Margret Schopka

"Growth and decay determine my artistic work. The everyday nature of things and their
transformation, their metamorphoses become the very own theme of my art. In the course of my artistic work, I have always sought new forms of expression, used different materials and developed
corresponding working methods. The source of ideas for me is working in different places, with Iceland, my second home, being of particular importance.

Studies of fine art (painting), Hamburg

2020 Gedok FormART 2021 Elke and Klaus Oschmann Prize, Munich prize winner
2014 art prize from the JUNDITH DIELÄMMER gallery
2012 Recycling Art Prize, Museum MARTa Herfold, finalist
201012/14/15/16 Artists Symposium at the Stiflisdalssee, Stiflisdal, Iceland (Curator)
2008 Guest of Honor at the art fair in Joinville-le-Pont, France
2008 art project “Resident bird/Migrating bird”, Akureyri, Iceland
2008 Natural Arts Symposium “Like a Beat of a Wing II”, Þingeyrar, Iceland
2008 travel grant from the German Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland
2008 sponsorship from the Victor Rolff-Stiftung (foundation) , Burg Gladbach
2007 the finalists' exhibition Recycling-Art Prize, Museum Marta, Herford
2007 International Artists Symposium Atelier d'Artista, Gambassi Thermae, Italy
2007 grant from the Gunnar Gunnarson-Foundation, East-Iceland
2007 Art Prize for Maria's Dream”, Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
2005 grant Hausmuseum Otzenrath
2003 Art Prize Dellbrücker Kunstmeile, Köln
2003 International Artists Symposium Atelier d'Artista, Gambassi Thermae, Italy
2002 Uhrturm Art Prize painting, Rheinland Pfalz
2000/2001 International Symposium de Arte do Feital, Portugal
2000 Art Prize for the project “Garden of St...