Viola Kunst
10245 Berlin
Germany (Deutschland)
www.myspace.com/violakunst
category: Painting
technique: Oilpainting
Statement:
Viola Kunst loves the flesh in its purest form and gives us an intimate views of the full bloom of its sensual splendor. Her paintings would resemble a sailor's fantasy, if you were unaware of her own identification with, and care for, the subjects of her painting. As the artist says, “The women I paint have a story, feelings, and fears inside of them. But in some respects I am lying. I use them as a medium through which I paint only myself.” Her painted nudes are portraits in which the bodies dissolve into colorful vibrations of flesh, in which nuances play across the surface of the skin. The proximity of the portrayed women is charged with personality and erotic undertones which in no way resemble pornography. Viola Kunst’s art leads to a exploration (not an exploitation) of the feminine body, and, last but not least, to an undisguised, feminine look at the feminine itself.
Artist Statement
To be is just a role
Love is a fairy-tale, to make you die of thirst
Indifference makes you better
Silence is what you earn when you love
Impropriety is a state of mind
Walls can bleed
A vaseline blade does not wound
Tenderness terrorizes
I am not in harmony with the quietness
Nowhere I feel safe
Don’t kill me, I’m in love
Bio / Resumee / Statement:
Viola Kunst was born in 1981. In 2005 she graduated magna cum laude at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. with a Thesis about Videoclip as a form of contemporary art. In 2006 she started studying as Contemporary Art Curator at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome. In 2007 she moved in Berlin, where she's still living and working. She took part in several collective and solo exhibitions and art competitions in Italy and Germany.
Activities:
Exhibitions:
April-May 2003: Exhibition, Galleria S. Pellegrino, Viterbo
May-June 2003: Ex-tempore and exhibition for M-Arte Live 2003, Alpheus, Rome
November 2003-January 2004: Gravüre’s group exhibition, “Centro per l'Incisione e la Grafica d'Arte”, Formello (Rome)
May 2004: Groupexhibition, M-Arte Live 2004, Alpheus, Rome
February-March 2005: Solo exhibition, "Beba do Samba", Rome
March 2006: Solo exhibition "Gloss", Rome
October 2006: Solo exhibition, Casc Banca d’Italia, Rome
May 2007: Solo exhibition "Gloss", Art'n'Beat. Rome
June 2007: Groupe exhibition “NUA: New Unknown Artists”, Circolo degli Artisti, Rome
September 2007: Group exhibition for “La Notte Bianca 2007”, Stardust Village, Rome
April-June 2008: Group exhibition (with Fortner Anderson and Lee Salomone), Galerie –december-, Berlin.
December 2008-January 2009 Group exhibition "Italians do it 2", Infantellina Contemporary, Berlin
February - March 2009 Group exhibition "Look at me", Infantellina Contemporary Berlin
April- May 2009 Groupexhibition "I'm Blue", Infantellina Contemporary Berlin
May - June 2009: Solo exhibition “Eros e dintorni”, Caffè letterario “La Galleria”, Cefalù (Pa)
May – June 2009: Griup exhibition “Humans & Gods”, Infantellina Contemporary Berlin.
June- July 2009: Group exhition "Strange Things", Infantellina Contemporary Berlin.
June 2009 :Group exhibition "Highway to Berlin", Caffè letterario "La Galleria", Cefalù (Pa) October-November 2009 "One World" Group exhibition, Infantellina Contemporary, Berlin
Artprices:
April 2002: III Concorso d'Arte Sacra "S. Giuseppe artigiano", Rome
November 2006: "III Premio Celeste"(Italy) – Artwork chosen for the catalogne
December 2006:"IV Premio Bellini Arte" (Italy): final group exhibition, Galleria Bellini, Cascina;
June 2007: Genovarte, 2° Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea di Genova (Italy) – Artwork chosen for the final exhibition and the catalogue
January 2008: “Celeste Kunstpreis 2008”(Germany) - Artwork chosen for the catalogue
September 2008: „Talent Prize 2008“ (Italy)
Publications:
2006 III Premio Celeste – Catalogue
2006 2 Biennale d’arte contemporanea di Genova – Catalogue
2008 Celeste Kunstpreis – Catalogue
Interview:
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