechner, Graz, AT
BIRTHCULTURE, Frauenmuseum Hittisau, AT
MISTRESSES OF TEXTILE, Masterpiece Art Fair, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK
ICH KANN NICHT ABSTRAKT Self-portraits of female painters from the collection Peter Engel, Reinbek, Germany
BILDENDE PAPIERKUNST (Fine paper art), Haus des Papiers, Berlin, Germany
NÄHE #1 #2 #3 Exhibition series „NÄHE“ (Closeness), Galerie Obrist, Essen, Germany (C)
imPERFEKT, MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen, Germany
MOTHER!, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art , Humlebæk, DK (C)
2020
FACES – TRACES, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany
PARIS WE MISS YOU, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin & Galerie Anita Beckers, Atelier Frankfurt, Germany
SOUS LE FIL, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
ART AUSTRIA, Vienna, Museumsquartier (Heimo Bachlechner Gallery), Austria
DREAMSONGS: from Medicine to Demons to Artificial Intelligence, Colnaghi Foundation, London UK
KIND! Zuckerbrot und Wunderland (CHILD!), Kloster Schussenried, Germany (C)
MONOCHROME, Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See, Germany
THE RADICAL CLEANSING, Park Gallery, Moscow, Russia
BIRTH CULTURE – giving birth and being born, Frauenmuseum, Hittisau, Austria
XCHANGE, Contemporary Art from Lüneburg, Kunsthalle der Sparkassenstiftung, Lüneburg, Germany (C)
ARCO MADRID: Annegret Soltau l Peter Weibel ( Anita Beckers Gallery), Spain
MATERNALITY (curated by Catherine McCormack), Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK
2019
MERRY CRISIS, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany
SCHAUPLATZ KÖRPER, Galerie Heimo Bachlechner, Graz, Austria
MATRESCENCE, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK
PARIS PHOTO, (Saltoun Gallery/Anita Beckers), France
FAMILY MATTERS, Dom Museum, Vienna, Austria (C)
SELBST / sichtbar (SELF / visible), 100 years of Darmstädter Secession, Arts Festival, Germany
L´AVANTGUARDA FEMINISTA DELS ANYS 70 – Obres de la VERBUND COLLECTION, CCCB Barcelona, Spain
CUT AND PASTE: 400 Years of Collage, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh GBR (C)
YOUR MIRROR: Portraits from the ICP Collection, ICP Museum, New York, USA
HAUPTSACHE KOPF, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
2018
THE FEMINIST AVANTGARDE OF THE 1970S, Works from the VERBUND Collection, Brno House of Arts in Brünn, Czech Republic (C)
PARIS PHOTO, (Anita Beckers, Galerie / Richard Saltoun Gallery), France
ARTISSIMA ART FAIR, Turin, Italy (Richard Saltoun Gallery)
ONE MOMENT IN TIME, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
ARCHIVES IN RESIDENCE, Haus der Kunst, Munich
ACCROCHAGE ZUM MEDIUM COLLAGE, AusstellungsHalle, Frankfurt
WOMAN – The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND Collection, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway (C)
DALLAS ART FAIR, Dallas, Texas, USA (Richard Saltoun Gallery, London)
ART CENTRAL HONG KONG (Galerie Anita Beckers)
ARCOmadrid 2018 – International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (Galerie Anita Beckers)
WOMAN LOOK AT WOMAN, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK
INSIDE OUT – Photography and Psychology, DZ Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt a.M. (C)
2017
AGING PRIDE, Belvedere Museum, Vienna (C)
FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE of the 1970s
from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND Collection, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe (C)
COLLABORATION – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Lüneburg, Kunsthalle der Sparkassenstiftung Lüneburg
A POLYPHONIC ESSAY ON MEMORY, curated by Alexandra Ross, Gayle Meikle and Laura Leuzzi, commissioned by NEoN Digital Arts Festival and AHRC funded research project EWVA and REWIND Artists Video Archive, City of Dundee, Scotland
PARIS PHOTO, Grand Palais (Galerie Anita Beckers / Richard Saltoun Gallery) (C)
KUNST FÜR DIE KUNST (ART FOR ART), Kunsthalle Darmstadt (C)
RADICAL FEMINISM: Helena Almeida & Annegret Soltau, Richard Saltoun Gallery, FIAC Paris (C)
SILBERGLANZ – Von der Kunst des Alters, Landesmuseum Hannover (C)
WORKS ON PAPER AND PHOTOGRAPHY, Wopart Art Fair Lugano (Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK)
NACHLESE II, Maurer-Zilioli Contemporary Art, Munich
COLLABORATION, Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estland
ART BODENSEE, Dornbirn/A (Brouwer Edition)
DISTURBANCE, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig (C)
WOMAN THE FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1970S, Works from the Verbund Collection, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria (C)
THE BODY AS LANGUAGE – WOMAN AND PERFORMANCE IN THE 70s / THE ARMORY SHOW, New York City, USA (Richard Saltoun Gallery, London UK)
ARCO – International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spanien (Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt)
LIFE IN THE BUBBLE, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin
2016
SELF / PORTRAITS – Relating Narratives (Video Screening), Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts
THE FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1970S, Works from the Verbund Collection, The Photographers Gallery, London UK (C)
CUTT CUTT, Kunsthalle Darmstadt (C)
HEAD-PORTRAIT-MASK, Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt
PARALLEL VIENNA, Vienna/A (Polarraum für Kunst und Gegenwart, Hamburg)
MEDICINE IN ART, MOCAK – Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow PL (C)
SUMMARY, Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Art, München
MEDIA ART FESTIVAL ROMA, MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rom
INSIDE/OUT, Ausstellungshalle 1A, Frankfurt (C)
ARCO – International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (Anita Beckers, Frankfurt)
PRIÈRE DE TOUCHER – The Touch of Art, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland (C)
2015
FLASHBACK, Haleh Gallery, Berg/Starnberger See, Germany
RABENMÜTTER – Between Empowerment and Crisis: Images of Motherhood from 1900 to Today, LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria (C)
HER FIRST METEORITE, ROSEGALLERY , Santa Monica, USA
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS, KUK, Monschau
GENDER IN ART. MOCAK – Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland (C)
WOMAN VIDEO WORKS. ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
GENDER-CAMERA-PERFORMANCE. ZAMEK – Culture Center, Poznan, Poland (C)
THE FEMINIST AVANTGARDE IN THE 70s. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (C)
ART CENTRAL HONG KONG. Courtesy Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
PERFORMING PORTRAITURE. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gallery 264 (Collection of Manuel de Santaren)
2014
Festiwal Nowej Sztuki „LAbiRynT”, Słubice/PL, Frankfurt/Oder (C)
ART TORONTO. International Art Fair Toronto, Canada, Courtesy Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
TOUGH & TENDER, P8GALLERY – Cooperative Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (C)
WOMAN. Internationellt Feministiskt Avantgarde Från 1970-Talet Foto och Video från Sammlung Verbund, Mjellby Art Museum, Halmstad, Sweden
ART SOUTHAMPTON NY, USA, Courtesy Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
ARTEVIDA: CORPO [BODY], Fundação Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (C)
TRANSITION, Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
WOMAN. The Feminist Avant-Garde from the 1970s. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium (C)
7 SEEN – seven artists of Haleh Gallery, Munich, Germany
FOTOGRAFIA CUCITA, Galleria Whitelabs it., Milano, Italia
2013
PULSE MIAMI ART FAIR, Miami, USA, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
DREISSIG MAL DREISSIG No.2, Gallery Merkle, Stuttgart, Germany
ART.FAIR. Cologne, Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See, Germany (C)
SIE.SELBST.NACKT. (SHE.SELF.NUDE.) Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany (C)
THE BODY AS CANVAS – THE PURSUIT OF PHYSICAL PERFECTION AS THE NEW SOCIAL SCULPTUR, Walkmühle, Wiesbaden, Germany (C)
WOMAN. THE FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE IN THE 70s. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Photoespaña 2013
SP-ART FAIR IN SÃO PAULO, Brasil, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt a.M.
FADEN – Von der Komplexität des Unscheinbaren (THREAD), Deutscher Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin
2012
SOLITARY BODIES, Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts, Brescia, Italy
FRANCIS BACON AND THE EXISTENCIAL CONDITION IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina Foundazione, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, Italy (C)
REVISITED, Galerie Christa Burger, Munich
SEEING ONESELF AT THE CASABLANCA BIENNALE, Marroko / Gallery Kai, Osaka, Japan (C)
2011
COLLAGE – ZERSTÜCKTE WELT (COLLAGE – THE WORLD IN PIECES), Gallery Netuschil, Darmstadt
DAS TEXTILE ALS MEDIUM DER ZEITGENÖSSISCHEN KUNST (TEXTILES AS A MEDIUM IN MODERN ART), Kunstarchiv Darmstadt
VOICE OF WOMEN, Haleh Gallery, Berg am Starnberger See
2010
DONNA: AVANGUARDIA FEMMINISTA NEGLI ANNI`70 dalla Sammlung Verbund di Vienna, Galleria nazionale d`arte moderna, Rome (C)
VORREITERIN (FEMALE TRAILBLAZER), Gabriele Münter Preis 2010, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (C)
KÖRPERNAH (CLOSE TO THE BODY), Galerie Tammen, Berlin
2009
WACK! ART AND THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (C)
ART VILNIUS`09, Lithuania; Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin
PERFORMANCE // FRAME, Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
2008
WACK! ART AND THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION, P.S.1 MOMA – The Museum of Modern Art, New York (C)
PULSE ART FAIR, New York; Gallery Beckers, Frankfurt
ART CHICAGO, USA; Gallery Beckers, Frankfurt
ART AMSTERDAM, Netherlands; Gallery Merkle, Stuttgart (C)
EIN LEBEN LANG. (LIFELONG.) Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin (C)
WACK! ART AND THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (C)
FOTOGRAFIE AUS DER SAMMLUNG DEUTSCHE BANK (PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE DEUTSCHE BANK COLLECTION), Europäischer Monat der Fotografie, Deutsche Bank, Berlin
2007
WACK! ART AND THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION, MOCA – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. (C)
30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Galeria Foto-Medium-Art Gallery, Cracow, Poland
LEIBHAFTIG – KÖRPER IN DER ZEITGENÖSSISCHEN KUNST (INCARNATE – THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY ART), Städtische Galerie, Ravensburg; Kunstverein Konstanz (C)
2006
MEHR ALS DAS AUGE FASSEN KANN – Fotokunst aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank (MORE THAN THE EYE CAN SEE – Photographic Art from the Deutsche Bank Collection), exhibition tour in seven Latin American museums: Monterrey, Mexico City, Bogota, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires (C)
2005
ART COLOGNE, Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger (C)
2004
ENTHÜLLT – Das Aktbild in der Fotokunst des 20. Jahrhunderts (UNVEILED – Nudes in the Art Photography of the 20th Century), Städtische Museen, Heilbronn (C)
2003
FRAUEN IM ORIENT– FRAUEN IM OKZIDENT (WOMEN IN THE ORIENT – WOMEN IN THE OCCIDENT), PrinzMaxPalais, Karlsruhe (C);
ALTERSKULTUR? Reflexionen-Zerrbilder-Visionen (CULTURE OF AGING? reflections-Distortions-Visions), Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle (C)
ART COLOGNE, Cologne; Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden (C)
2002
ALLER ANFANG – GEBURT (BIRTH – DIFFICULT BEGINNINGS), Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde, Vienna (C)
MUSTER FRAU (EVERYWOMAN), Kunsthalle Darmstadt (C)
DAS ZWEITE GESICHT (THE SECOND FACE), Deutsches Museum, Munich (C)
CONSTRUCTING MEMORY AND SPACES: Fotokunst aus der späten 60er bis 80er Jahre (Photo Art from the Late 60s to the 80s), DG Bank collection, Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt
AKT IN DER KUNST DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS (THE NUDE IN 20th-CENTURY ART), Kunsthalle Emden (C)
2001
ARCO MADRID – Internationale Kunstmesse, Madrid; Galerie Oliver Schweden; ART FRANKFURT; Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden (C)
2000
KÖRPERLANDSCHAFTEN (BODY LANDSCAPES), Gallery Oliver Schweden, Munich
HOMMAGE AN GUTENBERG (TRIBUTE TO GUTENBERG), Gutenberg Pavillon, Mainz (C)
NEU IN DER GRAPHISCHEN SAMMLUNG I (NEW ADDITIONS TO THE GRAPHIC ART COLLECTION I), Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (C)
1999
TIERISCHE WELTEN (THE WORLD OF ANIMALS), Ausstellungshallen Mathildenhöhe (C)
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Santa Fe, NM; Gallery Oliver Schweden, Munich
IM SPIEGEL DER ZEIT. Portrait & Selbstportrait (IN THE MIRROR OF TIME. Portraits and Self-Portraits), Kunstverein Schloss Plön
1998
SHOT ME, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York
EISZEIT (ICE AGE), Beetz & Kemfert Kunstberatung, Eurotower, Frankfurt
1997
WOMEN – Body and Soul, Musée de la Civilisation, Québec, Canada (C)
DIE DARMSTÄDTER SEZESSION 1919-1997 (DARMSTADT ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION, 1919-1997), Ausstellungshallen Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt (C)
DIE DUNKLE KAMMER – Fotografie und Körper (THE DARK CHAMBER – Photography and the Body), Gallery Markus Richter, Potsdam
SIGNS OF AGE – Representing the older body, Contemporary Art Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (C)
1996
ART COLOGNE, Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger/Gallery Anita Beckers
1995
ART FRANKFURT, Gallery Ulrike Buschlinger/Gallery Anita Beckers
MANUAL DEVICES – Die Hand als Motiv in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (MANUAL DEVICES – The Hand as a Theme in Contemporary Art), Art Frankfurt (C)
MENSCHENBILD IN DER WERBUNG (THE HUMAN IMAGE IN ADVERTISING), Fototage Rheinland, Bonn (C)
1993
UNTER ANDEREN UMSTÄNDEN. Eine Ausstellung zur Geschichte der Abtreibung (IF THINGS HAD BEEN DIFFERENT. An Exhibition on the History of Abortion), Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden (C)
1991
WAS WAHRHEIT WÄRE, Fotomontage heute (WHAT THE TRUTH WOULD BE – Photo Collages Today), Gallery am Helsingforserplatz, Berlin
NEW SPACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 2nd East/West Photoconference, Wroclaw, Poland (C)
1990
1. INTERNATIONALE VIDEO-TAGE (1st INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL), Istanbul
DOCUMENT & INVENTION, Dallas Museum of Art; Moore College of Art and Design; Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia; Burden Gallery; International Center of Photography, NYC; and Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, Buffalo, NY (C)
ART OF TODAY, International Fine Art, Budapest (C)
1989
35.INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE (35th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL), Oberhausen (C)
DAS PHOTO ALS AUTONOMES BILD (THE PHOTO AS AN INDEPENDENT IMAGE), Kunsthalle, Bielefeld; Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich (C)
VILLA MASSIMO 1986-88, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen (C)
DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG (THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION), Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig (C)
1988
AUGEN-BLICKE (MOMENTS), Stadt-Museum, Köln and Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (C)
FOTOVISION (PHOTO VISION), Sprengel Museum, Hanover; Kunstraum im Messepalast, Vienna; Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich (C)
1987
SELF – NEUE SELBSTBILDNISSE (SELF – NEW SELF-PORTRAITS), Frauen-Museum, Bonn (C)
INFERMENTAL VI, Vancouver, Canada
1986
EVA UND DIE ZUKUNFT (EVE AND THE FUTURE), Hamburger Kunsthalle (C)
INSTANT MEDIA, video exhibition, Goethe-Institut, Paris
1985
LES IMMATÈRIAUX, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (C)
DAS AKTFOTO (THE NUDE PHOTO), Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
1984
IM TOTEN WINKEL (BLIND SPOT), Kunsthaus und Kunstverein, Hamburg (C)
NACKT IN DER KUNST (NUDITY AND ART), Sprengel-Museum, Hanover (C)
KUNST UND MEDIEN (ART AND MEDIA), Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin (C)
VILLA MASSIMO, Kunstverein, Hanover (C)
UMGANG MIT DEM KÖRPER (FOCUS ON THE BODY), Gallery Barbara Gross, Bergen near Munich
1983
SPECULUM, Museum Weserburg, Bremen (C)
DEUTSCHER KÜNSTLERBUND (ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN ARTISTS), Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (C)
1982
VIDEOKUNST IN DEUTSCHLAND 1963-82 (VIDEO ART IN GERMANY, 1963-82), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; Kunsthalle Hamburg; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, and Nationalgalerie, Berlin (C)
EXPERIMENTALFILM VON FRAUEN – gestern und heute (EXPERIMENTAL FILMS BY WOMEN – Past and Present), Frauenkino, Munich
DEUTSCHE RADIERER DER GEGENWART (GERMAN ETCHERS OF TODAY), Darmstädter Kunstverein (C)
1981
3. ERLANGER VIDEOTAGE (ERLANGEN VIDEO FESTIVAL), (C)
1980
KUNST HEUTE (ART TODAY), Hamburger Kunsthalle
GRAFIKEN aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (GRAPHIC ART from the Federal Republic of Germany), Havana, Cuba (C)
KÜNSTLERBÜCHER (ARTISTS’ BOOKS), Frankfurter Kunstverein und Metronom, Barcelona (C)
FRAUENBILDER (IMAGES OF WOMEN), Gallery Barbara Gross, Bergen near Munich (C)
1978
DAS BILD DES KÜNSTLERS – Selbstdarstellungen (IMAGE OF THE ARTIST – Self-Portraits), Hamburger Kunsthalle (C)
GRUPPE 7 (GROUP 7), Moderne Galerie. Saarland-Museum, Saarbrücken (C)
1977
FIGURA 2, Buchmesse, Leipzig (C)
SUBJEKT-MEDIUM-OBJEKT (SUBJECT-MEDIUM-OBJECT), Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (C)
1976
PREMIO INTERNATIONALE, Biella, Italy (C)
1974
Palazzo Comunale, Milan, Italy
1975
FRANKFURTER KÜNSTLER (FRANKFURT ARTISTS), Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon, France (C)
INTERNATIONALE GRAFIKBIENNALE (INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC ARTS BIENNIAL), Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (C)
1973
KUNSTSZENE FRANKFURT (FRANKFURT ART SCENE), Frankfurter Kunstverein
1970
HANDZEICHNUNGEN – AKTUELL (CURRENT DRAWINGS), Kunsthaus, Hamburg
(c) = Exhibition Catalog
Performances
2022
Mit mir SELBST 1975#2022, March 17th 2022, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, CL
2011
Re-Enactment VER-BINDUNGEN (TIES) on July 24, FKN Nürtingen
2003
N.Y. FACES on May 23 at the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt and on November 12 at the Hessisches Staatsarchiv, Darmstadt
2002
Hexenbrunnen (Witches’ fountain – with ten women), April 6 2002, Civitella d’Agliano, Italy
2001
MutterTochter (MotherDaughter), on June 15 at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt
1997
Zungenperformance (Tongue Performance), International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria
1994
Heilung (Healing) with daughter and son, on June 10 at the Städtische Galerie am Markt, Schwäbisch Hall
1986
Ich bin eine Agave (I am an Agave), Villa Massimo, Rome
1979
LOS-LÖSUNG (LETTING GO) with Inge Rumey, on November 24 at the Art Festival at Gedok, Kiel
1977/83
VER-BINDUNGEN (TIES) at the Galerie Patio, Frankfurt, on April 22 1977; ART COLOGNE on October 26, 1977; Saarland-Museum, Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken on March 2 1978; Stadthalle Marburg on March 3 1979; Art-Actions at ART Basel on June 16, 1979; Galerie Alain Oudin, Paris on March 10 1983
1976
Be-Ziehungen – mit-gegen-für-ein-ander – durch Ver-Bindungen (The pull of relationships – with-against-for-one-another – through ties that can be experienced by the body), on May 19 at the Heidelberger Kunstverein
1975/76
permanente demonstration (permanent demonstration) – States of consciousness arising from touching lines drawn in the room, on bodies and skin, in December 1975 and on January 17 – 24 1976 at the Galerie Kunstwerkstatt, Darmstadt
1971
Holzfiguren in Konfrontation – Wooden figures confronting the theater audience, on March 20 and 21 in the foyer of the Hamburger Schauspielhaus
Collections
Works in Public Collection
Centro de Arte Contemporanea Inhotim, BRA
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Kunstmuseum Mülheim a.d. Ruhr
Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The National Gallery, Washington DC, USA
The Morgan Library, New York, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Dallas, Texas, USA
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection), Los Angeles, USA
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Oldenburg
Kunsthalle Bremen
Fraunhofer Institut, Darmstadt
Polizeipräsidium, Darmstadt
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
City art collection, Darmstadt
City art collection, Frankfurt
Deutsche Bank collection, Frankfurt
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Kunsthalle zu Kiel
City art collection, Leinfelden
International Art Collection Junij, Architekturni Muzej, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
City art collection, Mainz
Kulturreferat of the city of Munich
City art collection, Rüsselsheim
Video art collection of the city of Salzgitter
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig
City art collection, Schwäbisch Hall
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
Graphic art collection of the Universität Trier
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
City art collection, Wolfsburg
Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim
DZ Bank collection, Frankfurt
VERBUND collection, Vienna
Hochheimer Artcollection, Hochheim am Main
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Museum Montanelli, Prague, Czech Republic
Collezione La Gaia, Busca CN, Italy
ICP – International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Lenbachhaus, München
Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Public Archives
ARTPOOL, Budapest, HU
Archive Artist Publications, Munich
Archiv der Akademie der Künste, Berlin
(Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 e. V. – VdBK)
DIE SAMMLUNG KÜNSTLERINNEN, Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek, Dokumentationszentrum Kunst Köln
FrauenMediaTurm, Feministisches Archiv, Cologne
Hessisches Staatsarchiv, Darmstadt
Kunstarchiv, Darmstadt
Mediathek ZKM, Karlsruhe
PERFORMISTANBUL, Istanbul, Turkey
Stadtarchiv, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
ZEPHYR l Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim (Deutsche Fotografische Akademie)
Monograph
Stephan Mann (ed.): Vatersuche. Text: Francesco Colli, edition clandestin, Biel 2024
Kaj Häuser: Annegret Soltaus Werkkorpus ab 1977, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, 2024
Marie Lucas: Les corps filés d’Annegret Soltau, Panthéon Sorbonne, Université, Paris FR, 2022-2023
Ece Merve Terzi: [re-]construct. The Creation and Purpose of Negative Space in Contemporary Photo-Collage, with a focus on the work of Annegret Soltau. Thesis. University Berlin, 2018
Anita Beckers Galerie (Hrsg.): KörperSPRACHE. Text: Francesco Colli. Frankfurt a.M. 2021
Baldur Greiner. ANNEGRET SOLTAU: I WAS ON A QUEST (in English), Weststadt Verlag, Darmstadt 2018
Annegret Soltau. ICH SELBST (MYSELF), German/English, Justus von Liebig Verlag, Darmstadt 2015
Annegret Soltau. ICH WAR TOTAL SUCHEND.The biography of the artist Annegret Soltau from Baldur Greiner (in German). Weststadt Verlag, Darmstadt 2013
Sarah Bruynoghe. DIE VERNÄHUNG DES SELBST. Zelfrepresentatie in het oeuvre van Annegret Soltau. Master Thesis, University of Gent, Belgium 2012
Martina Ohrt. ANNEGRET SOLTAU – DER FADEN – EINE BIOGRAFIE (ANNEGRET SOLTAU – THE THREAD – A BIOGRAPHY). Thesis for a university degree, Fachhochschule Ottersberg 2011
Annegret Soltau. SELF PERFORMING 1973 – 2010. Galerie Merkle, Stuttgart 2010
Julia Gock. WERKSTATT UND KOMPETENZ – ANNEGRET SOLTAU UND GORDON MATTA -CLARK ALS AUSGANGSPUNKT FOTOGRAFISCHEN ARBEITENS MIT KINDERN (EXPERTISE IN THE WORKSHOP – ANNEGRET SOLTAU AND GORDON MATTA-CLARK AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY WITH CHILDREN). Thesis for a university degree, University of Würzburg 2010
Bruno Struif. (Publisher) PERSONAL IDENTITY. Fraunhofer Institut. Darmstadt 2007
Kathrin Schmidt. (Publisher) ANNEGRET SOLTAU – ich selbst (ANNEGRET SOLTAU – myself). Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt 2006
Annegret Soltau/Karin Struck. ANNÄHERUNGEN AN INGEBORG BACHMANN (APPROACHES TO INGEBORG BACHMANN). Gesellschaft Hessischer Literaturfreunde. Justus Liebig Verlag Darmstadt 2003
Annegret Soltau. MUTIERE ICH ODER VERWANDLE ICH MICH? (METAMORPHOSIS OR MUTATION?) Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt 2000
Annegret Soltau. FEMALE GENEALOGY. New York 1999/2000
Tatjana Hally. ASPEKTE FEMINISTISCHER KUNST UND KUNSTTHEORIE – AUFGEZEIGT AM WERK ANNEGRET SOLTAUS (ANNEGRET SOLTAU’S WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF FEMINIST ART AND THE THEORY OF ART). Thesis for a university degree, J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt 1998
Annegret Soltau. AUSGRENZUNG DER FRAUEN IN DER KUNST – AM BEISPIEL ANNEGRET SOLTAU (ANNEGRET SOLTAU: AN EXAMPLE OF WOMEN’S EXCLUSION FROM THE ART WORLD). Darmstädter Dokumente No. 2. Darmstadt 1997
Annegret Soltau. PUBERTÄT (PUBERTY – PICTURES). Fotohof edition. Salzburg 1997
Christel Michael. ANNEGRET SOLTAU: FOTOVERNÄHUNGEN. „GENERATIVE“ UND KUNSTHISTORISCHE ASPEKTE (ANNEGRET SOLTAU: PHOTO RESTITCHINGS. “GENERATIVE” IN THE CONTEXT OF ART HISTORY). Thesis for a university degree. Universität Lüneburg 1997
Annegret Soltau. VON INNEN NACH AUSSEN (FROM WITHIN TO WITHOUT). Merck edition. Darmstadt 1996
Annegret Soltau. ZEITERFAHRUNG (EXPERIENCING TIME). Hessisches Landesmuseum. Darmstadt 1994
Annegret Soltau. SELBST (SELF). Dortmund 1994
Annegret Soltau. HEILUNG (HEALING). Schwäbisch Hall 1994
Martina Mouchot. DIE KÜNSTLERIN ANNEGRET SOLTAU (THE ARTIST ANNEGRET SOLTAU). Thesis for a university degree. J.-W. Goethe Universität. Frankfurt 1991
Annegret Soltau. FRAGMENTE DES ICHS (FRAGMENTS OF THE SELF). Mainz 1991
Annegret Soltau. RÖMISCHES TAGEBUCH (ROMAN DIARY). Darmstädter Echo 1986/87
Annegret Soltau. LEBENSZEICHEN (SIGNS OF LIFE). Heidelberger. Kunstverein 1983
Annegret Soltau. SCHWANGER (PREGNANT). Frankfurter Kunstverein 1983
Annegret Soltau. SCHWANGER-SEIN (BEING PREGNANT). Darmstadt 1983
Annegret Soltau. MUTTER-DA-SEIN (BEING MOTHER). Darmstadt 1982
Annegret Soltau. GEBÄREN-MÜSSEN (HAVING TO GIVE BIRTH). Darmstadt 1982
Annegret Soltau/Bernadette Baumann. BEGEGNUNG (ENCOUNTER). Michael Stühr edition. Darmstadt 1980
Annegret Soltau. ZUSTÄNDE (STATES OF BEING). Darmstadt 1979
Annegret Soltau. SCHWANGER (PREGNANT). Darmstadt 1978
Annegret Soltau. DER VERSCHNÜRTE MENSCH (HUMAN WRAPPED IN THREAD). Darmstadt 1979
Annegret Soltau. KONZEPTE UND TEXTE ZU AKTIONEN (DESCRIPTIONS OF PERFORMANCES). Darmstadt 1977
Compilations
Sabine Kampmann: Great Mother Artists?, Kunstforum International, No. 295, Cologne 2024
Nina Mdivani: On a Few Aspects of Contemporary Self-Portraiture, JANE Magazine, Australia 2023
Jessica Fritz (Ed.): Laboratorio Experimental de prácticas feministas, Santiago de Chile, Chile 2023
Phillip Prodger. An Alternative History of Photography, Prestel Munich, Germany 2023
Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás & Marianne Schädler: Beyond Matter, Within Space: Curatorial and Art Mediation Techniques on the Verge of Virtual Reality, Hatje Cantz Berlin, Germany 2023
Johannes Lothar Schröder: abhängen; Bilder und Gefühle verwerfen, ConferencePoint Verlag, Germany 2022
Ilka Wonschik, Echos of Memory, Hentrich und Hentrich Verlag Berlin, Germany 2022
„überMut – Journal nicht nur für evangelische Frauen“, Ausgabe 3 | 2022 / Evangelische Frauen in Hessen und Nassau e. V., Germany 2022
Das Magazin für evangelische Pfarrer:innen, Hessisches Pfarrblatt, 62. 5/22, Germany 2022
ENTREVISTA LA ARTISTA ANNEGRET SOLTAU – LF Magazine, Barcelona, Spain 2022
The Guardian News, UK 2022
Gabriele Schor: Une Avant-Garde Féministe, Collection Verbund. Delpire & Co, Paris, France 2022
Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, Muzej Savremene, Novi Sad, Serbia 2022
CUERPO. LF Magazine, N12, Barcelona, Spain 2022
Nouvelles Questions Féministes, Antipodes 41/1, Lausanne/Schweiz 2022
Nina Mdivani: My Direct Self-Portrayal Was Considered Offensive: Interview with Annegret Soltau. Whitehot Magazine, New York 2/2022
Lucas Crawford: Gender and Sexuality. The Architectural Review, July/August 2021, London UK
Nicole Berner/Lena Marie Staab: Collage Now. Kunst + Unterricht Heft 451/452, Friedrich Verlag, Hannover 2021
Marie Laurberg/Kirsten Degel: MOTHER! Origin of Life, Narayana Press, 2021
Francesco Colli: Körperlandschaften. ARTMAPP Magazin, April/Juni 2021
Dagmar Hirschfelder/Frieder Hepp: FRAUENKÖRPER, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, Germany 2021
Lucas Crawford. Transformations, The Architectural Review, London, UK, 8/2021
Sabine Kampmann/Torsten Obrist: NÄHE. berühren–spüren–verführen. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld/Berlin, Germany, 2021
Nicole Berner/Lena Marie Staab: Collage-Zeitgenössische Positionen, Kunst+Unterricht Heft 451/452, Friedrich Verlag, Hannover, Germany, 2021
THE BODY AS MATERIAL An Interview with Annegret Soltau, TREBUCHET Magazine, London, UK, 27/02/2021
SHE PERFORMS – Online Magazine, Berlin, Germany, 2/2021
Johannes Lothar Schröder. SCRATCHED CINEMATOGRAHPHY by Annegret Soltau, Owl Performance Art, Hamburg, Germany, 2021
Janine Mackenroth/Bianca Kennedy (Hrsg.) I LOVE WOMEN IN ART. www.100womenartists.com, 2020
Anne Esser. Naht und Narben – Annegret Soltau. Kunst+Unterricht, Friedrich Verlag, Hannover, Germany, 2020
Jerzy Olek. Not only on Photography. Universites publisher, Kraków, PL, 2020
Stéphane Blanquet. La Tranchée Racine hebdomadaire 03, Paris, France, 2020
injection London, UK, 12/2020
other writers need to concentrate Leipzig, Germany, 12/2020
Elles PARIS PHOTO Magazine Paris, France, 11/2020
Publication Haaretz Magazine Annegret Soltau’s work and instagram account, Tel Aviv, Israel, 11/2020
Emily Rose Larsen: THE FEMALE GAZE: PART TWO, Foto Femme United Magazine, Paris, France, May 07, 2020
Sara Jaspan: Annegret Soltau’s exhibition Spider at Richard Saltoun. The Fourdrinier Magazine, London, UK, 05/2020
Cherie Silver finds out about the artist’s determined, experimental and investigative approach to art and identity. Interview with Annegret Soltau. Mayfair Art Weekend London, UK, 02/2020
Chiara Marino & Megan McCann. Richard Saltoun Gallery Review January-June, London UK, 2020
Sabine Kampmann. Bilder des Alterns – Greise Körper in Kunst und visueller Kultur, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, Germany 2020
Patrick Elliott: CUT AND PASTE – 400 Years of Collage. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK 2019
Lara Demori. Corporeal Identities, Maternal Artivism, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA, 2019
Johanna Schwanberg. Family Matters. Dom Museum Vienna, Austria, 2019
William Davie. Annegret Soltau: A Different Kind of Role Model. Ambit Magazine London, UK, 5/2019
Rebeka Elizegi. Collage by Women / Collage firmado por mujeres: Promopress Editions, Spain, 2019
The Frankenstein Issue. Loom_est Magazine, Italy, 03/2018
Róisin McQueirns. Richard Saltoun Gallery Review July-December, London, UK, 2018
Laura Bernhard. Arts & Emancipation, Paragone, France, 12/2018
Park Jisoo. Annegret Soltau: Personal Identity, VOSTOK Photography Magazine, Vol.8, Seoul, Korea, 2018
Women in Art History. Frieze Magazine, London, UK, 09/2018
Róisin McQueirns. Radical Feminism, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK, 2017
Naiara Valdano. Entrevista a Annegret Soltau, LAS HILANDERAS Magazine, Spain, 2017
Gabriele Schor. Feminist Avantgarde – Art of the 1970s, Prestel, 2016
Chiara Manzoni/Annegret Soltau. RedMilk Magazine, December 1, Milan, Italy, 2016
MOCAK. Museum of Contemporary Art. Medicine in Art. Kraków, PL, 2016
Laura Leuzzi. EWVA European Women’s Video Art, UK, 2016
Kristin Prim. The Mysticism of the Female. “A23 Vol. 1”, New York, 2015
MOCAK. Museum of Contemporary Art. Gender in Art. Kraków, PL, 2015
Natalie Lettner. Bild des Bösen? Teufel, Schlange und Monster in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. (Image of Evil? The devil, snakes and monsters in contemporary art). Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2015
Andreas Broeckmann/Yuk Hui (Hrsg.). 30 Years after LES IMMATÉRIAUX. Meson Press, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, 2015
Charmaine Li. Striking Embroidered Self-Portraits by Annegret Soltau. IGNANT Magazine, Oct 06, 2015
Tamara Akcay. Annegret Soltau Creates Delicate Line Drawings On Her Face With Thread. Beautiful/Decay Magazine, Sept 2015
Maria Mercromina. Cuando el cuerpo se rehace a base de puntadas. Gonzoo Magazine, Jun 12, Spain, 2015
Isabel Killoran. Mutations and Mutilations. Daily METAL Magazine April 27, Barcelona, Spain, 2015
Gabriele Schor. FEMINISTISCHE AVANTGARDE. (The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND). Prestel, Munich. London. New York, 2015
Heather Hanna. Women Framing Hair: Serial Strategies in Contemporary Art. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2015
Gabriele Schor. WOMAN. Bozarbooks, Brussels, Belgium, 2014
Verena Borgmann, Frank Laukötter.( Hrsg.) SIE.SELBST.NACKT. (SHE.SELF.NUDE.) Paula Modersohn-Becker und andere Künstlerinnen im Selbstakt. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany, 2013
Haleh Heydari Asil. IDENTITY. Haleh Gallery, Spring/Summer, 2013
William Davie. TIME EXPERIENCE. Aesthetica Magazine, 2013
Johannes Lothar Schröder. Parzelliert und gestickt. (Torn apart and stitched together). Owl Performance Art. Hamburg, 2013
Carolina Gestri. Interview: Annegret Soltau. REYKJAVIK BOULEVARD. Reykjavik, Island, 2013
Magdalena Gföllner: Strategien der weiblichen Ästhetik, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz, 2013
Heather Hanna: Annegret Soltau: Binding, Stitching, and the Haptic Thread. EYEMAZING, Amsterdam NL, Winter issue, 2012/ 2013
Franziska Nori/Barbara Dawson (Hrsg.): Francis Bacon and the Existential Condition in Contemporary Art. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2012
Giorgio Bonomi: The solitary body. The self portrait in contemporary photography. Rubbettino Editore, 2012
Heather Hanna. A Visual Essay: Interventions and Manipulations in the Maternal. Studies in the Maternal, MaMSIE- Online Journal, University of London, 2012
Mona Körte. Gesicht im Porträt / Porträt ohne Gesicht. Gesichts(aus)schnitte. Teile vom Ganzen.(Portrait of a Face / Faceless Portrait. The Face as a Collage. Parts of a Whole). Kunstforum international (International Art Magazin), Vol. 216, Juli-August, 2012
Heather Hanna. Women Framing Hair: Serial Strategies in Contemporary Art. Thesis. PhD Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 2011
Jutta von Zitzewitz. This needle, the stitch that you feel inside. The artist Annegret Soltau, DB- ArtMag, Online-Magazin No. 63/2010
Jerzy Olek. Media Sztuki-Annegret Soltau. Magazin Artluk No. 03/2010, Warsaw
Sabine Kampmann. Arbeit am Generationsgefüge. Die fotografischen Körper der Annegret Soltau. In: Sabine Mehlmann, Sigrid Ruby (Hrsg). Für Dein Alter siehst Du gut aus. (Work on the Generational Structure. Annegret Soltau’s Photographs of Bodies. From: Sabine Mehlmann, Sigrid Ruby (Publisher). You Look Good For Your Age). Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2010
Gabriele Schor. DONNA: Avanguardia Femminista negli anni `70 dalla Sammlung di Vienna. Mondadori Electa S.p.A., Milan, 2010
Oriana Fox. Once more with feeling. History of feminist performances. Tate Modern, London, 2009
Claire Simard. Touring Through 20 Years at Musée de La civilisation. Édition Fides, Canada, 2009
William Ganis. String Theory: Annegret Soltau`s Transitional, Fetishistic Photocollages, Afterimages – The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, New York, 2/2009
Karlis Verpe. Fotosape. Par vacu makslinieces Annegretes Soltavas sasutajam fotografijam. Foto Kvartals, Riga, Latvia, 1/2009
Ute Karen Seggelke. 60 Jahre und ein bisschen weiser. 21 Frauen erzählen (Sixty and a Bit Wiser. Twenty-one Women Tell Their Stories). Gerstenberg Verlag. Hildesheim, 2008
Antonia Wunderlich. Der Philosoph und das Museum. Die Ausstellung Les Immatériaux von Jean-Francois Lyotard (The Philosopher and the Museum. The Les Immatériaux Exhibition by Jean-Francois Lyotard). Transcript Verlag. Bielefeld, 2008
NGBK Berlin/Kunsthaus Dresden. Die Kunst des Alterns (The Art of Aging). Berlin/Dresden, 2008
Kathryn A. Wat. Women in the Arts. The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., Fall 2007
Stefanie Dathe. Leibhaftig – Körper in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (Incarnate – The Body in Contemporary Art), Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, 2007
Cornelia Butler/Lisa Gabrielle Mark. WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007
Caroline Liebling. Du baiser au bebe. Foundation Claude Verdan. Lausanne, 2006
Charlotte Martin. ….denn Kunst meint ja immer ein Sich-Preisgeben – Drei Portraits (..Because Art Means Surrendering Oneself – Three Portraits). Justus von Liebig Verlag. Darmstadt, 2006
Enno Kaufhold. Annegret Soltau: Das Individuelle in der Zeit. Annäherungen an ihren Personalstil. Dokumentation des Symposiums der Tage der Fotografie (Annegret Soltau: The Individual Within Time. Approaches to Her Personal Style. Documentation of the Photography Festival Symposium). Darmstadt, 2006
Fritz Franz Vogel. The Cindy Shermans: inszenierte Identitäten. Fotogeschichten von 1840 bis 2005 (The Cindy Shermans: Created Identities. Photographic History from 1840 to 2005), Böhlau-Verlag Cologne/Weimar/Vienna, 2006
Friedhelm Hütte/Christina März. Mehr als das Auge fassen kann – Fotokunst aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank (More than the Eye Can See – Photographic Art from the Deutsche Bank Collection). Frankfurt, 2006
Norbert Schütz/Manfred Blohm. Die Kunst. Der Körper. Das Textile (Art. The Body. Textiles), Salon-Verlag, Cologne, 2005
Marc Gundel. (Publisher) Enthüllt. Das Aktbild in der Fotokunst des 20. Jahrhunderts (Unveiled. Nudes in the Art Photography of the 20th Century). Braus edition, Heidelberg, 2004
Udo Kultermann. The Body of Woman: Female Pioneers of Performance Art. kunst.ee, Tallinn, Estonia, 2003
Christa Hartnigk-Kümmel. Frauen im Orient – Frauen im Okzident (Women in the Orient – Women in the Occident). Gedok Karlsruhe, 2003
Thomas Richter. !Alterskultur? Reflexionen-Zerrbilder-Visionen (!Culture of Aging? Reflections-Distortions-Visions). Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle, 2003
Tobias Hering. ZeitErfahrung (Experiencing Time). FREEYE – Magazin No. 02. Amsterdam, 2003
Enno Kaufhold. Genähte Wahrheiten (Stitched Truths). PHOTONEWS No. 2. Hamburg, 2003
Nils Ohlsen. Der Akt in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts (The Nude in the Art of the 20th Century). Wienand Verlag, Cologne, 2002
Cornelia Kemp. Das zweite Gesicht (The Second Face). Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 2002
Gudrun Jäger. Flickwerk (Patchwork). Emma No. 6/Cologne, 2000
Andrea Limberg. Das Bild der Frau im Oeuvre aktueller Künstlerinnen – Cindy Sherman/Annegret Soltau (The Image of Women in the Work of Current Women Artists – Cindy Sherman and Annegret Soltau), University, Cologne, 1999
Judith Jeromene/Leslie Satin. (Publisher) Generativ (Generative). Women & Performance. Vol. 10, No. 2, New York, 1999
Edith Sauer-Polonik. Selbst im Bilde – Zur Eigenmodellnahme der zeitgenössischen Künstlerinnen Annegret Soltau, Cindy Sherman und Mary Kelly und deren Auswirkungen auf die visuelle Repräsentation weiblicher Identität (Representing Oneself – Self-Modeling in the Work of the Contemporary Artists Annegret Soltau, Cindy Sherman and Mary Kelly, and Their Effects on the Visual Representation of Female Identity). Doctoral thesis submitted to Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, 1999
Gerrit Krüger. Darstellungen von Geburt in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel von Werken Frida Kahlos, Niki de Saint Phalles und Annegret Soltau (Frida Kahlo, Niki de Saint Phalles and Annegret Soltau: Representations of Birth in the Art of the 20th Century), University, Gießen, 1998
Andrea Wuerth and Janice Monger. Reproducing Reproduction: Abortion Imagery in Recent Works of German Women Artists. German Politics and Society, Volume 15, Number 4, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
Musée de la Civilisation. (Publisher) Femmes, Corps et Ame. Québec, Canada, 1996
Armand Hammer Museum of Art. (Publisher) Sexual Politics. Los Angeles, 1996
Ursula Konnertz. Die Philosophin (The Woman Philosopher). Text by: Sidonia Blättler. diskord edition, Volume 13, Tübingen, 1996
J.Kirschenmann/F.Schulz. Praktiken der modernen Kunst (Practices of Modern Art). Klett-Verlag, Stuttgart/Leipzig, 1996
Ariane Grigoteit. Kunst in der Deutschen Bank Darmstadt (Art in the Darmstadt Branch of the Deutsche Bank). Frankfurt, 1996
Renate Möhrmann. Verklärt, verkitscht, vergessen. Die Mutter als ästhetische Figur (Idealized, Sentimentalized, Forgotten. Mothers as Aesthetic Figures). Metzler-Verlag, Stuttgart/Weimar, 1996
Margit Schmidt/Sabine Schütz. Selbstlaut – autobiographische Aspekte in der Kunst von Frauen (Singing Oneself – Autobiography in Women’s Art). Claus Richter Verlag, Cologne, 1993
Jane Kenny/Corin Bass. Beyond Chernobyl. Women respond. Envirobook, Sydney, Australia, 1993
Ulrike Brink. Das Problem der Selbstdarstellung in der künstlerischen Fotografie am Beispiel der Werke von Jürgen Klauke, Anna und Bernhard Blume und Annegret Soltau (The Work of Jürgen Klauke, Anna and Bernhard Blume and Annegret Soltau: The Problem of Self-Portraiture in Artistic Photography). Universität Hildesheim, 1993
Gisela Staupe/Lisa Vieth. (Publisher) Unter anderen Umständen – Zur Geschichte der Abtreibung (If Things Had Been Different – On the History of Abortion). Argon-Verlag, Berlin, 1993
Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen/Gottfried Jäger/J.A.Schmoll. Das Foto als autonomes Bild (The Photo as an Independent Image). Cantz edition, Stuttgart, 1989
Jörg Boström. Dokument und Erfindung (Document and Invention). Q edition, Berlin, 1989
Gottfried Jäger. Bildgebende Fotografie (Imaging Photography), Du-Mont Verlag, 1988
Christiane Vielhaber. (Publisher) Augen-Blicke (Moments), Vista-Point-Verlag, Cologne, 1988
Petra Olschewski. Frauenbilder (Images of Women), Stemmle edition, Verlag Photographie, Schaffhausen, 1987
Frauen Museum Bonn. (Publisher) Neue Selbstbildnisse (New Self-Portraits). Bonn, 1987
Ingeborg Ebeling. Frauen-Kunst. Sehweisen des Weiblichen (Women’s Art. Perceptions of the Feminine). Slide show, Cologne, 1987
Gislind Nabakowski. (Publisher) Video – 20 Jahre später, Kunstforum International (Video -20 Years Later, International Art Magazin), Vol. 77/78, 1985
Werner Hofmann. (Publisher) Eva und die Zukunft (Eve and the Future), Prestel-Verlag, München, 1986
Jean-Francois Lyotard. (Publisher) Les Immateriaux, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1985
Ulrich Bischoff. (Publisher) 1984 – Im toten Winkel (1984 – Blind Spot), Kunstverein Hamburg, 1984
Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin. (Publisher). Kunst und Medien (Art and Media), Publica-Verlag, Berlin, 1984
Udo Liebelt. Nackt in der Kunst (Nudity and Art), Sprengel-Museum, Hanover, 1984
Sigrid Feeser. Das Kunstwerk (The Work of Art, Magazin), 5/XXXVII, 1984
Gislind Nabakowski. Kunstforum International (International Art Magazin), Vol. 71/72, 1984
Ulrika Evers. Deutsche Künstlerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts (German Women Artists of the 20th Century). Schultheis-Verlag, Hamburg, 1983
Wulf Herzogenrath. (Publisher), Videokunst in Deutschland 1963-82 (Video Art in Germany, 1963-82), Verlag Hatje, Stuttgart, 1983
Guiseppe Bonini. Progresso Fotografico, Milan, Italy, 3/1980
Siegmar Holsten. Das Bild des Künstlers – Selbstdarstellungen (Image of the Artist – Self-Portraits), Hans-Christians-Verlag, Hamburg, 1978
Georg F. Schwarzbauer. Kunstforum International (International Art Magazin), Vol. 24, 1977
Statements
Statements by Annegret Soltau:
MY MOST IMPORTANT AIM IS TO INCLUDE BODILY PROCESSES IN MY WORK IN ORDER TO CONNECT BODY AND SPIRIT AS EQUAL PARTS
I think that this restlessness which is a necessary part of all artistic processes, this endless searching and restlessness – this is what drives me on and makes me feel alive
To me relying on one permanent identity makes no sense. It makes no sense if you are always supposed to be ‘the self,’ the one and only ‘self’.
As if a spider web, I sewn my own self-portrait. The grey silk thread is a kind of mask, the face overlaid with a delicate tension. I take contours and lines on my face and I support them, some put the new strings caesura.
For me line is a drawing. Out of the drawn line I developed the haptic line. I wanted that drawings could be experienced with the body. I consider line also as a metaphor for a trace (of life), something that remains.
I knew that what I wanted to do had to be done right then. I experienced my pregnancies as a return to my body. (1980)
When I tear out the face of my own portrait, it is not the aspect of destruction which interests me, but I want to find new meanings and significant connections. (1986)
The thread also represents a factor that connects and repairs, that brings the torn parts together and holds them there. The ‘tears’ in one’s own biography remain as visible as wrinkles, as marks of life. (1995)
As a kind of recycling, I reused the leftover parts. I wanted to take it all so far that it was only visible in an immaterial way and viewers ask themselves: What is left? (2002)
Events in my own life are one source of inspiration for my work. But art always has its own life – it is a production of the mind and the spirit. You have to have an idea, and then give it a shape. (2003)
For me it is important to gain more authenticity and directness through self-representation, but it is even more important, that I can go farthest with myself.
PERMANENTE DEMONSTRATION:
With “permanent demonstration” I want to produce states of consciousness through the touching of realized lines in space, and on the body and skin. “Permanent demonstration” took place in public performed along with myself or several persons every day during one week. It was an attempt to provoke states of consciousness by realizing a picture in real life, i.e. to make a picture bodily. The line, the stroke become part of the image—in this work the line and human being are no longer two different things, but one reality.
The demonstration did not intend to be useful, nor to be only an aesthetic pleasure; above all it its purpose was to connect consciousness with the unconscious. I wanted to work intuitively, i.e. with a directly perceivable experience. I wanted to achieve a “forgetting of one’s self”, because as soon as we start reflecting and forming an idea, we loose the original; we constrict ourselves with our firm thoughts and concepts. With this demonstration I tried to develop a consciousness that wouldn’t disappear from our everyday lives, but that might blossom through the experience. (1975)