Künstler Stephanie Senge

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. 

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Artworks

Vita

since 2011

Studio in Berlin (GER)

2007

Founded "Asketen des Luxus" together with Prof. Dr. Bazon Brock and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich

2005

DAAD schloarship | Japan

2003

Diploma and project scholarship for fine arts from the City of Munich (GER)

1996 – 2003

Studies of sculpture, class of Prof. Olaf Metzel | Academy of Fine Arts | Munich (GER)

1994 – 2000

Studio in Los Angeles (USA)

1972

born in Munich (GER)

Exhibitions (selection)

2022

Nahe bei, Konsumbibliothek – Nahe bei | Motorenhalle | Dresden (GER) (Group show)

2021

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)

2020

Konsumbibliothek – Kunstfreiheit-Demokratie-Konsumfreiheit | Kunsthalle Göppingen (GER)

2019

Konsum Erkenntnisse – Ikebana und Konstruktivismus als Denkhilfen | Kunstverein Kunsthaus Potsdam (GER)

Heaven on Earth – do it yourself | HKBU Gallery, Baptiste University | Hong Kong (HKG)

2017

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)

2016

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)

2015

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)

2014

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)

2013

Konsumkonstruktivismus II | Galerie 18m | Berlin (GER)

2012

Heb mich auf! | Kunstverein Wolfsburg (GER) (Group show)

2011

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)

2010

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)

2008

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)

2007

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)

2006

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)

2005

Super Japan – share refreshment! Come to see the show – that goes perfectly with good times | NIPAF Galerie | Nagano (JP)

2002

die zwei | exhibition with Nevin Aladag | Rathausgalerie | München (GER)

2001

Konsumbad der Liebe wegen | U-Bahn Galerie | München (GER)

Lectures / Rallies

2018

Denkerei | Berlin (GER)

2017

Rally "Konsum-Werte-Madonna" | Am Römer | Frankfurt (GER)

2014

Rally "Leinwand Demo" | Max-Monument | München (GER)

Rally "Konsum-Dank-Fest" | Am Kohlmarkt | Braunschweig (GER)

Museum der Dinge | Museumsakademie | Berlin (GER)

2012

Rally "der starke Konsument" | Marktplatz | Wolfsburg (GER)

2011

Rally "Leinwand Demo" | shopping mall Ludwigshafen & Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (GER)

2008

Rally "der starke Konsument" | am Stephansplatz | Karlsruhe (GER)

Symposium "der starke Konsument" | ZKM | Karlsruhe (GER)

Lecture | Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (GER)

2007

Coexist Gallery | Tokyo (JP)

2005

Art & Design University | Nagano (JP)