Corinna Rosteck

photography-video-installation1968, work and live in Berlin, Germany - "I photograph what I do not wish to paint and I paint what I cannot photograph."- Man RayMy photographs thematize reflections and surfaces in urban spaces and in liquids. I develop a unique materiality of the image using surfaces that produce interesting light effects, such as metal foils and light boxes. The reflective surface of aluminum as a "canvas" reflects the viewer in the image. This disrupts the rigid, cool metal character of the surfaces.My large-format photographs of light-suffused and reflective water shift between objective reproduction and abstract structure. The effect of the wet surfaces and their painterly motion is dynamically heightened by the metallic reflectivity of the aluminum image medium, which shifts according to the natural light in the exhibition room and echoes waters vital, constantly changing aspect.

Education and Teaching Positions2006 Lecturer for Photography and Digital Media at the Dresden Art Academy1997-98 International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, USA Teaching Assistant for Advanced Digital Imaging, New York1994 M.A. in Fine Arts and Photomedia under Prof. Katharina Sieverding, University of the Arts (UDK), Berlin1993 B.A. in Art (Painting and Photographic Media), UDK, Berlin1991-92 Advanced Diploma in Printmaking and Photographic Media at Central St. Martin's College (CSM), London1987-94 Diploma in Painting and Photography at the UDK, BerlinScholarships and Prizes2006 Sickingen Kunstpreis, Kaiserslautern and Alfred-Rethel-Preis der Stadt Wetter2002 Saar Ferngas Preis, Museum Ludwigshafen; 1998 DAAD scholarship at the International Center of Photography (ICP), N.Y.; 1998 Water/Life" MEWA AG, 1st prize, Wiesbaden; 1997 DFJW (German-French Youth Organisation), scholarship, Paris; 1995 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) grant, Japan/USANafg grant from the UDK, Berlin; 1991-92 Erasmus Scholarship for the CSM, LondonArt in Architecture Projects and Public Collections2007 BWB Berliner Wasserbetriebe AG und Airbus, CFK Valley, Stade 2005 B.Braun AG, Melsungen 2004 Allianz Insurances art collection, Berlin and F...

2011, Seh(n)sucht, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München (E)*; Licht / Farbe / Raum, JHGalerie, München mit GalerieTorsten Obrist, Essen in Kooperation mit Galerie Thomas Hühsam, Offenbach am Rhein* 2010 4. Mois de la Photo, Berlin, Galerie Mönch Berlin mit Ellen Auerbach, Ulrike Lauber, Walther Grunwald* ; Art Dubai mit Bait Muzna Galerie, Muscat, Oman*; BeRuf Künstlerin, Frauenmuseum, Bonn*; Art Karlsruhe mit Galerie Bergner +Job, Mainz; Art Dubai mit Bait Muzna Galerie, Muscat, Oman 2009 Art Abu-Dhabi, Bait Muzna Galerie, Muscat ; Das Licht/Der Schatten/Die Kunst, Kunsthaus Potsdam; Frauenblicke, Berlin, Kulturamt Mitte, Galerie Wedding; Art Vilnius, Galerie Artpromotion, Vilnius; Energy II, Kommunale Galerie Charlottenburg- Wilmersdorf, Berlin; Meer oder weniger, Palais am Festungsgraben, Berlin; Lichte Wasser, Sonnabendgalerie Teschner, Hofheim a. Taunus (E); 2008 Im Quadrat. Zum Quadrat. Kunsthaus Potsdam; Wasser, Deutscher Expo-Pavillon, Zaragoza (E); Horizon, Galerie JobBergner, Mainz (E); energy, Zeche Zollverein, Essen; Berlin, Du bunter Stein, Du Biest, UdK, Berlin, Mentoren; Wasser Fest, Galerie Karin Melchior, Kassel (E); b4PlayVideo, Art Center, Galerie Blickensdorff, Berlin