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Rainer Barzen

Cologne / GER | Website

In addition to painting, the focus is always on the object, the sculpture, for the artist Rainer Barzen, who lives and teaches in Cologne, who studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and received numerous awards.

*26. May 1957 in Rheinhausen/Duisburg (GER). 1976 – 1982 studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Received in 1987 the da-Vinci-Preis at Art Cologne. 1988 stipend by Kunstfonds Bonn e.V. In 1989 Früh-Price for painting (1.). 1990-94 guest professor at Kunstakademie Münster (GER). 2003/04 intrim professor at University of Cologne (GER). Since 2005 teacher for experimental crafting at University of Cologne (GER). 2010 residency at Bartels Fondation, Basel (CH), 8 month. 2011 Artiste en Résidence: FabrikCulture Hégenheim (F). 2013 working stipend: Insel Hombroich / Raketenstation (GER)

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solo shows (selection)

Exhibitions

Past
A scultpure in the exhibition room
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  • Marianne Halter (Zurich/CH)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)

DAS ESSZIMMER goes DesignPost Köln 2015

18.09.2015 – 26.09.2015

An art intervention at the DesignPost (Cologne/DE) initiated by youngcollectors, Galerie Floss&Schultz (Cologne/DE) and the ESSZIMMER (Bonn/DE).

Past
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  • Camenisch / Vetsch (Basel/CH)
  • Celina Jure (Buenos Aires/ARG)
  • Christoph Bucher (Dusseldorf/CH)
  • Christoph Dahlhausen (Bonn/DE + Melbourne/AUS)
  • Copa & Sordes (Basel/CH)
  • Doris Schmid (Berlin/GER)
  • Dorothee von Rechenberg (Basel/CH)
  • Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh/UK)
  • Felix Baudenbacher (London/UK)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)
  • Katarzyna Badach (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Magdalena Gerber (Geneva/CH)
  • Maria Magdalena Z`Graggen (Basel/CH)
  • Marianne Eigenheer (Basel/CH + London/UK)
  • Marianne Halter (Zurich/CH)
  • Monika Rechsteiner (Basel/CH + Berlin/GER)
  • Petra Egg (Vienna/AT)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • Selma Weber (Basel/CH)
  • Sibylle Feucht (Bonn/GER)
  • stöckerselig (Basel/CH)

DAS ESSZIMMER goes Weltraum – during Art Basel 2017

14.06.2017 – 16.06.2017

The second collaboration between the Weltraum (Basel/CH) and the ESSZIMMER during the ART Basel.

Past
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  • Adam Knight (London/UK)
  • Alfredo Ramoz Fernandez (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Anne Hody (Basel/CH)
  • Camenisch / Vetsch (Basel/CH)
  • Christine de la Garenne (Berlin/GER)
  • Christoph Bucher (Dusseldorf/CH)
  • Christoph Dahlhausen (Bonn/DE + Melbourne/AUS)
  • Copa & Sordes (Basel/CH)
  • Doris Schmid (Berlin/GER)
  • Dorothee von Rechenberg (Basel/CH)
  • Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh/UK)
  • Felix Baudenbacher (London/UK)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)
  • Katarzyna Badach (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Magdalena Gerber (Geneva/CH)
  • Maria Magdalena Z`Graggen (Basel/CH)
  • Marianne Eigenheer (Basel/CH + London/UK)
  • Marianne Halter (Zurich/CH)
  • Monika Rechsteiner (Basel/CH + Berlin/GER)
  • Petra Egg (Vienna/AT)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • Selma Weber (Basel/CH)
  • Sibylle Feucht (Bonn/GER)
  • stöckerselig (Basel/CH)
  • Celina Jure (Buenos Aires/ARG)

DAS ESSZIMMER goes Weltraum – during Art Basel 2016

15.06.2016 – 17.06.2016

Gesamtkunstwerk of 49 artist’s opens up the discussion on authorship and genius.

Past
acrylic on canvas wild animal
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  • Adam Knight (London/UK)
  • Dorothee von Rechenberg (Basel/CH)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • stöckerselig (Basel/CH)
  • Stijn Peeters (Eindhoven/NL )
  • Sibylle Feucht (Bonn/GER)
  • Luigi Archetti (IT)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)
  • Karel Doing (London/UK)
  • Christoph Mügge (Malmö/SE)
  • Sebastian Mügge (Umeå/SE)
  • Selma Weber (Basel/CH)

DAS ESSZIMMER goes ID:I Galleri Stockholm

27.07.2018 – 19.08.2018

A cooperation & exhibition project between DAS ESSZIMMER – Space For Art + (Bonn) and ID: I Galleri (Stockholm)

Past
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  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)

Wechselschicht_Weltdepot | Schicht Ingrid Roscheck

20.05.2016 – 08.07.2016

The 2nd shift of Wechselschicht_Weltdepot shows current works by Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne). This passionate collecting and archiving of props, the rediscovering, rearranging, reinventing and creating meaning is central for her work.

Past
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  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)

Wechselschicht_Weltdepot | Schicht Rainer Barzen

08.04.2016 – 13.05.2016

The 1st Shift of the Rainer Barzen`s and Ingrif Roscheck`s exhibition project Wechselschicht_Weltdepot at Das Esszimmer.

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