biography of Gerd SONNTAG (1954)

Personal data

Birth : 03/03/1954 - Weimar, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany

Address

Berlin, Germany

Representatives

Art Jako – Zionskirchstr. 42 – Berlin, Germany

Education

1973 : HGB Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig – Wächterstraße 11 – Leipzig, Germany
Pupil of / student of Theo BALDEN [ 1904-1995 ]

Work

Categorie and medium

Painting : Acrylic/paper - Oil/canvas

Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Metal - Sculpture, glass

Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal

Subject

writing
men

Artistic periods

1995 : Glass.
1990 : Scripts.
1990 : Human Heads.
1985-1989 : Paintings.
1970-1980 : Early paintings, photography.

Signatures, monograms, symbols

Works

Einblicke Charité
Date of creation : 2003 Medium : Sculpture, glass Size : 80 x 45 x 50 cm

Renate 7
Date of creation : 2003 Medium : Sculpture, glass Size : 89 x 50 x 30 cm

Mein Ich, mein Arbeit, mein Gerburt
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Acrylic/paper Size : 105 x 95 cm

Kopf O.T
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Sculpture, glass Size : 90 x 50 cm

Kopf O.T
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Sculpture, glass Size : 90 x 50 cm

Ich mach garnichts, ich hat Zeit
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Acrylic/paper Size : 105 x 95 cm

Kopf
Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Acrylic/paper Size : 95 x 80 cm

Modellrahmen
Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 205 x 125 cm

Shopping Woman
Date of creation : 1987 Medium : Assemblage Materials : metal-wood Size : 70 x 35 x 32 inch

Mann und Hund
Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 170 x 140 cm

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

Galerie Frédéric Gollong – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2002

2001

Kritische Kunst in der Späten DDR
Schloss Cappenberg – Unna, Germany
02/15/2001 – 06/16/2001

2000

Galerie Olaf Stüber – Berlin, Germany
02/04/2000 – 03/14/2000

Mallet Fine Art – New York NY, United States
2000

1995

Mallet Fine Art – New York NY, United States
1995

1993

Turning Points
The Mackintosh Museum – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1993

1992

Northern Centre for Contemporary Art – Sunderland, United Kingdom
1992

1991

Change of Gait
Goethe Institut – Chicago IL, United States
1991

1989

Gerd Sonntag – Paintings
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
10/28/1989 – 02/1990

Woman Alone
Castillo Cultural Center – New York NY, United States
10/07/1989 – 11/07/1989

1988

Paintings
City Artist’s gallery – London, United Kingdom
1988

Frau Allein
Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
1988

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

1997

Art Cologne, n° 31
Cologne, Germany
11/09/1997 – 11/16/1997

1996

Art Cologne, n° 30
Cologne, Germany
1996

SIAC Salon International d’Art Contemporain
Strasbourg, France
1996

1994

Art Cologne, n° 28
Cologne, Germany
1994

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst
Frankfurt, Germany
1994

1993

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst
Frankfurt, Germany
1993

Art Cologne, n° 27
Cologne, Germany
1993

Group exhibitions

2001

Contempory American and 20th Century European Masters
Mallet Fine Art – New York NY, United States
2001

1998

Sphinx im Magnetberg
Grossen Wasserspeicher – Berlin, Germany
1998

1988

Der Eigene Blick
Ephraim-Palais / Stiftung Stadtmuseum – Berlin, Germany
1988

Judy Lybke / Gern Sonntag
Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
1988

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

1989

Art in America
New York NY, United States
07/1989

Legals