Stephanie Senge
Munich-born artist Stephanie Senge (class of Olaf Metzel, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich) describes herself as a consumer artist. For her, consciously confronting consumption is the first step towards free will and the freedom to choose. By collecting consumer goods and placing them in a new context, she realigns the observer’s gaze on even the most mundane of everyday products.
Her work encompasses comprises installations, photographs, paintings and performance art (for example, the demo consumer procession she initiated). Stephanie Senge maintains a critical eye and yet succeeds in showing a special appreciation for consumer goods and everyday products in a way that is both sensitive and simultaneously humorous.
Artworks
Vita
Studio in Berlin (GER)
Founded "Asketen des Luxus" together with Prof. Dr. Bazon Brock and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich
DAAD schloarship | Japan
Diploma and project scholarship for fine arts from the City of Munich (GER)
Studies of sculpture, class of Prof. Olaf Metzel | Academy of Fine Arts | Munich (GER)
Studio in Los Angeles (USA)
born in Munich (GER)
Exhibitions (selection)
Nahe bei, Konsumbibliothek – Nahe bei | Motorenhalle | Dresden (GER) (Group show)
Konsumbibliothek | Museum Starnberger See | Starnberg (GER)
Zwischen den Dingen und Konsum-Schrein-Demoprozesion zu Solidarität, Liebe und Weiblichkeit | Volkskundemuseum | Wien (AUT) (Group show)
Konsum Bibliothek Beuys – Die Warenwunder finden im Supermarkt statt | Performance-Festivals - 100 Jahre Joseph Beuys | Wuppertal (GER) (Group show)
Konsumbibliothek – Kunstfreiheit-Demokratie-Konsumfreiheit | Kunsthalle Göppingen (GER)
Konsum Erkenntnisse – Ikebana und Konstruktivismus als Denkhilfen | Kunstverein Kunsthaus Potsdam (GER)
Heaven on Earth – do it yourself | HKBU Gallery, Baptiste University | Hong Kong (HKG)
Konstruktivistischer Supermarkt | exhibition with procession and subsequent lecture by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich | Galerie Anita Beckers | Frankfurt (GER)
Konsum-Werte-Madonna | 2 actions with rally, performance, music and lecture | Art in public space | Kulturreferat München (GER)
Ikabana Urbano | Museo de Architectura | Buenos Aires (ARG)
Mandala von und für Pittsburgh | Re New Festival | Pittsburgh (USA) (Group show)
"Drap Art – International Festival of Recycling Art" Konsum-Prozession, Konsumieren-verschwenden-verwandeln-Dankbarkeit ("Consumir-Malgastar-Transformar-Agrair") | exhibition with consumer procession (demo) | Santa Monica Art Center | Barcelona (ESP) (Group show)
Jetzt noch mehr Inhalt! | Consumer constructivism (Museum-MKK), Consumer idealism (Supermarkt-Edeka) | Museum for Concrete Art, Edeka Wendler | Ingolstadt (GER)
Pasing-by – Schöpferstelle-schöpfen & schenken, together with Maike Gräf | Art in public space | München (GER) (Group show)
Konsummandala und Aktion Konsum-Dank-Fest | Kohlmarkt | Kunstverein – Allgemeiner Konsumverein | Braunschweig (GER)
Kauf Dich frei | exhibition with „Leinwand Demo“ | Galerie Tanit | München (GER)
Konsumkonstruktivismus | Galerie Nagel Draxler | Köln (GER)
Konsummandala von und für Düsseldorf | artistic action at Ehrenhof | Quadriennale Düsseldorf (GER) (Group show)
Konsumkonstruktivismus II | Galerie 18m | Berlin (GER)
Heb mich auf! | Kunstverein Wolfsburg (GER) (Group show)
Konsumkonstruktivismus I | Galerie 18m | (GER) Berlin
I love Aldi | Wilhelm Hack Museum | Ludwigshafen (GER) (Group show)
"Drap Art – International Festival of Recycling Art", Konsummandala von und für Barcelona | Plaza del Ángel | Barcelona (ESP) (Group show)
Konsum Mandala | Ludwig Inzert, Ludwigmuseum | Budapest (HUN)
Fotografie Stephanie Senge | Ho-ki-ti showroom | Berlin (GER)
Soziale-Ikebana-Plastik mit den Kaufleuten | Galerie Bruckmühle | Pregarten (AUT)
Der starke Konsument | exhibition with consumer procession (demo) and symposium, together with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich | ZKM | Karlsruhe (GER)
Ike-100 Yen Shop | Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar | München (GER)
Ike-100-Yen-Shop | exhibition with "Ikebana performance", together with Bazon Brock | Kunstmuseum | Wolfsburg (GER)
Fuga Saeculi | Cabaret Voltaire DaDa | Zürich (SUI) (Group show)
Verkehrtes Ikebana | Galerie Coexist | Tokyo (JP)
Der glückliche Konsument | exhibition with consumer procession (demo) and lecture series, together with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich | Rathausgalerie | München (GER)
100 Yen. Frisches aus Japan | exhibition with "Ikebana performance", together with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich | 18m Galerie für Zahlenwerte | Berlin (GER)
New Talents Show | Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar | Art Cologne (GER)
Super Japan – share refreshment! Come to see the show – that goes perfectly with good times | NIPAF Galerie | Nagano (JP)
die zwei | exhibition with Nevin Aladag | Rathausgalerie | München (GER)
Konsumbad der Liebe wegen | U-Bahn Galerie | München (GER)
Lectures / Rallies
Denkerei | Berlin (GER)
Rally "Konsum-Werte-Madonna" | Am Römer | Frankfurt (GER)
Rally "Leinwand Demo" | Max-Monument | München (GER)
Rally "Konsum-Dank-Fest" | Am Kohlmarkt | Braunschweig (GER)
Museum der Dinge | Museumsakademie | Berlin (GER)
Rally "der starke Konsument" | Marktplatz | Wolfsburg (GER)
Rally "Leinwand Demo" | shopping mall Ludwigshafen & Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (GER)
Rally "der starke Konsument" | am Stephansplatz | Karlsruhe (GER)
Symposium "der starke Konsument" | ZKM | Karlsruhe (GER)
Lecture | Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (GER)
Coexist Gallery | Tokyo (JP)
Art & Design University | Nagano (JP)