Biography
gisela oberbeck, born in Germany 1953

1973 - 78Studied Painting and Printmaking at the Academies of Fine Art, Stuttgart in the class of Prof. Sonderborg and Munich in the class of Prof. G. Fruhtrunk.
1979 - 86Traveled through Latinamerika, Spain and France. Worked in the Spanish Institute of Culture, Alicante
Printmaking Techniques: Wood cut and Lithography
1987Founded the graphic oriented Theatre of Shadows
Performances in Germany and abroad
1988 - 91Traveled through Turkey. Worked and studied frescoes in the cave churches of Goreme.
1992 - 99Participation in and organisation of several projects pushing the boundaries between Visual Arts, literature, music and theatre.
2002Artist Project in Santiago de Chile in the Foundation Pablo Neruda: developing an artist book with the wood of the fence from Nerudas summer residence in Isla Negra and a poem about this fence and the see from the poet. Realisation of the work in two parts, the paintings and graphic in Chile, the typography in Germany.

since 2003work in the studio and experiences with different groups.

Art performances with international artists groups:
L rt sans fin 1998 in Mnchen, 1999 in Schwisserland (reported in Arte TV ), 2001 in Mnchen, 2003 in Paris, 2005 in Carcasonne, 2006 in Paris,
2007 St.Nazaire, France
meeting strangers meeting yourself
performance by artists and writers, participants as Ruprecht Geiger, Reiner Wagner, Gnther Uecker, Anna Andrejelic... Eli Wiesel, Ben Chorin, Magnus Enzensberger .
International Artists Symposium for woman The Bridge in Greece,
Within the participation of 5 Greek artists and 5 artists of other continents.
Woman Artists Symposium A face to borrow with the participation of several persons of a village in Italy (San Marco)
Participation (and co-curator for artists out of Hungary) of the International Art Symposium every 2 years in Csurg (Southhungary)

Graphic work
Since 1999 Creation of artists books in cooperation with typography print locations in Munich, Berlin and Hamburg. Printmaking techniques: woodcut and lithography.

Shadow play (pictures)
Since 1990 developing a special form of shadow play, participation on International shadow theatre festival in Schwbisch Gmnd, Germany, Munich and other places in Germany, Eastern Europe and France.
Themes of these pieces are the relationship between nature and human being, and the crossing of border.
All pieces are developed in cooperation with contemporary musicians.

Selected solo exhibitions :
1990Gallery 53/ Munich
1991Graphikkabinett/ Blaubeuren
Lithogalerie/ Munich
1992Goetheinstitut Ankara and Izmir
1993Eski Tekel Evi/ Avanos
Goetheinstitut Budapest, Goetheinstitut Thesaloniki,
Museum of Csurg/ Hungary
1999Druckladen des Gutenbergmuseums, Mainz
2000Galerie an der Treppe, Mnchen 2004
2001Lesegesellschaft Basel mit El mar das Meer
Stdtische Galerie, Speyer/Winkeldruckerey
2005 KUNST an der TREPPE, Mnchen U-Bahnhaltestelle Giselastrae
2006KUNST an der TREPPE, Mnchen

Selected group exhibitions:

19959. Typomania/ Uelzen
Schamuhn Museum/ Uelzen
1997Stadtmuseum/ Csug
1990Schlo Garibaldi Haut de Cagnes/ Sdfrankreich
Hommage an B. Brecht, BBK Augsburg
Rathausgalerie Mnchen
Sdt. Galerie Ingoldstadt
Kontextwerkstatt/ Mnchen
1998Ateliers G34 im Sprengwerk
Book Art/ Mnchen
Stadtmuseum Csurg
1999Casa de Mais/ Valley
Minipressenmesse/ Mainz,
Andros/Korthi, Griechenland
Casa Torre San Marco/ Italien
2000 forumbookart (Frankfurter Buchmesse)
Galerie N, Mnchen;
Visuelle Poesie, Kthen
2001 Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg
forumbookart , Mnchen
Graphikkabinett, Blaubeuren
Kunstverein Kaposvr, Ungarn
forumbookart , Frankfurter Buchmesse
2002Arte Galerie N, Mnchen
Militrgeschichtliches Forschungsamt/ Potsdam mit der Mappe:
Flucht und Fremde
Fundacin Pablo Neruda (Isla Negra), Chile
2003 Seidl Villa Mnchen, Handlungsspielraum
2004Minipressenmesse Mainz
forumbookart, Frankfurter Buchmesse
Kunst und Buch/ Chemnitz
open westend/ Mnchen
KUNST an der TREPPE/ U - Bahn Giselastrasse/ Mnchen

2005 Museum der Arbeit/ Hamburg
Stadtmuseum Csurg
2006 Kunstausstellung Bayerisch Zell
2007 Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg
Buchmesse Basel
2008 Galerie "vergers de lart", Paris

In collections:

Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Landesbibliothek Baden-Wrttemberg,
Universittsbibliothek Basel, Iberoamerikanisches Institut Berlin,
Lyrikkabinett Mnchen, Stadtmuseum Csurg, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

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Gisela Oberbeck