English
Germanbrigitte yoshiko pruchnow’s photorealistic paintings dissolve into pure painterly structures once looked at closely. light and shadow on different matters and surfaces translate into patterns, which lead to a sharpened sense of vision of the viewer. her compositions with unusual framing and angles reveal her background as filmmaker as well as her heritage from japanese woodprints. her brush- and penwork follow fluid movements similar to chinese ink painting or calligraphy. Sometimes she experiments with different materials, such as raw unprimed linen, cloth applications, silk thread stitching and modeling paste in order to make the structure of different depicted surfaces even more tangible.
her images have a calm quality which allows the viewer to step out of the often forgetful stream of time and life.
curriculum vitae
german-japanese artist
diploma munich film academy, studied with director Doris Doerrie, director of photography Michael Ballhaus and TV journalist Gerd Ruge among others
m.a. japanology, history of art and philosophy
received training in chinese calligraphy, traditional chinese ink painting and traditional japanese painting technique (nihonga with aguri uchida)
attended a master class with Henrik Aa. Uldalen on Menorca in 2023
graphic novel artist 1992 – 1995 published e.g. at bizarr publishing house, prinz munich city magazine, comicstrich
worked as author and director for various TV formats, including documentaries about Helmut Newton, Jackie Chan, TV commercials and imagefilms and short fiction films
exhibitions (selection):
group exhibitions
2018 – 2022 Størpunkt, München, “Half A Pound Of Art”
2019 Kate Oh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Autorengalerie 1, München, Annual Contemporary Art Show, MKG 1868 at State Museum of Egyptian Art
2017 aaart foundation, kitzbühel, austria | beastiestylez & friends, munich, germany | gallery eric jungmann, strasbourg, france |
2016 the artbox.project miami 1.0 | “the translucence of things”, glonn | colour times 2, orangerie munich, germany |
2015 „project berlin“, factory art, berlin, germany | „between solid and fleeting„ kulturpavillion münchen | „kultüren 2015“, munich, germany
2014 „beyond I like, gallery pablo & paul, munich, | „kunstgriffe“, gallery cornelia walter, munich, germany |
2013 „three times exposure“, atelier anette koch, türkenhof, munich |
„see me digital“, art basel miami, usa |
Solo
2022 Solo show Munich Art Gallery
2021 “Wabi-Sabi Reloaded”, Ueblackerhaeusl, Munich, “Reflection”, Gallery Kunstwerk, Landshut
2020 “Mono No Aware”,Ueblackerhaeusl, Munich,
2019 Solo show “Light And Matter”, Mitsukoshi Ginza Gallery Floor
Solo show “A Sentimental Journey Into the Past and Present”, Autorengalerie 1, Munich
2018 Solo Show “A Room Of One’s Own”, Orangerie, München, Kate Oh Gallery, New York, “Reflection”
2017 City Library of Munich, Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, “Chasing Light”, Munich, Germany
2016 Mitsukoshi Ginza Tokyo Soloshow “Rain”, Tokyo, Japan | Weltraum,“Exhaling”, Munich, Germany |
2015 “Swimmers And Rain”, Friday Gallery Munich | Gallery Kunimatsu “Swimmers And Rain”, Tokyo, Japan | “Float”, München leuchtet, Munich, Germany |
Art Fairs
2023 art Karlsruhe, Positions Berlin
2022 discovery art fair cologne, the other art fair london
2014 – 2023 stroke art fair
2019 Neue Art Dresden, Discovery Art Fair, Cologne and Frankfurt, Affordable Art Fair Hamburg
2017 affordable art fair milan, italy | art fair tokyo, japan | stroke art fair munich, germany | the other art fair, new york, usa |
2016 art Innsbruck, austria | art fair Tokyo, japan | grid art fair London |
2015 art up lille, france | art fair tokyo, japan | new artist fair London, great britain | salon de paris 8e – antiquaires et galeristes, france | art 3 f lyon, france | art muc munich, germany |
2014 art muc munich, germany | art fair Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
awards
MTV shortlist clip contest1996,
1997 hennessy preis commercial contest,
kunst heute award 2016 short list,,
certificate of excellence palm art award 2015
shortlist premio marchionni 2017 graphics
