Elke Schmees

1952 born in Twistringen near Bremen.My emotional sensitive orientated personality creates each day an artistic atmosphere where aesthetical and ethical elements are forming a new way of presence.I studied sculpture at Dsseldorf Art Academy.Continued my studies with a scholarship at P.S.1 New Yorkcausing a closer contact to USA. Worked since 1978 with Film and Video (first environments)followed by international projects and exhibitions.Focused on sculptural environments and objects bringing together materials in an unexpected ambiguous way.Since 1998 experimenting with new innovative materials likefiber obtics and silicium.Inspiration is my actual life and the life of others in this time, now.

1973-80 Dsseldorf Art Academy1980 P.S.1 New York1983 Artist-in-residence San Francisco Art Institute1984 Videoproduction at Goethe Institute San Francisco1987 Art in progress >SKY,